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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
March 24, 2010
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New song: "You Taste Delicious": http://bit.ly/YouTasteDelicious
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Dear Earth-Shaking, Taboo-Breaking, Love-Erecting, Truth-Correcting,
Mind-Expanding, Justice-Demanding Connoisseurs of Beauty and Truth:
Lately I've been releasing songs from the soundtrack for my book,
*PRONOIA IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR PARANOIA.*
Here's a new one. It's called "You Taste Delicious," and you can access it
here:
http://bit.ly/YouTasteDelicious
There are two versions. The first is sung by the brilliant vocalist Adrienne
Shamszad. In the second, I do the lead vocals.
If you'd like to download the two previous releases from the soundtrack
for *PRONOIA,* go here:
Prayer for Us:
http://bit.ly/PrayerSong
Glory in the Highest
http://bit.ly/SongGlory
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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
The lyrics for the song I'm offering this week are drawn from the "love
letter to you" on page 102 of the book. Here they are:
YOU TASTE DELICIOUS
You taste delicious
Animals understand you
Your importance is unusual
The funny faces you make are interesting to look at
You fight for power in all the right ways
Ecstatic gratitude is pouring out of you
I see the best in you
Your divine attitude
You have strong feet and a pioneer heart
No one can overflow as well as you can
You are famous with God
You are famous with me
You are famous with the snakes and birds
and roses and pines
and oceans and earth and sky
A lost tribe salutes you from the other side of the veil
You remind me of a star
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
PRONOIA LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
These two magazines continue to be wellsprings of crafty optimism and
discerning hope and wild discipline:
Ode magazine
http://www.odemagazine.com
Yes magazine
http://www.yesmagazine.org
PRONOIA IS NOT JUST FOR COMFORTABLE WESTERNERS
Improving literacy in India with mobile phones
http://tinyurl.com/yc82xum
HAPPINESS MAY BE A SKILL YOU CAN CULTIVATE
10 Things Science Says Will Make You Happy
http://tinyurl.com/yjfgcrg
ACCUMULATING EVIDENCE FOR THE PRONOIAC REVOLUTION
Compendium of pronoia resources
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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"Our own life is the instrument with which we experiment with the truth."
- Thich Nhat Hanh
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning March 25
Copyright 2010 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
ARIES (March 21-April 19): All but one of our planet's mountain ranges
have been mapped: the Gamburtsev Mountains, which are buried under
2.5 miles of ice in Antarctica. Recent efforts to get a read on this craggy
landscape, aided by a network of seismic instruments, have revealed
some initial details about it, including its role in forming the East Antarctic
Ice Sheet. I recommend that you regard the Gamburtsevs as an iconic
metaphor in the coming months, Aries. They'll be an apt symbol for one
of your life's featured themes: the discovery and exploration of a massive
unknown territory that has been hidden from view.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It's my opinion that everyone has a duty to
periodically check in with themselves to make sure they still are who they
say they are. Over time, there's a tendency for all of us to fall into the
habit of believing our own hype. We get entranced by the persona we
project. We're tempted to keep capitalizing on our past accomplishments
in ways that lull us into complacency and give us unconscious permission
to stop growing. You, Taurus, are in no worse danger of doing this than
any of the rest of us. But the coming weeks will be an excellent time,
astrologically speaking, for you to do an intensive check-in.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The odds are higher than usual that you'll
encounter a future soul brother or soul sister in the coming weeks.
Potential allies are gravitating toward you, even if neither they nor you
are aware of it yet. You're also likely to brush up against a tribe or team
you could benefit from knowing more about. That's why I'm counseling
you to be extra open to meeting people you don't know. Talk to
strangers. Ask your friends to introduce you to their friends. And consider
the possibility of skipping over the customary social formalities so you
can reveal some of the core truths about who you are right from the
start.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Sci-fi author Neil Gaiman sometimes invites
his readers to get involved in his creative process. While working on the
story "Metamorpho," for example, he Twittered, "Trying to decide if
broccoli is funnier than kohlrabi in a list of vegetables." When a number of
fans suggested "rutabaga" instead, he took their suggestion. (Thanks to
*The New Yorker* for that report.) I'd like to borrow Gaiman's approach,
as you're entering a phase of your astrological cycle when you'll have
maximum power to shape your own destiny. So here's my question: What
accomplishment would you like your horoscope to say you will complete
by May 15? Email me at Truthrooster@gmail.com.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): From the 9th to the 15th century, the Khmer
empire thrived in what is now Cambodia. Its rulers were regarded as
deities who had privileges that common folk didn't have -- as well as
special responsibilities. For example, each god-king was expected,
according to custom, to engage in sexual relations with a sacred nine-
headed serpent every single night, whether he was in the mood or not.
