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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
September 23, 2009
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The revised and expanded version of my book
*PRONOIA IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR PARANOIA*
is now available.
You can order it here:
Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/lxpnyt
Barnes and Noble: http://tinyurl.com/kkadtb
Here's my report:
For my next big writing project, I might have chosen to write a sequel to
*Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia,* the book I first published in 2005.
But instead I opted to fatten up that first edition.
And it was a pretty massive fattening. The inspiration kicked in really hard
in June of 2008, and by the time I finished the manuscript in July 2009, I
had stuffed more than 55% brand new extra material into the original text
-- the size of a whole new book.
So the revised and expanded version of *PRONOIA* is richer, meatier, and
more concentrated. It's lusher and plusher, having benefited from the
personal adventures that ramped up my understanding of pronoia these
last few years, as well as from all the mojo that my readers blessed me
with as they told me about their experiences with pronoia.
The wilder and riskier new edition of *PRONOIA* has 17 totally new
pieces. It also has amplified and intensified versions of many of the
central pieces of the original book, including "This Is a Perfect Moment,"
"Glory in the Highest," "World Kiss," and "I Me Wed," the ceremony for
you to use if you want to marry yourself.
I got especially pumped up and carried away while revising "Glory in the
Highest," which is a manifesto celebrating the everyday miracles we take
for granted, the uncanny powers we possess, the small joys that occur so
routinely we forget how much they mean to us, and the steady flow of
benefits bestowed on us by people we know and don't know. In the new
edition of the book, this piece is eight times longer than it was in the first
edition.
The new edition of PRONOIA also has 14 brand new Sacred
Advertisements. Don't worry -- if you're new to *Pronoia* -- the Sacred
Ads aren't real ads. Here's an example:
"This perfect moment is brought to you by the imaginary lightning bolts
you can shoot out the ends of your fingers anytime you want to."
Like the 2005 edition, the revised and expanded *PRONOIA* has an
abundance of space for you to write and scrawl and draw your responses
to what you read. It's designed to make you my collaborator as we
conspire together to incite the Great Awakening.
Enjoy my new creation. It makes me very happy to offer it to you!
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Check out my new Facebook page: http://tinyurl.com/nkay2n
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"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change
something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."
- Buckminster Fuller
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE IN GOD, BUT DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE SUN?
*Sun of gOd: Discover the Self-Organizing Consciousness That Underlies
Everything* by Gregory Sams
What if the sun is a conscious, living organism?
http://tinyurl.com/obv4po
http://tinyurl.com/rcbszn
JUST ASSUME THAT BETTER COMMUNICATION IS MORE POSSIBLE THAN
YOU CAN IMAGINE
Initiating a Conversation
http://tinyurl.com/lmpnhb
THE UNIVERSE IS SHOCKINGLY BEAUTIFUL
Photos done by the Hubble Telescope
http://tinyurl.com/oau4yz
THE PROOF KEEPS BUILDING: THE GROWING BODY OF EVIDENCE
Check out the compendium of all the pronoia resources I compile in this
newsletter.
http://pronoiaresources.com
(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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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning September 24
Copyright 2009 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): This is an excellent time to celebrate the
pleasures of emptiness . . . to extol the virtues of the blank slate . . . to
be open to endless possibilities but committed to none . . . to bask in the
freedom of not having to be anything, anyone, or anywhere. Are you
smart enough to need no motto to live by? Are you resourceful enough
to rely on nothing but the raw truth of the present moment? If so, you
will thrive in the coming days.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): During the dialog about health care in the
U.S., certain highly relevant facts are never discussed. For example, it's
ludicrous for right-wingers to fear that a government-run health system
would freshly infect our capitalist system with the stain of socialism. The
truth is, America has long had the biggest socialist enterprise in the
world: its sprawling military establishment, which is completely paid for by
taxpayer dollars and run by the government! Another unacknowledged
fact in the dialog about health care is this: The single smartest strategy
for financing a new health care system (as well as dramatically improving
the economy as a whole) would be to reduce military expenditures.
Americans don't seem to realize that their monstrously huge military
empire is a case of supreme overkill: It girdles the globe in ways that are
unprecedented in the history of civilization. We have 761 military sites in
over 100 countries! I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, to illustrate
the way that a seemingly serious discussion can be thrown off course and
rendered unproductive when it ignores critical information. Please make
sure nothing like that happens in your personal sphere in the coming
weeks.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In the coming weeks, your medicinal
effect and your power to incite change will be peaking simultaneously.
