Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
JUNE 19, 2013
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BE YOUR OWN SAVIOR
Some Christians believe Jesus will come back to fix this corrupt
world. Certain Jewish sects propose that the messiah will soon
appear on Earth for the first time. Among Muslims, many predict
the legendary Twelfth Imam will return and bring salvation to
humanity.
In India, devotees of Vishnu expect the avatar Kalki to arrive
on the scene and carry out a series of miraculous redemptions.
Even Buddhists prophesy Maitreya, the chosen one who will establish
universal peace.
My divinations foretell a very different scenario. I suspect
that the whole point of our spectacularly confounding moment in
history is that each of us must become our own savior. And if
we hope to accomplish that, relying on our best amateur efforts,
we will have to stop waiting around for a supposed professional
to do our work for us.
Franz Kafka had a view that's not necessarily mutually exclusive
with mine: "The messiah will come when we don't need him
anymore."
Let's also consider the evidence offered by William Blake, as
quoted in Poets and God by David L. Edwards: "Jesus
Christ is the only God. And so am I. And so are you."
One more clue, this time from Deepak Chopra: "Every person
is a God in embryo. Its only desire is to be born."
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
Cuts in diesel emissions have drastically reduced the amount
of pollutants in the air that cause global warming in California,
potentially valuable information in the fight to save the world's
climate from a predicted catastrophe.
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Evidence that smiling causes happiness. While in a state of emotional
neutrality, putting a smile on your face can tip you in the direction
of a positive feeling.
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Uruguay's President José Mujica, a former guerrilla who
took office in 2010, donates most of his salary, shuns opulence
and lives modestly, as he says the leader of a democracy should.
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(Note: I endorse these because I like them. They are not advertisements,
and I get no kickbacks.)
Please tell me your own personal nominations for PRONOIA RESOURCES.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning June 20
Copyright 2013 by Rob Brezsny
FreeWillAstrology.com
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
"I know that I am not a category," said philosopher
Buckminster Fuller. "I am not a thing -- a noun. I seem to
be a verb, an evolutionary process." Philosopher Norman O.
Brown had a similar experience. "The human body is not a
thing or substance, but a continuous creation," he mused.
"It is an energy system which is never a complete structure;
never static; is in perpetual inner self-construction and self-destruction."
Now is an excellent time to imagine yourself in these terms, Cancerian.
You're not a finished product, and never will be! Celebrate your
fluidity, your changeableness, your instinctual urge to reinvent
yourself.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
Renowned 20th-century theologian Karl Barth worked on his book
Church Dogmatics for 36 years. It was more than 9,000
pages long and contained over six million words. And yet it was
incomplete. He had more to say, and wanted to keep going. What's
your biggest undone project, Leo? The coming months will be a
good time to concentrate on bringing it to a climax. Ideally,
you will do so with a flourish, embracing the challenge of creating
an artful ending with the same liveliness you had at the beginning
of the process. But even if you have to culminate your work in
a plodding, prosaic way, do it! Your next big project will be
revealed within weeks after you've tied up the last loose end.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
Susannah Cibber was a popular 18th-century English contralto
whose singing was expressive and moving. On one occasion, she
performed Handel's Messiah with such verve that an influential
priest responded by making an extravagant guarantee. He told her
that as a result of her glorious singing, any sins she had committed
or would commit were forever forgiven. I'd like to see you perpetrate
an equivalent amazement, Virgo: a good or beautiful or soulful
deed that wins you a flood of enduring slack. The cosmic omens
suggest that such an achievement is quite possible.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
Johnny Appleseed was a 19th-century folk hero renowned for planting
apple trees in vast areas of rural America. During the 70 years
this famous Libra was alive, he never got married. He believed
that if he remained unwed during his time on earth, he would be
blessed with two spirit-wives in the after-life. Have you ever
done something like that yourself, Libra? Is there an adventure
you've denied yourself in the here and now because you think that's
the only way you can get some bigger, better adventure at a later
date? If so, now would be an excellent time to adjust your attitude.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
"It is kind of fun to do the impossible," said Walt
Disney, a pioneer animator whose cartoon innovations were remarkable.
