Amen. It’s been a brutal week. I was looking forward to moving into my house after a year of breakup hell. Now I’m going to have to take a leave of absence to look after my aunt in another city who was diagonised with cancer on Wednesday. For me, it’s feels like the movie THE FOG out there. You never know what’s going to come out of the mist and drag you away. I keep hoping the dragger will look like Christian Bale, but…no such luck so far.

This week has been brutal, but mostly it is falling around me. I am just witnessing this and supporting these people. I’m doing okay. I cut tons of fresh basil from the garden and delivered it to a few friends.

Wow, I wish I had read this at work and could have handed it out to my coworkers. Budget cuts and layoffs are imminent, we were told in two separate meetings. I received the form I must use to justify my existence. It was a very somber day and people are very worried, and rightly so.

My need for solitude and the absence of a deep sexual connection with someone aside, I’m actually doing quite well! (Uhhm lol). Close friendships have proved themselves very strong lately and I have a long-term task before me, and I have finally figured out how I’m going to go about it:) And since I’ve been expecting this Saturn transit (on my Sun in a few months), I’ve “buckled up” and feel quite well prepared - at this point, anyway…;) I’ve been doing an awful lot of soul searching this past year; there was a place in the basement I hadn’t covered; now that, too, is on the conscious map of me;) It’s been a very rough year emotionally, but I’m emerging in better shape than ever. And the big “work thing” is there right in front of me as a welcome outlet!
I’ve been aware for a long time that materially (and only materially, mind you), I’ve been a spoiled brat who’s never worked hard for anything, unless you count the Pluto-material, of course. But working hard on that still renders nothing to show for career-wise in any direct sense - and that’s what I’m talking about here;)
Now is quite obviously the time, and I feel VERY grateful for the opportunity to finally prove myself - to myself:)

I don’t know if I’m able to cheer anyone up from my state of self-absorbed semi-workaholism!?!;) But I came up with this: Since the current transits seem to set the stage for micro-level analysis (whether as a mental or physical exercise), that would be my suggestion. It might not be fun, exactly (lol), but it could prove extremely constructive. The snowball starts rolling, and before you know it, the big picture looks much better than expected!:) The accumulative effect is one of my favorite concepts - my Virgo Sun and Sagittarius rising are actually in agreement on this one! *lol*
My own plans for the weekend include shopping in a health store, and absolutely exclude alcohol. Coincidence? I think not! Haven’t set foot in health store for months!;) Have set foot in a pub…;)

Take care:)

This week has felt emotionally crushing, but today was more of a relief — perhaps because it’s Friday and work is over for tonight at least, and I can recover from the week. But yeah, it’s been rough all around.

OMG…that perfectly describes the week I’ve had…thankfully, I’ve had certain ppl around to buoy me up…but still…it’s been a rough one!!

It has been over all a very quiet week. With Moon in Aquarius conjunct my sun, maybe it like being in the eye of a hurricane.

What can I say, wow. Sometimes nothing helps. I keep looking for certain phrases that will keep me on track, like a mantra, something to repeat to myself when I feel myself slipping.

I call my sister and she tries to fix my problems even though I didn’t ask and what can she do anyway? Still she gave me a few minutes of her time– so that’s pretty good.

I’m not faced with life and death issues (except for my great uncle who died this week and an old friend of my mothers getting diagnosed with cancer) but what I get is this low level or high level anxiety about what I feel I have no clue how to change or fix. And with my virgo moon and virgo rising (which saturn is on), I really want to fix it.

What helps: seeing friends even when you don’t feel like it. Call the good people in your life. Remember what IS working. Many deep breaths. And then some more. Listen to lots of Pema Chodron…

So I don’t know about cheer. What I’m describing here is more about relief–

Looking fwd to Mars entering Libra and away from my moon-pluto conjunction!

i tried… i’m just feeling overwhelmed.
mostly because i’m taking the kid up into the mountains tomorrow and i have all this stuff i’d normally do on saturday to do now…

I love the picture!!! Too Funny! First thing I noticed haha

Australia I totally feel you. Im from aussie too and the forecast reports confuse me too since we’re a day ahead. At least I know what yesterday was suppose to feel like.

I had already decided no whining for yesterday so took advantage of a gift and took my kids to a water park, crypto be damned, and ran into a friend. As always, anytime you think your life is pretty crappy, someone else will shock you back to reality. Her husband was just diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer. Her son will be in my class next year, so I can help there with giving him a safe place. Hoping and praying he won’t need it, but it will be a long year for them. My life just got a lot easier!

I’ve been such a bitch this week! I hear myself and I’m like, jeez!

I’m trying to chill out because I really don’t like the way I sound. It’s working sort of.