Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
April 1, 2015
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See a pretty version of this newsletter: http://bit.ly/1Ih7aEk
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Here's a prescription that may help you make optimal use of your
precious life energy:
Set an intention to clarify your intentions about the essential matters in
your life. Say "I am clarifying my intentions about . . ."
"who I really am"
"whom and what I love"
"how I want to serve my fellow creatures and the planet Earth"
"the unripe qualities in myself that I am ripening"
"what I need to do next"
"the best way for me to make money"
"the moral principles I hold most strongly"
"the truth about my relationship to the Source"
"the best use of my creative energy"
others?
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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
The e-book is available at http://bit.ly/eePronoia
Below are excerpts.
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I ME WED
I invite you to deepen and intensify your commitment to the most
important person in your life -- you. One way to further that sacred cause
is to get married to yourself. In my book, I've created a text you can refer
to as you perform the wedding. Or you can use my text for inspiration as
you create your own version.
Let's begin by telling a simple truth: You will probably never create a
resilient, invigorating bond with the lush accomplice of your dreams until
you master the art of loving yourself ingeniously. A wedding ritual that
joins you to yourself could catalyze an uncanny shift in your personal
mojo that would attract a fresh, hot consort into your life, or else awaken
the sleeping potential of a simmering alliance you have now.
If you're feeling brave, try speaking the following words aloud:
"I am no longer looking for the perfect partner.
I am my own perfect partner."
Say it even stronger:
"I am no longer looking for the perfect partner
to salve all my wounds
and fix all my mix-ups
and bridge all my chasms.
I am no longer looking for the perfect partner
because I am my own perfect partner."
TO READ THE REST OF "I ME WED," go here:
http://bit.ly/IMeWed
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
Healing mantra for the day, from Marguerite Rigoglioso: "May I feel all I
need to feel in order to heal; may I heal all I need to heal in order to feel."
http://www.sevensistersmysteryschool.com/home/
One of my heroes, radical historian Howard Zinn, said that pessimism
tends to become a self-fulfilling prophecy. If we relentlessly imagine the
worst possible outcomes, if we concentrate on all the things that are
falling apart and going wrong, it cripples our capacity to make
constructive changes. "To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly
romantic," he wrote. "It gives us the energy to act."
More from Howard: "What we choose to emphasize in this complex
history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our
capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places–and
there are so many–where people have behaved magnificently, this gives
us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning
top of a world in a different direction.
"And if we do act, in however small a way, we don't have to wait
for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of
presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in
defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory."
More: http://www.thenation.com/article/optimism-uncertainty#
"Optimism is a strategy for making a better future," says Noam Chomsky.
"Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are
unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so. If you assume
there is no hope, you guarantee there will be no hope."
(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 April 2
Copyright 2015 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
ARIES (March 21-April 19): "Choconiverous" is an English slang word
that's defined as having the tendency, when eating a chocolate Easter
Bunny, to bite the head off first. I recommend that you adopt this direct
approach in everything you do in the coming weeks. Don't get bogged
down with preliminaries. Don't get sidetracked by minor details, trivial
distractions, or peripheral concerns. It's your duty to swoop straight into
the center of the action. Be clear about what you want and unapologetic
about getting it.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The American snack cake known as a Twinkie
contains 68 percent air. Among its 37 other mostly worthless ingredients
are sugar, water, cornstarch, the emulsifier polysorbate 60, the filler
sodium stearoyl lactylate, and food coloring. You can't get a lot of
nutritious value by eating it. Now let's consider the fruit known as the
watermelon. It's 91 percent water and six percent sugar. And yet it also
contains a good amount of Vitamin C, lycopene, and antioxidants, all of
which are healthy for you. So if you are going to eat a whole lot of
nothing, watermelon is a far better nothing than a Twinkie. Let that serve
as an apt metaphor for you in the coming week.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You may be as close as you have ever gotten
to finding the long-lost Holy Grail -- or Captain Kidd's pirate treasure, for
that matter, or Marie Antoinette's jewels, or Tinkerbell's magical fairy
dust, or the smoking-gun evidence that Shakespeare's plays were written
by Francis Bacon. At the very least, I suspect you are ever-so-near to
your personal equivalent of those precious goods. Is there anything you
can do to increase your chances of actually getting it? Here's one tip:
Visualize in detail how acquiring the prize would inspire you to become
even more generous and magnanimous than you already are.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): People are paying attention to you in new
ways. That's what you wanted, right? You've been emanating subliminal
signals that convey messages like "Gaze into my eternal eyes" and "Bask
in the cozy glow of my crafty empathy." So now what? Here's one
possibility: Go to the next level. Show the even-more-interesting beauty
that you're hiding below the surface. You may not think you're ready to
offer the gifts you have been "saving for later." But you always think
that. I dare you to reveal more of your deep secret power.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Some people believe unquestioningly in the truth
and power of astrology. They imagine it's an exact science that can
unfailingly discern character and predict the future. Other people believe
all astrology is nonsense. They think that everyone who uses it is deluded
or stupid. I say that both of these groups are wrong. Both have a
simplistic, uninformed perspective. The more correct view is that some
astrology is nonsense and some is a potent psychological tool. Some of
it's based on superstition and some is rooted in a robust mythopoetic
understanding of archetypes. I encourage you to employ a similar
appreciation for paradox as you evaluate a certain influence that is
currently making a big splash in your life. In one sense, this influence is
like snake oil, and you should be skeptical about it. But in another sense
it's good medicine that can truly heal.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): According to the Biblical stories, Peter was
Christ's closest disciple, but acted like a traitor when trouble came. After
Christ was arrested, in the hours before the trial, Peter denied knowing his
cherished teacher three different times. His fear trumped his love, leading
him to violate his sacred commitment. Is there anything remotely
comparable to that scenario developing in your own sphere, Virgo? If you
recognize any tendencies in yourself to shrink from your devotion or
violate your highest principles, I urge you to root them out. Be brave.
