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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
May 20, 2009
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"Information is doubling faster all the time. It took from the time of Jesus
to the time of Leonardo for one doubling of knowledge. The next doubling
of knowledge was completed before the American Revolution, the next
one by 1900, the next one by 1950, the next one by 1960. You see how
[it keeps] moving faster? Now knowledge is doubling every eighteen
months."
"With all these new bits, bytes, blips of information, no model can last
long because models only include the bytes of information that were
available when the model was made. As new bytes of information come in
it gets harder and harder to adjust our old models to include the new blips
and beeps of information, so we've got to make new models."
- Robert Anton Wilson, http://tinyurl.com/ocvorz
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
RADICAL, PRACTICAL OPTIMISM
The opposite of entropy is extropy.
"Seeking more intelligence, wisdom, and effectiveness, an indefinite
lifespan, and the removal of political, cultural, biological, and psychological
limits to self-actualization and self-realization. Perpetually overcoming
constraints on our progress and possibilities. Expanding into the universe
and advancing without end."
http://extropy.org/principles.htm
CONTROVERSIAL, CUTTING-EDGE OPTIMISM
Beyond the humanists are the transhumanists.
"Humanity will be radically changed by technology in the future. We
foresee the feasibility of redesigning the human condition, including such
parameters as the inevitability of aging, limitations on human and artificial
intellects, unchosen psychology, suffering, and our confinement to the
planet earth."
http://tinyurl.com/ootpfj
OUTRAGEOUS, OUTLANDISH OPTIMISM
Creating heaven on earth.
"Within a few generations, lifelong bliss that exceeds any fantasized
Christian afterlife can become the genetically-coded basis of our existence
. . . Post-Darwinian superminds will go on to rewrite the vertebrate
genome, redesign our whole global ecosystem, and abolish suffering and
cruelty throughout the living world."
http://www.paradise-engineering.com/heaven.htm
(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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To buy my book,
*PRONOIA IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR PARANOIA:
How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings*
go here: http://tinyurl.com/qaj62
or here: http://tinyurl.com/3dsx6q
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning May 21
Copyright 2009 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): A couple I know planned to have their second
baby delivered at home with a midwife's help. The father is a physician
who assisted with childbirths during his residency, so he and his partner
felt confident about conducting their rite of passage outside of the
hospital. But once the mom's water broke and labor began, everything
happened faster than expected. The dad gave the midwife an urgent
phone call, but the kid was already crowning. "Don't cut the umbilical cord
right away," the midwife advised. "It will minimize the shock of transition
if the baby can get the hang of breathing while still being nurtured as she
has for the last nine months." That's exactly what they did. And I hope
you will do the metaphorical equivalent, Gemini. Keep getting fed the old
way for a while as you learn how to be fed in the new way.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): I swerve to avoid running over spiders that
cross my path when I'm riding my bicycle. While at home, I prefer to
shepherd flies out through an open door or window rather than swat
them. I'm still not sufficiently enlightened that I've stopped trying to
squash mosquitoes that dive-bomb me while I'm falling asleep, however.
I'm working on it, but may need a few more years of meditation before I
bring my reverence for all insect life up to the highest level. The way I see
it, my fellow Cancerian, you'd benefit from working on a similar project in
the coming weeks: improving your relationships with influences you don't
have a natural affinity for.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
committed citizens can change the world," wrote anthropologist Margaret
Meade. "Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." An excellent example of
that occurred during America's Revolutionary War against England from
1775 to 1783. Of all the men in the 13 colonies who could have fought
for freedom, only 16 percent did. I hope that gives you encouragement as
you seek to fix a glitch in the status quo. You and your band of allies have
more power than you know.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Up to one-tenth of the population is left-
handed. Yet for centuries, even as late as the 1950s, there were social
stigmas against left-handers -- similar in some ways to the perverse
prejudice that has been directed toward homosexuals. So strong was the
taboo that many parents tried to convert their naturally left-handed
children into righties. Thankfully, this absurd form of repression is now
defunct. (Five of the last seven American presidents have been left-
handed.) But it's a good reminder that there are countless other ways in
which our culture still attempts to coax us or force us into not being who
we really are. But here's the good news: It's an excellent time for you
Virgos to reject the pressure to be someone else and get back to where
you once belonged. Reunite with the person you were destined to be!
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LISTEN TO AN EXPANDED HOROSCOPE
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.
