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"The moment you come to trust chaos, you see God clearly. Chaos is
divine order, versus human order. Change is divine order, versus human
order. When the chaos becomes safety to you, then you know you're
seeing God clearly."
—Caroline Myss, *Spiritual Madness: The Necessity of Meeting God in
Darkness*
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September 27, 2006
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"PRONOIA IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR PARANOIA:
How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings"
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ART LESSONS
French Impressionist painter Henri Matisse wanted his art to be "free from
unsettling or disturbing subjects . . . soothing, a cerebral sedative as
relaxing as a comfortable armchair."
Spanish painter Pablo Picasso had a different opinion. "Art is offensive,"
he asserted. "At least, art should be allowed to be offensive. It ought to
be forbidden to ignorant innocents, never allowed into contact with those
not sufficiently prepared. Yes, art is dangerous."
As you practice the art of pronoia, you will probably get best results if
you swing back and forth between Matisse's and Picasso's approaches.
Every once in a while, try out William Butler Yeats' idea, too: "Art that
doesn't attempt the impossible is not performing its function."
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SOARING AND SCROUNGING
Our sources from high society say that when you eat caviar, you
shouldn't use silver spoons: It taints the eggs with a metallic taste.
Instead, always choose flatware made of gold or mother of pearl.
Our connections in low society suggest than when you dive into
dumpsters foraging for discarded food, your best bet is the stuff in
dented cans, since it's probably uncontaminated by any toxic garbage
lying nearby.
These tips should be useful metaphors for you in the coming years, as
you'll have chances to extract bounty not only while you're visiting
soaring peaks but also when you're scrounging around dismal abysses.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning September 28
Copyright 2006 by Rob Brezsny
http://www.freewillastrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Love isn't as simple as you wish it would be.
On the other hand, it's nowhere near as complicated as you fear it is. My
advice to you is to extinguish any itch you might have to compel love to
serve any agenda at whatsoever. Instead, bow down before it with all the
innocence you can muster, and declare yourself ready to be its humble
student and servant. Celebrate through surrender.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): "Dear StarMan: I want to be a famous actress
like Scarlett Johansson. I know my natural talent is as good as hers, but
I'm not especially beautiful. On one of those 'am I hot or not?' websites, I
was rated 3.2 out of 10. Can you look into my future and see if I'll ever
make it big in Hollywood? And would it help if I got cosmetic surgery? -
Taurus Dreamer." Dear Taurus: It's a favorable time for you Tauruses to
explore ways you might be kidding yourselves about your destiny. So let
me ask you this: Does the dream you articulated express the primal truth
about your purpose here on earth? Or is it a fantasy your ego has
fabricated out of a deluded longing to pursue inappropriate ambitions that
won't satisfy you in the long run? Instead of saying, "I want to be a
famous actress," try this desire on for size: "I want to be a good actress."
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): When I was in Seattle recently, I was impressed
with the extravagant requests of three seedy-looking homeless guys
downtown. Their cardboard signs made it clear they wanted far more than
the usual alms. "Need cash to buy fuel for my Lear jet," read one.
"Girlfriend needs liposuction--please help defray costs" and "Desperately
need new set of golf clubs for golf date with Donald Trump" said the
other two. Draw inspiration from these cheeky fellows. Dream really, really
big; ask for more than you've dared to before.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Is your schedule too rigid to allow magic to
seep in? Then mutate that schedule, please. Is your brain so crammed
with knowledgeable opinions that no fresh perceptions can crack their
way in? Then flush out some of those opinions. Is your heart so puckered
by the stings of the past that it can't burst forth with any expansive new
invitations? Then unpucker your heart, for God's sake.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Picture a bridge that once upon a time allowed
cars to cross over a river, but that now has nothing but hard dirt and
scrubby bushes beneath it. In other words, the river that once compelled
the building of the bridge has dried up. This is a useful symbol for you.
Metaphorically speaking, you're thinking about erecting a bridge over a
barrier that won't be a barrier much longer. If you wait a while, it won't be
necessary to do all that work.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Jeff Greenwald (www.ethicaltraveler.com) has
traveled extensively all over the planet for the last quarter of a century.
"Do the citizens of the world revile us Americans more each year?" I
asked him. He said that while millions upon millions have come to despise
the U.S. government, most don't actually hate us, the American people.
