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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
January 14, 2009
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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, my EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES feature Part 3 of the long-
range, in-depth explorations of your destiny in 2009. Part 1 and Part 2 of
your Year-End Predictions, which I offered the last two weeks, are 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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"Are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling?"
-M.C. Escher
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning January 15
Copyright 2009 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In one of his journal entries, Henry David
Thoreau wrote about stumbling upon a single stalk of corn deep in the
woods. It looked out of place there, so far from any cornfield, growing
next to a pine tree. And yet it was doing just fine. How did its seed get
there? By wind or animal? I suspect you will soon make a comparable
discovery, Capricorn: a blaze of vitality that seems out of its element but
is perfectly beautiful. Should you pluck it or engage with it or simply
admire it? The freshest part of you knows the answer.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): This could be an epic year to be an
Aquarius. I'm hoping you won't be satisfied with merely coasting along on
the positive vibes that will be flowing in abundance. Rather than just
enjoying your rising popularity, for instance, why not use your popularity
to double your clout? And instead of simply increasing your productivity,
why not supercharge your creativity at the same time? Finally, how about
using your high levels of mental acuity to figure out ways to enhance your
emotional intelligence? While this year will probably be pretty good no
matter what, with some regular tweaks of your willpower you could make
it amazingly great.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): If you're reading this horoscope, you're not a
Cambodian orphan who grew up as a slave in a brothel or a Sudanese man
kidnapped by a militia and forced to do heavy labor 18 hours a day or one
of the 27 million other victims of human trafficking around the world. But
you may be yoked and subjugated in a less literal way, perhaps to an
addictive drug or an abusive relationship or a job that brings out the
worst in you. The good news is that the coming months will be a
favorable time for you to escape your bondage. Maybe it'll help you
muster the strength you need, Pisces, if I inform you that your freedom
won't be anywhere near as hard to achieve as that of the Pakistani boy
tied to a carpet loom in a dark room or the Nigerian woman who's beaten
daily as she toils in the sugar cane fields for no pay.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): According to some historians, Barack Obama
won't be the first American president with African ancestry. As many as
six previous presidents may have had black ancestors, with Warren
Harding and Dwight Eisenhower being the most likely. None of the others
claimed their heritage, however, choosing instead to pass as pure white.
Obama is the first to acknowledge his bloodline. In the coming weeks, I
see you as being in a position with certain metaphorical resemblances to
Obama. You'll have the opportunity, though it may be a bit nerve-
wracking, to thrive by celebrating a truth that no one before you has
been brave enough to take advantage of.
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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 Three of a
long-term, in-depth exploration of your destiny in the coming year.
Part One and Part Two are still available.
The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or
1-900-950-7700.
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): This week's advice comes to you entirely
from the great jazz pianist and composer, Thelonious Monk. It all happens
to be in perfect alignment with your astrological omens. 1. "Don't play
everything or every time. Let some things go by. What you don't play can
be more important than what you do play." 2. "A note can be as small as
a pin or as big as the world; it depends on your imagination." 3.
"Whatever you think can't be done, somebody will come along and do it."
4. "A genius is the one most like himself."
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): It's a favorable time for you to phase out at
least 60 percent of your stale old fears. The cosmos is poised to assist
you in this noble cause if you'll exert even a modicum of effort. What's
that you say? You're afraid you can't live authentically without a hefty
amount of anxieties? You secretly believe that you'd be bored if you
didn't have your worries to entertain you? Well, here's an idea that might
work: Simply replace your hackneyed, knee-jerk fears with a slew of silly
and outlandish ones. They'll allow you to feel the friction you rely on to
feel alive, but they won't bog you down with heavy stagnancy. For
example, you could contract automatonophobia, the fear of
ventriloquist's dummies, and apeirophobia, the fear of infinity. Other good
choices might be kyphophobia, the fear of stooping, and lutraphobia, the
fear of otters.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Maurice Krafft has made a career of filming
places where hot lava is flowing. *National Geographic* describes him
hiking across the crater floor of Ol Doinyo Lengai, an active volcano that's
sacred to the Maasai people in Tanzania. The ground is not erupting in
torrents of fire and burning liquid rock, but is constantly bubbling and
exuding. Through long years of experience, Krafft knows exactly where to
walk so that his shoes don't catch on fire. If you are going to attempt a
metaphorically similar adventure in the coming weeks, Cancerian, make
sure you've studied up on the ins and outs of the terrain. This is no time
for guesswork or naive faith.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The world's record for most people running in a
"Stiletto Sprint" is 265. That's how many put on three-inch high heels and
competed in an 80-meter race in Australia last September. It's quite
possible that your imminent future will have metaphorical resemblances to
that event, Leo. If you want to strive for a certain goal, you may have to
take on some limitation or handicap. My advice? Don't spend a minute
resenting the imposed impediment. Just push ahead with cheerful
equanimity and liberated pluck. You *can* win your equivalent of the
Stiletto Sprint.
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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 give you Part Three of a
long-term, in-depth exploration of your destiny in the coming year.
Part One and Part Two are 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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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): "Dear Rob: I have the golden eggs. They're
shiny and big and beautiful. That's the good news. The bad news is that
they're taking waaayyyyy too long to hatch. I've been giving them all the
love and care I can possibly spare -- keeping them warm, playing them
Mozart symphonies, thinking good thoughts toward them -- but they're
still just sitting there inert. Any suggestions to speed up the process? -
Impatient Virgo." Dear Impatient: From my understanding, the golden
eggs are valuable exactly as they are now. You really don't need them to
hatch yet.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Mexican scientists have discovered a way to
transform tequila into diamonds. Even the brands that sell for three
dollars a bottle work fine as raw material. The catch is that the diamonds
produced are too small to be used for jewelry. But they do have
numerous practical uses: in surgical instruments, for example. You now
have it in your power to preside over a comparable alchemical change,
Libra. What could you do that would be like turning lead into gold or
tequila into diamonds?
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Beginning with Plato, a number of
philosophers have proposed that humans suffer from a collective amnesia
about where we come from and what we're doing here on planet Earth.
Other thinkers of a more esoteric nature have suggested that our amnesia
goes even further and is more personal, blocking us from remembering
our previous incarnations. Then there are the modern psychologists who
note that for most of us, the experiences we have before we learn to
speak are virtually inaccessible to our memories. That's the bad news,
Scorpio. The good news is that at least some of your amnesia will fade in
the coming year, allowing you to glimpse and maybe even gaze steadily
upon previously hidden panoramas. And it all starts soon.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): According to expert gerontologists,
Rolling Stones' guitarist Keith Richards (a Sagittarius) should have passed
on to the next world a decade ago. The man has abused his body so
thoroughly, his continued survival is a mystery. You're currently in an
excellent position to achieve equally stupendous feats of persistence
yourself, Sagittarius. More than ever before, you have a dogged capacity
to keep pushing -- even in areas where you've been flighty or sketchy in
the past. I'd say this is an excellent time to deepen your commitment to
your dreams in very practical ways.
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HOMEWORK: What's the best question you could ask life right now?
Testify by going to http://FreeWillAstrology.com and clicking on "Email
Rob."
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