Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
October 8, 2014
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Below is an excerpt.
It's Bad Luck to Be Superstitious
Review in painstaking detail the history of your life,
honoring every moment as if you were conducting
a benevolent Judgment Day.
Forgive yourself of every mistake except one.
Create a royal crown for yourself
out of a shower cap, rubber bands, and light bulbs.
Think of the last place on Earth you'd ever want to visit,
and visualize yourself having fun there.
Test to see if people are really listening to you by asserting
that Karl Marx was one of the Marx Brothers.
Steal lint from dryers in laundromats
and use it to make animal sculptures for someone you admire.
Fantasize you're the child of divine parents
who abandoned you when you were two days old,
but who will soon be coming back to reunite with you.
Meditate on how one of the symbols of plenitude in Nepal
is a mongoose vomiting jewels.
Once a year on the night before your birthday,
say these words into a mirror: "It's bad luck to be superstitious."
Start a club whose purpose is to produce an archive
of controversial jokes and obscene limericks about beauty, truth, and
love.
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Pronoia doesn't promise uninterrupted progress forever. It's not a slick
commercial for a perfect balmy day that never ends. Grace emerges in
the ebb and flow, not just the flow. The waning reveals a different kind of
blessing than the waxing.
But whether it's our time to ferment in the valley of shadows or rise up
singing in the sun-splashed meadow, fresh power to transform ourselves
is always on the way. Our suffering won't last, nor will our triumph.
Without fail, life will deliver the creative energy we need to change into
the new thing we must become.
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Many people sincerely think that they will be called before God to account
for themselves on Judgment Day. If you yourself have held that belief,
you can stop worrying about it. The fact is, according to a survey of over
800 dissident bodhisattvas, urban witch doctors, sacred agents, and
undercover geniuses, that you are called before "God" on "Judgment
Day" on a regular basis.
Since you still exist, you have apparently passed every test so far. "God"
obviously keeps finding you worthy. You shouldn't get overconfident, of
course. But maybe from now on you can assume that although there may
be a world of pressure on you, that pressure is natural, merciful, and
exactly what you need.
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"The sign of a beautiful person is that they always see beauty in others."
— Omar Suleiman
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"If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will
have to change." - Dalai Lama
"If Buddhism proves some aspect of science wrong, science will have to
change." - the bodhisattva disguised as a homeless man in the Safeway
parking lot
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Are you in quest of an Intimate Ally? A Soul Friend? A Wild Confidante?
Check out Match.com via Free Will Astrology's link:
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Look for a Co-Pilot, Co-Conspirator, or Collaborator . . . an Agent to
represent you or a Disciple to worship you . . . a Secret Sharer who'll
listen better than anyone or an Amazing Accomplice with whom you can
practice the Art of Liberation.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning October 9
Copyright 2014 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "I am naughtiest of all," wrote poet Emily
Dickinson in a playful letter to Maggie Maher, dated October 1882. In
accordance with the astrological omens, I authorize you to let that same
declaration fly frequently from your own lips in the coming week. Feel free
to invoke other variations on the theme of naughtiness, as well: "I am
exploring the frontiers of naughtiness," for example, or "You need to be
naughtier" (said to a person you'd like to get naughty with), or "Being
naughty is my current spiritual practice."
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): "There's a way not to be broken that takes
brokenness to find it," writes Naomi Shihab Nye in her poem "Cinco de
Mayo." I suspect this describes your situation right now. The bad news is
that you are feeling a bit broken. The good news is that this is a special
kind of brokenness -- a brokenness that contains a valuable secret you
have never been ready to learn before now. Allow yourself to feel the full
intensity of the brokenness, and you will discover a way to never be
broken like this again.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In a competitive game show on
Japanese TV, 13 people had slabs of meat tied to their foreheads. They
then poked their heads up from below, through holes in the floor of an
elevated platform, where a hungry lizard was stalking around. But not one
of the contestants stuck around when the lizard came to nibble the meat;
they all ducked down out of their holes and fled to safety. That was
probably wise, although it meant that the prize went unclaimed. Now I'm
wondering, Sagittarius, about what might happen if a similar event were
staged in your neighborhood. I suspect there's a chance you would will
yourself to stand calmly as the lizard feasted on the meat just inches
from your eyes. As much as I admire that kind of poised courage, I want
you to know that there are better ways to express it. Be on the lookout
for noble challenges with goals that are truly worthy of you.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Director Michael Bay makes big, loud, fast,
melodramatic action films, including *Armageddon,* *Pearl Harbor,* and
the four *Transformers* movies. The critics hate him, but he's unfazed. "I
make movies for teenage boys," he says. "Oh, dear, what a crime," he
adds sarcastically. I love that stance. He knows what he's good at, and
makes no apologies for doing it. I recommend that you cop some of that
attitude right now.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): While walking in San Francisco, I passed the
Pacific Heights Health Club. The sign out front said, "Birthday suits
tailored here." It was a witty reference to the idea that working out at a
gym helps people get their naked bodies in good shape. I'd like to
interpret the sign's message in a different way, and apply it to you. The
time is right for you to get back in touch with your raw, original self, and
give it the care and the fuel and the treats it has been missing. Who did
you start out to be? What does your soul's blueprint say about who you
must become? Home in on your source code and boost its signal.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Horror novelist Stephen King has sold more
than 350 million books. But when he was young and destitute, still honing
his craft, his self-confidence was low. His breakthrough work was *Carrie,*
about a teenage girl who develops telekinetic powers. But when he was
first writing that manuscript on his old manual typewriter, he got so
discouraged that he threw his first draft in the trashcan. Luckily for him,
his wife retrieved it and convinced him to keep plugging away. Eventually
he finished, and later sold the paperback rights for $400,000. I hope you
have an ally who will go digging in your garbage to fish out the good stuff
you unwisely discard. Or maybe this horoscope will convince you not to
scrap it in the first place.
