Star Struck Style

I think I’ve come up with a new year’s resolution for 2026.

A couple of years ago, I declared to the universe that I have everything I need to be happy. Honestly, that was the most successful resolution I’ve ever made. Every time I’m feeling sorry for myself, I look around at the things in my immediate orbit and I realize how lucky I am. I have very little to complain about.

That shift in my mindset has helped me tremendously. I don’t know if I would have quit the job that was driving me crazy this time last year if I hadn’t stopped to take an inventory of what I already have. Now that I’m in a better state mentally, physically and spiritually, I need to continue to be grateful for the world that I have created for myself.

And that brings me to my 2026 resolution. One of the biggest stressors in my life is the idea that I need to be doing more to make the world a better place. At the same time, I feel beaten down and oppressed by the world at large the more I engage in activities that I believe will make the world a better place. I know that there are going to be times in an individual’s life when fighting for a cause might be an appropriate course of action, but I don’t believe that this is the time for me to lead the charge. For that reason, I need to stop myself from becoming riled-up by the behavior of other people in general. I can’t tell anyone else what to do when they aren’t willing to listen.

However, that doesn’t mean that my own little world can’t be a better place. Now that I have acknowledged that I have everything I need to be happy, I need to enjoy what I already have. I want to make my own little world a place that I want to live in. Perhaps by starting small, I can make improvements to everything in my immediate environment and then gradually start to exert some authority outside of my own little world. The more satisfied I am with myself, the more likely it is that I will be able to increase my sphere of influence in the future.

I believe that this is the right resolution for me to make with retrograde Jupiter currently transiting my ninth house. I could succumb to the Sagittarian influence of that transit and gallop recklessly into the future like a centaur, or I could evolve into a more Chiron-like character once Jupiter resumes its ascent to the top of my chart. I’m going to be sixty in two days from now. I believe that the latter scenario is a far more appropriate path for this old goat to follow.

So that’s it. I know that the new moon in Capricorn is still a couple of weeks away, but I’m confident that this is the resolution I need to follow in 2026. Wish me luck!