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April 13, 2005
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning April 14
Copyright 2005 by Rob Brezsny
http://www.freewillastrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
ARIES (March 21-April 19): I think you're ready for your once-a-decade
reminder from Anais Nin about the hazards of not growing. I first brought
her pithy quote to the attention of the Aries tribe back in 1993. It had a
salubrious effect on many of you, dissolving some of your crystallized
fears and speeding up your evolution. Let's hope it works the same magic
this time: "The day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the
bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." (P.S. Think back
to where you were in 1993. It's time for you to leap to the next level as
you resume working on a long-term project you began back then.)
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Every year of their adult lives, male Emperor
penguins in Antarctica spend 60 consecutive days standing out in the
frigid wastes without food as they guard and brood the eggs containing
their offspring. Their ordeal reminds me a little of the story of your life
lately, Taurus. You've been out in the cold doing your duty for a long
time. But I believe you're ready to do something akin to what the male
penguins do when the babies finally hatch and the mothers return from
their 60-day vacations: feast and rest, rest and feast.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If you're like most people, you have an ailment
you've learned to live with. It's bothersome though not incapacitating.
Maybe you've tried various treatments for it, but it never quite goes
away, or it recedes for a while and returns in force. That's the bad news.
The good news, Gemini, is that you now have extra power to zap that
nagging malady. I suggest you start the process by having a dialogue with
the affected part of your body. Explain to it why you really want it to heal
itself now. Next step: Devote yourself to doing the research and getting
the help that brings a total cure.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): A reviewer in the *San Francisco Chronicle*
said this about Judy Budnitz's book, *Nice Big American Baby:* "Reading
Budnitz's stories is like experiencing the exhilaration of flight with the
queasiness of vertigo. She can take you to new heights, but don't expect
a comfortable ride." While this may be a good assessment of the book,
it's also an apt description of your immediate future, Cancerian.
According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you will be veering
back and forth between feelings akin to a rapturous flying dream and a
dizzying free fall. Don't worry: There'll be a mostly happy ending, even if
you feel a bit seasick as you arrive in the winner's circle.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Henry David Thoreau took his relationship with
nature as seriously as he did his connections with people. "I frequently
tramped eight or ten miles," he said, "to keep an appointment with a
beech tree or a yellow birch or an old acquaintance among the pines."
This is an attitude I encourage you to emulate in the coming weeks, Leo.
Non-human life forms will have a lot to give you. The great outdoors
should be a classroom where you seek wisdom that will help you solve
your most pressing questions, as well as a temple where you can go to
bask in the presence of lively and surprising truths.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Two Indian mountain climbers recently got
married in a place that symbolized the fearlessness they want to bring to
their alliance. Along with the officiating priest, they hung 2,000 feet in
the air, suspended from ropes between two mountains. I suggest you
regard them as your metaphorical role models in the coming weeks, Virgo.
You'll be getting unprecedented opportunities to enjoy adventures that
involve collaboration, blending, and unification. Take imaginative
advantage of those opportunities.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You've heard about horse whisperers, people
who have a deeply intuitive, almost psychic rapport with horses. You may
have also heard about baby whisperers, those who specialize in reading
the body language and secret thoughts of infants. Well you, my dear
Libra, currently seem to have the skills of a *dove* whisperer. If you like,
you could probably achieve a mind-meld with those birds in the coming
weeks. Perhaps more importantly, you will also possess the unusual blend
of powers that doves have symbolized throughout history: to bring
peace, to cultivate tender intimacy, and to bless lust.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The World Cow Chip Throwing Contest will be
held this week in Beaver, Oklahoma. If you've got the time and inclination,
I suggest you attend. It would be especially fortuitous if you not only
watched the festivities, but also got a chance to compete. One way or
another, Scorpio, you're going to have urges to sling dung--either the
metaphorical or actual variety--and it would be far better to do it in a
setting where such activity is sanctioned. That way, no reputations will be
tweaked and no one will get hurt. If you can't make it to Beaver,
Oklahoma, you should maybe arrange your own Cow Chip Throwing
Contest in the nearest pasture. If you're an urban dweller, it would be
worth driving out to the sticks.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): "I have never met a person whose
greatest need was anything other than real, unconditional love," said
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross. While that observation always applies to you,
Sagittarius, it's especially true now. More than at any other time in the
past 11 months, you require a flood of profuse, no-strings-attached love.
I urge you to go out and do whatever's necessary to get it. By the way,
you would also derive stupendous benefits from *doling out* lavish
amounts of unconditional love. Your top priority, therefore, should be to
both receive and give over-the-top generosity.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The Mohave Indians once had a tradition of
"Great Tellings." Members of the tribe would gather together for many
hours, sometimes over the course of a few days, to hear storytellers
unfold long narratives about their people's history, with great attention
paid to major turning points and heroic adventures. I suggest that you
arrange some version of a Great Telling for you and yours, Capricorn. You
need to remember where you came from. It's a perfect moment to get in
touch with your origins and refresh yourself about all the influences that
have led you to where you are today.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Speaking on behalf of the cosmic forces,
Aquarius, I urge you to unleash a whole hell of a lot of gratitude in the
coming week. I'm not talking about mumbling a few shy words of thanks
here and there. I mean you should uncork a fireworks display of
extravagant appreciation, delivered with boisterous cheer and expansive
body language. Express your gratitude as if you were addressing not just
the helper standing right in front of you, but every person, animal, spirit,
landscape, and plant that has contributed to making your life as good as
it is. Proclaim your reverent, praise-filled paeans of thanks as if you were
giving the whole universe its proper due for its many blessings.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): "What I give form to in daylight is only one
percent of what I have seen in darkness," wrote the artist M.C. Escher.
Though he wasn't a Pisces, he could have been speaking for you and your
tribe when he said that. You are the zodiac's top explorer of the darkness;
you're a connoisseur of vivid and exotic mysteries that are often hard to
translate into terms other people can understand. And though I know you
must sometimes feel sad about how much of your experience is hidden,
you should feel proud if you can, like Escher, bring even one percent of it
alive in the sunlit realms. Now here's some really good news: In the
coming weeks, you could raise that to a whopping 10 percent.
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HOMEWORK:
My reading of the astrological omens suggests that many of you will soon
have opportunities to discover secrets about where you came from.
Report results by going to http://www.freewillastrology.com and clicking
on "Email Rob."
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