Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
October 8, 2014
FreeWillAstrology.com
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My book
PRONOIA IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR PARANOIA
is available at Amazon: bit.ly/Pronoia
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Below is an excerpt.
It's Bad Luck to Be Superstitious
Review in painstaking detail the history of your life,
honoring every moment as if you were conducting
a benevolent Judgment Day.
Forgive yourself of every mistake except one.
Create a royal crown for yourself
out of a shower cap, rubber bands, and light bulbs.
Think of the last place on Earth you'd ever want to visit,
and visualize yourself having fun there.
Test to see if people are really listening to you by asserting
that Karl Marx was one of the Marx Brothers.
Steal lint from dryers in laundromats
and use it to make animal sculptures for someone you admire.
Fantasize you're the child of divine parents
who abandoned you when you were two days old,
but who will soon be coming back to reunite with you.
Meditate on how one of the symbols of plenitude in Nepal
is a mongoose vomiting jewels.
Once a year on the night before your birthday,
say these words into a mirror: "It's bad luck to be superstitious."
Start a club whose purpose is to produce an archive
of controversial jokes and obscene limericks about beauty, truth,
and love.
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Pronoia doesn't promise uninterrupted progress forever. It's
not a slick commercial for a perfect balmy day that never ends.
Grace emerges in the ebb and flow, not just the flow. The waning
reveals a different kind of blessing than the waxing.
But whether it's our time to ferment in the valley of shadows
or rise up singing in the sun-splashed meadow, fresh power to
transform ourselves is always on the way. Our suffering won't
last, nor will our triumph. Without fail, life will deliver the
creative energy we need to change into the new thing we must become.
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Many people sincerely think that they will be called before God
to account for themselves on Judgment Day. If you yourself have
held that belief, you can stop worrying about it. The fact is,
according to a survey of over 800 dissident bodhisattvas, urban
witch doctors, sacred agents, and undercover geniuses, that you
are called before "God" on "Judgment Day"
on a regular basis.
Since you still exist, you have apparently passed every test
so far. "God" obviously keeps finding you worthy. You
shouldn't get overconfident, of course. But maybe from now on
you can assume that although there may be a world of pressure
on you, that pressure is natural, merciful, and exactly what you
need.
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"The sign of a beautiful person is that they always see
beauty in others." - Omar Suleiman
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"If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism
will have to change." - Dalai Lama
"If Buddhism proves some aspect of science wrong, science
will have to change." - the bodhisattva disguised as a homeless
man in the Safeway parking lot
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning October 9
Copyright 2014 by Rob Brezsny
FreeWillAstrology.com
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
"I am naughtiest of all," wrote poet Emily Dickinson
in a playful letter to Maggie Maher, dated October 1882. In accordance
with the astrological omens, I authorize you to let that same
declaration fly frequently from your own lips in the coming week.
Feel free to invoke other variations on the theme of naughtiness,
as well: "I am exploring the frontiers of naughtiness,"
for example, or "You need to be naughtier" (said to
a person you'd like to get naughty with), or "Being naughty
is my current spiritual practice."
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
"There's a way not to be broken that takes brokenness to
find it," writes Naomi Shihab Nye in her poem "Cinco
de Mayo." I suspect this describes your situation right now.
The bad news is that you are feeling a bit broken. The good news
is that this is a special kind of brokenness -- a brokenness that
contains a valuable secret you have never been ready to learn
before now. Allow yourself to feel the full intensity of the brokenness,
and you will discover a way to never be broken like this again.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
In a competitive game show on Japanese TV, 13 people had slabs
of meat tied to their foreheads. They then poked their heads up
from below, through holes in the floor of an elevated platform,
where a hungry lizard was stalking around. But not one of the
contestants stuck around when the lizard came to nibble the meat;
they all ducked down out of their holes and fled to safety. That
was probably wise, although it meant that the prize went unclaimed.
Now I'm wondering, Sagittarius, about what might happen if a similar
event were staged in your neighborhood. I suspect there's a chance
you would will yourself to stand calmly as the lizard feasted
on the meat just inches from your eyes. As much as I admire that
kind of poised courage, I want you to know that there are better
ways to express it. Be on the lookout for noble challenges with
goals that are truly worthy of you.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
Director Michael Bay makes big, loud, fast, melodramatic action
films, including Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, and
the four Transformers movies. The critics hate him, but
he's unfazed. "I make movies for teenage boys," he says.
"Oh, dear, what a crime," he adds sarcastically. I love
that stance. He knows what he's good at, and makes no apologies
for doing it. I recommend that you cop some of that attitude right
now.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
While walking in San Francisco, I passed the Pacific Heights
Health Club. The sign out front said, "Birthday suits tailored
here." It was a witty reference to the idea that working
out at a gym helps people get their naked bodies in good shape.
