Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
February 13, 2019
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Happy Love Week!
"I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with
you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what
you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out."
—Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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"Love imperfectly. Be a love idiot. Let yourself forget any love ideal."
—Sark
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"You are my inspiration and my folly. You are my light across the sea, my
million nameless joys, and my day's wage. You are my divinity, my
madness, my selfishness, my transfiguration and purification. You are my
rapscallionly fellow vagabond, my tempter and star. I want you."
—George Bernard Shaw
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"I love you between shadow and soul. I love you as the plant that hasn't
bloomed yet, and carries hidden within itself the light of flowers. I love
you without knowing how, or when, or from where. Because of you, the
dense fragrance that rises from the earth lives in my body, rioting with
hunger for the eternity of our victorious kisses."
—Pablo Neruda
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"Be my ruckus, my perfect non-sequitur. Be my circuit-breaker, my
lengthening shadows at dusk, my nest of pine needles, my second-story
window. Be my if-you-stare-long-enough-you'll-see. Be my subatomic
particle. Be my backbeat, my key of C minor, my surly apostle, my
scandalous reparté, my maximum payload. Be my simmering, seething,
flickering, radiating, shimmering, and undulating."
—Andrew Varnon
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"Love is the only game where two can play and both win."
—Erma Freesman.
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When I think of you,
fireflies in the marsh rise
like the soul's jewels,
lost to eternal longing,
abandoning my body
—Izumi Shikibu
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"Love is a great beautifier."
—Louisa May Alcott
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Fall in love over and over again every day. Love your family, your
neighbors, your enemies, and yourself. And don't stop with humans. Love
animals, plants, stones, even galaxies.
—Mary Ann and Frederic Brussat
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"The air I breathe in a room empty of you is unhealthy. The merest
whisper of your name awakes in me a shuddering sixth sense. I am longing
for a kiss that makes time stand still."
—a blend of words from Edgar Allan Poe, Pamela Moore, and John Keats
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"We are pain and what cures pain, both. We are the sweet cold water and
the jar that pours. I want to hold you close like a lute, so that we can cry
out with loving. Would you rather throw stones at a mirror? I am your
mirror and here are the stones."
—Rumi
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"I love you more than it's possible to love anyone. I love you more than
love itself. I love you more than you love yourself. I love you more than
God loves you. I love you more than anyone has ever loved anyone in the
history of the universe. In fact, I love you *more* than I love you."
—Me
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"For a relationship to stay alive, love alone is not enough. Without
imagination, love stales into sentiment, duty, boredom. Relationships fail
not because we have stopped loving but because we first stopped
imagining."
—James Hillman
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"Our love is like a well in the wilderness where time watches over the
wandering lightning. Our sleep is a secret tunnel that leads to the scent of
apples carried on the wind. When I hold you, I hold everything that is–
swans, volcanoes, river rocks, maple trees drinking the fragrance of the
moon, bread that the fire adores. In your life I see everything that lives."
—Pablo Neruda
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"Your body needs to be held and to hold, to be touched and to touch.
None of these needs is to be despised, denied, or repressed. But you have
to keep searching for your body's deeper need, the need for genuine love.
Every time you are able to go beyond the body's superficial desires for
love, you are bringing your body home and moving toward integration and
unity."
—Henri Nouwen
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"Let's heat up the night to a boil. Let's cook every drop of liquid out of
our flesh till we sizzle, not a drop of come left. We are pots on too high a
flame. Our insides char and flake dark like sinister snow idling down. We
breathe out smoke. We die out and sleep covers us in ashes. We lie
without dreaming, empty as clean grates. Yet we wake rebuilt, clattering
and hungry as waterfalls leaping off, rushing into the day, roaring our
bright intentions. It is the old riddle in the Yiddish song, what can burn
and not burn up, a passion that gives birth to itself every day."
