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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
March 12, 2008
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http://FreeWillAstrology.com
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"The criteria for success: you are free, you live in the present moment,
you are useful to the people around you, and you feel love for all
humanity."
- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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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
I want to call your attention to one of the few X-rated pieces in the book.
It's called "THE ORGASMIC ROOTS OF PRONOIA."
If I quoted from it here in the newsletter, however, it would no doubt
trigger all the spam filters that lie between me and you, preventing the
text from reaching you.
Instead, I will give you a place to read it online:
http://tinyurl.com/2dzos2
You can also read the first two pages of the piece at google books, where
you can view the illustration on the title page:
http://tinyurl.com/32ymrx
PROCEED WITH EXTREME CAUTION! This material has graphic references
to love, lust, tenderness, bliss, and rapture.
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To read news and features from my book, go here:
http://tinyurl.com/lhwx2
You can buy the book here:
AMAZON
http://tinyurl.com/qaj62
POWELLS
http://tinyurl.com/3dsx6q
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OTHER PRONOIA RESOURCES:
ARCHIVES OF THESE PRONOIAC RESOURCES
http://pronoiaresources.wordpress.com
A pronoia researcher named Darin Wilson has created a website that is
archiving all the pronoaic resources I've been calling your attention to in
this newsletter for the past few years. The posts are categorized and
tagged, and there's built-in search. He's still in the process of gathering all
the information, but he has made good headway.
RISING UP LESSONS
"The Rise of the Phoenix: An Evolving Global Humanity" by Bruce Lipton
http://tinyurl.com/2pyfnl
WE'RE JUST AT THE BEGINNING
*The Lives of a Cell* by Lewis Thomas
http://tinyurl.com/2vraqn
"We pass thoughts around, from mind to mind, so compulsively and with
such speed that the brains of mankind often appear, functionally, to be
undergoing fusion . . . Or perhaps we are only at the beginning of learning
to use the system, with almost all our evolution as a species still ahead of
us. Maybe the thoughts we generate today and flick around from mind to
mind are the primitive precursors of more complicated, polymerized
structures that will come later, analogous to the prokaryotic cells that
drifted through shallow pools in the early days of biological evolution.
Later, when the time is right, there may be fusion and symbiosis among
the bits, and then we will see eukaryotic thought, metazoans of thought,
huge interliving coral shoals of thought . . . The mechanism is there [in
the human brain], and there is no doubt that it is already capable of
functioning."
(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 March 13
Copyright 2008 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A century before the New Age movement
began, French playwright Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was conversing with
the dead. I want to tell you what the spirit of Galileo told him at a séance,
because it's the perfect message for you to hear right now: "You know
what I would do if I were in your place? I'd drink from the milk basin of the
Milky Way; I'd swallow comets; I'd lunch on dawn; I'd dine on day and I'd
sup on night; I'd invite myself, splendid table-companion that I am, to the
banquet of all the glories, and I'd salute God as my host! I'd work up a
magnificent hunger, an enormous thirst, and I'd race through the drunken
spaces between the spheres singing the fearsome drinking song of
eternity." (Source: *Conversations with Eternity,* translated by John
Chambers.)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): He "cleans up well" is prison lingo. It refers to
a convict who, upon leaving jail, is able to overhaul his appearance and
demeanor so thoroughly that no one can tell he has served time. I believe
that in the coming weeks you will have access to another version of this
skill. You will so completely erase the traces of your own personal version
of "incarceration" that everyone will assume that you've always been a
free bird.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In an effort to create safer streets, some
European towns are getting rid of traffic signs and stoplights. The theory
is that if drivers have no visible aides to guide them, they will slow down
and be more considerate. "What we want is for people to be confused,"
says an official of the German town of Bohmte. "When they're confused,
they'll be more alert and drive more carefully." In this spirit, and in
accordance with your astrological omens, I suggest that you spend a
week exploring the virtues of living without any rules. Instead, rely on
your intuition about what's most righteous and authentic to do in every
situation. Proceed on a case-by-case basis, without invoking general
principles or overarching theories.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Before you attempt a quantum leap of faith
over the yawning abyss, please remove your 500 pounds of defense
mechanisms first. Your success in soaring the whole distance will require
you to be free of emotional baggage. As long as you fulfill this simple
prerequisite, I'm in favor of you risking the transition. It's about time you
summoned more zeal to follow the path with heart, even if that path
resumes on the other side of the great divide.
