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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
February 10, 2010
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Below is an excerpt. To read the whole text, go here:
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ELATIONSHIP LOVE SPELLS FOR BEAUTY AND TRUTH RESEARCHERS
This Valentine Season, are you in quest of an Intimate Ally or a Soul
Friend? A Wild Confidante or a Kiss Buddy? A Secret Sharer who'll listen
better than anyone ever or an Amazing Accomplice with whom you can
practice the Art of Liberation? Try these Elationship Love Spells,
scientifically formulated by the Beauty and Truth Lab's top
exhilarationists.
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OUR SECRET FREEDOM
Me: the soul of a musician, the stamina of a long-distance runner, and the
psychological expertise of a veterinarian. You: the body of a feral
kickboxer, the eyes of a jet pilot, and the holder of a PhD in Ingenious
Love. In matters of the heart, you always know exactly when to sweat
and when to cry. You like to play in the sandbox as much as you enjoy
working in the trenches -- and you don't mind getting dirty. Send me an
image of your face pressed against the copy machine, and I'll get started
reading your mind. In the meantime, I'll be here in my lab dreaming up
experiments we can do to tenderly shock ourselves ever-more awake
from what the cynics call "the nightmare of history."
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MYSTIC ACTIVIST SEEKS PRIMORDIAL GOSSIPER
I'm the one! Pick me for your mission impossible! I'm the one! Pick me to
help you storm the kingdom of heaven! Everybody's somebody's fool; let
me be yours! I have no shame and I have no qualms! I give not until it
hurts but until it exalts my libido, and if you're smart you'll let me teach
you the method in that madness! So electrify me in a sanctuary, you
stunning ravisher! Amaze me in a labyrinth! Undress me on an altar!
Engorge me in a way station! And I'll resurrect you wherever you want!
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SACRED AGENT SEEKS FREAKY CONSORT
Tired of both boringly nice goodie-goodies and menacing lunatics trying
to pass off their pathologies as "sexy"? I'm the happy medium: a
straddler of the mysterious edge where bliss and struggle overlap, where
the difference between light and dark just ain't that simple. I feel too
deeply to pretend that every question has a correct answer. I cry too
easily and love too much. And you? Are you smart enough to be guided
by your sacred dreams of transgression? Are you free enough to
surrender over and over again to the waters of life? If you've got the
courage, I've got the secrets. I'll be your wild-eyed, smart-mouthed,
spread-eagled muse if you'll be mine.
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FAIRY TALE WITH MARKETING POTENTIAL
Future lottery winner and full-time thrill-designer is hunting for a
brainteasing emancipator to share risky stunts and international scandals
that have lucrative marketing potential. Let's do a reality TV show that
features us hiking through China in our Halloween costumes as we
distribute alms for the poor, or air-drop Anaïs Nin books on Bible Belt
colleges as we ride in a hot-air balloon over Mississippi and Alabama. In
the great tradition of Picasso, the richest Communist artist who ever
lived, we'll become wealthy pranksters together, poking and prodding the
edges of reality.
TO READ THE BEST OF THE LOVE SPELLS, GO HERE:
http://bit.ly/LoveAd
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LOVE PROMPTS FOR THE VALENTINE DAZE
"Your body needs to be held and to hold, to be touched and to touch.
None of these needs is to be despised, denied, or repressed. But you have
to keep searching for your body's deeper need, the need for genuine love.
Every time you are able to go beyond the body's superficial desires for
love, you are bringing your body home and moving toward integration and
unity."
- Henri Nouwen
"Love sometimes wants to do us a great favor: hold us upside down and
shake all the nonsense out."
- Hafiz, translated by Daniel Ladinsky
"We are pain and what cures pain, both. We are the sweet cold water and
the jar that pours. I want to hold you close like a lute, so that we can cry
out with loving. Would you rather throw stones at a mirror? I am your
mirror and here are the stones."
- Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks
"I love you between shadow and soul. I love you as the plant that hasn't
bloomed yet, and carries hidden within itself the light of flowers. I love
you without knowing how, or when, or from where. Because of you, the
dense fragrance that rises from the earth lives in my body, rioting with
hunger for the eternity of our victorious kisses."
