Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
AUGUST 19, 2009
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"The privilege of a lifetime is to be who you are."
- Joseph Campbell
"The moment you come to trust chaos, you see God clearly.
Chaos is divine order, versus human order. Change is divine order,
versus human order. When the chaos becomes safety to you, then
you know you're seeing God clearly."
- Caroline Myss
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning August 20
Copyright 2009 by Rob Brezsny
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
No more rotten dessert, Virgo. No more silky danger or juicy
poison. No more worthless treasures or empty successes or idiotic
brilliance. Soon all those crazy-making experiences will be gone,
blasted, dead. By this time next week, the bad influences that
were trying to pass themselves off as good influences will have
fallen away in response to your courageous drive for authenticity.
You will be primed to restore your innocence and play in places
where purity is the rule, not the exception. Already, the wisdom
of your wild heart is regenerating, giving you the strength to
overthrow the sour, life-hating influences that were threatening
to smother your spirit.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
An epic treasure hunt will soon begin. Are you ready for it?
I don't think you are. To get yourself in shape to perform at
a high level, I suggest that you open your mind wider than you
ever have before. The clues that will be most helpful won't resemble
any clues you've ever valued in the past, and they'll be arriving
from unforeseen sources. I'll give you a hint about what to look
for in the early going of the quest for the magic boon: What circumstance
in your life has a certain metaphorical similarity to a speakeasy
during the time when alcohol sales were illegal in America?
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
It's not a favorable moment to get your honey's name tattooed
on your forearm. Maybe in November, but not now. On the other
hand, it's an excellent time to determine whether your lover is
willing to have your name tattooed on his or her forearm. In the
coming weeks, I also encourage you to figure out which of your
allies would give you half of their fudge brownie and which wouldn't;
which authority figures would be inclined to give you precisely
what you want rather than see you walk out of their lives; and
which of your associates are too jealous of you to be truly helpful.
Be cagey about how you apply the tests, Scorpio. See if you can
subtly gauge where everyone stands in relationship to you.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
I'd like to discuss The Game. Do you know what I mean? I'm talking
about The Unnamed Game. The Uber-Game that is so vast and all-encompassing
that it's virtually a secret. What if you discovered that one
of the seemingly sacrosanct rules of The Game was really just
a local ordinance, and no longer applied if you played in a different
arena or at a higher level? And what if I said that in this different
arena or higher level, new allies are poised to introduce you
to loopholes and shortcuts you never imagined existed?
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
I think you've been lurking and slinking long enough, Capricorn.
For now, you've learned all you need to know about wrestling with
camouflage and subterfuge. You've done all you could to clean
up the crooked places and bring integrity to the twisted stories.
Now it's high time for you to come out and play -- to exit the
claustrophobic maze and make a break for wide-open spaces. Some
cautionary advice: To keep from getting pinched by trick endings,
make sure all sales are final and all goodbyes are complete.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
Technically, this would be an excellent time to shuck all your
responsibilities and plunge into a week-long bacchanalia, complete
with rowdy feasting and delirious dancing and lunatic laughter
and erotic abandon and mind-altering emotions. Realistically,
though, while such an interlude might do wonders for your relationship
with yourself, it could dampen your relationships with people
who rely on you. Unless of course you could coax them into joining
you on your binge.
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
Did you ever notice that some people seem to be addicted to falling
in love over and over again? While they may truly have a natural
propensity to exult in the beauty of a great variety of their
fellow humans, I also suspect that their addiction serves as an
excuse for them to fall in love with themselves over and over
again. At least in part, each new romantic partner is a pawn in
their strategy for coming back home to themselves. Here's what
I'm inclined to ask these people: Why not simply eliminate the
middleman or middlewoman? I'm not necessarily implying that you'll
benefit from this advice right now, Pisces. But then why did a
soft, lulling voice in my head just suggest that I tell it to
you?
ARIES (March 21-April 19):
Maybe you weren't listened to very attentively as a child. Perhaps
you were dressed in clothes you didn't like, hugged only three
times a year, and fed food you were allergic to. I suppose it's
even possible that your parents were psychotic drug dealers who
kept you chained to a radiator in their squalid basement. If that's
the case, Aries, I would understand if you had an urge to devote
the next three decades to bewailing your bitter past and scheming
up ways to wreak revenge on the cruel world. But if you have ever
been curious about whether there might be better ways to allocate
your time and energy, I have good news. According to my reading
of the astrological omens, you now have it in your power to overcome
your toughest memories and set out on a course to become almost
as secure as if those bad things had never happened.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
Let's say you're listening to your favorite band on a stereo
system. There is a place between the two speakers where you will
hear the two streams of music blend perfectly, exactly as the
sound engineer intended. This place is called the sweet spot.
If you play tennis or baseball, you know about another version
of the term "sweet spot." It's the area on the racquet
or the bat where you get best results when striking the ball.
According to my astrological analysis, Taurus, this will be your
ruling metaphor for the next three weeks. You have arrived at
your very own sweet spot -- the embodiment of all that is melodious,
graceful, delicious, aromatic, and effective.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
Squirrels often bury the nuts they find, intending to come back
and retrieve their bounty at a later time. The only trouble is,
they sometimes forget where their hiding places are, and the nuts
go uneaten. This, at least, is the story told by children's book
writer Beatrice Potter, and I regard her as an authority on such
matters. I bring this to your attention, Gemini, because you're
entering a phase when it will be wise for you to track down and
accumulate extra reserves of a prime resource. As you do, make
sure you remember all the pertinent details that will allow you
to fully access them when you need them in the future.
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
For better or worse, you are at least temporarily becoming more
psychic. It could be a blessing, or it might be a bit of a burden.
You may really enjoy having an enhanced ability to tune in to
what people are thinking and feeling, and it could prove eminently
useful. Knowing what's really on everyone's mind might
give you a significant edge as you work to turn grand fantasies
into well-grounded realities. But it also might tax your empathy
or tempt you to ignore boundaries that should be upheld. I hope
that by informing you of this situation, I have made it far more
likely that your higher sensitivity will be a gift instead of
a glitch.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
Your strategies are very close to working. The results you've
generated so far are almost useful, bordering on successful, and
on the brink of being beautiful. My question now is: You won't
stop here, will you? You've already garnered a measure of recognition.
You've gotten a taste of victory over your old bugaboos. Will
you be satisfied with these partial breakthroughs, or will you
fight and kick and scratch to strip away the almosts and ascend
to utter triumph?
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HOMEWORK:
True or false: You know what to do and you know when to do it.
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