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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
August 26, 2009
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"All the old bindings are broken. Cosmological centers now are anywhere
and everywhere. The earth is a heavenly body, most beautiful of all, and
all poetry now is archaic that fails to match the wonder of this view."
- Joseph Campbell, *Myths to Live By*
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
WHAT IF EVERYTHING'S ALIVE AND CONSCIOUS?
Rupert Sheldrake and the Physics of Angels
http://tinyurl.com/p44lqj
"If the universe is alive, if solar systems are alive, if galaxies are alive, if
planets are alive, are they conscious? Or are they alive but unconscious,
in the same way that perhaps a worm or a bacterium might be alive but
unconscious? And is the kind of life that may exist in the cosmos more
conscious than ourselves, or do we have to assume it's a great deal less
conscious than ourselves? Are we the smartest beings in the universe?
Now the usual answer of science is yes. I think that's a very improbable
assumption."
PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING THAT BOOSTS FEMALE POWER IS PRONOIAC
You may, like me, wish America spent just a thousandth as much on its
military as it does now, and you may, like me, be vehemently opposed to
America's interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Despite those caveats, I
think this is good news:
"The number of high-ranking women and women who command all-male
units has climbed considerably along with their status in the military."
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FREE HEALING IS AFOOT
"For 2 1/2 days, 800 doctors, nurses, dentists and optometrists treated
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(Note: I endorse these because I like them. They are not advertisements,
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Please tell me your own personal nominations for PRONOIA RESOURCES.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning August 27
Copyright 2009 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I was listening to a sports talk show on the
radio. The host had recently discovered Twitter, and was pleased with
how many fans he had already accumulated. But he was not at all happy
with the words "Twitter" or "tweet." Too effeminate, he said. Not macho
enough for a he-man like himself to use comfortably. In fact, he promised
that he would never again refer to his Twitter messages as "tweets," but
would hereafter call them "spurts." Instead of "Twitter," he would say
"Twister." I encourage you to draw inspiration from his example, Virgo.
You're in an astrological phase when you can and should reconfigure
anything that doesn't suit your needs or accommodate your spirit,
whether it's the language you use, the environments you hang out in, or
the processes you're working on.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Years ago, a TV sitcom called *The Andy
Griffith Show* ran for seven seasons on CBS. Its star, Any Griffith, played
a mild-mannered sheriff in a small town in North Carolina. His sidekick was
Barney Fife, a bumbling deputy with a sweet disposition. Shortly after he
left the show, Griffith had a dream in which he thrashed and pummeled his
co-star. When he asked his psychiatrist about the meaning of this dream
violence, the shrink speculated that he was trying to kill off his old image.
I recommend that exact strategy to you now, Libra. Don't actually wreak
any real-life mayhem. Rather, see if you can have a dream or two in which
you destroy a symbol of the life you're ready to leave behind.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): What life will you be living at noon on
September 1, 2014? Who will you be? How thoroughly will your dreams
have come true? What kind of beauty and truth and love and justice will
you be serving? Will you look back at the time between August 27 and
September 21, 2009 and sigh, "If only I had initiated my Five Year Master
Plan at that ripe astrological moment"? Or on September 1, 2014 will you
instead be able to crow, "I can truly say that in these past five years I
have become the president of my own life"?
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If at some future time you sell your life
story to a filmmaker who makes it into a feature film, it may have a lot to
do with adventures that kick into high gear in the coming weeks. The fun
will start (I hope) when you decide not to merely lie back and be
victimized by your signature pain any longer. This brave act will
recalibrate the cosmic scales and shift the currents of destiny that flow
through you. Soon you will be making progress in untangling a mystery
that has eluded your insight for a long time. You will be able to uncover
the guarded secrets of a source that has for some time been tweaking
your personal power without your full awareness.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In his book *From Heaven to Earth:
Spiritual Living in a Market-Oriented World,* Aaron Zerah riffs on the
Hebrew word "nabal." It describes someone who's so staunchly
concentrated on practical concerns that he becomes impractical. Please
don't let this be your fate anytime soon, Capricorn. For the ultimate
benefit of the bottom line, disregard the bottom line for a while. Fantasize
like a teenage poet. Be as whimsical as a mystic clown. Be a sweet, fun-
loving fool so you won't turn into a sour, workaholic fool.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A woman living in China's Jilin province got
married in a wedding gown with a train that was 1.4 miles long. Lin Rong's
dress was decorated with 9,999 red silk roses and took three months to
sew. In the spirit of her record-breaking ritual, Aquarius I encourage you
to be extravagant and imaginative as you celebrate a great union in the
coming weeks. You have an astrological mandate to think big as you carry
out a rite of passage that will lead to an upgrade in the role that
collaboration and symbiosis play in your life.
