Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
MARCH 12, 2014
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning March 13
Copyright 2014 by Rob Brezsny
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
Do you remember being in your mother's womb? Probably not. But
here's what I know about that time: In the first few weeks after
you were conceived, your body grew at a very rapid rate. Once
you were born, if you had continued to expand and develop with
that much vigor, you would literally have grown to be as big as
a mountain by now. So let's be thankful you slowed down. But I
do want to sound an alert and let you know that you are currently
in a growth spurt with some metaphorical resemblances to that
original eruption. It's basically a good thing. Just be aware
that you may experience growing pains.
ARIES (March 21-April 19):
"There was another life that I might have had, but I am
having this one." So says a character in Kazuo Ishiguro's
novel The Unconsoled. At this juncture in your life story,
Aries, it might be healing for you to make a similar declaration.
Now is an excellent moment to say a final goodbye to plot twists
that you wished would have happened but never did. To do so will
free up stuck energy that will then become available for future
projects. You may even awaken to exciting possibilities you haven't
imagined yet.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
In May 2011, two Nepali men reached the top of Mt. Everest after
a six-week climb. Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa and Sano Babu Sunuwar had
prepared an unprecedented way to get back down off the mountain.
Strapping themselves to a single parachute, they leaped off and
paraglided for 45 minutes, landing near a Sherpa village thousands
of feet below the summit. I suggest you look around for a metaphorical
version of a shortcut like that, Taurus. Don't do the next part
of the journey the same way you did the previous phase. Take a
more direct route. Enjoy an alternate adventure. Give yourself
a fresh challenge.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
Seeking wisdom and chasing after pleasure are polar opposites,
right? You must devote yourself to either one or the other, correct?
You can be an enlightened servant of the greater good or else
an exuberant hedonist in quest of joy, but not both. True? No.
No. No. False. Wrong. Here's the bigger truth: Now and then, grace
periods come along when you can become smarter and kinder by exploring
the mysteries of feeling really good. Can you guess when the next
of these grace periods will arrive for you, Gemini? Here's the
answer: It's here now!
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
Humans walked on the moon before anyone ever had the simple idea
to put wheels on suitcases. Unbelievable, right? Until 1972, three
years after astronauts first walked on the lunar surface, travelers
in airports and train stations had to carry and drag wheelless
containers full of their belongings. I suspect that a comparable
out-of-sequence thing may be going on in your own life, Cancerian.
In some ways you are totally up-to-date, and in other ways you
are lagging behind. Now would be a good time to identify any discrepancies
and start correcting them. Metaphorically speaking, I'd love you
to have rolling luggage by the next time you take a journey.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
Have you ever heard of the sasquatch, also known as bigfoot?
You know, one of those big, hairy, humanoid beasts that walks
upright and lives in dense forests? Scientists assure us that
there is no such thing. But then they used to say the same thing
about the platypus. It was a myth, they declared; a figment of
explorers' vivid imaginations. A duck-billed, egg-laying mammal
simply could not exist. When the respected British zoologist George
Shaw claimed there was indeed such a creature, he was mocked by
his contemporaries. Eventually, though, the truth emerged and
Shaw was vindicated. I suspect that you Leos will soon experience
an event akin to the discovery and confirmation that the platypus
is real.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
Kyoka is a Japanese word that means a flower reflected
in a mirror. I suggest you use it as a metaphor to help you understand
what's happening in your life right now. Here are some clues to
jumpstart your ruminations. Are you more focused on the image
of what you love than on what you love? If so, is there anything
wrong with that, or is it perfectly fine? Are you more interested
in ephemeral beauty that you can admire from afar than in tangible
beauty you can actually touch? If so, is there anything wrong
with that, or is it perfectly fine? Should you turn away from
a dreamy surrogate and turn toward the real thing? If so, why?
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
A British researcher poured 300 million facts into a computer
program designed to determine the most boring day in history.
The winner was April 11, 1954. It was selected because almost
nothing important happened except an election in Belgium. I'm
wondering if you Libras might reach that level of blah sometime
soon. The astrological omens suggest it's a possibility. And frankly,
I hope that's exactly what happens. You need a break from high
adventure and agitated activity. You would benefit from indulging
in some downtime that allowed you to luxuriate in silence and
stasis. The time has come to recharge your psychic batteries.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
You won't be the recipient of good luck in the coming days.
Nor will you experience bad luck or dumb luck or weird luck. No,
Scorpio. The serendipitous slew of synchronicities that will slip
and slide into your sphere requires a new word, which I have coined
for this occasion. That word is "shluck." Shluck is
a cracked yet plucky sort of backwards luck that provides you
with an abundance of curious slack. Shluck slings your way a series
of happy accidents and curious coincidences that give you experiences
you didn't even realize you needed. To take maximum advantage
of shluck's benefits, you have to dispense with your agendas and
drop your expectations.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
In the old fairy tale "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,"
the poor woodcutter Ali Baba is collecting firewood in the forest
when he spies a gang of thieves bragging about their exploits.
Observing them from a hiding place, he hears them chant a phrase,
"open sesame." This magically unseals the opening to
a cave that happens to be full of their stolen treasure. Later,
when the thieves have departed, Ali Baba goes to the cave and
says "open sesame" himself. The hocus-pocus works. He
slips into the cave and steals a bag of gold from the robbers'
plunder. This story has resemblances to an adventure you could
enjoy sometime soon, Sagittarius. I suspect you may discover your
own version of "open sesame." It will give you access
to a less literal and more legitimate bounty.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
Your ability to heal rifts and bridge gaps is unusually high.
You could connect seemingly irreconcilable elements and forge
apparently impossible links. Former allies who have become estranged
might be moved to bond again through your compassionate intervention.
I'm not promising amazingly miraculous feats of unification, but
I'm not ruling them out, either. You have a sixth sense about
how to create interesting mixtures by applying just the right
amount of pressure and offering just the right kind of tenderness.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
My friend Harry said he wanted to teach me to play golf. "Are
you kidding?" I asked him incredulously. "The dullest
game on the planet?" He tried to convince me that it would
provide lots of interesting metaphors I could use in writing horoscopes.
"Name one," I challenged him. He told me that "Volkswagen"
is a slang term that describes what happens when a golfer makes
an awkward shot that nevertheless turns out to be quite good.
"Hmmm," I replied. "That is exactly the theme I
have decided on for the Aquarius horoscope."
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