Star Struck Style

I’m just a few days away from a few big changes in my horoscope. This coming Friday, the sun enters my first house. The following Monday, Jupiter enters my tenth house.

I can’t wait for these changes to occur because I’m starting to feel a little bored. I need some direction in my life, and the ingress of both the sun and Jupiter into cardinal signs should provide me with that direction. The interpretation of the Jupiter transit on “Café Astrology” provides me with some hope and inspiration for this upcoming cycle:

“This is a time to gain in status, particularly on the professional front, but could also indicate marriage in some cases. Jupiter in your tenth house is a very fortunate place for this expansive planet. Increased public recognition and professional success characterizes this position.

This can be a time of profitable productivity, career advancement, and success in business. Work-related travel or the reaching of a wider audience is possible during this cycle. Your worldly status may change for the better. There could be a promotion, new job opportunities, a diploma or other form of major award, or a marriage.

You may come into the limelight now in a positive fashion. Authority figures and influential people tend to look upon your favorably and seem to be ‘in your corner’.  An event may occur that expands your career or professional interests, and you derive more pleasure in these activities. More freedom is likely to be experienced in your career. Integrity and honesty will get you everywhere now. The more willing you are to put yourself in the limelight, the more positive the rewards — this is not the time to be a shrinking violet!

This can be a time of fulfillment of career goals if you have been working toward specific ones. Because you feel worthy of recognition and of success, these things tend to come naturally to you now.”

Of course, I’ve never been a “shrinking violet,” but I have purposely tried to blend into the background for the past few months while I’ve waited patiently for the stars to line up in my favor. At the same time, I’ve attended to some details in my life have me feeling as if I’m ready to “come into the limelight.” I’ve finally dealt with the debt load that I’ve carried for years, and without that monkey on my back, I can take the chance to start over with a new career. I’ve also attended to some health problems that I didn’t even realize were related to my unhappiness with my former profession. It’s been a year of positive personal growth.

Nevertheless, success can be defined in a number of ways. I would like to experience a “gain in status.” That doesn’t have to be a material gain. I would happy just to find a place to “blossom,” like the violets in the photo I posted above. Again, I’m no shrinking violet and I love to be the center of attention. Yet it’s been a while since I’ve actively sought the limelight. With Saturn briefly moving back into my fifth house just a few days after Jupiter conjoins my midheaven, it’s likely that I will be revisiting the notion how I use my public persona to get ahead during this propitious time in my life. Saturn is ultimately productive, and its ingress through my fifth house has taught me a few lessons about my own talents and how others perceive me.

Anyway, I couldn’t be more excited for this new cycle to begin. After six months of shrinking away from being a spectacle, I’m ready to show off again.