"The best part about your audio horoscopes is that they pat me on the
head and kick me in the ass at the same time." - Rita L., San Diego
"Your audio oracles go beyond helping me find the truth -- they inspire
me to find the WILD truth." - Patrick K., Montreal
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The Tower of Terror is a thrill ride at Disney
World. Riders are yanked up and down as they travel along a 199-foot
pillar. A Florida woman named Denise Mooty believes this form of
amusement is essential to her health. She says the extreme G-forces
she's exposed to on the ride help dissipate the fibrous adhesions in her
belly. I recommend a similar kind of therapy for you, Libra. Not to break
up fibrous adhesions, since you probably don't have any, but rather to
jostle your mental blocks, repetitive fantasies, and obsessive habits. They
might just break into pieces and dissipate if you shake them in the right
way.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): It's your choice, Scorpio. You could be a
creative dynamo who changes the course of local history -- or you could
be a plain old boring sex maniac. What'll it be? We here at the Free Will
Astrology Libido Management Center encourage you to at least partially
sublimate your unruly mojo into beautiful works of art, innovative
business solutions, and brilliant strokes of collaboration. You don't have to
stop boinking altogether; just make it the second most important thing
you rather than your raison d'etre.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The planets are conspiring to unleash
energies that will touch you in ways you didn't realize you needed to be
touched. Any minute now you may begin to feel a pleasurable burning
sensation in your soft underbelly, or a prickly wake-up call in your
willpower, or a ticklish electricity running through your funny bone. What
does it all mean? Maybe nothing. Or maybe it means so much that you
can't possibly analyze its meaning. What a valuable gift that would be!
When is the last time you felt free of the need to have to understand
everything?
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A long-time Capricorn reader named
Allison wrote me an apologetic email. She said that she has always loved
my horoscopes, and still loves them, but for the foreseeable future she's
got to stop reading them. "Please don't take it as an insult, because it's
not," she wrote. "I just need to be less subject to outside influences for a
while. Maybe that will help me get better at paying attention to my own
intuition." I understood exactly what she means. According to my
analysis, this is one time when you may have to shield yourself from the
noise around you -- even the good and interesting noise -- in order to
hear your own inner voice better.
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LISTEN TO AN EXPANDED HOROSCOPE
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.
"Your expanded audio horoscopes are the next best thing to actually
having you here next to me to remind me who I really am." - Alyssa R.,
Des Moines, Iowa
"When I listen to your audio 'scopes, my free will lights up." - Alex D., Los
Angeles
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): *Rolling Stone* magazine has said that
sixties folk singer Tom Rush (born February 8) was a major force in
launching the era of the singer-songwriter. He's been lying low for a while,
though. Recently he came out with his first new studio album in 35 years.
I'm guessing that, like him, quite a lot of other Aquarians will also be
climaxing new creations as 2009 unfolds -- perhaps even works that are
long overdue or that have been extraordinarily slow in the making. And
what happens in the next few weeks will be crucial in that process.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): "All the problems we face in the United
States today," said comedian and presidential candidate Pat Paulsen, "can
be traced to an unenlightened immigration policy on the part of the
American Indian." With that as your inspiration, Pisces, I urge you to take
inventory of your own "immigration policy." It's an excellent time to do
so, astrologically speaking. Here are some questions to guide you. What
influences do you allow to pour into your sphere? Are they beneficial for
your long-term mental health? What people do you invite to share your
resources? Do they bring out the best in you? Do you have smart
boundaries that keep out the bad stuff and welcome in the good?
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The fleas infesting dogs' skin have greater
leaping power than the fleas on cats. Why do you think that is, Aries?
Maybe you should use your waxing brainpower to get to the bottom of
this great mystery. *Just kidding!* While it is true that in the coming
weeks you will have unusual skill in deciphering enigmas and clarifying
ambiguities, I think you should direct that skill to really important matters
that will improve your life for months to come -- not to trivial questions
like fleas' jumping abilities.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Studies show that when most people take a
shower, they lather the upper part of their bodies first and make their
way down. I recommend that you take the opposite approach this week,
Taurus. In fact, I think a similar strategy would be wise in just about
everything you do. Start at the bottom and work your way up. Establish
yourself at the ground level and then take care of the higher stuff. Pay
respect to the roots and then tend to the branches.
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HOMEWORK: What other name would you give yourself if you could take a
vacation from your present name? Why? Testify by going to
http://FreeWillAstrology.com and clicking on "Email Rob."
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many discussions about astrology over the years, we've had a major
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Ro utilizes a blend of well-trained intuition, emotional warmth, and a high
degree of technical proficiency in horoscope interpretation; she is skilled
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Ro is based in California, but can do phone consultations and otherwise
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Ro's website is at
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She can also be reached at roloughran@comcast.net
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