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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
January 8, 2014
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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 2014? 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 2014.
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 2014? 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
Register and/or log in through the main page, and then click on the link
"Long Range Prediction, Part 2"
You can also listen over the phone by calling 1-877-873-4888.
The cost is $6 per sign on the Web (discounts for the purchase of
multiple tokens), or $1.99 per minute by phone. Each forecast is 7-9
minutes long.
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My book
*PRONOIA IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR PARANOIA*
is available at Amazon: http://bit.ly/Pronoia
or Powells: http://bit.ly/PronoiaPowells
Below is an excerpt. (You can read the entire piece at
http://bit.ly/4Zh0Qr.)
LIBERATE YOUR IMAGINATION
Let me remind you who you really are: You're an immortal freedom fighter
who longs to liberate all sentient creatures from their suffering. You're a
fun-loving messiah who devoutly wants to help all of your fellow messiahs
claim the ecstatic awareness that is their birthright.
Try to remember. You're a vortex of fluidic light that has temporarily
taken on the form of a human being, suffering amnesia about your true
origins. And why did you do that? Because it was the best way to forge
the identity that would make you such an elemental force in our 14-
billion-year campaign to bring heaven all the way down to earth.
I'm not speaking metaphorically here. You are a mutant deity in disguise --
not a Buddha or a Christ exactly, but of the same lineage and conjured
from the same fire. You have been around since the beginning of time and
will be here after the end. Every day and in every way, you're getting
better at playing the preposterously amusing master game we all dreamed
up together before the Big Bang bloomed.
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Lately, I must admit, our work has seemed almost comically impossible.
Many of us have given in to the temptation to believe that everything is
upside-down and inside-out. Ignorance and inertia, partially camouflaged
as time-honored morality, seem to surround us. Pessimism is enshrined as
a hallmark of worldliness. Compulsive skepticism masquerades as
perceptiveness. Mean-spirited irony is chic. Stories about treachery and
degradation provoke a visceral thrill in millions of people who think of
themselves as reasonable and smart. Beautiful truths are suspect and ugly
truths are readily believed.
So no, at this peculiar turning point in the evolution of our 14-billion-year-
old master game, it's not easy to carry out our mission. We've got to be
both wrathful insurrectionaries and exuberant lovers of life. We've got to
cultivate cheerful buoyancy even as we resist the temptation to swallow
thousands of delusions that have been carefully crafted and seductively
packaged by those messiahs among us who bravely volunteered to play
the role of know-it-all deceivers.
We have to learn how to stay in a good yet unruly mood as we overthrow
the sour, puckered mass hallucination that is mistakenly referred to as
"reality."
Maybe most importantly, we have to be ferociously and single-mindedly
dedicated to the cause of beauty and truth and love even as we keep our
imaginations wild and hungry and free. We have to be both disciplined and
rowdy.
What can we do to help each other in this work?
TO READ THE REST OF "LIBERATE YOUR IMAGINATION," GO HERE:
http://bit.ly/4Zh0Qr
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
Good News to Start 2014
* Fewer people are dying young, and more are living longer.
* Fewer people suffer from extreme poverty, and the world is getting
happier.
* War is becoming rarer and less deadly.
* Rates of murder and other violent crimes are in free-fall.
* There's less racism, sexism, and other forms of discrimination in the
world.
All the above from http://tinyurl.com/mqheaed
* Same-sex marriage is now legal in 15 countries and 18 states in the U.S.
Wikipedia says: "Polls in various countries show that there is rising
support for legally recognizing same-sex marriage across race, ethnicity,
age, religion, political affiliation, and socioeconomic status."
* In 2013, Americans took steps to expand preschool for the poor.
* In 2013, the U.S. saw homelessness drop again.
* Donors pledged the largest amount ever to fight AIDS.
* Transgender women gained a voice on television.
* Developing countries are enabling women to make informed
contraception decisions.
* Malala helped send 40 girls and counting to school.
* Students used proms to push for racial integration.
* We're winning the fight against malaria and polio.
Most of the above is from http://tinyurl.com/ltrkcqd
* The scaremongering about Fukushima is grossly overblown:
http://tinyurl.com/ll7qtpj
Also:
* Marijuana was legalized in Uruguay and Colorado, and there's growing
support for it to be legalized elsewhere.
* The Pope joined the Dalai Lama in calling for an end to growing
economic inequality.
(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 January 9
Copyright 2014 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Can you guess what combination of colors
makes the most vivid visual impact? Psychologists say it's black on
yellow. Together they arrest the eye. They command attention. They
activate a readiness to respond. According to my reading of the
astrological omens, this is the effect you can and should have in the
coming weeks. It's time for you to draw the best kind of attention to
yourself. You have a right and a duty to galvanize people with the power
of your presence. Whether you actually wear yellow clothes with black
highlights is optional as long as you cultivate a similar potency.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I'm guessing that in a metaphorical sense,
you've been swallowed by a whale. Now you're biding your time in the
beast's belly. Here's my prediction: You will be like the Biblical Jonah, who
underwent a more literal version of your experience. The whale eventually
expelled him, allowing him to return to his life safe and sound -- and your
story will have the same outcome. What should you do in the meantime?
Here's the advice that Dan Albergotti gives in his poem "Things to Do in
the Belly of the Whale." "Count the ribs," he says. "Look up for blue sky
through the spout. Make small fires with the broken hulls of fishing boats.
