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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
September 2, 2009
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"The answer to the problem and sorrow of time is one thing and one thing
only: the experience of meaning. And this experience occurs when the Self
touches the self, when the soul touches the ego."
- Jacob Needleman
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning September 3
Copyright 2009 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I dare you to say yes to a possibility you've
said no to in the past. I double dare you to try an impossible thing before
lunch each day. I triple dare you to imagine you're a genius at inspiring
people to like you and help you. I quadruple dare you to drive overly
stable people crazy for all the right reasons. I quintuple dare you to
fantasize that your so-called delusions of grandeur have begun to contain
more than a few grains of truth.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I know a 19-year-old woman who has been
going through an especially vivid phase of living on the edge between yes
and no. She told me that yesterday morning she woke up with the feeling
that in the next 12 hours she could either commit suicide or else perform
some epic deed in which she surpassed all of her previous limits. She
chose the latter path, completing an 18-mile bike ride that tested her
endurance and drove her into the heights of exhilaration. As she pedaled,
she drove herself onward with the throbbing thought that this was a
perfect way to silence the self-destructive voice within her. I offer her
victory to you, Libra, as being worthy of imitation.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Let's take inventory of your harvest, Scorpio.
What blossomed for you these past months? Which of the seeds you
planted last March and April sprouted into ripe, succulent blossoms?
Which seeds grew into hard, spiky clumps? And what about weeds, pests,
and predators? Were you tireless about keeping them away from your
beauties? Finally, what did you learn about growing things that could give
you a green thumb when you cultivate your seeds in the next cycle?
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Before she became a rock goddess,
Gwen Stefani cleaned the floors at an ice cream parlor. Prior to ascending
to stardom, Ellen DeGeneres was an oyster shucker, Keanu Reeves worked
a janitor, and Brad Pitt performed as a giant chicken mascot. As for me,
my gig as an internationally syndicated astrologer was not my first.
Among many other things, I washed enough pots and pans in cheap
restaurants to fulfill my dishwashing karma for my next five incarnations. I
hope these examples serve to inspire you, Sagittarius. Even during the
down economy, the next six months will provide you with ripe astrological
conditions for upgrading your job. And the coming weeks will be prime
time to brainstorm about how to go about it.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I know some brave pioneers who make
responsible use of psychotropic drugs as they map out the borderlands of
consciousness. I'm glad they're doing that work, but my path is different.
I don't indulge in marijuana, LSD, ayahuasca, or psilocybin. However, my
many years of doing meditation, dream work, and various spiritual
practices have nevertheless transformed me into a radical mystic with
some of the same knowledge that the psychedelic experimenters have.
Keep that disclaimer in mind as you ruminate on my advice for you, which
is this: Blow your own mind, baby. Raise your expectations, supercharge
your fantasy life, and make forays out into the frontiers. Get high in ways
that are appropriate to your ethical code.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I love the new neighborhood I just moved
to. It's insanely eclectic. Modern suburban-like homes with impeccable
emerald-green lawns stand right next door to bedraggled 1950s-style
ranch houses with unfinished plywood for garage doors and high brown
weeds blanketing the front yards. A rusty mustard-yellow 1977 Cadillac
Seville sporting a McCain-Palin bumper sticker is parked on the street next
to a shiny 2007 Volvo with a sticker that advises, "Be the change you
want to see in the world." Aging rednecks with fishing gear scattered in
the driveway live next door to hipster musicians who blast psychedelic
folk songs from their garage rehearsal space. I urge you to hang out in
places like this in the coming weeks: where diversity rules, where the
pigeonholes are exploded, where variety is not just the spice of life but
the main course.
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The month of August brought you some
peculiar advances. You got a reward that didn't mean as much to you as
it might have had you received it earlier. You outgrew an enigma that had
puzzled and frustrated you forever. And you finally wriggled free of a
shadowy game that you had been attached to long after it lost its power
to educate you. As curious as these wistful breakthroughs have been,
they are prologue to what's headed your way. Get ready to solve a
problem you didn't even know you loved.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your assignment is to get angry in the most
unique, brilliant, and constructive way possible. Merely being annoyed and
muttering generic curses will definitely not be sufficient. Nor will it work
for you to get consumed in knee-jerk rage or to be peeved about the
same old boring targets that everyone reacts to. What the cosmos needs
from you this week, Aries, is a controlled explosion of liberated,
compassionate, laser-sharp fury that will fuel your ingenious drive to
change everything for the better.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Are you having intense cravings for candy?
Do you find yourself leaning in the direction of sappy emotions and syrupy
words? That's what my astrological projections suggest. And if that's
indeed the case, I'd like to steer you in a different direction. It's not that
an extravagant involvement in chocolate and sentimentality is wrong or
bad. But what you truly need, in my opinion, is a more muscular,
provocative sweetness. A wilder, more vibrant sweetness. A sweetness
that can smash obstacles and incite high magic.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I won't protest if you try to conceal yourself
from bullies or gossips or critics or narcissists. You have cosmic
permission to hunker down and keep a low profile. But please don't hide
from yourself. In fact, I encourage you to make yourself extra available to
yourself. Listen respectfully to the questions and comments that your
shadow murmurs in your inner ear. Be eager to tune in to the messages
your body is longing to tell you. These communications might sometimes
be a minor pain in the ego, but the long-term benefits to your soul could
be substantial.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): I have tuned in to your yearning for
resolution, O Seeker. I know that your heart fervently wants the riddles to
run their course, the mysteries to be revealed, the uncertainties to be
quelled. And I have ransacked my imagination in search of what
consolation I might provide to appease your quest for neat, simple truths.
But what I have concluded, O In-Between One, is that any solutions I
might try to offer you would not only be fake, but also
counterproductive. What you actually need, I suspect, are not answers to
your urgent questions, but rather, better questions; more precisely
formulated questions; more ruthlessly honest questions. Dig deeper,
please. Open wider. Think fatter.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): No one knew there was coal in the United States
until 1790. A hunter who was wandering near Pennsylvania's Broad
Mountain stumbled upon it accidentally when his campfire lit up an
outcropping of pure anthracite. That discovery was both a blessing and a
curse; since then, the mining of coal has yielded abundant energy but also
environmental degradation. I predict a metaphorically similar event for you
in the coming days, Leo. You will inadvertently find a potentially enormous
source of valuable fuel that will, like coal, present you with both rich
opportunities and knotty dilemmas.
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HOMEWORK: Homework: Subtly (or not-so-subtly) brag about a talent or
ability that few people know you have. Tout one of your underappreciated
charms. To report results, go to http://FreeWillAstrology.com and click
on "Email Rob."
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WANT TO GET YOUR CHART DONE?
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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
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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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