Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
June 24, 2015
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WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE AHEAD FOR YOU in the next ten to twelve
months?
EXPLORE THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE
with my Expanded Audio Horoscopes for the Second Half of 2015 and
onward into 2016.
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:
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After you log in through the main page, click on the link "Long Term
Forecast for Second Half of 2015."
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 23, 2015)."
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BONUS
You may also be interested in reviewing the long-term horoscopes I wrote
for you early this year. They discuss your best potential destiny for all of
2015. To see them, go here:
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My book *PRONOIA IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR PARANOIA*
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The e-book is available at http://bit.ly/eePronoia
Below are excerpts.
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So it turns out that the "blemish" is actually essential to the beauty. The
"deviation" is at the core of the strength. The "wrong turn" was crucial to
you getting you back on the path with heart.
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A SECOND KIND OF HEALING
The primary meaning of the word "healing" is "to cure what's diseased or
broken." Medical practitioners focus on sick people. Philanthropists donate
their money and social workers contribute their time to helping the
underprivileged. Psychotherapists wrestle with their clients' traumas and
neuroses.
I'm in awe of them all. The level of one's spiritual wisdom, I believe, is
more accurately measured by helping people in need than by meditation
skills, shamanic shapeshifting, supernatural powers, or esoteric
knowledge.
But I also believe in a second kind of healing that is largely unrecognized:
to supercharge what is already healthy; to lift up what's merely sufficient
to a sublime state.
Using this definition, describe two acts of healing: one you would enjoy
performing on yourself and another you'd like to provide for someone you
love.
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HOW PRONOIA WORKS
There was once a poor farmer who could afford to own just one horse. He
cared well for the animal, but one summer night it escaped through a
weak fence and ran away.
When his neighbors discovered what had happened, they visited to offer
their condolences. "What bad luck!" they exclaimed. The farmer replied,
"Maybe. Maybe not."
A week later, the fugitive horse sauntered back to the homestead,
accompanied by six wild horses. The farmer and his son managed to corral
them all. Again the neighbors descended.
"What great luck!" they exclaimed. "Maybe," the farmer replied. "Maybe
not."
Soon the farmer's son began the work of taming the new arrivals. While
attempting to ride the roan stallion, he was thrown to the ground and
half-_trampled. His leg was badly broken. The neighbors came to
investigate. "What terrible luck!" they exclaimed.
The farmer replied, "Maybe. Maybe not."
The next day, soldiers visited the farmer's village. Strife had recently
broken out between two warlords, and one of them had come to
conscript all the local young men. Though every other son was
commandeered, the farmer's boy was exempted because of his injury. The
neighbors gathered again.
"What fantastic luck!" they exclaimed. "Maybe," the farmer said. "Maybe
not."
(Source: an old Taoist folk tale)
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If you do not give birth to the brilliance within you, it will destroy you. If
you give birth to the brilliance within you, it will free you.
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"A huge amount of freedom comes when you take nothing personally."
— Don Miguel Ruiz
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This week is the anniversary of the day I drew my first breath. To
celebrate, I'm meditating about how much I love being together with you
here in this mysterious life.
More and more each month, I feel our astonishing interconnectedness.
You and I are woven together so intricately I can feel you in my blood and
nerves.
I don't simply mean that "We are all one." It's true that we are, but
there's more: You are absolutely and uniquely you, a spectacular riddle
with no precedents . . . and so am I . . . and yet we are also so thoroughly
mingled we're like symbiotic cells inside a big magical creature.
If you feel an urge to give me a birthday gift, here's what I suggest:
Sometime in the next three days, carry out an action that simultaneously
expresses your special brilliance and also bestows a practical blessing on a
person or animal who will be enriched by your love.
Tell me about your experience if you feel moved to do so:
Truthrooster@gmail.com.
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
Big dairy company refuses milk from farmers who mistreat animals.
http://tinyurl.com/plhk9w2
New Green Overpass Will Let Wildlife Cross 6 Lanes of Highway
http://tinyurl.com/q9dva9s
Houston Nearly Halves Homeless Population In 4 Years
http://tinyurl.com/qyo46bm
(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 25
Copyright 2015 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
CANCER (June 21-July 22): In its early days, the band Depeche Mode had
the infinitely boring name Composition of Sound. Humphrey Bogart's and
Ingrid Bergman's classic 1942 film *Casablanca* was dangerously close to
being called *Everybody Come to Rick's.* And before Charles Dickens
published his novel *Bleak House,* a scathing critique of the 19th-century
British judicial system, he considered eleven other possible titles, including
the unfortunate *Tom-all-Alone's. The Solitary House that was always
shut up and never Lighted.* I bring this to your attention, Cancerian, as
the seeding phase of your personal cycle gets underway. The imprints you
put on your budding creations will have a major impact on their future.
Name them well. Give them a potent start.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): One summer afternoon when I was seven years
old, my friend Billy and I grabbed an empty jar from my kitchen and went
looking for ants. Near the creek we found an anthill swarming with black
ants, and scooped a bunch of them in the jar. A little later we came upon
a caravan of red ants, and shoved many of them in with the black ants.
Would they fight? Naturally. It was mayhem. Looking back now, I'm sorry I
participated in that stunt. Why stir up a pointless war? In that spirit, Leo, I
urge you to avoid unnecessary conflicts. Don't do anything remotely
comparable to putting red ants and black ants in the same jar.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In order for everyone in your sphere to meet
their appointed destinies, you must cultivate your skills as a party animal.
