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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
October 17, 2012
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Welcome to the Televisionary Oracle
Coming to you on location from your repressed memory of paradise
Reminding you that you can have anything you want if you'll just ask for it
in an unselfish tone of voice
Programmed to prevent the global genocide of the imagination
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that this is a perfect moment. This is a perfect moment because you, my
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of your sublime origins, and know again the Thirteen Perfect Secrets from
Before the Beginning of Time.
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Just kidding. In actuality, the world is young, your soul is free, and at any
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make into your gods and goddesses, whatever media viruses you might
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Because when you tuned in the Televisionary Oracle, you tuned into your
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In the good times we fight our way
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ORACLE*:
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When your brain becomes a dumping ground
for hundreds of little slogans and jingles . . .
When everyone in the world seems to be
thinking their thoughts inside your head . . .
When your mind's so crammed with useless facts
that you can't even feel your own feelings . . .
It's time to fight back and say
"Get outta my head!"
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
LET'S NOTICE WHAT WORKS AS MUCH AS WE NOTICE WHAT DOESN'T
WORK
Instead of cataloging only what is going wrong, the International Union for
the Conservation of Nature will now also track and reward successful
efforts to conserve species and their environments.
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THERE ARE MORE THINGS IN HEAVEN AND EARTH THAN ARE DREAMT OF
IN YOUR PHILOSOPHY
Man who supposedly needed a heart transplant miraculously cures his own
heart
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YOUR MINIMUM DAILY REQUIREMENT OF BEAUTY
Tulip fields in the Netherlands
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(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 October 18
Copyright 2012 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Visualize yourself heading out on a high
adventure with interesting people -- but all the while being distracted by
the memory of a trivial insult you experienced earlier that day. Picture
yourself getting intimate with a lover who inspires you to lose your self-
consciousness -- up until the point when you decide to interrupt your fun
by answering a phone call from some random person. Imagine toning
yourself down and holding yourself back because of misplaced politeness
or unnecessary guilt or delusional fear -- even though you're feeling a
rushing instinct to surge and soar and overflow. Finally, Libra, understand
that in getting you to envision these parodies of your current inclinations,
I'm hoping to shock you into making sure that nothing like them happens.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Sometime soon you may dream of being
naked at a public event like a class at school or a committee meeting. I
think this would be an excellent omen, so I hope it comes to pass. It
would signify that you're ready to shed the disguises that have been
making it problematical for you to reinvent yourself. Who is the New You?
Stripping down to the bare essentials in your dreams will help you see raw
truths about your waking life.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): As you cross the great water in search
of the unknown treasure, navigate by the light of the clouds. That's your
dreamy oracle, Sagittarius. What does it mean? Well, the work you do to
figure it out is essential to activating its potential, so I don't want to give
away too much. But here are three further hints to inspire you on your
quest. 1. Be willing to go a long way to find a secret you don't even know
you're looking for. 2. Consider the possibility of cultivating faith in a goal
that you don't quite yet grasp in its entirety. 3. Rely on shadows and
reflections to give you accurate information you can't get directly from
the thing that's casting shadows and being reflected.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Everyone has some kind of power. What's
yours? In the coming days, I suspect there will be some crisis and
opportunity regarding how you use it. Maybe you will be invited to
assume more authority or exercise greater influence. Maybe your ability to
wield your particular clout will be questioned or doubted, and you will be
challenged to either stand up and express it with more integrity and
purpose, or else relinquish it. For best results, take a moment right now
to visualize the precise power you would love to command.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): "Dear Rob: I really enjoy reading your
horoscopes. You feel like a friend I've never met. When I try to picture
what you're like, I keep getting a vision of you as being fat, short, and
bald with a strawberry blond moustache. Am I right? - Curious Aquarius."
Dear Curious: It's great that you've decided to do a reality check. This is
an excellent time for all you Aquarians to see if what you imagine to be
true is a match for the world as it actually is. To answer your question, I
am in fact tall and thin, don't wear a moustache, and have an abundance
of long silver hair.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I've got just the right message to set the
tone for you in the weeks ahead. It comes from writer H.P. Lovecraft, and
captures the essence of your astrological omens. "Pleasure to me is
wonder," said Lovecraft. "It's the unexplored, the unexpected, the thing
that is hidden and the changeless thing that lurks behind superficial
mutability. To trace the remote in the immediate; the eternal in the
ephemeral; the past in the present; the infinite in the finite; these are to
me the springs of delight and beauty." Now get out there, Pisces, and
gather up all the mysterious marvels you have coming to you -- all the
bracing encounters with uncanny grace.
