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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
February 17, 2010
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"You have at least a million relatives as close as tenth cousin, and no one
on Earth is any further removed than your fiftieth cousin. Murchie also
describes our kinship through an analysis of how deeply we share the air.
With each breath, you take into your body 10 sextillion atoms, and --
owing to the wind's ceaseless circulation -- over a year's time you have
intimate relations with oxygen molecules exhaled by every person alive, as
well as by everyone who ever lived."
-Guy Murchie, *The Seven Mysteries of Life*
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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/PronoiaNetwork
PRONOIA NEWS NETWORK, VOLUME 1
You read and hear and see the relentless assault of bad news every day.
Would you like to expose yourself to the rest of the story? Would you like
to steep yourself in the glorious stories of the human race that the
mainstream news are allergic to?
Here are some of the top stories we're following:
- Current human life expectancy, already at age 78 for Americans, is
steadily increasing.
- Crime in the U.S. is at its lowest level since it was first officially tracked.
- A Canadian moose can now walk in peace and safety all the way to
South America.
- The world's largest private bank, Citigroup, agreed to stop financing
projects that damage sensitive ecosystems.
- You have at least a million relatives as close as tenth cousin, and no one
on Earth is any further removed than your fiftieth cousin.
- The juvenile crime rate has plummeted to its lowest levels since 1979.
Violent crime committed by teenagers is 40 percent lower than it was in
1994.
- With every dawn, when first light penetrates the sea, many seahorse
colonies perform a dance to the sun.
For full reports on the above stories, as well as more pronoiac news, tune
in to the Pronoia News Network:
http://bit.ly/PronoiaNetwork
And here's how the report looks in the book, with all the pretty pictures
and layout:
http://bit.ly/PronoiaNews1
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
THE EVIDENCE KEEPS GROWING
Check out a compendium of all the pronoiac resources gathered in this
newsletter over the past months.
http://pronoiaresources.com
NO, PEOPLE ARE NOT ACTUALLY MORE INTERESTED IN BAD NEWS THAN
GOOD NEWS
What kind of information travels fastest? Do people prefer to spread good
news or bad news? Would we rather scandalize or enlighten? SURPRISE:
People prefer e-mailing articles with positive rather than negative themes,
and they liked to send long articles on intellectually challenging topics
that inspire awe.
http://tinyurl.com/y9azmnm
NATURE'S PRONOIAC REVENGE
Some forests are growing back
http://tinyurl.com/yavjsze
EVEN THE ANIMALS ARE CONSPIRING TO SHOWER US WITH BLESSINGS
Top 5 Animal Super-Hero Stories
http://tinyurl.com/yb2g9ng
(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 18
Copyright 2010 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Historians trace the origin of Poland as a
nation to the year 966. It mostly thrived for hundreds of years, but was
extinguished in 1795, when three imperialistic invaders -- Russia, Prussia,
and Austria -- claimed different parts of it as their own. Throughout the
19th century, when there was no Poland, the Poles fought to restore self-
rule. Their dream came true on November 11, 1918, when Poland once
again became an independent nation. I regard the phase you're now in,
Pisces, as having certain similarities to the state of the Polish people in
October 1918. Congratulations in advance for the imminent return of
your sovereignty.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): I personally don't believe we're living in the
worst of times, although I know many people who do. While there are
indeed reasons to despair, our current state of affairs is actually in many
ways quite glorious. And our struggles are puny compared to those of the
generation that lived through the two World Wars and the Great
Depression. Having said that, I think it's fine to believe that civilization is
in a terrible mess if it motivates you to shed all your trivial distractions
and inessential wishes so as to dedicate yourself to living an exciting,
generous life that's rich with love and meaning. Now is a prime time for
you, Aries, to dedicate yourself to such a path.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Throughout 2010, you're most likely to be
consistently in the right place at the right time if you cultivate an amused
skepticism toward what's in vogue. In fact, I suspect that only one trend
will be of any use to you at all. You heard me correctly, Taurus: Of all the
fashionable obsessions that may tempt you, just one will be in sweet
alignment with your authentic needs. And guess what? Right now happens
to be the perfect moment to get hooked up with it.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): When I was lead vocalist in the band Tao
Chemical, I sang a tune whose chorus went as follows: "I want the truth /
the whole truth / nothing but the truth / I want the truth / Don't beat
around the bush." Shortly after we started performing the song, my
girlfriend broke up with me. And she felt free -- given what I proclaimed in
those lyrics -- to share with me every excruciating detail about her new
relationship. It was painful, and I felt tempted to forswear the song and
never utter those brave words again. But I was ultimately glad I didn't
weaken. To this day, I prefer knowing the full facts. Now I'm
recommending to you, Gemini, that you pledge yourself to the same
intention in the coming weeks. It should be much easier for you than it
initially was for me. Most of the truths rushing in will be interesting and
enlivening, with just a little angst mixed in.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): "Jane Austen was the spinster daughter of a
clergyman who led an uneventful life," wrote Geoffrey Wheatcroft in *The
Guardian.* "She just happened to write half a dozen flawless
masterpieces, which came perfectly formed, not from experience but
from imagination." Most of us don't have anything close to the
inconceivably potent imagination that Austen possessed. But I believe
2010 will be a year when you can access at least a portion of that
wondrous capacity. You'll be able to fantasize about vast possibilities in
exquisite detail. You will have great skill at smashing your way free of
limiting expectations through the power of your expansive vision. And the
coming weeks will be a time when it should all kick into high gear.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Of all the symbols in the world, the swastika is the
most horrendous. As the logo for Hitler's Nazi movement, it will forever
smack of evil. But it didn't used to be that way. In many cultures
throughout history, from the Greeks to the Hindus to the Native
Americans, the swastika was a representation of the sun's path across
the sky, and was regarded as highly auspicious, even a good luck charm.
