Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
AUGUST 14, 2013
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning August 15
Copyright 2013 by Rob Brezsny
FreeWillAstrology.com
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not
on fighting the old, but on building the new." When I came
across that quote while surfing the Web, I felt that it jibed
perfectly with the astrological omens that are currently in play
for you. Every website I consulted agreed that the speaker of
this wisdom was Socrates, but I thought the language sounded too
contemporary to have been uttered by a Greek philosopher who died
2,400 years ago. After a bit of research, I found the real source:
a character named Socrates in Way of the Peaceful Warrior,
a New Age self-help book by Dan Millman. I hope this doesn't dilute
the impact of the quote for you, Leo. For now, it is crucial that
you not get bogged down in quarreling and brawling. You need to
devote all your energy to creating the future.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
Do you know that you are a host for more than 10,000 different
species of microorganisms? Many of them are bacteria that perform
functions essential to your health. So the stunning fact of the
matter is that a large number of life forms share your body and
constantly help you in ways about which you have no conscious
awareness. Might there be other examples of you collecting benefits
from unknown sources? Well, do you know who is responsible for
providing you with the water and electricity you use? Who sewed
your clothes and made your medicine? Who built the roads and buildings
you use? This is an excellent time to take inventory of all the
assistance, much of it anonymous, that you are so fortunate to
receive.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
More often than not, your fine mind does a competent job of defining
the problems that need solving. It comes up with concise questions
that lead you in the right direction to find useful clues. It
gathers evidence crisply and it makes smart adjustments as the
situation evolves. But after studying the astrological factors
currently at work, I'm a little concerned that your usually fine
mind might temporarily be prone to suffering from the dreaded
malady known as paralysis through over-analysis. To steer
yourself away from that possibility, keep checking in with your
body and your feelings to see what alternate truths they may have
to tell you.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
By the standards of people who don't know you well, the triumph
you achieve in the coming days might seem modest. But I think
it will actually be pretty dramatic. Here's my only concern: There's
a slight danger you will get grandiose or even a bit arrogant
in the aftermath of your victory. You could also get peeved at
those who don't see it for the major achievement it is. Now that
I've given you this warning, though, I'm hoping you will avoid
that fate. Instead you will celebrate your win with humble grace,
feeling gratitude for all the help you got long the way.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
"All my life, my heart has yearned for a thing I cannot
name." So said French writer André Breton. I suspect
that many of us feel the same way, which is kind of depressing.
But the good news for you, Sagittarius, is that there will be
times in the coming months when you will get as close to naming
that mysterious thing as you have ever gotten. On more than a
few occasions, you may be able to get a clear glimpse of its true
nature. Now and then you might even be fully united with it. One
of those moments could come soon.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
The Paris Review did a story on novelist William Gass.
The interviewer asked him why he wrote his books. That was "a
very dumb question," he sneered. Nevertheless, he answered
it, saying, "I write because I hate. A lot. Hard." In
other words, his primary motivations for expressing himself creatively
were loathing, malice, and hostility. I beg you not to use him
as your role model, Capricorn. Not now. Not ever. But especially
now. It is essential to your long-term health and wealth that
you not be driven by hate in the coming weeks. Just the opposite,
in fact: The more you are driven by love and generosity, the better
chance you will have of launching a lucky streak that will last
quite a while.
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YOU NEED MAGIC
Every day, you have to wade through a relentless surge of soul-less
information. The experience tends to shut down your sense of wonder.
Every day, you're over-exposed to narratives that have been sucked
free of delight and mystery. That's why you have to make strenuous
efforts to keep your world enchanted.
I aspire to contribute to the sacred cause of feeding your sense
of wonder and enchantment. That's one of my main motivations for
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
"Until we have seen someone's darkness, we don't really
know who they are," said author Marianne Williamson. "Until
we have forgiven someone's darkness, we don't really know what
love is." Your assignment, Aquarius, is to seek out the deepest
possible understanding of these truths. To do that, you will have
to identify the unripe, shadowy qualities of the people who are
most important to you. And then you will have to find it in your
smart heart to love them for their unripe, shadowy qualities almost
as much as you do for their shiny, beautiful qualities.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
Aldous Huxley was the renowned 20th-century intellectual who
wrote the book Brave New World, a dystopian vision of
the future. Later in his life he came to regret one thing: how
"preposterously serious" he had been when he was younger.
"There are quicksands all about you, sucking at your feet,"
he ruminated, "trying to suck you down into fear and self-pity
and despair. That's why you must walk so lightly. Lightly, my
darling . . . Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly
even though you're feeling deeply." I would love for you
to put this counsel at the top of your priority list for the next
ten months, darling Pisces. Maybe even write it out on a piece
of paper and tape it to your bathroom mirror.
ARIES (March 21-April 19):
Normally, International CAPS LOCK DAY happens only once a year,
on June 28. But in alignment with your current astrological omens,
you have been granted the right to observe the next seven days
as your own personal International CAPS LOCK DAYS. That means
you will probably be forgiven and tolerated if use OVERHEATED
ORATORY and leap to THUNDEROUS CONCLUSIONS and engage in MELODRAMATIC
GESTURES. You may even be thanked -- although it's important to
note that the gratitude you receive may only come later, AFTER
THE DUST HAS SETTLED.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
William Turner was a 19th-century English landscape painter born
under the sign of Taurus. His aim was not to capture scenes in
realistic detail but rather to convey the emotional impact they
made on him. He testified that on one occasion he had himself
tied to the mast of a ship during a snowstorm so that he could
experience its full effects firsthand. The result was "Snow
Storm - Steam-Boat off a Harbor's Mouth," a painting composed
mostly of tempestuous swirls. What would be the equivalent for
you, Taurus? I'm trying to think of a way you could be perfectly
safe as you treated yourself to an up-close encounter with elemental
energies.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
Some years back, the Greek government launched a huge anti-smoking
campaign. In response, cigarette sales spiked dramatically. When
my daughter was six years old, I initiated a crusade to ban Barbie
dolls from our home forever. Soon she was ripping out pictures
of the accursed anti-feminist icon from toy catalogs and leaving
them on my desk. With these events in mind, I'm feeling cautious
about trying to talk you into formulating a five-year master plan.
Maybe instead I should encourage you to think small and obsess
on transitory wishes.
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
"Wings are a constraint that makes it possible to fly,"
the Canadian poet Robert Bringhurst reminds us. That will be a
good principle for you to keep in mind during your own adventures
during the coming weeks. I suspect that any liberation you are
able to achieve will come as the result of intense discipline.
To the degree that you cultivate the very finest limitations,
you will earn the right and the power to transcend inhibitions
that have been holding you down.
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