Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
January 28, 2015
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I've gathered together all of the long-term, big-picture horoscopes
I wrote for you in the past few weeks, and bundled them in one
place. Go here to read a compendium of your forecasts for 2015:
bit.ly/BigView2015
In addition to these, I've created EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES
that go even further in Exploring Your Long-Term Destiny in 2015.
What will be the story of your life in the coming months? What
new influences will be headed your way? What fresh resources will
you be able to draw on? How can you conspire with life to create
the best possible future for yourself?
To listen to these three-part, in-depth reports, go here:
RealAstrology.com.
Register and/or log in through the main page, and then access
the horoscopes by clicking on "Long Range Prediction."
(Choose from Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.)
If you'd like a boost of inspiration to fuel you in your quest
for beauty and truth and love and meaning, tune in to my meditations
on your Big-Picture outlook.
Each of the three-part reports is seven to nine minutes long.
The cost is $6 per report. There are discounts for the purchase
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I invite you to repeat the following line as many times as necessary:
"I will never again cast a curse on myself."
A good follow-up to the above affirmation is this one: "I
always cast a positive spell on myself."
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A reader calling herself Rebellioness collaborated with me to
come up with five revolutionized approaches to the art of rebellion.
I present them here for your use.
1. Experiment with uppity, mischievous optimism.
2. Invoke insurrectionary levels of wildly interesting generosity.
3. Indulge in an insolent refusal to be chronically fearful.
4. Pursue a cheeky ambition to be as wide-awake as a dissident
young messiah.
5. Bring reckless levels of creative intelligence to all expressions
of love.
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Maybe you're better than you think you are at gliding, flowing,
leaping, skipping, twirling, undulating, reverberating, galloping,
and rub-a-dub-dubbing.
It's possible that with just a small attitude adjustment you
could be an expert at rumbling, romping, rollicking, cavorting,
and zip-a-dap-doodling.
If you really love your body and throw off some of the inhibitions
you might have about celebrating your instinctual nature, you
may drop to the low end of the scale in performing these activities:
shuffling, drooping, mumbling, wallowing, pigeonholing, and pussyfooting.
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If I ever produce a self-help manual called "The Reverse
Psychology of Getting Everything You Want," it will discuss
the following paradoxes:
a. People are more willing to accommodate your longings if you're
not greedy or grasping.
b. A good way to achieve your desires is to cultivate the feeling
that you have already achieved them.
c. Whatever you're longing for has been changed by your pursuit
of it. It's different from what it was when you felt the first
pangs of desire. To make it yours, then, you'll have to modify
your ideas about it.
d. Be careful what you wish for because if your wish does materialize
it will require you to change in ways you didn't foresee.
Any others you can think of?
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"The lesson that life constantly enforces is 'Look underfoot.'
You are always nearer to the true sources of your power than you
think. The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive.
The great opportunity is where you are. Don't despise your own
place and hour. Every place is the center of the world."
- naturalist John Burroughs
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning January 29
Copyright 2015 by Rob Brezsny
FreeWillAstrology.com
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
In 1899, the King of the African nation of Swaziland died while
dancing. His only son, Sobhuza, was soon crowned as his successor,
despite being just four months old. It took a while for the new
King to carry out his duties with aplomb, and he needed major
guidance from his grandmother and uncle. Eventually he showed
great aptitude for the job, though, and ruled until his death
at age 83. I'm getting a Sobhuza-type vibe as I meditate on you,
Aquarius. New power may come to you before you're fully ready
to wield it. But I have confidence you will grow into it, especially
if you're not shy about seeking help.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
In the 1951 animated movie version of Alice in Wonderland,
Alice says to herself, "I give myself very good advice, but
I very seldom follow it." I hope you won't be like her, Pisces.
It's an excellent time for you to heed your own good advice. In
fact, I suspect that doing so will be crucial to your ability
to make smart decisions and solve a knotty problem. This is one
of those turning points when you really have to practice what
you preach. You've got to walk your talk.
ARIES (March 21-April 19):
Do you have an entourage or posse that helps you work magic
you can't conjure up alone? Is there a group of co-conspirators
that prods you to be brave and farseeing? If not, try to whip
one up. And if you do have an inspirational crew, brainstorm about
some new adventures for all of you to embark on. Scheme and dream
about the smart risks and educational thrills you could attempt
together. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you
especially need the sparkle and rumble that a feisty band of allies
can incite.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
The cosmos seems to be granting you a license to be brazenly
ambitious. I'm not sure how long this boost will last, so I suggest
you capitalize on it while it's surging. What achievement have
you always felt insufficiently prepared or powerful to accomplish?
What person or club or game have you considered to be out of your
league? What issue have you feared was beyond your understanding?
