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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
August 5, 2009
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"What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the
whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup."
- Boris Pasternak
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning August 6
Copyright 2009 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): If you really knew how much you were loved, you
would never cry again. A sublime relaxation would flood your nervous
system, freeing you to see the beautiful secrets that your chronic fear
has hidden from you. If you knew how much the world longs for your
genius to bloom in its full glory, the peace that filled you would ensure
you could not fail. You'd face every trial with eager equanimity. You would
always know exactly what to do because your intuition would tell you in a
myriad of subtle ways. And get this: A glimpse of this glory will soon be
available to you.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): First of all, my friend, you don't need any
second-hand anything, let alone second-hand love. Second of all, dearest,
you are hereby ordered not to hang around any third-rate situations
where you feel like a fifth wheel. You understand? Thirdly, wonderful one,
keep in mind that any eight ball you may fantasize that you're behind is
just a figment of your own delusions. Fourthly, lover, I assure you that
your sixth sense can now lead you -- if you cleanse it of its excess
superstition -- to a place that is, if you have a good imagination, a suburb
of the seventh heaven.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I got an interesting spam today. A company
that said it was very proud of its high-quality work offered to sell me
phony credentials that are impossible to distinguish from the real thing.
What caught my attention the most were the degrees from Harvard and
Stanford. I wouldn't mind having one of those up on my wall. But in the
end, I decided that instead of paying the company $230 for one of its
excellent fakes, I'd simply make one myself. And instead of creating a
degree from Harvard, I would have it be from a place where I actually have
matriculated, namely the Raving Maniac Academy of Crazy Wisdom, which
is the unruly school where I often find myself during my lucid dreams. I
bring this up, Libra, because it would be an excellent time for you to make
yourself a fancy fake diploma from whatever your equivalent is to my
academy -- you know, the source that has been providing you with so
much great teaching, even though it's not an official institution of higher
education.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A Slovenian adventurer named Martin Strel
swam the length of the Amazon River in Brazil. It took him over nine
weeks to travel more than 3,000 miles. Previously he had breast-stroked
his way down the entire Yangtze River in China, a distance of almost
2,500 miles. He scoffed at the idea of conquering the River Nile in Egypt,
however. "It's long, but not challenging enough," he said. "It is just a
small creek." That's the spirit I hope you will summon in yourself during
the coming weeks, Scorpio: a determination to take on only the most
invigorating tests that require heroic levels of resourcefulness. Skip the
lesser trials.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Ideally, you wouldn't even be reading
this. You'd be white-water rafting along the Franklin River in Tasmania, or
riding on "the train at the end of the world" in Tierra del Fuego, or
observing Golden Bamboo lemurs in the rainforest of southeastern
Madagascar. Ideally, Sagittarius, you'd be far away from any newspaper
that carries my column. You'd be taking a vacation from the Internet and
unable to access my horoscopes there. In fact, you'd be out of touch with
all media, period. But since you are reading this, you must not be doing
the ideal thing. So please do the next best thing: Flee as far as possible
from your usual haunts, your habitual influences, and your customary
comforts.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Make sure that no one except you will be
able to tear asunder what you join together in the coming days. Tie knots
that will never slip. Build bridges that can't be burned. Send emails that
cement new alliances and plug yourself into networks that are crackling
with high-energy connections. Stock up on nails, safety pins, staples,
tape, and glue. Be sticky, Capricorn! Just one caution: Do not marry your
fortunes to anyone unless they're willing to be your devoted, synergistic
warrior as much as you are their devoted, synergistic warrior.
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Don't whine and complain just because your
guardian angel seems to be driving hard bargains lately. You're actually on
better speaking terms now than you've been in some time. Before the
sweeter talk can begin, though, the two of you still have to work out
kinks left over from previous miscommunications. Besides, there's a
method in your guardian angel's madness, a reason why she or he is
driving hard bargains: She or he is testing you to see if you're willing and
able to stretch your imagination to accommodate the rowdier blessings
you'll soon be tempted with.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Underdogs are on an upsurge. Topdogs are
on a downswing. The rebels have God on their side. The masters merely
have money and propaganda. It'll be an excellent week to launch strikes,
boycotts, and protests. It'll be prime time to say no to smiling
manipulators. The best efforts, whether coming from you or the people
you want to be close to, will always have at least a tinge of cheekiness.
So now that you've read my spiel, please answer me this: Are you going
to sit there passively and grin as some feel-good tyrant tries to break off
a chunk of your soul and hurl it into oblivion?
ARIES (March 21-April 19): I expect that you will soon stumble upon a key
secret to your next masterpiece. And I'll be surprised if you don't
discover a healing agent that will be effective in correcting an old mistake.
In fact, Aries, I prophesy that in the coming week, you will have a sense
that you're doing the smart thing at least 90 percent of the time. Sorry:
I'm afraid to say that I have no sad, bad, or mad news to deliver. If you're
the type of person who thrives on cynicism, your immediate future may
be pretty boring. If you're on the fence about whether life is a gorgeous
feast or a chaotic mess, your ability to deal with outbreaks of goodness
will be supremely tested.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In Salman Rushdie's story "The Prophet's
Hair," a greedy man intentionally cripples his four sons when they're
young, hoping to turn them into beggars who elicit profound sympathy
and large cash donations. The plan is successful. His sons earn him a good
income. Later, however, he comes into possession of a potent talisman --
a strand of hair from the prophet Mohammed -- and it magically heals the
sons' ailments. They're no longer able to pull in big bucks, and grief
descends upon the family. I bring this to your attention, Taurus, because I
think there's a variation on these themes at work in your own life. A
"magic charm" is available that could reverse or at least neutralize an old
handicap. Do you have the pluck to surrender the questionable rewards
that your impairment has brought you?
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): It should be an excellent week for potato chip
breakfasts, rapid mood shifts, and short-duration flirtations. The
abundance of superficial exchanges that will be available to you could
actually add up into something resembling meaningful breakthroughs. You
will have the chance to explore the art of the five-minute epic
conversation, as well as the science of giving a single look that speaks a
million words. You cannot possibly plumb the bottomless depths of
casual, frivolous, lightweight diversions, but you should try anyway.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): On the one hand, you may find yourself
unable to flow as freely as you'd like to in the coming week. I foresee the
possibility that your streaming currents will get dammed up in places, or
else shunted into narrow conduits that constrict your natural surge. On
the other hand, this could compel you to make more practical use of your
emotional assets. The applicable metaphor is the harnessing of a
turbulent river to produce massive amounts of hydroelectric power.
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Give yourself the pleasure you've been denying yourself for no good
reason. Go to http://FreeWillAstrology.com and click on "Email Rob."
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