Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
FEBRUARY 17, 2010
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"You have at least a million relatives as close as tenth
cousin, and no one on Earth is any further removed than your fiftieth
cousin. Murchie also describes our kinship through an analysis
of how deeply we share the air. With each breath, you take into
your body 10 sextillion atoms, and -- owing to the wind's ceaseless
circulation -- over a year's time you have intimate relations
with oxygen molecules exhaled by every person alive, as well as
by everyone who ever lived."
-Guy Murchie, The Seven Mysteries of Life
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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/PronoiaNetwork
PRONOIA NEWS NETWORK, VOLUME 1
You read and hear and see the relentless assault of bad news
every day. Would you like to expose yourself to the rest of the
story? Would you like to steep yourself in the glorious stories
of the human race that the mainstream news are allergic to?
Here are some of the top stories we're following:
- Current human life expectancy, already at age 78 for Americans,
is steadily increasing.
- Crime in the U.S. is at its lowest level since it was first
officially tracked.
- A Canadian moose can now walk in peace and safety all the way
to South America.
- The world's largest private bank, Citigroup, agreed to stop
financing projects that damage sensitive ecosystems.
- You have at least a million relatives as close as tenth cousin,
and no one on Earth is any further removed than your fiftieth
cousin.
- The juvenile crime rate has plummeted to its lowest levels
since 1979. Violent crime committed by teenagers is 40 percent
lower than it was in 1994.
- With every dawn, when first light penetrates the sea, many
seahorse colonies perform a dance to the sun.
For full reports on the above stories, as well as more pronoiac
news, tune in to the Pronoia News Network: bit.ly/PronoiaNetwork
And here's how the report looks in the book, with all the pretty
pictures and layout: bit.ly/PronoiaNews1
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
THE EVIDENCE KEEPS GROWING
Check out a compendium of all the pronoiac resources gathered
in this newsletter over the past months.
pronoiaresources.com
NO, PEOPLE ARE NOT ACTUALLY MORE INTERESTED IN BAD NEWS THAN
GOOD NEWS
What kind of information travels fastest? Do people prefer to
spread good news or bad news? Would we rather scandalize or enlighten?
SURPRISE: People prefer e-mailing articles with positive rather
than negative themes, and they liked to send long articles on
intellectually challenging topics that inspire awe.
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NATURE'S PRONOIAC REVENGE
Some forests are growing back
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EVEN THE ANIMALS ARE CONSPIRING TO SHOWER US WITH BLESSINGS
Top 5 Animal Super-Hero Stories
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(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 February 18
Copyright 2010 by Rob Brezsny
FreeWillAstrology.com
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
Historians trace the origin of Poland as a nation to the year
966. It mostly thrived for hundreds of years, but was extinguished
in 1795, when three imperialistic invaders -- Russia, Prussia,
and Austria -- claimed different parts of it as their own. Throughout
the 19th century, when there was no Poland, the Poles fought to
restore self-rule. Their dream came true on November 11, 1918,
when Poland once again became an independent nation. I regard
the phase you're now in, Pisces, as having certain similarities
to the state of the Polish people in October 1918. Congratulations
in advance for the imminent return of your sovereignty.
ARIES (March 21-April 19):
I personally don't believe we're living in the worst of times,
although I know many people who do. While there are indeed reasons
to despair, our current state of affairs is actually in many ways
quite glorious. And our struggles are puny compared to those of
the generation that lived through the two World Wars and the Great
Depression. Having said that, I think it's fine to believe that
civilization is in a terrible mess if it motivates you to shed
all your trivial distractions and inessential wishes so as to
dedicate yourself to living an exciting, generous life that's
rich with love and meaning. Now is a prime time for you, Aries,
to dedicate yourself to such a path.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
Throughout 2010, you're most likely to be consistently in the
right place at the right time if you cultivate an amused skepticism
toward what's in vogue. In fact, I suspect that only one trend
will be of any use to you at all. You heard me correctly, Taurus:
Of all the fashionable obsessions that may tempt you, just one
will be in sweet alignment with your authentic needs. And guess
what? Right now happens to be the perfect moment to get hooked
up with it.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
When I was lead vocalist in the band Tao Chemical, I sang a tune
whose chorus went as follows: "I want the truth / the whole
truth / nothing but the truth / I want the truth / Don't beat
around the bush." Shortly after we started performing the
song, my girlfriend broke up with me. And she felt free -- given
what I proclaimed in those lyrics -- to share with me every excruciating
detail about her new relationship. It was painful, and I felt
tempted to forswear the song and never utter those brave words
again. But I was ultimately glad I didn't weaken. To this day,
I prefer knowing the full facts. Now I'm recommending to you,
Gemini, that you pledge yourself to the same intention in the
coming weeks. It should be much easier for you than it initially
was for me. Most of the truths rushing in will be interesting
and enlivening, with just a little angst mixed in.
