Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
JANUARY 27, 2010
FreeWillAstrology.com
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Dear Readers,
I've gathered together all of the long-term, big-picture horoscopes
I wrote for you in the past month, and bundled them in one place.
Go here to read a compendium of your forecasts for 2010: bit.ly/BigLife
In addition to these, I've created EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES
that go even further in exploring your destiny in 2010. Unlike
the written freebies, the three-part audio reports cost money.
Sign in and access them here: RealAstrology.com
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The revised and expanded version of my book PRONOIA IS THE
ANTIDOTE FOR PARANOIA is available at Amazon: bit.ly/Pronoia
Below is an excerpt. To read the whole text, go here: bit.ly/MiracleReport
REPORT YOUR MIRACLES
Thousands of amazing, inexplicable, wondrous, and even supernatural
events occur every day. And yet most are unreported by the media.
The few that are cited are ridiculed. Is there anything we can
do about it?
READ the rest of "REPORT YOUR MIRACLES" here: bit.ly/MiracleReport
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I'm doing an hour-long teleconference call with Reality Sandwich
this Wednesday, January 27 at 6 pm PST. For more details, go here:
bit.ly/7mkesC
If you'd like to participate, you've got to have a Reality Sandwich
Backstage Pass. Details on how to get that are here: bit.ly/4L3vWM
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"Assume that your drive to experience pleasure 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. What might you do differently
from what you do now?"
- PRONOIA
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
PRONOIA SNEAKS UP ON YOU FROM EVERYWHERE
Birds on Wires Making Music
tinyurl.com/yde577f
SOONER OR LATER, THE ABOLITION OF SUFFERING WILL HAPPEN
"Abolitionism is a bioethical school and movement which proposes
the use of biotechnology to maximize happiness and minimize suffering
while working towards the abolition of involuntary suffering."
tinyurl.com/yzn6wjr
SMART, COMPASSI0NATE PEOPLE ARE WORKING ON SOLVING PROBLEMS
In Mexico, a Plan to Beat Poverty with Health Care and Education
tinyurl.com/yflv62u
(Note: I endorse these because I like them. They are not advertisements,
and I get no kickbacks.)
Please tell me your own personal nominations for PRONOIA RESOURCES.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning January 28
Copyright 2010 by Rob Brezsny
FreeWillAstrology.com
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
In the coming week, I predict that you will NOT experience disgusting
fascinations, smiling-faced failures, sensationalized accounts
of useless developments, or bizarre fantasies in the middle of
the night. You may, on the other hand, have encounters with uplifting
disappointments, incendiary offers of assistance, mysterious declarations
of interdependence, and uproars that provoke your awe and humility
in healing ways. In other words, Aquarius, it'll be an uncanny,
perhaps controversial time for you -- but always leading in the
direction of greater freedom.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
Congrats on your growing ability to do more floating and less
thrashing as you cascade down the stream of consciousness. I think
you're finally understanding that a little bit of chaos isn't
a sign that everything's falling apart forever omigod the
entire planet's crashing and evil is in ascension . . . but
rather that a healthy amount of bewildering unpredictability keeps
things fresh and clean. My advice is to learn to relax even more
as you glide with serene amusement through the bubbling and churning
waters of life.
ARIES (March 21-April 19):
Shakespeare got modest respect while he was alive, but his reputation
as a brilliant bard didn't gel right away. It wasn't until almost
50 years after he died that anyone thought his life and work were
notable enough to write about. By then, all his colleagues and
compatriots were gone, unable to testify. He himself left little
information to build a biography around. That's why next to nothing
is known about the person who made such a dramatic impact on the
English language and literature. I suggest you take this as a
metaphorical prod that will inspire you not to be blasé
about the greatness that is in your vicinity. Don't take superlative
intelligence, talent, or love for granted. Recognize it, bless
it, be influenced by it.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
You are the lord of all you survey! I swear to God! I'm almost
tempted to say that you now have the power to command whirlwinds
and alter the course of mighty rivers! At the very least you will
be able to mobilize the ambition of everyone you encounter and
brighten the future of every group you're part of! Act with confident
precision, Taurus! Speak with crisp authority! Your realm waits
expectantly for the transformative decisions that will issue from
the fresh depths of your emotional intelligence!
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
It's time for you to fly away -- to flee the safe pleasures that
comfort you as well as the outmoded fixations that haunt you;
to escape at least one of the galling compromises that twists
your spirit as well as a familiar groove that numbs your intelligence.
In my astrological opinion, Gemini, you need to get excited by
stimuli that come from outside your known universe. You need fertile
surprises that motivate you to resort to unpredictable solutions.
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
"I never meet anyone who admits to having had a happy childhood,"
said writer Jessamyn West. "Everyone appears to think happiness
betokens a lack of sensitivity." I agree, and go further.
