Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
SEPTEMBER 9, 2009
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"The accepted, official version of anything is most likely
false. All authority is based on fraud.
- Kenneth Rexroth, tinyurl.com/ntbzo2
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The revised and expanded version of my book
PRONOIA IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR PARANOIA
will be published September 22.
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
THE GROWING BODY OF EVIDENCE
Check out the compendium of all the pronoia resources I compile
in this newsletter.
pronoiaresources.com
TELL YOUR OWN FUTURE
My friend Jonathan Zap has created the Zap Oracle, a source you
can use to do divinations for yourself. Because he has such a
cagey, interesting, and holy mind, I trust the spirit behind his
oracles.
You can cast your own divination by going to tinyurl.com/l5swnq
and clicking on "Try the Zap Oracle."
DO YOU DARE BELIEVE THE UNIVERSE LOVES YOU?
Catch the Cosmos Doing Something Right
To see Jonathan Zap's pronoia-oriented oracle card, go here: tinyurl.com/m78ogu
DON'T STARVE YOURSELF OF BEAUTY
The World's Most Beautiful River
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CRISIS = OPPORTUNITY
Are you an accidental entrepreneur?
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and I get no kickbacks.)
Please tell me your own personal nominations for PRONOIA RESOURCES.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning September 10
Copyright 2009 by Rob Brezsny
FreeWillAstrology.com
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
It's Build Up Your Confidence by Any Means Possible Week -- for
Virgos only. During this holiday, you have an astrological mandate
as well as a poetic license to pluck the easy victories. So go
ahead and solve the kinds of riddles that are your specialty.
Arrange to be in situations where your perspective is desperately
needed. Put yourself in the presence of people who think you're
a gift to the human race, and subtly encourage your secret admirers
to be less secretive. If you have any trophies or awards, make
them more visible. There's no shame in bragging this week, Virgo,
but for best results do it with your best understated elegance.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
My first demand is that you weed out the wishy-washy wishes and
lukewarm longings that keep you distracted from your burning desires.
My second demand is that you refuse to think that anyone else
knows better than you what dreams will keep your life energy humming
with maximum efficiency and beauty. Now please repeat the following
assertions about 20 times: "I know exactly what I want. I
know exactly what I don't want. I know exactly what I kind of
want but I won't waste my time on it any more because it sidetracks
me from working on what I really really want."
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
Ants may literally be crawling in your pants as you pull off
a savvy coup or a brilliant stroke. An annoying pest may try to
distract you at about the same time that movers and shakers are
tuning in to your magnificence. But I don't mean to imply that
minor irritants will undermine your victories. I think you're
too unbeatable for that to happen. At worst, you'll have a mild
headache as you receive your reward or stumble slightly as you
stride into the spotlight.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
"That which can be destroyed by the truth should be,"
wrote author P. C. Hodgell. I wish there were a gentler way to
articulate that wisdom, but I can't think of one. Instead I'll
suggest a way to apply it so as to make the end result more graceful
than shocking: Don't pour out the whole truth all at once in one
big dramatic gesture. Do it gradually and tenderly. As you do,
keep in mind that when the truth has finally dismantled the thing
that could not endure the truth, you may be able to use the debris
as raw material to build something new that the truth will feel
right at home in.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
What if a billion Chinese people jumped up into the air at the
same exact moment? Would they create, at the moment they landed,
a shockwave that would cause an earthquake on the opposite side
of the world, in Chile and Argentina? No one knows. I'd like to
propose a not unsimilar but more interesting experiment. What
if every Capricorn who reads this horoscope reserves one minute
at exactly 1 pm EDT on September 12, and during that time you
all meditate intently on a single glowing thought, which is this:
All of you Capricorns deserve an act of uncanny grace that will
help free you from one of your most oppressive beliefs.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
Some rare people, through heroic acts of will and the help of
a really good imagination, manage to free themselves pretty thoroughly
from the inertia of their past. This accomplishment is more possible
for you right now than it has been in a long time. In fact, you
could even overcome a negative legacy that made some of your ancestors
crazy and sick. For maybe just the third time ever, you're in
a position to escape the sins of the fathers and the flaws of
the mothers!
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MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO TELL ME THAT I SHOULD DO A RADIO SHOW.
She thought I had the kind of voice that people naturally feel
comfortable with. You can be the judge of that if you listen to
me expound upon your destiny in my Expanded Audio Horoscopes.
