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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
January 23, 2008
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http://FreeWillAstrology.com
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"The Godhead resides quite as comfortably in the circuits of a digital
computer or the gears of a cycle transmission as he does at the top of a
mountain or in the petals of a flower."
- Robert M. Pirsig, *Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance*
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WHAT'S TO COME?
BRAINSTORM ABOUT THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE
with the help of my
Expanded Audio Horoscopes for the Coming Year
Go to http://RealAstrology.com
You can still listen to my long-range, in-depth explorations of your destiny
in 2008. Each report in the three-part series is about 6-9 minutes long.
What will be the story of your life in 2008? 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.
A new short-range forecast for this week is also available, both on the
Web and at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700.
To find out more about Your BIG PICTURE horoscopes, go to
http://RealAstrology.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
Here's an excerpt:
FLIP-FLOP THE TRAUMATIC IMPRINT
Beauty and Truth Laboratory researcher Artemisia had just begun
menstruating, and was suffering from debilitating cramps. Massive doses
of ibuprofen were not relieving the distress, so she went to her regular
acupuncturist, Dr. Lily Ming, to get relief.
Dr. Ming had Artemisia lie down on the table and proceeded to insert 10
needles in her belly and hand and ear. Then Dr. Ming introduced a
treatment that Artemisia was unfamiliar with: She lightly pounded the nail
of Artemisia's big toe with a small silver hammer for a few minutes.
"Why are you doing that?" Artemisia asked.
"It is good for the uterus," the doctor replied.
Indeed, Artemisia's cramps dramatically diminished as the doctor
thumped, and in the days to come they did not recur.
After the session, as Artemisia prepared to leave, the usually taciturn
Ming started up a conversation. Artemisia was surprised, but listened
attentively as Dr. Ming made a series of revelations. The most surprising
was Dr. Ming's description of a traumatic event from her own childhood.
During the military occupation of her native Manchuria, a province of
China, she was forced to witness Japanese soldiers torturing people she
loved. Their primary atrocity was using hammers to drive bamboo shoots
through their victims' big toes.
The moral of the story: Dr. Ming has accomplished the heroic feat of
reversing the meaning of her most traumatic imprint. She has turned a
symbol of pain into a symbol of healing.
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OTHER PRONOIA RESOURCES:
GOOD, TOUGH NEWS
Victories in 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2y5ygq
MORE GOOD, TOUGH NEWS
"Let's Toast to Ten Good Things About 2007"
by Medea Benjamin
http://tinyurl.com/2w7k7f
FUTURE GOOD, TOUGH NEWS?
Global Flash Points: How to Spot Signs of Peace
http://tinyurl.com/25xn3z
(Note: I endorse these because I like them. They are 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 January 24
Copyright 2008 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You're entering an astrological phase when
it makes sense to expand and dramatize your ego. In light of the poetic
license that affords you, I'd like to introduce you to the concept of
enlightened bragging. It will allow you to tout your own brilliance at the
same time that you disarm anyone who might be tempted to sneer at you
for doing so. The playfully self-mocking tone of your enlightened bragging
will give you an opportunity to demonstrate your high opinion of yourself
without feeling guilty or defensive. Here's all you need to do to get
started: Make yourself a t-shirt or bumper sticker that reads, "I am a
Jenius."
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Every now and then when the garbage I
generate in a week's time exceeds what one trashcan is able to hold, I
have to make a special phone call to the office of the refuse and recycling
service to request that they pick up an extra can. If I'm reading your
astrological omens correctly, this is one of those times for you, at least
from a metaphorical perspective: You need to get rid of more than your
usual amount of useless junk and residual wastes -- much more, probably,
including a backlog of stuff you may not have even realized was garbage
until now.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): "Write it on your heart that every day is the
best day in the year," said essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson. That's my first
suggestion for you this week, Aries. Now, while you're at the energetic
peak of your astrological cycle, is a good time to cultivate a knack for
identifying the specific gift that each day has to offer you. You will also
resonate well with the cosmic rhythms if you make use of another
Emersonian gem: "Every great and commanding moment in the annals of
the world is the triumph of some enthusiasm." Where does your purest
enthusiasm lie? And how will you use it to fuel your ascent to a series of
great and commanding moments?
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): "In the human heart new passions are forever
being born," said French writer Francois de La Rochefoucauld. "The
overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another." I suppose
that's true. We all have longings that come and go as we evolve. But I'd
also like to propose an equally valid and contradictory truth: In every
human heart there are a few passions that last a lifetime. They're with us
from the moment we're born, and nothing can dilute their intensity. Our
destiny revolves around them. These are the passions I hope you will
define with precision and nurture with alacrity during the next eight
weeks.
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EXPLORING YOUR LONG-RANGE FUTURE
Would you like some inspiration as you muse and wonder about your
upcoming adventures in 2008?
You can still listen to my long-range, in-depth explorations of your destiny
in 2008. Each report in the three-part series is about 6-8 minutes long.
