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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
December 19, 2012
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A PREVIEW OF YOUR DESTINY IN 2013
Want to get a head start on your future? This week my EXPANDED AUDIO
HOROSCOPES offer you a sneak-peek, teaser look at some major themes
you'll be working and playing with in 2013.
Start dreaming and scheming about who you're going to be in the new
year!
Then, beginning next week, I will devote three consecutive weeks to an in-
depth discussion of your long-range outlook for the coming year.
Part One of my LONG-TERM FORECASTS FOR 2013 will be available
beginning Tuesday, December 25.
Part Two will be available on Tuesday, January 1.
Part Three will be available on Tuesday, January 8.
To access the Expanded Audio Horoscopes, go to
http://RealAstrology.com.
The cost is $6 per sign. (Discounts for multiple buys.)
You can also listen over the phone by calling 1-877-873-4888.
The cost is $1.99 per minute.
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Dear Co-Conspirators: Congratulations on having such ambidextrous
brains, you nimble wise guys and riotous grrrls.
Due to your ever-growing ability to blend supple rationality with robust
intuition, you're not falling prey to the inane strains of insanity that are
going around.
Instead you're achieving glorious victory after glorious victory over the
fearful fantasies that pass for normalcy.
Best of all, you're increasing your mastery of the art of the paradox; more
and more you're attuned to the amusing fact that when the mythic shifts
hit the fan, the apparent opposites turn inside-out and trade places. The
rot prepares the way for the splendor. The chaos becomes the source of
the rejuvenation. The end of the world mutates into the beginning of the
world.
Please accept the thunderous applause of my one hand clapping. The
people who take everything personally and seriously may not recognize
your ingenious work, but we connoisseurs of the liberated imagination do.
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
FROM THE PRONIAC ARCHIVES
Nicholas George Winton is a British humanitarian who organized the
rescue of 669 mostly Jewish children from German-occupied
Czechoslovakia on the eve of the Second World War.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Winton
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SOME THINGS ARE DEFINITELY GETTING BETTER
The average life expectancy in America 100 years ago was 47 years old.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0005140.html
YOUR MINIMUM DAILY REQUIREMENT OF DAZZLE
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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 December 20
Copyright 2012 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): When he was 21, the Capricorn writer Jack
London set off to prospect for gold in the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush. He
had a rough time there. Malnourished, he suffered from scurvy and leg
pain. To make matters worse, he didn't find much gold, and returned
home broke. On the other hand, he met scores of adventure seekers who
told him stories of their travels. These tales served as rich raw material
for his novel *The Call of the Wild,* published in 1903. It made him
famous and is generally regarded as his masterpiece. I'm guessing you will
begin a similar trajectory in 2013, Capricorn. Events that may at first
seem less than successful will ultimately breed a big breakthrough.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I can't force you to seek more pleasure in
2013. I won't nag you to play harder and explore the frontiers of feeling
really good. However, I will say this: If you don't plan to put yourself into
at least partial alignment with the cosmic mandate to have maximum fun,
you may not get the best use out of the advice I'll be offering though my
horoscopes in the coming year. Please consider the possibility of ramping
up your capacity for pure enjoyment.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The study of ancient Mayan civilization owes
a lot to the fact that Americans started buying lots of chewing gum in the
late 19th century. Huh? Here's the connection: For a long time, chicle was
one of the prime ingredients in Chiclets, Juicy Fruit, Bazooka bubble gum,
and many other brands of chewing gum. Chicle is obtained from the sap
of sapodilla trees, which grow in abundance in Central America and
Mexico. Over the decades, workers harvesting the chicle accidentally
found many Mayan ruins covered in overgrown vegetation, then told
archaeologists about their discoveries. I foresee a metaphorically
comparable sequence happening in your life during 2013. In unexpected
ways, you will be put back in touch with and benefit from lost, forgotten,
or unexplored parts of the past.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Isaac Newton is regarded as one of the most
influential scientists in history. But the time he spent as a member of the
English Parliament was undistinguished. The only public comment he ever
made while serving there was a request to close the window because he
was cold. Basketball star Michael Jordan had a similar schism. In the prime
of his outstanding career, he took a year off to try playing baseball, which
he did poorly. After analyzing 2013's astrological aspects, Aries, I'm
guessing that you should cultivate a firm intention to avoid doing what
Newton and Jordan did. Keep playing to your strengths and emphasizing
what you love. Don't get sidetracked by peripheral concerns.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In 2013, I'd like to help you cultivate an even
more reliable relationship with your intuitions and hunches than you
already have. You may not need much guidance from me, since the
astrological omens indicate this will happen quite naturally. There's
another kind of inspiration I hope to offer you in the coming months:
clues about how to be "bad" in ways that will give your goodness more
vigor. And when I say "bad," I'm not referring to nastiness or insensitivity,
but rather to wildness and playfulness and experimentation. Here's one
further service I want to provide, Taurus: helping you build a greater
capacity to receive gifts, blessings, and support.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the year 1900, few people believed that
human beings would ever fly through the sky in machines. Most scientists
thought that such a feat was impossible. For years, the Wright Brothers
had a hard time convincing anyone to believe their flights were actually
taking place, even though they had photos and witness reports as
documentation. Although the leap you'll be capable of in 2013 isn't quite
as monumental as the Wright Brothers', it could be pretty important in
the history of your own life. You may also have to deal with skepticism
akin to what they had to face. Be true to your vision, Gemini!
