Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
December 30, 2020
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Despite what the cynics say, the future is wide open. No one can suppress
or deny your power to create your life in ways that reflect your noblest
longings.
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EXPLORE THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE
with my EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES for the Coming Year.
https://RealAstrology.com
What new influences and opportunities will be headed your way in 2021?
What fresh resources will you be able to draw on? How can you conspire
with life to create the best possible future for yourself?
Beginning this week, and for the next two weeks as well, I'm exploring the
BIG PICTURE of your life in my Expanded Audio Horoscopes. If you slip
into a philosophical, visionary mood at the end of each year, you might
appreciate my perspectives on your long-term outlook.
To listen to PART ONE of your BIG PICTURE horoscopes online, go to
https://RealAstrology.com
Register and/or log in through the main page, and then click on the link
"Long Term Prediction for 2021."
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The cost for the Expanded Audio Horoscopes is $6 per sign. (You can get
discounts for multiple purchases.)
You can also listen over the phone by calling 1-877-873-4888.
The cost is $1.99 per minute.
Each forecast is 7-9 minutes long.
P.S. You can still access last week's sneak-peek at 2021. In these
expanded audio horoscopes, I describe some major themes I think you'll be
working and playing with in 2021. After you register and/or log in, click
on "Last Week (Dec. 22, 2020)."
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PROMISES TO YOURSELF
Take some paper and write "I am doing everything in my power to attract
all the help and resources I need as I accomplish the following goal."
Then compose a declaration that crisply describes exactly what satisfying,
growth-inducing experiences you want most in 2021 — and are willing to
work hard for and even change yourself to attract, if necessary.
Keep a copy of this magic formula under your pillow or in your wallet.
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DAILY PRACTICE IN 2021
* a commitment to not getting lost inside our own heads;
* a strategy to avoid being enthralled with the hypnotic lure of painful
emotions, past events, and worries about the future;
* a trust in empirical evidence over our time-worn beliefs and old
habits;
* a talent for turning up our curiosity full blast and tuning in to the raw
truth of every moment with our beginner's mind fully engaged;
* an eagerness to dwell gracefully in the midst of all the interesting
questions that tease and teach us.
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YOUR THEME SONG FOR 2021
I invite you to select a song that will serve as your inspirational anthem
in 2021 — an emotionally-enriching song that will help keep you focused
on what's important, lift you up when you're dragging, and spark you to
love life with compassionate ingenuity.
If you're so moved, provide a link to the theme song you choose so I can
listen to it. (I'm always looking for new inspirational tunes!) Send it to
me at Truthrooster@gmail.com
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CORRECTION
Last night I dreamt
that I had a beehive
here inside my heart.
And the golden bees
— were making white combs
and sweet honey
from all my old failures.
—Antonio Machado, translated by Robert Bly
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YOUR GIFTS TO THE FUTURE
Think about your relationship to human beings who haven't been born yet.
What might you create for them to use? How can you make your life a gift
to the future? Can you not only help preserve the wonders we live amidst,
but actually enhance them?
Keep in mind this thought from Lewis Carroll: "It's a poor sort of memory
that only works backward."
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YOUR TWO KNOWINGS
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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LOVE GUIDE
I tell you the more I think, the more I feel that there is nothing more
truly artistic than to love people.
—Vincent van Gogh
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Everything I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything
exists, only because I love.
—Leo Tolstoy
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Until you have loved, you cannot become yourself.
—Emily Dickinson
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Love imperfectly. Be a love idiot. Let yourself forget any love ideal.
—Sark
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For one human being to love another is the most difficult task. It is the
work for which all other work is mere preparation.
—Rainer Maria Rilke, Translated by Stephen Mitchell
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If you do not love too much, you do not love enough.
— Blaise Pascal
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Love is everything it's cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for,
being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't
risk everything, you risk even more.
—Erica Jong
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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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To love is to tilt with the lightning, two bodies routed by a single honey's
sweet.
—Pablo Neruda
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The most vital right is the right to love and be loved.
— Emma Goldman
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YOU HAVE MORE FREEDOM THAN YOU ARE USING
"You have more freedom than you are using," says artist Dan Attoe.
I hope that taunt gets under your skin and riles you up in 2021. Maybe it
will motivate you to lay claim to all the potential spaciousness and
independence and leeway that are just lying around going to waste.