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YOU NEED MAGIC EVERY DAY
Every day, you have to wade through a relentless surge of soul-less facts.
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 such strenuous
efforts to keep your world enchanted.
I like to think I can contribute to the sacred cause of feeding your sense
of wonder and enchantment. In fact, that's one of my prime motivations
for offering you the free weekly horoscopes you read in this newsletter.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Situation #1: If you meet resistance or doubt,
say this: "Ha! This diversion can't slow me down, because I am in
possession of an invisible magical sword!" And then brandish a few
charismatic swipes of your sword to prove that you mean business.
Situation #2: If angst and worry are preventing your allies from
synchronizing their assets with yours, say this: "Begone, dread! For with
the power of my wicked crazy songs, I am the destroyer of fear." And
then sing your wicked crazy songs. Situation #3: If you're finding it hard
to discern the difference between useless, ugly monsters and useful,
beautiful monsters, say this: "I am a useful, beautiful monster!" Your kind
will flock to your side.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In her poem "Advice to Myself," Louise
Erdrich speaks of the human heart as "that place you don't even think of
cleaning out. That closet stuffed with savage mementos." I invite you to
use her observations as a prod, Taurus. Now is an excellent time to purge
the savage mementos from your heart, and clean the whole place up as
best as you can. You don't have to get all OCD about it. There's no need
to scour and scrub until everything's spotless. Even a half-hearted effort
will set in motion promising transformations in your love life.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I hope you will learn more in the next eight
months than you have ever before learned in a comparable period. I hope
you will make a list of all the subjects you would love to study and all the
skills you would love to master, and then devise a plan to gather the
educational experiences with which you will reinvent yourself. I hope you
will turn your curiosity on full-blast and go in quest of revelations and
insights and epiphanies, smashing through the limits of your
understanding as you explore the frontiers of sweet knowledge.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Three times a week, I take a hike along a
rough path through an oak forest. I say it's rough because it's strewn with
loose rocks. If I don't survey the ground as I move, I'm constantly turning
my ankles. Or at least that was the case until last week. For two days,
with the help of a rake, I cleared many of those bothersome obstacles off
the trail. It took several hours, but now the way is smoother. My eyes are
free to enjoy the sights that aren't so close to the ground. I recommend
that you do similar work. Stop tolerating inconveniences and irritations
that hobble you. Get your foundations in shape to serve you better.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
was ahead of his time. He created the genre of the detective story and
mastered the art of Gothic horror tales. According to the Internet Movie
Database, 240 films have referenced themes from his work. British writer
Aldous Huxley wasn't a fan of Poe, though. He said Poe was "too poetical
-- the equivalent of wearing a diamond ring on every finger." Judging from
the astrological omens, I suspect you may be at risk to lapse into a
diamond-ring-on-every-finger phase yourself, Leo. While I am all in favor of
you unveiling more of your radiant beauty, I'm hoping you won't go too
far. How about wearing diamond rings on just four of your fingers?
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Republican Jody Hice is running for the U.S.
House of Representatives in Georgia's 10th Congressional District. To
bolster his authority, he repeats quotes by revered figures from American
history. One of his favorites has been a gem from the sixth U.S. President,
John Quincy Adams: "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn
more, do more and become more, you are a leader." The only problem is,
those words were actually written by country singer Dolly Parton, not by
Adams. Don't get fooled by a comparable case of mistaken identity,
Virgo. Be on the alert for unwarranted substitutions and problematic
switcheroos. Be a staunch fact-checker. Insist on verification.
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Homework: What's the most amazing feat you ever pulled off? What will
you do for your next amazing feat? Truthrooster@gmail.com.
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