Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
JUNE 22, 2011
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EXPLORE THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE
with my MID-YEAR AUDIO PREVIEW of YOUR DESTINY for the REST of
2011
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This week my Expanded Audio Horoscopes explore themes that I
think will be important for you during the next six months and
beyond.
What areas of your life are likely to receive unexpected assistance
and divine inspiration?
Where are you likely to find most success?
How can you best cooperate with the cosmic rhythms?
What questions should you be asking?
Tune in.
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Here's an excerpt:
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DEFINITION: Pronoia is the antidote for paranoia. It's the understanding
that the universe is fundamentally friendly. It's a mode of training
your senses and intellect so you're able to perceive the fact
that life always gives you exactly what you need, exactly when
you need it.
OBJECTIVE OF PRONOIA: To explore the secrets of becoming a wildly
disciplined, fiercely tender, ironically sincere, scrupulously
curious, aggressively sensitive, blasphemously reverent, lyrically
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HYPOTHESES: Evil is boring. Cynicism is idiotic. Fear is a bad
habit. Despair is lazy. Joy is fascinating. Love is an act of
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
HOW MUCH BEAUTY CAN YOU STAND?
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WHAT IF THERE ARE MODES OF INTELLIGENCE WE CAN'T PERCEIVE YET?
Consciousness pervades the universe
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THERE MAY BE FUTURE INNOVATIONS WE CAN'T IMAGINE YET
Nano-electrodes may lead to phones that charge in seconds, electric
cars in minutes
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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 June 23
Copyright 2010 by Rob Brezsny
FreeWillAstrology.com
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
A company that manufactures processed food made a promotional
offer: If you purchased ten of its products, it would give you
500 frequent flyer miles. An American man named David Philips
took maximum advantage. He bought 12,150 pudding cups for $3,000,
earning himself more than a million frequent flyer miles -- enough
to fly to Europe and back 31 times. This is the kind of legal
trick you're now in a good position to pull off, Cancerian. So
brainstorm freely, please: How could you play the system, outwit
the matrix, rage against the machine, or subvert the Man? No need
to break any laws; the best gambit will be an ethical one.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
While watching fast-talking politicians talk on TV, my Polish
grand-uncle would sometimes mutter, Zlotem pisal, a gownem
zapieczetowal. I only learned what those words meant when
I turned 18 and he decided I was old enough to know the translation:
"written in gold and sealed with crap." One of your
interesting assignments in the coming weeks, Leo, will be to identify
anything that fits that description in your own life. Once you've
done that, you can get started on the next task, which should
be rather fun: Expose the discrepancy, and clean up the mess.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
Years ago I did a book tour that brought me to Eugene, Oregon,
where my sister and her husband and their daughter live. They
came to my reading at a bookstore. My Virgo niece Jasper was seven
years old at the time. I was surprised and delighted when she
heckled me several times during my talk, always with funny and
good-natured comments that added to the conviviality of the moment
and entertained everyone in attendance. Who said Virgos are well-behaved
to a fault? Your assignment this week is to be inspired by my
niece: With wit and compassion, disrupt the orderly flow of any
events that could use some smart agitation.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
"Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the
instrument as one goes on," wrote author Samuel Butler. Ain't
that the truth! You may be practicing as diligently as you can,
gradually trying to master your complex instrument, but in the
meantime your lack of expertise is plainly visible to anyone who's
paying close attention. Luckily, not too many people pay really
close attention, which gives you a significant amount of slack.
Now and then, too, you have growth spurts -- phases when your
skills suddenly leap to a higher octave. The coming weeks should
be one of these times for you, Libra.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
In August and September, millions of seabirds known as Sooty
Shearwaters leave their homes in New Zealand and travel thousands
of miles to the Gulf of the Farallones, just off the coast of
San Francisco. Why do they do it? The feeding is first-class;
the tasty fish and squid they like are available in abundance.
I suggest you consider a Sooty Shearwater-type quest in the coming
weeks, Scorpio. The very best samples of the goodies you crave
are located at a distance, either in a literal or metaphorical
sense.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
I really thought I'd understand sex better by now. After all
these years of doing it and studying it and thinking about it
and talking about it, I still can't regard myself as a master
of the subject. The kundalini's uncanny behavior continues to
surprise me, perplex me, and thrill me with ever-new revelations.