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INTELLIGENCE OF HONEY
It's increasingly difficult for me to vibe with people — even keen, talented
people — who are salty about everything all the time. Gotta have some
sweetness in this life. I believe in the intelligence of honey.
—Saeed Jones
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THE BEST THINGS ABOUT THE WORST YEAR
Read more at https://tinyurl.com/y4qkzmr3
* Universal Basic Income Got A Lot More Practical
* The pandemic offered a trial run on what reducing carbon emissions
could look like — and proved we're now more conditioned than ever to
make dramatic changes.
* We Found That Working From Home Really Works
* We Stopped Excusing Racist Symbols
* We Admitted That College Is Kinda Broken
* A New Era of Athletes-As-Activists Dawned
* We Reimagined Our Cities
* We Began Asking: What Is the Purpose of the Police?
* We Glimpsed the Future of News
* We Saw Great Women Leaders. Among the heads of state who
distinguished themselves during the pandemic, a disproportionate number
were women.
1. Sanna Marin Prime minister of Finland
2. Katrín Jakobsdóttir Prime minister of Iceland
3. Mette Frederiksen Prime minister of Denmark
4. Jacinda Ardern Prime minister of New Zealand
5. Tsai Ing-Wen President of Taiwan
6. Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany
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For a lot more pronoiac resources and ideas, read my book *Pronoia Is the
Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World is Conspiring to Shower You
with Blessings*
Available at Barnes & Noble: https://tinyurl.com/PronoiaBN
Available at Amazon: https://bit.ly/Pronoia
A free preview of the book is available here:
https://tinyurl.com/PronoiaPreview
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
December 31
Copyright 2020 by Rob Brezsny
https://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The mathematically oriented website
WaitButWhy.com says that the odds of winning a mega lottery can be
compared to this scenario: You know that a certain hedgehog will sneeze
just one time in the next six years, and you place a big bet that this sneeze
will take place at exactly the 36th second of 12:05 pm next January 20.
In other words, WaitButWhy.com declares, your chances of winning that
lottery are very small. But while their analysis is true in general, it may
not be completely applicable to you in 2021. The likelihood of you
choosing the precise moment for the hedgehog's sneeze will be higher than
usual. More realistically and importantly, your chances for generating
positive financial luck through hard work and foresight will be much
higher than usual.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Author Anais Nin was supremely adaptable,
eager to keep growing, and receptive when life nudged her to leave the past
behind and expand her understanding. At the same time, she was clear
about what she wanted and determined to get what she wanted. Her complex
attitude is summed up in the following quote: "If you limit your choices
only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from
what you truly want, and all that is left is compromise." I hope you will
heed her counsel throughout 2021. (Here's another quote from Nin: "Had I
not created my whole world, I would certainly have died in other
people’s.")
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In 2013, workers at a clothing
manufacturing plant in Gazipur, Bangladesh staged a mass protest. Did
they demand a pay raise or better health benefits? Were they lobbying for
air conditioning or longer lunch breaks? None of the above. In fact, they
had just one urgent stipulation: to dispel the ghost that was haunting the
factory. I've got a similar entreaty for you in 2021, Pisces. I request that
you exorcise any and all ghosts that have been preventing you from fully
welcoming in and embracing the future. These ghosts may be purely
metaphorical in nature, but you still need to be forceful in banishing
them.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Author Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)
carried on a long love affair with books. He read thousands of them, wrote
more than 20 of them, and further postulated the existence of numerous
imaginary books that were never actually written. Of all the writers who
roused his adoration, a certain Russian novelist was among the most
beloved. Borges wrote, "Like the discovery of love, like the discovery of
the sea, the discovery of Fyodor Dostoevsky marks an important date in
one’s life." I'm wondering if you will experience one of these pivotal
discoveries in 2021. I strongly suspect so. It may not be the work of
Dostoevsky, but I bet it will have an impact close to those of your original
discoveries of love and the sea.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Vietnamese-American novelist Viet Thanh
Nguyen has won numerous awards for his work, including the Pulitzer
Prize. Here are his views about the nature of accomplishment: "We don’t
succeed or fail because of fortune or luck. We succeed because we
understand the way the world works and what we have to do. We fail
because others understand this better than we do." I bring these thoughts
to your attention, Taurus, because I think that in 2021 you will have an
extraordinary potential to enhance your understanding of how the world
works and what you must do to take advantage of that. This could be the
year you become both smarter and wiser.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Modern civilization has not spread to every
corner of the planet. There are at least 100 tribes that inhabit their own
private realms, isolated from the invasive sprawl of our manic, frantic
influence. Among these enclaves, many are in the Amazon rain forests,
West Papua, and the Andaman Islands. I have a theory that many of us
civilized people would love to nurture inner qualities akin to those
expressed by indigenous people: hidden away from the mad world; content
to be free of the noise and frenzy; and living in attunement with natural
rhythms. In 2021, I hope you will give special care and attention to
cultivating this part of you.
