Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
JANUARY 12, 2011
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DREAM AND SCHEME ABOUT YOUR LONG-RANGE FUTURE
with my 3-part EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES for the Coming Year.
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What new influences will be headed your way in 2011? What fresh
resources will you be able to draw on? How can you conspire with
life to create the best possible future for yourself?
This week, my EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES feature Part 3 of the
long-range, in-depth explorations of your destiny in 2011.
Part 1 and Part 2 of your Year-End Predictions, which I offered
the last two weeks, are also still available.
To find out more about how to listen to your BIG PICTURE horoscopes
online, go to RealAstrology.com.
You can also listen over the phone by calling 1-877-873-4888.
The cost is $6 per sign on the Web, or $1.99 per minute by phone.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning January 13
Copyright 2011 by Rob Brezsny
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
"Forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past,"
said comedian Lily Tomlin. I recommend that you make this a keynote
during the next six months. According to my understanding of the
astrological omens, you will have the best opportunity you've
had in a long time to put some of your unsettling memories to
sleep for good. This is your big chance to graduate from old anxieties
that can never be resolved. You're finally ready to declare your
independence from messy burdens and maddening riddles that have
haunted you.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
If you want to be healed, whether from a physical malady or a
psychic wound, there's one prerequisite you have to meet: You
have to be willing to learn a lesson that your suffering has invited
you to study. I would go so far as to say that no one, no matter
how skilled a healer, can help cure you until you have taken that
first step. So what teaching is it that you would need to explore
in order to transform your distress into wisdom?
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
Are you ready to get the fun surprise you were promised in your
dreams? Are you fully prepared to collect the elegant prize you
were guaranteed before you were born? I don't think you are --
mostly because you're not thoroughly convinced that you deserve
these wonders. From what I can tell, your self-doubts are still
more substantial than your self-worth. And as long as that holds
true, you will continue to hold your just rewards at bay. So let's
make it your project in the next three weeks to elevate your levels
of self-worth. It doesn't mean you'll have to completely shed
your self-doubts, so don't worry about trying to pull off that
impossible project. All you need to do is adjust your self-worth
to self-doubt ratio so it's at least 51 percent to 49 percent.
ARIES (March 21-April 19):
What empire are you building, Aries? What master plan are you
in the midst of carrying out? As you gaze out upon your realm,
are you content with the way it's evolving? Judging from the current
astrological omens, I'd say it's an excellent time to ponder questions
like those. And if your inventory reveals that you're missing
some pieces of the big picture's puzzle, I suggest you set out
on a quest to locate them.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
In a famous psychology experiment, test subjects watched a video
of six people passing basketballs to each other. Their assignment
was to count how many passes were thrown and caught by the three
people wearing white shirts, while ignoring passes between the
three wearing black shirts. But there was a trick embedded in
the exercise. Midway through the video, a person wearing a gorilla
suit ambled into the scene, thumped his chest, and quickly departed.
Half of the test subjects did not notice this intrusion. They
were too focused on the task of counting the passes made by the
players in white. (Watch it here: tinyurl.com/TrickGorilla.)
In the coming week, Taurus, I expect that you will experience
at least one similar trick. Look for the unexpected.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
Astrologer Hunter Reynolds says that when you are at your best,
you Geminis specialize in "enlightened impatience."
You don't get trapped expressing polite deference in situations
that drain your energy. You don't tolerate boring experiences
just because they're supposed to be good for you. You'd rather
"err on the side of learning-through-too-much-movement"
than get bogged down in "principled sluggishness." But
while that's how you are when you're at your peak, you can also
be susceptible to the dark side of this talent. Sometimes you
abort a potential breakthrough by prematurely fleeing a useful
but difficult scene. I suspect you may be prone to that kind of
behavior right now. My advice: Be skeptical of your escape reflex.
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LET'S IMAGINE WHAT BEAUTIFUL MYSTERIES
MIGHT COME YOUR WAY IN 2011
Listen to my Expanded Audio Horoscopes for the Coming Year.