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YOU'VE ALWAYS GOT MORE HELP AVAILABLE THAN YOU IMAGINE
What do you want to be when you grow up? Is it possible that you will
eventually develop beautiful capacities and sublime understandings that
you can't even imagine right now?
I might be able to help you move in the direction of becoming more of the
person you were born to be.
Tune in to my EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES
Find out more at http://RealAstrology.com.
The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888.
"The best part about your audio horoscopes is that they pat me on the
head and kick me in the ass at the same time." - Rita L., San Diego
"Your audio oracles go beyond helping me find the truth -- they inspire
me to find the WILD truth." - Patrick K., Montreal
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): When Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro
laid waste to Peru in 1532, his soldiers found green stones on the land.
Were they emeralds? A priest who was traveling with them gave them
bad advice. He said that the way to determine whether they were merely
colored glass or else precious gems was to test their hardness by
pounding them with hammers. In this manner, many actual emeralds were
shattered into fragments. Learn from this mistake, Aries. Make sure you
recognize treasures for what they are. And don't force them to submit to
unwise tests that misconstrue their true nature.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Someone at Reddit.com posted a question to
the community: Could anyone help him recreate the aroma of the Pirates
of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland? He said he loved that smell. It was a
blend of damp earth, rotting wood, and gunpowder. It had musty
overtones, a hint of chlorine, and a tantalizing freshness. If only he could
get that fragrance to permeate his house, he testified, he'd always be
able to work at peak efficiency. You might want to follow his lead, Taurus.
It's a good time to identify and gather all the ingredients you would need
to make sure your environment inspires you to the max.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If you asked me to be your personal advisor, I
would prescribe supplements and herbs to build up your immune system.
I'd insist that you eat nothing but healthy food and get at least eight
hours of sleep every night. I'd suggest that you meditate daily on images
that symbolize your most inspiring desires. For fun, I might even advise
you to do a ritual in which you create a big circle around yourself using
violet yarn and then do a series of playful acts to pump up your freedom,
like dancing as wildly as you know how and chanting "love is my creator."
Finally, Gemini, if you sought my counsel, I'd urge you to use your
exuberant imagination in concert with your disciplined intellect as you
design a long-term plan to charge up your well-being.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): "Dear Free Will Astrologer: I found your
website by accident today and was drawn in fast and hard. No matter
what I did I could not escape and get back to my work. Your messages
were too interesting for my own good. You gave me too many answers to
questions I've had for too many years. I felt like I was being cured of
problems I didn't even know I had. Many hours went by until finally I was
able to pull myself out of the vortex. How did this happen? - Freaked
Out." Dear Freaked: I was born under the sign of Cancer the Crab, and it
so happens that the people of my tribe are currently emanating an
intriguing and inscrutable aura. We're at the peak of our ability to attract
and seduce. Many of us are using our power benevolently, but our
mysterious mojo could still be a bit unsettling.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The past is headed your way bearing gifts, Leo. I
recommend that you make yourself available for its blessings, which may
be delivered to you in unexpected ways. For example: The spirit of a dead
loved one could impart an enigmatic but useful tip in the middle of the
night. An abandoned dream you assumed was gone forever might return
from limbo to grant you a wish. A favor you did for someone long ago
could finally be repaid. Are you ready to let history reward you in its own
unique style?
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Just for you, it is Shark Week. During this
dicey holiday, you should be wary of all sharks, especially the kind that
look like human beings. Don't get in their way, and don't underestimate
them. On the other hand, I'm not opposed to you getting to know some
sharks better. They could teach you some valuable lessons on how to get
what you want. Not that you would ever be as cold-blooded and
predatory as they are, of course. But it might be energizing to your
ambitions if you add just a bit of shark-like thinking to your repertoire.
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Homework: Tell a story about the time Spirit reached down and altered
your course in one tricky, manic swoop. Go to
http://Freewillastrology.com and click on "Email Rob."
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