Just when I imagine I've figured out how it all works, I'm delivered
to some fresh mystery. How about you, Sagittarius? Judging by
the current astrological omens, I'm guessing you're due for a
round of novel revelations about the nature of eros. As long as
you keep an open mind, open heart, and open libido, it should
all be pretty interesting.
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WHAT'S TO COME?
BRAINSTORM ABOUT THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE
with my Expanded Audio Horoscopes for the Second Half of 2011:
RealAstrology.com
What will be the story of your life during the rest of 2011?
How can you exert your free will to create the adventures that'll
bring out the best in you, even as you find graceful ways to cooperate
with the tides of destiny?
If you'd like a boost of inspiration to fuel you in your quest
for beauty and truth and love and justice and meaning, tune in
to my meditations on your long-term outlook.
Go here: RealAstrology.com
Or for phone access, call: 1-877-873-4888
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
A few years ago, Eve Ensler took her famous play "The Vagina
Monologues" to Pakistan. She and a group of local Muslim
actresses wowed a crowd in Islamabad with discourses on vibrators,
menstruation, and "triple orgasms." I invite and encourage
you to try something equally brave in the coming weeks, Capricorn.
Give your spiel to a new audience; take your shtick to a wild
frontier; show who you really are to important people who don't
know the truth yet.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
When my "macho feminist" memoir The Televisionary
Oracle was published in 2000, I suffered from comical delusions
about its chances for mainstream acceptance. For example, I tried
to get a review in The New York Times. As I know now,
that had as much likelihood of happening as me traveling to the
moon in a rainbow canoe carried by magical flying mermaids. But
in lieu of that kind of recognition, others arrived. One of my
favorites: My book went along for the ride with a group of American
goddess-worshipers on a spiritual tour to the ancient matriarchal
city of Catal Huyuk in Turkey. They read my writing aloud to each
other, amused and entertained. I suspect you will soon have a
similar experience, Aquarius: having to "settle for"
a soulful acknowledgment that's different from what your ego thought
it wanted. Take it from me: That's actually better.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
My favorite plant food for my African violets is a natural fertilizer
called Big Bloom. One of its key ingredients -- the stuff that
makes it so effective -- is bat guano. I'd like to suggest that
you're about due to embark on the Big Blooming phase of your own
cycle, Pisces. And it's more likely to reach its deserved pinnacle
of fertility if you're willing to summon just a hint of bat-sh**
craziness from the depths of your subconscious mind. But remember:
just a dollop, not a giant heap.
ARIES (March 21-April 19):
Golden orb spiders of Madagascar spin robust webs. Their silk
is stronger than steel yet able to bend and expand when struck
by insects. Here's an equally amazing facet of their work: Each
morning they eat what remains of yesterday's web and spend an
hour or so weaving a fresh one. I'm thinking that your task in
the coming weeks has some similarities to the orb spider's, Aries:
creating rugged but flexible structures to gather what you need,
and being ready to continually shed what has outlived its usefulness
so as to build what your changing circumstances require. (Thanks
to the California Academy of Sciences for the info on orb spiders.)
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
The year is almost half over, Taurus. Shall we sum up the first
part of 2011 and speculate about the adventures that may lie ahead
of you in the next six months? The way I see it, you've been going
through a boisterous process of purification since last January.
Some of it has rattled your soul's bones, while some of it has
freed you from your mind-forged manacles. In a few short months,
you have overseen more climaxes and shed more emotional baggage
than you had in the past three years combined. Now you're all
clean and clear and fresh, and ready for a less exhausting, more
cheerful kind of fun.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
Advertisements are often designed to make you feel inadequate
about the life you're actually living so you will be motivated
to improve your lot by buying what they're selling. In
this short horoscope, I don't have room to express how much soul
sickness this wreaks upon us all. Recently HBO unleashed an especially
nefarious attack. Promoting its new streaming service, it informed
us that "The story you could be watching is better than the
one you're in." Fortunately, Gemini, you won't be tempted
to swallow that vicious propaganda anytime in the coming weeks.
Your personal story will be profoundly more interesting and meaningful
than the narratives that HBO or any other entertainment source
might offer.
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HOMEWORK:
This week is my birthday. The best gift you could give me is
to treat yourself to an experience you like and that you think
I'd like. Tell me about it at Truthrooster@gmail.com.
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