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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
October 16, 2013
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I'll be performing "Sacred Uproar," my solo show, at the Red Devil Lounge
in San Francisco on Thursday, October 17. I'll come on stage a little after
9 pm.
It's a free event. I'll be opening for the rock band Extra Ordinary
Astronauts, featuring two members of Psychefunkapus, one of my
favorite bands ever. The Red Devil Lounge is located at 1695 Polk Street
in San Francisco.
Here's the Facebook page for the event: http://on.fb.me/15ZlwWm
Here's my Facebook page for updates: http://bit.ly/BrezFB
If you'd like to see videos of my previous shows, go here:
http://bit.ly/19CRk62
Read a review of one of my previous shows:http://bit.ly/1btlgCB
"Sacred Uproar" is based on material from my book *Pronoia Is the
Antidote for Paranoia.* I call it a pagan revival show. It's poetically and
scientifically formulated to invoke insurrectionary beauty, mystical
activism, and friendly shocks.
Here's how I introduce the show: We are all born geniuses. But the grind
of everyday living tends to de-genius us. That's the bad news. The good
news is that we have the power to re-genius ourselves. "Sacred Uproar" is
my way of helping you do that: re-genius yourself.
My book *PRONOIA IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR PARANOIA*
is available at Amazon: http://bit.ly/Pronoia
or Powells: http://bit.ly/PronoiaPowells
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
All of this week's Pronoiac Resources come directly from the wonderful
pronoiac magazine *YES!* You can find it here:
http://www.yesmagazine.org/
How Domestic Workers Won Their Rights: Five Big Lessons.
After decades of exclusion, home care workers are finally covered by
federal minimum wage laws. Anyone who works for social change can
learn from how they did it.
http://tinyurl.com/mdb4s8e
Is "Snowden Effect" Inspiring More Whistleblowers to Step Up?
For those in the intelligence community who want to come forward about
government lawbreaking, Edward Snowden made it clear that they're not
alone.
http://tinyurl.com/nx6e9vh
Why Do Nuns Outlive the Rest of Us? Six Tips for Healthy Aging.
The good news is that you don't have to live in a convent to do the
things that keep these nuns healthy and happy.
http://tinyurl.com/l3rumtx
(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 17
Copyright 2013 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "The door to the invisible must be visible,"
wrote the surrealist spiritual author Rene Daumal. This describes an
opportunity that is on the verge of becoming available to you. The
opportunity is still invisible simply because it has no precedents in your
life; you can't imagine what it is. But just recently a door to that
unknown realm has become visible to you. I suggest you open it, even
though you have almost no idea what's on the other side.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In Tim Burton's film *Alice in Wonderland,*
Alice asks the White Rabbit, "How long is forever?" The talking rabbit
replies, "Sometimes, just one second." That's an important piece of
information for you to keep in mind, Scorpio. It implies that "forever" may
not necessarily, in all cases, last until the universe dies out five billion
years from now. "Forever" might actually turn out to be one second or 90
minutes or a month or a year or who knows? So how does this apply to
your life right now? Well, a situation you assumed was permanent could
ultimately change -- perhaps much faster than you have imagined. An
apparently everlasting decree or perpetual feeling could unexpectedly
shift, as if by magic.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): "I need a little language such as lovers
use," wrote Virginia Woolf in her novel *The Waves.* "I need no words.
Nothing neat . . . I need a howl; a cry." If I'm reading the astrological
omens correctly, Sagittarius, Woolf is speaking for you right now. You
should be willing to get guttural and primal . . . to trust the teachings of
silence and the crazy wisdom of your body . . . to exult in the inarticulate
mysteries and bask in the dumfounding brilliance of the Eternal Wow. Are
you brave enough to love what can't be put into words?
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "I get bored with the idea of becoming a
better listener," writes business blogger Penelope Trunk. "Why would I do
that when interrupting people is so much faster?" If your main goal is to
impose your will on people and get things over with as soon as possible,
Capricorn, by all means follow Trunk's advice this week. But if you have
other goals -- like building consensus, finding out important information
you don't know yet, and winning help from people who feel affection for
you -- I suggest that you find out how to have maximum fun by being an
excellent listener.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The last time meteorologists officially added
a new type of cloud formation to the International Cloud Atlas was 1951.
