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July 14, 2004
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week of July 15
Copyright 2004 by Rob Brezsny
www.freewillastrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Two years ago, scientists discovered a
secret underground river running more than 800 feet below a
Mauritanian town in the Sahara Desert. With a flow rate of 8,450 gallons
per hour -- enough to supply the needs of 50,000 people -- it is the
biggest unnamed river in the world. I predict that you'll soon make an
analogous find in your own domain, Aries. What is the valuable resource
that has always been near you, but hidden? Any day now, you'll know.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I took a long, meandering walk today. After
an hour, I found myself in an unfamiliar neighborhood on a wide paved
road. In the middle of a long straight stretch there were two street signs
next to each other. The one on the right -- the direction from which I had
come -- said "Split Drive." The one on the left -- where I was headed --
said "Union Avenue." There was no intersection here and no bend in the
road to mark the change -- no apparent distinction at all between Split
and Union. Now study all the details I just reported, Taurus. They're
symbols for your life in the coming week.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Golfer Phil Mickelson has had an odd career.
During his first 12 years as a pro, the 34-year-old Gemini won 22
tournaments and earned more than $25 million. But because he had never
finished first in any of the four major tournaments, sports writers
branded him as a loser. When he finally captured the top spot at the
Masters last April, they acted as if he had exorcised some terrible ancient
curse. I suspect that many of you Geminis will soon be subject to
expectations and pressures as absurd as those once directed at Mickelson.
Please resist the urge to buy into them. Don't let anyone manipulate you
into trying to live up to their pathological standards of success.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): To pump up their volume above the
prevailing human din, some nightingales in big cities have learned to
unleash 95-decibel songs, matching the loudness of a chainsaw. I'd love to
see you make a similar push, Cancerian, because let's face it: If your
output remains at its current level, you'll continue to be half-invisible,
never making the impact you should. So raise your intensity, please.
Whatever you've been doing to express your uniqueness, do it louder.
However you've been contributing your beauty to the world, do it bigger.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): "Dear Dr Brezsny: I need someone to rescue me!
My therapist fell asleep during our last session! Even my mother won't
return my calls! And the man I love just told me he's not emotionally
attached to me and is planning to marry a woman he's known for six
weeks! I'm smoking too much and drinking every night and crying myself
to sleep. I'm afraid I'll end up as a middle-aged cat lady wearing a
housecoat and sponge rollers in my hair, drinking gin straight out of the
bottle! I need some bright, wise soul to restore me to health and wholeness
and hope! -Lamed Lioness."
Dear Lioness: According to my reading of the astrological omens,
there's a special person who'll soon be in a perfect position to rescue you.
That person is you yourself! The same thing's true about a majority of
your fellow Leos: They're on the verge of becoming their own saviors. Any
minute now, you'll all know exactly how to convert your breakdowns into
breakthroughs.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I think what you're about to experience is
summed up well by the bumper sticker I saw today: *If a pig flies, don't
criticize it for not staying up long.* In other words, Virgo, the most
righteous response to the wonders you've been experiencing is delighted
gratitude -- even if the wonders don't quite live up to their initial
promise or your early expectations. Ironically, this approach is the only
one that will make it possible for the pig to fly again in the future.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your life has brought you many maddeningly
inconclusive adventures. On occasion, you've probably been tempted to
invest what was left of your battered faith in the doctrine proclaimed by
Gertrude Stein: "There ain't no answer. There ain't going to be any
answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer." But now the
time has come for you to suspend your belief in Stein's theory and others
like it. During the next five months, I predict that you will be given more
precise, definitive answers than you've ever had before.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Each day many of your cells expire and are
replaced by others. As long as you live, this relentless process of death
and rebirth never abates. Periodically, then, you have a completely new
set of flesh and bones that retains none of the same atoms you were
composed of earlier. Think back, for example, to the physical body you
inhabited in July of 1999. There is nothing left of that old thing! In a
sense, you have reincarnated without having to endure the inconvenience
of dying. Do you realize how free this makes you? In the coming week,
Scorpio, take full advantage of this gift. Show how much you appreciate it.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The Bible's Book of Revelation is one of
the world's most notorious advertisements for doom and gloom. Millions of
people actually think the wacky yet terrible visions laid down in that
ancient text describe future events. Few of the believers live in Beijing,
China, fortunately. When a swarm of locusts like those prophesied in
Revelation arrived in the area in 2002, local residents greeted the
creatures warmly. They scooped them up in large bags, deep-fried them,
and turned them into the main dish of an enormous feast. I urge you to
make a similar reversal of a fearful scenario that someone's trying to
foist on you, Sagittarius.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Contrary to the orthodox notion that
sperm headed towards an egg are in a deadly competition with each other,
researchers have discovered they collaborate, often joining together to
create a "love train" so as to reach the target faster. Using this as your
inspiration, Capricorn, see if there's an area of your own life that you've
misjudged as being a hotbed of cutthroat rivalry. The astrological omens
suggest that it's a perfect time to awaken and cultivate the cooperative
potentials of such a situation.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): *Tjiliwirri* is a special language taught
to adolescent boys undergoing initiation rites among the Warlpiri tribe of
the Australian Aborigines. A speaker uses it to express the opposite of
what he pretends to mean. In order to convey the meaning, "You are tall
and wise," for instance, a boy might say the Warlpiri equivalent of "You
are short and short-sighted." To express a yearning for greater
fulfillment, he may declare, "I have no needs." Regard this vignette as
instructive about your immediate future, Aquarius. In the coming weeks,
I believe you will undergo a kind of initiation that dares you to rise to a
new level of maturity. In the course of this rite of passage, you may have
to navigate your way through situations that are the opposite of what they
seem.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Two years ago, seven-year-old Steven
Olson was awarded patent number 6,368,227 for a new method of
swinging on a swing. His application said that kids can get bored just
moving back and forth on the swing or twisting the swing's chains to make
it spin. That's why he invented the technique of swinging side to side. Will
he get rich from selling the rights to use his patent? Probably not. Now
let's talk about how all of this applies to you. I think you should pull off
your own version of Olson's coup in the coming weeks -- but see if you
can take it one step further. Dream up an innovation that makes a fun
experience even more fun, and meditate on how you might then exploit it
to your practical advantage.
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HOMEWORK:
If you're an American citizen, who you are you planning to vote for in
November's presidential election? Without expressing any hatred or
hostility, tell me your reasons why. If you're not American, who would
you vote for? Tell me why without expressing any hatred or hostility.
Testify by going to www.freewillastrology.com and clicking on "Email
Rob."
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