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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
June 20, 2007
EXPLORE THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE
with my MID-YEAR PREVIEW of YOUR DESTINY for the REST of 2007
http://tinyurl.com/ooga5
This week my Expanded Audio Horoscopes give you a long-term look at
the ripe opportunities that are available to you between now and
December 31.
What areas of your life are likely to receive unexpected assistance and
divine inspiration?
Where are you likely to find most success?
How can you best cooperate with the cosmic rhythms? Tune in.
To listen to my IN-DEPTH, LONG-TERM AUDIO FORECAST for YOUR LIFE
during the next six months, go here:
http://tinyurl.com/ooga5
Or for phone access, call:
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The Expanded Audio horoscopes cost $6 apiece if you access them on
the Web (discounts are available for multiple purchases), or $1.99 per
minute if you want them over the phone.
P.S. The EXPANDED AUDIO FORECAST is not a repeat of the written
horoscope you find BELOW, but is an entirely fresh exploration of your
astrological omens, designed to help you tune in to your soul's code.
I want you to know exactly who you are and to be able to express that
uniqueness in ever-more satisfying ways. It's your birthright!
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"Every person I meet is in some way my superior."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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http://FreeWillAstrology.com
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My book
"PRONOIA IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR PARANOIA:
How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings"
is available for sale at http://tinyurl.com/qaj62
To read news and features from the book, go here:
http://tinyurl.com/2uhvjl
And now here's an excerpt from my book
"PRONOIA IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR PARANOIA:
How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings"
RECEPTIVITY REMEDIES
Alert, relaxed listening is the radical act at the heart of our pronoiac
practice. Curiosity is our primal state of awareness. Wise innocence is a
trick we aspire to master. Open-hearted skepticism is the light in our
eyes.
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If you choose to become a practitioner of pronoia, your life will suck. It
has to suck.
Let me explain. As you cultivate the arts of gathering and bestowing the
blessings that the universe is always conspiring to send your way, your
life will suck in the best senses of the word.
First, your life will suck in the same way that you use a straw to compel a
thick milk shake to disobey gravity and squirt into your mouth.
Metaphorical translation: You'll work hard to pull toward you the resources
you need, perhaps even exerting yourself with a force that goes against
the natural flow.
Your pronoiac life will suck in a second way: like a powerful vacuum
cleaner that inhales dirt from the floor and makes it disappear. You will
have a sixth sense about getting rid of messes that are contaminating
your clarity.
Here's a third interpretation: Once you commit yourself to the art of
pronoia, you will most likely develop an unusually dynamic form of
receptivity. Whether you're a man or woman, you'll be like a macho male
with a willful intention to be like a welcoming female. As a result, you'll be
regularly sucked into succulent opportunities you would never have come
upon if you had let your pop nihilistic conditioning continue to dominate
you. Your openness to uplifting adventures will make it easier for
serendipitous miracles to find you and draw you in.
Let's take one more poetic leap of faith as we meditate on the metaphor.
As you devote yourself to the art of making yourself available, your life
will suck in the way that movements of the mouth and lips and tongue
during close encounters with intimate partners stimulate pleasurable
feelings.
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I've tried a wide variety of meditative practices from many traditions. I've
calmed myself through rhythmic breathing; watched with amusement as
the nonstop procession of images paraded across my mind; visualized
images of deities; cultivated unconditional love; chanted mantras; and
taken rigorous inventories to determine whether the integrity of my
actions matches my high ideals.
But in my years of study, I've never heard of a form of meditation that
would ask me to go to a public place, take my attention off myself, and
observe other people with compassionate objectivity. That's why I was
forced to invent it. Hereafter known as Sacred Eavesdropping, this
meditation builds one's ability to pray in the manner described by poet W.
H. Auden: "The definition of prayer is paying careful and concentrated
attention to something other than your own constructions."
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Here's one of the Beauty and Truth Laboratory's favorite rules for
evaluating the information that comes our way: Assume that it's a blend
of truth and falsehood and every shade of half-truth in between. That
applies equally to stories in The New York Times and to the raving spiels
of the homeless Gulf War vet who hangs out at the local post office.
While I suspect that the Times has a much higher proportion of accurate
data, I can never be sure what distortions are embedded in its reports. Its
unconscious devotion to pop nihilism means that it routinely ignores vast
realms of human experience. And there are odd days when the homeless
guy's rants spit out gems of poetic wisdom that give me the chills and
change the way I understand the world.