But they're considering another one now. It's called "asperatus," which is
derived from the Latin term *undulatus asperatus,* meaning "turbulent
undulation." According to the Cloud Appreciation Society, it resembles
"the surface of a choppy sea from below." But although it looks rough
and agitated, it almost never brings a storm. Let's make asperatus your
mascot for the next few weeks. Aquarius. I suspect that you, too, will
soon discover something new under the sun. It may at first look turbulent,
but I bet it will mostly just be interesting.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Should you try private experiments that
might generate intimate miracles? Yes! Should you dream up extravagant
proposals and schedule midnight rendezvous! By all means! Should you
pick up where your fantasies left off the last time you got too timid to
explore further? Naturally! Should you find out what "as raw as the law
allows" actually means? I encourage you! Should you question taboos that
are no longer relevant? Most assuredly! Should you burn away the rotting
pain with a show of liberated strength? Beyond a doubt! Should you tap
into the open secret at the core of your wild beauty? Of course!
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YOU NEED MAGIC
Every day, you have to wade through a relentless surge of soul-less
information. 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 strenuous efforts to
keep your world enchanted.
I aspire to contribute to the sacred cause of feeding your sense of
wonder and enchantment. That's one of my main motivations for offering
you my free horoscopes, book excerpts, and music.
If you ever want more of that stuff, and think it's worth paying for, try
out my Expanded Audio Horoscopes. They're four-to-five-minute
meditations on the current state of your destiny.
Go here to access them: http://RealAstrology.com/
You can also listen over the phone by calling
1-877-873-4888
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): This is an indelicate oracle. If you're offended
by the mention of bodily functions in a prophetic context you should
STOP READING NOW. Still here? OK. I was walking through my
neighborhood when I spied an older woman standing over her aged
Yorkshire Terrier next to a bush. The dog was in discomfort, squatting
and shivering but unable to relieve himself. "He's having trouble getting
his business done," his owner confided in me. "He's been struggling for
ten minutes." I felt a rush of sympathy for the distressed creature. With a
flourish of my hand, I said, "More power to you, little one. May you purge
your burden." The dog instantly defecated. Shrieking her approval, the
woman exclaimed, "It's like you waved a magic wand!" Now I am invoking
my wizardry in your behalf, Aries, although in a less literal way: *More
power to you. May you purge your psychological burden.*
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): "You won't do it at the right time," warns
writer Kate Moller. "You'll be late. You'll be early. You'll get re-routed.
You'll get delayed. You'll change your mind. You'll change your heart. It's
not going to turn out the way you thought it would." And yet, Moller
concludes -- are you ready for the punch line? -- "it will be better." In
describing your future, Taurus, I couldn't have said it better myself. Fate
may be comical in the way it plays with your expectations and plans, but I
predict you will ultimately be glad about the outcome.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the coming weeks, you Geminis could be
skillful and even spectacular liars. You will have the potential to deceive
more people, bend more truths, and even fool yourself better than
anyone else. On the other hand, you will also have the knack to channel
this same slipperiness in a different direction. You could tell imaginative
stories that rouse people from their ruts. You might explore the positive
aspects of Kurt Vonnegut's theory that we tend to become what we
pretend to be. Or you could simply be so creative and playful and
improvisational in everything you do that you catalyze a lot of
inspirational fun. Which way will you go?
CANCER (June 21-July 22): I'm all in favor of you indulging your instinct
for self-protection. As a Cancerian myself, I understand that one of the
ways you take good care of yourself is by making sure that you feel
reasonably safe. Having said that, I also want to remind you that your
mental and emotional health requires you to leave your comfort zone on a
regular basis. Now is one of those times. The call to adventure will arrive
soon. If you make yourself ready and eager for changes, the changes that
come will kick your ass in mostly educational and pleasurable ways.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Who exactly do you want to be when you grow
up, and what is the single most important experience you need in order to
make that happen? What riches do you want to possess when you are
finally wise enough to make enlightened use of them, and how can you
boost your eligibility for those riches? Which one of your glorious dreams
is not quite ripe enough for you to fulfill it, but is primed to be
dramatically ripened in the coming weeks? If I were you, Leo, I would
meditate on these questions. Answers will be forthcoming.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): At an elementary school festival some years
ago, I performed the role of the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland. One
of my tasks was to ask kids to make a wish, whereupon I sprinkled their
heads with magic fairy dust. Some of the kids were skeptical about the
whole business. They questioned the proposition that the fairy dust would
make their wishes come true. A few were so suspicious that they walked
away without making a wish or accepting the fairy dust. Yet every single
one of those distrustful kids came back later to tell me they had changed
their minds, and every single one asked me to bestow more than the
usual amount of fairy dust. They are your role models, Virgo. Like them,
you should return to the scene of your doubts and demand extra fairy
dust.
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name of the rock band you'd be in? Testify at Freewillastrology.com.
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