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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
June 25, 2014
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WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE AHEAD FOR YOU in the next eight to twelve
months?
EXPLORE THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE
with my Expanded Audio Horoscopes for the Second Half of 2014 and
beyond.
How can you exert your free will to create the adventures that will bring
out the best in you, even as you find graceful ways to cooperate with the
tides of destiny?
To listen to my IN-DEPTH, LONG-TERM AUDIO FORECAST for YOUR LIFE
during the coming months, register and/or sign in here:
http://RealAstrology.com
After you log in through the main page, click on the link "Long Term
Forecast for Second Half of 2014."
The horoscopes cost $6 apiece. Discounts are available for multiple
purchases.
You can also listen to your short-term forecast for the coming week by
clicking on "This week (June 24, 2014)."
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BONUS
You may also be interested in reviewing the long-term horoscopes I've
written for you. They discuss your possible destiny for all of 2014. To see
them, go here: http://bit.ly/BigLife2014
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It's my birthday week. I celebrate for eight consecutive days, including
the hidden "Funday" that's between Thursday and Friday. I encourage you
to do the same when your birthday comes around.
To mark my personal festival, I welcome your birthday blessings, good
wishes, and compassionate critiques.
If you are inclined to send me gifts, I welcome them at P.O. Box 150628,
San Rafael, CA 94915. Email blessings go here: uaregod@comcast.net.
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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
Here's an excerpt:
HEALING SHOCKS
Many of us are essentially asleep, even as we walk around in broad
daylight. We're so focused on the restless narratives and repetitive
fantasies unfurling in our heads that we only dimly perceive the larger
story raging in all of its chaotic beauty around us.
To have any hope of permanently breaking out of our fuzzy trance, we
require regular shocks. A single jolt might cause us to briefly come to
attention and see the miracle of creation for what it is, but once the red
alert has passed, we relax back into our fixation on the dreamy tales our
mind never stops telling us.
In the course of its conspiracy to shower us with blessings, life does its
best to provide us with a steady flow of healing shocks. But because it
tends to err on the side of tenderness, its prods may be too gentle,
allowing us to ignore them. Gradually, life will up the ante, trying to find
the right mix of toughness and love, as it encourages us to WAKE UP!
But our addiction to the phantasmagoria is tenacious. The stream-of-
conscious narratives and ever-bubbling fantasies, even when they're
racked with torment and terror, are perversely entertaining. And so we
may avoid responding to the kind shocks for so long that life finally has to
resort to stronger medicine. Then we might get sick or lose our job or
muck up our closest relationship.
It doesn't have to be that way . . . .
TO READ THE REST OF THIS PIECE (and listen to it, too), go HERE:
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Or buy the book! It's called *PRONOIA IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR PARANOIA*
and is available here: http://bit.ly/Pronoia
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
Elon Musk announces plans to build one of the single largest solar panel
production plants in the world, and send people to Mars in ten years.
"Solar panels, paired with batteries to enable power at night, can produce
several orders of magnitude more electricity than is consumed by the
entirety of human civilization." - Elon Musk
http://tinyurl.com/lhcr3cm
Dolphins Guide Scientists to Rescue Suicidal Girl
http://tinyurl.com/lmjpals
The teenage pregnancy rate dropped 51% between 1990 and 2010. The
teen birthrate also declined by 44%.
http://tinyurl.com/qejljpm
A compendium of pronoiac news.
http://PronoiaResources.com
(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 June 26
Copyright 2014 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
CANCER (June 21-July 22): If you could harness the energy from a typical
lightning bolt, you would be able to use it to toast 100,000 slices of
bread. That's an impossible scenario, of course. But I see it as an apt
metaphor for the challenge you have ahead of you. I suspect you will soon
get access to a massive influx of vital force that arrives in a relatively
short time. Can you find a way to gather it in and store it up? Or will most
of it, after the initial burst, leak away and be unavailable for long-term
use? The secret to success will lie in whether you can figure out how to
create the perfect "container."
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): "Forget the suffering / You caused others. /
Forget the suffering / Others caused you." Czeslaw Milosz wrote these
words in his poem "Forget," and now I'm passing them on to you.
According to my reading of the astrological omens, now would be an
excellent time for you to purge the old hurts you are still carrying, both
those you dealt out and those you endured. Opportunities like this don't
come along often, Leo. I invite you to repay emotional debts, declare
amnesty, and engage in an orgy of forgiveness. Any other things you can
think of that will help wipe the slate clean?
