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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
October 3, 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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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
PRONOIA GOES MAINSTREAM
Arianna Huffington of Huffingtonpost.com said that the media has a
responsibility to "cover what is working, to put the spotlight on the good
things happening." She described dedicated sections at The Huffington
Post meant to do just that. "We need to celebrate the good obsessively,"
she said.
Arianna went on to say, "We need to change the narrative away from this
fatalistic hopelessness that is permeating this country at the moment,
and towards the belief once again, that as John Gardner said, 'What we
have before us are some breathtaking opportunities disguised as insoluble
problems.'"
HuffPost's Good News section:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/good-news/
Greatest Person Of The Day initiative:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/greatest-person-of-the-day/
YOUR MINIMUM DAILY REQUIREMENT OF BEAUTY
Close-up of Jupiter
http://i.imgur.com/ky1o5.jpg
THE EVIDENCE KEEPS ACCUMULATING
A compendium of pronoiac news.
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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 4
Copyright 2012 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): While doing research in South America four
decades ago, anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss found an indigenous
tribe whose people claimed they could see the planet Venus in the
daytime. This seemed impossible to him. But he later consulted
astronomers who told him that in fact Venus does emit enough light to be
visible by day to a highly trained human eye. My prediction for you, Libra,
is that in the coming months you will make a metaphorically equivalent
leap: You will become aware of and develop a relationship with some
major presence that has been virtually undetectable. And I bet the first
glimpse will come this week.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Whether or not anyone has ever called you
an "old soul" before, that term will suit you well in the coming months. A
whole lot of wisdom will be ripening in you all at once. Past events that
never quite made sense before will more clearly reveal the role they have
played in your life's master plan. Relatively unimportant desires you've
harbored for a long time will fade away, while others that have been in the
background -- and more crucial to your ultimate happiness -- will rise to
prominence.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In most of my horoscopes I tell you
what you can do to make yourself feel good. I advise you on how you can
act with the highest integrity and get in touch with what you need to
learn about. Now and then, though, I like to focus on how you can help
other people feel good. I direct your attention to how you can inspire
them to align with their highest integrity and get in touch with what they
need to learn about. This is one of those times, Sagittarius. I'm hoping
you have your own ideas about how to perform these services. Here are a
few of my suggestions: Listen with compassionate receptivity to the
people you care for. Describe to them what they're like when they are at
their best. Give them gifts they can use to activate their dormant
potential.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): If you've ever watched tennis matches,
you know that some players grunt when they smack the ball. Does that
help them summon greater power? Maybe. But the more important issue
is that it can mask the sound of the ball striking the racket, thereby
making it harder for their opponents to guess the force and spin of the
ball that will be headed toward them. The coming week would be an
excellent time for you to hunt down a competitive advantage that's
comparable to this in your own field of endeavor.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Many people seem to believe that all of
America's Christians are and have always been fundamentalists. But the
truth is that at most 35 percent of the total are fundies, and their
movement has only gotten cultural traction in the last 30 years. So then
why do their bizarre interpretations of the nature of reality get so much
play? One reason is that they shout so loud and act so mean. Your
upcoming assignment, Aquarius, is to do what you can to shift the focus
from small-minded bullies to big-hearted visionaries, whether that applies
to the Christians in your sphere or any other influences. It's time to shrink
any tendency you might have to get involved with energy vampires.
Instead, give your full attention and lend your vigorous clout to life-
affirming intelligence.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): [WARNING: The following horoscope contains
more than the usual dose of poetry.] Mirthful agitation! Surprising
deliverance! I predict you will expose the effects of the smoke and
mirrors, then find your way out of the labyrinth. Lucid irrationality!
Deathless visions! I predict you will discover a secret you'd been hiding
from yourself, then escape a dilemma you no longer need to struggle
with. Mysterious blessings arriving from the frontiers! Refreshed fertility
roused by a reborn dream! I predict you will begin to prepare a new power
spot for your future use.
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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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You can also listen over the phone by calling
1-877-873-4888
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): "In a full heart there is room for everything,"
said poet Antonio Porchia, "and in an empty heart there is room for
nothing." That's an important idea for you to meditate on right now,
Aries. The universe is conspiring for you to be visited by a tide of
revelations about intimacy. And yet you won't be available to get the full
benefit of that tide unless your heart is as full as possible. Wouldn't you
love to be taught more about love and togetherness and collaboration?
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): As I turn inward and call forth psychic
impressions of what's ahead for you, I'm seeing mythic symbols like
whoopie cushions, rubber chickens, and pools of fake plastic vomit. I'm
seeing popcorn shells that are stuck in your teeth and a dog that's eating
your homework and an alarm clock that doesn't go off when it's supposed
to. But as I push further into the not-too-distant future, exploring the
deeper archetypal levels, I'm also tuning into a vision of fireflies in an
underground cavern. They're lighting your way and leading you to a stash
of treasure in a dusty corner.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): "It was the best of times, it was the worst of
times." That's the opening sentence of Charles Dickens' bestselling novel
*A Tale of Two Cities.* The author was describing the period of the
French Revolution in the late 18th century, but he could just as well have
been talking about our time -- or any other time, for that matter. Of
course many modern cynics reject the idea that our era is the best of
times. They obsess on the idea that ours is the worst of all the worst
times that have ever been. When your worried mind is in control of you,
you may even think that thought yourself, Gemini. But in accordance with
the current astrological omens, I challenge you to be a fiery rebel: Come
up with at least five reasons why this is the best of times for you
personally.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): "Art washes away from the soul the dust of
everyday life," said Pablo Picasso. That's certainly true for me. I can purify
my system either by creating art myself or being in the presence of great
art. How about you, Cancerian? What kinds of experiences cleanse you of
the congested emotions that just naturally build up in all of us? What
influences can you draw on to purge the repetitive thoughts that
sometimes torment you? How do you go about making your imagination
as fresh and free as a warm breeze on a sunny day? I urge you to make a
study of all the things that work for you, and then use them to the max in
the coming week.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): "Our culture peculiarly honors the act of blaming,
which it takes as the sign of virtue and intellect." So said literary critic
Lionel Trilling. Now I'm passing his idea on to you, Leo, just in time for the
No-Blaming Season. Would you like to conjure up a surge of good karma
for yourself? Then for the next ten days or so, refrain from the urge to
find fault. And do your best to politely neutralize that reflex in other
people who are sharing your space, even if they love to hate the same
political party or idiot fringe that you do. P.S.: For extra credit, engage in
speech and activity that are antidotes to the blaming epidemic. (Hint:
praise, exaltation, thanks.)
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): One of the reasons platinum is regarded as a
precious metal is that it is so infrequently found in the Earth's crust. A
second reason is that there are difficulties in extracting it from the other
metals it's embedded in. You typically need ten tons of ore to obtain one
ounce of platinum. That's a good metaphor for the work you have ahead
of you, Virgo. The valuable resource you're dreaming of is definitely worth
your hard work, persistence, and attention to detail. But to procure it,
you'll probably need the equivalent of several tons of those fine qualities.
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Homework: Comment on this line from a poem by Daniel Higgs: "Truth
obscured by the symbols of truth." Freewillastrology.com
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