Rethink your assumptions. At least one of those "impossibilities"
may be more possible than usual.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
When I attended the University of California at Santa Cruz,
my smartest friend was Gemini writer Clare Cavanagh. She headed
off to Harvard for her graduate studies, and later became a pre-eminent
translator of Polish poetry. Her work has been so skillful that
Nobel Prize-winning Polish poet Czselaw Milosz selected her as
his authorized biographer. Interviewing Milosz was a tough job,
Clare told blogger Cynthia Haven. He was demanding. He insisted
that she come up with "questions no one's asked me yet."
And she did just that, of course. Formulating evocative questions
is a Gemini specialty. I invite you to exercise that talent to
the hilt in the coming week. It's prime time for you to celebrate
a Curiosity Festival.
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
"Somewhere someone is traveling furiously toward you,"
writes poet John Ashbery, "at incredible speed, traveling
day and night, through blizzards and desert heat, across torrents,
through narrow passes. But will he know where to find you, recognize
you when he sees you, give you the thing he has for you?"
This passage might not be literally true, Cancerian. There may
be no special person who is headed your way from a great distance,
driven by a rapt intention to offer you a blessing. But I think
Ashbery's scenario is accurate in a metaphorical way. Life is
in fact working overtime to bring you gifts and help. Make sure
you cooperate! Heighten your receptivity. Have a nice long talk
with yourself, explaining why you deserve such beneficence.
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EXPLORING THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LONG-RANGE FUTURE
Would you like some inspiration as you muse and wonder about
your upcoming adventures in 2015?
You can still listen to my long-range, in-depth explorations
of your destiny in the coming months. Each report in the three-part
series is 7 to 9 minutes long.
Go to RealAstrology.com.
Register and/or log in through the main page, and then access
the horoscopes by clicking on "Long Range Prediction."
(Choose from Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.)
A new short-range forecast for this week is also available.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
In 1768, Britain's Royal Society commissioned navigator James
Cook to lead a long naval voyage west to Tahiti, where he and
his team were supposed to study the planet Venus as it made a
rare transit across the face of the sun. But it turned out that
task was a prelude. Once the transit was done, Cook opened the
sealed orders he had been given before leaving England. They revealed
a second, bigger assignment, kept secret until then: to reconnoiter
the rumored continent that lay west of Tahiti. In the coming months,
he became the first European to visit the east coast of Australia.
I foresee a comparable progression for you, Leo. The task you've
been working on lately has been a prelude. Soon you'll receive
your "sealed orders" for the next leg of your journey.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
According to computer security company Symantec, you're not
in major danger of contracting an online virus from a porn website.
The risk is much greater when you visit religious websites. Why?
They're often built by inexperienced programmers, and as a result
are more susceptible to hackers' attacks. In the coming weeks,
Virgo, there may be a similar principle at work in your life.
I suspect you're more likely to be undermined by nice, polite
people than raw, rowdy folks. I'm not advising you to avoid the
do-gooders and sweet faces. Just be careful that their naivete
doesn't cause problems. And in the meantime, check out what the
raw, rowdy folks are up to.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
Life has a big, tough assignment for you. Let's hope you're up
for the challenge. There's not much wiggle room, I'm afraid. Here
it is: You must agree to experience more joy and pleasure. The
quest for delight and enchantment has to rise to the top of your
priority list. To be mildly entertained isn't enough. To be satisfied
with lukewarm arousal is forbidden. It's your sacred duty to overflow
with sweet fulfillment and interesting bliss. Find ways to make
it happen!
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
You may have never sampled the southeast Asian fruit called
durian. It's controversial. Some people regard it as the "king
of fruits," and describe its taste as sweet and delicious.
Naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace said it was like "a rich
custard highly flavored with almonds." But other people find
the durian unlikable, comparing its aroma to turpentine or decaying
onions. TV chef Anthony Bourdain asserts that its "indescribable"
taste is "something you will either love or despise."
I foresee the possibility that your imminent future will have
metaphorical resemblances to the durian, Scorpio. My advice? Don't
take things personally.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
Talking will be your art form in the coming week. It'll be healing
and catalytic. You could set personal records for most engaging
phone conversations, emails, text messages, and face-to-face dialogs.
The sheer intensity of your self-expression could intimidate some
people, excite others, and generate shifts in your social life.
Here are a few tips to ensure the best results. First, listen
as passionately as you speak. Second, make it your intention to
communicate, not just unload your thoughts. Tailor your messages
for your specific audience. Third, reflect on the sometimes surprising
revelations that emerge from you. They'll give you new insights
into yourself.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
Let's say you want to buy an 18-karat gold ring. To get that
much gold, miners had to excavate and move six tons of rock. Then
they doused the rock with poisonous cyanide, a chemical that's
necessary to extract the good stuff. In the process, they created
toxic waste. Is the gold ring worth that much trouble? While you
ponder that, let me ask you a different question. What if I told
you that over the course of the next five months, you could do
what's necessary to obtain a metaphorical version of a gold ring?
And although you would have to process the equivalent of six tons
of raw material to get it, you wouldn't have to use poison or
make a mess. Would you do it?
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