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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
July 20, 2011
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Big Picture horoscopes for 2011, which I wrote for you last December and
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The piece below is excerpted from my book
*PRONOIA IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR PARANOIA*
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1. Alice finds her way to Wonderland by falling down a rabbit hole.
Dorothy rides to Oz on a tornado. In C. S. Lewis's *The Lion, the Witch
and the Wardrobe.* Lucy stumbles into the magical land of Narnia via a
portal in the back of a large clothes cabinet.
In the sequels to all these adventures, however, the heroines must find
different ways to access their exotic dreamlands. Alice slips through a
mirror next time. Dorothy uses a Magic Belt. Lucy leaps into a painting of
a schooner that becomes real.
Take heed of these precedents. The next time a threshold opens into an
alternative reality or expansive vista you've enjoyed in the past, it may
not resemble the doorways you've used before.
2. "Keep exploring what it takes to be the opposite of who you are,"
suggests psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, author of the book
*Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention.* This
advice is one of his ideas about how to get into attunement with the Tao,
also known as being in the zone.
How would you go about being the opposite of who you are? Try it and
see if it drives you into a state of euphoria.
3. Check out this excerpt from "Those Who Do Not Dance," by Chilean
poet Gabriela Mistral: "God asked from on high, / 'How do I come down
from this blueness?' / We told Him: / come dance with us in the light."
I love this passage because it reminds me that nothing is ever set in
stone; everything is always up for grabs. Even God needs to be open to
change and eager for fresh truths. Furthermore, even we puny humans
may on occasion need to be God's teacher and helper. Likewise, we can
never be sure about what lowly or unexpected sources might bring us the
influences we require.
What do Mistral's words mean to you? Imagine you're the "God"
referenced in the poem. What blueness are you ready to come down
from, and who might invite you to dance in their light?
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through. When they do break up the monotony with something
lighthearted, it's always something pointless and inconsequential, like that
thing recently with the monkey that learned to fly a helicopter.
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the day, no less."
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning July 21
Copyright 2011 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): As I ponder your immediate future, I'm reminded
of a scene from the animated TV show *The Simpsons.* Here's the
situation: While visiting the home of a colleague, the superintendent of
schools is surprised to witness an anomalous outbreak of spectacular
light. "Aurora Borealis?" he exclaims. "At this time of year? At this time
of day? In this part of the country? Localized entirely within your
kitchen?" "Yes," replies the colleague. I suspect that you will soon enjoy a
metaphorically comparable visitation, Leo.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): My astrological colleague Antero Alli praises
the value of anxiety. He says that when you feel that unsettling emotion,
it's because you're experiencing more uncertainty than you like to -- and
that can be a good thing. It could mean you're about to experience the
fertility that comes from wading into the unknown. An outbreak of
novelty may be imminent, giving you the chance to welcome interesting
surprises into your life. In fact, says Alli, the anxiety that comes from
unpredictable mysteries may herald the arrival of an influx of creativity.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "The I Ching counsels that if we are associating
with others who are not our true peers," says astrologer Caroline Casey,
"our real allies cannot find us." Please apply this test to yourself, Libra. If,
after taking inventory, you find that your circle is largely composed of
cohorts and comrades who match your levels of vitality and intelligence,
that will be excellent news; it will signal an opportunity to begin working
on an upgraded version of your social life that will increase your access to
synergy and symbiosis even further. But if your survey reveals that you're
hanging out too much with people whose energy doesn't match yours, it
will be time for a metamorphosis.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): There's a lot of graffiti scrawled in a variety
of languages on St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. A fairly recent arrival
is a plea, in English, to resuscitate a defunct American TV sitcom. "God,
Bring back Arrested Development," the guerrilla prayer reads. According
to my reading of the astrological omens, Scorpio, now would be a good
time for you to be equally cheeky in promoting one of your pet causes.
Consider the possibility of taking your case to a higher authority. To fight
for what's right, you may have to make your mark in a place whose
sphere of influence is bigger than yours.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Do you stare for hours every day into
little screens like those on smart phones, computer monitors, and TVs? If
so, I recommend that you tear your gaze away from them more than
usual in the coming week. A change in your brain chemistry needs to
happen, and one good way to accomplish it will be to feast your eyes on
vast panoramas and expansive natural scenes. Doing so will invigorate
your thinking about the design and contours of your own destiny, and
that would be in sweet alignment with the astrological omens. So catch
regular views of the big picture, Sagittarius. Treat clouds and birds and
stars as if they were restorative messages from the wide-open future.
