Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
June 22, 2016
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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.
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,
the horse 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
all of them. 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 folktale
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The Italian city of Florence harbors the richest trove of art treasures in
the world. Its many museums are hot spots for outbreaks of a rare
psychological disorder. Foreign tourists sometimes experience
breakdowns while standing in the presence of the tremendous beauty,
and are rushed to the psychiatric ward of Florence's Santa Maria Nuova
Hospital.
"Many visitors panic before a Raphael painting," reports Reuters. "Others
collapse at the feet of Michelangelo's statue of David."
Psychiatrists have referred to this pathology as the Stendhal syndrome,
named after the French novelist who wrote about his emotional
breakdown during a visit to the city's art collection in 1817.
As you embark on your explorations of pronoia, you should protect
yourself against this risk. Proceed cautiously as you expose yourself to
the splendor that has been invisible or unavailable to you all these years.
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What you may need is a more curious and mysterious sweetness. A
wilder, stronger sweetness. A sweetness that shatters illusions.
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If you've ever watched "The Simpsons" TV show, you've probably heard
Homer Simpson's favorite toast. "To alcohol," he proclaims, "the cause of
and solution to all of life's problems."
My own salute is different. "To the Divine Trickster formerly known as
God," I say, "the cause of and solution to all of life's problems."
I invite you to compose a prayer in which you simultaneously curse and
thank the Primal Source.
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
Researchers at Rowan University announced a blood test they say can
diagnose early-stage Alzheimer's in patients with 100 percent accuracy.
Former President Jimmy Carter's campaign to rid the world of Guinea
worm disease has resulted in a reduction to just two cases -- down from
three million.
The Washington D.C. city council approved the phase-in of a $15
minimum wage.
John Oliver and the crew at HBO's "Last Week Tonight" highlighted
unscrupulous debt collectors by setting up a debt-buying business and
absolving 9,000 people of their medical debt.
U.S. District Judge Callie Granade entered a permanent injunction barring
backwoods Alabama judges like state Chief Justice Roy Moore from
enforcing any laws barring same-sex marriage rights.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the 2nd Amendment doesn't
guarantee the right to carry concealed weapons.
All the above are from http://dailykos.com
(Note: I endorse these because I like them. They aren't advertisements,
and I get no kickbacks.)
Please tell me your own nominations for PRONOIA RESOURCES:
Truthrooster@gmail.com.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning June 23
Copyright 2016 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
CANCER (June 21-July 22): My meditations have generated six
metaphorical scenarios that will symbolize the contours of your life story
during the next 15 months: 1. a claustrophobic tunnel that leads to a
sparkling spa; 2. a 19th-century Victorian vase filled with 13 fresh wild
orchids; 3. an immigrant who, after tenacious effort, receives a green
card from her new home country; 4. an eleven-year-old child capably
playing a 315-year-old Stradivarius violin; 5. a menopausal empty-nester
who falls in love with the work of an ecstatic poet; 6. a humble seeker
who works hard to get the help necessary to defeat an old curse.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Joan Wasser is a Leo singer-songwriter who is
known by her stage name Joan As Police Woman. In her song "The
Magic," she repeats one of the lyric lines fourteen times: "I'm looking for
the magic." For two reasons, I propose that we make that your mantra in
the coming weeks. First, practical business-as-usual will not provide the
uncanny transformative power you need. Nor will rational analysis or
habitual formulas. You will have to conjure, dig up, or track down some
real magic. My second reason for suggesting "I'm looking for the magic"
as your mantra is this: You're not yet ripe enough to secure the magic,
but you can become ripe enough by being dogged in your pursuit of it.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Renowned martial artist Bruce Lee described
the opponent he was most wary of: "I fear not the man who has practiced
10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000
times." In my astrological opinion, you should regard that as one of your
keystone principles during the next 12 months. Your power and glory will
come from honing one specific skill, not experimenting restlessly with
many different skills. And the coming weeks will be en excellent time to
set your intention.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): To celebrate my birthday, I'm taking time off
from dreaming up original thoughts and creative spurs. For this
horoscope, I'm borrowing some of the BOLD Laws of author Dianna
Kokoszka. They are in sweet alignment with your astrological omens for
the next 13 months. Take it away, Dianna. 1. Focus on the solution, not
the problem. 2. Complaining is a garbage magnet. 3. What you focus on
expands. 4. Do what you have always done, and you will get what you
have always gotten. 5. Don't compare your insides to other people's
outsides. 6. Success is simple, but not easy. 7. Don't listen to your drunk
monkey. 8. Clarity is power. 9. Don't mistake movement for achievement.