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EXPLORING YOUR LONG-RANGE FUTURE
Would you like some inspiration as you muse and wonder about your
upcoming adventures in 2021?
In this week's EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES, I offer you a long-term,
in-depth exploration of your destiny in the coming months. This is Part
One of a three-part series.
Part Two and Part Three will be available in the next two weeks.
Access them online at https://RealAstrology.com. Register and/or sign in.
They are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888.
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You can also still access my sneak-peek at 2021 from a week ago. To hear
these, click on "Last Week (Dec 22, 2020)."
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The cost is $6 per sign online (discounts are available for bulk
purchases), or $1.99 per minute by phone.
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Hurricane Maria struck the Caribbean
island of Dominica in 2016. Scientists studied two local species of anole
lizards both before and after the natural disaster. They were amazed to
find that the lizards after the hurricane had super-strong grips compared
to their predecessors. The creatures were better able to hold on to rocks
and perches so as to avoid being swept away by high winds. The
researchers' conclusion? It's an example of one of the most rapid rates of
evolutionary change ever recorded. I bring this to your attention,
Cancerian, because I suspect that you, too, will have the power to evolve
and transform at an expedited pace in 2021—in response to positive
events as much as to challenging events.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I hope that in 2021 you will spend a lot of time
meditating on your strongest longings. Are they in harmony with your
highest ideals, or not? Do they energize you or drain you? Are they
healthy and holy, or are they unhealthy or unholy—or somewhere in
between those two extremes? You'll be wise to re-evaluate all your
burning, churning yearnings, Leo—and decide which ones are in most
righteous service to your life goals. And as for those that are in fact noble
and liberating and invigorating: Nurture them with all your tender
ingenuity!
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): "You can't move mountains by whispering at
them," says singer-songwriter Pink. Strictly speaking, you can't move
mountains by shouting at them, either. But in a metaphorical sense, Pink
is exactly right. Mild-mannered, low-key requests are not likely to
precipitate movement in obstacles that resemble sold rock. And that's my
oracle for you in the coming months, Virgo. As you carry out the project
of relocating or crumbling a certain mountain, be robust and
spirited—and, if necessary, very loud.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In his masterpiece the *Mona Lisa*, Leonardo
da Vinci applied 30 layers of paint that were no thicker than a single
human hair. Can you imagine the patience and concentration that
required? I'm going to propose that you be inspired by his approach as
you carry out your big projects in the coming year. I think you will have
the potential to create at least one labor of love that's monumentally
subtle and soulful.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Climate change is proceeding with such speed
in central Mexico that entire forests are in danger of perishing. In the
hills near Ejido La Mesa, for instance, the weather is getting too hot for
the fir trees that shelter millions of monarch butterflies every fall. In
response, local people have joined with scientists to physically move the
fir forest to a higher, cooler elevation. What might be your personal
equivalent, Scorpio: an ambitious plan to carry out an idealistic yet
practical project? According to my analysis of your astrological
potentials, you'll have a lot of energy to work on such a scheme in 2021.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Author Gérard de Nerval
(1808–1855) made the following observation: "I do not ask of God that he
should change anything in events themselves, but that he should change me
in regard to things, so that I might have the power to create my own
universe, to govern my dreams, instead of enduring them." If you have a
relationship with the Divine Wow, that will be a perfect prayer for you to
say on a regular basis in 2021. If you don't have a connection to the
Supreme Intelligence, I suggest you address the same prayer to your
Higher Self or Future Beauty or whatever source of sublime inspiration
you hold most dear.
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