Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
June 21, 2017
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This week my Expanded Audio Horoscopes explore themes that I suspect
will be important for you during the next six months and beyond.
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?
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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.
WHAT IS WILDNESS?
Here's the definition of "wildness" offered by Robert Bly in his book, "The
Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart": To be wild is not to be crazy like a
criminal or psychotic, but "mad as the mist and snow." It has nothing to
do with being childish or primitive, nor does it manifest as manic rebellion
or self-damaging alienation.
The marks of wildness, Bly says, are a love of nature, a delight in silence,
a voice free to say spontaneous things, and a vivacious curiosity in the
face of the unknown.
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POWER OF YOUR IMAGINATION
When I studied method acting with filmmaker David Mamet, he urged us
to cultivate such a vivid imagination that we could taste the pretend
coffee that we drank out of an imaginary cup.
We'd feel the heft of the cup in our hand and the steamy heat rising.
We'd hallucinate the bitterly flavorful smell, and the muscles of our face
would move the way they might if we were sipping the actual factual
coffee.
Pop star Lady Gaga didn't work with Mamet while she was maturing as an
actress, but she got similar teachings. She told New York magazine that
she can "feel the rain, when it's not raining." And more than that: "I can
mentally give myself an orgasm."
It's your birthright to develop an imagination like that. You'll have to work
hard at it, though.
Are you interested?
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CHANGING THE SUNSET
"When I look at a sunset, I don't say, 'Soften the orange a little on the
right hand corner, and put a bit more purple in the cloud color.'"
Pioneering psychologist Carl Rogers was describing the way he observed
the world. "I don't try to control a sunset," he continued. "I watch it with
awe."
He had a similar view about people. "One of the most satisfying
experiences," he said, "is just fully to appreciate an individual in the same
way I appreciate a sunset."
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
A plant 1,000 times more efficient at CO2 removal than photosynthesis is
now active. The world's first commercial carbon capture plant is now
online in Switzerland.
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Chicago man, 98, turns $1,000 in stock into $2 million and donates it all
to wildlife.
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Places in the US that took in more immigrants in the 19th century still
benefit economically from it.
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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 June 22
Copyright 2017 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Now that you've mostly paid off one of your
debts to the past, you can go window-shopping for the future's best
offers. You're finally ready to leave behind a power spot you've outgrown
and launch your quest to discover fresh power spots. So bid farewell to
lost causes and ghostly temptations, Cancerian. Slip away from
attachments to traditions that longer move you and the deadweight of
your original family's expectations. Soon you'll be empty and light and
free -- and ready to make a vigorous first impression when you encounter
potential allies in the frontier.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I suspect you will soon have an up-close and
personal encounter with some form of lightning. To ensure it's not a
literal bolt shooting down out of a thundercloud, please refrain from
taking long romantic strolls with yourself during a storm. Also, forgo any
temptation you may have to stick your finger in electrical sockets. What
I'm envisioning is a type of lightning that will give you a healthy
metaphorical jolt. If any of your creative circuits are sluggish, it will
jumpstart them. If you need to wake up from a dreamy delusion, the
lovable lightning will give you just the right salutary shock.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Signing up to read at the open mike segment
of a poetry slam? Buying an outfit that's a departure from the style
you've cultivated for years? Getting dance lessons or a past-life reading
or instructions on how to hang-glide? Hopping on a jet for a spontaneous
getaway to an exotic hotspot? I approve of actions like those, Virgo. In
fact, I won't mind if you at least temporarily abandon at least 30 percent
of your inhibitions.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I don't know what marketing specialists are
predicting about color trends for the general population, but my
astrological analysis has discerned the most evocative colors for you
Libras. *Electric mud* is one. It's a scintillating mocha hue. Visualize
silver-blue sparkles emerging from moist dirt tones. Earthy and dynamic!
*Cybernatural* is another special color for you. Picture sheaves of ripe
wheat blended with the hue you see when you close your eyes after
staring into a computer monitor for hours. Organic and glimmering! Your
third pigment of power is *pastel adrenaline*: a mix of dried apricot and
the shadowy brightness that flows across your nerve synapses when
you're taking aggressive practical measures to convert your dreams into
realities. Delicious and dazzling!