—Marge Piercy
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
For more about the good news stories below, plus links to the articles
that provide full evidence, go here: https://tinyurl.com/ya8kb4rh
1. India registered a 22% decline in maternal deaths since 2013. That
means on average, 30 more new mothers are now being saved every day
compared to five years ago.
2. Ghana became the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate
trachoma. In 2000, it threatened 2.8 million people (15% of the
population) with blindness.
3. The WHO revealed that teenage drinking has declined across Europe,
the continent with the highest rates of drinking in the world. The country
with the largest decline? Britain.
4. Since 2010, global HIV/AIDS infection rates have fallen by 16% in
adults and by 35% for children. Most countries are now on track to
eliminate infections by 2030.
5. In 2018, New York and Virginia became the first two US states to
enact laws requiring mental health education in schools.
6. Malaysia became the first country in the Western Pacific to reduce
mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis.
7. South Africa, home to the world's largest population of people living
with HIV, shocked health officials by revealing a 44% decline in new
infections since 2012.
8. 25 million doses of a new cholera vaccine were administered globally,
and preparations began for the largest vaccination drive in history.
9. France revealed a sharp fall in daily smokers, with one million fewer
lighting up in the past year, and cigarette use among Americans dropped
to its lowest level since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
started collecting data in 1965.
10. Rwanda became the first low-income country to provide universal eye
care to all of its citizens, by training 3,000 nurses in over 500 health
clinics.
(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 February 14
Copyright 2019 by Rob Brezsny
https://FreeWillAstrology.com/horoscopes/
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): "A freshness lives deep in me which no one
can take from me," wrote poet Swedish poet Gunnar Ekelöf. "Something
unstilled, unstillable is within me; it wants to be voiced," wrote
philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. In accordance with your astrological
omens, I propose we make those two quotes your mottoes for the next
four weeks. In my opinion, you have a mandate to tap into what's
freshest and most unstillable about you — and then cultivate it, celebrate
it, and express it with the full power of your grateful, brilliant joy.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): According to the *Encyclopedia of Occultism
and Parapsychology*, the word "obsession" used to refer to the agitated
state of a person who was besieged by rowdy or unruly spirits arriving
from outside the person. "Possession," on the other hand, once meant
the agitated state of a person struggling against rowdy or unruly spirits
arising from within. In the Western Christian perspective, both modes
have been considered primarily negative and problematic. In many other
cultures, however, spirits from both the inside and outside have
sometimes been regarded as relatively benevolent, and their effect quite
positive. As long as you don't buy into the Western Christian view, I
suspect that the coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to consort
with spirits like those.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): When directors of movies say, "It's a wrap,"
they mean that the shooting of a scene has been finished. They may use
the same expression when the shooting of the entire film is completed.
That's not the end of the creative process, of course. All the editing must
still be done. Once that's accomplished, the producer may declare that
the final product is "in the can," and ready to be released or broadcast.
From what I can determine, Aries, you're on the verge of being able to
say, "it's a wrap" for one of your own projects. There'll be more work
before you're ready to assert, "it's in the can."
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In accordance with astrological omens, I invite
you to create your own royal throne and sit on it whenever you need to
think deep thoughts and formulate important decisions. Make sure your
power chair is comfortable as well as beautiful and elegant. To enhance
your ability to wield your waxing authority with grace and courage, I also
encourage you to fashion your own crown, scepter, and ceremonial
footwear. They, too, should be comfortable, beautiful, and elegant.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In 1995, astronomer Bob Williams got a strong
urge to investigate a small scrap of the night sky that most other
astronomers regarded as boring. It was near the handle of the
constellation known as the Big Dipper. Luckily for him, he could ignore his
colleagues' discouraging pressure. That's because he had been authorized
to use the high-powered Hubble Space Telescope for a ten-day period. To
the surprise of everyone but Williams, his project soon discovered that
this seemingly unremarkable part of the heavens is teeming with over
3,000 galaxies. I suspect you may have a challenge akin to Williams',
Gemini. A pet project or crazy notion of yours may not get much support,
but I hope you'll pursue it anyway. I bet your findings will be different
from what anyone expects.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): A study by the Humane Research Council
found that more than eighty percent of those who commit to being
vegetarians eventually give up and return to eating meat. A study by the
National Institute of Health showed that only about 36 percent of
alcoholics are able to achieve full recovery; the remainder relapse. And we
all know how many people make New Year's resolutions to exercise more
often, but then stop going to the gym by February. That's the bad news.