Would you like some inspiration as you muse and wonder about
your upcoming adventures in 2011?
In this week's EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES, I offer you Part 3
of a long-term, in-depth exploration of your destiny in the coming
year.
Part 1 and Part 2 are still available.
Find out how to access them online at RealAstrology.com.
They are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888.
The cost is $6 per sign on the Web, or $1.99 per minute by phone.
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CANCER (June 21-July 22):
In her poem "Heathen," Lesley Wheeler describes a young
boy who puts his ear up against his mother's ear "so that
the god in your head can talk / to the god in mine." The
coming weeks would be an excellent time for you to try something
similar with people you care for. It's a ripe moment to raise
the stakes in your intimate life . . . to get closer than you've
dared to get before . . . to retire the familiar stories you and
your allies are in the habit of exchanging so that you can tune
in to the deeper hum of each other's wilder truths.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
There's a guy on the Internet -- calls himself Tian -- whose
mission is to correct Westerners who misunderstand and misuse
Chinese characters. Many of the people who write to him for advice
are Americans who have come to suspect that the Chinese characters
they got tattooed on their flesh don't really mean what they were
led to believe (bit.ly/WrongTat).
For example, Tian informed one person that a tattoo whose character
supposedly says "to learn as much as possible" actually
means "empty, hollow, bare, deserted." I offer this
up as a cautionary tale, Leo. In the coming days, make sure you're
not under a misapprehension about what you're taking on and taking
in. Choose only the very best imprints -- and verify that they
are what you think they are.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
I regard 2011 as an excellent time for you to cultivate your
unique talents, some of which may still be latent or undiscovered.
With that in mind, consider these thoughts. Ernest Hemingway said
a person had to have "the guts of a burglar" to develop
his or her talent. Neurologist and author Dr. Alice W. Flaherty
believes that the drive to use one's talent is even more important
than the amount of raw talent one has. And here's novelist Erica
Jong: "Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to
follow that 'talent' to the dark place where it leads." P.S.
If you do venture into those dark places, you'll eventually uncover
ten suns' worth of illumination.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
Back in 1962, an American company named Corning created a product
that was so revolutionary, no one could figure out how to exploit
it in practical ways. It was "Gorilla glass," a glass
that's so strong it's almost impossible to break or even scratch.
Only recently has it found a commercial application, first in
cell phones and other mobile devices and next in a new generation
of ultra-thin TV screens. I foresee a comparable development in
your immediate future, Libra: some ahead-of-its-time breakthrough
you made a while ago that can finally be used to improve your
life.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
When I arrived at my acupuncturist's waiting room, there were
just two magazines on the table next to my chair: The celebrity
rag People Style Weekly and the spiritually oriented
Shambala Sun. The first offered articles on "hot
new handbags and shoes under $99" and "easy ways to
get gorgeous hair, skin, and nails." The second provided
a "guide to mindful living," with advice about how to
get centered, focused, and relaxed. I thought that was metaphorically
similar to the choice you will face in the coming week, Scorpio.
It's up to you: Which way do you want to go?
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
I can almost categorically guarantee that in 2011 you will have
no encounters with fire demons, wart-ridden vampires, two-headed
dogs, moaning ghosts, wayward werewolves, or extraterrestrial
robots. Nope. You can pretty much go ahead and make plans based
on the assumption that you won't have to account for intrusions
like that. But I can also assure you that the lack of crazy encounters
with unhinged monsters does not mean your life will suffer from
blahs or boredom. On the contrary: I think this could be one of
your most interesting years in a decade. To prepare yourself,
make sure you don't unconsciously equate adventure with chaos;
imagine what it would be like to experience mystery and intrigue
that uplift you.
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HOMEWORK:
All of us are trying to wake up from our sleepy delusions about
the nature of life. What will be your most potent wake-up technique
in 2011? Go to Freewillastrology.com
and click "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
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