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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
February 1, 2012
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*PRONOIA IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR PARANOIA*
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Below is an excerpt.
(See it as it is in the book: http://bit.ly/AjXdGQ)
LUMINOUS TEASE
Change yourself in the way you want everyone else to change
Love your enemies in case your friends turn out to be jerks
Avoid thinking about winning the lottery while making love
Brainwash yourself before someone nasty beats you to it
Confess big secrets to people who aren't very interested
Write a love letter to your evil twin during a lunar eclipse
Fool the tricky red beasts guarding the Wheels of Time
Locate the master codex and add erudite graffiti to it
Dream up wilder, wetter, more interesting problems
Change your name every day for a thousand days
Exaggerate your flaws till they turn into virtues
Kill the apocalypse and annihilate Armageddon
Brag about what you can't do and don't have
Get a vanity license plate that reads KZMYAZ
Bow down to the greatest mystery you know
Make fun of people who make fun of people
See how far you can spit a mouthful of beer
Pick blackberries naked in the pouring rain
Scare yourself with how beautiful you are
Simulate global warming into your pants
Stage a slow-motion water balloon fight
Pretend your wounds are exotic tattoos
Sing anarchist lullabies to lesbian trees
Plunge butcher knives into accordions
Commit a crime that breaks no laws
Sip the tears of someone you love
Build a plush orphanage in Minsk
Feel sorry for a devious lawyer
Rebel against your horoscope
Give yourself another chance
Write your autohagiography
Play games with no rules
Teach animals to dance
Trick your nightmares
Relax and go deeper
Dream like stones
Mock your fears
Drink the sun
Sing love
Be mojo
Do jigs
Ask id
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
THE PROBLEMS THAT COME FROM SHRINKING CRIME
Netherlands to close prisons for lack of criminals
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SOMETIMES PRONOIA IS LIKE PETTING A SHARK ON ITS SNOUT
Even sharks can be beautiful
http://tinyurl.com/7sf9p5b
THE BECKONING OF LOVELY WISHES
Take a photo of yourself closing your eyes and making a wish, then
upload it to this flickr page: http://tinyurl.com/764rgrd
(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 February 2
Copyright 2012 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): If you go to California's Yosemite National
Park this month, you might get the chance to witness a reddish gold
waterfall. Here's how: At sunset, gaze up at the sheer east face of the
rock formation known as El Capitan. There you will see what seems to be
a vertical river of fire, also known as Horsetail Fall. I nominate this marvel
to be your inspirational symbol for the coming weeks. According to my
reading of the astrological omens, you will have the power to blend fire
and water in novel ways. I encourage you to look at the photo here --
http://bit.ly/fluidicfire -- and imprint the image on your mind's eye. It will
help unleash the subconscious forces you'll need to pull off your own
natural wonder.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): After singer Amy Winehouse died, actor
Russell Brand asked the public and media to scale back their derisive
opinions about her struggle with intoxicants. Addiction isn't a romantic
affectation or glamorous self-indulgence that people are too lazy to
overcome, he said. It's a disease. Would you mock a schizophrenic for his
"stupid" propensity for hearing voices? Would you ridicule a victim of
multiple sclerosis for not being vigorous? I'm of the opinion that all of us
have at least one addiction, although it may not be as disabling as
Winehouse's weakness for liquor and narcotics. What's yours, Pisces?
Porn? Sugar? Internet? Bad relationships? The coming weeks would be a
very good time to seek help in healing it.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Sad but true: A lot of people seem to be
perpetually in a state of wanting what they don't have and not wanting
what they actually do have. I'm begging you not to be like that in the
coming weeks, Aries. Please? I'll tell you why: More than I've seen in a
long time, you will have everything going for you if you want precisely
what you do have -- and are not full of longing for what's unavailable. Do
you think you can you manage that brilliant trick? If so, you will be
amazed by the sublimity of the peace that will settle over you.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Of all the signs of the zodiac, Tauruses are
the least likely to be arrogant. Sadly, in a related development, they're
also among the most likely to have low self-esteem. But your tribe now
has an excellent opportunity to address the latter problem. Current
cosmic rhythms are inviting you rather loudly and dramatically to boost
your confidence, even at the risk of you careening into the forbidden
realm of arrogance. That's why I recommend Taurus musician Trent
Reznor as your role model. He has no problem summoning feelings of self-
worth. As evidence, here's what he confessed when asked about whether
he frequents music social networks: "I don't care what my friends are
listening to. Because I'm cooler than they are."