The good news, Cancerian, is that during the coming weeks you will
possess an enhanced power to stick with any commitment you know is
right and good for you. Take advantage!
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ARE YOU THE HERO OF YOUR OWN LIFE?
"Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that
station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show." So begins
Charles Dickens' novel *David Copperfield.*
I'd like to inspire you to write a story of your own that begins like that.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Are there two places on earth more different from
each other than Europe and Africa? Yet there is a place, the Strait of
Gibraltar, where Europe and Africa are just 8.7 miles apart. Russia and the
United States are also profoundly unlike each other, but only 2.5 miles
apart where the Bering Strait separates them. I foresee the a
metaphorically comparable phenomenon in your life. Two situations or
influences or perspectives that may seem to have little in common will
turn out to be closer to each other than you imagined possible.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo basketball star Latrell Sprewell played
professionally for 13 years. He could have extended his career at least
three more seasons, but he turned down an offer for $21 million from the
Minnesota team, complaining that it wouldn't be sufficient to feed his four
children. I will ask you not to imitate his behavior, Virgo. If you're offered
a deal or opportunity that doesn't perfectly meet all your requirements,
don't dismiss it out of hand. A bit of compromise is sensible right now.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In 1992, an Ethiopian man named Belachew
Girma became an alcoholic after he saw his wife die from AIDS. And yet
today he is renowned as a Laughter Master, having dedicated himself to
explore the healing powers of ebullience and amusement. He presides over
a school that teaches people the fine points of laughter, and he holds the
world's record for longest continuous laughter at three hours and six
minutes. I nominate him to be your role model in the next two weeks.
According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you will be especially
primed to benefit from the healing power of laughter. You're likely to
encounter more droll and whimsical and hilarious events than usual, and
your sense of humor should be especially hearty and finely-tuned.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A study published in the journal *Social
Psychological and Personality Science* suggests that people who use
curse words tend to be more candid. "Swearing is often inappropriate but
it can also be evidence that someone is telling you their honest opinion,"
said the lead researcher. "Just as they aren't filtering their language to be
more palatable, they're also not filtering their views." If that's true,
Scorpio, I'm going to encourage you to curse more than usual in the
coming weeks. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, it's
crucial that you tell as much of the whole truth as is humanly possible.
(P.S. Your cursing outbursts don't necessarily have to be delivered with
total abandon everywhere you go. You could accomplish a lot just by
going into rooms by yourself and exuberantly allowing the expletives to
roll out of your mouth.)
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In the mid-1980s, a California carrot
farmer grew frustrated with the fact that grocery stories didn't want to
buy his broken and oddly shaped carrots. A lot of his crop was going to
waste. Then he got the bright idea to cut and shave the imperfect carrots
so as to make smooth little baby carrots. They became a big success. Can
you think of a metaphorically comparable adjustment you could
undertake, Sagittarius? Is it possible to transform a resource that's
partially going to waste? Might you be able to enhance your possibilities
by making some simple modifications?
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Mongolia is a huge landlocked country. It
borders no oceans or seas. Nevertheless, it has a navy of seven sailors. Its
lone ship is a tugboat moored on Lake Khovsgol, which is three percent
the size of North America's Lake Superior. I'm offering up the Mongolian
navy as an apt metaphor for you to draw inspiration from in the coming
weeks. I believe it makes good astrological sense for you to launch a
seemingly quixotic quest to assert your power, however modestly, in a
situation that may seem out of your league.
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