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): When a Navajo baby laughs for the first time,
everyone in the community celebrates. It's regarded as the moment when
the child completes his or her transition from the spirit realm into the
physical world. The person who has provoked the baby's laughter is
charged with planning the First Laugh Ceremony, a party to
commemorate the magical event. I foresee a comparable development in
your life, Virgo. You won't be laughing for the first time, of course, but I
suspect your sense of humor will reach a new ripeness. How? Maybe you
will be able to find amusement in things you have always taken too
seriously. Maybe you will suddenly have a deeper appreciation for life's
ongoing cosmic jokes. Or perhaps you will stumble upon reasons to laugh
longer and harder and louder than you ever have before.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Would you like to be free from the experience
of getting criticized? Do you think it might be nice if no one ever accused
you of being wrong or off-track? If so, here's how you should proceed,
says American writer Elbert Hubbard: "Do nothing, say nothing, be
nothing." But I'm afraid I can't recommend that behavior for you, Libra. In
the coming weeks, you have a sacred duty to your Future Self to risk
being controversial. I urge you to take strong stands, speak raw truths,
and show your real feelings. Yes, you may attract flack. You might disturb
the peace. But that will be an acceptable price to pay for the rewards you
receive. This is one time when being courageous is more important than
seeking harmony.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): "Be respectful to your superiors, if you have
any," said Mark Twain. How do you respond to that impish nudge,
Scorpio? Are there any geniuses and heroes out there whom you consider
to be worthy of your respect? If not, I urge you to go out in search of
some. At this phase of your evolution, you are in special need of people
who inspire you with their greatness. It's crucial for you to learn from
teachers and role models who are further along than you are in their
mastery of the game of life. I also believe it would be healing for you to
feel waves of admiration and reverence.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): "Everyone has something to hide,"
declared Russian author Anton Chekhov. Is that true? Do even you blunt
Sagittarians have something to hide? I'm going to say that for 90 percent
of you, the answer is yes. There are secrets you don't want anyone to
find out about: past events you are reluctant to disclose or shady deeds
you are getting away with now or taboo thoughts you want to keep
sealed away from public knowledge. I'm not here to scold you about them
or to encourage you to spill them. On the contrary, I say it's time to bring
them fully into your conscious awareness, to honor their importance to
your life story, and to acknowledge their power to captivate your
imagination.
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BRAINSTORM ABOUT THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE
with my Expanded Audio Horoscopes for the Second Half of 2014 and
beyond:
In the coming months, what areas of your life are likely to receive
unexpected assistance and divine inspiration?
Where are you likely to find most success?
How can you best cooperate with the cosmic rhythms?
What questions should you be asking?
To hear my LONG-TERM AUDIO FORECAST, register and/or sign in here:
http://RealAstrology.com
After you log in through the main page, click on the link "Long Term
Forecast for Second Half of 2014."
You can also listen to your short-term forecast for the coming week by
clicking on "This week (June 24, 2014)."
The horoscopes cost $6 apiece. Discounts are available for multiple
purchases.
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A German chemist named Felix Hoffman
had a prominent role in synthesizing two very different drugs: aspirin and
heroin. In analyzing your astrological omens for the coming months, I see
you as having a similar potential. You could create good stuff that will
have the power to help and heal; or you could generate borderline stuff
that will lead to a lot of problems; or you could do both. How it all plays
out really is up to your free will. For best results, set your intention to go
in the direction of things like aspirin and away from things like heroin.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): This is a good time to risk a small leap of
faith, but not a sprawling vault over a yawning abyss. Feel free and easy
about exploring the outer borders of familiar territory, but be cautious
about the prospect of wandering into the deep, dark unknown. Be willing
to entertain stimulating new ideas but not cracked notions that have little
evidence to back them up. Your task is to shake up the status quo just
enough to invigorate everyone's emotional intelligence, even as you take
care not to unleash an upheaval that makes everyone crazy.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): British poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-
1834) had an unusual fetish. He enjoyed eating apples and pears and
other fruits while they were still hanging on the tree. Why? Maybe
because the taste was as pure and brisk and naked as it could possibly be
-- an experience that I imagine would be important to a romantic poet like
him. In accordance with your astrological omens, I suggest you use
Coleridge's quest for ultimate freshness as a driving metaphor in the
coming week. Go to the source to get what you need. Dispense with
intermediaries. Be as raw as the law allows.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): According to an astrologer named
Astrolocherry (astrolocherry.tumblr.com), Aries is the sign of the freedom
fighter, the explorer, the daredevil, and the adventurer. That's all true; I
agree with her. But here's an important caveat. As you get older, it's your
duty to harness all that hot energy on behalf of the softer, slower, more
tender parts of your life. The coming weeks will offer you a great
opportunity to work on that challenge. To get started, imagine how you
can be a freedom fighter, explorer, daredevil, and adventurer in service to
your home, family, and community.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): After a thorough, detailed, painstaking
analysis of the astrological omens, I'm inclined to advise you to be neither
thorough nor detailed nor painstaking in the coming days. Instead, I
suspect you will thrive by being spontaneous and improvisatory. Wing it,
baby! Throw away the script. Trust your gut. Play it by ear. Make it up as
you go along. If you find yourself frowning with indecision and beset by
lazy procrastination, you will know you're off course. If you are feeling
blithe and agile as you get a lot done with creative efficiency, you will
know you're right in the groove.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The Japanese word *tsundoku* describes what
happens if you buy a lot of books but never read them, leaving them piled
up in a neglected heap. I recommend that you avoid indulging in
*tsundoku* any time soon, Gemini. In fact, I urge you not to acquire any
resources that you then proceed to ignore. You are in a phase of your
astrological cycle when it's crucial to make conscientious use of your
tools and riches. To let them go to waste would be to dishonor them, and
make it less likely that you will continue to receive their blessings in the
future. Take full advantage of what's yours.
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Homework: What are the five conditions you'd need in your world in order
to feel you were living in utopia? write uaregod@comcast.net.
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