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1-900-950-7700.
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- Ari S., Ann Arbor, MI
"Your audio 'scopes have a knack for waking me up from whatever
random dream has sneaked into my brain and rendered me half-blind."
- Teresa F., Boston, MA
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Close your eyes and imagine you're in a
meadow as rain falls. Inhale the aroma of the earth as the ground is
soaked. Dwell in the midst of that scent for a while, allowing it to
permeate your organs and nerves. Feel its life-giving energy circulating
through you. Give yourself to the memories it evokes. In my astrological
opinion, experiences like this are what you need most in the coming week.
Can you think of some others that would speak directly to your animal
intelligence? It's a perfect time to please and excite the part of you that
is a soft, warm creature.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): What I wish for you this week is that you
won't be satisfied with mediocre truths; that you'll be a fussy
perfectionist focused on cutting out waste, fraud, and delusion; that
you'll be itchy to know more about the unacknowledged games that are
being played. Frustration, I hope, will be your holy fuel. Unsweetened
lemonade, I trust, will be your rejuvenating drink. These are blessings,
Aries, not curses! I pray that you'll pick one of your scabs until it bleeds
so the healing process can start over -- the right way this time.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): What have you always wanted to yell from
the pinnacle of the hill in the distance? This is the week to go there and
yell it. What is that safe way of getting high that you've always wanted to
try but never had the time for before? This is the week to try it. What is
the alluring phenomenon that is always going on just outside the reach of
your ordinary awareness -- the seductive pull you have always somehow
resisted? This is the time to dive in and explore it. (Thanks to John Averill
for his inspiration in composing this horoscope. His tweets are at
twitter.com/wiremesa.)
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden
of Eden because of an incident involving an apple, right? Wrong. Many
biblical scholars suspect the fruit in question was either a fig, grape, or
pomegranate. I mention this, Gemini, because I think you'd be wise to
review your own personal myth of exile. It's time to question the story
you have been telling yourself about how your paradise got lost. Evidence
you discover in the coming days just might suggest that everything
you've believed is at least half-wrong -- that your origins are different
from what you imagine. And as for the forbidden fruit that supposedly led
you astray: You may realize that it was actually a precious medicine.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): The coming week will be prime time to
perform minor miracles without trying too hard. You'll probably have
maximum success if you refrain from hoping and worrying about achieving
maximum success. The cosmic currents will be likely to bend and shape
themselves to accommodate your deeper needs if you proceed on the
assumption that they know, better than your little ego does, what's best
for you. To get yourself in the proper frame of mind to do challenging
tasks without expending strenuous effort, you might want to check out
this photo spread of people practicing drunk yoga: tinyurl.com/n5z533.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Are you familiar with the phenomenon known as a
fire whirl? It happens on rare occasions when a fire produces a tornado-
like vortex that rises up vertically, spinning madly. It's beautiful to behold
but is not something you ever want to be close to. I bring this to your
attention in the hope that you will not let yourself turn into the human
equivalent of a fire whirl in the coming week. You're not yet close to
being one, but there are signs you're headed that way. With just a
modicum of adjustment, you can ensure that you'll be more like a blaze in
a fireplace or a wild but controlled bonfire on a beach -- not a fire whirl.
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HOMEWORK: Make up a story about an adventure you might go on
someday. Imagine all the details. 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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