- Pablo Neruda, translated by Stephen Tapscott
"The desire to force love to live only in its most positive form is what
causes love ultimately to fall over dead."
- Clarissa Pinkola Estes
"For a relationship to stay alive, love alone is not enough. Without
imagination, love stales into sentiment, duty, boredom. Relationships fail
not because we have stopped loving but because we first stopped
imagining."
- James Hillman
"Your face is true and your hair is perfect and I love you. You make boats
in my dreams and you speak without words and I love you. Your fears
unnerve me and your questions amuse me and I love you. I love you not
only for who you are, but for the interesting person I become when I'm
with you. I say I love you and love you and love you until the words
become the constant song of your voice in my head and the original ache
of memory in my soul. I love you more than life and death, more than
everything that's in between the light and the dark. Do you believe me?
Try harder. Do you believe me now? I'm always with you, which is why I
know you will never abandon yourself."
- *PRONOIA*
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
NATURE TRIES OUT THE HUMAN VERSION OF PRONOIA
Three cheetahs spare tiny antelope's life, and play with him instead
http://tinyurl.com/yhasybt
EVOLUTION PLAYS PRONOIAC TRICKS?
Social scientists build case for "survival of the kindest"
http://tinyurl.com/yc9ox9b
PEOPLE YOU DON'T KNOW ARE WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES TO SAVE
PEOPLE YOU DON'T KNOW
*Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who
Would Cure the World*
http://tinyurl.com/ya8n2s9
(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 February 11
Copyright 2010 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Happy Valentine Daze, Aquarius! In my
search for the counsel that would be of greatest help to your love life in
the coming months, I decided on this observation by psychologist Albert
Ellis: "The art of love is largely the art of persistence." I hope you take
that in the spirit in which I'm offering it. It's not meant to suggest that
you will be deprived of love's burning, churning pleasures; I just want to
make sure you know that your best bet for experiencing burning, churning
pleasures is to be dogged and devoted and disciplined in your cultivation
of burning, churning pleasures.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In 2010, you will have more cosmic
assistance than you've had in a long time whenever you seek to increase
your experience of pleasure. Do you want to get more sensual joy out of
eating and drinking and dancing and listening to music? This is your year.
Do you want to heighten your perceptiveness and find more beauty in the
world and cultivate new ways to stimulate positive feelings and liberating
emotions? This is your year. Do you want to intensify your orgasms and
have more of them and learn how to use them to enhance your spiritual
power? This is your year. And the coming weeks will be one of the best
times in 2010 to move from charging up your pleasure to supercharging
it. Happy Valentine Daze, Pisces!
ARIES (March 21-April 19): "Hate leaves ugly scars," wrote author Mignon
McLaughlin, but "love leaves beautiful ones." If I'm reading the
astrological omens correctly, Aries, you're scheduled to receive at least
one of the beautiful kind of scars in the coming months -- maybe even
two or three. In fact, I think they'll be such lovely booboos that they will
markedly add to your overall attractiveness. Rarely if ever have you been
privileged to hurt as good as you will in 2010 -- thanks to the benevolent
jolts of love. Happy Valentine Daze!
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In my view, 2010 is the year you should
expand your world. That could mean enlarging your circle of allies or
building a bigger web of connections. It might mean broadening your
appeal or widening your frame of reference or opening your mind to
possibilities you've been closed to. It may even involve extending your
territory or increasing the range of your travels. However you choose to
expand, Taurus, I urge you to put love at the heart of your efforts. Love
should be the fuel that motivates you and the reference point that
ensures you're always making smart moves. For inspiration, memorize this
line by poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning: "I love thee to the depth and
breadth and height my soul can reach." In your case, Taurus, "thee"
should mean the whole world.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Of all the signs of the zodiac, you Geminis are
most likely to thrive if you experiment with new approaches to kissing in
the coming weeks. To whip up your fervor, read incendiary texts like
William Cane's *The Art of Kissing.* Conspire with an imaginative partner
to conjure up a new kissing game or even a sacred kissing ritual. And
come up with your own interpretations of the following kiss techniques:
the throbbing kiss, the sip kiss, the butterfly kiss, the tiger kiss, the
whispering kiss. Happy Valentine Daze!