I'm only slightly joking. At least for now, it's your destiny to be the
catalyst of conviviality, the ringleader of the festivities, the engineer of
fun and games. To fulfill your assignment, you may have to instigate
events that encourage your allies to leave their comfort zones and follow
you into the frontiers of collaborative amusement.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your symbolic object of the week is a magic
wand. I recommend that you visualize yourself as the star of a fairy tale in
which you do indeed have a wand at your disposal. See yourself wielding it
to carry out a series of fantastic tricks, like materializing a pile of gold
coins or giving yourself an extraordinary power to concentrate or creating
an enchanted drink that allows you to heal your toughest wound. I think
this playful imaginative exercise will subtly enhance your ability to perform
actual magic in the real world.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The taskmaster planet Saturn wove its way
through the sign of Scorpio from October 2012 until the end of 2014.
Now it has slipped back into your sign for a last hurrah. Between now and
mid-September. I urge you to milk its rigorous help in every way you can
imagine. For example, cut away any last residues of trivial desires and
frivolous ambitions. Hone your focus and streamline your self-discipline.
Once and for all, withdraw your precious energy from activities that waste
your time and resist your full engagement. And if you're serious about
capitalizing on Saturn's demanding gifts, try this ritual: Write either "I will
never squander my riches" or "I will make full use of my riches" twenty
times -- whichever motivates you most.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The advanced lessons on tap in the
coming days are not for the squeamish, the timid, the lazy, or the
stubborn. But then you're not any of those things, right? So there
shouldn't be a major problem. The purpose of these subterranean
adventures and divine interventions is to teach you to make nerve-racking
leaps of faith, whether or not you believe you're ready. Here's one piece
of advice that I think will help: Don't resist and resent the tests as they
appear. Rather, welcome them as blessings you don't understand yet. Be
alert for the liberations they will offer.
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BRAINSTORM ABOUT THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE
with my Expanded Audio Horoscopes for the Second Half of 2015 and
onward into 2016.
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 2015."
You can also listen to your short-term forecast for the coming week by
clicking on "This week (June 23, 2015)."
The horoscopes cost $6 apiece. Discounts are available for multiple
purchases.
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "Man's being is like a vast mansion,"
observed philosopher Colin Wilson, "yet he seems to prefer to live in a
single room in the basement." Wilson wasn't just referring to Capricorns.
He meant everybody. Most of us commit the sin of self-limitation on a
regular basis. That's the bad news. The good news, Capricorn, is that
you're entering a time when you're more likely to rebel against the
unconscious restrictions you have placed on yourself. You will have extra
motivation to question and overrule the rationales that you used in the
past to inhibit your primal energy. Won't it be fun to venture out of your
basement nook and go explore the rest of your domain?
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): "An obscure moth from Latin America
saved Australia's pasture-land from the overgrowth of cactus," writes
biologist Edward O. Wilson. "A Madagascar 'weed,' the rosy periwinkle,
provided the cure for Hodgkin's disease and childhood leukemia," he adds,
while "a chemical from the saliva of leeches dissolves blood clots during
surgery," and a "Norwegian fungus made possible the organ transplant
industry." I think these are all great metaphors for the kind of healing that
will be available for you in the coming weeks, Aquarius: humble, simple,
seemingly insignificant things whose power to bring transformation has,
up until now, been secret or unknown.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): "She is hard to tempt, as everything seems
to please her equally," said artist Anne Raymo in describing a hedonistic
acquaintance. A similar statement may soon apply to you, Pisces. You will
have a talent for finding amusement in an unusually wide variety of
phenomena. But more than that: You could become a connoisseur of
feeling really good. You may even go so far as to break into a higher
octave of pleasure, communing with exotic phenomena that we might call
silken thrills and spicy bliss and succulent revelry.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): During my regular hikes along my favorite
trails, I've gotten to know the local boulders quite intimately. It might
sound daft, but I've come to love them. I've even given some of them
names. They symbolize stability and constancy to me. When I gaze at
them or sit on them, I feel my own resolve grow stronger. They teach me
about how to be steadfast and unflappable in all kinds of weather. I draw
inspiration from the way they are so purely themselves, forever true to
their own nature. Now would be an excellent time for you to hang out
with your own stony allies, Aries. You could use a boost in your ability to
express the qualities they embody.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): "Everyone is a genius at least once a year,"
wrote German aphorist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. "The real geniuses
simply have their bright ideas closer together." According to my
astrological analysis, Taurus, your once-a-year explosion of genius is
imminent. It's even possible you will experience a series of eruptions that
continue for weeks. The latter scenario is most likely if you unleash the
dormant parts of your intelligence through activities like these: having
long, rambling conversations with big thinkers; taking long, rambling walks
all over creation; enjoying long, rambling sex while listening to provocative
music.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): "I think if we didn't contradict ourselves, it
would be awfully boring," says author Paul Auster. "It would be tedious to
be alive." But he goes even further in his defense of inconsistency,
adding, "Changing your mind is probably one of the most beautiful things
people can do." This bold assertion may not apply to everyone all the
time, but it does for you in the coming weeks, Gemini. You should feel
free to explore and experiment with the high art of changing your mind. I
dare you to use it to generate extravagant amounts of beauty.
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