Star Struck Style

I figured that I’d be more outgoing and eager to connect with others once the sun entered my first house two days ago. I suppose that I have been personable with the people in my immediate environment, but at the same time I feel as if I’ve turned my back on everyone else.

Allow me to explain what I mean. Normally, I believe I’m quite a socially-conscious, idealistic and politically-active person. However, I feel like a switch flipped in my head this weekend. All of a sudden, I would rather just worry about myself while other people continue to fuck up their own lives.

I suppose this has something to do with the sun transiting my first house and Jupiter hovering over my midheaven. I can understand how my innate selfishness would surge while the planets are lined up this way. Yet I don’t feel like a horrible person for being selfish at this moment in time. With Venus entering my twelfth house and Mars entering my second house, I believe that I’m feeling protective of my own psychological well-being. I can’t be everyone’s father even though my natal sun is in Capricorn. I can’t be everyone’s mother, even though my natal moon is in Cancer. I can’t be the peacemaker, either, even though my ascendant is in Libra. I just need to take care of what I can control in my own little world.

Perhaps this shift in my priorities is a preview of Jupiter’s ingress into my tenth house on Tuesday morning (it happens just a few minutes after midnight). Jupiter transiting the ninth house is an expansive, idealistic position. Jupiter in the tenth house is more about personal and professional development, and can make an individual feel more self-involved. Maybe I’m feeling uncomfortable with this transition because Jupiter is at home in my ninth house and I feel like I’m betraying my ideals by refocusing my energy on myself.

Oh well! I’ve only got a couple of months to worry about feeling this way because Jupiter slips back into my ninth house later this year and remain there until May. Maybe I’ll return to my old, more-caring modus operandi once that happens. In the meantime, if you all want to do stupid things that fuck up your own lives, don’t let me stop you. Go dig your own hole if that’s what you want to do. I’ve got my own shit to deal with . . .