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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
January 7, 2009
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http://FreeWillAstrology.com
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"There are always flowers for those who want to see them."
- Henri Matisse
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EXPLORE THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE
with my 3-Part EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES for the Coming Year.
What new influences will be headed your way in 2009? What fresh
resources will you be able to draw on? How can you conspire with life to
create the best possible future for yourself?
This week and next week, my EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES will feature
Part 2 and Part 3 of my long-range, in-depth explorations of your destiny
in 2009. Part 1 of your Year-End Predictions, which I offered last week, is
also still available.
To find out more about how to listen to your BIG PICTURE horoscopes
online, go to http://RealAstrology.com.
You can also listen over the phone by calling 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-
950-7700
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There's a new interview with me available online. It covers a lot of ground,
including my thoughts about the nature of prophecy and the national
outlook for 2009.
It's here:
http://tinyurl.com/8vrbor
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To read excerpts from my book,
*PRONOIA IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR PARANOIA:
How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings,*
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:
TO KEEP YOUR FREE WILL STRONG, PURIFY YOUR IMAGINATION
Imaginal Hygiene by M.T. Xen
http://tinyurl.com/75739y
"Imaginal hygiene is the inner art of self-managing the imagination, to
defend it from forces that compromise, pollute, colonize, shrink, and
sterilize it, and to cultivate those that illuminate, expand, and nourish it."
I DARE YOU TO LOOK FOR BEAUTY
"Ten Reasons to Be Hopeful about 2009"
http://tinyurl.com/8dms6j
The above article was written by the cofounder of YES magazine, an
excellent pronoiac resource:
http://yesmagazine.org
NOT ALL PRONOIAC TEACHERS ARE HUMAN
The Happiest Species on the Planet
http://www.wimp.com/bestidea/
(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 8
Copyright 2009 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Please don't wear a t-shirt that says what I
saw on the canary yellow t-shirt of the Japanese tourist at JFK airport:
"Sorry, I'm a loser." I also beg you not to read Ethan Trex's book *How to
Seem Like a Better Person Without Actually Improving Yourself.* It's very
important, in my astrological opinion, that you not demean or
underestimate yourself in the coming days. In fact, I'll go so far as to say
that you have a sacred duty to exalt your beauty and exult in your
talents. Now go read Walt Whitman's *Song of Myself,* and periodically
murmur the first line all week long: "I celebrate myself, and sing myself."
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): While loitering on a sidewalk outside a
nightclub in San Francisco on a September night back in 1994, I found the
cover of a booklet lying in the gutter. Written by Marilena Silbey and Paul
Ramana Das, it was called "How To Survive Passionate Intimacy with a
Dreamy Partner While Making a Fortune on the Path to Enlightenment."
Unfortunately, the rest of the text was missing. Over the years, I've tried
to hunt down a copy of the whole thing, hungry for its wisdom, but have
never had any success. I'm hoping that maybe you will consider writing
your own version of the subject in the coming year, Aquarius. With the
luck I expect you to have, you might actually be up to the task.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Now and then you may be able to whip up a
wonderful breakthrough in the blink of an eye. But more often it's the
case that beauty and truth and love and justice emerge in their full glory
only over the course of a painstaking, step-by-step, trial-and-error
process. "All that I made before the age of 65 is not worth counting,"
wrote renowned Japanese painter Hokusai. "At 73 I began to understand
the true construction of animals, plants, trees, birds, fishes, and insects.
At 90 I will enter into the secret of things. At 110 everything -- every
dot, every dash -- will live." At this juncture in your personal evolution,
Pisces, it's a perfect time to re-commit yourself to your life-long work.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): During his time in the Senate, former U.S.
presidential candidate John McCain has been a strong advocate for Native
Americans. As chairman of the Indian Affairs Committee, he sponsored or
co-sponsored seven bills in support of Indian rights. And yet Native
Americans voted overwhelmingly for McCain's opponent, Barack Obama,
who has no such track record. When asked why, Native American author
Sherman Alexie said that unlike most other groups, Indians don't vote
merely for their own narrow self-interest, but rather for the benefit of all.
They felt Obama would be the best president for America. That's the
standard I urge you to use in the coming weeks, Aries. Stretch yourself as
you work hard for the greater good, not just your own.
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EXPLORING YOUR LONG-RANGE FUTURE
Would you like some inspiration as you muse and wonder about your
upcoming adventures in 2009?
In this week's EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES, I offer you Part Two of a
long-term, in-depth exploration of your destiny in the coming year.
Part Three will be available next week. Part One is still available.