Go to http://RealAstrology.com
for these EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES
A new short-range forecast for this week is also available, both on the
Web and at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700.
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If you have trouble resisting the urge to stay
current with news about famous actresses, you may have a mental illness.
A team of psychologists has certified "Celebrity Worship Syndrome" as an
actual psychiatric condition. Now please listen to me closely: It is
imperative that you stifle this malady during the next 25 days, even if you
have a mild case of it. Your fantasy life needs to soar into unknown
frontiers where more of the details of your own personal talents will be
revealed, and you can't afford to be weighed down with fantasies about
rich and charismatic people you don't know.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): "Dear Brother Rob: We wanted you to know
that our exceedingly sweet, holy, and pious dog, Magdalene, told us
tonight that she feels you are a direct descendant of Melchior, one of
those famous Bethlehem astrologers/magi mentioned as bringing gifts to
the baby Jesus way back when! That's so cool! Raucous peace to you! -
Gabriel and Deana." Dear Gabriel and Deana: I'm honored! Give my thanks
to Magdalene. Does she have any messages for my Cancerian readers?
I've been having visions that they will soon be getting gifts from the past
and revelations about their heritage and updates concerning their
birthrights.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): We all tend to project onto other people the
unattractive aspects of ourselves that we refuse to acknowledge. We're
also drawn to anyone who expresses the fully activated versions of our
own sleeping potentials. Everywhere we go, then, our vision is clouded by
the disowned psychic material that is floating around our unconscious
minds. That's the bad news, Leo. The good news is that in the next eight
weeks you will have an enhanced ability to get access to the liabilities and
powers that are buried beneath the surface of your awareness. As a
result, your ability to see the objective truth about the world around you
should grow dramatically.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): "The ermine is so fastidious that he will allow
himself to be caught by hunters before he will take refuge in a muddy
spot," wrote Leonardo da Vinci in his *Bestiary.* The legendary behavior
of this small mammal has a resemblance to certain Virgos. Let's hope
you're not one of them. To avoid getting trapped in the coming days, you
will have to be willing, even eager, to get dirty. Here's your motto: The
miracle is in the mess.
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LET'S IMAGINE WHAT BEAUTIFUL MYSTERIES
MIGHT COME YOUR WAY IN 2008
What hidden factors will be massaging your destiny in 2008? Could you
use some hints about how to prepare for the adventures awaiting you in
the next 12 months?
You can still listen to my long-range, in-depth explorations of your destiny
in 2008. Each report in the three-part series is about 6-8 minutes long.
Go to http://RealAstrology.com
for these EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES
A new short-range forecast for this week is also available, both on the
Web and at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A friend recently said to me, "You really try
hard to avoid conflict, don't you?" That surprised me. In my own
perception of myself, I'm pretty combative, at least in the privacy of my
own imagination. The injustice and suffering I see in the world make me
mad, and I'm constantly plotting to overthrow the ignorant forces that
are at the root of that bad stuff. It's true that I almost never express
naked hostility or engage in outright combat with anyone. But that's
because I think that the best way for me to fight the ugliness is to whip
up lavish doses of beauty and truth and love. Sorry to be talking about
myself so much, Libra, but it's in a good cause: I urge you to be like me in
the coming week.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I don't usually recommend that you text-
message a cohort who's sitting a few feet away from you in a meeting, or
use your cell phone to call the cell phone of the person you're lying next
to in bed. But this would be a good week to do things like that. It's an
excellent time, you see, to experiment with how you communicate, to try
alternate methods of conversing, to awaken unfamiliar responses as you
engage with familiar people. You might want to write a letter in longhand
to a comrade you see all the time, or sit down at a table together and
exchange messages by drawing pictures rather than talking.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In my astrological opinion, you should
adopt a miscellaneous and serendipitous receptivity in the coming week;
you should be extra responsive to the primal flux as its odd luck whisks
you through in-between zones and fascinating grey areas. And yet I also
think you should be profoundly picky about which of the thousand and
one stimuli you allow to grab your full attention. In other words, make
your mind wide open and allow it to wander freely, but give your favors to
only the most piquant twists and tasty bits.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): To advertise its upgraded features, the
search engine Ask3D.com rolled out a marketing campaign with a
seductive catchphrase: "Instant Getification," as in immediately acquiring
your desired results. I'm borrowing that mantra, or at least half of it, for
your horoscope. Your getification levels will be way up in the coming
weeks. That doesn't mean you will instantaneously and automatically
obtain everything you crave without any effort. Rather, it suggests that
you will have an enhanced power to summon the will and ingenuity and
resourcefulness that will help you get what you want.
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HOMEWORK: For three days, act as if you have far more resources and
help than you ever thought possible. Report results by going to
http://FreeWillAstrology.com and clicking on "Email Rob."
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WANT TO GET YOUR CHART DONE?
I'm not doing personal charts, but I highly recommend my 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://YourSoulJourney.com
She can also be reached at roloughran@comcast.net
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