Star Struck Style

Transiting Venus conjoined my natal Chiron yesterday just before I got the call to book my hernia surgery. I go under the knife two weeks from tomorrow.

I’m excited to get my umbilical hernia fixed. I understand that I just turned sixty and that it’s not likely that I’ll be lifting up my shirt to show off my six-pack anytime soon, but the bulge in my belly button bugs me. No one ever sees it but me, but it still bugs me.

Curiously, the website 12andus.com interprets the Venus/Chiron transit as follows:

“Your past wounds are brought to the surface now through your relationships to others and through lessons involving self-value and self-worth.”

A hernia is essentially a wound, and it is a wound that affects my self-worth. The alignment between these two planets is happening in my fifth house: a part of the chart connected to self-expression and the manner in which an individual displays themselves in the world. I am acutely aware of this wound, even though I do everything to conceal it; I’m pretty sure that almost no one else even knows that it exists. That’s the way I think, though. I’m a superficial person. I have Libra as a rising sign and both Saturn and Chiron in my fifth house. The idea that people may make judgements about me based upon my appearance is always on my mind. For that reason, I do find it interesting that I haven’t gone “under the knife” more often to improve my self-worth.

I have discussed plastic surgery addiction before, both on this blog and in the books I’ve written. I do see connections between the signs of Pisces and Taurus with the notion of taking “the easy way out.” I’m sure that I’ve discussed the innate perfectionism related to the sign of Virgo and its relationship to cosmetic surgery, as well. However, the procedure I’m having is recommended for medical reasons: an umbilical hernia can eventually cause other health problems. That’s why I’m getting it fixed. An improved appearance is a side benefit. It’s very Capricorn-like for me to view this procedure in such a practical manner.

I’m thrilled that this is all happening before gardening season gets underway in this part of the world. I need to take off about six weeks from my gig as a fitness trainer, too, but I’m sort of excited about that, too. I could use a break from my routine. As transiting Venus conjoined my natal Chiron, it also opposed my natal Uranus, making me eager to accept the sudden shift to a schedule that I’ve been following for more that two decades.

I’m sure that most people don’t get this excited about hernia surgery, but I’m not most people. I’m a vain, old goat who wants to have a flat stomach. Now I just have to be sure that I don’t spend my six week of recuperation sitting on the couch eating potato chips.

Wish me luck!