Star Struck Style

“Touchy and Irritable” is the title of my daily horoscope on astro.com tomorrow. The title refers to Mercury’s imminent square to my natal Mars. The prediction reads as follows:

“This influence can be quite difficult. You are inclined to feel touchy and irritable and to regard almost any communication from another person as a challenge. And you will make this attitude so clear to people that they may even tread lightly around you for fear of setting you off. Anyone who crosses you will be told off in no uncertain terms. The worst way to handle this influence, but what you are most likely to do, is to identify your own ego with what you believe or think. This will make you act as if your very life were threatened, which of course it is not. If you have to fight for your beliefs, this influence can be a help, but don’t look for a battle or create an issue where none exists.”

Thankfully, I don’t have much to do over the next couple of days. I’ve already got the transiting sun forming a square with my natal sun this afternoon, so being annoyed by anything and everything in my environment was already on my agenda. I do have some administrative work to do from home tomorrow morning, so I’ll just have to do my best to avoid the sort of triggers that set me off, like assuming that the people I’m working with have done their jobs properly. If I lower my expectations today, I might be surprised when things aren’t so bad tomorrow, right?

On the bright side, I just found out that I’m going to be left to my own devices over the next few weeks. I’ve booked a staycation during the last week of the month, too, so I’ll be able to tune out the noise for a little while longer as I transition into a routine that has me housebound a little more often than I would prefer to be housebound. Winter can be rough on my psyche if I don’t develop healthier ways to get through it. With a new moon nearly conjunct my ascending degree on the horizon, I feel like I’m ready to make a fresh start in a more-positive direction. I’m not dreading the upcoming season like I could be.

Maybe the title of my horoscope should be “Unbothered and Serene” since I’m going to do my best to make it to Monday feeling exactly that way. Wish me luck!