Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
June 28, 2017
FreeWillAstrology.com
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WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE AHEAD FOR YOU in the next ten to twelve months?
EXPLORE THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE
with my Expanded Audio Horoscopes for the Second Half of 2017 and onward into 2018.
How can you exert your free will to create the adventures that will bring out the best in you, even as you find graceful ways to cooperate with the tides of destiny?
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The Expanded Audio horoscopes cost $6 apiece if you access them on the Web. There are discounts for the purchase of multiple reports.
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BONUS
You may also be interested in reviewing the long-term horoscopes I wrote for you early this year. They discuss your best potential destiny for all of 2017. To see them, go here:
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Below are excerpts.
THROW A PARTY FOR ALL THE PEOPLE YOU ARE
Throw a party for all the people you've ever been and all the different selves who live within you. Invite the teenager who once seethed with frustrated potential and the four-year-old who loved nothing more than to play.
Include the hopeful complainer who stands in the shadows and dares you to ask for more, as well as the brave hero who comes out every now and then to attempt seemingly impossible feats of happiness.
Don't forget any of the various personalities who have contributed to making you who you are, even the "bad" ones. Celebrate your internal diversity. Marvel at how good you are at changing.
(For extra credit, you could also invite all the characters you've been in past incarnations, like the Balinese puppet-maker and the Nigerian herbalist and the Chinese midwife and the African savannah elephant.)
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FOUR ADDICTIONS
Our ability to pursue our dreams can be inhibited by four addictions:
1. an addiction to what other people think of us;
2. an addiction to creating melodrama in a misguided quest for excitement;
3. an addiction to believing we're imprisoned by what happened in the past;
4. an addiction to negative thoughts that fill us with anxiety.
(Thanks to success coach Tom Ferry for these ideas.)
The good news is that it is your birthright to beat all four of those addictions. The work won't come fast or early, and it may never be perfect. But it's quite possible.
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DO YOU REALLY NEED TO CHANGE THE SUNSET?
"When I look at a sunset, I don't say, 'Soften the orange a little on the right hand corner, and put a bit more purple in the cloud color.'" Pioneering psychologist Carl Rogers was describing the way he observed the world. "I don't try to control a sunset," he continued. "I watch it with awe."
He had a similar view about people. "One of the most satisfying experiences," he said, "is just fully to appreciate an individual in the same way I appreciate a sunset."
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ALTER YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS?
refusing to use the word "I" for 72 hours
acting with absolutely no ulterior motives
dancing in the dark, in slow motion, with your clothes on inside-out
witnessing an event considered impossible by your rational mind
reviewing in painstaking detail the history of your life
creating something beautiful out of something ugly
achieving telepathic connection with all of creation
forcing yourself to laugh for ten minutes straight
calling everything by its wrong name
renouncing your horoscope
making animal noises
looking at yourself in the mirror for an hour
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
How to win every sexist argument.
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Pig eating a watermelon.
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This week in Pronoiac History:
During the Holocaust, Polish doctors Eugene Lazowski and Stanislaw Matulewicz saved 8,000 Jews by creating a fake typhus epidemic. The Germans quarantined the area instead of risking outbreaks by sending them to concentration camps.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Lazowski
See archives of Pronoiac Resources:
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(Note: I endorse these because I like them. They aren’t advertisements, and I get no kickbacks.)
Please tell me your own nominations for PRONOIA RESOURCES: Truthrooster@gmail.com.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning June 29
Copyright 2017 by Rob Brezsny
FreeWillAstrology.com
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
When Leos rise above their habit selves and seize the authority to be rigorously authentic, I refer to them as Sun Queens or Sun Kings. When you Cancerians do the same -- triumph over your conditioning and become masters of your own destiny -- I call you Moon Queens or Moon Kings. In the coming weeks, I suspect that many of you will make big strides towards earning this title. Why? Because you're on the verge of claiming more of the "soft power," the potent sensitivity, that enables you to feel at home no matter what you're doing or where you are on this planet.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
You may not realize it, but you now have a remarkable power to perform magic tricks. I'm not talking about Houdini-style hocus-pocus. I'm referring to practical wizardry that will enable you to make relatively efficient transformations in your daily life. Here are some of the possibilities: wiggling out of a tight spot without offending anyone; conjuring up a new opportunity for yourself out of thin air; doing well on a test even though you don't feel prepared for it; converting a seemingly tough twist of fate into a fertile date with destiny. How else would you like to use your magic?
