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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
April 25, 2012
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GLORY IN THE HIGHEST
Thousands of things go right for you every day, beginning the moment
you wake up. Through some magic you don't fully understand, you're still
breathing and your heart is beating, even though you've been
unconscious for many hours. The air is a mix of gases that's just right for
your body's needs, as it was before you fell asleep.
You can see! Light of many colors floods into your eyes, registered by
nerves that took God or evolution or some process millions of years to
perfect.
The interesting gift of these vivid hues is furthermore made possible by
an unimaginably immense globe of fire, the sun, which continually
detonates nuclear explosions in order to convert its own body into light
and heat and energy for your personal use.
Your hands work wonderfully well. Your heart circulates your blood all the
way out to replenish the energy of the muscles and nerves in your fingers
and palms and wrists. And after your blood has delivered its blessings, it
finds its way back to your heart to be refreshed. This wondrous mystery
recurs over and over again without stopping every minute of your life.
You can smell intoxicating aromas. You can hear provocative and soothing
sounds. You can taste a thousand different tastes. How is any of this
possible? You can think thoughts any time you want -- big, wide, colorful
thoughts or tiny dark burrowing thoughts. You can revel and wallow in
great oceans of emotion. What colossal secret intelligence or improbable
series of fabulous accidents conspired to bestow these superpowers upon
you?
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning April 26
Copyright 2012 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): "What people really need and demand from
life is not wealth, comfort, or esteem, but games worth playing," said
psychiatrist Thomas Szasz. I love that thought, and am excited to offer it
up to you right now. You have been invited or will soon be invited to
participate in some of the best games ever. These are not grueling games
foisted on you by people hoping to manipulate you, nor pointless games
that exhaust your energy for naught. Rather, they are fun challenges that
promise to stretch your intelligence, deepen your perspective, and
enhance your emotional riches.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Is it conceivable that you've gotten a bit off
track? As I close my eyes and ask my higher powers for a psychic vision, I
get an impression of you staring at a blurry image of a symbol that is no
longer an accurate representation of your life goal. Now of course there's
a chance that my vision is completely unfounded. But if it does ring at
least somewhat true to you -- if it suggests a question worth asking
yourself -- I invite you to meditate on the possibility that you need to
update your understanding of what your ultimate target looks like.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): From an astrological point of view, it's prime
time for you to attend a networking extravaganza or collaboration spree.
Likewise, this is an excellent phase in your long-term cycle to organize a
gathering for the close allies who will be most important in helping you
carry out your master plan during the next 12 months. Have you ever
heard of the term "Temporary Autonomous Zone"? It's a time and place
where people with shared interests and common values can explore the
frontiers of productive conviviality. It might be a dinner party in an
inspirational setting, a boisterous ritual in a rowdy sanctuary, or a private
festival for fellow seekers. I hope you make sure something like that
materializes.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): To begin one of his performances, comedian and
musician Steve Martin ambled on stage and told his audience what to
expect. "Before every show," he said, "I like to do one thing that is
impossible. So now I'm going to suck this piano into my lungs." That's the
kind of brag I hope to hear coming from you sometime soon, Leo -- the
more outrageous the better. Why? Because I'd love to see you cultivate a
looser, breezier relationship with your actual ambitions. To make boastful
jokes about wacky or farfetched goals might inspire you to be jauntier
and friskier about those real ones. And that would rouse a burst of fresh
motivational energy.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The text for this week's oracle comes from
Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a great American statesman who, after
escaping slavery, became a leader of the abolitionist movement. "Those
who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation," he said, "are
people who want crops without plowing the ground; they want rain
without thunder and lightning . . . The struggle may be a moral one, or it
may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle.
Power concedes nothing without a demand." Please apply these thoughts
to your own situation, Virgo. You have entered the liberation phase of
your cycle.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I'm about to list some declarations that I hope
will come out of your mouth at least once in the next three weeks. If for
any reason you're not finding yourself in situations where these words
would make sense for you to utter, please rearrange your life accordingly.
