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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning September 16
Copyright 2004 by Rob Brezsny
www.freewillastrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your current relationship with romance might
best be summed up with these words from the *Washington Post's* Joel
Achenbach: "Love begins as a sonnet, but eventually turns into a grocery
list. Therefore you need someone with whom you can go to the
supermarket." In other words, Aries, realism should rule your decisions in
amorous matters for the next few weeks. That will eventually change,
though. So don't permanently forget about the sonnet-like aspects of
your passion.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Even if you're not a jazz fan, you'll thrive in
the coming week by using a modus operandi that resembles jazz. I
suggest, therefore, that you improvise frequently. Experiment with
intricate, strong, and playful rhythms. Infuse your yearning for freedom
with humor. For further insight about how to proceed, meditate on the
following clues from three jazz greats. Ornette Coleman: "Jazz is the only
music in which the same note can be played night after night but
differently each time." John Coltrane: "You can play a shoestring if you're
sincere." Miles Davis: "Don't play what's there, play what's not there."
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): One of my best teachers always referred to
himself as an *unteacher.* "My goal is to strip away your certainties," he
said, "so you can be alert to how mysterious life actually is." He didn't
want to fill me up with a load of fixed ideas, in other words, but rather
encourage me to cultivate the habit of questioning everything. I wish I
could perform the same service for you, Gemini, especially now that
you're becoming more receptive to the naked truth. I'd like to help you
understand that in order to fall deeply in love with the world's messy
beauty, you need to be able to gaze upon it as if it were just created a
moment ago. (P.S. As psychotherapist Robert Augustus Masters says, the
truth cannot be rehearsed.)
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Young rock bands often do cover tunes,
copies of songs originally performed by well-known musicians they admire.
Art teachers sometimes give their students the assignment of
reproducing the great paintings of the old masters. To take maximum
advantage of the current astrological influences, I suggest you use this
strategy in your own unique way, Cancerian. Pick a hero, either dead or
alive, either famous or unsung, whose approach to life you admire. Find
out as much as you can about that person, and then engage in a flurry of
imitation. Dress, talk, think, and dream like your hero. In every situation
you're in, ask yourself what he or she would do. Have imaginary
conversations, fantasize abundantly, and move through your days and
nights as if you *are* that person.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the coming week you will be prone to eruptions
of intuition about exciting future events that you have not previously
imagined. Lucid visions of challenging adventures may pop into your
mind's eye out of nowhere. When you come into the presence of people
who may one day figure prominently in your creative departures from
routine, you might feel chills run up and down your spine. Be alert for
these signals from the Great Beyond. It's time for you to become your
own fortune-teller.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It's sowing time, Virgo. Seeds you plant in the
coming days will grow into the crop you will ultimately harvest in July,
2005. If you think big, those seeds will also figure prominently in blooms
that won't fully ripen until the latter part of 2015 and the first nine
months of 2016. I suppose it's possible you'll get freaked out by the
pressure, and pretend you don't have the awesome power I'm telling you
that you have. In that case, you'll distract yourself with a thousand and
one trivial concerns and let blind fate do the seed-planting for you. But I
don't recommend that approach. I'd love for you to get excited as you
contemplate what you want to be doing 12 years from now.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "I lost the plot for a while," says a character in
Nick Hornby's novel, *High Fidelity.* "And I lost the subplot, the script,
the soundtrack, the intermission, the popcorn, the credits, and the exit
sign." I'm betting you could have said something like that recently, Libra.
The story of your life seemed to have been whisked out from under you
and banished to the wilderness on the outskirts of limbo, where the
wasteland meets no man's land. That's the bad news. The good news is
that while you may never recover the plot you started with, you'll soon
find a brand new one that's better than the original.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): "The conversation didn't get interesting until
the end, after we ran out of things to say." Blogger Michael Barrish
(www.oblivio.com) wrote that about a date he went on. I'd like to
recommend it as your guiding principle in the coming week. Your
assignment is to choose a person with whom you will talk and talk and
talk until you are all talked out. At that point, though, you won't run along
to your next appointments, but will dwell in the awkwardness as long as it
takes for you to stumble upon a new way of being together. Furthermore,
Scorpio, I urge you to apply this approach in as many other ways as you
can imagine. Hang out in the pregnant silences on the other side of the
climaxes.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Physicists have been on a roll for the
last hundred years. Beginning with Einstein's theory of relativity in 1905,
they've uncovered secrets of the cosmos that would have seemed like
magic to nineteenth-century scientists. Yet they still haven't found their
Holy Grail-the "Theory of Everything" that would tie together all their
discoveries and, in the words of Stephen Hawkings, allow them to "read
the mind of God." According to my understanding of the astrological
omens, you Sagittarians have been on a similar ride in the past 12
months. You've gathered tantalizing clues to the greatest mysteries of
your life, but have not tracked down your personal Theory of Everything.
That could change in the coming weeks, though. You're closer to the Grail
than you've ever been.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your immediate future reminds me of the
Buddhist monks I saw beaming child-like smiles and waving their arms
exuberantly as they rode the roller coaster at the Santa Cruz Beach
Boardwalk. Why? Because I believe that whatever discipline and devotion
you have brought to your spiritual work in the past year will soon be
rewarded, probably with a thrilling ride that dissolves obstacles or a
soaring adventure that breaks down inhibitions.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): During a six-year period of his life, music
composer Johann Sebastian Bach created an average of one cantata
every single week. In the coming days, you could be that prolific in your
own chosen field, Aquarius. The creative juices should be flowing through
you like a tidal wave; your ability to dream up fresh solutions to nagging
puzzles should be at a peak. If for some reason none of what I'm saying
seems to be true, it means you need to stop what you're doing, go sit
under a tree, and listen more attentively to your fantasies.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): To achieve your dreams, writes Chuck
Klosterman in *Esquire,* you shouldn't obsess on cultivating allies. The
two most important characters in the life of any successful human, he
says, are a nemesis and an archenemy. While I don't wholeheartedly
endorse this exaggerated position, Pisces, I do recommend it now for your
temporary use. Nothing will sharpen your wits so much in the coming
weeks as competitors and people who don't agree with you. They will be
catalysts who'll provide you with all the motivation you need to leap to
the next level of excellence.
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HOMEWORK:
What book do you suspect would change your life if you actually read it?
When will you get around to reading it? Testify by going to
www.freewillastrology.com and clicking on "Email Rob."
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WANT TO GET YOUR CHART DONE?
I'm not doing charts these days. In addition to writing my weekly column
and expanded audio horoscopes, I'm also working on a book and CD.
But I can recommend a colleague whose astro-aesthetics closely match
my own. She's RO LOUGHRAN.
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.
Ro's website is at
http://www.astrology-psychotherapy.com/
She can also be reached at roloughran@comcast.net
Namaste,
Rob
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