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June 16, 2004
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LOVE SONG
by Hafiz
translated by Daniel Ladinsky
I taste what you taste. I know the kind of lyrics your
Soul most likes. I know which sounds will become
Resplendent in your mind and bring such pleasure
Your feet will jump and whirl.
I have no use for divine patience -- my lips are always
Burning and everywhere. I am running from every corner
Of this world and sky wanting to kiss you.
I am rioting at your door;
I am spinning in midair like golden falling leaves
Trying to win your glance.
I am sweetly rolling against your walls and shores
All night, even though you are asleep. I am singing from
The mouths of animals and birds. . . to let
you know the Beautiful Truth
For more poetry by Hafiz, check out
*The Subject Tonight Is Love: 60 Wild & Sweet Poems of Hafiz*
by Daniel Ladinsky
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week of June 17
Copyright 2004 by Rob Brezsny
www.freewillastrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Current human life expectancy is already
at 78 years, and it's steadily increasing. So if you're 30 years old, you
can expect to be alive for at least another 48 years, and probably longer.
If you're 22 you could easily be here for another 60 revolutions of the
Earth around the sun, and if you're 45, you've got a minimum of 33. So
what are you going to do with all that precious, spacious time? I
encourage you to let your brainstorms flow freely in the coming week. Is
there another career or two you might want to pursue? A far-flung locale
where you'd like to live for a while? An adventure that may take a long
time to get ready for? Have fun visualizing the enormous magic you could
accomplish little by little in the next three decades.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Naturalist John Burroughs was addressing
your current needs when he wrote the following: "The lesson which life
constantly enforces is 'Look underfoot.' You are always nearer to the true
sources of your power than you think. The lure of the distant and the
difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are. Every place
is the center of the world." Let's finish up this little pep talk, Taurus,
with some advice from Theodore Roosevelt: "Do what you can, with what
you have, where you are."
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): "Never test the depth of the water with both
feet," the old saying goes, and usually I endorse such an approach. But not
now. For the next two weeks, Gemini, you're exempt from that and just
about every other cautionary rule. As far as I can tell, your future is so
wide open that the only guiding principles you need are those that give you
permission. Here's an example you might like, formulated by sex
researcher Alfred Kinsey: "The only unnatural sex act is one you cannot
perform."
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Until recently, Indonesians thought their
country consisted of about 17,000 islands. But in February of 2003, an
analysis of satellite images found more than a thousand undiscovered
islands, bringing the total to 18,108. I suspect that you're on the verge of
making a comparable breakthrough about yourself, Cancerian. There's
much more of you than you ever imagined. Many previously unknown
territories will soon come into view. It will be as if you have unearthed a
new world right in the midst of the old one.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Lions and jaguars can roar, but they can't purr.
Cheetahs and snow leopards can purr, but can't roar. Now and then a tiger
in captivity learns how to produce a sputtering imitation of a purr in
addition to its characteristic roar. But as a rule, every species of feline
does one or the other but not both. To meet your dates with destiny in the
coming week, you'll have to be like a kind of cat that doesn't exist in
nature: one that purrs with sublime contentment and roars with fierce
authority.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your theme this week is *careen-stable.*
Here's Rebecca Rusche to tell you of the term's origin and how to
recognize when it shows up in your life. "In high school, my mom used to
let me use her VW Beetle to go to basketball practice. One night after
practice, a friend and I were chatting and drinking Coke when we decided
to see how fast we could get the Beetle going down a nearby dirt road. Soon
we were careening at 65 mph, shouting 'careen!' every time we hit a
bump and went flying into the air. When we arrived back at the gym and
got out of the car half an hour later, we saw my Coke can sitting on the
front bumper next to the license plate. I nudged it softly to see if it was
lodged in there somehow, but it fell right off -- wasn't stuck at all. I
thought, 'There must be a word for this magic,' and thus 'careen-stable'
was born. It came to mean anything that maintains its poise in the midst of
wild, fast movement."
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A couple from Houston had been trying to
conceive a child for ten years. Finally, with the help of in vitro
fertilization and fertility drugs, Jeffrey and Sheryl McGowen succeeded
extravagantly. Two eggs were implanted in Sheryl, and both split. Nine
months later she gave birth to two sets of identical twins. "I think God has
a sense of humor," said Jeffrey. "He took a vacation, and when he got back
from it he answered all of my prayers at once." Keep this story in mind,
Libra. It will help prepare you for what God does for you upon returning
from vacation.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): "Poets should welcome all opportunities to
become befuddled," writes poet Linh Dinh in *The American Poetry
Review.* "To not know what's happening forces one to become more
attentive." Whether or not you're a poet, Scorpio, I heartily recommend
this approach to you in the coming weeks. The feeling of having wandered
off the path will be a sign of grace. To be confused will be a blessing. The
only possible way you could miss out on the gifts that life wants to send
you is if you act like a know-it-all who's in complete control.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You can stir up sweet synchronicities
by intensifying your connection with anyone who is an alternate version
of you. So negotiate with your evil twin, Sagittarius. Inspire and incite
your alter ego. Throw a bone to one of your imitators and leap to the next
level with a kindred spirit. Slip in and out of the fourth dimension with
your soul twin, send a message in a bottle to your future self, and pose a
riddle to your shadow.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Visualize a tall, thick, steel column that
has been forged to serve as part of the foundation of a huge building. It's
hauled to a construction site by a truck, held vertically by a crane, then
driven into the ground by an enormous pile driver. The clanging of metal
against metal rings out. Eventually, the bottom of the pillar is planted
deep in the earth, destined to become a key part of the superstructure that
will hold together tons of concrete, wood, and steel. Have you got that
picture in your mind's eye, Capricorn? I think you're a lot like that
pillar right now. Though you're weary of being pounded by the pile
driver, you know it's in a worthy cause. And the good news is that the
pounding is almost finished.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): "If you removed all of the homosexuals and
homosexual influences from American culture, you would be pretty much
left with the TV game show, 'Let’s Make a Deal.'" So proclaimed famed wit
Fran Lebowitz. I'd wager that similar statements can be made about the
cultures of every country where this horoscope is read. So wherever you
live, Aquarius, let Lebowitz's observation be the starting point for your
meditations this week. Think of all the beauty, creativity, and vitality
that live in the world around you because of people whose relationships
with gender are different from the standard models. For that matter,
think of all the interesting experiences that have come your way--and
may soon come your way again--because of your own refusal to strictly
adhere to gender stereotypes.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): "Don't rub the lamp unless you're ready for
the genie." Nine out of the ten astrologers I polled for this horoscope said
that this is excellent advice to give you right now. The tenth stargazer
sneered, "Most Pisceans are *never* ready for the genie." My
perspective is different from both the majority and the minority. I say,
go ahead and rub the lamp immediately. Why? Because I'm privy to this
bit of inside information: Nine out of the ten voices in your head are
currently chanting, "I'm totally, absolutely, beyond-any-doubt ready for
the genie."
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