(An actual human being usually served as a proxy for the magic snake.) I
suspect you may get an inkling of the god-king's double-edged situation
in the coming week, Leo. On the one hand, you're likely to be presented
with the possibility of experiencing uncommonly interesting pleasure. On
the other hand, there may be an obligatory quality to it -- a slightly
oppressive pressure that is fully blended with the bliss.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): According to the oracular priestess at the
ancient Greek shrine of Delphi, whom I consulted in my dream last night,
your code phrases for the week are "luminous shadow" and "hidden light."
That was the gist of her entire message; she didn't provide any more
practical clues. But here are some ways I might interpret her prophecy if I
were you: What dark place in your life might soon shine forth with a new
radiance? Or: What secret beauty is aching to be found? Or: What odd
asset have you been concealing for no good reason?
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MY OTHER HOROSCOPES
Factual information and reasonable thinking alone are not sufficient to
guide you through life's labyrinthine tests. You need and deserve regular
deliveries of uncanny revelation.
One of your inalienable rights as a human being should therefore be to
receive mysteriously useful omens on a regular basis. In this spirit, I offer
you the free weekly horoscopes you read here.
If you ever want more, and think it's worth paying for, try my EXPANDED
AUDIO HOROSCOPES. They're available here:
http://RealAstrology.com
You can also access them by phone:
1-877-873-4888
or
1-900-950-7700.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In my role as moral sentinel, I strongly urge you
not to watch "Telephone," the music video by Lady Gaga and Beyoncé. It
epitomizes everything that's crazy-making about our culture: brilliantly
executed, gorgeous to behold, and perversely seductive, even though its
subject matter is degrading, demoralizing, and devoid of meaning. In my
role as a kick-ass educator, however, I encourage you to watch the video
at least once. I think you'd benefit from seeing such an explicit
embodiment of the crazy-making pressures you'll be wise to avoid
exposing yourself to in the coming weeks. You can find it at
tinyurl.com/ycx6p34 or tinyurl.com/ycvkkdz.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): "Most of the time, life does not talk to you,"
writes Robert T. Kiyosaki in his book *Rich Dad, Poor Dad.* "It just sort of
pushes you around. Each push is life saying, 'Wake up. There's something
I want you to learn.'" Different people respond in different ways, Kiyosaki
says. "Some just let life push them around. Others get angry and push
back. But they push back against their boss, or their job, or their husband
or wife. They do not know it's life that's pushing." I'm here to tell you,
Scorpio, that what he says is particularly apropos for you right now. And I
hope that you will neither allow yourself to get pushed around nor blame
the wrong source for the push. Instead, make yourself available to learn
the lesson that life's nudging you to pay attention to.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): NASA scientist Richard Gross believes
that the recent 8.8 earthquake in Chile was so strong that it shifted the
planet's axis and shortened the length of the day. The amounts were
relatively small -- three inches and 1.26 microseconds -- but it was
enough to make "the Earth ring like a bell." I predict a somewhat
comparable seismic shift for you in the coming weeks. The main
difference is that yours will not be generated by a painful jolt but rather
by a breakthrough that's half smart and half lucky.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In a library in Warsaw, there is a 1,000+-
page memoir written by my great-great-great-great grandfather, Leon
Dembowski, a close advisor to the last king of Poland. Someday I'll make a
pilgrimage over there, photocopy that family heirloom, bring it back to
America, and have it translated into English. The task I envision for you in
the coming weeks, Capricorn, has a certain resemblance to mine. I think
you will have the chance to uncover a wealth of material about where you
came from, but it'll take a lot of footwork and reinterpretation.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): There's no need for you to get a t-shirt that
says, "Oh no, not another learning experience." According to my analysis
of the astrological omens, you are not about to have an embarrassing
stumble that could in retrospect be euphemistically referred to as a
"learning experience." On the contrary, the educational events you'll be
communing with will be pretty pleasurable, and will more closely resemble
a hop, skip, and a jump than a stumble.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I'm inclined to prophesy that in the days to
come, you may be able to read the minds of people whose actions are
critical to your success. I also suspect that you will know exactly what to
do in order to banish a minor health problem. I'm even tempted to believe
that when you gaze into the mirror you will be more intrigued than you've
been in a while. Have you ever heard a bird sing a song just for you? Did
you ever find a small treasure you assumed was lost forever?
Developments like those are in the works. There's only one catch: To get
the most out of this grace period, you will have to summon more faith in
yourself than you usually do.
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HOMEWORK: Listen to my blasphemously reverent "Prayer for Us." It's
here: bit.ly/PrayerforUs. Then create your own rowdy prayer. Let me
know what you come up with by going to http://FreeWillAstrology.com
and clicking 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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