I'd like to interpret the sign's message in a different way, and
apply it to you. The time is right for you to get back in touch
with your raw, original self, and give it the care and the fuel
and the treats it has been missing. Who did you start out to be?
What does your soul's blueprint say about who you must become?
Home in on your source code and boost its signal.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
Horror novelist Stephen King has sold more than 350 million
books. But when he was young and destitute, still honing his craft,
his self-confidence was low. His breakthrough work was Carrie,
about a teenage girl who develops telekinetic powers. But when
he was first writing that manuscript on his old manual typewriter,
he got so discouraged that he threw his first draft in the trashcan.
Luckily for him, his wife retrieved it and convinced him to keep
plugging away. Eventually he finished, and later sold the paperback
rights for $400,000. I hope you have an ally who will go digging
in your garbage to fish out the good stuff you unwisely discard.
Or maybe this horoscope will convince you not to scrap it in the
first place.
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YOU NEED MAGIC EVERY DAY
Every day, you have to wade through a relentless surge of soul-less
facts. 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 such
strenuous efforts to keep your world enchanted.
I like to think I can contribute to the sacred cause of feeding
your sense of wonder and enchantment. In fact, that's one of my
prime motivations for offering you the free weekly horoscopes
you read in this newsletter.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19):
Situation #1: If you meet resistance or doubt, say this: "Ha!
This diversion can't slow me down, because I am in possession
of an invisible magical sword!" And then brandish a few charismatic
swipes of your sword to prove that you mean business. Situation
#2: If angst and worry are preventing your allies from synchronizing
their assets with yours, say this: "Begone, dread! For with
the power of my wicked crazy songs, I am the destroyer of fear."
And then sing your wicked crazy songs. Situation #3: If you're
finding it hard to discern the difference between useless, ugly
monsters and useful, beautiful monsters, say this: "I am
a useful, beautiful monster!" Your kind will flock to your
side.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
In her poem "Advice to Myself," Louise Erdrich speaks
of the human heart as "that place you don't even think of
cleaning out. That closet stuffed with savage mementos."
I invite you to use her observations as a prod, Taurus. Now is
an excellent time to purge the savage mementos from your heart,
and clean the whole place up as best as you can. You don't have
to get all OCD about it. There's no need to scour and scrub until
everything's spotless. Even a half-hearted effort will set in
motion promising transformations in your love life.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
I hope you will learn more in the next eight months than you
have ever before learned in a comparable period. I hope you will
make a list of all the subjects you would love to study and all
the skills you would love to master, and then devise a plan to
gather the educational experiences with which you will reinvent
yourself. I hope you will turn your curiosity on full-blast and
go in quest of revelations and insights and epiphanies, smashing
through the limits of your understanding as you explore the frontiers
of sweet knowledge.
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
Three times a week, I take a hike along a rough path through
an oak forest. I say it's rough because it's strewn with loose
rocks. If I don't survey the ground as I move, I'm constantly
turning my ankles. Or at least that was the case until last week.
For two days, with the help of a rake, I cleared many of those
bothersome obstacles off the trail. It took several hours, but
now the way is smoother. My eyes are free to enjoy the sights
that aren't so close to the ground. I recommend that you do similar
work. Stop tolerating inconveniences and irritations that hobble
you. Get your foundations in shape to serve you better.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was ahead of his
time. He created the genre of the detective story and mastered
the art of Gothic horror tales. According to the Internet Movie
Database, 240 films have referenced themes from his work. British
writer Aldous Huxley wasn't a fan of Poe, though. He said Poe
was "too poetical -- the equivalent of wearing a diamond
ring on every finger." Judging from the astrological omens,
I suspect you may be at risk to lapse into a diamond-ring-on-every-finger
phase yourself, Leo. While I am all in favor of you unveiling
more of your radiant beauty, I'm hoping you won't go too far.
How about wearing diamond rings on just four of your fingers?
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
Republican Jody Hice is running for the U.S. House of Representatives
in Georgia's 10th Congressional District. To bolster his authority,
he repeats quotes by revered figures from American history. One
of his favorites has been a gem from the sixth U.S. President,
John Quincy Adams: "If your actions inspire others to dream
more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."
The only problem is, those words were actually written by country
singer Dolly Parton, not by Adams. Don't get fooled by a comparable
case of mistaken identity, Virgo. Be on the alert for unwarranted
substitutions and problematic switcheroos. Be a staunch fact-checker.
Insist on verification.
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HOMEWORK:
What's the most amazing feat you ever pulled off? What will you
do for your next amazing feat? Truthrooster@gmail.com.
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