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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
January 27, 2010
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Dear Readers,
I've gathered together all of the long-term, big-picture horoscopes I wrote
for you in the past month, and bundled them in one place. Go here to
read a compendium of your forecasts for 2010:
http://bit.ly/BigLife
In addition to these, I've created EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES that go
even further in exploring your destiny in 2010. Unlike the written freebies,
the three-part audio reports cost money. Sign in and access them here:
http://RealAstrology.com
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The revised and expanded version of my book *PRONOIA IS THE
ANTIDOTE FOR PARANOIA* is available at Amazon: http://bit.ly/Pronoia
Below is an excerpt. To read the whole text, go here:
http://bit.ly/MiracleReport
REPORT YOUR MIRACLES
Thousands of amazing, inexplicable, wondrous, and even supernatural
events occur every day. And yet most are unreported by the media. The
few that are cited are ridiculed. Is there anything we can do about it?
READ the rest of "REPORT YOUR MIRACLES" here:
http://bit.ly/MiracleReport
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I'm doing an hour-long teleconference call with Reality Sandwich this
Wednesday, January 27 at 6 pm PST. For more details, go here:
http://bit.ly/7mkesC
If you'd like to participate, you've got to have a Reality Sandwich
Backstage Pass. Details on how to get that are here:
http://bit.ly/4L3vWM
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"Assume that your drive to experience pleasure isn't a barrier to your
spiritual growth, but is in fact essential to it. Proceed on the hypothesis
that cultivating joy can make you a more ethical and compassionate
person. Imagine that feeling good has something important to teach you
every day. What might you do differently from what you do now?"
- *PRONOIA*
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
PRONOIA SNEAKS UP ON YOU FROM EVERYWHERE
Birds on Wires Making Music
http://tinyurl.com/yde577f
SOONER OR LATER, THE ABOLITION OF SUFFERING WILL HAPPEN
"Abolitionism is a bioethical school and movement which proposes the use
of biotechnology to maximize happiness and minimize suffering while
working towards the abolition of involuntary suffering."
http://tinyurl.com/yzn6wjr
SMART, COMPASSI0NATE PEOPLE ARE WORKING ON SOLVING PROBLEMS
In Mexico, a Plan to Beat Poverty with Health Care and Education
http://tinyurl.com/yflv62u
(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 January 28
Copyright 2010 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In the coming week, I predict that you will
NOT experience disgusting fascinations, smiling-faced failures,
sensationalized accounts of useless developments, or bizarre fantasies in
the middle of the night. You may, on the other hand, have encounters
with uplifting disappointments, incendiary offers of assistance, mysterious
declarations of interdependence, and uproars that provoke your awe and
humility in healing ways. In other words, Aquarius, it'll be an uncanny,
perhaps controversial time for you -- but always leading in the direction of
greater freedom.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Congrats on your growing ability to do more
floating and less thrashing as you cascade down the stream of
consciousness. I think you're finally understanding that a little bit of chaos
isn't a sign that *everything's falling apart forever omigod the entire
planet's crashing and evil is in ascension* . . . but rather that a healthy
amount of bewildering unpredictability keeps things fresh and clean. My
advice is to learn to relax even more as you glide with serene amusement
through the bubbling and churning waters of life.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Shakespeare got modest respect while he was
alive, but his reputation as a brilliant bard didn't gel right away. It wasn't
until almost 50 years after he died that anyone thought his life and work
were notable enough to write about. By then, all his colleagues and
compatriots were gone, unable to testify. He himself left little information
to build a biography around. That's why next to nothing is known about
the person who made such a dramatic impact on the English language and
literature. I suggest you take this as a metaphorical prod that will inspire
you not to be blasé about the greatness that is in your vicinity. Don't
take superlative intelligence, talent, or love for granted. Recognize it,
bless it, be influenced by it.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You are the lord of all you survey! I swear to
God! I'm almost tempted to say that you now have the power to
command whirlwinds and alter the course of mighty rivers! At the very
least you will be able to mobilize the ambition of everyone you encounter
and brighten the future of every group you're part of! Act with confident
precision, Taurus! Speak with crisp authority! Your realm waits
expectantly for the transformative decisions that will issue from the fresh
depths of your emotional intelligence!
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): It's time for you to fly away -- to flee the safe
pleasures that comfort you as well as the outmoded fixations that haunt
you; to escape at least one of the galling compromises that twists your
spirit as well as a familiar groove that numbs your intelligence. In my
astrological opinion, Gemini, you need to get excited by stimuli that come
from outside your known universe. You need fertile surprises that
motivate you to resort to unpredictable solutions.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): "I never meet anyone who admits to having
had a happy childhood," said writer Jessamyn West. "Everyone appears to
think happiness betokens a lack of sensitivity." I agree, and go further.
