Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
FEBRUARY 11, 2009
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"Love is everything it's cracked up to be. It really is
worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And
the trouble is, if you don't risk everything, you risk even more."
- Erica Jong
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GUIDING QUESTION for cultivating PRONOIA: "The secret of
life," said sculptor Henry Moore to poet Donald Hall, "is
to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something
you bring everything to, every minute of the day for your whole
life. And the most important thing isn't must be something you
cannot possibly do." What is that task for you?
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WHO KNOWS WHAT HAPPINESS WILL FEEL LIKE IN THE FUTURE?
Ten Sci-Fi Devices That Could Soon be in Your Hands
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WHAT'S TO COME?
BRAINSTORM ABOUT THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE
with the help of my
Expanded Audio Horoscopes for the Coming Year
Go to RealAstrology.com
You can still listen to my long-range, in-depth explorations
of your destiny in 2009. Each report in the three-part series
is about 6-9 minutes long.
What will be the story of your life in 2009? How can you exert
your free will to create the adventures that'll bring out the
best in you, even as you find graceful ways to cooperate with
the tides of destiny?
A new short-range forecast for this week is also available.
To find out more about Your BIG PICTURE horoscopes, go to RealAstrology.com.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning February 12
Copyright 2009 by Rob Brezsny
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
"When we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with
ours," wrote author Robert Fulghum, "we join up with
them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness -- and call it
love." I mention this, Aquarius, because the Valentine season
will offer you ample opportunity to bask in the wonders of mutually
compatible weirdness. It could come in the form of friendship
or romance or some other collaboration, but one way or another
it will help you feel less alone in the world, suggesting that
maybe you're not an extraterrestrial time-traveler from the 29th
century after all.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
We're faced with an economic downturn as well as the need to
take strenuous measures to heal the environment. Does that mean
we have to dial down our pursuit of happiness? Are we obligated
to have less fun and deny ourselves pleasure? I say no, as do
the editors at TreeHugger.com. One of their articles, for example,
gives extensive advice on how to have great sex in small, fuel-efficient,
low-emissions cars. With this as your inspiration, Pisces, identify
five other ways to enjoy yourself without having to spend a fortune
or hurt the earth. It's an excellent time, astrologically speaking,
to experiment with the hypothesis that cutting down on consumerism
can help you discover new approaches to feeling really good. (For
other ideas, check out tinyurl.com/6ofzvt.)
ARIES (March 21-April 19):
I invite you to get all the mind-blowing sex you can this Valentine
season, Aries. The entire cosmos will be on your side if you generate
erotic wonders that rearrange your thought processes. For best
results, cultivate the attitude described by the philosopher Voltaire
in a letter to his partner Marie Louise Denis: "Sensual pleasure
passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual
confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul,
these things do not perish and can never be destroyed."
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
Gertrude Stein defined love as "the skillful audacity required
to share an inner life." That's the perfect seed idea for
you to meditate on this Valentine season. It suggests that expressing
the truth about who you are is not something that amateurs do
very well: Practice and ingenuity are required. It also implies
that courage is an essential element of successful intimacy. You've
got to be adventurous if you want to weave your life together
with another's.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
A mischievous voice in my head rose up as I was contemplating
your astrological omens. It said I should tell you to make love
in a bed covered with ten-dollar bills. I asked the voice if this
was a cracked metaphor for a more practical piece of advice. The
voice just cackled. So I'll have to surmise what it was driving
at. First, it could mean that you should make a business proposition
to your lover or spouse, or somehow collaborate with each other
to increase your prosperity. Second, maybe you should spend money
on enhancing romance, either by taking a workshop to upgrade your
intimacy skills or getting creative about fostering togetherness.
Another possibility is that you should add imaginative and humorous
touches to your love-making, like by doing it in a bed full of
money.
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
Over the course of your lifetime, if you're average, you will
spend about 336 hours kissing. But why be average? Especially
now, when the cosmos is begging you to use your mouth to incite
ingenious bliss and explore the frontiers of closeness? To be
in maximum alignment with the great cycles of nature and make
God happy, I suggest you experiment with Guinness-Book-of-World-Records-levels
of smooching and licking and sucking. If you can't find a human
partner to collaborate with, then kiss the sky, the trees, the
rivers, and even the mist. (P.S. For extra credit, use your mouth
to murmur lyrical praises and whisper poetic temptations.)
