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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
November 28, 2012
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Pronoia asks us to be awake to the shifting conditions of the Wild Divine's
ever-fresh creation. It encourages us to be quite happy about regularly
divesting ourselves of the beliefs and theories that guided us yesterday
so that we can see clearly what's right in front of us today.
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pronoia says that toppling any particular junta, clique, or elite is irrelevant
unless we overthrow the sour, puckered mass hallucination that is
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The revolution begins at home. If you overthrow yourself again and again,
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning November 29
Copyright 2012 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If you say "rabbit rabbit rabbit" as soon
as you wake up on the first day of the month, you will have good luck for
the next 30 to 31 days. At least that's how reality works according to a
British superstition. But judging from your astrological omens, I don't
think you will have to resort to magic tricks like that to stimulate your
good fortune. In the next four weeks, I suspect you will be the beneficiary
of a flood of cosmic mojo, as well as a surge of divine woowoo, a shower
of astral juju, and an upwelling of universal googoo gaga. If it would give
you even more confidence to invoke your favorite superstitions, though,
go right ahead. Even scientists say that kind of thing works:
tinyurl.com/SuperstitiousBoost.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): According to Greek myth, Perseus cut off
the head of Medusa. She was the creature whose hair was composed of
snakes and whose gaze could turn a person into stone. The immortal
winged horse Pegasus was instantaneously born from Medusa's blood. He
ultimately became an ally to the nine Muses, and Zeus relied on him to
carry thunder and lightning. I predict that while you're sleeping, Capricorn,
you will have a dream that contains elements of this myth. Here's a
preliminary interpretation of that dream: You are undergoing a transition
that could in a sense give you the power of flight and a more abundant
access to a muse.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It's time for you to be leader of the pack,
Aquarius; to take your gang to the next level; to make sure the group
mind isn't suppressing innovation and enforcing peer pressure but is
rather inspiring every member of the tribe to be as creative as they dare
to be. And if it's not realistic for you to wield that much power, then do
whatever you can to synergize the alliances that hold your posse
together. Build team morale. Gossip constructively. Conspire to animate
an influx of fresh magic.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): If you're a food company that wants to sell
chicken in the shape of a chicken wing, it must have actual chicken wing
meat in it. Otherwise, the law says you've got to call your product
"wyngz." I've always thought that there's a lot of information the media
presents as "news" that is really as fake as wyngz. That's why I advocate
calling the bogus stuff "newzak" (rhymes with "muzak"). Your assignment
in the coming weeks, Pisces, is to make sure you're not putting out any
wyngz- or newzak-like stuff in your own chosen field. The fates will help
you rather dramatically if you put a high premium on authenticity.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): "They are trying to make me into a fixed
star," complained religious leader Martin Luther a few centuries ago. "I am
an irregular planet." I invite you to use that declaration as your own in the
coming weeks. You have every right to avoid being pinned down,
pigeonholed, and forced to be consistent. According to my reading of the
astrological omens, you need abundant freedom to mutate your identity.
You deserve a poetic license that allows you to play a variety of different
roles and explore the pleasures of unpredictable self-expression.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): "The Star-Spangled Banner" is America's
national anthem. It features the lyrics of a patriotic poem written by
Francis Scott Key. But the melody itself is entirely lifted from a bawdy old
song that celebrates Bacchus, the ancient god of wine and ecstatic
dancing. I love it when things are repurposed as dramatically as that. Do
you? The coming weeks will be prime time to repurpose stuff with
creative abandon. Make the past useful for the future, Taurus. Turn good
old ideas into fantastic new ones. Don't just recycle; transform.
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I'm guessing that in the coming weeks you will
be receiving a multitude of inquiries, invitations, and temptations --
probably more than you feel capable of responding to, and certainly more
than you *should* respond to. A few of these opportunities might be
appealing and lead to interesting adventures. But some will be useless,
diversionary, or trivial. Will you be able to tell the difference? That's your
big challenge. If you'd like help dodging unwanted solicitations, give out
this phone number as your own: 212.479.7990. It's a free service
provided by "The Rejection Line" at Rejectionline.com. People calling that
number will be politely told you aren't available.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): For millennia, the plant known as the yellow
avalanche lily has thrived on mountain slopes and meadows throughout
western North America. It blooms early in the spring, just in time for
broad-tailed hummingbirds that migrate from Central America to sip the
flower's nectar. But now there's a problem with that ancient arrangement.
Due to global warming, the lily now blossoms 17 days earlier than it used
to. But the hummingbirds haven't made an adjustment in their schedule,
so they're barely showing up in time to get their full allotment of nectar. I
suspect this is a metaphor for a shift you may be facing in your own life
rhythm. Fortunately, you've been forewarned, and you can adjust better
than the hummingbirds.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In our calendar, there is no special holiday
devoted to honoring the joy and power of rebellion. This oversight
confounds me. All my experience tells me that the urge to revolt is a
fundamental human need. Every one of us has a sacred duty to regularly
rise up and overthrow a stale status quo that is oppressing us -- whether
that's an organized group effort we're part of or our own deadening
routine. I'm telling you this, Leo, because it's an excellent time to
celebrate your own Rebellion Jubilee. Your vitality will soar as you shed
numbing habits and decaying traditions.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Recently you've had resemblances to an eight-
year-old kid wearing the pajamas you loved when you were five. Your bare
arms are jutting out beyond where the sleeves end, and there's a similar
thing going on with your legs. The fabric is ripped here and there because
it can't accommodate how much you've grown. You're feeling discomfort
in places where the overly tight fit is squeezing your flesh. All of this is
somewhat cute but mostly alarming. I wish you would wean yourself of
the past and update your approach.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A lot of leopard frogs live on Staten Island, one
of New York City's five boroughs. Most of them make a sound that
resembles a long snore or a rapid chuckle. But over the years, biologists
have also detected a third type of frogly expression: a clipped, repetitive
croak. Just this year, they finally figured out that this belonged to an
entirely distinct species of leopard frog that they had never before
identified. It's still so new it doesn't have a name yet. I expect a
metaphorically similar development in your life, Libra. You will become
aware of a secret that has been hiding in plain sight. You will "find"
something that actually revealed itself to you some time ago.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Tom Tolbert is a sports talk show host on
San Francisco radio station KNBR. I am amazingly neutral about him.
Nothing he says fascinates me or mirrors my own thoughts. On the other
hand, he never makes me mad and he's not boring. I neither like him nor
dislike him. I simply see him for who he is, without any regard for what he
can do for me. He has become a symbol of the possibility that I'm able to
look at a human being with complete impartiality, having no wish for him
to be different from what he is. In the coming week, I suggest you try to
achieve this enlightened state of mind on a regular basis. It's prime time,
astrologically speaking, to ripen your mastery of the art of objectivity.
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