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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
June 29, 2011
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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 2011
To hear my IN-DEPTH, LONG-TERM AUDIO FORECAST for YOUR LIFE
between now and January 2012, go here:
http://RealAstrology.com
Log in through the main page, and then click on the link "Long Term
Forecast for Second Half of 2011."
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What will be the story of your life during the rest of 2011?
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 28, 2011)."
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The piece below is excerpted from my book
*PRONOIA IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR PARANOIA*
available at Amazon: http://bit.ly/Pronoia
or Powells: http://bit.ly/PronoiaPowells
ECSTATIC STUDY GUIDE
Strategies for plying a chronic, low-key, blissful union with everything
you're not
1. Nothing primes your ecstatic skill better than invoking and expressing
thanks. So consider the possibility of celebrating regular Gratitude Fests.
During these orgies of appreciation, you could confer praise and respect
on the creatures, both human and otherwise, that have played seminal
roles in inspiring you to become yourself.
Who teaches and helps you? Who sees you for who you really are? Who
nudges you in the direction of your fuller destiny and awakens you to
your signature truths? Who loves you brilliantly?
2. Jungian analyst Arnold Mindell explores the relationship between mind
and body. He thinks you can achieve optimal physical health if you're
devoted to shedding outworn self-images. In his book The *Shaman's
Body,* he says, "You have one central lesson to learn -- to continuously
drop all your rigid identities. Personal history may be your greatest
danger."
Kate Bornstein, author of *Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest
of Us,* agrees. Raised as a boy, she later became a woman, but ultimately
renounced gender altogether. "I love being without an identity," she says.
"It gives me a lot of room to play around."
What identities would be healthy, even ecstatic, for you to lose? Describe
the fun you'd have if you were free of them.
3. I swear the strange woman standing near me at Los Angeles' Getty
Museum was having an erotic experience as she gazed upon van Gogh's
"Irises." She was not touching herself, nor was anyone else. But she was
apparently experiencing waves of convulsive delight, as suggested by her
rapid breathing, shivering muscles, fluttering eyelids, and sweaty
forehead.
Fifteen minutes later, I saw her again in front of Jean-Honoré Fragonard's
"The Fountain of Love." She was only slightly more composed. In a
friendly voice, I said, "This stuff really moves you, doesn't it?" "Oh, yeah,"
she replied, "I've not only learned how to make love with actual flowers
and clouds and fountains, I can even make love with paintings of them."
Do you have any interest in mastering the method in this maestro's
madness? Where will you begin?
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
STEP-BY-STEP, REASONABLE PEOPLE ARE TRIUMPHING
"Vermont is the first state in the nation to offer single-payer health care,
which eliminates the costly insurance companies that many believe are
the root cause of our spiraling health care costs."
http://tinyurl.com/3zt72ah
NOW EVEN MACHO DUDES ARE FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE
The San Francisco Giants posted its ''It Gets Better'' video on YouTube,
becoming the first professional sports team to join the online campaign
against gay bullying and homophobia.
http://tinyurl.com/3q65d3m
http://www.itgetsbetter.org
DUMBED-DOWN DEMAGOGUERY DECLINING IN POPULARITY
Jon Stewart's Ratings Are Now Higher Than All Of Fox News
http://tinyurl.com/3dcvpvr
HATE SPEECH LOSING FOLLOWERS
NPR's Morning Shows Are Bigger than Fox News and Rush Limbaugh
http://tinyurl.com/3gtayjx
(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 30
Copyright 2011 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
CANCER (June 21-July 22): A while back I asked my readers to propose a
new name for your astrological sign. "Cancer" has a bit of a negative
connotation, after all. Many people suggested "Dolphin" as a replacement,
which I like. But the two ideas that most captivated my imagination were
"Gateway" and "Fount." I probably won't be able to convince the
astrological community to permanently adopt either of these uplifting
designations, but I encourage you to try out them out to see how they
feel. This is a good time to experiment: For the next 12 months, you will
have substantial potential to embody the highest meanings of both
"Gateway" and "Fount."
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The year's half over, Leo. Let's talk about what
you want to make happen in the next six months. My analysis of the
astrological omens suggests that it'll be an excellent time to formulate a
long-term master plan and outline in detail what you will need to carry it
out. For inspiration, read this pep talk from philosopher Jonathan Zap: "An
extremely effective and grounded magical practice is to identify your big
dreams, the missions you really need to accomplish in this lifetime. The
test of a big dream comes from asking yourself, 'Will I remember this well
on my death bed?' If you have a big dream, you will probably find that to
accomplish it will require a minimum of two hours of devoted activity per
day."