Moral of the story: Useful messages may come from anywhere. I'm more
likely to recognize them if I'm simultaneously curious and discriminating . .
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. . . To read the rest of
"RECEPTIVITY REMEDIES," go here:
http://tinyurl.com/32zwl6
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To read other news and features from my book, go here:
http://snipurl.com/l9o3
You can buy the book here:
AMAZON
http://tinyurl.com/qaj62
POWELLS
http://tinyurl.com/3dsx6q
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OTHER PRONOIA RESOURCES:
REBEL JOY
*Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness* by Sharon Salzberg
and Jon Kabat-Zinn
http://tinyurl.com/26o972
STARK EVIDENCE
Humans Are Hard-Wired for Altrusim
Scientific proof that compassion comes naturally
http://tinyurl.com/34pmtf
GOOD NEWS
Man Awakens from 19-Year Coma and Says, "The world is prettier now."
http://tinyurl.com/2fa2do
(Note: I endorse these because I like them. They're not advertisements,
and I get no kickbacks.)
Please tell me your own personal nominations for PRONOIA RESOURCES.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning June 21
Copyright 2007 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
ARIES (March 21-April 19): We're almost halfway through 2007. It's time
to take inventory of how well you're capitalizing on this year's unique
opportunities. So let me ask you, Aries: Have you been making
reconnaissance missions into previously forbidden territory? Are you
seeking adventures beyond the borders of your known world? I hope so. I
hope you're blowing your own mind on a regular basis, both by exposing it
to ideas it has never dared to entertain and by seeking out exotic
experiences it has no precedents for.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): We're almost halfway through 2007. Let's
take inventory of how well you're capitalizing on this year's unique
opportunities. Are you becoming a better judge of character? Have you
cultivated your skill at reading people's energy and understanding what
motivates them? I hope so, because 2007 should be the year you
generate big benefits for yourself by bringing out the best in your allies
and cohorts. Whenever you catalyze their potentials, the universe will in
turn conspire to catalyze your potentials.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): We're almost halfway through 2007. It's time
to take inventory of how well you're capitalizing on this year's unique
opportunities. So let me ask you, Gemini: Are you working hard to heal
the indecisiveness that has dissipated your energy in the past? I hope so.
You've never had a better chance to unify your divided mind than you
have now; you will continue to be the beneficiary of unprecedented help
from cosmic forces whenever you make concentrated efforts to
coordinate your diverse desires. I urge you to invoke all your ingenuity as
you seek out the magic that will make you a virtuoso of variety.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): How well are you capitalizing on this year's
unique opportunities, Cancerian? Now that we're almost halfway through
2007, let's take an inventory. I'm hoping that six months from now, you'll
look back and make the following declaration: "I can't believe I'm saying
this, but this year I realized in many colorful ways that limitations are my
friends. The obstructions I faced eventually forced me to become far
more resourceful than I'd ever been before. The wastefulness I uncovered
showed me how important it is to shed my trivial wishes and focus
intensely on my top priority desires. The confusions I encountered taught
me valuable secrets about how to master my emotions and dissolve my
superstitious fears."
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EXPLORE THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE
with my Expanded Audio Horoscopes for the Second Half of 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/ooga5
What hidden factors will be massaging your destiny during the next six
months? Could you use some hints about how to prepare for the
adventures awaiting you during the rest of 2007?
To listen to my IN-DEPTH, LONG-TERM AUDIO FORECAST for YOUR LIFE
during the next six months, go here:
http://tinyurl.com/ooga5
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): How well are you capitalizing on this year's unique
opportunities, Leo? Now that we're almost halfway through 2007, let's
take an inventory. I'm hoping that six months from now, you'll look back
and say the following: "This was the year I learned how to play and have
fun on a higher level. I resurrected everything I knew about playing and
having fun as a child, and applied it to my life as an adult. I liberated my
imagination in the bedroom and in the workplace; I gave myself permission
to seek out amusement and delight as if they were the holiest
motivations of all. I cavorted and joked and fooled around as if my dreams
depended on it."
