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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
January 11, 2012
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DREAM AND SCHEME ABOUT YOUR LONG-RANGE FUTURE
with my 3-part EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES for the Coming Year.
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What new influences will be headed your way in 2012? What fresh
resources will you be able to draw on? How can you conspire with life to
create the best possible future for yourself?
This week, my EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES feature Part 3 of the long-
range, in-depth explorations of your destiny in 2012.
Part 1 and Part 2 of your Year-End Predictions, which I offered the last
two weeks, are also still available.
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
AT LEAST SOME OF TRENDY PESSIMISM IS BASED ON A LIE
Read the newspapers, and you'll think that war is worse than ever. But as
the book "Winning the War on War" shows, the reality is just the
opposite. We are in the midst of a decline in armed conflict that is
extraordinary in human history. Global peacekeeping efforts are working;
large-scale looting, sexual assault, and genocidal atrocities are being
stopped. 2010 had one of the lowest death rates from war.
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MAYBE YOU CAN TEACH YOURSELF SOME TECHNIQUES THAT WILL HELP
YOU FEEL BETTER MORE OFTEN
There are smart people out there who are studying the art of happiness.
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THIS PLANET'S BEAUTY WAS WORTH BEING BORN FOR
A full sky aurora over Norway.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120103.html
(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 January 12
Copyright 2012 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Last summer, before the football season
started, sportswriter Eric Branch wrote about a rookie running back that
San Francisco 49er fans were becoming increasingly excited about. The
newbie had made some big plays in exhibition games. Would he continue
performing at a high level when the regular season began? Were the
growing expectations justified? After a careful analysis, Branch concluded
that the signs were promising, but not yet definitive: "It's OK to go mildly
berserk," he informed the fans. That's the same message I'm delivering to
you right now, Capricorn. The early stages of your new possibility are
encouraging. It's OK to go mildly berserk, but it's not yet time to go
totally bonkers.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In summer, the pickleweed plant thrives in
the saltwater marshes around San Francisco Bay. In many places, bright
orange patches of the dodder plant intermingle with the pickleweed's
sprightly jade green, creating festive displays that suggest nature is
having a party. But there's a secret buried in this scene. The dodder's
webby filaments are actually parasites that suck nutrients from the
pickleweed. In accordance with the astrological omens, Aquarius, I'll ask
you if a situation like that exists in your own life. Is there a pretty picture
that hides an imbalance in the give-and-take of energy? It's not
necessarily a bad thing -- after all, the pickleweed grows abundantly even
with its freeloader hanging all over it -- but it's important to be conscious
of what's going on.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): "That in a person which cannot be
domesticated is not his evil but his goodness," said the writer Antonio
Porchia. I invite you to keep that challenging thought close to your heart
in the coming days, Pisces. In my astrological opinion, it is an excellent
moment to tune in to your wildest goodness -- to describe it to yourself,
to cherish it as the great treasure it is, to foster it and celebrate it and
express it like a spring river overflowing its banks.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Sanskrit word *tapasya* is translated as
"heat," but in the yogic tradition it means "essential energy." It refers to
the practice of managing your life force so that it can be directed to the
highest possible purposes, thereby furthering your evolution as a spiritual
being. Do you have any techniques for accomplishing that -- either
through yoga or any other techniques? This would be a good year to
redouble your commitment to that work. In the coming months, the world
will just keep increasing its output of trivial, energy-wasting temptations.
You'll need to be pretty fierce if you want to continue the work of
transforming yourself into the Aries you were born to be: focused, direct,
energetic, and full of initiative.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): "Live out of your imagination, not your
history," says Stephen Covey, author of *The Seven Habits of Highly
Effective People.* While that's always true, it will be especially crucial for
you to remember in 2012. This is the year you can transcend stale
traditions, Taurus -- a time when you can escape your outworn habits,
reprogram your conditioned responses, and dissolve old karma. You will be
getting unparalleled opportunities to render the past irrelevant. And the
key to unlocking all the magic will be your freewheeling yet highly
disciplined imagination. Call on it often to show you the way toward the
future.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Comedian Steven Wright says his nephew has
HDADD, or High Definition Attention Deficit Disorder. "He can barely pay
attention, but when he does it's unbelievably clear." I'm predicting
something like that for you in the coming week, Gemini. You will
encounter more things that are dull than are interesting, but those few
that fascinate you will awaken an intense focus that allows you to see
into the heart of reality.