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
Feminist pioneer and author Gloria Steinem said, "Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else." Is there such an activity for you, Virgo? If not, now is a favorable time to identify what it is. And if there is indeed such a passionate pursuit, you should do it as much as possible in the coming weeks. You're primed for a breakthrough in your relationship with this life-giving joy. To evolve to the next phase of its power to inspire you, it needs as much of your love and intelligence as you can spare.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
One of the 21st century's most entertaining archaeological events was the discovery of King Richard III's bones. The English monarch died in 1485, but his burial site had long been a mystery. It wasn't an archaeologist who tracked down his remains, but a screenwriter named Philippa Langley. She did extensive historical research, narrowing down the possibilities to a car park in Leicester. As she wandered around there, she got a psychic impression at one point that she was walking directly over Richard's grave. Her feeling later turned out to be right. I suspect your near future will have resemblances to her adventure. You'll have success in a mode that's not your official area of expertise. Sharp analytical thinking will lead you to the brink, and a less rational twist of intelligence will take you the rest of the way.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
The tides of destiny are no longer just whispering their message for you. They are shouting. And what they are shouting is that your brave quest must begin soon. There can be no further excuses for postponement. What's that you say? You don't have the luxury of embarking on a brave quest? You're too bogged down in the thousand and one details of managing the day-to-day hubbub? Well, in case you need reminding, the tides of destiny are not in the habit of making things convenient. And if you don't cooperate willingly, they will ultimately compel you to do so. But now here's the really good news, Scorpio: The tides of destiny will make available at least one burst of assistance that you can't imagine right now.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
In my dream, I used the non-itchy wool of the queen's special Merino sheep to weave an enchanted blanket for you. I wanted this blanket to be a good luck charm you could use in your crusade to achieve deeper levels of romantic intimacy. In its tapestry I spun scenes depicting the most love-filled events from your past. It was beautiful and perfect. But after I finished it, I had second thoughts about giving it to you. Wasn't it a mistake to make it so flawless? Shouldn't it also embody the messier aspects of togetherness? To turn it into a better symbol and therefore a more dynamic talisman, I spilled wine on one corner of it and unraveled some threads in another corner. Now here's my interpretation of my dream: You're ready to regard messiness as an essential ingredient in your quest for deeper intimacy.
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WHAT'S AHEAD FOR YOU?
BRAINSTORM ABOUT THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE
with my Expanded Audio Horoscopes for the Second Half of 2016 and beyond:
RealAstrology.com
What will be the story of your life during the rest of 2017 and onward in to 2018? 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? Tune in to my meditations on your long-term outlook.
Go here: RealAstrology.com
Register or log in and click on the link
"Long Term Forecast for Second Half of 2017"
You can also listen to your short-term forecast for the coming week by clicking on "This week (Jun 27, 2017)."
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
Your word of power is "supplication" -- the act of asking earnestly and humbly for what you want. When practiced correctly, "supplication" is indeed a sign of potency, not of weakness. It means you are totally united with your desire, feel no guilt or shyness about it, and intend to express it with liberated abandon. Supplication makes you supple, poised to be flexible as you do what's necessary to get the blessing you yearn for. Being a supplicant also makes you smarter, because it helps you realize that you can't get what you want on the strength of your willful ego alone. You need grace, luck, and help from sources beyond your control.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
In the coming weeks, your relationships with painkillers will be extra sweet and intense. Please note that I'm not talking about ibuprofen or acetaminophen or aspirin. My reference to painkillers is metaphorical. What I'm predicting is that you will have a knack for finding experiences that reduce your suffering. You'll have a sixth sense about where to go to get the most meaningful kinds of healing and relief. Your intuition will guide you to initiate acts of atonement and forgiveness, which will in turn ameliorate your wounds.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
Don't wait around passively as you fantasize about becoming the "Chosen One" of some person or group or institution. Be your own Chosen One. And don't wander around aimlessly, biding your time in the hope of eventually being awarded some prize or boon by a prestigious source. Give yourself a prize or boon. Here's one further piece of advice, Pisces: Don't postpone your practical and proactive intentions until the mythical "perfect moment" arrives. Create your own perfect moment.
ARIES (March 21-April 19):
This is a perfect moment to create a new tradition, Aries. You intuitively know how to turn one of your recent breakthroughs into a good habit that will provide continuity and stability for a long time to come. You can make a permanent upgrade in your life by capitalizing on an accidental discovery you made during a spontaneous episode. It's time, in other words, to convert the temporary assistance you received into a long-term asset; to use a stroke of luck to foster a lasting pleasure.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
Physicist Freeman Dyson told Wired magazine how crucial it is to learn from failures. As an example, he described the invention of the bicycle. "There were thousands of weird models built and tried before they found the one that really worked," he said. "You could never design a bicycle theoretically. Even now, it's difficult to understand why a bicycle works. But just by trial and error, we found out how to do it, and the error was essential." I hope you will keep that in mind, Taurus. It's the Success-Through-Failure Phase of your astrological cycle.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you should lease a chauffeured stretch limousine with nine TVs and a hot tub inside. You'd also be smart to accessorize your smooth ride with a $5,000-bottle of Château Le Pin Pomerol Red Bordeaux wine and servings of the Golden Opulence Sundae, which features a topping of 24-karat edible gold and sprinkles of Amedei Porcelana, the most expensive chocolate in the world. If none of that is possible, do the next best thing, which is to mastermind a long-term plan to bring more money into your life. From an astrological perspective, wealth-building activities will be favored in the coming weeks.
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HOMEWORK:
Name your greatest unnecessary taboo and how you would violate it if doing so didn't hurt anyone. FreeWillAstrology.com.
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