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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
June 16, 2010
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EXPLORE THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE
with my MID-YEAR AUDIO PREVIEW of YOUR DESTINY for the REST of
2010
http://RealAstrology.com
This week my Expanded Audio Horoscopes explore themes that I think will
be important for you during the next six months.
What areas of your life are likely to receive unexpected assistance and
divine inspiration?
Where are you likely to find most success?
How can you best cooperate with the cosmic rhythms?
What questions should you be asking?
Tune in.
To listen to my IN-DEPTH, LONG-TERM AUDIO FORECAST for YOUR LIFE
during the next six months, go here:
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Or for phone access, call:
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The Expanded Audio horoscopes cost $6 apiece if you access them on
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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
Here's an excerpt:
EVIL IS BORING
To read the entire text of this piece, go here:
http://bit.ly/EvilisBoring
To hear a shorter audio version, go here:
http://bit.ly/EvilNeedsYawns
When an old tree in the rain forest dies and topples over, it takes a long
time to decompose. As it does, it becomes host to new saplings that use
the decaying log for nourishment.
Picture yourself sitting in the forest gazing upon this scene. How do you
describe it? Would you dwell on the putrefaction of the fallen tree while
ignoring the fresh life sprouting out of it? If you did, you'd be imitating
the perspective of many modern storytellers, especially the journalists
and novelists and filmmakers and producers of TV dramas. They devoutly
believe that tales of affliction and mayhem and corruption and tragedy
are inherently more interesting than tales of triumph and liberation and
pleasure and ingenuity.
Using the juggernaut of the media and entertainment industries, they
relentlessly propagate this covert dogma. It's not sufficiently profound or
well thought out to be called nihilism. Pop nihilism is a more accurate
term. The mass audience is the victim of this inane ugliness, brainwashed
by a multibillion-dollar propaganda machine that in comparison makes
Himmler's vaunted soul-stealing apparatus look like a child's backyard
puppet show. This is the engine of the phenomena I call the global
genocide of the imagination.
At the Beauty and Truth Lab, we believe that stories about the rot are
not inherently more captivating than stories about the splendor. On the
contrary, given how predictable and ubiquitous they are, stories about the
rot are actually quite dull. Obsessing on evil is boring. Rousing fear is a
hackneyed shtick. Wallowing in despair is a bad habit. Indulging in cynicism
is akin to committing a copycat crime.
To read the rest of "EVIL IS BORING," go here: http://bit.ly/EvilisBoring
To hear the audio version:
http://bit.ly/EvilNeedsYawns
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
NOT EVERYONE WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR MONEY
A land owner who could have become one of Australia's richest men
gifted his land -- worth billions of dollars because of its uranium deposits -
- to a national park instead of a mining company
http://tinyurl.com/32dvfss
PRONOIAC TRANSFORMATION HAPPENS STEP BY STEP
Shopping malls are being repurposed as farms.
http://tinyurl.com/2a9a3pt
THE CONCEPT OF PRONOIA IS AT LEAST 4,000 YEARS OLD
"Lila" is the Sanskrit word for "cosmic play." The philosophy behind it
describes the entire universe as arising from the joyous love play and
creative adventures of the Divine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lila
(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 June 17
Copyright 2010 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
CANCER (June 21-July 22): In 1965, two Russian cosmonauts orbited the
Earth in the Voskhod 2 spacecraft. Due to equipment problems, they had
to land the vehicle manually. Instead of hitting the target area, they
mistakenly set down in rugged mountainous country covered with deep
snow. While they waited overnight inside their capsule, wolves gathered
outside, howling and pacing. But the next day their recovery team
reached them and scared off the hungry predators. Soon they were safely
on their way back home. Let this little tale be an inspiration to you,
Cancerian, as you come in for your landing. Even though you may not end
up quite where you intended, there'll be a happy ending as long as you
wait for your allies to be ready for you and you don't try to rush your re-
integration.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The ancient Greek philosopher Plato advocated
the use of dogs in courtrooms. He thought that canines were expert lie
detectors; that they always knew when deceit was in the air. I suspect
you'll display a similar talent in the coming days, Leo. You will have a sixth
sense about when the truth is being sacrificed for expediency, or when
delusions are masquerading as reasonable explanations, or when the ego's
obsessions are distorting the hell out of the soul's authentic
understandings. Harness that raw stuff, please. Use it discreetly,
surgically, and with compassion.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): If you've been aligned with cosmic rhythms
these past few weeks, Virgo, you've been rising higher and feeling bolder.
You've taken a stand on issues about which you had previously been a bit
weak and cowardly. You have been able to articulate elusive or difficult
truths in graceful ways that haven't caused too terrible a ruckus. Your
next challenge is to rally the troops. The group that means the most to
you is in need of your motivational fervor. I suggest that you think deeply
about how to cultivate more dynamic relationships among all the parts,
thereby energizing the whole.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "Human beings are in a state of creativity 24
hours a day," wrote Raoul Vaneigem in his book *The Revolution of
Everyday Life.* "People usually associate creativity with works of art, but
what are works of art alongside the creative energy displayed by
everyone a thousand times a day?" I say "amen" to that. All of us are
constantly generating fresh ideas, novel feelings, unexpected perceptions,
and pressing intentions. We are founts of restless originality. But whether
we use our enormous power constructively is another question. Typically,
a lot of the stuff we spawn is less than brilliant and useful. Having said
that, I'm pleased to announce that you're entering a phase when you have
the potential to create far more interesting and useful things than usual --
longer lasting, too.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If you have been engaged in any S&M
scenario, even metaphorically, now would be a good time to quit it.
