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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
March 11, 2009
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning March 12
Copyright 2009 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In the past few weeks you have veered close
to the edge of blissful triumph. From what I can tell, you averted total
ecstatic breakthrough and fantastic raging success by only the narrowest
of margins. If you don't want to go all the way in the coming days -- if
you'd rather remain faithful to your fear of success and fall back into your
humdrum comfort zone -- you should slam on the brakes immediately. But
I warn you: The cosmic pressure to push you over the top into loopy,
grinning, shameless victory is almost irresistible.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras is
known as "the father of numbers." He taught that mathematics provides
the ultimate truth about reality. His otherwise productive career went
through a rough patch when one of his students found that the square
root of two is an "irrational" number that can't be expressed as a simple
fraction. "Impossible!" said Pythagoras. His system was built on the axiom
that there are no such numbers. Yet he couldn't refute the student's
proof. By some accounts, Pythagoras had the student drowned for his
impunity. The brilliant theorist couldn't deal with the threat to his dogma.
I bring this to your attention, Aries, because you have an opportunity to
do what Pythagoras couldn't: accept the evidence that your beliefs about
reality are limited, and incorporate the new data into a revised worldview.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): "One often meets one's destiny on the road
taken to avoid it," says a French proverb. Sometimes, in fact, you can't
even get properly aligned with your highest potential unless you try to
escape it. Only by seeking an alternate route are you led into the
circumstances that ultimately activate the fullness of your gifts. These
mysteries will soon have personal meaning for you, Taurus. Upcoming plot
twists will lead you to where you didn't even know you needed to go.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Chris Farley was "a wrecking ball of joy,"
according to one of his friends. The Saturday Night Live comedian loved
to provoke merriment wherever he went, relentlessly shepherding the
mood toward celebratory exuberance. I'm not saying you should try to
ignite conviviality with that much ferocity in the coming days, Gemini. But
I do think this is a special phase of your astrological cycle, when you have
an extraordinary capacity for spreading witty inspiration and catalytic fun
-- and for collecting the useful rewards generated by that good stuff.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): As I compose your horoscope, I'm sitting in a
restaurant in San Francisco's Chinatown dining on something the menu
refers to as a Milky Golden Prize Delight Bun. And I'm thinking, I bet it's
going to be a kind of Milky Golden Prize Delight week for you Cancerians .
. . a Sweet Creamy Lusty Elixir week . . . a Rich Thick Tasty Brilliance
week. If you can manage it, I suggest you try to have a dream one of
these nights in which you find a delicious morsel of the sun in a bowl of
pudding, and savor it all while listening to the full moon sing you a thrilling
lullaby.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I predict that you will go to a grungy thrift store
to shop for bargain kitchen items but will instead buy a magic snow globe
depicting a dolphin drinking beer from a fountain that's shaped like a
silver stiletto pump, and when you get this talisman home you will
discover that it gives you the power to hover and cruise a few feet off
the ground, plus tune in to the secret thoughts of people who confuse
you, and even time-travel into the past for brief ten-minute blasts that
allow you to change what happened. And if my prediction's not accurate
in every detail, I bet it will nonetheless be metaphorically true.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The foxglove plant can either be a hex or a
healer. If you eat its flowers, your heart rate will zoom to a dangerous
rate and your digestive system will go haywire. If, on the other hand, you
have certain cardiac problems and partake of the foxglove's leaves, they
will steady and strengthen your heart. I bet you can think of several
influences in your life whose powers can be equally contradictory.
According to my reading of the omens, it's an excellent time to get very
clear about the differences, and take steps to ensure that you'll be
exposed as little as possible to the negative effects.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The agitation and commotion seem to be dying
down. The bitching and moaning are diminishing. And yet, from what I can
tell, the Big Squeeze is still squeezing you, which probably means that it's
going to get trickier for you to extricate yourself. Want my advice? Don't
take "maybe" for an answer. Negotiate with a mischievous look in your
eye. Learn more about the productive value of unpredictability by
studying three-year-olds and free spirits who have nothing to lose. Most
importantly, do whatever it takes to deflect the propaganda and slip past
the symbolic gestures so that you can penetrate to the core of the real
feelings.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): "Here's what I'm looking for," said a personal
classified I read online. "Someone who can tear me away from living inside
my head . . . who sees things in me that I don't see myself." That's
exactly what I want for you right now, Scorpio. Whether this someone
shows up in the form of an ally or enemy or beloved animal or invisible
friend, I don't care. The important thing is that he or she awakens you to
certain mysteries about you that you've been blind to, and helps free you
from the unconscious delusion that all of reality is contained inside the
boundaries of your skull.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): This would be a perfect week to practice
writing love letters. It's not yet a favorable time to actually send the love
letters you compose, however. You need some work before you'll be
ready to produce the finished products. You've got to drain off the
chatter that's at the top of your head before you'll be able to penetrate
to the more interesting truths that lie at the bottom of your heart. But if
you do your homework -- churn out, say, at least three eruptions of rabid
amour -- you'll prepare yourself well to craft a thoughtful meditation that
will really have a chance to make an impact.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I decided to call my cable TV company to
inquire about a mistake on my bill. From past experience, I suspected this
would be a visit to the suburbs of hell. My expectations were soon
fulfilled. After being cycled through three phases of the automated
system, I was told by a machine that I'd get to speak with an actual
person in 16 minutes. Then I was delivered into the aural torment of
recorded smooth jazz. But a minute into the ordeal, something wonderful
happened. The muzak gave way to a series of great indie rock tunes,
including three I'd never heard before. A song that I later determined to
be Laura Veirs' "Don't Lose Yourself" became my instant new favorite. By
the time the billing consultant was ready for me, my mood was cheery. I
predict a comparable sequence for you, Capricorn. An apparent trip to the
suburbs of hell will have a happy ending that exposes you to fresh
sources of inspiration.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In response to the recession, some
companies have come up with an ingenious way to avoid raising prices:
They reduce the amount of product they offer by shrinking the
packaging. The makers of Skippy Peanut Butter, for instance, restructured
the bottom of the jar so that only 16.3 ounces could fit inside instead of
the previous 18. In the coming weeks, Aquarius, I suspect you will be
having to deal with metaphorical versions of this strategy. Now that I've
told you, maybe you won't be fooled.
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