Star Struck Style

Mercury enters my twelfth house this morning. The sun will join it in that sector of my chart this Friday, followed by a new moon in my twelfth house on Sunday.

What does all that mean? I think it’s time for me to take a step back from social media for a while. Current events are stressing me out at a time that I don’t want to be stressed out. The fact is that I’m in a completely different place than I was six months ago when I quit my full-time job. Since that time, I’ve lost weight because I’m not stressed out, my chronic thigh pain and stiffness has subsided because I’m not stressed out, and my blood pressure is back to normal for the first time in years. So why would I allow myself to invite stress back into my life?

I read a couple of interpretations of Mercury’s transit through the twelfth house, and both of them mentioned that retreating into myself entirely would be just as bad as not retreating at all. I’m not too worried about that because I’m not the sort of person who fades into the background. I also have transiting Mars in my first house and Venus on the cusp of my eleventh house at the moment, so the chances of me becoming completely anonymous are quite slim. It’s a good balance.

So, I’m going to try to stay tethered to the real world by putting myself out into the real world. At the same time, I’m going to try to stop checking into my social media feeds every chance I get. Perhaps that will give me the opportunity to plot my next move for when the stars line up in my favor a month from now. If I can avoid feeling victimized by these twelfth house transits (something that can happen when that part of the chart is highlighted), then maybe I can exit this phase feeling emboldened by my ability to retreat and reset rather than defeated by circumstances that feel as if they are beyond my control.

That sounds like a plan. Let me start by logging off of this computer . . .