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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
January 2, 2013
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EXPLORE YOUR LONG-RANGE FUTURE
with my 3-Part EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES for the Coming Year.
http://RealAstrology.com
Who do you want to become in 2013? Where do you want to go and
what do you want to do? I'm ready to help you muse about the
interesting possibilities.
This week, my EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES feature Part 2 of my long-
range, in-depth explorations of your destiny in 2013.
Part 1 of your Beginning-of-the-Year Predictions, which I offered last
week, is also still available for your listening pleasure. Part 3 will be ready
for you next week.
What will be the story of your life in 2013? How can you exert your free
will to create adventures that'll bring out the best in you, even as you
find graceful ways to cooperate with the tides of destiny?
To listen to your BIG PICTURE horoscopes online, go here:
http://www.RealAstrology.com
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning January 3
Copyright 2013 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In Tom Robbins' book *Skinny Legs and
All,* one of the characters, Ellen Cherry, has a conversation with a voice
in her head. The voice gives her a piece of advice: "The trick is this: keep
your eye on the ball. Even when you can't see the ball." I think that
happens to be excellent counsel for you to heed during the next six
months, Capricorn. You may not always be able to figure out what the hell
is going on, but that shouldn't affect your commitment to doing the right
thing. Your job is to keep your own karma clean and pure -- and not worry
about anyone else's karma.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I'll be bold and predict that 2013 will be a
time when you'll discover more about the art of happiness than you have
in years. Here are some clues to get you started. 1. "It is not easy to find
happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere." -Agnes
Repplier. 2. "There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease
worrying about things that are beyond the power of our will." -Epictetus.
3. "For the rational, healthy person, the desire for pleasure is the desire
to celebrate his control over reality. For the neurotic, the desire for
pleasure is the desire to escape from reality." -Nathaniel Branden. 4. "Our
happiness springs mainly from moderate troubles, which afford the mind a
healthful stimulus, and are followed by a reaction which produces a
cheerful flow of spirits." -E. Wigglesworth. 5. "Happiness is essentially a
state of going somewhere, wholeheartedly, one-directionally, without
regret or reservation." -William H. Sheldon. 6. "We act as though comfort
and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to
make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about." -Charles
Kingsley.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In 2013, I pledge to help you feel at peace
and in love with your body; I will do everything in my power to encourage
you to triumph over media-induced delusions that tempt you to wish you
were different from who you actually are. My goal is to be one of your
resourceful supporters in the coming months -- to be a member of your
extensive team of allies. And I will be working with you to ensure that this
team grows to just the right size and provides you with just the right
foundation. If all goes well, your extra help will ensure that you finish
almost everything you start in the coming year. You will regularly conquer
everyday chaos and be a master of artful resolutions.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In 2013, I pledge to conspire with you to
increase your mastery of the art of friendship. Together we will
concentrate on making you an even stronger ally than you already are.
We will upgrade your skill at expressing your feelings with open-hearted
clarity, and in ways that don't make people defensive. We will also inspire
you to help others communicate effectively in your presence. I hope you
understand that doing this work will empower you to accomplish feats
that were never before possible for you.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Chickens and alligators share a common
ancestor. Seventy million years ago, they were both archosaurs. That's
why chickens possess a gene that has the ability to grow teeth. A few
years ago, a biological researcher at the University of Wisconsin managed
to activate this capacity, inducing a few mutant chickens to sprout
alligator teeth. I predict there will be a metaphorically comparable event
happening for you in 2013, Taurus. The "chicken" part of you will acquire
some of the gravitas of an alligator.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): "People wish to learn to swim and at the same
time to keep one foot on the ground," said French novelist Marcel Proust.
An attitude like that is always a barrier to growth, of course, but in 2013
it would be especially ill-advised for you Geminis. In order to win full
possession of the many blessings that will be offering themselves to you,
you will have to give up your solid footing and dive into the depths over
and over again. That may sometimes be a bit nerve-racking. But it should
also generate the most fun you've had in years.
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EXPLORING YOUR LONG-RANGE FUTURE
Would you like some inspiration as you muse and wonder about your
upcoming adventures in 2013?
In this week's EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES, I offer you Part Two of a
long-term, in-depth exploration of your destiny in the coming year.
Part Three will be available next week. Part One is still available.
Find out how to access them online at http://RealAstrology.com.
They are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888.
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Here's the horoscope I hope to be able to
write for you a year from now: You escaped the chains that kept you
enslaved to your primary source of suffering. You broke the trance it kept
you in, and you freed yourself from its demoralizing curse. Now you have
forged a resilient new relationship with your primary source of suffering --
a relationship that allows you to deal with it only when it's healthy for you
to do so and only when you feel strong enough to do it. Very nicely done!
Congratulations! Excellent work!
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): "In this world," said Oscar Wilde, "there are only
two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is
getting it." I'm counting on you to refute the last part of that
questionable assertion, Leo. According to my analysis of the long-term
astrological omens, you will definitely be getting what you want in the
next six months. You will receive your prize . . . you will earn your badge .
. . you will win a big game or claim your birthright or find your treasure.
When that happens, I trust you will make sure it is an enduring blessing.
There will be no sadness involved!
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): English poet Alfred Tennyson wrote so many
memorable lines that he is among the top ten most frequently cited
authors in *The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.* One of his most famous
passages was "'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have
loved at all." When he was on his death bed at age 83, his enigmatic last
words were, "I have opened it." Let's make that declaration your mantra
for the coming year, Virgo. In your case, it will have nothing to do with
death, but just the opposite. It will be your way of announcing your
entrance into a brighter, lustier, more fertile phase of your life. Try saying
it right now: "I have opened it!"
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Back in 1830, it was expensive to stay up and
do things in your room after dark. To earn enough money to pay for the
whale oil that would light your lamp for an hour, you had to work for 5.4
hours. And today? It's cheaper. You have to put in less than a second of
hard labor to afford an hour's worth of light. I suspect that in 2013 there
will be a similar boost in your ease at getting the light you need to
illuminate your journey. I'm speaking metaphorically here, as in the insight
that arises from your intuition, the emotional energy that comes from
those you care about, and the grace of the Divine Wow. All that good
stuff will be increasing.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): "I've been absolutely terrified every moment
of my life," said Scorpio painter Georgia O'Keeffe, "and I've never let it
keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do." I think her declaration
is excellent medicine for you. In 2013, you will have great potential for
upgrading your relationship with your fears -- not necessarily suppressing
them or smashing them, but rather using them more consistently as a
springboard, capitalizing on the emotions they unleash, and riding the
power they motivate you to summon.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): "Ambition can creep as well as soar,"
said Irish philosopher Edmund Burke. That will be good for you to
remember throughout 2013, Sagittarius. Later this year, the time may
come for your ambition to soar -- in the month of April, for example, and
again in the month of August. But for the foreseeable future, I think your
ambition will operate best if you keep it contained and intense, moving
slowly and gradually, attending to the gritty details with supreme focus.
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Homework: Send me your New Year's resolutions. Go to
RealAstrology.com and click on "Email Rob." For extra credit, also send
me your anti-resolutions: Weird habits and vices that you pledge to
continue.
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