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Do you ever hide behind a wall of detached
cynicism? Do you protect yourself with the armor of jaded coolness? If
so, here's my proposal: In accordance with the astrological omens, I invite
you to escape those perverse forms of comfort and safety. Be brave
enough to risk feeling the vulnerability of hopeful enthusiasm. Be
sufficiently curious to handle the fluttery uncertainty that comes from
exploring places you're not familiar with and trying adventures you're not
totally skilled at.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): "We must unlearn the constellations to
see the stars," writes Jack Gilbert in his poem "Tear It Down." He adds
that "We find out the heart only by dismantling what the heart knows." I
invite you to meditate on these ideas. By my calculations, it's time to peel
away the obvious secrets so you can penetrate to the richer secrets
buried beneath. It's time to dare a world-changing risk that is currently
obscured by easy risks. It's time to find your real life hidden inside the
pretend one, to expedite the evolution of the authentic self that's
germinating in the darkness.
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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 2017 and
beyond:
http://RealAstrology.com
What will be the story of your life during the rest of 2017 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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After you register and/or log in through the main page, click on the link
"Long Term Forecast for Second Half of 2017."
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): When I was four years old, I loved to use
crayons to draw diagrams of the solar system. It seems I was already
laying a foundation for my interest in astrology. How about you,
Capricorn? I invite you to explore your early formative memories. To aid
the process, look at old photos and ask relatives what they remember. My
reading of the astrological omens suggests that your past can show you
new clues about what you might ultimately become. Potentials that were
revealed when you were a wee tyke may be primed to develop more fully.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I often ride my bike into the hills. The
transition from the residential district to open spaces is a narrow dirt path
surrounded by thick woods on one side and a steep descent on the other.
Today as I approached this place there was a new sign on a post. It read
"Do not enter: Active beehive forming in the middle of the path." Indeed, I
could see a swarm hovering around a tree branch that juts down low over
the path. How to proceed? I might get stung if I did what I usually do.
Instead, I dismounted from my bike and dragged it through the woods so I
could join the path on the other side of the bees. Judging from the
astrological omens, Aquarius, I suspect you may encounter a comparable
interruption along a route that you regularly take. Find a detour, even if
it's inconvenient.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I bet you'll be extra creative in the coming
weeks. Cosmic rhythms are nudging you towards fresh thinking and
imaginative innovation, whether they're applied to your job, your
relationships, your daily rhythm, or your chosen art form. To take
maximum advantage of this provocative luck, seek out stimuli that will
activate high-quality brainstorms. I understand that the composer André
Grétry got inspired when he put his feet in ice water. Author Ben Johnson
felt energized in the presence of a purring cat and by the aroma of
orange peels. I like to hang out with people who are smarter than me.
What works for you?
ARIES (March 21-April 19): There are places in the oceans where the sea
floor cracks open and spreads apart from volcanic activity. This allows
geothermally heated water to vent out from deep inside the earth.
Scientists explored such a place in the otherwise frigid waters around
Antarctica. They were elated to find a "riot of life" living there, including
previously unknown species of crabs, starfish, sea anemones, and
barnacles. Judging from the astrological omens, Aries, I suspect that you
will soon enjoy a metaphorically comparable eruption of warm vitality
from the unfathomable depths. Will you welcome and make use of these
raw blessings even if they are unfamiliar and odd?
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I'm reporting from the first annual Psychic
Olympics in Los Angeles. For the past five days, I've competed against
the world's top mind-readers, dice-controllers, spirit whisperers, spoon-
benders, angel-wrestlers, and stock market prognosticators. Thus far I
have earned a silver medal in the category of channeling the spirits of
dead celebrities. (Thanks, Frida Kahlo and Gertrude Stein!) I psychically
foresee that I will also win a gold medal for most accurate fortune-telling.
Here's the prophecy that I predict will cinch my victory: "People born in
the sign of Taurus will soon be at the pinnacle of their ability to get
telepathically aligned with people who have things they want and need."
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): While reading Virginia Woolf, I found the
perfect maxim for you to write on a slip of paper and carry around in your
pocket or wallet or underwear: "Let us not take it for granted that life
exists more fully in what is commonly thought big than in what is
commonly thought small." In the coming weeks, dear Gemini, I hope you
keep this counsel simmering constantly in the back of your mind. It will
protect you from the dreaminess and superstition of people around you.
It will guarantee that you'll never overlook potent little breakthroughs as
you scan the horizon for phantom miracles. And it will help you change
what needs to be changed slowly and surely, with minimum disruption.
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Homework: What were the circumstances in which you were most
amazingly, outrageously alive? Testify at FreeWillAstrology.com.
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