Judging from your current astrological omens, I think you Scorpios
have every right to adopt his battle cry as your mantra. You've
got an appointment with the frontier. You're primed to perform
experiments at the edge of your understanding. Great mysteries
will be tempting you to come closer and lost secrets will be teasing
you with juicy clues. As you explore and tinker with the unknown,
you might also want to meditate on the graffiti I saw scrawled
on a mirror in a public restroom: "Only those who attempt
the absurd can achieve the impossible."
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
Astronauts on lunar expeditions have orbited the moon and seen
its entire surface. But the rest of us have never seen more than
59 percent of it. As the moon revolves around the Earth, it always
keeps one side turned away from our view. Isn't that amazing and
eerie? The second most important heavenly body, which is such
a constant and intimate factor in our lives, is half-hidden. I'd
like to propose that there is an analogous phenomenon in your
inner world, Sagittarius: a part of you that forever conceals
some of its true nature. But I'm pretty sure you will soon be
offered an unprecedented chance to explore that mysterious realm.
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WHAT'S TO COME?
BRAINSTORM ABOUT THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE
with my Expanded Audio Horoscopes for the Second Half of 2013
and beyond:
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What will be the story of your life during the rest of 2013 and
beyond? 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 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.
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
Anglo-Irish novelist Laurence Sterne married his wife Elizabeth
in 1741. Twenty-five years later he fell in love with another
woman, Eliza. In composing love letters to his new infatuation,
he lifted some of the same romantic passages he had originally
written to Elizabeth when he was courting her. Try hard not to
do anything remotely resembling that, Capricorn. Give your intimate
allies your freshest stuff. Treat them as the unique creatures
they are. Resist the temptation to use shticks that worked to
create closeness in the past.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
It's important that you not punish yourself or allow yourself
to be punished for the sins that other people have committed.
It's also crucial that you not think nasty thoughts about yourself
or put yourself in the presence of anyone who's prone to thinking
nasty thoughts about you. Self-doubt and self-criticism may be
healthy for you to entertain about ten days from now, and at that
time you will probably benefit from receiving compassionate critique
from others, too. But for the moment, please put the emphasis
on self-protection and self-nurturing.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
For over three decades, a man in Assam, India has worked to build
a forest. When Jadav "Molai" Payeng started planting
and tending seeds at the age of 16, the sandbars bordering the
Brahmaputra River were barren. Today, almost entirely thanks to
him, they're covered with a 1,360-acre forest that harbors deer,
birds, tigers, rhinos, and elephants. According to my analysis
of the astrological omens, you could launch a comparable project
in the next 12 months, Pisces -- a labor of love that will require
your persistent creativity and provide you with sanctuary for
a long time.
ARIES (March 21-April 19):
Maybe you've seen that meme circulating on the Internet: "My
desire to be well-informed is at odds with my desire to remain
sane." If you feel that way now -- and I suspect you might
soon if you don't already -- you have cosmic permission, at least
for a while, to emphasize sanity over being well-informed. Lose
track of what Kim Jong-un and Kim Kardashian are up to, ignore
the statements of every jerk on the planet, and maybe even go
AWOL from the flood of data that relentlessly pours toward you.
Instead, pay attention to every little thing your body has to
tell you. Remember and marvel at your nightly dreams. Go slow.
Lay low. Be soft. Have fun with unspectacular influences that
make you feel at home in the world.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
I expect you will be called on to move fluidly between opposing
camps or competing interests or different realities. Maybe you'll
volunteer to serve as an arbiter between the crabby good guys
and the righteous bad guys. Perhaps you'll try to decode one friend's
quirky behavior so that another friend can understand it. You
might have to interpret my horoscopes for people who think astrology
is bunk. You may even have to be a mediator between your own heart
and head, or explain the motivations of your past self to your
future self. You can't be perfect, of course. There will be details
lost in translation. But if you're as patient as a saint and as
tricky as a crow, you'll succeed.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
Pablo Casals was one of the greatest cello players who ever
lived. Among his early inspirations was the music of Johann Sebastian
Bach. Casals discovered Bach's six cello suites when he was 13
years old, and played them every day for the next 13 years. Have
you ever done something similar, Gemini? Devoted yourself to a
pleasurable discipline on a regular basis for a long time? I invite
you to try it. The coming months will be an excellent time to
seek mastery through a diligent attention to the details.
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