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LET'S IMAGINE WHAT BEAUTIFUL MYSTERIES
MIGHT COME YOUR WAY IN 2012
Listen to my Expanded Audio Horoscopes for the Coming Year.
Would you like some inspiration as you muse and wonder about your
upcoming adventures in 2012?
In this week's EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES, I offer you Part 3 of a
long-term, in-depth exploration of your destiny in the coming year.
Part 1 and Part 2 are still available.
Find out how to access them online at http://RealAstrology.com.
They are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888.
The cost is $6 per sign on the Web (discounts with the purchase of
multiple tokens), or $1.99 per minute by phone.
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): As I contemplate the most desirable fate you
could create for yourself, I'm reminded of a lyric from one of my songs:
"We are searching for the answers / so we can destroy them and dream
up better questions." Here's what I'm implying by that, Cancerian: This is
not the right time for you to push for comprehensive formulas and
definitive solutions. Rather, it's a favorable moment to draw up the
incisive inquiries that will frame your quest for comprehensive formulas
and definitive solutions. That quest is due to begin in two weeks. For now,
raise your curiosity levels, intensify your receptivity, and make yourself
highly magnetic to core truths.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): "A writer -- and, I believe, generally all persons --
must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource," said
author Jorge Luis Borges. "All that happens to us, including our
humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as
raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art." I agree that this
advice isn't just for writers, but for everyone. And it so happens that you
are now in an astrological phase when adopting such an approach would
bring you abundant wisdom and provide maximum healing. So get started,
Leo: Wander through your memories, reinterpreting the difficult
experiences as rich raw material that you can use to beautify your soul
and intensify your lust for life.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): "Poetry is the kind of thing you have to see
from the corner of your eye," said the poet William Stafford. "If you look
straight at it you can't see it, but if you look a little to one side it is
there." As I contemplate your life in the immediate future, Virgo, I'm
convinced that his definition of poetry will be useful for you to apply to
just about everything. In fact, I think it's an apt description of all the
important phenomena you'll need to know about. Better start practicing
your sideways vision.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A Swedish man named Richard Handl decided
to conduct a scientific experiment in his kitchen. Would it be possible to
split atoms using a homemade apparatus? He wanted to see if he could
generate atomic reactions with the radioactive elements radium,
americium, and uranium. But before he got too far into the process, the
police intervened and ended his risky fairy-tale. I bring this to your
attention, Libra, as an example of how not to proceed in the coming
weeks. It *will* be a good time for you to experiment around the house --
refining your relationship with your roommates, moving the furniture
around, and in general rearranging the domestic chemistry -- but please
avoid trying stuff as crazy as Handl's.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In 1878, Thomas Edison perfected the
phonograph, a machine that could record sounds and play them back.
There had been some primitive prototypes before, but his version was a
major improvement. And what were the first sounds to be immortalized
on Edison's phonograph? The rush of the wind in the trees? A dramatic
reading of the Song of Songs? The cries of a newborn infant? Nope.
Edison recited the nursery rhyme, "Mary Had a Little Lamb." When you
make your own breakthrough in communication sometime soon, Scorpio, I
hope you deliver a more profound and succulent message.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I suspect you may soon find yourself in
a situation similar to the one that 19th-century American President
Abraham Lincoln was in when he said the following: "If this is coffee,
please bring me some tea. But if this is tea, please bring me some
coffee." In other words, Sagittarius, you may not be picky about what you
want, but whatever it is, you'll prefer it to be authentic, pure, and
distinctly itself. Adulterations and hodgepodges won't satisfy you, and
they won't be useful. Hold out for the Real Thing.
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HOMEWORK: How could you change yourself in order to get more of the
love you want? Testify by going to RealAstrology.com and clicking on
"Email Rob."
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