Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
November 9, 2016
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Dear Readers -
One of my main reasons for being on planet Earth is to help minimize and
alleviate the world's suffering -- among my fellow humans as well as
among the animals and plants and spiritual beings with whom we share
this realm. My day-to-day actions are motivated not just by my yearning
to feel fulfilled and authentic, but also by my passion for influences that
generate practical compassion.
To that end, I support Hillary Clinton for President. Either she or Donald
Trump will win the job, and in my estimation she's more likely than he is
to reduce the world's suffering and generate practical compassion.
P.S.: Bernie was my first choice, and I hope that he and the movement he
has energized will work their magic on President Clinton in the coming
years. I am part of that movement.
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See the video of my campaign speech, "If I Am Elected":
http://bit.ly/1Nt9MkV
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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.
Sometime in the next 24 hours, try saying this to someone (but only if
you really mean it): "Thanks for making my life better."
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I cheerfully celebrate the mantra, "I don't know." It's a source of power, a
declaration of independence from the pressure to have an opinion about
every single subject.
It's fun to say. "I don't know."
I love to let go of the drive to have it all figured out: "I don't know."
I exult in proclaiming the only truth I can be totally sure of: "I don't
know."
I empty my mind and lift my heart: "I don't know."
I use it as a battle cry, a joyous affirmation of my oneness with the Great
Mystery: "I don't know."
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"In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed
with balance and stealth."
- Patti Smith
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Keep two pieces of paper in your pockets at all times. One says "I am a
speck of dust," and the other, "The world was created for me."
- Rabbi Bunim of P’shiskha
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What do you need to kill off in yourself in order to tune in to the beauty
that's hidden from you? What worn-out shticks are blinding you to the
blessings that life is conspiring to give you?
Which of your theories may have been useful and even brilliant in the past
but are now keeping you from becoming aware of the ever-fresh creation
that unfolds before you?
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"Even though I'm often in a mess, inside me there's still a calm, clear,
harmony of music."
- Vincent van Gogh
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
Millions of Women Know Sexual Trauma -- and Thanks to Trump,
They’'e a Voting Bloc. The 76 million women who have been oppressed
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this election.
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Where Citizens Can Run for Office Without Big Money -- and Win.
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The White Horse and the Humvees: Standing Rock Is Offering a Choice.
Btween the barricades on a North Dakota highway, there is a pivotal
confrontation between two world views, two futures.
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(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 November 10
Copyright 2016 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): "Don't be someone that searches, finds, and
then runs away," advises novelist Paulo Coelho. I'm tempted to add this
caveat: "Don't be someone that searches, finds, and then runs away --
unless you really do need to run away for a while to get better prepared
for the reward you have summoned . . . and then return to fully embrace
it." After studying the astrological omens, Scorpio, I'm guessing you can
benefit from hearing this information.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Go ahead and howl a celebratory
"goodbye!" to any triviality that has distracted you from your worthy
goals, to any mean little ghost that has shadowed your good intentions,
and to any faded fantasy that has clogged up the flow of your psychic
energy. I also recommend that you whisper "welcome!" to open secrets
that have somehow remained hidden from you, to simple lessons you
haven't been simple enough to learn before now, and to breathtaking
escapes you have only recently earned. P.S.: You are authorized to refer
to the coming weeks as a watershed.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Musician and visual artist Brian Eno loves
to dream up innovative products. In 2006, he published a DVD called *77
Million Paintings,* which uses technological trickery to generate 77 million
different series of images. To watch the entire thing would take 9,000
years. In my opinion, it's an interesting but gimmicky novelty -- not
particularly deep or meaningful. During the next nine months, Capricorn, I
suggest that you attempt a far more impressive feat: a richly complex
creation that will provide you with growth-inducing value for years to
come.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Do you know about the Lords of Shouting?
According to Christian and Jewish mythology, they're a gang of 15.5
million angels that greet each day with vigorous songs of praise and
blessing. Most people are too preoccupied with their own mind chatter to
pay attention to them, let alone hear their melodious offerings. But I
suspect you may be an exception to that rule in the coming weeks.
According to my reading of the astrological omens, you'll be exceptionally
alert for and receptive to glad tidings. You may be able to spot
opportunities that others are blind to, including the chants of the Lords of
Shouting and many other potential blessings. Take advantage of your
aptitude!