1. "There's nothing else I'd rather be doing right now." 2. "Is it okay with
you if we take this really slow?" 3. "No one's ever done that before." 4.
"Squeeze my hand when it feels really amazing." 5. "It's like we know
what each other is thinking." 6. "Can I have some more, please?"
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YOU NEED MAGIC EVERY DAY
Every day, you have to wade through a relentless surge of soul-less facts.
The experience tends to shut down your sense of wonder.
Every day, you're over-exposed to narratives that have been sucked free
of delight and mystery. That's why you have to make such strenuous
efforts to keep your world enchanted.
I like to think I can contribute to the sacred cause of feeding your sense
of wonder and enchantment. In fact, that's one of my prime motivations
for offering you the free weekly horoscopes you read in this newsletter.
If you ever want more of that good stuff, and think it's worth paying for,
please consider trying out my EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES. They're
four-to-five-minute meditations on the current state of your destiny.
Go here to access them:
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1-877-873-4888
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A political strategist told me one of her most
important rules: To win an election, you have to help your candidate
choose the right fights. I think that would be an excellent guiding principle
for you in the coming weeks, Scorpio. According to my reading of the
astrological omens, you will be getting invitations to spar, joust, and
wrangle. Although it might be exciting to leap into each and every fray
with your eyes blazing, I suggest you show careful discernment. Try to
confine your participation to those tangles that will downplay your
weaknesses and highlight your strengths.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In the famous children's book *The Little
Prince,* the hero lives on an asteroid with three volcanoes, two active and
one dormant. One day he decides to leave home and travel to other
realms. Before departing, he meticulously scours all three volcanoes. "If
they are well cleaned out," the narrator reports, "volcanoes burn slowly
and steadily, without any eruptions." I recommend that you take after the
Little Prince, Sagittarius. It's high time to attend to the upkeep of your
volcanoes. Make sure they will burn slow and steady in the coming
months, even when you're not at home.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): One of the classics of ancient Sanskrit
literature is the Kama Sutra, which gives practical advice about erotic
love. The most popular edition of the book offers instructions on eight
kinds of kisses and 64 sexual positions, with additional tips on styles of
embracing and caressing. This would be an excellent time for you to get
inspired by information like that, Capricorn. Your relationship with the
amorous arts is due for expansion and refinement. You don't necessarily
need to rely on book learning, of course. You could accomplish a lot of
empirical exploration simply by getting naked and firing up your
imagination.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Singer-songwriter Tom Waits was strongly
influenced by Bob Dylan's down-to-earth album *The Basement Tapes.* "I
like my music with the rinds and the seeds and pulp left in," Waits
testifies. "The noise and grit" of Dylan's rootsy, intimate songs, he says,
creates a mood of "joy and abandon." That's the spirit I wish for you in
the coming weeks, Aquarius. Wherever you are and whatever you're
doing, get down to the gritty, organic core of things. Hunker down in the
funky fundamentals. Hang out where the levels of pretension are low and
the stories are fresh and raw.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You're not really breaking the rules, right,
Pisces? It's more like you're just testing their elasticity; you're helping
them become more supple and flexible. I'm sure that sooner or later
people will thank you for how you're expanding the way the game is
played. It may take a while, but they will eventually appreciate and
capitalize on the liberties you are now introducing into the system. In the
short run, though, you might have to take some heat for your tinkering
and experiments. Try not to let that inhibit your eagerness to try creative
risks.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): "True life is lived when tiny changes occur,"
said Leo Tolstoy. I agree. It's rare for us to undergo rapid, dramatic
transformations in short periods of time. That's why it's delusional to be
forever pining for some big magic intervention that will fix everything. The
best way to alter our course is slowly and gradually, by conscientiously
revamping our responses to the small daily details. Keep these thoughts
close at hand in the coming weeks, Aries. Be a devotee of the incremental
approach. Step-by-step. Hour-by-hour.
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Homework: What famous person were you in your past life? If you don't
know or weren't really, make something up. Testify at
Freewillastrology.com.
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