Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
AUGUST 5, 2009
FreeWillAstrology.com
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"What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to
embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every
cup."
- Boris Pasternak
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning August 6
Copyright 2009 by Rob Brezsny
FreeWillAstrology.com
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
If you really knew how much you were loved, you would never cry
again. A sublime relaxation would flood your nervous system, freeing
you to see the beautiful secrets that your chronic fear has hidden
from you. If you knew how much the world longs for your genius
to bloom in its full glory, the peace that filled you would ensure
you could not fail. You'd face every trial with eager equanimity.
You would always know exactly what to do because your intuition
would tell you in a myriad of subtle ways. And get this: A glimpse
of this glory will soon be available to you.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
First of all, my friend, you don't need any second-hand anything,
let alone second-hand love. Second of all, dearest, you are hereby
ordered not to hang around any third-rate situations where you
feel like a fifth wheel. You understand? Thirdly, wonderful one,
keep in mind that any eight ball you may fantasize that you're
behind is just a figment of your own delusions. Fourthly, lover,
I assure you that your sixth sense can now lead you -- if you
cleanse it of its excess superstition -- to a place that is, if
you have a good imagination, a suburb of the seventh heaven.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
I got an interesting spam today. A company that said it was very
proud of its high-quality work offered to sell me phony credentials
that are impossible to distinguish from the real thing. What caught
my attention the most were the degrees from Harvard and Stanford.
I wouldn't mind having one of those up on my wall. But in the
end, I decided that instead of paying the company $230 for one
of its excellent fakes, I'd simply make one myself. And instead
of creating a degree from Harvard, I would have it be from a place
where I actually have matriculated, namely the Raving Maniac Academy
of Crazy Wisdom, which is the unruly school where I often find
myself during my lucid dreams. I bring this up, Libra, because
it would be an excellent time for you to make yourself a fancy
fake diploma from whatever your equivalent is to my academy --
you know, the source that has been providing you with so much
great teaching, even though it's not an official institution of
higher education.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
A Slovenian adventurer named Martin Strel swam the length of
the Amazon River in Brazil. It took him over nine weeks to travel
more than 3,000 miles. Previously he had breast-stroked his way
down the entire Yangtze River in China, a distance of almost 2,500
miles. He scoffed at the idea of conquering the River Nile in
Egypt, however. "It's long, but not challenging enough,"
he said. "It is just a small creek." That's the spirit
I hope you will summon in yourself during the coming weeks, Scorpio:
a determination to take on only the most invigorating tests that
require heroic levels of resourcefulness. Skip the lesser trials.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
Ideally, you wouldn't even be reading this. You'd be white-water
rafting along the Franklin River in Tasmania, or riding on "the
train at the end of the world" in Tierra del Fuego, or observing
Golden Bamboo lemurs in the rainforest of southeastern Madagascar.
Ideally, Sagittarius, you'd be far away from any newspaper that
carries my column. You'd be taking a vacation from the Internet
and unable to access my horoscopes there. In fact, you'd be out
of touch with all media, period. But since you are reading this,
you must not be doing the ideal thing. So please do the next best
thing: Flee as far as possible from your usual haunts, your habitual
influences, and your customary comforts.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
Make sure that no one except you will be able to tear asunder
what you join together in the coming days. Tie knots that will
never slip. Build bridges that can't be burned. Send emails that
cement new alliances and plug yourself into networks that are
crackling with high-energy connections. Stock up on nails, safety
pins, staples, tape, and glue. Be sticky, Capricorn! Just one
caution: Do not marry your fortunes to anyone unless they're willing
to be your devoted, synergistic warrior as much as you are their
devoted, synergistic warrior.
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
Don't whine and complain just because your guardian angel seems
to be driving hard bargains lately. You're actually on better
speaking terms now than you've been in some time. Before the sweeter
talk can begin, though, the two of you still have to work out
kinks left over from previous miscommunications. Besides, there's
a method in your guardian angel's madness, a reason why she or
he is driving hard bargains: She or he is testing you to see if
you're willing and able to stretch your imagination to accommodate
the rowdier blessings you'll soon be tempted with.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
Underdogs are on an upsurge. Topdogs are on a downswing. The
rebels have God on their side. The masters merely have money and
propaganda. It'll be an excellent week to launch strikes, boycotts,
and protests. It'll be prime time to say no to smiling manipulators.
The best efforts, whether coming from you or the people you want
to be close to, will always have at least a tinge of cheekiness.
So now that you've read my spiel, please answer me this: Are you
going to sit there passively and grin as some feel-good tyrant
tries to break off a chunk of your soul and hurl it into oblivion?
ARIES (March 21-April 19):
I expect that you will soon stumble upon a key secret to your
next masterpiece. And I'll be surprised if you don't discover
a healing agent that will be effective in correcting an old mistake.
In fact, Aries, I prophesy that in the coming week, you will have
a sense that you're doing the smart thing at least 90 percent
of the time. Sorry: I'm afraid to say that I have no sad, bad,
or mad news to deliver. If you're the type of person who thrives
on cynicism, your immediate future may be pretty boring. If you're
on the fence about whether life is a gorgeous feast or a chaotic
mess, your ability to deal with outbreaks of goodness will be
supremely tested.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
In Salman Rushdie's story "The Prophet's Hair," a
greedy man intentionally cripples his four sons when they're young,
hoping to turn them into beggars who elicit profound sympathy
and large cash donations. The plan is successful. His sons earn
him a good income. Later, however, he comes into possession of
a potent talisman -- a strand of hair from the prophet Mohammed
-- and it magically heals the sons' ailments. They're no longer
able to pull in big bucks, and grief descends upon the family.
I bring this to your attention, Taurus, because I think there's
a variation on these themes at work in your own life. A "magic
charm" is available that could reverse or at least neutralize
an old handicap. Do you have the pluck to surrender the questionable
rewards that your impairment has brought you?
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
It should be an excellent week for potato chip breakfasts, rapid
mood shifts, and short-duration flirtations. The abundance of
superficial exchanges that will be available to you could actually
add up into something resembling meaningful breakthroughs. You
will have the chance to explore the art of the five-minute epic
conversation, as well as the science of giving a single look that
speaks a million words. You cannot possibly plumb the bottomless
depths of casual, frivolous, lightweight diversions, but you should
try anyway.
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
On the one hand, you may find yourself unable to flow as freely
as you'd like to in the coming week. I foresee the possibility
that your streaming currents will get dammed up in places, or
else shunted into narrow conduits that constrict your natural
surge. On the other hand, this could compel you to make more practical
use of your emotional assets. The applicable metaphor is the harnessing
of a turbulent river to produce massive amounts of hydroelectric
power.
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HOMEWORK:
Tell yourself the secret you've been hiding from yourself. Give
yourself the pleasure you've been denying yourself for no good
reason. Go to FreeWillAstrology.com
and click on "Email Rob."
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