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Happy Valentine Daze, Cancerian! After
meditating about what advice would be most valuable for your love life in
the coming months, I decided on this challenge from poet William Butler
Yeats: "True love is a discipline in which each divines the secret self of the
other and refuses to believe in the mere daily self." In other words, create
in your imagination a detailed picture of your loved ones at their best.
Each day, make it a point to feel joy and gratitude for their most excellent
beauty and power -- as well as the beauty and power that are still ripening
and will one day appear in full bloom.
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IF YOU WANT MORE FREE WILL ASTROLOGY,
TRY THE EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES
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But if you'd like to experience more of my thoughts about your current
situation, you might want to try my EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES.
They're 4 to 5 minute meditations on the state of your life and where
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If you like you can get both a reading about the days ahead and a long-
term rumination on your destiny in 2010.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A friend of mine has woven her life together with
a Leo who doesn't fully appreciate the ways she expresses her adoration.
She asked me to use my bully pulpit as a horoscope writer to convey a
message to her lover, and I agreed, because I think it's excellent advice
for all of the Leo tribe this Valentine season. Here's what she said: "Just
because somebody doesn't always love you the way you wish they would,
doesn't mean they don't love you the best they can and with all they
have." Are you willing to consider the possibility that maybe you should
take that plea to heart, Leo? I hope so, because then you'll be able to get
some of the good loving you've closed yourself off from.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Happy Valentine Daze, Virgo! I meditated on
what message might best energize your love life, and what I came up with
is a declaration by author Mignon McLaughlin: "Love unlocks doors and
opens windows that weren't even there before." In other words, the love
you should be most interested in during the coming months is the kind
that opens your eyes to sights that were previously invisible and that
creates new possibilities you've barely imagined.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Happy Valentine Daze, Libra! My astrological
hunch is that you'd benefit from the specific teaching that would come
from exploring a three-way relationship. But wait. Don't jump to
conclusions. Here's the form I think it should take: Fantasize that the
merger of you and your lover or ally has created a third thing that hovers
near you, protecting and guiding the two of you. Call this third thing an
angel. Or call it the soul of your connection or the inspirational force of
your relationship. Or call it the special work the two of you can
accomplish together. And let this magical presence be the third point of
your love triangle.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Happy Valentine Daze, Scorpio! After
meditating on what advice would best serve your love life, I decided to
offer you the words of psychologist Carl Jung: "The creation of something
new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting
from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves."
As I see it, my dear, acting on Jung's wisdom will help you carry out your
primary task in the coming months, which is to bring novel experiences
and fresh perspectives to your most engaging relationship. The best way
to accomplish that is not with non-stop serious talk and intense analysis,
but with a generous dose of playful improvisation and experimental fun.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): To prepare your Valentine horoscope, I
did a lengthy meditation on your love life. I wish I could offer you a 20-
page treatise on my conclusions, but there's not enough room. So instead
I'll give you the single most important piece of advice I came up with: The
coming week will be an excellent time for you to survey the history of
your love life, starting with the first moment you ever fell in love. I mean
you should actually stream the memories across your mind's eye as if you
were watching a movie. Feel all the feelings roused by each scene, but
also try to maintain some objectivity about it all. Watch for recurring
themes. Be especially alert for unexpected insights that emerge about the
past. And through it all, be wildly compassionate toward yourself and your
co-stars.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "If I love you, what business is it of
yours?" wrote Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Now I'm offering his words
for you to use as your mantra in the coming months. Your main job, as I
see it, is simply to be a lover of pretty much everything -- to generate,
cultivate, and express love in abundance -- and not to worry about
whether your love is reciprocated or how it's regarded. It's a tall order, I
know -- one of the most difficult assignments I've ever suggested. And
yet I think you have the soul power and the crafty intelligence necessary
to accomplish it. Happy Valentine Daze, Capricorn!
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HOMEWORK: Send your letters, notes, haikus, rants, dreams, and whoops
to the beloved of your choice, including yourself. It's an old-fashioned
Shout Out, a chance to share your feelings for your snuggle-bunny /
freaky consort / sweetiekins / co-conspirator. 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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