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I keep coming across posts like this one where I discuss my annual autumn pilgrimage to Las Vegas. Of course, I'm not going to Sin City again until America does something about its Donald Trump problem, but that's a story for another post. What I want to discuss today is the weird, transient feeling I get that takes me back to my old haunt again and again.

The inner planets are in a remarkably similar place to where they were when I first published this post back in 2018. The big difference is that the new moon actually arrives within the next couple of hours just a few minutes from my ascendant yet still within my twelfth house. Shortly afterward, the moon moves into my first house, followed by the sun a few hours later.

Irritable (source: pexels.com) "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.

Venus (source: pexels.com) Yesterday was an interesting day. Little things got under my skin more than they should have. I was fine when I was left to my own devices (as I predicted in my previous post), but I found almost everyone else in my orbit to be completely insufferable. This morning I had a look at my chart to see if I had missed something that would have made me feel so antisocial.

Venus (source: pexels.com) Venus stations and turns retrograde today. "Café Astrology" describes the event as follows: "Venus in Scorpio stations and turns retrograde today and will continue in retrograde motion until November 13th. Until October 25th, Venus transits Scorpio and then retreats into Libra on that date for the remainder of the retrograde. This Venus retrograde cycle can bring us back to unresolved matters, particularly those related to relationships, finances, wants and needs, and values.

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I'm right back to where I was eight years ago when I first published this post. The more things change, the more they stay the same . . .

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I published this post last year when Mercury entered my twelfth house. This year, just the sun is transiting that part of my chart while Mercury and Venus are traveling through my first house. Nevertheless, I'm feeling quite "anonymous" again, and eager to escape into my own little world. I suppose that's why blogging has been a chore for me over the last several days.

This post from last year reminds me that I need to make an appointment for my annual physical. It also reminds me that I'm doing just fine without making a lot of money. I might as well enjoy my mostly stress-free life as I inch toward a debt-free future, right?

Saturday's upcoming full moon is in a similar place to this full moon I wrote about back in 2023. However, this time it's not unafflicted as it will occur just eight minutes away from forming a square to my natal moon. I have a feeling that I will have a rough time at my retail job since I'm working with a couple of grouchy Cancer natives who like to point fingers at anyone and everyone when things don't go their way.

Jet Trail (source: pexels.com) I found myself staring at jet trails yesterday, wondering if I'll ever go on another Vegas vacation. When I was still working at my full-time job, I used to do that all the time. Knowing that I was going to be getting away a couple of times a year was the only thing that kept me going.