Star Struck Style

Mercury entered my seventh house this morning. Transiting Mars is also forming a sextile to my natal Venus, and Jupiter is forming a simultaneous sextile/trine to my natal Pluto/Chiron axis (they are just 15″ apart from forming an exact opposition in my horoscope).

It’s a good day to be me. I go back to the gym today after taking six weeks off from leading the fitness classes I’ve taught for decades. My surgery follow-up appointment isn’t until tomorrow morning, but I’m sure I’ll be fine. I feel strong and healthy, and ready to get back into a more active routine. I’m also feeling more sociable, as the Mercury transit might indicate. The sun has already been transiting my seventh house for a while, so that should be expected. The Mars/Venus aspect is a gregarious alignment, too. Yet it’s Jupiter’s trine to Chiron that has me feeling terrific.

I am extremely content with myself and the choices that have led me to this point in my life. Still, there is a voice in my head that is telling me that things can be so much better. I believe that is a product of this current alignment. “Café Astrology” describes the Jupiter/Chiron trine as follows:

“When transiting Jupiter trines natal Chiron, you are in the position to expand your outlook and improve your feelings of optimism. Opening your mind or expanding your experiences can have a healing, almost therapeutic effect on your life; generosity and openness can have a similar outcome.

You might also seek more meaning at this time. Opportunities to learn, deepen your knowledge, or travel or venture outside of your usual routine can emerge.”

The optimism that I’m feeling has a lot to do with my physical health. When I look around at others my age, I am thrilled with myself. I feel like dropping everything else I do and rebranding myself as a wellness influencer for old people. I don’t know if I’m going to do that, but knowing that I could do it with absolute legitimacy feeds my ego like nothing else.

Nevertheless, I wouldn’t do anything like that without having all my ducks in a row first. But maybe I should do that! In six months from now, when Mercury is conjoining my ascendant, perhaps I’ll be a place where I could just launch an entirely new career. I’ve got a lifetime of experience taking care of myself, after all, so it’s not like I would suffer from imposter syndrome any more than I already do. It would also add some meaning to my life to do something other than what I’m doing. I sort of feel as if I’m just going through the motions lately.

I’ll probably revisit this post in a year from now and wonder what I was thinking. But at the moment, moving in a new direction doesn’t seem irrational or even impractical. And for that reason, I can’t wait to see how this turns out . . .