Star Struck Style

I had a terrific day yesterday, just as I predicted. I felt great physically and was able to accomplish about four hours of yardwork. Afterwards, I taught a class at the gym and was positively gushing to my participants about how I finally felt that my various minor injuries were behind me. On top of that, I was able to pick up a few shifts for the rest of the month so that I can work just enough to keep myself financially solvent while I figure out what I want to do with my life. And best of all, I spent the afternoon luxuriating in the glow of the Elon Musk/Donald Trump feud that erupted on social media.

I want these good vibes to continue throughout the summer. While I’m eager to find a more-rewarding job that doesn’t keep me up at night, I’m proceeding with caution while Trump continues with his trade war nonsense. In just over a week, the G7 summit in my home province of Alberta, Canada should present me with a clearer vision of my future as someone who intends to make a living in the retail business.

Curiously, on the same day the G7 countries meet, Mars enters my eleventh house after spending an inordinate amount of time in my ninth and tenth houses due to its recent retrograde cycle. This shift in the stars should be good for me professionally as it highlights my desire to get along with others. “Café Astrology” offers the following prediction for the ingress:

“Group activities and cooperative efforts are the best way to achieve your goals right now. In fact, you have all sorts of ideas about what you want to do. Avoid allowing the ego to attempt to dominate others. You prefer to lead a group rather than follow during this period, and there are certainly ways to do so without stepping on others’ toes. As well, the best way to achieve your goals during this period is to work as a team, or to at least to do some networking. You may have more energy than usual to want to organize projects. Your humanitarian impulse may be stimulated. The role you play for other people in your life becomes the focus. You may feel that your schedule gets overloaded at this time with things to do (usually for others).”

While I abhor the word “networking” because it reminds me of the sort of people who live on LinkedIn and advertise on bus benches, I am feeling friendlier and more eager to be around others lately. I’m quite sure that my schedule will not become “overloaded” because I’ve already resolved to work between 20-30 hours a week for the rest of the summer; I don’t need to spend any more time than that on some soul-sucking job that makes me miserable. I’ve already learned that lesson. Still, I could potentially “lead a group” without becoming the boss again. Maybe that’s what I need to do.

But I don’t have to worry about that for about ten more days. In the meantime, I’m going to enjoy what it feels like to have the ninth house of my horoscope highlighted in a way that doesn’t make me feel overwhelmed with too many choices about what to do with myself. I’m quite confident that I’m on a path that is spiritually, mentally and physically healthier than the one I was on when the year began.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go work on my fist-bumping technique . . .