Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
July 1, 2015
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See a pretty version of this newsletter: http://bit.ly/1T0aNEZ
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My mid-year, long-term audio horoscopes are still available. There's more
information about them below.
Whether or not you want to listen to those Big Picture audio reports for
the rest of 2015 and beyond, you may 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:
http://bit.ly/BigView2015
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WHAT'S AHEAD FOR YOU in the next eight to ten months?
To hear my IN-DEPTH, LONG-TERM AUDIO FORECAST for YOUR LIFE for
the rest of 2015 and onward into 2016, go here:
http://RealAstrology.com
Register and/or log in through the main page, and then click on the link
"Long Term Forecast for Second Half of 2015."
What areas of your life are likely to receive unexpected assistance and
divine inspiration?
Where are the prime sources of motivation that will be welling up from
your depths?
How can you best cooperate with the cosmic rhythms?
Where are you likely to find most success?
Tune in.
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 30, 2015)."
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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 are excerpts.
MAYBE IMAGINARY FRIENDS AREN'T ACTUALLY IMAGINARY
I have imaginary friends who help me. And yes, they sometimes even give
me ideas for horoscopes. Are you OK with that? Among the many other
perks my secret buddies provide, they show me where my phone and
keys are when I've misplaced them -- a prime sign of their practical value.
What's your current status in regards to imaginary friends? Do you even
have any? I invite you to seek them out and put them to work. In fact, I
encourage you to do anything that might attract the input of
undiscovered allies, behind-the-scenes collaborators, mysterious guidance,
and divine assistance.
P.S. July 2 is Take Your Imaginary Friend to Work Day.
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MAKING A HABIT OF WAKING UP
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. We could cultivate in ourselves a sixth
sense for the wake-up calls life sends us. We might develop a knack for
responding with agile grace to the early, gentler ones so that we wouldn't
have to be visited by the more stringent measures.
There's also another possibility: With hungry intent, we could seek out
and hunt down invigorating jolts. We wouldn't wait to have our asses
kicked, but would kick our own asses -- over and over again, with a
creative ingenuity.
Who knows? We might even master the art of inducing shocks that feel
really good.
You can listen to the podcast of this mini-essay here:
http://bit.ly/w3aGva
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"Ondinnonk" is an Iroquois word with two related meanings: 1. a secret
wish of the soul, especially as revealed in dreams; 2. the spiritual part of
our nature that longs to do good deeds.
How's your ondinnonk doing?
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We are dissident bodhisattvas rebelling against all those forces that feed
fear and ignore love.
We are spiritual freedom fighters rising up to protect nature and foment
peace and demand justice.
We are subversive mystics stoking the cool blue fires of poetry and
lobbying for the liberated imagination.
We are militant ecstatics invoking the transformative powers of pleasure
to sanctify and beautify our one and only Earth.
We are mutinous purveyors of grace who redistribute the wealth so that
all creatures may have the means to thrive.
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
There's no evidence that children of same sex couples are negatively
impacted.
http://tinyurl.com/ojp65xf
A man in Africa single-handedly stopped the desertification of his region
by reviving ancient farming and irrigation techniques.
http://tinyurl.com/ka8kaa8
For decades, Leo Dray drove across dusty Ozark roads, introducing
himself to farmers and offering to buy their timberland. Much of that land
was nearly worthless from years of neglect by lumber companies.
But Drey had a grand plan to restore the wrecked forests, selectively
selling some timber while preserving the rest for nature lovers, recreation,
and gradual harvesting later. His forests thrived and he became a
multimillionaire and Missouri's largest private landowner. Then he gave it
all away — to a foundation he set up to preserve the land.
http://tinyurl.com/pfs7xf4
(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 July 2
Copyright 2015 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
CANCER (June 21-July 22): "I am trying to be unfamiliar with what I am
doing," said composer John Cage in describing his creative process.
That's excellent counsel for you to meditate on, Cancerian. The less
expertise and certainty you have about the rough magic you're
experimenting with, the more likely it is that this magic will lead you to
useful breakthroughs. To bolster Cage's advice and help you get the most
from your period of self-reinvention, I offer you this quote from Picasso: "I
imitate everyone except myself."
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your words of wisdom come from Leo artist Andy
Warhol: "Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable
for years, when they could just say, 'so what.' That's one of my favorite
things to say. 'So what.'" Can I interest you in that approach, Leo? It has
similarities to the Buddhist strategy of cultivating non-attachment -- of
dropping your fixations about matters that can't be controlled or
changed. But I suspect you would draw special benefits from the breezy,
devil-may-care spirit of Warhol's version. So start there.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In her late twenties, J. K. Rowling was a single
mother living on welfare. That's when she began work on her Harry Potter
books. Craig Newmark had turned 42 by the time he founded Craigslist.
One of the world's most oft-visited websites is HuffingtonPost.com, which
Arianna Huffington established when she was 54. As for Harland Sanders,
creator of KFC: He didn't begin building the global empire of fried-chicken
restaurants until the age of 65. I hope the preceding serves as a pep talk,
Virgo, reminding you that it's never to late to instigate the project of a
lifetime. The time between now and your birthday in 2016 will be an
especially favorable phase to do so. Start ruminating on what it might be.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): It's the power-building phase of your
astrological cycle. To take maximum advantage, convey the following
message to your subconscious mind: "I know you will provide me with an
abundance of insight, inspiration, and energy for whatever intention I
choose to focus on. And during the next four weeks, my intention will be
to cultivate, expand, and refine my personal power. I will especially focus
on what author Stephen R. Covey called 'the capacity to overcome deeply
embedded habits and to cultivate higher, more effective ones.'"