You may heal people by shaking their certainties or you may scare people
as you motivate them to shed their lazy approaches. You could be a
stringently benevolent force or a disruptive fixer of broken things. My only
advice for you is to work hard to stay humble. The potency of your
influence might tempt you to get full of yourself, and that would
undermine the beauty of your impact.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I'm embarrassed to confess that when I'm
shopping for an herbal supplement I've never bought before, my choice is
unduly influenced by how much I like the packaging. For example, I might
opt for the brassy orange and white bottle with bold black lettering over
the brand with the washed-out blue-green color scheme and delicate
purple font. I hope you won't fall victim to any version of my folly,
Capricorn. It's especially important that you make your decisions based on
a piercing analysis of the inner contents, not a superficial survey of the
outer display.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Study the following facts to derive oracular
clues about your upcoming destiny. 1) Some bacteria are inimical to
human beings, but others are friendly, like the creatures that inhabit your
intestine and help you digest the food you eat. 2) There are snakes
whose venom is poisonous in large doses but healing in small amounts. 3)
The term "demon" is derived from the ancient Greek term "daimon,"
which referred not to an evil supernatural being but to a benevolent
guardian spirit that conferred blessings on a person.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): On the website "Yahoo! Answers," readers
pose questions that are answered by other readers who have expertise on
the subject. In a recent entry, a young woman asked, "Is there a spell to
become a mermaid that actually works?" Of the 50+ replies, most are
snarky and mean, ridiculing the asker of the question, and not a single one
gives useful information. I encourage you to offer your own insight on the
subject sometime soon. (Go to tinyurl.com/mdclt4.) You are now at the
peak of your ability to act, think, feel, love, and dream like a mythical sea
creature.
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- M. Tennenbaum, New York
"No one knows more about me than me. But you're right up there near
the top of the list of people who do understand something about how I
tick. How is that possible?"
- R. Goren, Albuquerque
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Jonathan Lee Riches is renowned for filing
numerous lawsuits in U.S courts. Some of his targets are actual living
people, like Martha Stewart, George W. Bush, and Steve Jobs. But he has
also gone after defendants like Nostradamus, Che Guevara, the Eiffel
Tower, the ex-planet Pluto, the Holy Grail, the Appalachian Trail, and the
Garden of Eden. This would be a good time for you to draw inspiration
from his example. I don't mean that you should become a litigious fanatic,
but rather that you should seek redress and vindication from those
people, places, and things that have not had your highest interests in
mind. This could take the form of a humorous message, a compassionate
prank, or an odd gift. Remember, too, that old saying: Success is the best
revenge.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): This would be an excellent time for you to
learn how to brew your own beer (tinyurl.com/zteca) or build your own
telescope (tinyurl.com/2yert5) or teach yourself how to operate a forklift
(tinyurl.com/lgoyk5). Your ability to master practical new skills is at a
peak, and your need to develop more self-reliance is more pressing than
usual. Once you raise your confidence levels, you might even move on to
more challenging tasks, like concocting your own home-made flu shot
(tinyurl.com/kmchwx) or reconfiguring the way your brain works
(tinyurl.com/lxhuap or tinyurl.com/ns5vhv).
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Novelist James Patterson has signed a deal
with a publisher to churn out 17 new books between now and the end of
2012. (By comparison, it took me six years to write my first book, nine
years to write my second, and five years for my third.) According to my
reading of the astrological omens, you Geminis will have James Patterson-
like levels of fecundity for at least the next four weeks. I suggest you
employ that good mojo to create a masterpiece or two.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): As I gaze out the window of my home office, I
see a vast wetland crossed by a creek that originates in the bay. At high
tide, the creek is as wide as a river. At low tide, it's as narrow as a village
street. Sometimes it flows north vigorously, while at other times it surges
south with equal force. Now and then it's perfectly still. Its hues are a
constantly mutating blend of grey, green, blue, and brown, and at
sundown and sunrise they're joined by tinges of pink, purple, and orange.
As a Cancerian, I find this intimate spectacle to be both comforting and
invigorating. It's a reflection of my own ever-shifting moods, a reminder
that I'm a watery creature whose fluidic changeability is natural and
healthy. What I wish for you, my fellow Crab, is that in the coming week
you will also surround yourself with prompts that help you to be at peace
with who you really are.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): What exactly is a "wild goose chase," anyway?
Does it refer to a frenetic and futile hunt for an elusive prey that's never
caught? Or might it also mean the meandering pursuit of a tricky quarry
that after many convoluted twists and turns results in success and
generates a lot of educational fun along the way? Either definition could
apply to your wild goose chase in the next three weeks, Leo. Which one
will ultimately win out will probably depend on two things: 1. how well you
detect the false leads you get; 2. how determined you are to be amused
rather than frustrated by all the twists and turns.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your time is up, Virgo. No further stalling will
be allowed. We need your answer now: Will you or will you not take
advantage of the messy but useful offer that is on the table? Don't ask
for an extension, because you ain't getting one. Please take advantage of
this chance to prove that you love yourself too much to get hoodwinked
and abused by perfectionism. Be brave enough to declare your allegiance
to the perspective articulated by the mathematician Henri Poincaré:
"There are no solved problems. There are only more-or-less solved
problems."
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HOMEWORK: Take a guess about what your closest ally most needs to
learn in order to be happier. 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
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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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