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): How well are you capitalizing on this year's
unique opportunities, Virgo? Now that we're almost halfway through
2007, let's take an inventory. I'm hoping that six months from now, you'll
look back and say the following: "This was the year I came all the way
home. It was a turning point when I learned to speak with my own voice
instead of trying to speak with the voices of everyone who's ever been
important to me. In 2007 I found my power spot, my mother lode, my
sacred ground. For the first time, I have a deeply felt certainty that I
belong here on this planet; I belong here in my life; I belong here in this
community and this mission and this body."
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): We're almost halfway through 2007. Let's take
inventory of how well you're capitalizing on this year's unique
opportunities. I hope you've realized by now that although you've always
been a pretty good communicator, there's room for you to become even
better. For instance, you can learn to be much better at saying what you
really mean instead of what you think people want to hear, yet without
sacrificing your natural tact. You can also become more adept at staying
true to yourself while still being sensitive to other people; you can
increasingly find that you don't have to lose touch with what you really
feel as you empathetically tune in to what everyone else feels.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Now that we're almost halfway through
2007, it's time to assess how well you're capitalizing on this year's unique
opportunities. So let me ask you a few questions. Have you been working
hard to increase your value? I don't just mean economically, although it's
true that this is the best time in over a decade for you to make more
money and launch long-term plans for financial growth. But I hope that
you're also adding to your worth in every way you can imagine, like by
getting the training and new skills that will make you irresistible to future
employers, lovers, and collaborators; and by purifying your motivations
and clarifying your ethics and bolstering your integrity.
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WHAT'S TO COME?
BRAINSTORM ABOUT THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE
with my Expanded Audio Horoscopes for the Second Half of 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/ooga5
What will be the story of your life during the rest of 2007? How can you
exert your free will to create the adventures that'll bring out the best in
you, even as you find graceful ways to cooperate with the tides of
destiny?
If you'd like a high-octane boost of inspiration to fuel you in your quest
for beauty and truth and love and justice and meaning, tune in to my
meditations on your long-term outlook.
Go here:
http://tinyurl.com/ooga5
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Now that we're almost halfway through
2007, it's time to assess how well you're capitalizing on this year's unique
opportunities. So let me ask you a few pointed questions. Have you been
reinventing yourself from the ground up at least once a week? Have you
been shedding old shticks and learning new tricks? How relentlessly have
you committed yourself to the arts of liberation? There's still a lot of time
to become even more receptive and responsive to the steady stream of
wake-up calls that life is sending your way. For the next six months, you'll
have cosmic luck on your side whenever you actively court the fertile
blessings of future shock.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): We're almost halfway through 2007. Let's
take inventory of how well you're capitalizing on this year's unique
opportunities. Are you exorcising the ghosts that have messed with you
for so long? Have you been wrapping up all unfinished business and
resolving every ambiguous pain-in-the-ass that has sapped your energy? I
hope so. By your next birthday, I'm rooting for you to finally graduate
from the lessons you've been studying for years. Then you'll be primed
and receptive for the fresh teachings that will begin flowing your way in
2008.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): How well are you capitalizing on this year's
unique opportunities, Aquarius? Now that we're almost halfway through
2007, let's take an inventory. I'm hoping that six months from now, you'll
look back and say something like the following: "I'm pleased that this year
I've met many new people and expanded my network and reached a
bigger audience. I'm ecstatic that I have deepened my connections with
pragmatic idealists who share my core values. And I'm proud that I have
honed my message and product so well that I'm having a more profound
influence than ever before."
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): How well are you capitalizing on this year's
unique opportunities, Pisces? Now that we're almost halfway through
2007, let's take an inventory. I'm hoping that six months from now, you'll
look back and say something like the following: "To my astonishment, this
was the year I beat 70 percent of my fear of success and dissolved 80
percent of my tendency to sabotage my ambitions. Not only that. To my
great satisfaction, I shed 70 percent of my martyr complex, lost 75
percent of my fascination for glamorous suffering, and smashed 85
percent of my perverse attraction to the victim archetype. This was one
of the Best. Years. Ever."
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HOMEWORK: Make a prediction about what your best accomplishment will
be in the second half of 2007. Go to http://RealAstrology.com and click
on "Email Rob."
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WANT TO GET YOUR CHART DONE?
I'm not doing personal charts these days, but I highly recommend my
favorite astrological colleague, RO LOUGHRAN. Her approach closely
matches my own. In our many discussions about astrology over the years,
we've had a major influence on each other's work.
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.
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.YourSoulJourney.com
She can also be reached at roloughran@comcast.net
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