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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
September 26, 2012
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DEFINITION: Pronoia is the antidote for paranoia. It's the understanding
that the universe is fundamentally friendly. It's a mode of training your
senses and intellect so you're able to perceive the fact that life always
gives you exactly what you need, exactly when you need it.
HYPOTHESES: Evil is boring. Cynicism is idiotic. Fear is a bad habit. Despair
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birthright. Receptivity is a superpower.
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amusement and illumination. Assume that secret helpers are working
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you were born to be. Join the conspiracy to shower all of creation with
blessings.
GUIDING QUESTION: "The secret of life," said sculptor Henry Moore to
poet Donald Hall, "is to have a task, something you devote your entire life
to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for your
whole life. And the most important thing is -- it must be something you
cannot possibly do." What is that task for you?
UNDIGNIFIED MEDITATIONS TO KEEP YOU HONEST: Brag about what you
can't do and don't have. Confess profound secrets to people who aren't
particularly interested. Pray for the success of your enemies while you're
making love. Change your name every day for a thousand days.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning September 27
Copyright 2012 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The German poet and philosopher Friedrich von
Schiller liked to have rotting apples in his desk drawer as he worked; the
scent inspired him. Agatha Christie testified that many of her best ideas
came to her while she was washing dishes. As for Beethoven, he
sometimes stimulated his creativity by pouring cold water over his head.
What about you, Libra? Are there odd inclinations and idiosyncratic
behaviors that in the past have roused your original thinking? I encourage
you to try them all this week, and then see if you can dream up at least
two new ones. You have officially entered the brainstorming season.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): It's expensive for the U.S. to hold prisoners
at its Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba: $800,000 per year for
each detainee. That's 30 times more than it costs to incarcerate a
convict on the American mainland. According to the *Miami Herald,*
Guantanamo is the most expensive prison on the planet. How much do
you spend on locking stuff up, Scorpio? What does it cost, not just
financially but emotionally and spiritually, for you to keep your secrets
hidden and your fears tamped down and your unruly passions bottled up
and your naughty urges suppressed? The coming weeks would be a good
time to make sure the price you pay for all that is reasonable -- not even
close to being like Guantanamo.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): What time is it, boys and girls? It's
Floods of Fantastic Gratitude Week: a perfect opportunity to express your
passionate appreciation for everything you've been given. So get out
there and tell people how much you've benefited from what they've done
for you. For best results, be playful and have fun as you express your
thanks. By the way, there'll be a fringe benefit to this outpouring: By
celebrating the blessings you already enjoy, you will generate future
blessings.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Telling the whole deep truth and nothing
but the whole deep truth isn't necessarily a recipe for being popular. It
may on occasion provoke chaos and be disruptive. In an institutional
setting, displays of candor may even diminish your clout and undermine
your ambitions. But now take everything I just said and disregard it for a
while. This is one of those rare times when being profoundly authentic will
work to your supreme advantage.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): "Show me the money" is a meme that first
appeared in the 1996 movie *Jerry Maguire.* It has been uttered
approximately a hundred trillion times since then. Have you ever said it in
earnest? If so, you were probably demanding to get what you had been
promised. You were telling people you wanted to see tangible proof that
they valued your efforts. In light of your current astrological omens, I
propose that you use a variation on this theme. What you need right now
is less materialistic and more marvelous. Try making this your mantra:
"Show me the magic."
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): My acquaintance Jacob fell for a woman who
also professed her ardor for him. But in the midst of their courtship, as
the mystery was still ripening, she suddenly left the country. "I've got to
go to Indonesia," she texted him one night, and she was gone the next
day. Jacob was confused, forlorn, dazed. He barely ate for days. On the
sixth day, a FedEx package arrived from her. It contained a green silk
scarf and a note: "I wore this as I walked to the top of the volcano and
said a five-hour prayer to elevate our love." Jacob wasn't sure how to
interpret it, although it seemed to be a good omen. What happened next?
I haven't heard yet. I predict that you will soon receive a sign that has
resemblances to this one. Don't jump to conclusions about what it means,
but assume the best.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Here's the curious message I derived from the
current astrological configurations: It's one of those rare times when a
wall may actually help bring people together. How? Why? The omens
don't reveal that specific information. They only tell me that what seems
like a barrier might end up serving as a connector. An influence that in
other situations would tend to cause separation will in this case be likely
to promote unity. Capitalize on this anomaly, Aries!
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In my first dream last night, I gave you a holy
book that you left out in the rain. In my second dream, I cooked you some
chicken soup that you didn't eat. My third dream was equally disturbing. I
assigned you some homework that would have helped you discover
important clues about tending to your emotional health. Alas, you didn't
do the homework. In the morning, I woke up from my dreams feeling
exasperated and worried. But later I began to theorize that maybe they
weren't prophecies, but rather helpful warnings. Now that you've heard
them, I'm hoping you will become alert to the gifts you've been ignoring
and take advantage of the healing opportunities you've been neglecting.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): There's a good chance that your rhythm in the
coming days will resemble a gentle, continuous orgasm. It won't be
stupendously ecstatic, mind you. I'm not predicting massive eruptions of
honeyed bliss that keep blowing your mind. Rather, the experience will be
more like a persistent flow of warm contentment. You'll be constantly
tuning in to a secret sweetness that thrills you subliminally. Again and
again you will slip into a delicious feeling that everything is unfolding
exactly as it should be. Warning! There are two factors that could possibly
undermine this blessing: 1. if you scare it away with blasts of cynicism; 2.
if you get greedy and try to force it to become bigger and stronger. So
please don't do those things!
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Philosopher Jonathan Zap (zaporacle.com)
provides the seed for this week's meditation: "Conscious reflection on the
past can deepen the soul and provide revelations of great value for the
present and future. On the other hand, returning to the past obsessively
out of emotional addiction can be a massive draining of vitality needed for
full engagement with the present." So which will it be, Cancerian? One
way or another, you are likely to be pulled back toward the old days and
the old ways. I'll prefer it if you re-examine your history and extract useful
lessons from the past instead of wallowing in dark nostalgia and getting
lost in fruitless longing.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Picture a TV satellite dish on the roof of a
peasant's shack in rural Honduras. Imagine a gripping rendition of
Beethoven's *Moonlight Sonata* played on the mandolin. Visualize the
Dalai Lama quoting Chris Rock a bit out of context but with humorous and
dramatic effect. Got all that? Next, imagine that these three scenes are
metaphors for your metaphysical assignment in the coming week. Need
another hint? OK. Think about how you can make sure that nothing gets
lost in the dicey translations you'll be responsible for making.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Here are some ways to get more respect: 1.
Do your best in every single thing you do -- whether it's communicating
precisely or upholding the highest possible standards at your job or taking
excellent care of yourself. 2. Maintain impeccable levels of integrity in
everything you do -- whether it's being scrupulously honest or thoroughly
fair-minded or fiercely kind. 3. On the other hand, don't try so
compulsively hard to do your best and cultivate integrity that you get
self-conscious and obstruct the flow of your natural intelligence. 4. Make
it your goal that no later than four years from now you will be doing what
you love to do at least 51 percent of the time. 5. Give other people as
much respect as you sincerely believe they deserve. 6. Give yourself more
respect.
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name and astrological sign. Tell all at Freewillastrology.com.
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