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February 18, 2004
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FR** WILL ASTROLOGY
Week of February 19
Copyright 2004 by Rob Brezsny
www.beautyandtruth.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
ARIES (March 21-April 19): On February 1, six big-name entertainers
took control of the Super Bowl halftime show. The result was a
histrionically boring spectacle of robotic sexuality and fake emotion. If
there was any saving grace amidst the monumental emptiness, it was
Janet Jackson's climactic unveiling. In a New York Times article,
Alessandra Stanley wrote, "The one moment of honesty in that coldly
choreographed tableau was when the cup came off and out tumbled a
normal middle-aged woman's breast instead of an idealized Playboy bunny
implant." Your assignment in the coming week, Aries, is to be inspired by
that moment of honesty. Strip away pretension and phoniness everywhere
you find them, thereby exposing the raw humanity that lies beneath. One
caveat: Do this ethically, and without breaking the law.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The President of Belarus has issued a
mandate to his country's athletes regarding their performance in the
2004 Summer Olympics. "You should have clear-cut plans for victory,"
Alyaksandr Lukashenka told them. "It is unacceptable for you to win fewer
than 25 medals." That sounds a bit unrealistic to me, so I won't be that
demanding in my decree to you, Taurus. But the astrological omens are on
my side as I command you to pull off a feat that would be your equivalent
of a gold medal between now and March 20. In addition, I order you to
gather a new privilege, new perk, or new title.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): After years of occupation by the Soviet
Union, Georgia became an independent republic in 1991. Its new leader
was Eduard Shevardnadze, who over the next 12 years brought the
country to the brink of bankruptcy and became the most hated man in
public life. Last November he relinquished power in the face of a
"revolution of roses," a bloodless insurrection led by protestors
brandishing flowers. Two months later, one of the leading "rose
revolutionaries," 36-year-old Mikhail Saakashvili, was elected Georgia's
new president. I suggest that you Geminis make Saakashvili your role
model for the next two months. You've got a lot of status quo to overthrow,
and the best way to do it is with your version of flower power.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): According to my analysis of the astrological
omens, it's time for you to make two corrections. First, you are suffering
from an exaggerated sense of what's possible to accomplish in the short
term. I urge you to deflate your grandiosity a bit. Second, your
expectations of what you can pull off in the long run are way too small. I
authorize you to pump them up.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Our subject this week, class, is the aphorism,
"If at first you don't succeed, redefine the meaning of success." Your
assignment is to make practical use of this principle. Judging from the
current astrological omens, I think the best place to apply it might be in
your love life. If you agree, here's a suggestion about how to proceed.
First, figure out what it is you've been doing wrong that has kept you
from getting the exact kind of love you want. (One possibility is that your
soul and your ego are craving different things and therefore working at
cross-purposes.) Second, revise your definition of the exact kind of love
you want, incorporating a more realistic assessment of who you are.
Third, forgive yourself for having previously had an inadequate
definition.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I'm grateful for my years of psychotherapy.
They've been crucial in helping me shed bad mental habits and master the
art of being happy. How about you, Virgo? Have you ever met regularly
with an empath whose primary purpose is to listen to you and enhance
your life? It's a perfect time to start giving yourself this necessary
luxury. Or, if you're one of the lucky few who already has a skilled wise
person working in service to them, it's a favorable time to dive deeper
into the work. The astrological omens suggest that you now have the power
to get more help than you've received before -- but you have to ask for it.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry
is a bit stiff, but his Libran wife Teresa is just the opposite. "She can be
as unbuttoned in her speech as Kerry is buttoned up in his," wrote Philip
Gourevitch in "The New Yorker," "with the result that she is sometimes
impolitic and always worth listening to." In Salon.com, Rebecca Traister
said Teresa has complained that George W. Bush "is afraid to be Socratic"
and that he entered his presidency "with a lack of curiosity about the job."
She playfully told one interviewer that if John is elected, her main job as
first lady will be to keep him humble. I urge you to make Teresa your role
model in the coming week, Libra. Be unbuttoned, impolitic, Socratic,
curious, and worth listening to. Use humor to keep yourself and everyone
around you humble.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Love may not conquer all in the coming
weeks, Scorpio, but it could conquer 60 percent, and even as much as 75.
The key factor in determining love's power to accomplish wonders will be
your knack for avoiding obsessive perfectionism and all-or-nothing
thinking. You should work with love like a master politician who's skilled
at compromise, not like a glory-seeking hero who thinks she can change
everything overnight.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): "The fishermen of the Colombian coast
must be learned doctors of ethics and morality," writes Eduardo Galeano
in *The Book of Embraces,* "for they invented the [Spanish] word
*sentipensante,* or 'feeling-thinking,' to define language that speaks the
truth." I advise you to make *sentipensante* your word of power in the
coming days, Sagittarius. It may help you synchronize your galloping
emotions and your restless intellect. And that may be your best hope for
solving the conundrums headed your way. Here's another way to describe
your assignment: Think with your heart and feel with your mind.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In his 1989 song, "Fight the Power,"
Public Enemy's lead rapper Chuck D expressed his opinion of Elvis
Presley: "Elvis was a hero to most/ But he never meant sh*t to me, you
see/ Straight up racist that sucker was, simple and plain." Thirteen years
later, Chuck D presented a different story, telling Newsday he had "a great
deal of respect" for Elvis. I suggest you follow Chuck D's example in the
coming week, Capricorn. It takes courage to shift your position as
radically as he did, and I hope you can do the same. It's a perfect moment
to officially change your mind about at least two important issues.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The Pentagon could not account for $22
billion in expenditures last year, according to Harper's Index. How about
you, Aquarius? Has your relationship with money been suffering from
any ignorance or chaos? If so, the next seven months will be a favorable
time to fix that. The cosmos will be conspiring to help you upgrade your
financial savvy. To the degree that you co-conspire, you will get richer a
lot quicker. Here's the best news: It all starts in earnest now. Respond
aggressively to a hot tip that arrives this week.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You will wake up one morning and realize
you're more free than you've been in a long time. Nagging ghosts will have
lost their power to bug you. Stale traditions will have faded. You will have
made your last payment on an old karmic debt. Through an act of grace you
don't fully understand, mind-forged manacles will have vanished. So what
should you do next? I suggest you celebrate. Throw a "Get Out of Jail"
party for yourself. Then run wild for a couple of days. When you're good
and ready to harness your adorable new independence, ask yourself, "In
what area of my life is it most important that I start fresh?"
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