10. Spontaneity is a conditioned reflex. 11. People will grow into the
conversations you create around them. 12. How you participate here is
how you participate everywhere. 13. Live your life by design, not by
default.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): No pressure, no diamond. No grit, no pearl.
No cocoon, no butterfly. All these clichés will be featured themes for you
during the next 12 months. But I hope you will also come up with fresher
ways to think about the power and value that can be generated by tough
assignments. If you face your exotic dilemmas and unprecedented riddles
armed with nothing more than your culture's platitudes, you won't be able
to tap into the untamed creativity necessary to turn problems into
opportunities. Here's an example of the kind of original thinking you'll
thrive on: The more the growing chamomile plant is trodden upon, the
faster it grows.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The royal courts of Renaissance England
often employed professional fools whose job it was to speak raw or
controversial truths with comedic effect. According to the Royal
Shakespeare Company, Queen Elizabeth once castigated her fool for being
"insufficiently severe with her." The modern-day ombudsman has some
similarities to the fool's function. He or she is hired by an organization to
investigate complaints lodged by the public against the organization. Now
would be an excellent time for you to have a fool or ombudsman in your
own sphere, Sagittarius. You've got a lot of good inklings, but some of
them need to be edited, critiqued, or perhaps even satirized.
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WHAT'S TO COME?
BRAINSTORM ABOUT THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE
with my Expanded Audio Horoscopes for the Second Half of 2016 and
beyond:
http://RealAstrology.com
What will be the story of your life during the rest of 2016 and beyond?
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?
If you'd like a boost of inspiration to fuel you in your quest for beauty and
truth and love and justice and meaning, tune in to my meditations on your
long-term outlook.
Go here:
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"Long Term Forecast for Second Half of 2016."
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn journalist Katie Couric is a best-
selling author who has interviewed five American presidents and had
prominent jobs at three major TV networks. What's her secret to
success? She has testified that her goal is to be as ingratiating and
charming as she can be without causing herself to throw up. I don't often
recommend this strategy for you, but I do now. The coming weeks will be
prime time for you to expand your web of connections and energize your
relationships with existing allies by being almost too nice. To get what
you want, use politeness as your secret weapon.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): "The water cannot talk without the rocks,"
says aphorist James Richardson. Does that sound like a metaphor you'd
like to celebrate in the coming weeks? I hope so. From what I can tell, you
will be like a clean, clear stream rippling over a rocky patch of river bed.
The not-really-all-that-bad news is that your flow may feel erratic and
jerky. The really good news is that you will be inspired to speak freely,
articulately, and with creative zing.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Every now and then you may benefit from
being a bit juvenile, even childlike. You can release your dormant
creativity by losing your adult composure and indulging in free-form play.
In my astrological opinion, this is one of those phases for you. It's high
time to lose your cool in the best possible ways. You have a duty to
explore the frontiers of spontaneity and indulge in I-don't-give-a-cluck
exuberance. For the sake of your peace-of-soul and your physical health,
you need to wriggle free of at least some of your grown-up
responsibilities so you can romp and cavort and frolic.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): "The past lives on in art and memory," writes
author Margaret Drabble, "but it is not static: it shifts and changes as the
present throws its shadow backwards." That's a fertile thought for you to
meditate on during the coming weeks, Aries. Why? Because your history
will be in a state of dramatic fermentation. The old days and the old ways
will be mutating every which way. I hope you will be motivated, as a
result, to rework the story of your life with flair and verve.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): "Critics of text-messaging are wrong to think
it's a regressive form of communication," writes poet Lily Akerman. "It
demands so much concision, subtlety, psychological art -- in fact, it's
more like pulling puppet strings than writing." I bring this thought to your
attention, Taurus, because in my opinion the coming weeks will be an
excellent time for you to apply the metaphor of text-messaging to pretty
much everything you do. You will create interesting ripples of success as
you practice the crafts of concision, subtlety, and psychological art.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): During my careers as a writer and musician,
many "experts" have advised me not to be so damn faithful to my muse.
Having artistic integrity is a foolish indulgence that would ensure my
eternal poverty, they have warned. If I want to be successful, I've got to
sell out; I must water down my unique message and pay homage to the
generic formulas favored by celebrity artists. Luckily for me, I have
ignored the experts. As a result, my soul has thrived and I eventually
earned enough money from my art to avoid starvation. But does my path
apply to you? Maybe; maybe not. What if, in your case, it would be better
to sell out a little and be, say, just 75 percent faithful to your muse? The
next 12 months will be an excellent time for you to figure this out once
and for all.
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Homework: What experience do you deny yourself even though it would
be good for you and wouldn't hurt anyone? Write a note giving yourself
permission. Share at Truthrooster@gmail.com.
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