Whether you're the person who's whipping or being whipped, the
connection is no longer serving any worthy purpose. The good news is
that freeing yourself from compromising entanglements will make you
fully available to explore new frontiers in collaboration. You will also be
blessed with an influx of intuition about how to reconfigure bonds that
have become blah and boring. And what if you're not currently involved in
any S&M scenario? Congrats! Your assignment is to transform one of your
pretty good relationships into a supercharged union that's capable of
generating life-changing magic.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I wouldn't say that things are about to
get darker for you. But they're definitely going to get deeper and damper
and more complicated. I don't expect there to be any confrontations with
evil or encounters with nasty messes, but you may slip down a rabbit hole
into a twilight region where all the creatures speak in riddles and nothing
is as it seems. And yet that's the best possible place for you to gain new
insight about the big questions that so desperately need more clarity. If
you can manage to hold your own in the midst of the dream-like
adventures, you'll be blessed with a key to relieving one of your long-
running frustrations.
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WHAT'S TO COME?
BRAINSTORM ABOUT THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE
with my Expanded Audio Horoscopes for the Second Half of 2010:
http://RealAstrology.com
What will be the story of your life during the rest of 2010? How can you
exert your free will to create the adventures that'll bring out the best in
you, even as you find graceful ways to cooperate with the tides of
destiny?
If you'd like a boost of inspiration to fuel you in your quest for beauty and
truth and love and justice and meaning, tune in to my meditations on your
long-term outlook.
Go here:
http://RealAstrology.com
Or for phone access, call:
1-877-873-4888
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The eulachon is a fish that lives off the
Pacific Coast of North America. Its fat content is so high that the Chinook
Indians used to dry it, thread it with a wick, and employ it as a candle. The
stink was bad, but the light was good. Remind you of anything in your life
right now, Capricorn? Something that provides a steady flow of
illumination, even if it is a bit annoying or inconvenient? I say, treasure it
for what it is and accept it for what it isn't.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): When I was growing up in Michigan, playing
in the snow was a great joy. As much as I loved the arrival of each new
spring, I endured a mourning period as the ground's last patch of dirty
sleet melted. Once in late March, though, I talked my mom into letting me
store five snowballs in the freezer. It wasn't until my birthday in late June
that I retrieved the precious artifacts. I was slightly disappointed to find
they had become more like iceballs than snowballs. On the other hand,
their symbolism was deeply gratifying. I'd managed to invoke the tangible
presence of winter fun in the summertime. I urge you to attempt a
comparable alchemy, Aquarius. Figure out how to take a happiness you
have felt in another context and transpose it into where you are right
now.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): "Even Norah Jones got bored with Norah
Jones," wrote critic Aidin Vaziri in his review of her recent concert in San
Francisco. For years she has tranquilized us with her safe, soothing music,
he said, but not any more. It was like she was fresh from a "makeover
reality show." Her new stuff, which included an "indie-rock jolt" and quasi-
psychedelic riffs, exuded grit and defiance and weirdness. Norah Jones is
your role model for the next couple of weeks, Pisces. If there have been
any ways in which you've been boring yourself, it's prime time to
scramble the code.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Istanbul is the world's only mega-city that
spans two continents. Many Turkish commuters take the 15-minute ferry
ride across the Bosphorus Strait, traveling from their suburban homes in
Asia to the urban sprawl in Europe. I'm seeing a comparable journey for
you, Aries: a transition that happens casually and quickly, but that moves
you from one world to another. Prepare yourself, please. Just because it
unfolds relatively easily and benevolently doesn't mean you should be
nonchalant about the adjustments it will require you to make.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): When you want to get rid of a weed that's
impinging on the autonomy of your growing tomato plant, you don't just
tear away its stalk and leaves; you yank it out by the roots. That's the
approach I urge you to take with the saboteur that has inserted itself into
your otherwise thriving patch of heaven. There's no need to express
hatred or rage. In fact, it's better to be lucid and neutral as you
thoroughly remove the invasive influence and assert your right to care for
what you love.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): A lot of people never got the mothering they
needed in order to grow up into the confident, secure lovers of life they
have the potential to become. But even greater numbers suffer from a
lack of smart fathering. And that happens to be the deprivation that's
most important for you Geminis to address right now. If there was
anything missing in the guidance and mentoring you got from your actual
daddy, I urge you to brainstorm about how you could make up for it in the
coming months. For starters, here's one idea: Is there any father figure
out there who could inspire you to become more of your own father
figure?
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HOMEWORK: Chant this string of magic words five times a day as you
visualize yourself feeling happy: "Bravo Viva Whoopee Eureka Hallelujah
Abracadabra." Report results to 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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