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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week of March 25
Copyright 2004 by Rob Brezsny
www.freewillastrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
ARIES (March 21-April 19): For months now, you've been cultivating a
more mature relationship with obstacles. You've begun to see them less as
punishments doled out by an unfair universe and more as interesting,
growth-inducing challenges provided by a generous universe. If you do
nothing else but master this perspective in the next eight months, I'll
declare 2004 a success. Are you ready for the next big breakthrough in
your noble struggle to refine how you struggle?
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): "Bolivia has no ocean, but it has admirals
done up like Lord Nelson," writes Eduardo Galeano in *The Book of
Embraces.* "Lima, Peru has no rain, but it has peaked roofs with gutters.
In Managua, Nicaragua, one of the hottest cities in the world, there are
mansions flaunting magnificent fireplaces." Are there any anomalies like
these in your world, Taurus? Do you have tools for jobs you never do?
Luxuries you don't use? Elaborate structures that have no purpose? If so,
it's time to either rethink your relationship to them or else phase them
out.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You will soon come across numerous clues
about the Great Riddle of Your Life -- you know, the brain-teasing,
heart-stretching enigma that will take years for you to solve completely.
So be alert! Revelations may arrive from unexpected sources and
inadvertent teachers. Even seemingly insignificant events may be
pregnant with pithy hints. To cultivate the right kind of receptivity, be on
the lookout not only for crisp answers, but also for ideas about how to
formulate the Great Riddle more clearly. P.S.: Keep an image of a sphinx
near you at all times. It'll help supercharge your intuition.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Your trust was violated in the past, and you
still feel the wound. You keep it in the background of your awareness,
fascinated with the way it never really heals. Though I sympathize, I want
you to know that it's time to move on. Your horrified disbelief about
having been treated so badly is close to becoming just another bad habit.
Your instinct for self-protection is threatening to devolve into indulgent
self-pity. What should you do? The first thing is to forgive yourself for
the blindness that put you in the path of those who betrayed you. The
second step is to restore your trust in yourself. Third, find a way to feel
gratitude for those who abused your trust. Yes, you heard me right: Be
thankful for all they taught you about how to become yourself.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): When he first invented the printing press in the
fifteenth century, Johannes Gutenberg used it to fashion frivolous little
things like sets of playing cards. Only later did he put it to work mass-
producing books, turning it into a revolutionary tool for disseminating
information. I foresee a similar evolution for you in the coming weeks,
Leo. In the early going, you'll employ a wonderful new resource in a
relatively impractical way; or maybe a big, fresh idea will first appear
in a trivial context. Not to worry, though. After the initial false starts and
wasteful experiments, you will ultimately discover an elegant use for
your innovation. Be patient.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): If you're willing, life will soon offer you not
just a fleeting glimpse but a penetrating gaze at what has been concealed
beneath the surface. You'll be invited to shed your preconceptions and
come face-to-face with hidden agendas, missing links, and fertile secrets.
If you'd rather not accept life's overture to strip away pretenses, please
forget you ever read this horoscope. To retain it in your memory would
interfere with your enjoyment of the pretty packaging that veils the
slightly disturbing, totally invigorating contents inside.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Just as I have little patience for people who
perpetuate ethnic stereotypes, I also cringe at astrologers who assume
that all Libras are unflappably gracious, obsessed with relationships, and
unable to make up their minds. While there is a grain of truth in those
characterizations, they're oppressive if regarded as immutable cosmic
law. You need the freedom to complain now and then, especially when a
situation has become so filled with deception and illusion that it's hurting
people. To remain unflappably gracious in the face of a mess like that
would be wrong. Likewise, on occasion you need to forget what's best for a
relationship and instead concentrate on what's best for you. This is one of
those times, Libra, when you have license to rebel against astrology's
stereotypes.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): An image of the Virgin Mary materialized on
the window of a home in Ohio. That, at least, is what an imaginative
neighbor believed, though the occupants themselves were apathetic. But
the neighbor spread the word, and soon pilgrims were coming from afar to
be in the presence of the miracle. A blind woman regained her sight; a
man in a wheelchair walked for the first time in eight years; a six-year-
old child with life-threatening asthma breathed freely again. Then the
maid came. It was her regular day to work. The homeowners neglected to
tell her not to clean the special window, and she did. The blessed image
disappeared and the crowd dispersed. Moral of the story, Scorpio: The
magic that comes your way this week might be a bit messy -- indeed, it
might even rise out of a mess. Don't clean it up.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Evangelical Christian TV personality
Pat Robertson says God told him that George W. Bush will win the U.S.
presidential election in a landslide. That's odd, because God told me the
exact opposite: Bush will be out of office and sitting on the board of
Halliburton by February, 2005. To my knowledge, Robertson has not yet
commented on the upcoming binge of intelligent fun and righteous
pleasure that astrologers are predicting for you Sagittarians. My guess,
though, is that *his* God wouldn't approve. My God, on the other hand,
predicts that you will generate good karma as you have a sweet, boisterous
time.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): An entrepreneur approached me with a
proposal. "Your work should be getting out to a bigger audience. The
masses are starving for the message you're putting out. That's why you
need me. With my marketing machine, your name could become as
recognizable as Deepak Chopra's. Let's build an entertainment
conglomerate and hawk a hundred Rob Brezsny-style products." "Nah," I
said. "People come to me seeking sanctuary from hype. They know I won't
smack them upside the head with relentless sales pitches." I urge you to
adopt a similar attitude in the coming week, Capricorn. Let everyone
relax in your presence, knowing they won't be hustled, cajoled, or
manipulated.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The Golden Rule is a decent ethical
principle, but it could be even better. "Do unto others as you would have
them do unto you" presumes that others like what you like. But that's
laughably naive and potentially a big mistake. There are many things you
would like to have done unto you that others would either despise or be
bored by. Here's a new, improved formulation, which we'll call the
Platinum Rule: *Do unto others as they would like to have you do unto
them.* Of course these are always powerful words to live by, Aquarius,
but especially now. It's time to take your integrity to the next level.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Contrary to the assumptions of
misinformed "skeptics," real astrology has nothing to do with the stars,
except for one star: our sun. The 12 signs of the zodiac don't correspond to
constellations, but demarcate symbolic phases of the cyclic relationship
between the sun and Earth. Here's another correction of one of the
skeptics' many misunderstandings: Astrology is an art, not a science.
While it does have a logical coherency and can be of great use in
understanding the mystery of our lives, it's not a precise body of facts
based on repeatable experiments. It's a mythic language that trains our
imaginations to be aware of the links between our inner world and the
outer world. Now, Pisces, take inspiration from my words as you fight
back against those who judge and criticize you even though they don't
understand you.
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HOMEWORK: What do you need to be rescued from? Whom would you
prefer to perform the rescue? Testify by going to
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WANT TO GET YOUR CHART DONE?
I'm not doing charts these days. But I can recommend a colleague whose
astro-aesthetics closely match my own. She's RO LOUGHRAN.
Her website is at http://www.astrology-psychotherapy.com/
Ro utilizes a blend of well-trained intuition, emotional warmth, and a
high degree of technical proficiency in horoscope interpretation; she is
skilled at exploring the mysteries of your life's purpose and nurturing
your connection with your own inner wisdom.
In addition to over 20 years of astrological experience, Ro is also a
licensed psychotherapist, allowing her to integrate psychological insight
with the cosmological perspective that astrology offers.
Ro is based in California, but can do phone consultations and otherwise
work with you regardless of geographic boundaries.
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