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
It's a perfect time to cast a love spell on yourself. You don't
necessarily need to consult any pagan books about how to proceed.
It may even be better if you improvise your own homemade conjurations
and incantations. I can think of two main goals for you to accomplish
with your spell. (But feel free to add others.) First, rouse your
imagination into visualizing romantic possibilities you've been
closed to before. Second, make sure you banish the curse that
you yourself cast on your love life once upon a time. P.S. For
best results, stand naked in front of an altar crammed with magical
objects that symbolize both lust and compassion.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
"The person one loves never really exists," said Arthur
C. Clarke, "but is a projection focused through the lens
of the mind onto whatever screen it fits with least distortion."
Your assignment, Virgo, is to prove Clarke at least partially
wrong. See if you can figure out a way to dissolve or elude your
own projections long enough so that you can see the raw truth
about a certain person you crave or adore or care about. Not a
reflection of the dream lover who hides in your heart. Not a fantasy
you wish your beloved would become. But the perfectly imperfect
soul who is actually there in front of you.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
The Madonna of Orgasm Church is a Swedish institution. Its leader
claims that the sect is not obsessed with sex, nor are orgies
included in the regular worship services. Rather, deifying the
orgasm is a symbol for cultivating a lust for life. Making love
is just one of many ways to experience peak states and explore
the spiritual potencies of pleasure. You don't have to be a member
of the church to experiment with this approach, Libra. I hope
you'll have fun with it during this Valentine season, which happens
to be a time in your astrological cycle when seeking intense bliss
and cathartic release is your sacred mandate.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
In creating this oracle, I've borrowed words from the artist
and poet Wolff Bowden. Please steal them from me and use them
in cryptic, affectionate communiqués that will deepen your
connection with someone who makes your heart sing. Here's the
first batch: "You belong to love as wheels belong to roads,
as grapes belong to the blossoming of taste, as corn belongs to
crows, as shadows belong to the ache of heat, as happiness belongs
to the capricious pangs of the soul." Here's the second:
"May the color blue behold your body while sun washes your
shoulders near the window. May your lips refuse the kiss unless
your heart is home. May euphoria find you in the place where you
are lonely. May you light a billion candles with your mind."
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
"Greet one another with a holy kiss," says the Bible's
first book of Corinthians. I think that's great advice for you.
What I take it to mean is that when you come together with someone
you care about, bestow a kiss that's more than merely affectionate
or polite. Use it to invoke a sense of sacred space, surrounding
the two of you with a mood of deep gratitude for the privilege
of being alive. Even further, make your holy kiss be a prayer
for the well-being of your ally, an affirmation of your desire
that he or she will thrive and prosper and become the gorgeous
genius he or she was born to be.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
Would you like to stir up deeper and smarter intimacy? Are you
interested in attracting good surprises that would air out your
romantic dogmas? Do you think it might be fun to discover a new
love secret? To encourage these happy developments, Capricorn,
carry out the following assignments. First, practice loving something
or someone you don't understand. Second, any time you start longing
to be loved more than you are, make it a point to go out and love
someone more than you have in the past. Third, visualize your
heart growing softer and warmer and more receptive.
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HOMEWORK:
Proposed experiment: Carry out an act of love that's unique
in your history. Report your results by going to FreeWillAstrology.com
and clicking on "Email Rob."
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WANT TO GET YOUR CHART DONE?
I'm not doing personal charts, but I highly recommend my astrological
colleague, RO LOUGHRAN. Her approach closely matches my own. In
our many discussions about astrology over the years, we've had
a major influence on each other's work.
Ro utilizes a blend of well-trained
intuition, emotional warmth, and
a high
degree of technical proficiency
in horoscope interpretation; she
is skilled
at exploring the mysteries of your
life's purpose and nurturing your
connection with your own inner
wisdom.
Ro is based in California, but
can do phone consultations and
otherwise
work with you regardless of geographic
boundaries.
Ro's website is at YourSoulJourney.com
She can also be reached at roloughran@comcast.net
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