Star Struck Style

Transiting Mars opposed my natal Uranus this morning. The aspect occurs about once every two years, although it can linger for a while if Mars is stationary or retrograde. That isn’t the case this time. Like Mars’ opposition to my natal Pluto earlier this week, and its conjunction to my natal Chiron on the same day, this transit should be short-lived. “Astrodienst” describes the alignment as follows:

“Most commonly this influence makes you strike out rashly against people who seem to have held you back in some way or who have angered you consistently in the past. Or you may suddenly act impulsively to escape duties and obligations that circumstances have imposed upon you. This is a time when your efforts to liberate yourself from unnecessary and inhibiting restrictions start to succeed. Your life may take a new tack that represents a radically new direction for you. If you are prepared and have consciously tried to bring about this situation, this will be a very good time, for you will be able to act with more freedom and self-determination. But you can expect considerable resistance from others, and it will not be easy. Keep working, for your efforts to expand and liberate your life are not finished.”

I’m not feeling “rash” at all right now. In fact, Jupiter’s opposition to my natal sun — an aspect that lingers for a couple of weeks — seems to be providing the current “theme” to my life along with the Mars/Chiron conjunction. I don’t want to discount the influence of Mars’ oppositions to my natal Pluto and Uranus, but they seem insignificant. Jupiter already has already liberated me from my concerns that I’m not ambitious enough, and Chiron has once again made me appreciate the state of physical well-being I have earned from a lifetime of taking care of myself. As I recuperate from the surgery I had two weeks ago, I’m able “to act with more freedom and self-determination” because I’ve been preparing for this moment since I quit my full-time job a year ago.

For that reason, I’m not eager to “strike out” against anything right now. The only thing that has me feeling inhibited lately is a colder-than-usual springtime in this part of the world. I’m going to take that as a cosmic blessing because it’s keeping me from attempting to clean up my yard when I should be taking it easy according to my doctor’s orders.

Uranus sometimes plays an important role in my chart, but I believe that these other transits are overshadowing its influence at the moment. That’s okay with me because I’m just fine where I am right now. I believe that I chose to follow a “new direction” a while ago, and I’m not too eager to deviate from this path just yet.

Things are good in my own little world . . .