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February 2, 2005
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning February 3
Copyright 2005 by Rob Brezsny
http://www.freewillastrology.com
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): The website
http://www.learningtoloveyoumore.com invites its readers to carry out
assignments. I have borrowed some that I feel will help you fulfill your
destiny in the coming week. Do as many as you feel moved to do. 1.
Photograph one of your scars and write about its origins. 2. Write down
your most recent argument. 3. Draw a scene from a movie that made you
cry. 4. Ask someone you love to describe what you do. 5. Take a picture
of the sun. 6. Record your own guided meditation. 7. Hang a wind chime
on a tree in a parking lot. 8. Write your life story in less than a day.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): According to tradition, St. Blaise is the patron
saint of throats. During his feast day, which is celebrated this week,
you're supposed to bless that part of your body. Even if you're not
Catholic, I highly recommend that you partake in this observance. From an
astrological perspective, you Tauruses have a special relationship with the
throat. It's a source of power and grace for you, more so than for any
other sign, and you should always jump at any excuse to honor it. Want
some suggestions? Get a neck massage. Drink delicious elixirs. Sing songs
that make you feel potent. Say what you mean and mean what you say.
Invite a good kisser to demonstrate his or her skill all over that magic part
of your anatomy.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Somewhere in the world is a tree that has been
struck by lightning in such a way that the scorch marks show your initials.
This is the week of all weeks when you could find that tree. Somewhere in
this world, there is a treasure that has no value to anyone but you, and a
secret that is meaningless to everyone except you, and a frontier that
possesses a revelation only you know how to exploit. This is the week
when you could stumble upon those things. Somewhere in this world,
Gemini, there is a person who could ask you the precise question you
need to hear in order to catalyze the next phase of your evolution. This is
the week when you might run into that person.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): What do you say we liberate you from
conventions that drag you down? And wean you from customs that steal
your joy? It's a perfect moment to break with all the useless,
burdensome, energy-sapping aspects of the past. A good place to begin
is in the name for your sign: "Cancer" has got to go. There's no reason
why you should tolerate having your astrological title be the same word
as the killer disease. In fact, let's make a formal change. I invite you to
send me your proposals for what to replace it with. Dolphin? Fount? Flux?
Send your ideas to worldkiss@earthlink.net or P.O. Box 150628, San
Rafael, CA 94915.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): To God, a galaxy is "no more significant than a
bacterium," wrote Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, and yet "a single human being can
be as significant to Him as an entire universe." Is that paradoxical enough
for you, Leo? I hope you can find a way to love riddles like that in the
coming weeks. You have arrived at a point in your astrological cycle when
mysterious conundrums and apparent contradictions--especially the kind
that stretch your mind inside-out and upside-down--are the best possible
nourishment for your soul.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Rural communities in southern Louisiana
celebrate Mardi Gras with even more anarchistic exuberance than the
festivities that take place in New Orleans. Roving gangs of masked
revelers stop cars and good-naturedly demand money and gifts from
drivers. Clowns with feathered headdresses knock on people's door after
midnight begging for ingredients to make gumbo. Mardi Gras out in the
sticks "is a lot like tickling," says professor of folklore, Barry Ancelet.
"When you get tickled it makes you laugh, but it also makes you feel
uncomfortable." I expect it'll be that kind of week for you, Virgo. No harm
will be done in the end, and the "tickling" will loosen you up even if it
sometimes annoys you.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Prenatal psychologists suggest that if a
pregnant woman wants her unborn child to be a musician, she should
listen to a lot of Mozart. If she hopes her offspring will grow up to be an
architect, she should visit beautiful buildings. Since you are in a sense
pregnant right now, Libra--germinating a brainchild that will ultimately
become a source of joy and responsibility--I suggest you borrow that
approach. Immerse yourself in stimuli that will imprint your future
masterpiece with the best and brightest influences.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): For the first time in thousands of years,
grass is now growing year-round in Antarctica. Winter temperatures have
risen nine degrees Fahrenheit in the last thirty years, allowing wild lawns
to spread where there were once ice sheets. I see a comparable
metamorphosis for you in the coming weeks, Scorpio. A once-barren or
frozen landscape in your psyche will show signs of vibrant life. A part of
your world that has been inhospitable will welcome you.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The U.S. government has pledged $350
million in aid for tsunami victims. That may seem like a lot until you realize
it spends that much every two days to finance its war in Iraq. But before
you unleash enraged howls of derision about these cockeyed priorities,
ask yourself whether there's a comparable discrepancy in your personal
realm. Is it possible you devote an excessive amount of your psychic
energy to combative, judgmental, dismissive ruminations, and not nearly
enough to healing thoughts? The moment you can guarantee that you're
generating a hundred times more love than hate, you'll have clearance to
rant unhypocritically about American militarism. P.S. It's time to make
sure you're practicing what you preach in every area of your life.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Some of my best meditations unfold as I'm
mountain biking in the wilderness. Today, for example, I channeled your
horoscope while struggling up a steep patch of craggy mud in the chilly
drizzle. In the early part of my ascent, I cursed my stupidity. Why was I
forcing myself to endure this ordeal? But soon I lifted my gaze from the
ground and noticed how the mist swathed the top of Mt. Tamalpais in the
distance. A bird began singing a deliriously cheerful tune. I realized that I
wasn't really that cold, and that the light rain felt sensual, not
uncomfortable. I was surrounded by beauty and my body felt invigorated
by the exertion. That's when I thought of you, Capricorn. My situation, I
knew intuitively, was a perfect metaphor for your life in the coming week.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): "Never let your sense of morals get in the
way of doing what's right," advised science writer Isaac Asimov. I
nominate this to be your motto in the coming week, Aquarius. Adhering
too closely to your habitual notions of good and bad could lead you
astray in two ways: It could cause you to inflict unnecessary harm, and it
could result in you missing out on a one-of-a-kind opportunity. I'm not
saying you should be bad, just that you should avoid making
generalizations based on past experience.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Two Americans, Faye Wachs and Eugene Kim,
were scuba diving off the coast of Thailand when the tsunami hit on
December 26. The water around them behaved oddly but they were
unaffected. It was only when they surfaced sometime later that they
realized an enormous disaster had unfolded while they were below. I urge
you to meditate on their experience during the coming week, Pisces. Is
there anything you can you do that would be the metaphorical equivalent
of being safely underwater during a tidal wave? I don't mean to imply that
you will be in literal danger. What I'm suggesting is that you enter so
deeply into the coming changes that you become one with them; that
way, they won't sweep you away.
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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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