Can you think of a more modest equivalent of this phenomenon in your
own life, Leo? A formerly wonderful thing that got spoiled somewhere
along the way? The coming weeks will be a good time to determine
whether you could redeem and rehabilitate it.
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But if you'd like to experience more of my thoughts about your current
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If you like you can get both a reading about the days ahead and a long-
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I need a break from watching you work your
psyche to the bone. At least for now, I'm not willing to indulge you in
your inclination to do your duty so exhaustively that you suffer. And as
much as I admire your drive to get things perfect, I cannot in good
conscience encourage you to do that, either. It is therefore with a sense
of relief that I counsel you to take at least a week off from the behavior I
described. Instead, try playful, messy experiments that are in service to
your own needs. Be a freewheeling explorer, a wandering improviser.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "Whatever gets in the way of the work," wrote
poet Jason Shinder, "is the work." His counsel will serve as a good
reminder for you if you meet with obstacles in the coming days. If you
ever catch yourself thinking, "Damn! I'd be making such good progress if
it weren't for these inconvenient complications," consider the possibility
that the inconvenient complications aren't distractions, but rather crucial
clues; they're not pains in the assets, but medicinal prods that point the
way to the *real* opportunities.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Have you ever watched the TV show "The
Office"? If so, you may remember when Darryl from the warehouse was
going out with customer service rep Kelly. "You need to access your
uncrazy side," he told her at a turning point in their relationship.
"Otherwise, maybe this thing has run its course." I'd like to invite you to
do the same, Scorpio: Tap into, draw up to the surface, and abundantly
express your uncrazy side. I predict that you will have a whole lot of fun if
you do, thereby proving that you don't need to be marinating in chaos
and torment in order to experience high adventure.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The game you've been enmeshed in has
reached a sticking point, or soon will. I recommend that you call for a
suspension of action. If that's not possible, hide from the other players
for a while, or jokingly tell them you have to excuse yourself because it's
time for your regular bout of cleansing escapism. Then, during the break,
scour your brain free of clutter so you can gain a more dispassionate view
of your own strategy. I also suggest that you seek the advice of a smart
and impartial observer. If all goes well, you'll be able to return to the fray
refreshed within ten days.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Being scrupulously ethical can be taxing
and time-consuming. It involves high levels of ongoing self-examination,
which many people are too selfish and lazy to bother with. On the upside,
pursuing a path with integrity ultimately reduces one's suffering. It also
attracts the kind of assistance that is most likely to aid and abet one's
quest for liberation. As a bonus, it makes it unlikely that one will be a
cockroach in one's next incarnation. I'm bringing this up, Capricorn,
because I'm sensing that you're about to be tempted to be less than your
best self. Please don't succumb.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): "The only function of economic forecasting
is to make astrology look respectable," said renowned economist John
Kenneth Galbraith. If that's true, I'm doubling the damage to my dignity
by using astrological analysis to make an economic forecast in this
horoscope. But that's OK. My job is to report the raw truth as I see it, not
worry about my reputation or social status. And the raw truth as I see it
is that you are more likely than all the other signs of the zodiac to
prosper in 2010, even if the economy as a whole continues to limp along.
The next four weeks will be an ideal time to launch a master plan to take
advantage of this potential.
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HOMEWORK: Comment on this quote from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin:
"Plunge into matter. Plunge into God. By means of all created things,
without exception, the divine assails us, penetrates us and molds us. We
imagine it as distant and inaccessible, whereas in fact, we live steeped in
its burning layers." Write me 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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