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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
October 5, 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
YOU ARE A DISSEMINATOR OF PRONOIA
All of creation loves you very much.
Even now, secret and not-so-secret allies are cooking up mysteries that
will excite you and incite you for years to come.
Even now, the Earth, moon, and sun are collaborating to make sure you
have all you need to make your next smart move.
But here's the loaded question: Are you willing to start loving life back
with an equal intensity? The adoration it offers you has not exactly been
unrequited, but there is room for you to be more demonstrative.
Half of the art of pronoia is about being improvisationally receptive to
life's elaborate scheme to shower you with blessings. The other half is
about learning to be a co-conspirator who assists life in doling out
blessings -- to help everyone else get exactly what they need, exactly
when they need it.
Visualize yourself being able to recognize the raw truth about the people
you care about. Imagine that you can see how they already embody the
beauty their souls' codes have promised as well as how they still fall short
of embodying that beauty.
Picture yourself being able to make them feel appreciated even as you
inspire them to risk changes that will activate more of their souls' codes.
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The excerpt below is from my book
*THE TELEVISIONARY ORACLE*
available at Amazon: http://bit.ly/Televisionary
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Think globally,
but act locally.
Plan for the future,
but act in the present.
Dream of all the masterpieces you'd be thrilled to create,
but work on just one at a time.
Lust for every enticing soul you see,
but only make love to the imperfect beauty you're actually with.
Allow yourself to tune in
to every last feeling that bubbles up from your subconscious,
but understand that only a very few of these feelings
need to be expressed.
Be passionately attuned
to all the injustices and hypocrisies you see around you,
but be selective when choosing which of those you will actually fight,
and fight them with cheerful life-affirming zeal,
not bitter, resentful chagrin.
Homework
Write an essay on at least two of the following topics:
1. "How I Used My Nightmares to Become Smart and Strong"
2. "How I Exploited My Problems to Become a Spiritual Freedom Fighter"
3. "How I Fed and Fed and Fed My Monsters Until They Ate Themselves to
Death"
4. "How I Turned Envy, Frustration, and Smoldering Anger into Generosity,
Compassion, and Fiery Success"
5. "Why Perfection Sux"
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
DESPITE ALL THE DELUSIONAL PROPAGANDA YOU HEAR, THE FACT IS
THE HUMAN RACE IS BECOMING LESS VIOLENT
*The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined* by Steven
Pinker
"Many people think we live in the most violent age ever. But this book
shows the opposite is true: violence has been diminishing for millennia. For
most of history, war, slavery, infanticide, child abuse, pogroms, gruesome
punishments, and genocide were ordinary features of life. But today,
these have all dwindled and are widely condemned."
http://tinyurl.com/3l8x39f
LIFE GETS A BIT MORE BEAUTIFUL FOR PERU'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
A new law recognizing the land ownership rights of Peru's native
inhabitants sets an important regional precedent.
http://tinyurl.com/4xn4sam
YOUR MINIMUM DAILY REQUIREMENT OF BEAUTY
I dare you to gaze at an aurora and tell me that life sucks.
http://tinyurl.com/4yauloy
(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 October 6
Copyright 2011 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The Jet Propulsion Laboratory landed two
robotic vehicles on Mars in 2004. They were expected to explore the
planet and send back information for 90 days. But the rover named Spirit
kept working for over six years, and its companion, Opportunity, is still
operational. The astrological omens suggest that any carefully prepared
project you launch in the coming weeks could achieve that kind of staying
power, Libra. So take maximum advantage of the vast potential you have
available. Don't scrimp on the love and intelligence you put into your labor
of love.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): "I don't want to play the part of the mythical
phoenix again," my Scorpio friend Kelly has been moaning as she prepares
for her latest trial by fire. "I've burned myself to the ground and risen
reborn out of the ashes two times this year already. Why can't someone
else take a turn for a change?" While I empathized, I thought it was my
duty to tell her what I consider to be the truth: More than any other sign
of the zodiac, you Scorpios have supreme skills in the art of metaphorical
self-immolation and regeneration. You're better able to endure the ordeal,
too. Besides, part of you actually enjoys the heroic drama and the baby-
fresh feelings that come over you as you reanimate yourself from the
soot and cinders. Ready for another go?
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): When she was seven years old, my
daughter Zoe created a cartoon panel with colored pens. It showed an
orange-haired girl bending down to tend to three orange flowers. High
overhead was an orange five-pointed star. The girl was saying, "I think it
would be fun being a star," while the star mused, "I think it would be
great to be a girl." I urge you to create your own version of this cartoon,
Sagittarius. Put a picture of yourself where the girl was in Zoe's rendering.
Getting your imagination to work in this way will put you in the right
frame of mind to notice and take advantage of the opportunities that life
will bring you. Here's your mantra, an ancient formula the mystics
espouse: "As above, so below."