Gaze lovingly at the big sky.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A Facebook friend posted a quote by
seminal psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud: "Being entirely honest with oneself
is a worthwhile exercise." In response, another Facebooker named Dean
Robinson disagreed: "Oh, I say let yourself have a little denial, and touch
base with reality on a need-to-know basis." Another respondent named
Paulie Cerra took that sentiment one step further: "Reality and I have an
understanding. I don't mess with it and it doesn't mess with me." Which
of those three approaches are you inclined to pursue, Capricorn? In light
of the current astrological omens, I suggest you try the first one for at
least the next two weeks.
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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 in this newsletter.
If you ever want more, and think it's worth paying for, try my daily text
message 'scopes or my expanded audio 'scopes.
Go here to access them:
http://RealAstrology.com
The weekly forecasts are also available by phone:
1-877-873-4888
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You really need to tell your stories. It's not
just a good idea; it's downright urgent. There's a backlog of unexpressed
narratives clogging up your depths. It's like you have become too big of a
secret to the world. The unvented pressure is building up, threatening to
implode. So please find a graceful way to share the narratives that are
smoldering inside you -- with the emphasis on the word "graceful." I don't
want your tales to suddenly erupt like a volcano all over everything at the
wrong time and place. You need a receptive audience and the proper
setting.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Piscean actor Javier Bardem said this to
*Parade* magazine: "I don't know if I'll get to heaven. I'm a bad boy.
Heaven must be nice, but is it too boring? Maybe you can get an
apartment there and then go to hell for the weekends." I caution all you
other Pisceans against pursuing this line of thought in the coming weeks.
You may imagine that you can get away with sneaking away to hell for
just a couple of days a week, but I don't share that optimism. My advice is
to rack your brains to drum up as much adventure as possible in safety
zones and sanctuaries where you know for sure you'll stay healthy and
sane.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): I dreamed you were in a cake store. Every
delicious kind of cake you could imagine was there: carrot cake,
strawberry cheesecake, gooey butter cake, rich chocolate cake with four
layers of cherries and whipped cream, birthday cakes that must have been
baked in paradise. Sadly, there was a problem: You weren't allowed to buy
anything, even though you had enough money. A big sign on the wall said,
simply, "Absolutely no cakes available for Aries." What do you think my
dream means? More importantly, what are you going to do about the
situation? I suggest that in my next dream, you get a friend to buy a cake
for you. Either that, or go to a different cake store. One way or another,
the astrological omens say it's high time for you get the cake you want.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Fill in the blanks, Taurus. Don't let the blanks
remain vacant and barren any longer. Don't allow them to keep screaming
at you with their accusatory silence. Just fill in the freaking blanks with
whatever you've got to fill them with -- with your best guesses, with
borrowed mojo, with any miscellaneous material you have at hand. I
realize you may be tempted to wait around for a supposedly more ideal
moment. But I'm here to tell you that this is as ideal as it gets. So please
express the hell out of yourself in the empty spaces, my dear; create
yourself anew in the void -- however improvisational or inexact it might
feel.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): "Do you know how to resolve an unresolvable
paradox?" asked a Facebook friend named Pi. He answered his own
question: "You figure out the 'error' in the initial premise or assumption."
And that's my prescription for you this week, Gemini. Do not be tempted
to bang your head against the wall so as to shake loose a non-existent
answer to the wrong question. Instead, stop yourself in the middle of your
angst and think: "What would be a more productive way to formulate the
riddle I need to untangle?"
CANCER (June 21-July 22): An innovative job-seeker named Travis
Broyles put an ad on Craigslist in Atlanta. Among the tasks he said he
would perform for money were the following: draw your face on a balloon;
email you a list of 250 things he likes about you; build you a cardboard
car and make vroom-vroom sounds while you drive it; change his political
leanings; rename your Pokemon; or provide you with star treatment for a
month, hiding in the bushes like a paparazzi and taking candid photos of
you. I recommend that you come up with your own version of a list like
this, Cancerian. It will help stimulate your imagination about what gifts
you have to offer the world, which is exactly what the astrological omens
are suggesting.
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Homework: Don't get back to where you once belonged. Go forward to
where you've got to belong in the future. Testify at
Freewillastrology.com.
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