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February 9, 2005
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning February 10
Copyright 2005 by Rob Brezsny
http://www.freewillastrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Happy Valentine Daze, Aries! During my quest
for the advice that might be most helpful to your love life, I gathered the
following words of wisdom. 1. "There is always some madness in love. But
there is also always some reason in madness." -Friedrich Nietzsche. 2.
"Love is not about losing freedom; it's about sharing freedom with a
partner who's as talented a liberationist as you." -my friend Sarah. 3. "I
hunger for your sleek laugh and your hands the color of a furious harvest.
I want to eat the sunbeams flaring in your beauty." -Pablo Neruda.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Happy Valentine Daze, Taurus! After careful
meditation about what suggestions might enrich your love life, I'm
advising you to celebrate an Honesty Festival with the person you love
best or with the person you *want* to love best. Speak from the depths
as you reveal the hidden fears and longings and joys that have been
unspoken until now. And let these words of wisdom from Thoreau be the
motto that guides you: "Between whom there is hearty truth there is
love."
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Happy Valentine Daze, Gemini! Have you heard
of the Mile-High Club? Anyone can become a member. All you have to do
is get jiggy in an airplane at least 5,280 feet above the earth. Another
flamboyant group of pleasure-seekers is comprised of mountain-climbers
who boink during their trek up Mt. Everest. Then there are the people who
travel to far-flung spots where they have sex outdoors during total
eclipses of the sun. I urge you to be inspired by their examples in the near
future: Enjoy your own brand of adventurous eroticism. The astrological
omens say it's a favorable time for lovemaking that breaks a taboo or two
as it blows your mind in the best ways.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Happy Valentine Daze, Cancerian! As I
meditated on what advice might purify and supercharge your love life, I
got to thinking about a statement attributed to French poet Paul Valery.
"Love is being stupid together," he said. There's an element of truth to
this notion, but it's too corny and degenerate for my tastes. I prefer to
focus on a more interesting and complete truth, which is this: Real love is
being *smart* together. If you weave your destiny together with
another's, he or she should catalyze your sleeping potentials, sharpen
your perceptions, and boost your IQ. Your relationship should be a
crucible in which you deepen your understanding of the way the world
works. If you can't share your love with such a person this week, don't
share your love with anyone.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In a *Village Voice* piece on New Yorkers' New
Year's resolutions, Allison Sommers testified that she aspired to
"recognize joy when it bites me in the ass." That so happens to be your
main assignment during this season of love, Leo. It shouldn't be too hard:
The bliss coming your way will not be of the elusive, ephemeral variety.
It's got teeth, and won't be in the least shy about using them. Happy
Valentine Daze!
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Happy Valentine Daze, Virgo! If you're like me,
many of the most accomplished people you've known have the same blind
spot: their intimate relationships. As brilliant as they may be as artists,
scientists, fund-raisers, or humanitarians, they're dumb about how to
carry on a thriving marriage or loving partnership. Their plight is typical of
the rest of us as well. Though we may have mastered countless skills,
we're likely to be relatively unripe in our ability to achieve closeness with
another human being. That's the bad news, Virgo. The good news is that
this Valentine season and the ensuing six weeks will be an excellent time
for you to take dramatic steps to cure your own version of this ignorance.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Happy Valentine Daze, Libra! I hope you don't
mind if I gush about how much you resemble an elegant Cabernet right
now. In a sense you're a fermented intoxicant with the potential to loosen
inhibitions, arouse delight, and promote conviviality. Or, to use the words
of Thom Elkjer's wine review in the *San Francisco Chronicle:* You're like
sniffing a fresh shot of espresso after a bite of dark chocolate; like a
delicious flood of caramel zing and baking spices in the mouth that lingers
forever. I say, take advantage of your nearly irresistible appeal.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Happy Valentine Daze, Scorpio! The three
love offerings I have might be a challenge for you to receive in the same
generous spirit with which I'm giving them. Nevertheless, the astrological
omens suggest this is one of those rare times when you can truly benefit
from their bracing advice. So here are my gifts, starting with an insight
from author Zora Neale Hurston: "Love makes your soul crawl out from its
hiding place." Your second oracle comes from writer James Baldwin: "Love
takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot
live within." My third offering is from novelist Iris Murdoch: "Love is the
difficult realization that something other than oneself is real."
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Happy Valentine Daze, Sagittarius!
Borrowing the words of poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning, I've prepared a
love note for you to use as your own. Feel free to give it to the person
whose destiny needs to be woven more closely together with yours. "I
love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.
I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you
are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out."
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Happy Valentine Daze, Capricorn! After
careful meditation about what advice would be most likely to energize
your love life, I've decided to make three suggestions. First, bring more
boldness and daring to the part of your life where intimacy is of crucial
importance. Second, take to heart the idea that loving another human
being is an epic, heroic, monumental enterprise. Third, write down this
quote from poet Delmore Schwartz and carry it with you for the next 14
days: "Love is the most difficult and dangerous form of courage. Courage
is the most desperate, admirable, and noble kind of love."
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Happy Valentine Daze, Aquarius! I want to
remind you, in case you've somehow forgotten, that you'll never be able
to bask in the love you want to receive from another person until you
master the art of loving yourself with great skill and imagination. I'll go so
far as to say that it's pointless to search for a perfect partner if you're
not already your own perfect partner. Here's what Buddha had to say
about the subject: "You can search throughout the entire universe for
someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are
yourself, but that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as
much as anyone, deserve your love and affection."
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Happy Valentine Daze, Pisces! The
astrological omens say that right now you need love more than you need
food and drink. Not just any old kind of love, though: It has to be high-
minded and mysterious, and neither sentimental nor tormented. Hoping to
steer you towards what you *really* need, I'm offering you the poetic
words of Pablo Neruda. Say or write them to the person whose destiny
needs to be woven more closely together with yours: "Our love is like a
well in the wilderness where time watches over the wandering lightning.
Our sleep is a secret tunnel that leads to the scent of apples carried on
the wind. When I hold you, I hold everything that is--swans, volcanoes,
river rocks, maple trees drinking the fragrance of the moon, bread that
the fire adores. In your life I see everything that lives."
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clicking on "Email Rob."
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