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LET'S START TALKING ABOUT YOUR FUTURE
This week my EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES offer you a teaser, sneak-
peek look of some major themes you'll be working and playing with in
2013.
Who do you want to be in the coming year? What do you want to do?
Where do you want to go? Your destiny is more wide-open that you might
imagine. You have a lot of power to shape the flow of events.
I want to inspire you to take advantage of the possibilities!
The cost is $6, with a discount for multiple purchases.
Register and/or log in to hear the sneak peek of 2013's major themes:
http://RealAstrology.com.
They are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888.
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): In 2013, I predict you will see why it's wise to
phase out an influence you have loved to hate for far too long.
Uncoincidentally, you will also have a talent for purging emotional burdens
and psychic debris that you've been holding on to since the bad old days.
No later than your birthday, if all goes well, you will be free from a subtle
curse you've been casting on yourself; you will finally be attending to one
of your long-neglected needs; and you will have turned some rather
gawky, half-assed wizardry into a smooth and silky magic.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In 2013, I pledge to help you raise your lovability.
It's not that you are unlovable now, of course, but there's always room
for improvement, right? And if people become even more attracted to
you than they already are, then you're likely to get a lot of collaborative
and cooperative work done. You will thrive as you and your allies work on
projects that make your corner of the world a better and more interesting
place. So what are the first three actions you could take to raise your
lovability?
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): First question: Have you ever thought to
yourself, "I'm afraid I will never achieve my noblest dreams or live
according to my highest ideas"? Answer: There's a very good chance that
in the coming year you will banish that fear from the sacred temple of
your imagination. Second question: Have you ever wondered if maybe you
unconsciously undermine the efforts of people who are trying to assist
you? Answer: In the coming months you should discover exactly what to
do to prevent such a thing from happening. Third question: Do you know
the single most important question you should be asking in 2013?
Answer: I predict you will figure that out sometime in the next three
weeks.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In 2013, I will be encouraging you to journey
into the frontiers and experiment with the unknown. I will seek to inspire
you to go in search of teachings you've needed for a long time. Are you
ready for this expansion, Libra? Are you feeling a natural urge to explore
forbidden zones and discover missing secrets and mess with your
outmoded taboos? As you might imagine, doing this work would motivate
you to develop a healthier relationship with your fears. To bolster your
courage, I suggest you find some new freedom songs to sing.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In 2013, I will do what I can to ensure that
your fiscal biorhythms are in close alignment with the universal cash flow.
You should have pretty good instincts about this worthy project yourself,
Scorpio. And so there's an excellent chance that your wealth will increase.
The upgrade will be especially dramatic if you are constantly scheming
about how you can share your riches and benefit other people with your
generosity. I think there will also be an interesting fringe benefit if you
maintain maximum integrity as you enhance your access to valuable
resources: You will develop a more useful relationship with your obsessive
tendencies.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In 2013, I pledge to conspire with you
to achieve more mixtures, connections, accords, and unifications than you
ever thought possible. I will furthermore be a fount of suggestions about
how you can live well in two worlds. I will coach you to create a peace
treaty with your evil twin and your nemesis, and I will help you develop a
knack for steering clear of other people's bad ideas and sour moods. I
can't of course guarantee that you will never again experience a broken
heart, but I swear I will do everything I can do to heal the broken part of
your heart that you've been suffering from.
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Homework: What's the best gift you could give yourself this holiday
season? Testify at FreeWillAstrology.com.
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