That's because they know firsthand the corruption and tyranny of their
own countries' politicians, and so they don't hold our awful government
against us. Let this distinction serve as a guide for you, Virgo. The time is
right for you to fight inept institutions and rotten traditions and bad
ideas, but without hating anyone.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Emilio Estevez was experiencing writer's block
as he worked on a screenplay about the assassination of Robert F.
Kennedy. In his desperation to get unstuck, he jumped in his car and
started driving north along the California coast. He stopped at the first
random motel that had a vacancy, resolved to make this the place he'd
plow ahead on the screenplay. The motel clerk recognized Estevez's
famous face and asked him what he was up to. When he told her about
his stalled project, she gasped. She had been at the Ambassador Hotel in
L.A. on June 4 and 5, 1968, the place and time Kennedy was killed. As
she told Estevez her recollections of that night, he felt his writer's block
dissolving. In the ensuing days, he wrote up a storm. I predict, Libra, that
you're about to experience a similar synchronicity. It will jump-start a
labor of love that has been on hold.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Last year actress Michelle Rodriguez was
arrested for drunk driving in Hawaii. She was given the choice of spending
five days in prison or doing 240 hours of community service. She
surprised everyone by choosing to be incarcerated. Some observers
theorized that she felt it would be a good chance to do research for
future film roles as a bad girl. Rodriguez said, "I'm a gypsy. I can see
beauty in a jail cell." While I'm not predicting you'll end up behind bars in
the coming week, Scorpio, I do suspect you'll have a bout with limitation.
If you do, regard it as an invitation to accomplish three things: (1)
Develop more compassion for people who've undergone comparable
adventures; (2) expand your ability to find beauty in challenging
circumstances; (3) cultivate your skill at creating opportunities for
yourself in the midst of perplexity.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Miami's Hotel Victor has a "vibe
manager" on the staff. This person's job is to ensure that the hotel's
ambiance is soothing and cheerful. As I see it, Sagittarius, one of your
important tasks right now is to be a vibe manager for the environments
you share with people. (It's in your selfish interests to do so.) In addition
to keeping the atmosphere relaxing, however, you should also keep it
invigorating. Don't let comfort lapse into stagnancy.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "It's not whoring if you do it for free,"
read both of the matching t-shirts on a couple I saw at a San Francisco
café. Being a curious sort, I went up and asked them what exact activity
they were referring to. "He loves to give away his top-notch psycho-
spiritual advice," the woman said, pointing to her companion, "and I love
to give out compliments without expecting anything in return. Need any
free advice or compliments?" Her earnest statements were in sharp
contrast to the glib humor of the t-shirt quip. The next day, as I
meditated on your astrological omens, I realized my experience with them
was a foreshadowing of the oracle I should give you. Here it is: Be both
playful and sincere as you deepen your commitment to generosity.
Cultivate a blithe intensity as you bestow more of your gifts on the world.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): "Your job," my philosophy teacher Norman
O. Brown told me back in 1981, "is to find the holy in the mundane, and,
failing that, to *create* the holy in the mundane." I've done my best to
carry out his directions all these years. Now I'm going to ask you to do
your part, Aquarius. Believe it or not, one of your important tasks in the
coming week is to feel awe and reverence while you're in the midst of the
everyday routine. Penetrate to the deeper layers as you seek out divine
beauty that gently shocks you into a state of heightened awareness.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In her role as DJ Debi Newberry in the film
*Grosse Pointe Blank,* Minnie Driver defines the term *shakabuku* as a
swift spiritual kick to the head that alters your reality forever. I think
you're due for one of those blessings-in-disguise, though I also believe
you can avoid it if you really want to. One way to prevent its delivery
would be to hide in your room and ferociously repress every unruly
emotion that threatens to rise to the surface. A preferable strategy would
be to figure out why you might need a swift spiritual kick in the head and
then take action to change the awkward situation that would require the
kick's arrival.
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WANT TO GET YOUR CHART DONE?
I'm not doing charts these days. In addition to writing my weekly column
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But I can recommend a colleague whose astro-aesthetics closely match
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Ro utilizes a blend of well-trained intuition, emotional warmth, and a high
degree of technical proficiency in horoscope interpretation; she is skilled
at exploring the mysteries of your life's purpose and nurturing your
connection with your own inner wisdom.
Ro is based in California, but can do phone consultations and otherwise
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Ro's website is at
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She can also be reached at roloughran@comcast.net
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