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AUDIO LOVE LETTERS
In addition to the horoscopes that come to you in this newsletter, I create
more in-depth audio horoscopes for your inspiration. I think of them as
my love letters to you. They're $6 if you access them on the Web, or
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"I never knew it was possible to get my butt kicked and my head patted
at the same time -- until I listened to you, Rob." -Kristi P., Portland, OR
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): There's a place in Venezuela where lightning
storms rage 10 hours a night, 150 days of the year. It's where the
Catatumbo River flows into Lake Maracaibo. Humans put their lives at risk
to be near this persistent storm. The upside of the phenomenon is that it
generates a significant portion of our planet's ozone, and produces so
much light that it helps ships navigate up to 250 miles away. If you
encounter anything with a metaphorical resemblance to the Catatumbo
lightning in the coming days, I suggest you enjoy it from a distance. That
way, it'll provide you with all of its benefits and none of its dangers.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A psychotherapist friend told me that most of his
clients' problems fit into one of three categories: ordinary but interesting;
bizarre and interesting; bizarre but dull. What's your style, Leo? Even if
you're normally the "ordinary but interesting" type, I suspect that you've
entered, at least temporarily, the ranks of the "bizarre but interesting"
crowd. There's a big potential perk to this development. It may supply
you with a steady flow of colorful melodrama, allowing you to win friends
and influence people as you regale them with tales of your strangely
entertaining life.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Having friendly arguments will be an excellent
strategy for generating clarity in the coming days. Since everyone has a
piece of the truth but no one has more than a piece of the truth, the
whole story will have to be assembled from a variety of fragments. I
foresee you and your cohorts banging your partial truths together,
fighting and collaborating in an untidy quest to transcend each of your
own narrow perspectives. Your mantra is William Blake's assertion that
"without contraries there is no progression."
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): George W. Bush is the most unpopular U.S.
president in history. His 19 percent approval rating in February was even
worse than that of the king of disgrace, Richard Nixon. A growing
consensus among historians also suggests that Bush is the worst
president ever. The debacle of the Iraq invasion is the chief factor in that
appraisal, but there's so much more. To name a few: the plunging value of
the dollar, the stupendous national debt, the rapid degeneration of the
environment, the catastrophic loss of civil liberties, and the abuse of
human rights. And yet Bush has done one wonderful deed that has been
unsung: He has poured billions of dollars of aid into Africa, more than any
previous president. In accordance with your current astrological omens,
Libra, I challenge you to do what I just did: Look for redemption in an
influence that has created a mess or broken your heart.
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AUDIO HOROSCOPES
In addition to the horoscopes that you're reading here, I create more in-
depth audio horoscopes for your inspiration. Find out more at
http://RealAstrology.com.
The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or
1-900-950-7700.
"You told me the truth when no one else in my life would." -Darren H.,
Minneapolis
"Your wake-up calls keep me from getting stale." -Arris T., Aspen, CO
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A heterosexual man who is seeking a partner
often doesn't want a woman to be complete unto herself; he hopes she'll
feel inadequate and lost without him. Similarly, many hetero women
demand that their men be absolutely dependent on them. Those of the
gay persuasion aren't necessarily any different; quite a few also prefer
their consorts to be unable to thrive alone. But there are also plenty of
people who want their intimate relationships to be an alliance of strong,
equal, independent partners. Where do you stand on this issue, Scorpio?
It's an ideal time for you to cultivate a longing for a bond in which you are
complete unto yourself and your partner is complete unto himself or
herself.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Hello, I am Vimala Blavatsky, the Winter
Witch. Rob Brezsny asked me to make a guest appearance in your
horoscope. Since spring is imminent, I'll soon be retiring from my public
work and will begin the research, meditations, and prayers that will
prepare for the new round of therapeutic magic I'll offer next winter. But
I'm still available for a while longer to help you finish any work you've
been doing in the following areas: building solid psychological foundations,
taking total responsibility for your fate, pruning away extraneous wishes
and dead-end dreams, and getting down to the core of every issue. How
have you been progressing on those tasks? If you need a boost, send out
a telepathic request for me to appear in your dreams. I'll be there.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The editors of the *Our Dumb Century*
claim there are 40,000 jokes crammed into the book's 256 pages. It took
12 people two years to come up with this humor onslaught, they say, or
four and a half jokes per person per day. I advise you to triple that output
in the coming week, Capricorn. Even if you don't normally think of
yourself as a comedian, the astrological omens suggest that you will be
funnier than you've ever been. That's fortunate, because in order to get
the most out of the upcoming opportunities, you should unleash a flood
of wit and hilarity.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): "The composer Stravinsky had written a
new piece with a difficult violin passage," writes Thomas Powers, quoted
in the book *Sunbeams.* "After it had been in rehearsal for several weeks,
the solo violinist came to Stravinsky and said he was sorry, he had tried
his best, the passage was too difficult, no violinist could play it.
Stravinsky said, 'I understand that. What I am after is the sound of
someone trying to play it.'" Keep this story close to your heart in the
coming week, Aquarius. It will give you the proper perspective as you,
too, go about the work of doing the best you can at a task that is
virtually impossible to perfect.
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HOMEWORK: As an experiment, imagine you have two guardian angels.
What are their names? What do you want them to do for you? Testify by
going to http://FreeWillAstrology.com and clicking on "Email Rob."
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WANT TO GET YOUR CHART DONE?
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Ro utilizes a blend of well-trained intuition, emotional warmth, and a high
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Ro is based in California, but can do phone consultations and otherwise
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She can also be reached at roloughran@comcast.net
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