Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
JANUARY 25, 2012
FreeWillAstrology.com
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Dear Readers,
I've gathered together all of the long-term, big-picture horoscopes
I wrote for you in the past month, and bundled them in one place.
Go here to read a compendium of your forecasts for 2012:
bit.ly/BigLife
In addition to these, I've created EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES
that go even further in exploring your long-term destiny in 2012.
Unlike the written freebies, the three-part audio reports cost
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What will be the story of your life in 2012? 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?
If you'd like a high-octane boost of inspiration to fuel you
in your quest for beauty and truth and love and justice and meaning,
tune in to my meditations on your long-term outlook.
A new short-range forecast for this week is also available.
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What do I think about the 2012 phenomenon? You can read my views
in a story that was done in Vancouver's "Westender"
newspaper. It's here: bit.ly/wHGwsu.
There's also a Q & A with me about my life as an astrologer:
bit.ly/zMqXhh
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning January 26
Copyright 2012 by Rob Brezsny
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
Collectors prefer wild orchids, says William Langley, writing
in the UK's Telegraph. Orchids grown in nurseries, which
comprise 99.5 percent of the total, are tarnished with "the
stigma of perfection." Their colors are generic and their
petal patterns are boringly regular. Far more appealing are the
exotic varieties untouched by human intervention, with their "downy,
smooth petals and moistened lips pouting in the direction of tautly
curved shafts and heavily veined pouches." Whatever your
sphere or specialty is, Aquarius, I suggest you model yourself
after the wild orchid collectors in the coming days. Shun the
stigma of perfection.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
While doing a film a few years ago, actress Sandra Bullock stumbled
upon a stunning secret: Rubbing hemorrhoid cream on her face helped
shrink her wrinkles and improve her complexion. I predict that
at least one and possibly more comparable discoveries will soon
grace your life. You will find unexpected uses for things that
were supposedly not meant to be used in those ways. Here's a corollary,
courtesy of scientist Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, that describes a related
talent you'll have at your disposal: "Discovery consists
of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has
thought."
ARIES (March 21-April 19):
The coming week is likely to be abnormally free of worries and
frustrations. I'm afraid that means you're not going to have as
much right to complain as you usually do. Can you handle that?
Or will you feel bereft when faced with the prospect of having
so little to grumble about? Just in case, I've compiled a list
of fake annoyances for you to draw on. 1. "My iPhone won't
light my cigarette." 2. "The next tissue in my tissue
box doesn't magically poke out when I take one." 3. "I
want some ice cream, but I overstuffed myself at dinner."
4. "I saw a hipster wearing a shirt I donated to the Salvation
Army and now I want it back." 5. "I ran out of bottled
water and now I have to drink from the tap." 6. "My
cat's Facebook profile gets more friend requests than me."
7. "I tried to spread cold butter on my toast and the bread
ripped." 8. "I was really comfortable but I thought
I could be really really comfortable so I adjusted and now I can't
get back to my original level of comfort." 9. "When
people tell me I should feel grateful for all I have instead of
complaining all the time, I feel guilty."
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
The state of California was named after a storybook land described
in a 16th-century Spanish novel. The mythical paradise was ruled
by Queen Calafia. Gold was so plentiful that the people who lived
there made weapons out of it and even adorned their animals with
it. Did the real California turn out to be anything like that
fictional realm? Well, 300 years after it got its name, the California
Gold Rush attracted 300,000 visitors who mined a fortune in the
precious metal. Your assignment, Taurus: Think of the myths you
believed in when you were young and the fantasies that have played
at the edges of your imagination for years. Have any of them come
true, even a little? I suspect that one may do just that in the
coming weeks and months.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
In Bill Moyers' DVD The Language of Life, poet Naomi
Shihab Nye is shown giving advice to aspiring young poets. She
urges them to keep an open mind about where their creative urges
might take them. Sometimes when you start a poem, she says, you
think you want to go to church, but where you end up is at the
dog races. I'll make that same point to you, Gemini. As you tune
in to the looming call to adventure, don't be too sure you know
what destination it has in mind for you. You might be inclined
to assume it'll lead you toward a local bar for drinks when in
fact it's nudging you in the direction of a wild frontier for
a divine brouhaha.