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): "The passion to explore is at the heart of
being human," said Carl Sagan. "This impulse -- to go, to see, to know --
has found expression in every culture." But Steven Dutch, a professor at
the University of Wisconsin, disagrees. He says there've been lots of
societies that have had little interest in exploration. Africans never
discovered Madagascar or the Cape Verde archipelago, for example. Few
Asian cultures probed far and wide. During a thousand years of history,
ancient Romans ignored Russia, Scandinavia, and the Baltic, and made only
minimal forays to India and China. Where do you personally fit on the
scale of the human exploratory urge, Virgo? Regardless of what you've
done in the past, I bet you'll be on the move in the coming months. Your
hunger for novelty and unfamiliarity should be waxing.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the coming months, it's likely you will
experience more action than usual -- some of it quite expansive -- in your
astrological eighth house. Traditional astrologers call this the sphere of
sex, drugs, and rock and roll, but I refer to it as the realm of deep
connection, altered states of awareness, and lyrical interludes that
educate and enrich your emotional intelligence. Are you ready to have
your habit mind rewired, your certainties reworked, and your pleasures
reconfigured?
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I hope that in the first half of 2011 you have
been doing some devoted work on tidying up the messy old karma that
had been interfering with the free flow of grace into your intimate
relationships. If there's still work to be done on that noble task, throw
yourself into it now. The renaissance of togetherness is due to begin soon
and last for many months. You don't want any lingering ignorance, self-
deceit, or lack of compassion to gum it up.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In 1498, Leonardo da Vinci completed
one of his masterworks, the mural known as "The Last Supper." Nineteen
years later, the paint had begun to flake off, and by 1556 Leonardo's
biographer considered the whole thing to be "ruined." Over the centuries,
further deterioration occurred, even as many experts tried to restore and
repair it. The most recent reclamation project, finished in 1999, lasted
more than two decades. I hope that in the coming months, Sagittarius,
you will show a similar dedication to the high art of regeneration. Please
work long and hard on bringing vitality back into what has fallen into
decay or stagnancy.
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BRAINSTORM ABOUT THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE
with my Expanded Audio Horoscopes for the Second Half of 2011:
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 2011"
You can also listen to your short-term forecast for the coming week by
clicking on "This week (June 28, 2011)."
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In a horoscope last year, I asked you
Capricorns whether you ever obsessed on your longing to such a degree
that you missed opportunities to actually satisfy your longing. In
response, a reader named John G. sent me the following corrective
message: "We Capricorns comprehend the futility of too much
longing. We understand it can be a phantasm that gets in the way of real
accomplishment. It's like a telephone that keeps ringing somewhere but
can't be found. We don't waste energy on dreamy feelings that may or
may not be satisfied, since that energy is so much better funneled into
mastering the details that will bring us useful rewards." I'm here to tell
you, Capricorn, that the coming months will be an excellent time to make
use of the Capricornian capacities John G. describes.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): "Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you,"
sang Bob Marley. "You just gotta find the ones worth suffering for." How
are you doing on that score, Aquarius? Have you been discerning in
picking out allies whose value to you is so high that you're willing to deal
with their moments of unconsciousness? Have you created a family and
community that bless you far more than they drain you? The next ten
months will be an excellent time to concentrate on refining this part of
your life.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Any minute now, you might start learning at a
faster rate than you have since 2000. Any day now, you will be less bored
than you have been since 2006, and any week now you will be expressing
more spontaneity than you have since early 2010. Any month now,
Pisces, you will find yourself able to access more of your visionary
intelligence than you have since maybe 2007. What does it all mean? You
may not feel an amazing, spectacular, extraordinary degree of personal
unity tomorrow, but you will soon begin building toward that happy state.
By December I bet you'll be enjoying an unprecedented amount of it.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): When astronaut Buzz Aldrin flew to the moon
and back on the spacecraft Apollo 11 in 1969, he was paid less than $8 a
day. That has to stand as one of the most flagrant cases of underpaid
labor ever -- far worse than what you've had to endure in your storied
career. I suggest you keep Aldrin's story in mind during the next six
months as you meditate steadily on the future of your relationship with
making money. Hopefully it will help keep you in an amused and spacious
and philosophical frame of mind -- which is the best possible attitude to
have as you scheme and dream about your financial master plan for the
years ahead.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): After meditating on your astrological omens
for the rest of 2011, I've picked out the guiding words that best suit your
needs. They're from mythologist Joseph Campbell: "If you can see your
path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it's not your path.
Your own path you make with every step you take. That's why it's your
path." Now here's a corollary from Spanish poet Antonio Machado:
"Wanderer, your footsteps are the road, nothing more; there is no road --
you make the road by walking. Turning to look behind, you see the path
you will never travel again."
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Emma Goldman (1869-1940) was a
charismatic activist whose writing and speeches had a big impact on
leftist politics in the first half of the 20th century. Unlike some of her
fellow travelers, she wasn't a dour, dogmatic proselytizer. She
championed a kind of liberation that celebrated beauty and joy. "If I can't
dance, I don't want to be in your revolution," she is alleged to have told a
sourpuss colleague. As you contemplate the radical transformations you
might like to cultivate in your own sphere during the coming months,
Gemini, I suggest you adopt a similar attitude. Make sure your uprisings
include pleasurable, even humorous elements. Have some fun with your
metamorphoses.
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Homework: We're halfway through 2011. Testify about what you've
accomplished so far and what's left to do. Freewillastrology.com.
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