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
"Jane Austen was the spinster daughter of a clergyman who
led an uneventful life," wrote Geoffrey Wheatcroft in The
Guardian." She just happened to write half a dozen flawless
masterpieces, which came perfectly formed, not from experience
but from imagination." Most of us don't have anything close
to the inconceivably potent imagination that Austen possessed.
But I believe 2010 will be a year when you can access at least
a portion of that wondrous capacity. You'll be able to fantasize
about vast possibilities in exquisite detail. You will have great
skill at smashing your way free of limiting expectations through
the power of your expansive vision. And the coming weeks will
be a time when it should all kick into high gear.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
Of all the symbols in the world, the swastika is the most horrendous.
As the logo for Hitler's Nazi movement, it will forever smack
of evil. But it didn't used to be that way. In many cultures throughout
history, from the Greeks to the Hindus to the Native Americans,
the swastika was a representation of the sun's path across the
sky, and was regarded as highly auspicious, even a good luck charm.
Can you think of a more modest equivalent of this phenomenon in
your own life, Leo? A formerly wonderful thing that got spoiled
somewhere along the way? The coming weeks will be a good time
to determine whether you could redeem and rehabilitate it.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
I need a break from watching you work your psyche to the bone.
At least for now, I'm not willing to indulge you in your inclination
to do your duty so exhaustively that you suffer. And as much as
I admire your drive to get things perfect, I cannot in good conscience
encourage you to do that, either. It is therefore with a sense
of relief that I counsel you to take at least a week off from
the behavior I described. Instead, try playful, messy experiments
that are in service to your own needs. Be a freewheeling explorer,
a wandering improviser.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
"Whatever gets in the way of the work," wrote poet
Jason Shinder, "is the work." His counsel will serve
as a good reminder for you if you meet with obstacles in the coming
days. If you ever catch yourself thinking, "Damn! I'd be
making such good progress if it weren't for these inconvenient
complications," consider the possibility that the inconvenient
complications aren't distractions, but rather crucial clues; they're
not pains in the assets, but medicinal prods that point the way
to the real opportunities.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
Have you ever watched the TV show "The Office"? If
so, you may remember when Darryl from the warehouse was going
out with customer service rep Kelly. "You need to access
your uncrazy side," he told her at a turning point in their
relationship. "Otherwise, maybe this thing has run its course."
I'd like to invite you to do the same, Scorpio: Tap into, draw
up to the surface, and abundantly express your uncrazy side. I
predict that you will have a whole lot of fun if you do, thereby
proving that you don't need to be marinating in chaos and torment
in order to experience high adventure.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
The game you've been enmeshed in has reached a sticking point,
or soon will. I recommend that you call for a suspension of action.
If that's not possible, hide from the other players for a while,
or jokingly tell them you have to excuse yourself because it's
time for your regular bout of cleansing escapism. Then, during
the break, scour your brain free of clutter so you can gain a
more dispassionate view of your own strategy. I also suggest that
you seek the advice of a smart and impartial observer. If all
goes well, you'll be able to return to the fray refreshed within
ten days.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
Being scrupulously ethical can be taxing and time-consuming.
It involves high levels of ongoing self-examination, which many
people are too selfish and lazy to bother with. On the upside,
pursuing a path with integrity ultimately reduces one's suffering.
It also attracts the kind of assistance that is most likely to
aid and abet one's quest for liberation. As a bonus, it makes
it unlikely that one will be a cockroach in one's next incarnation.
I'm bringing this up, Capricorn, because I'm sensing that you're
about to be tempted to be less than your best self. Please don't
succumb.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
"The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology
look respectable," said renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith.
If that's true, I'm doubling the damage to my dignity by using
astrological analysis to make an economic forecast in this horoscope.
But that's OK. My job is to report the raw truth as I see it,
not worry about my reputation or social status. And the raw truth
as I see it is that you are more likely than all the other signs
of the zodiac to prosper in 2010, even if the economy as a whole
continues to limp along. The next four weeks will be an ideal
time to launch a master plan to take advantage of this potential.
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HOMEWORK:
Comment on this quote from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: "Plunge
into matter. Plunge into God. By means of all created things,
without exception, the divine assails us, penetrates us and molds
us. We imagine it as distant and inaccessible, whereas in fact,
we live steeped in its burning layers." Write me at Truthrooster@gmail.com.
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