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
Renowned comic book writer Grant Morrison claims he performed
a magic ritual in which he conjured the spirit of John Lennon,
who appeared and bestowed on him the gift of a new song. I've
heard Morrison sing the tune, and it does sound rather Lennon-esque.
The coming week would be a good time for you to go in quest of
a comparable boon, Cancerian: a useful and beautiful blessing
bequeathed to you by the departed spirit of someone you love or
admire.
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EXPLORING THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LONG-RANGE FUTURE
Would you like some inspiration as you muse and wonder about
your upcoming adventures in 2012?
You can still listen to my long-range, in-depth explorations
of your destiny in 2012. Each report in the three-part series
is about 7-9 minutes long.
Go to RealAstrology.com
to sign in and access the EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES
A new short-range forecast for this week is also available.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
"There are works which wait, and which one does not understand
for a long time," said Oscar Wilde. "The reason is that
they bring answers to questions which have not yet been raised;
for the question often arrives a terribly long time after the
answer." I predict that sometime soon, Leo, you will prove
that wisdom true. You will finally learn the brilliant question
whose crucial answer you got years ago. When it arrives, you will
comprehend a mystery that has been churning in the semi-darkness
all this time.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
Shedding is healthy -- not just for cats and dogs and other animals
but also for us humans. Did you know that you shed thousands of
particles of dead skin every hour? And just as our bodies need
to shed, so do our psyches. I bring this up, Virgo, because you
are in an unusually favorable phase to do a whole lot of psychic
shedding. What should you shed exactly? How about some of these:
old ideas that don't serve you any more, habits that undermine
your ability to pursue your dreams, compulsions that are at odds
with your noble intentions, resentment against people who did
you wrong a long, long time ago, and anything else you carry with
you that keeps you from being fully alive and radiant. To paraphrase
Thomas Jefferson, the price of freedom and aliveness is eternal
shedding.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
According to research published in the journal Psychological
Science, many people are virtually allergic to creative ideas.
When asked to consider a novel proposal, they're quite likely
to reject it in favor of an approach that's well-known to them.
(More info here: tinyurl.com/3oor4nq.)
This could be a problem for you in the coming weeks, Libra, since
one of your strengths will be your ability to come up with innovations.
So it won't be enough for you to offer your brilliant notions
and original departures from the way things have always been done;
you will also have to be persuasive and diplomatic. Think you
can handle that dual assignment?
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
"A single sunbeam is enough to drive away shadows,"
said St. Francis of Assisi. I'm afraid that's an overly optimistic
assessment. In many circumstances, just one ray of light may not
be sufficient to dispel encroaching haze and murk. Luckily for
you, though, there will be quite an assortment of sunbeams appearing
in your sphere during the coming weeks. Here's the complication:
They won't all be showing up at once, and they'll be arriving
in disparate locations. So your task will be to gather them all
up and unite them so they can add to each other's strength. If
you do that successfully, you'll have more than enough illumination
to chase away any darkness that might be creeping around.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
Poet Elizabeth Alexander says that in order to create a novel,
a writer needs a lot of uninterrupted time alone. Poems, on the
other hand, can be snared in the midst of the jumbled rhythms
of everyday chaos -- between hurried appointments or while riding
the subway or at the kitchen table waiting for the coffee to brew.
Alexander says that inspiration can sprout like grass poking up
out of the sidewalk cracks. Whether or not you're a writer, Sagittarius,
I see your coming weeks as being more akin to snagging poems than
cooking up a novel.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
"A true poet does not bother to be poetical," said
the poet Jean Cocteau. "Nor does a nursery gardener perfume
his roses." I think that's wise counsel for you in the coming
weeks, Capricorn. It's important that you do what you do best
without any embellishment, pretentiousness, or self-consciousness.
Don't you dare try too hard or think too much or twist yourself
like a contortionist to meet impossible-to-satisfy expectations.
Trust the thrust of your simple urges.
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