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Years ago, I discovered I was eligible to
join MENSA, an organization for people with high IQs. Since I'd never
gotten any awards, plaques, or badges, I thought I'd indulge in this little
sin of pride. Not too long after I signed up, however, I felt like an idiot for
doing it. Whenever I told someone I belonged to MENSA, I felt sheepish
about seeming to imply that I was extra smart. Eventually I resigned from
the so-called genius club. But then I descended into deeper egomania -- I
started bragging about how I had quit MENSA because I didn't want to
come off like an egotist. How egotistical was that? Please avoid this type
of unseemly behavior in the coming week, Capricorn. Be authentically
humble, not fake like me. It'll be important for your success.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Right now you have license to make pretty
much everything bigger and funnier and wickeder. Good fortune is likely
to flow your way as you seek out experiences that are extra interesting
and colorful and thought-provoking. This is no time for you to be shy
about asking for what you want or timid about stirring up adventure. Be
louder and prouder than usual. Be bolder and brighter, nosier and cozier,
weirder and more whimsical. The world needs your very best
idiosyncrasies and eccentricities!
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): There is a slight chance the following scenario
will soon come to pass: A psychic will reveal that you have a mutant liver
that can actually thrive on alcohol, and you will then get drunk on
absinthe every day for two weeks, and by the end of this grace period,
you will have been freed of 55 percent of the lingering guilt you've carried
around for years, plus you will care 40 percent less about what people
think of you. Extra bonus: You'll feel like a wise rookie who's ready to
learn all about intimacy as if you were just diving into it for the first time.
But get this, Pisces: There's an even greater chance that these same
developments will unfold very naturally -- without the psychic, without
the prediction about a mutant liver, and without the nonstop
drunkenness.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): "Do unto others as they wish," advised French
artist Marcel Duchamp, "but with imagination." I recommend that
approach to you, Aries. You're in a phase of your astrological cycle when
you can create good fortune for yourself by tuning into the needs and
cravings of others, and then satisfying those needs and cravings in your
own inimitable and unpredictable ways. Don't just give the people you
care about the mirror image of what they ask for; give them a funhouse
mirror image that reflects your playful tinkering.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Winner of the American Book Award in 1963,
William Stafford wrote thousands of poems. The raw materials for his
often-beautiful creations were the fragments and debris of his daily
rhythm. "I have woven a parachute out of everything broken," he said in
describing his life's work. You are now in a phase when you could achieve
a comparable feat, Taurus. You have the power to turn dross into
sweetness, refuse into treasure, loss into gain.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Is there something you've always wanted to
create but have not gotten around to creating? Now would be an
excellent time to finally get that project off the ground. Is there any role
you have fantasized about taking on but have never actually sought out?
Now would be a perfect moment to initiate an attempt. Is there any big
mysterious deal you've thought about connecting with but never have?
Any profound question you've longed to pose but didn't? Any heart-
expanding message you've wanted to deliver but couldn't bring yourself
to? You know what to do.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): The experiences you're flirting with seem to
be revivals of long-forgotten themes. You're trying to recover and
reinvigorate stuff that was abandoned or neglected way back when.
You're dipping into the past to salvage defunct resources, hoping to find
new applications for them. To illustrate the spirit of what you're doing,
I've resurrected some obsolete words I found in an 18th-century
dictionary. Try sprinkling them into your conversations; make them come
alive again. "Euneirophrenia" means "peace of mind after a sweet dream."
The definition of "neanimorphic" is "looking younger than one's true age."
"Gloze" is when you speak soothing or flattering words in order to
persuade. "Illapse" means the gradual or gentle entrance of one thing into
another.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): An old Egyptian saying declares that "the
difference between a truth and a lie weighs no more than a feather." I
suspect that your upcoming experiences will vividly demonstrate the
accuracy of that statement. There will be a very fine line between
delusional nonsense and helpful wisdom . . . between colorful but
misleading BS and articulate, provocative analysis . . . between interesting
but irrelevant fantasies and cogent, evidence-based prognostications.
Which side will you be on, Leo? To increase your chances of getting it
right, be a stickler for telling yourself the heart-strong truth.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): What's the most practical method of acquiring
wealth? One out of every five Americans believes that it's by playing the
lottery. While it is true, Virgo, that you now have a slightly elevated
chance of guessing the winning numbers in games of chance -- the odds
are only 90 million to one instead of 100 million to one -- I don't
recommend that you spend any time seeking greater financial security in
this particular way. A much better use of your current cosmic advantage
would be to revitalize and reorganize your approach to making, spending,
saving, and investing money.
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Homework: Provide proof of the following hypothesis: "You know what to
do and you know when to do it." Freewillastrology.com.
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