Many creative people I know actually brag about how messed up their
early life was, as if that was a crucial ingredient in turning them into the
geniuses they are today. Well, excuse me for breaking the taboo, but I,
Rob Brezsny, had a happy childhood, and it did not prevent me from
becoming a sensitive artist. In fact, it helped. Now I ask you, my fellow
Cancerian, whether you're brave enough to go against the grain and
confess that your early years had some wonderful moments? You're in a
phase of your cycle when recalling the beauty and joy of the past could
be profoundly invigorating.
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EXPLORING THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LONG-RANGE FUTURE
Would you like some inspiration as you muse and wonder about your
upcoming adventures in 2010?
You can still listen to my long-range, in-depth explorations of your destiny
in 2010. Each report in the three-part series is about 6-9 minutes long.
Go to http://RealAstrology.com
to sign in and access the EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES
A new short-range forecast for this week is also available.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Usually I overflow with advice about how to
access your soul's code. I love to help you express the unique blueprint
that sets you apart from everyone else. Every now and then, though, it's
a healing balm to take a sabbatical from exploring the intricacies of your
core truths. This is one of those times. For the next ten days, I invite you
to enjoy the privilege of being absolutely nobody. Revel in the pure
emptiness of having no clue about your deep identity. If anyone asks you,
"Who are you?", relish the bubbly freedom that comes from cheerfully
saying, "I have no freaking idea!"
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): French novelist Gustave Flaubert (1821-
1880) is generally regarded as one of the greats. His book *Madame
Bovary* appears on many lists of the greatest novels of all time. And yet
writing didn't come especially easy for him. He worked as hard as a ditch-
digger. It wasn't uncommon for him to spend several agonizing days in
squeezing out a single page. On some occasions he literally beat his head
against a wall, as if trying to dislodge the right words from their hiding
place in his brain. He's your role model in the coming week, Virgo. You
*can* create something of value, although it may require hard labor.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): My theory is that right now the whole world is
in love with you. In some places, this simmering adoration is bordering on
infatuation. Creatures great and small are more apt than usual to
recognize what's beautiful and original about you. As a result, wonders
and marvels are likely to coalesce in your vicinity. Is there anything you
can do to ensure that events unfold in ways that will yield maximum
benefits for everyone concerned? Yes: Be yourself with as much tender
intensity as you can muster.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I hope that you saw the horoscope I wrote
for you last week. And I hope that you acted on my advice and refrained
from all sweating and striving and struggling. These past seven days were
designed by the universe to be a time for you to recharge your psychic
battery. Assuming that you took advantage of the opportunity, you
should now be ready to shift gears. In this new phase, your assignment is
to work extra hard and extra sweet on yourself. By that I mean you
should make your way down into your depths and change around
everything that isn't functioning with grace and power. Tweak your
attitudes. Rearrange your emotional flow. Be an introspective master of
self-refinement.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): This horoscope borrows from one of my
favorite Sagittarian visionaries, Jonathan Zap. The advice he gives below,
which is in accordance with your astrological omens, is designed to help
you avoid the fate he warns against. Here it is: "Many of the significant
problems in our lives are more about recognizing the obvious rather than
discovering the mysterious or hidden. One of the classic ways we deceive
and hide from ourselves is by refusing to recognize the obvious, and
shrouding what is right before us in rationalization and false complexity.
We often delay and deny necessary transformation by claiming that there
is a mysterious answer hidden from us, when actually we know the
answers but pretend that we don't." (More at bit.ly/ZapOracle and
Zaporacle.com.)
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): It's a good time to take inventory of all
the stories you allow to pour into your beautiful head. Do you absorb a
relentless stream of fear-inducing news reports and violent movies and
gossipy tales of decline and degeneration? Well, then, guess what: It's the
equivalent, for your psyche, of eating rotting bear intestines and crud
scraped off a dumpster wall and pitchers full of trans fats from partially
hydrogenated oil. But maybe, on the other hand, you tend to expose
yourself to comedies that loosen your fixations and poems that stretch
your understanding of the human condition and conversations about all
the things that are working pretty well. If so, you're taking good care of
your precious insides; you're fostering your mental health. Now please
drink in this fresh truth from Nigerian writer Ben Okri: "Beware of the
stories you read or tell; subtly, at night, beneath the waters of
consciousness, they are altering your world."
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HOMEWORK: Read all your long-term horoscopes here:
http://bit.ly/BigLife. Then write your own long-term horoscope. Share it
at Truthrooster@gmail.com.
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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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