Star Struck Style

The reblog feature on WordPress is still giving me trouble. Anyway, I published the post below last year on this day. Considering that I published another post yesterday about feeling the same way, I need to take a second look at why I have the urge retreat into my shell in early July. It’s likely that I’m missing something quite obvious when I look into my chart.

I turned off the TV this morning. Usually I have it on MSNBC while I sit at the computer each morning, but the shitshow of American politics is just a bit much for me to handle this morning. Right now, I’d rather just listen to birds chirping outside my window.

I’ve been feeling this way for the past few days. I even walked over to my favorite quite place a couple of days ago just to put my head into a different space for a while. There is a duck-filled pond near my house that was my sanctuary during COVID: the one place that kept me sane at a time when the TV news was making me feel as if I was losing my mind.

I suspect that having Saturn sitting stationary across from my natal Uranus has something to do with this. I published (and republished) a post entitled “Break Free” where I described how this alignment might make me feel. The final two lines of the forecast I quoted from astrolibrary.com read “Unexpected situations test your ability to adapt and make changes. Finding balance is crucial to avoid excessive tension.”

That’s exactly where I am right now. The urge to find balance in my life in order to avoid excessive tension is high, and I feel as if I can satisfy that urge by striving to find both traditional (Saturn) and unorthodox (Uranus) ways to relieve stress. Visiting my duck-filled pond fits into the former category. Turning off the TV fits into the latter.

So, I’m going to try to see if I can discover any other quite places for the next few weeks. I’m not feeling anti-social or even introverted at the moment, but rather selective about the noise that I allow to come into my head. I hope that I can keep this up for a while. With the new moon opposing my natal sun on Friday, a calmer, more-balanced outlook on how to remain at peace with the world might do me some good.