Find out how to access them online at http://RealAstrology.com.
They are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-
7700.
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Hope "is not the conviction that something
will turn out well," wrote Czech writer and politician Vaclav Havel, "but
the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns
out." That's the kind of hope I suggest you invoke during your current
adventures, Taurus. Be hungrier for meaning than for any specific
outcome. If you do that, ironically, the outcome is more likely to be one
you feel pretty good about.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Describing my writing, one critic said that I was
"like a mutant love-child of Anais Nin and Jack Kerouac." That also
happens to be an apt description of the spirit you should bring to life in
the coming weeks. So be like the memoirist Anais Nin: a collector of
secrets, a connoisseur of intimacy, a fiercely sensitive alchemist who
knows her own inner terrain better than anyone else knows their inner
terrain. And also be like the novelist Jack Kerouac: a free-wheeling, fast-
talking, wide-open traveler in quest of the spirit as it makes its wild
plunge into matter.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): In giving the Nobel Prize for literature to
French writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, the award committee praised
him as an "explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning
civilization." I suggest you consider doing some of that kind of exploring
yourself in 2009, Cancerian. According to my reading of the astrological
omens, you will generate rich benefits for yourself by learning from people
and influences that are beneath the notice of the mainstream, whether
they're outside the box, off the grid, under the radar, or immune to the
taint of the collective delusions.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): "Obstacles are a natural part of life, just as
boulders are a natural part of the course of a river," notes the ancient
Chinese book the *I Ching.* "The river does not complain or get
depressed because there are boulders in its path." I'd go so far to say --
this is not in the original text, but is my 21st-century addition -- that the
river gets a sensual thrill as it glides its smooth current over the irregular
shapes and hard skin of the rocks. It looks forward to the friction, exults
in the intimate touch, loves the drama of the interaction. Sound like a
pleasure you'd like to cultivate, Leo? It's an excellent time to try it.
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LET'S IMAGINE WHAT BEAUTIFUL MYSTERIES
MIGHT COME YOUR WAY IN 2009
Listen to my Expanded Audio Horoscopes for the Coming Year.
They're available for you to buy at http://RealAstrology.com
What hidden factors will be massaging your destiny in 2009? Could you
use some hints about how to prepare for the adventures awaiting you in
the next 12 months?
In this week's EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES, I give you Part Two of a
long-term, in-depth exploration of your destiny in the coming year.
Part Three will be available next week. Part One is still available.
The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or
1-900-950-7700.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Until last August, Nigerian religious leader
Mohammadu Bello Abubakar had 86 wives. Then an Islamic council
ordered him to divorce all but four of them. He was reluctant at first --
many of his 170 children were born of wives he'd have to separate from -
- but since the alternative was punishment by death, he ultimately agreed.
From the standpoint of your own evolution, Virgo, 2009 will be an
excellent time to draw inspiration from Abubakar. I encourage you, in
other words, to cull the excess and chaos from your love life. If you're
single, narrow your focus down to a couple of fantasies rather than a wide
variety. If you're in a committed relationship that's worth working on,
swear off any possibility of cheating or escaping. In either case, perform
an exorcism of all the ghosts that might threaten to distort your long-
term romantic future.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "It takes a lot of time to be a genius," said
author Gertrude Stein. "You have to sit around so much doing nothing,
really doing nothing." I agree with her statement, which is why I have high
hopes that you're going to tap into more of your dormant genius in the
coming days. The cosmic rhythms are nudging you to enjoy a time of
profound slack, and I think there's a good chance you'll agree to that.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If you're an artist and you want to get
steadily better at your craft, you need to continually refine your approach
to telling the truth. The novelist Willa Cather said that. Now I'm here to
invite you to adopt that strategy in 2009, whether you're an artist or
simply a person who wants to live your life artfully. The coming months
will be one of the best times ever for you to penetrate to the heart of the
truths you aspire to live by and become highly skilled at expressing them
in every little thing you do.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): When gasoline prices soared last year, a
Christian group called Pray at the Pump organized vigils at gas stations,
where they prayed for God's intervention. No one knows if their efforts
were the cause, but the cost of gas did begin to plummet soon afterward.
Inspired by their work, I have asked my team of non-denominational
Prayer Warriors to gather in your behalf. Every evening for the next ten
days, they will be calling on their connections with the Divine Wow to help
you Sagittarians come up with smart and practical long-term plans for
your financial well-being. On your end, you can supercharge their efforts
by doing the appropriate research and meditation.
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HOMEWORK: Send me a list of your top five New Year's resolutions. Go to
http://FreeWillAstrology.com and click 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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