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): "If Mark Twain had had Twitter," says humorist
Andy Borowitz, "he would have been amazing at it. But he probably
wouldn't have gotten around to writing Huckleberry Finn." I think you're
facing a comparable choice, Gemini. You can either get a lot of little
things done that will serve your short-term aims, or else you can at least
partially withdraw from the day-to-day give-and-take so as to devote
yourself with more focus to a long-range goal. I'm not here to tell you
which way to go; I just want to make sure you know the nature of the
decision before you.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): You now have a special talent for helping your
allies tap into their dormant potentials and latent energy. If you choose to
use it, you will also have a knack for snapping lost sheep and fallen angels
out of their wasteful trances. There's a third kind of magic you have in
abundance right now, Cancerian, and that's the ability to coax concealed
truths out of their hiding places. Personally, I'm hopeful that you will make
lavish use of these gifts. I should mention, however, that some people
may resist you. The transformations you could conceivably set in motion
with your superpowers might seem alarming to them. So I suggest that
you hang out as much as possible with change-lovers who like the strong
medicine you have to offer.
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EXPLORING THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LONG-RANGE FUTURE
Dear Readers,
In late December and early January, I wrote a series of long-term, big-
picture horoscopes for you. Now I've gathered them together in one
place. Go here to read them:
http://bit.ly/BigLife
In addition to these, I created EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES that go
even further in exploring your destiny in 2012. Each report in the three-
part series is 7-9 minutes long. Unlike the written freebies, the three-part
audio reports cost money. Sign in and access them here:
http://RealAstrology.com
A new audio forecast for this week is also available at the same place.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): "Publishing a volume of poetry is like dropping a
rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo," said author
Don Marquis, speaking from experience. Something you're considering,
Leo, may seem to fit that description, too. It's a project or action or gift
that you'd feel good about offering, but you also wonder whether it will
generate the same buzz as that rose petal floating down into the Grand
Canyon. Here's what I think: To the degree that you shed your
attachment to making an impact, you will make the exact impact that
matters most. Give yourself without any expectations.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Comedian Louis CK told a story about his
young daughter. She had a fever, and he gave her some Tylenol that was
bubble gum flavored. "Ewwww!" she complained. Louis was exasperated.
"You can't say 'ewwww,'" he told her. What he meant was that as a white
kid in America, she's among the most privileged characters in the world --
certainly far luckier than all the poor children who have no medicine at all,
let alone medicine that tastes like candy. I'm going to present a similar
argument to you, Virgo. In the large scheme of things, your suffering
right now is small. Try to keep your attention on your blessings rather
than your discomfort.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I stumbled upon an engineering textbook for
undergraduates. There was a section on how to do technical writing, as
opposed to the literary kind. It quoted a poem by Edgar Allan Poe: "Helen,
thy beauty is to me / Like those Nicean barks of yore / That gently, o'er
a perfumed sea, / The weary way-worn wanderer bore / To his own native
shore." Then the book gave advice to the student: "To express these
ideas in technical writing, we would simply say, 'He thinks Helen is
beautiful.'" Don't take shortcuts like that, Libra. For the sake of your
emotional health and spiritual integrity, you can't see or treat the world
anything like what a technical writer would.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Are you ready to start playing in earnest with
that riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma? Are you looking
forward to the rough and tumble fun that will ensue after you leap into
the middle of that sucker and start trying to decipher its impossibly
interesting meaning? I hope you are primed and eager, Scorpio. I hope you
can't wait to try to answer the question that seems to have no answer.
Be brave and adventurous, my friend -- and be intent on having a blast.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Lessons could come to you from
unforeseen sources and unanticipated directions during the next few
weeks, Sagittarius. They will also come in expected forms from all the
familiar influences, so the sum total of your learning could be pretty
spectacular. To take maximum advantage of the opportunity, just assume
that everyone and everything might have useful teachings for you -- even
people you usually ignore and situations that have bored you in the past.
Act like an eager student who's hungry for knowledge and curious to fill in
the gaps in your education.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "The consuming desire of most human
beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other
person," said British writer Quentin Crisp. If you harbor even a small
tendency in that direction, Capricorn, I hope that in the coming days you
will make a concentrated effort to talk yourself out of it. In my
astrological opinion, this is a critical moment in the long-term evolution of
your healthy self-sufficiency. For both your own sake and the sake of the
people you love, you must find a way to shrink your urge to make them
responsible for your well-being.
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HOMEWORK: What have you been saving yourself up for? Do you have a
prediction about when the time will come when what you've been saving
yourself up for will finally arrive? testify at Truthrooster@gmail.com
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