Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
SEPTEMBER 26, 2012
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can't do and don't have. Confess profound secrets to people who
aren't particularly interested. Pray for the success of your enemies
while you're making love. Change your name every day for a thousand
days.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning September 27
Copyright 2012 by Rob Brezsny
FreeWillAstrology.com
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
The German poet and philosopher Friedrich von Schiller liked
to have rotting apples in his desk drawer as he worked; the scent
inspired him. Agatha Christie testified that many of her best
ideas came to her while she was washing dishes. As for Beethoven,
he sometimes stimulated his creativity by pouring cold water over
his head. What about you, Libra? Are there odd inclinations and
idiosyncratic behaviors that in the past have roused your original
thinking? I encourage you to try them all this week, and then
see if you can dream up at least two new ones. You have officially
entered the brainstorming season.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
It's expensive for the U.S. to hold prisoners at its Guantanamo
Bay detention camp in Cuba: $800,000 per year for each detainee.
That's 30 times more than it costs to incarcerate a convict on
the American mainland. According to the Miami Herald,
Guantanamo is the most expensive prison on the planet. How much
do you spend on locking stuff up, Scorpio? What does it cost,
not just financially but emotionally and spiritually, for you
to keep your secrets hidden and your fears tamped down and your
unruly passions bottled up and your naughty urges suppressed?
The coming weeks would be a good time to make sure the price you
pay for all that is reasonable -- not even close to being like
Guantanamo.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
What time is it, boys and girls? It's Floods of Fantastic Gratitude
Week: a perfect opportunity to express your passionate appreciation
for everything you've been given. So get out there and tell people
how much you've benefited from what they've done for you. For
best results, be playful and have fun as you express your thanks.
By the way, there'll be a fringe benefit to this outpouring: By
celebrating the blessings you already enjoy, you will generate
future blessings.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
Telling the whole deep truth and nothing but the whole deep truth
isn't necessarily a recipe for being popular. It may on occasion
provoke chaos and be disruptive. In an institutional setting,
displays of candor may even diminish your clout and undermine
your ambitions. But now take everything I just said and disregard
it for a while. This is one of those rare times when being profoundly
authentic will work to your supreme advantage.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
"Show me the money" is a meme that first appeared
in the 1996 movie Jerry Maguire. It has been uttered
approximately a hundred trillion times since then. Have you ever
said it in earnest? If so, you were probably demanding to get
what you had been promised. You were telling people you wanted
to see tangible proof that they valued your efforts. In light
of your current astrological omens, I propose that you use a variation
on this theme. What you need right now is less materialistic and
more marvelous. Try making this your mantra: "Show me the
magic."
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
My acquaintance Jacob fell for a woman who also professed her
ardor for him. But in the midst of their courtship, as the mystery
was still ripening, she suddenly left the country. "I've
got to go to Indonesia," she texted him one night, and she
was gone the next day. Jacob was confused, forlorn, dazed. He
barely ate for days. On the sixth day, a FedEx package arrived
from her. It contained a green silk scarf and a note: "I
wore this as I walked to the top of the volcano and said a five-hour
prayer to elevate our love." Jacob wasn't sure how to interpret
it, although it seemed to be a good omen. What happened next?
I haven't heard yet. I predict that you will soon receive a sign
that has resemblances to this one. Don't jump to conclusions about
what it means, but assume the best.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19):
Here's the curious message I derived from the current astrological
configurations: It's one of those rare times when a wall may actually
help bring people together. How? Why? The omens don't reveal that
specific information. They only tell me that what seems like a
barrier might end up serving as a connector. An influence that
in other situations would tend to cause separation will in this
case be likely to promote unity. Capitalize on this anomaly, Aries!
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
In my first dream last night, I gave you a holy book that you
left out in the rain. In my second dream, I cooked you some chicken
soup that you didn't eat. My third dream was equally disturbing.
I assigned you some homework that would have helped you discover
important clues about tending to your emotional health. Alas,
you didn't do the homework. In the morning, I woke up from my
dreams feeling exasperated and worried. But later I began to theorize
that maybe they weren't prophecies, but rather helpful warnings.
Now that you've heard them, I'm hoping you will become alert to
the gifts you've been ignoring and take advantage of the healing
opportunities you've been neglecting.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
There's a good chance that your rhythm in the coming days will
resemble a gentle, continuous orgasm. It won't be stupendously
ecstatic, mind you. I'm not predicting massive eruptions of honeyed
bliss that keep blowing your mind. Rather, the experience will
be more like a persistent flow of warm contentment. You'll be
constantly tuning in to a secret sweetness that thrills you subliminally.
Again and again you will slip into a delicious feeling that everything
is unfolding exactly as it should be. Warning! There are two factors
that could possibly undermine this blessing: 1. if you scare it
away with blasts of cynicism; 2. if you get greedy and try to
force it to become bigger and stronger. So please don't do those
things!
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
Philosopher Jonathan Zap (zaporacle.com)
provides the seed for this week's meditation: "Conscious
reflection on the past can deepen the soul and provide revelations
of great value for the present and future. On the other hand,
returning to the past obsessively out of emotional addiction can
be a massive draining of vitality needed for full engagement with
the present." So which will it be, Cancerian? One way or
another, you are likely to be pulled back toward the old days
and the old ways. I'll prefer it if you re-examine your history
and extract useful lessons from the past instead of wallowing
in dark nostalgia and getting lost in fruitless longing.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
Picture a TV satellite dish on the roof of a peasant's shack
in rural Honduras. Imagine a gripping rendition of Beethoven's
Moonlight Sonata played on the mandolin. Visualize the
Dalai Lama quoting Chris Rock a bit out of context but with humorous
and dramatic effect. Got all that? Next, imagine that these three
scenes are metaphors for your metaphysical assignment in the coming
week. Need another hint? OK. Think about how you can make sure
that nothing gets lost in the dicey translations you'll be responsible
for making.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
Here are some ways to get more respect: 1. Do your best in every
single thing you do -- whether it's communicating precisely or
upholding the highest possible standards at your job or taking
excellent care of yourself. 2. Maintain impeccable levels of integrity
in everything you do -- whether it's being scrupulously honest
or thoroughly fair-minded or fiercely kind. 3. On the other hand,
don't try so compulsively hard to do your best and cultivate integrity
that you get self-conscious and obstruct the flow of your natural
intelligence. 4. Make it your goal that no later than four years
from now you will be doing what you love to do at least 51 percent
of the time. 5. Give other people as much respect as you sincerely
believe they deserve. 6. Give yourself more respect.
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HOMEWORK:
Make up a secret identity for yourself, complete with a new name
and astrological sign. Tell all at Freewillastrology.com.
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