Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
JULY 21, 2010
FreeWillAstrology.com
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Want to revisit the long-term forecasts I gave you last January?
At the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010, I provided several
horoscopes for your sign that previewed the coming year for you.
Would you like to check back with them now? Want to see whether
they're relevant to the way your destiny has been evolving these
past seven months?
Go here to check them out: freewillastrology.com/horoscopes
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There's a new release from the soundtrack for my book PRONOIA
IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR PARANOIA.
It's called "What If Your Desires Are Holy?"
You can access it here: bit.ly/HolyDesires
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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
and also at Powells: bit.ly/PronoiaPowells
Below is an excerpt.
PRONOIA'S VILLAINS
According to Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, Judas was
actually a more exalted hero than Jesus. He unselfishly volunteered
to perform the allimportant villain's role in the resurrection
saga, knowing he'd be reviled forever. It was a dirty job that
only a supremely egoless saint could have done. Jesus suffered,
true, but enjoyed glory and adoration as a result.
Let's apply this way of thinking to the task of understanding
the role that seemingly bad people play in pronoia.
Interesting narratives play an essential role in the universal
conspiracy to give us exactly what we need. All of us crave drama.
We love to be beguiled by twists of fate that unfold the stories
of our lives in unpredictable ways. Just as Judas played a key
role in advancing the tale of Christ's quest, villains and con
men and clowns may be crucial to the entertainment value of our
personal journeys.
Try this: Imagine the people you fear and dislike as pivotal
characters in a fascinating and ultimately redemptive plot that
will take years or even lifetimes for the Divine Wow to elaborate.
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There is another reason to love our enemies: They force us to
become smarter. The riddles they thrust in front of us sharpen
our wits and sculpt our souls.
Try this: Act as if your adversaries are great teachers. Thank
them for how crucial they've been in your education.
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Consider one more possibility: that the people who seem to slow
us down and hold us back are actually preventing things from happening
too fast.
Imagine that the evolution of your life or our culture is like
a pregnancy: It needs to reach its full term. Just as a child
isn't ready to be born after five months of gestation, the New
Earth we're creating has to ripen in its own time. The recalcitrant
reactionaries who resist the inevitable birth are simply making
sure that the far-seeing revolutionaries don't conjure the future
too suddenly. They serve the greater good.
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
PRONOIA SAVES MONEY
"World peace would save the global economy $7 trillion a
year. Becoming more peaceful translates into economic gains because
less money needs to be spent on security and can be invested instead
to make the country more prosperous.
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TRAIN YOURSELF TO LOOK FOR UNEXPECTED BEAUTY
You've got to be alert
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GREAT CHANGES ARE NOT IMPOSSIBLE
What's required to power human civilization with zero carbon emissions
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HOW MUCH GOOD NEWS CAN YOU HANDLE?
A Gathering Point for the Good News
bit.ly/GoodGood
(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 July 22
Copyright 2010 by Rob Brezsny
FreeWillAstrology.com
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
According to Hawaiian mythology, the soul leaves the body during
the night to seek the adventures known as dreams. The place of
departure and re-entry is the "soul pit" (lua’uhane),
which is located in the tear duct of the eye. During the next
few nights, I'd love for you to send your soul flying out though
your soul pit for some daring exploits that will revitalize your
lust for life. Take your backlog of stored-up tears along with
you, and pour them down like rain on the secret garden you've
been neglecting. The garden will respond to the downpour with
a big growth spurt.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
A woman I know was invited to a party where she would get the
chance to meet her favorite musician, psychedelic folk artist
Devendra Banhart. On her last look in the mirror before heading
out the door, she decided that the small pimple on her chin was
unacceptable, and gave it a squeeze. Wrong move. After it popped,
it looked worse. She panicked. More squeezing ensued, accompanied
by moaning and howling. Soon the tiny blemish had evolved into
a major conflagration. Fifteen minutes later, defeated and in
tears, she was nibbling chocolate in bed, unable to bring herself
to face her hero with her flagrant new wound showing. The moral
of the story, as far as you're concerned: Leave your tiny blemish
alone.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
In the upcoming science fiction movie The Adjustment Bureau,
Matt Damon plays a politician with big ambitions. Everything's
going his way until he falls in love with a dancer. Then the representatives
of a mysterious group intervene in his life, warning him that
he'll never achieve his dreams if he stays with her. "We
are the people who make sure things happen according to plan,"
they say. "We monitor the entire world." I'm happy to
inform you, Libra, that this scenario is utterly make-believe.
There is no "Adjustment Bureau," on earth or in heaven.