Stay strong and true in your duty to a person or place or cause that you
love.
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- A. Arrosto, Indianapolis
"You have an amazing aptitude for cutting through the lies I tell myself.
Thanks for the gentle shocks."
- T. Preneris, Toronto
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Marketing experts say consumers need
persistent prodding before they will open their minds to possibilities that
are outside their entrenched habits. The average person has to be
exposed to a new product at least eight times before it fully registers on
his or her awareness. Remember this rule of thumb as you seek attention
and support for your brainstorms. Make use of the art of repetition. Not
just any old boring, tedious kind of repetition, though. You've got to be
as sincere and fresh about presenting your goodies the eighth time as you
were the first.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In Cole Porter's song "I Get a Kick Out of
You," he testifies that he gets no kick from champagne. In fact, "Mere
alcohol doesn't thrill me at all," he sings. The same is true about cocaine.
"I'm sure that if I took even one sniff that would bore me terrifically, too,"
Porter declares. With this as your nudge, Scorpio, and in accordance with
the astrological omens, I encourage you to identify the titillations that no
longer provide you with the pleasurable jolt they once did. Acknowledge
the joys that have grown stale and the adventures whose rewards have
waned. It's time for you to go in search of a new array of provocative fun
and games.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The English writer William Wordsworth
(1770-1830) wrote hundreds of poems. Among his most famous was "I
Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," which is also known as "Daffodils." The
poem sprung from him after a walk he took with his sister around Lake
Ullswater in the English Lake District. There they were delighted to find a
long, thick belt of daffodils growing close to the water. In his poem,
Wordsworth praises the "ten thousand" flowers that were "Continuous as
the stars that shine / And twinkle on the milky way." If you are ever going
to have your own version of a daffodil explosion that inspires a burst of
creativity, Sagittarius, it will come in the coming weeks.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your subconscious desires and your
conscious desires seem to be at odds. What you say you want is not in
precise alignment with what your deep self wants. That's why I'm worried
that "Don't! Stop!" might be close to morphing into "Don't stop!" -- or
vice versa. It's all pretty confusing. Who's in charge here? Your false self
or your true self? Your wounded, conditioned, habit-bound personality or
your wise, eternal, ever-growing soul? I'd say it's a good time to retreat
into your sanctuary and get back in touch with your primal purpose.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Sometimes you're cool, but other times
you're hot. You veer from acting aloof and distracted to being friendly
and attentive. You careen from bouts of laziness to bursts of disciplined
efficiency. It seems that you're always either building bridges or burning
them, and on occasion you are building and burning them at the same
time. In short, Aquarius, you are a master of vacillation and a slippery
lover of the in-between. When you're not completely off-target and out
of touch, you've got a knack for wild-guessing the future and seeing
through the false appearances that everyone else regards as the gospel
truth. I, for one, am thoroughly entertained!
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): How can you ripen the initiatives you have
set in motion in recent weeks? Of the good new trends you have
launched, which can you now install as permanent enhancements in your
daily rhythm? Is there anything you might do to cash in on the quantum
leaps that have occurred, maybe even figure out a way to make money
from them? It's time for you to shift from being lyrically dreamy to
fiercely practical. You're ready to convert lucky breaks into enduring
opportunities.
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Homework: Before bed on the next five nights, remember everything that
happened during the day. Do it with compassion and objectivity. Testify
at FreeWillAstrology.com.
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