Many creative people I know actually brag about how messed up
their early life was, as if that was a crucial ingredient in turning
them into the geniuses they are today. Well, excuse me for breaking
the taboo, but I, Rob Brezsny, had a happy childhood, and it did
not prevent me from becoming a sensitive artist. In fact, it helped.
Now I ask you, my fellow Cancerian, whether you're brave enough
to go against the grain and confess that your early years had
some wonderful moments? You're in a phase of your cycle when recalling
the beauty and joy of the past could be profoundly invigorating.
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EXPLORING THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LONG-RANGE FUTURE
Would you like some inspiration as you muse and wonder about
your upcoming adventures in 2010?
You can still listen to my long-range, in-depth explorations
of your destiny in 2010. Each report in the three-part series
is about 6-9 minutes long.
Go to RealAstrology.com
to sign in and access the EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES
A new short-range forecast for this week is also available.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
Usually I overflow with advice about how to access your soul's
code. I love to help you express the unique blueprint that sets
you apart from everyone else. Every now and then, though, it's
a healing balm to take a sabbatical from exploring the intricacies
of your core truths. This is one of those times. For the next
ten days, I invite you to enjoy the privilege of being absolutely
nobody. Revel in the pure emptiness of having no clue about your
deep identity. If anyone asks you, "Who are you?", relish
the bubbly freedom that comes from cheerfully saying, "I
have no freaking idea!"
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
French novelist Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) is generally regarded
as one of the greats. His book Madame Bovary appears
on many lists of the greatest novels of all time. And yet writing
didn't come especially easy for him. He worked as hard as a ditch-digger.
It wasn't uncommon for him to spend several agonizing days in
squeezing out a single page. On some occasions he literally beat
his head against a wall, as if trying to dislodge the right words
from their hiding place in his brain. He's your role model in
the coming week, Virgo. You can create something of value,
although it may require hard labor.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
My theory is that right now the whole world is in love with
you. In some places, this simmering adoration is bordering on
infatuation. Creatures great and small are more apt than usual
to recognize what's beautiful and original about you. As a result,
wonders and marvels are likely to coalesce in your vicinity. Is
there anything you can do to ensure that events unfold in ways
that will yield maximum benefits for everyone concerned? Yes:
Be yourself with as much tender intensity as you can muster.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
I hope that you saw the horoscope I wrote for you last week.
And I hope that you acted on my advice and refrained from all
sweating and striving and struggling. These past seven days were
designed by the universe to be a time for you to recharge your
psychic battery. Assuming that you took advantage of the opportunity,
you should now be ready to shift gears. In this new phase, your
assignment is to work extra hard and extra sweet on yourself.
By that I mean you should make your way down into your depths
and change around everything that isn't functioning with grace
and power. Tweak your attitudes. Rearrange your emotional flow.
Be an introspective master of self-refinement.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
This horoscope borrows from one of my favorite Sagittarian visionaries,
Jonathan Zap. The advice he gives below, which is in accordance
with your astrological omens, is designed to help you avoid the
fate he warns against. Here it is: "Many of the significant
problems in our lives are more about recognizing the obvious rather
than discovering the mysterious or hidden. One of the classic
ways we deceive and hide from ourselves is by refusing to recognize
the obvious, and shrouding what is right before us in rationalization
and false complexity. We often delay and deny necessary transformation
by claiming that there is a mysterious answer hidden from us,
when actually we know the answers but pretend that we don't."
(More at bit.ly/ZapOracle
and Zaporacle.com.)
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
It's a good time to take inventory of all the stories you allow
to pour into your beautiful head. Do you absorb a relentless stream
of fear-inducing news reports and violent movies and gossipy tales
of decline and degeneration? Well, then, guess what: It's the
equivalent, for your psyche, of eating rotting bear intestines
and crud scraped off a dumpster wall and pitchers full of trans
fats from partially hydrogenated oil. But maybe, on the other
hand, you tend to expose yourself to comedies that loosen your
fixations and poems that stretch your understanding of the human
condition and conversations about all the things that are working
pretty well. If so, you're taking good care of your precious insides;
you're fostering your mental health. Now please drink in this
fresh truth from Nigerian writer Ben Okri: "Beware of the
stories you read or tell; subtly, at night, beneath the waters
of consciousness, they are altering your world."
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HOMEWORK:
Read all your long-term horoscopes here: bit.ly/BigLife.
Then write your own long-term horoscope. Share it at Truthrooster@gmail.com.
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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
intuition, emotional warmth, and
a high
degree of technical proficiency
in horoscope interpretation; she
is skilled
at exploring the mysteries of your
life's purpose and nurturing your
connection with your own inner
wisdom.
Ro is based in California, but
can do phone consultations and
otherwise
work with you regardless of geographic
boundaries.
Ro's website is at YourSoulJourney.com
She can also be reached at roloughran@comcast.net
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