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I'm a big fan of science and logic and
objective thinking. Most of us need more of that good stuff. The world
would be a saner, safer place if we all got regular lessons on how to be
more reasonable and rational. But in the immediate future, Scorpio, I'll
steer you in a different direction. I believe you will benefit from injecting
your imagination with primal raw crazy wild mojo. For example, you might
read utopian science fiction and fairy tales about talking animals and
poetry that scrambles your intellectual constructs. You could remember
your dreams and ruminate about them as if they were revelations from
the Great Beyond. You may also find it healthy to fantasize profusely
about forbidden and impossible and hilarious adventures.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): There are lots of inquiries and invitations
coming your way -- perhaps too many. I don't think you should pursue all
of them. In fact, I suspect that only one would ultimately make you a
better human being and a braver explorer and a wiser lover. And that one,
at first glance, may have not as much initial appeal as some of the others.
So your first task is to dig deep to identify the propositions that are
attractive on the surface but not very substantial. Then you're more likely
to recognize the offer that will have lasting value even if it doesn't make
a spectacular first impression.
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WHAT'S AHEAD FOR YOU?
BRAINSTORM ABOUT THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE
with my Expanded Audio Horoscopes for the Second Half of 2015 and
beyond:
http://RealAstrology.com
What will be the story of your life during the rest of 2015 and onward in
to 2016? How can you exert your free will to create the adventures
that'll bring out the best in you, even as you find graceful ways to
cooperate with the tides of destiny? Tune in to my meditations on your
long-term outlook.
Go here: http://RealAstrology.com
Register or log in and 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 30, 2015)."
"I always feel like I know myself better after listening to your audio
'scopes."
-June R., Austin, TX
"Your audio horoscopes calm me down when I'm too manic and pep me up
when I'm down."
-Arthur T., Cleveland, OH
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "I find a lot of people physically attractive,
but finding people mentally and spiritually attractive is different and much
harder for me." So says 40ozshawty on her Tumblr page. If you share
that frustration, I have good news. According to my reading of the
astrological omens, you're due to encounter a higher-than-usual
percentage of mentally and spiritually attractive people in the next six
weeks. But I wonder how you'll deal with this abundance. Will you run
away from it, feeling overwhelmed by the prospect that your life could
get more interesting and complicated? Or will you embrace it, daringly
welcoming the interesting complications?
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I think you will generate good fortune for
yourself by choosing between two equally invigorating but challenging
tasks: losing your illusion or using your illusion. Both are quite worthy of
your attention and intelligence. To succeed at either would fuel your
emotional growth for months to come. You probably can't do them both,
however. So which will it be: Will you purge the illusion, or put it to work
for you?
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Do you sometimes imagine yourself to be an
underachieving underdog? If so, I suggest you start weaning yourself from
that fantasy. Do you on occasion allow people to take advantage of you?
It's time to outgrow that role. Do you ever flirt with being a self-pitying
martyr? Say bye-bye to that temptation. Cosmic forces are conspiring to
relieve you of tendencies to act in any or all of those ways. I'm not saying
you will instantly transform into a swashbuckling hero who knocks people
over with your radiant self-assurance. But you will, at the very least, be
ready to learn much, much more about how to wield your vulnerability as
a superpower.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): To determine whether you are aligned with
the cosmic flow, please answer the following questions. 1. Would you say
that your current situation is more akin to treading water in a mosquito-
ridden swamp, or conducting a ritual of purification in a clear mountain
stream? 2. Have you been wrestling with boring ghosts and arguing with
traditions that have lost most of their meaning? Or have you been
transforming your past and developing a riper relationship with your
roots? 3. Are you stuck in a gooey muck? Or are you building a flexible
new foundation?
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus singer Sam Smith won four Grammys
this year, largely on the strength of his hit single "Stay with Me." The
song has a lush gospel choir backing up his lead vocals, or so it seems.
But in fact, every voice in that choir is his own. He recorded twenty
separate harmony tracks that were woven together to create the big
sound. What would be the equivalent in your world, Taurus? How could
you produce a wealth of support for yourself? What might you do to
surround yourself with a web of help and nourishment? How can you
amplify and intensify your efforts so they have more clout? Now would be
an excellent time to explore possibilities like these.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Born under the sign of Gemini, Gustave Courbet
(1819-1877) was a French painter who upset traditionalists. Unlike many
of his contemporaries, he wasn't interested in creating idealistic art based
on historical and religious themes. He focused on earthy subjects about
which he had direct experience, like the day-to-day lives of peasants and
laborers. So even though he became a highly praised celebrity by his mid-
thirties, the arbiters of the art world tried to exclude him. For example,
they denied him a place in *Exposition Universelle,* a major international
exhibition in Paris. In response, Courbet built a temporary gallery next
door to the main hall, where he displayed his own work. As you strive to
get your voice heard, Gemini, I urge you to be equally cheeky and
innovative. Buy yourself a megaphone or erect your own clubhouse or
launch a new enterprise. Do whatever it takes to show who you really are.
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Homework: What would be most fun and interesting thing for you to learn
next? Testify at FreeWillAstrology.com.
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