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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
June 23, 2010
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WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE AHEAD FOR YOU in the next six months?
EXPLORE THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE
with my Expanded Audio Horoscopes for the Second Half of 2010
To hear my IN-DEPTH, LONG-TERM AUDIO FORECAST for YOUR LIFE
between now and January 2011, go here:
http://RealAstrology.com
Log in through the main page, and then click on the link "Long Term
Forecast for Second Half of 2010."
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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 high-octane 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.
The horoscopes cost $6 apiece. Discounts are available for multiple
purchases.
You can also listen to your short-term forecast for the coming week by
clicking on "This week (June 22, 2010)."
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To see a prettier version of this newsletter, go here:
http://bit.ly/FWA6-23
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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
and also at Powells:
http://bit.ly/PronoiaPowells
Here's an excerpt:
I'M A STAR, YOU'RE A STAR
(To read the entirety of this feature, go here: http://bit.ly/YouStarYou)
You're a star -- and so am I. I'm a genius -- and so are you. Your success
encourages my brilliance, and my charisma enhances your power. Your
victory doesn't require my defeat, and vice versa.
Those are the rules in the New World -- quite unlike the rules in the Old
World, where zero-sum games are the norm, and only one of us can win
each time we play.
In the New World, you don't have to tone down or apologize for your
prowess, because you love it when other people shine. You exult in your
own excellence without regarding it as a sign of inherent superiority. As
you ripen more and more of your latent aptitude, you inspire the rest of
us to claim our own idiosyncratic magnificence.
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Tibetan Buddhist teacher Geshe Chekawa (1220–1295) specialized in
bodhicitta, seeking enlightenment not for personal gain but as a way to
serve others. On his deathbed, he prayed to be sent to hell so that he
might alleviate the suffering of the lost souls there.
As you explore pronoia, you will discover that like Chekawa, you have a
huge capacity to help people. Unlike him, you'll find that expressing your
benevolence doesn't require you to go to hell. It may even be
unnecessary for you to sacrifice your own joy or to practice self-denial.
Just the opposite:_Being in service to humanity and celebrating your
unique power will be synergistic. They will need each other to thrive.
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The Golden Rule is a decent ethical principle, but it could be even better.
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" presumes that
others enjoy what you enjoy. But that's wrong. There are many things
you'd like to have done unto you that others would either despise or be
bored by. Here's a new, improved formulation, which we call the Platinum
Rule: Do unto others as they would like to have you do unto them.
Using this improved formula is not just a virtuous way to live, but is also
the best way to ensure the success of your selfish goals. The rituals and
spells of various occult orders purport to be supercharged techniques for
imposing your personal will on the chaotic flow of events, but I say that
practicing the Platinum Rule outstrips all of them as an exercise to
enhance your potency and happiness.
TO READ THE REST OF "I'M A STAR, YOU'RE A STAR," go here:
http://bit.ly/YouStarYou
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
EVEN SOME OF THE BAD GUYS ARE STARTING TO GET GOOD
The second-tallest building in New York is also its greenest.
http://tinyurl.com/2fzh45r
THIS MAY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT SENTENCE IN THE UNIVERSE
Listen to strangers say "I love you" and see how it makes you feel.
http://tinyurl.com/ltzyca
PEOPLE YOU DON'T KNOW ARE WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES TO HELP
THE WORLD
A breakthrough cure for ebola has implications for curing other viruses.
http://tinyurl.com/2eoxtc7
(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 24
Copyright 2010 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Here are the low-paying jobs I've done that I
wasn't very good at: tapping sap from maple trees in Vermont; driving a
taxi in North Carolina; toiling as an amusement park ride operator in New
Jersey; being a guinea pig for medical experiments in California; digging
ditches in South Carolina; and picking olives from trees in the south of
France. Do I feel like a failure for being such a mediocre worker and
making so little money? No, because although it took me a while, I finally
found jobs I was good at, and have been thriving ever since. Why would I
judge myself harshly for having trouble doing things that weren't in sync
with my soul's code? Please apply this line of thinking to yourself.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Each year, *Playboy* magazine publishes a list of
the best colleges to go to if you prefer partying to studying. In its recent
rankings, a top spot went to the University of Wisconsin, which was
dubbed "the best beer-drinking school in the country." As a counterpoint
to this helpful information, HuffingtonPost.com offered a compendium of
the best anti-party schools. Brigham Young got favorable mention since it
has a policy forbidding students from drinking, smoking, and having sex.
The University of Chicago was also highly regarded, being "the place
where fun goes to die." For the next three weeks, Leo, I recommend that
you opt for environments that resemble the latter more than the former.
It's time for you to get way down to business, cull the activities that
distract you from your main purpose, and cultivate a hell of a lot of
gravitas.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You're entering a phase of your long-term
cycle when cultivating abundance is an especially smart thing to do. To
take maximum advantage, I suggest that you be both extra generous and
extra receptive to generosity. Bestow more blessings than usual and put
yourself in prime positions to gather in more blessings than usual. I realize
that the second half of this assignment might be a challenge. You Virgos
often feel more comfortable giving than receiving. But in this case, I must
insist that you attend to both equally. The giving part won't work quite
right unless the receiving part is in full bloom.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): What have you lost in recent months, Libra?
