Star Struck Style

Yesterday, I published a post about Neptune’s ingress into Aries and how that might affect the world at large. Today, I wanted to discuss how it might affect me. I was reminded that we already had a sneak peek of this transit at the end of March when Neptune first entered the sign of the ram. Thinking about that time, I realized that it was just about a week after I had quit my full-time job. I was spending my time getting my head around the idea that I was embarking upon a new path that was far more uncertain than the road I had been travelling since before the pandemic began. What happened over the next several months was interesting, and now I can understand why.

Aries is a cardinal sign. In fact, it’s the only cardinal sign not represented in my so-called “big three.” I have the sun in Capricorn, the moon in Cancer and Libra rising. That combination makes me an intuitive person: for someone who is often quite logical, I do find myself following my intuition quite often. That is why I haven’t panicked about being underemployed since I quit my full-time job. I’ve had this “feeling” that waiting for the world to stabilize around me would be beneficial. I didn’t want to get hired by another business that wasn’t going to be around in a few years because I’ve been through that too many times before.

Anyway, my intuition has led me to the place I am right now: perfectly satisfied with what I’ve been doing for the last several months. Even as Neptune reentered Pisces back in October, I stuck to my guns and promised myself that I would not panic and take on a new job that put me in the same position I was in last year at this time. I was miserable doing what I was doing, and I never want to feel like that again.

Reading the interpretation of Neptune’s ingress into Aries on “Café Astrology” just reaffirms my confidence in my decision to delay my search for more-gainful employment. The passage reads as follows:

“While Neptune is in Aries, we idealize independence, courage, bravery, freedom, and fresh starts. However, we may not see ourselves clearly, or we might struggle with defining ourselves and our boundaries during this period. We might also inflate our importance in times of insecurity, which can be quite detrimental. Presenting false images of ourselves that we end up identifying with can be especially tempting during this period. Other issues to watch for include impatience with things we don’t understand or intricate matters, and being caught off guard by competitors or by anger we failed to recognize.

On the other hand, it can be a time of great wonder and impulse — we tend to boldly follow our intuition wherever it leads us. We have faith in our ability to innovate, lead, start anew, and win. We can be talented at inspiring others to action and promoting our beliefs, ideas, and missions.”

While I do need to heed the warnings of the first paragraph, the second one gives me hope for the future. I do trust my intuition, and I trust the patience that I have demonstrated over the past several months as I’ve adapted to this new chapter of my life. In a couple of weeks from now, Saturn will join Neptune in Aries, marking an era where I can potentially “start anew” without the uncertainty that having those two planets in Pisces seemed to bring.

I can thank my lucky stars that I am the sort of person who can trust in their intuition. It rarely leads me astray. In this new era, I doubt that will change, and for that reason I am optimistic about what this transit means for me.