It's a different experience from reading the horoscopes I write
for this newsletter.
Find out more at RealAstrology.com.
The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888
or 1-900-950-7700.
"Your Expanded Audio Horoscopes provide me with the Rest
of the Story. I'm not necessarily a believer in the scientific
accuracy of astrology, but I do think you've got a lot of practical
wisdom to impart."
- M. Tennenbaum, New York
"No one knows more about me than me. But you're right up
there near the top of the list of people who do understand something
about how I tick. How is that possible?"
- R. Goren, Albuquerque
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
If you build it, they will probably come. If you just pretend
to build it, they may come anyway, and end up sticking around
because of your charming attunement to life's deeper rhythms.
If, as you build it or pretend to build it, you act manic or send
out mixed messages, they may be intrigued and attracted, but they
definitely won't come. So my advice, Pisces, is to suppress your
mood swings as you at least start pretending to build the thing
in earnest.
ARIES (March 21-April 19):
I don't think I'm being unduly optimistic when I speculate that
you're on the verge of achieving a ringing victory over your bad
self. What makes me so confident that this development is in the
works? Well, in recent weeks you have been dealing more forthrightly
and intelligently with the lowest aspects of your character. You
have also become more fully aware of the difference between your
out-and-out unregenerate qualities and the unripe aspects of your
character that may someday become very beautiful. There's a second
sign that you're close to transforming one of the most negative
things about you: You have almost figured out the truth about
a murky curse that you internalized some time ago. When you finally
identify it, you will know intuitively how to banish it forever.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
I expect that you'll be a force of nature in the coming days,
the human equivalent of a divine intervention. In fact, you might
want to give fair warning to friends and loved ones who assume
that you have always been and will always be steady, placid, and
mild. Otherwise they may be unduly freaked out when your intelligence
explodes like a double rainbow or when you start emoting like
a waterfall. They might accuse you of "not being yourself"
when your laughter turns volcanic or your decisions hit with the
force of the aurora borealis. It'll be interesting for you to
notice which of your close cohorts responds most favorably to
this outbreak of your elemental gifts.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
"Here's what I did not do this summer," begins the
testimony of one of my Gemini readers, Beth Hylton. "Not
once did I swing on a tire swing over the river, watching the
pink shimmery reflection of myself in a wet suit on a tire swing.
I did not take a day off work to sneak out alone to Jones Beach
with a book and a beer in a ginger ale bottle. I did not eat outside
at a red-checkered-tablecloth-and-too-much-cheese-on-the-pasta
Italian restaurant, sucking back carafes of Gallo like Kool-Aid.
I did not catch fireflies for the satisfaction of setting them
free, and I did not nap in the noontime sun. Where are all the
'I dids'?" I'm happy to inform Beth, as well as any of her
fellow Geminis who might have been remiss in doing the kinds of
activities she named, that the next three weeks will be a very
favorable period to make up for lost time.
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
Murmurs and whispers will have more clout than clamors and shouts.
A candle in the dark will provide more illumination than a bonfire
at high noon. Short jaunts could transform everything permanently;
long trips might only shift things slightly and temporarily. Forceful
confrontations may lead to a muddle; feints and tricks and bluffs
could spark crafty solutions. The "simple facts" will
probably be tainted by lies of omission; the messy contradictions
are likely to be eminently trustworthy.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
KFC is test-marketing a flamboyant new menu item at selected
restaurants in the U.S. This remarkable delicacy is an exotic
sandwich that consists of bacon, two servings of cheese, and special
sauce, all held together not by bread but by two slabs of fried
chicken. I nominate this spectacular creation to be your earthy
metaphor of the week. In accordance with the astrological omens,
I hope it inspires you to head out to the frontiers of extravagance
in both your spiritual affairs and your romantic life. The coming
days will be an ideal time to pray to both Christ and the Goddess
while making love, for example, or to get sandwiched between two
delicious devotees while meditating naked, or to perform a boisterous
ritual to invoke emotional riches with the help of a genius of
love.
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HOMEWORK:
What is the most important thing you don't know about yourself?
Testify by going to FreeWillAstrology.com
and clicking on "Email Rob."
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WANT TO GET YOUR CHART DONE?
I'm not doing personal charts, but I highly recommend my astrological
colleague, RO LOUGHRAN. Her approach closely matches my own. In
our many discussions about astrology over the years, we've had
a major influence on each other's work.
Ro utilizes a blend of well-trained
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Ro is based in California, but
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