This week begins a phase when you will have the potential to not exactly
recover it, but rather to re-create it on a higher level. Maybe a dream that
seemed to unravel was simply undergoing a reconfiguration, and now
you're primed to give it a new and better form of expression. Maybe a
relationship that went astray was merely dying so it could get
resurrected, with more honesty and flexibility this time around.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I'm guessing that you've been ushered into a
frontier that affords you no recognizable power spot. It probably feels
uncomfortable, like you've lost the inside track. And now along comes
some wise guy -- me -- who advises you in his little horoscope column
that you are exactly where you need to be. He says that this wandering
outside the magic circle is pregnant with possibilities that could help you
make better use of the magic circle when you get back inside at a later
date. I hope you will heed this wise guy and, at least for the moment,
resist the temptation to force yourself back into the heart of the action.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): There used to be a tradition in Sweden
that young women could dream of the person they would ultimately wed
if they put seven kinds of flowers beneath their pillows on Midsummer's
Eve. That's crazy nonsense, of course. Right? Probably. Although I must
note that two nights ago I placed a gladiolus, hydrangea, lilac, orchid,
snapdragon, tulip, and rose under my pillow, and subsequently dreamed of
being visited by the lily-crowned Goddess of Intimacy, who asked me to
convey a message to you Sagittarians. She said that if you even just
imagine slipping seven flowers under your pillow, you will have a dream
about what you should do in order to help your love life evolve to the
next stage of its highest potential.
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BRAINSTORM ABOUT THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE
with my Expanded Audio Horoscopes for the Second Half of 2010:
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?
Go here:
http://RealAstrology.com
Log in and click on the link
"Long Term Forecast for Second Half of 2010"
You can also listen to your short-term forecast for the coming week by
clicking on "This week (June 22, 2010)."
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Have you ripened into such a
knowledgeable, sophisticated person that you're hard to surprise? Do you
draw conclusions about each new experience by comparing it to what has
happened to you in the past? I hope not. I hope you're ready to be a
wide-eyed, open-armed, wild-hearted explorer. I hope you will invite life to
blow your mind. In the days to come, your strongest stance will be that of
an innocent virgin who anticipates an interesting future. Blessings you
can't imagine will visit you if you'll excuse yourself from outdated
expectations and irrelevant complications.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The notorious Wicked Bible was published in
1631. That wasn't its original name. It was supposed to be as holy as
every Bible. But it contained an error that slipped by the proofreaders'
notice: In the book of Exodus, where the Ten Commandments were listed,
the word "not" was excluded from one commandment. What remained, an
insult to pious eyes, was "Thou shall commit adultery." Most of these
books were later burned, and the publisher was punished. Be on the
lookout for a comparable flap, Aquarius: a small omission that could
change the meaning of everything. Ideally, you'll spot the error and fix it
before it spawns a brouhaha.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The plant known as the squirting cucumber
has an unusual talent: When the fruit is ripe, it opens up and spits out a
rapid-fire stream of seeds that travels a great distance. In the coming
weeks, Pisces, you'll have resemblances to this aggressive fructifier. It'll
be prime time to be proactive about spreading your influence and offering
your special gifts. The world is begging you to share your creative spirit,
preferably with rapid-fire spurts that travel a great distance.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): A few years ago, a group of artists built a
giant bunny out of pink wool on an Italian mountainside. The 200-foot-
long effigy will remain there until 2025. There's a disturbing aspect to
this seemingly goofy artifact, however: It has a wound in its side where its
guts are spilling out. That's why I don't recommend that you travel there
and commune with it. According to my reading of the astrological omens,
you would definitely benefit from crawling into a fetal position and
sucking your thumb while lying in the comfy embrace of a humongous
mommy substitute. But you shouldn't tolerate any tricks or jokes that
might limit your ability to sink into total peace and relaxation.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In 1998, I spent three weeks reading *The
Psychoanalysis of Fire* and *The Poetics of Reverie,* two books by French
philosopher Gaston Bachelard. His teachings were so evocative that I filled
up two 120-page journals with my notes. To this day, I still refer to them,
continuing to draw fresh inspiration from ideas I wasn't ripe enough to
fully understand when I first encountered them. You're entering a phase
of your astrological cycle when a similar event could happen for you,
Taurus: a supercharged educational opportunity that will fuel you for a
long time.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Congrats, Gemini! You have not only weathered
your recent phase of relentless novelty; you've thrived on the
adjustments it demanded of you. I am hereby awarding you with the rare
and prestigious title of Change-Lover, which I only bestow upon one of
the signs of the zodiac every four years or so. So what's next on the
schedule? The shock of the new will soon subside, giving you a chance to
more fully integrate the fresh approaches you've been adopting. I suggest
you relax your hyper-vigilance and slip into a slower, smoother, more
reflective groove.
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HOMEWORK: This week is my birthday. The best gift you could give me is
to treat yourself to an experience you think I'd like. Tell me about 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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