Star Struck Style

The new moon in Scorpio arrives very late in the evening next Wednesday where I live. When I get out of bed on Thursday morning, the event will have already happened. The sun is currently transiting my second house alongside Mercury, Venus and Mars. When the moon joins it there, five planets will be within the boundaries of this sector of my chart.

Looking back on previous posts I’ve published, I’m pretty much in the same place I always am this time of year. I struggle to avoid spending money that I don’t have on the fabulous sales that pop up around American Black Friday. I can imagine that I’ll be doing the same thing again this year. However, I will have my house all to myself for the first week of this lunar cycle, and that might help me to behave. The forecast for this event on “Café Astrology” makes me believe that I can overcome my impulse to shop if I find other ways to enjoy myself:

“Heightened sensitivity to the world of the five senses, to your physical environment, and to the security you gain from the solid ground you have built for yourself is in order for this period of time. Attunement to, and appreciation of, the physical world of the senses is the focus, and this is a time to start fresh in terms of how you arrange your life in order to feel a sense of value and worthiness. Financial issues come into focus. Setting realistic financial goals, as well as formulating such things as budgets and other sensible financial planning projects, will be favored during this time. Discovering ways to increase your income is featured. It is also a wonderful time for taking moments to pleasure yourself through earthy, tactile, and comforting endeavors.”

To be honest, I’m not as worried as I can be. I do feel as if I’ve gained security by getting my financial house in order. Also, being alone at a time when I cope with stress by spending money should be a good thing because I’m rarely stressed out when I’m left to my own devices. The final line of the passage above resonates with me because I really know how to “pleasure” myself “through earthy, tactile and comforting endeavors.”

I’ve already got a massage booked that I’ve paid for with my casino winnings, so in a way I feel as if my intuition was already telling me to prepare for this new cycle. Now that I’ve actually confirmed when it will be happening, I’m going to be sure that I don’t pick up any extra shifts at work or take on any commitments that will stress me out at a time that I should be avoiding stress. I could be looking for ways to increase my income, as this prediction suggests, but that might backfire on me — at least at the beginning of this four-week period.

I feel as I’ve got a good handle on my sense of “value and worthiness” right now, and the universe seems to be telling me that this period of self-care is in my stars. I can be more ambitious on another day, right?

Don’t answer that . . .