Practice smoke signals. Call old friends. Organize your calendar. Dream of
the beach. Review each of your life's ten million choices. Find the
evidence of those before you. Listen for the sound of your heart. Be
thankful that you are here, swallowed with all hope, where you can rest
and wait."
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): How do you like your tests? Short, intense,
and dramatic? Or leisurely, drawn-out, and low-pressure? Here's another
question: Do you prefer to pick out the tests you take, making sure
they're good fits for the precise lessons you want to master? Or do you
find it more exciting and adventurous to let fate determine what
unpredictable tests get sent your way? Ruminate about these matters,
Pisces. You're due for a nice big test sometime soon, and it's in your
interest to help shape and define how everything unfolds.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): You can blame it on the coming full moon. You
can blame it on the gorgeous storm or the epic dream or the haunting
song or the suffering you're struggling to vanquish. All I ask is that you
don't blame it on the alcohol. OK? If you're going to do wild and brave
and unexpected things, make sure they are rooted in your vigorous
response to primal rhythms, not in a drunken surrender to weakness or
ignorance. I'm all for you losing your oppressive self-control, but not the
healthy kind of self-control.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): When is the last time you did an experiment?
I'm not talking about scientific tests and trials that take place in a
laboratory. I'm referring to real-life experiments, like when you try out an
unfamiliar experience to see if it appeals to you . . . or when you instigate
a change in your routine to attract unpredictable blessings into your
sphere. Now would be an excellent time to expose yourself to a few what-
ifs like that. You're overdue to have your eyes opened, your limits
stretched, and your mind blown.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): To help take the edge off the darkness you
have been wrestling with, I offer you these lines from a poem by Kay
Ryan: "The day misspent, / the love misplaced, / has inside it / the seed
of redemption. / Nothing is exempt / from resurrection." In other words,
Gemini, whatever has disappeared from your life will probably return later
in a new form. The wrong turns you made may lead you to a fresh
possibility. Is that what you want? Or would you prefer that the lost
things stay lost, the dead things stay dead? Make a decision soon.
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EXPLORING YOUR LONG-RANGE FUTURE
Would you like some inspiration as you muse and wonder about your
upcoming adventures in 2014?
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://bit.ly/BigPicture2014.
They are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888.
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): "Human beings are often unable to receive
because we do not know what to ask for," says the writer Malidoma Some
in his book *Water and Spirit.* "We are sometimes unable to get what we
need because we do not know what we want." With that in mind,
Cancerian, hear my two pleas: first, that in the next six weeks, you will
work diligently to identify the goodies you want most; and second, that
you will cultivate your capacity to receive the goodies you want most by
refining your skill at asking for them.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Julia Morgan (1872-1957) was the first woman
licensed as an architect in California. She designed over 700 buildings in
the course of her brilliant career, and thrived both financially and
artistically. One key to her success was her humility. "Don't ever turn
down a job because it's beneath you," she advised. That's a helpful
message for you to hear, Leo. It applies to the work-related opportunities
you may be invited to take on, as well as the tasks that your friends,
associates, and loved ones ask you to consider. You can't possibly know
ahead of time how important it might ultimately be to apply yourself
conscientiously to a seemingly small assignment.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): One of Beethoven's music teachers said, "As a
composer, he is hopeless." When Thomas Edison was a kid, a teacher told
him he was "too stupid to learn anything." Walt Disney worked at a
newspaper when he was young, but his editor fired him because "he
lacked imagination and had no good ideas." I'm sure there was a person
like that in your past -- someone who disparaged and discouraged you.
But I'm happy to report that 2014 will be the best year ever for
neutralizing and overcoming that naysayer's curse. If you have not yet
launched your holy crusade, begin now.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): As a child, French philosopher and writer Blaise
Pascal (1623-1662) loved math. But his father, who homeschooled him,
forced him to forego math and concentrate on studying the humanities.
Blaise rebelled. When he was 12 years old, he locked himself in his room
for days and immersed himself in mathematical investigations. When he
emerged, he had figured out on his own some of Euclid's fundamental
theorems about geometry. Eventually, he became a noted mathematician.
I see the coming weeks as prime time to do something like the young
Pascal did: Seal yourself away from other people's opinions about who
you're supposed to be, and explore the themes that will be crucial for the
person you are becoming.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In 1609, Dutch sea explorer Henry Hudson
sailed to America and came upon what we now call Coney Island. Back
then it was a barren spit of sand whose main inhabitants were rabbits. But
it was eventually turned into a dazzling resort -- an "extravagant
playground," according to the documentary film *Coney Island.* By the
early 20th century, there were three sprawling amusement parks packed
into its two square miles of land, plus "a forest of glittering electric
towers, historical displays, freak shows, a simulated trip to the moon, the
largest herd of elephants in the world, and panoramas showing the
Creation, the End of the World, and Hell." I mention this, Scorpio, because
2014 could feature your very own Henry Hudson moment: a time when
you will discover virgin territory that will ultimately become an
extravagant playground.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): "If men had wings and bore black
feathers, few of them would be clever enough to be crows," said 19th-
century social reformer Henry Ward Beecher. That might be an accurate
assessment for most people, but I don't think it will be true for you
Sagittarians in the foreseeable future. Your animal intelligence will be
working even better than usual. Your instinctual inclinations are likely to
serve as reliable guides to wise action. Trust what your body tells you!
You will definitely be clever enough to be a crow.
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Homework: Imagine that one of your heroes comes to you and says,
"Teach me the most important things you know." What do you say?
FreeWillAstrology.com.
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