Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
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"The answer to the problem and sorrow of time is one thing
and one thing only: the experience of meaning. And this experience
occurs when the Self touches the self, when the soul touches the
ego."
- Jacob Needleman
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning September 3
Copyright 2009 by Rob Brezsny
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
I dare you to say yes to a possibility you've said no to in
the past. I double dare you to try an impossible thing before
lunch each day. I triple dare you to imagine you're a genius at
inspiring people to like you and help you. I quadruple dare you
to drive overly stable people crazy for all the right reasons.
I quintuple dare you to fantasize that your so-called delusions
of grandeur have begun to contain more than a few grains of truth.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
I know a 19-year-old woman who has been going through an especially
vivid phase of living on the edge between yes and no. She told
me that yesterday morning she woke up with the feeling that in
the next 12 hours she could either commit suicide or else perform
some epic deed in which she surpassed all of her previous limits.
She chose the latter path, completing an 18-mile bike ride that
tested her endurance and drove her into the heights of exhilaration.
As she pedaled, she drove herself onward with the throbbing thought
that this was a perfect way to silence the self-destructive voice
within her. I offer her victory to you, Libra, as being worthy
of imitation.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
Let's take inventory of your harvest, Scorpio. What blossomed
for you these past months? Which of the seeds you planted last
March and April sprouted into ripe, succulent blossoms? Which
seeds grew into hard, spiky clumps? And what about weeds, pests,
and predators? Were you tireless about keeping them away from
your beauties? Finally, what did you learn about growing things
that could give you a green thumb when you cultivate your seeds
in the next cycle?
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
Before she became a rock goddess, Gwen Stefani cleaned the floors
at an ice cream parlor. Prior to ascending to stardom, Ellen DeGeneres
was an oyster shucker, Keanu Reeves worked a janitor, and Brad
Pitt performed as a giant chicken mascot. As for me, my gig as
an internationally syndicated astrologer was not my first. Among
many other things, I washed enough pots and pans in cheap restaurants
to fulfill my dishwashing karma for my next five incarnations.
I hope these examples serve to inspire you, Sagittarius. Even
during the down economy, the next six months will provide you
with ripe astrological conditions for upgrading your job. And
the coming weeks will be prime time to brainstorm about how to
go about it.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
I know some brave pioneers who make responsible use of psychotropic
drugs as they map out the borderlands of consciousness. I'm glad
they're doing that work, but my path is different. I don't indulge
in marijuana, LSD, ayahuasca, or psilocybin. However, my many
years of doing meditation, dream work, and various spiritual practices
have nevertheless transformed me into a radical mystic with some
of the same knowledge that the psychedelic experimenters have.
Keep that disclaimer in mind as you ruminate on my advice for
you, which is this: Blow your own mind, baby. Raise your expectations,
supercharge your fantasy life, and make forays out into the frontiers.
Get high in ways that are appropriate to your ethical code.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
I love the new neighborhood I just moved to. It's insanely eclectic.
Modern suburban-like homes with impeccable emerald-green lawns
stand right next door to bedraggled 1950s-style ranch houses with
unfinished plywood for garage doors and high brown weeds blanketing
the front yards. A rusty mustard-yellow 1977 Cadillac Seville
sporting a McCain-Palin bumper sticker is parked on the street
next to a shiny 2007 Volvo with a sticker that advises, "Be
the change you want to see in the world." Aging rednecks
with fishing gear scattered in the driveway live next door to
hipster musicians who blast psychedelic folk songs from their
garage rehearsal space. I urge you to hang out in places like
this in the coming weeks: where diversity rules, where the pigeonholes
are exploded, where variety is not just the spice of life but
the main course.
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
The month of August brought you some peculiar advances. You got
a reward that didn't mean as much to you as it might have had
you received it earlier. You outgrew an enigma that had puzzled
and frustrated you forever. And you finally wriggled free of a
shadowy game that you had been attached to long after it lost
its power to educate you. As curious as these wistful breakthroughs
have been, they are prologue to what's headed your way. Get ready
to solve a problem you didn't even know you loved.
ARIES (March 21-April 19):
Your assignment is to get angry in the most unique, brilliant,
and constructive way possible. Merely being annoyed and muttering
generic curses will definitely not be sufficient. Nor will it
work for you to get consumed in knee-jerk rage or to be peeved
about the same old boring targets that everyone reacts to. What
the cosmos needs from you this week, Aries, is a controlled explosion
of liberated, compassionate, laser-sharp fury that will fuel your
ingenious drive to change everything for the better.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
Are you having intense cravings for candy? Do you find yourself
leaning in the direction of sappy emotions and syrupy words? That's
what my astrological projections suggest. And if that's indeed
the case, I'd like to steer you in a different direction. It's
not that an extravagant involvement in chocolate and sentimentality
is wrong or bad. But what you truly need, in my opinion, is a
more muscular, provocative sweetness. A wilder, more vibrant sweetness.
A sweetness that can smash obstacles and incite high magic.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
I won't protest if you try to conceal yourself from bullies or
gossips or critics or narcissists. You have cosmic permission
to hunker down and keep a low profile. But please don't hide from
yourself. In fact, I encourage you to make yourself extra available
to yourself. Listen respectfully to the questions and comments
that your shadow murmurs in your inner ear. Be eager to tune in
to the messages your body is longing to tell you. These communications
might sometimes be a minor pain in the ego, but the long-term
benefits to your soul could be substantial.
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
I have tuned in to your yearning for resolution, O Seeker. I
know that your heart fervently wants the riddles to run their
course, the mysteries to be revealed, the uncertainties to be
quelled. And I have ransacked my imagination in search of what
consolation I might provide to appease your quest for neat, simple
truths. But what I have concluded, O In-Between One, is that any
solutions I might try to offer you would not only be fake, but
also counterproductive. What you actually need, I suspect, are
not answers to your urgent questions, but rather, better questions;
more precisely formulated questions; more ruthlessly honest questions.
Dig deeper, please. Open wider. Think fatter.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
No one knew there was coal in the United States until 1790. A
hunter who was wandering near Pennsylvania's Broad Mountain stumbled
upon it accidentally when his campfire lit up an outcropping of
pure anthracite. That discovery was both a blessing and a curse;
since then, the mining of coal has yielded abundant energy but
also environmental degradation. I predict a metaphorically similar
event for you in the coming days, Leo. You will inadvertently
find a potentially enormous source of valuable fuel that will,
like coal, present you with both rich opportunities and knotty
dilemmas.
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HOMEWORK:
Subtly (or not-so-subtly) brag about a talent or ability that
few people know you have. Tout one of your underappreciated charms.
To report results, go to FreeWillAstrology.com
and click on "Email Rob."
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