It is true, however, that if you don't have a master plan, then
your destiny is more likely to be shaped by your conditioning
and by other people's master plans. So get working! This is an
excellent time to either formulate a master plan or refine the
one you have.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
The United States is the planet's major player in terms of political,
economic, and military clout. China is rising fast as a competitor
in those three arenas, but lags far behind in a fourth: "soft
power," or cultural influence. The rest of the world finds
America's style, entertainment, art, and ideas far more attractive
than China's. As you enter a phase that will be favorable for
enhancing your own leverage and authority, Scorpio, I suggest
you put the emphasis on wielding "soft power." You'll
accomplish more by charming people with your intelligence than
by trying to push them or manipulate them.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
I think it would be healthy for you to wander out to a frontier
and explore a boundary. You might even want to re-examine a taboo
you haven't questioned in a while and tinker with a formula you
thought you'd never change. I suspect that you would also learn
a lot from gently pushing against a limit you've come to believe
is permanent. Having said all that, I'm cautious about advising
you to go further. If you get urges to actually transgress the
boundary and break the taboo and smash through the limit, please
do lots of due diligence. Know exactly what you're getting into
and what the consequences might be.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
When mobs stage political demonstrations in Pakistan's biggest
cities, they make sure that some of their signs are written in
English. That way their protests are more likely to be filmed
by news media like CNN and shown to American audiences. Take a
cue from that trick as you plan your actions, Capricorn. It won't
be enough merely to say what you want to say and be who you want
to be; you should tailor your messages to people who have the
power to actually change what needs to be changed.
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LISTEN TO AN EXPANDED HOROSCOPE
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I create more in-depth audio horoscopes for your inspiration.
I think of them as my love letters to you. They're $6 if you access
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- Deva P., Indianapolis
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- Marion H., Birmingham, AL
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
I'm putting out a call to the rebel in your heart -- not the
cranky, vindictive rebel in your mind, but the joyful, yearning
rebel in your heart. I am asking this tender renegade to rise
up against narcissistic behavior wherever you find it. Don't shout
it down or try to shame it, though; rather, work around it through
outrageous displays of empathy and radical acts of compassion
and feisty outbreaks of wild kindness. Your job, according to
my analysis of the astrological omens, is to be a one-person wrecking
crew devoted to smashing the boring inertia of egotism with your
zealous concern for the good of all.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
As the economic recovery lags, many frustrated job-seekers have
decided to stop waiting around to be saved; they're taking matters
into their own hands. As a result, entrepreneurship is thriving.
I suggest you catch that spirit. In fact, I advocate a mass entrepreneurial
uprising among Pisceans in the coming months. Even if you're already
employed, it'll be prime time for you to create your own perfect
gig, carve out your own special niche, or dream up a role that
is designed for your unique talents.
ARIES (March 21-April 19):
Revenge fantasies would pollute your consciousness. I advise
you to repress them. Wallowing in resentment would have an equally
deleterious effect. Don't you dare give that emotion a foothold.
On the other hand, fantasies of experiencing pleasure and joy,
even if they're escapist illusions, will tonify and invigorate
your awareness. I recommend that you indulge in them at great
length, unleashing your imagination to explore a variety of blissful
scenarios in tremendous detail and with ingenious flourishes.
In fact, as your part-time soul doctor, I can't think of anything
else that would be more beneficial to your physical and mental
health.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
If there were such a thing as the Queen of Heaven -- a living
Goddess whose presence both calmed and excited you, a numinous
female magician who lit up your longing to see life as it really
is -- and if this Queen of Heaven came to be with you right now,
what would you say? Would you ask her to help you, and if so,
how? Would you seek an answer to the most important question in
your life? Would you spill every secret and tell every story you've
ever wanted to share, and trust that she'd be able to see the
totality of who you really are? I advise you to do this imaginative
exercise sometime soon. The time has come for you to receive a
blessing from the highest expression of feminine power.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
What's up with your best friends? I mean, what's really going
on for them in the big scheme of things? According to my astrological
intuition, at least one of your good buddies is at a turning point
in his or her long-range cycle, and could really use the deep
reflection and catalytic help that you might provide. Try this
exercise: Put aside all your ideas about who your close allies
are, and simply try to see the world as if looking out of their
eyes. After you've done that, imagine how you could offer yourself
to them as a brain-booster and heart-strengthener; brainstorm
about how you might blend your life force with theirs so as to
empower them to see further than they can by themselves.
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
In my astrological opinion, you should pay special attention
to whatever's embryonic in your life. You should rouse the smartest
part of your capacity for love and direct it with high-beam intensity
toward burgeoning possibilities that have recently germinated.
There may come a time later in the process when you'll need to
impose discipline and order on your growing things, but that's
not what's called for now. Be extravagant in your nurturing. Don't
scrimp on generosity and beneficence. Have fun overflowing with
profusions of life-giving care.
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HOMEWORK:
Comment on Bertrand Russell's statement, "The universe is
full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow
sharper." Go to Freewillastrology.com
and click "Email Rob."
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WANT TO GET YOUR CHART DONE?
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our many discussions about astrology over the years, we've had
a major influence on each other's work.
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Ro is based in California, but
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