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Greenland sharks live a long time -- up to 400
years, according to researchers at the University of Copenhagen. The
females of the species don't reach sexual maturity until they're 150. I
wouldn't normally compare you Pisceans to these creatures, but my
reading of the astrological omens suggests that the coming months will
be a time when at long last you will reach your full sexual ripeness. It's
true that you've been capable of generating new human beings for quite
some time. But your erotic wisdom has lagged behind. Now that's going
to change. Your ability to harness your libidinous power will soon start to
increase. As it does, you'll gain new access to primal creativity.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Now and then you display an excessive
egotism that pushes people away. But during the next six weeks you will
have an excellent chance to shed some of that tendency, even as you
build more of the healthy pride that attracts help and support. So be alert
for a steady flow of intuitions that will instruct you on how to elude
overconfidence and instead cultivate more of the warm, radiant charisma
that is your birthright. You came here to planet Earth not just to show off
your bright beauty, but also to wield it as a source of inspiration and
motivation for those whose lives you touch.
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MAYBE JOY AND PLEASURE ARE ESSENTIAL SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES
Assume that your drive to experience pleasure and happiness isn't a
barrier to your spiritual growth, but is in fact essential to it. Proceed on
the hypothesis that cultivating joy can make you a more ethical and
compassionate person. Imagine that feeling good has something
important to teach you every day.
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): "How often I found where I should be going
only by setting out for somewhere else," said inventor Buckminster Fuller.
I don't fully endorse that perspective. For example, when I said goodbye
to North Carolina with the intention to make Northern California my new
home, Northern California is exactly where I ended up and stayed. Having
said that, however, I suspect that the coming months could be one of
those times when Fuller's formula applies to you. Your ultimate
destination may turn out to be different from your original plan. But
here's the tricky part: If you do want to eventually be led to the situation
that's right for you, you have to be specific about setting a goal that
seems right for now.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If you were an obscenely rich plutocrat, you
might have a pool table on your super yacht. And to ensure that you and
your buddies could play pool even in a storm that rocked your boat, you
would have a special gyroscopic instrument installed to keep your pool
table steady and stable. But I doubt you have such luxury at your
disposal. You're just not that wealthy or decadent. You could have
something even better, however: metaphorical gyroscopes that will keep
you steady and stable as you navigate your way through unusual weather.
Do you know what I'm referring to? If not, meditate on the three people
or influences that might best help you stay grounded. Then make sure
you snuggle up close to those people and influences during the next two
weeks.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): The coming weeks will be a good time to fill
your bed with rose petals and sleep with their aroma caressing your
dreams. You should also consider the following acts of intimate
revolution: listening to sexy spiritual flute music while carrying on
scintillating conversations with interesting allies . . . sharing gourmet
meals in which you and your sensual companions use your fingers to
slowly devour your delectable food . . . dancing naked in semi-darkness as
you imagine your happiest possible future. Do you catch my drift,
Cancerian? You're due for a series of appointments with savvy bliss and
wild splendor.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): "I have always wanted . . . my mouth full of
strange sunlight," writes Leo poet Michael Dickman in his poem "My
Honeybee." In another piece, while describing an outdoor scene from
childhood, he innocently asks, "What kind of light is that?" Elsewhere he
confesses, "What I want more than anything is to get down on paper
what the shining looks like." In accordance with the astrological omens,
Leo, I suggest you follow Dickman's lead in the coming weeks. You will
receive soulful teachings if you pay special attention to both the qualities
of the light you see with your eyes and the inner light that wells up in
your heart.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The Passage du Gois is a 2.8-mile causeway
that runs between the western French town of Beauvoir-sur-Mer and the
island of Noirmoutier in the Atlantic Ocean. It's only usable twice a day
when the tide goes out, and even then for just an hour or two. The rest
of the time it's under water. If you hope to walk or bike or drive across,
you must accommodate yourself to nature's rhythms. I suspect there's a
metaphorically similar phenomenon in your life, Virgo. To get to where
you want to go next, you can't necessarily travel exactly when you feel
like it. The path will be open and available for brief periods. But it *will* be
open and available.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Modern toilet paper appeared in 1901, when a
company in Green Bay, Wisconsin began to market "sanitary tissue" to
the public. The product had a small problem, however. Since the
manufacturing process wasn't perfect, wood chips sometimes remained
embedded in the paper. It was not until 1934 that the product was
offered as officially "splinter-free." I mention this, Libra, because I suspect
that you are not yet in the splinter-free phase of the promising possibility
you're working on. Keep at it. Hold steady. Eventually you'll purge the
glitches.
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Homework: Compare the person you are now with who you were two
years ago. Make a list of three important differences. Testify at
Freewillastrology.com.
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