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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
June 27, 2007
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WHAT'S AHEAD FOR YOU in the next six months?
EXPLORE THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE
with my Expanded Audio Horoscopes for the Second Half of 2007
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between now and January 1, 2008, go here:
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"Long Term Forecast for Second Half of 2007"
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clicking on "This week (June 26, 2007)."
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"The border between the Real and the Unreal is not fixed, but just marks
the last place where rival gangs of shamans fought each other to a
standstill."
- Robert Anton Wilson
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"PRONOIA IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR PARANOIA:
How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings"
is available for sale at http://tinyurl.com/qaj62
To read news and features from the book, go here:
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And now here's an excerpt from my book
"PRONOIA IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR PARANOIA:
How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings"
THE UNIVERSE IS MADE OF STORIES
The poet Muriel Rukeyser said the universe is composed of stories, not of
atoms. The physicist Werner Heisenberg declared that the universe is
made of music, not of matter.
And we believe that if you habitually expose yourself to toxic stories and
music, you could wind up living in the wrong universe, where it's
impossible to become the gorgeous genius you were born to be.
That's why we implore you to nourish yourself with delicious, nutritious
tales and tunes that inspire you to exercise your willpower for your
highest good.
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"The only war that matters is the war against the imagination.
All other wars are subsumed by it."
—Diane Di Prima, "Rant," from Pieces of a Song
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Astrologer Caroline Casey offers an apt metaphor to illustrate how crucial
it is for us to hear and read good stories. She notes that if we don't have
enough of the normal, healthy kind of iodine in our bodies, we absorb
radioactive iodine, which has entered the food chain through nuclear test
explosions conducted in the atmosphere. Similarly, unless we fill ourselves
up with stories that invigorate us, we're more susceptible to sopping up
the poisonous, degenerative narratives.
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Novelist Ursula K. Le Guin decries the linear perspective that dominates
modern storytelling. She says it's "like an arrow, starting here and going
straight there and THOK! hitting its mark." Furthermore, she complains,
plots are usually advanced through conflict, as if interesting action can't
possibly arise from any other catalyst.
I invite you to rebel against these oppressive conventions. Wean yourself
from tales that have reductive plot lines fueled primarily by painful
events. Celebrate the luminous mysteries that have shaped your own life
story: the meandering fascinations that didn't lead to tidy conclusions,
the wobbly joys that fed your soul but didn't serve your ego's ambitions,
the adventures whose success revolved around brain-teasing
breakthroughs instead of exhausting triumphs over suffering.
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How did it come to be that what we call the news is reported solely by
journalists? There are so many other kinds of events besides the narrow
band favored by that highly specialized brand of storytellers. Indeed,
there are many phenomena that can literally not even be perceived by
journalists. Their training, their temperament, and their ambitions make
vast areas of human experience invisible to them.
"Ninety-six percent of the cosmos puzzles astronomers." I loved reading
that headline on the CNN website. It showed that at least some of our
culture's equivalents of high priests, the scientists, are humble enough to
acknowledge that the universe is made mostly of stuff they can't even
detect, let alone study.
If only the journalists were equally modest. Since they're not, we'll say it:
The majority of everything that happens on this planet is invisible to
them.
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In the early years of Christianity, there were hundreds of books
interpreting the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. But by 325 A.D., a
group backed by the political and military might of the Roman Empire had
determined which few of the stories about Christ would thereafter be
considered the canonical New Testament, and which would be regarded as
heretical bilge. No better evidence exists for the saying, "History is a tale
told by the victors."
Keep this in mind as you strategize your way through your personal War
of the Stories. Your account of events may have more truth in it than
everyone else's conflicting tales, but that won't carry much weight unless
you obtain the power to enforce your version.
. . . To read the rest of
"THE UNIVERSE IS MADE OF STORIES," go here:
http://tinyurl.com/2vx6wb
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OTHER PRONOIA RESOURCES:
TAKING CONTROL OF YOUR OWN HAPPINESS
Blog by Gary van Warmerdam
http://tinyurl.com/26k38r
"Here is the critical point to understand when it comes to controlling your
happiness. You can control your happiness to the degree that you can
control your attention in your mind.
"By controlling your attention you are able to determine the perspective
you choose. With choice over your perspective you can decide what
interpretations to make and which one you will believe. Choosing the
interpretation you make will determine your emotional outcome.
"It's popular today for people to try changing their thinking or beliefs in
order to create happiness in their life. However a prerequisite to changing
your thinking is that you first have to get control over your attention. If
you don't do this, your thinking will attempt to control your thinking. This
can become a circular loop in the mind.
"If you gain control over your attention, then happiness is easy. What
people may find challenging is that they were given no training in
controlling their attention or even what it is.
"A second critical element needed to control happiness is that you
expand your awareness. It is not enough to control your attention. You
must also be able to shift your perspective to points of view of
acceptance, love, compassion and respect. If you can control your
attention, but can't extend it into this range of love and laughter your
emotional experience of happiness will be limited. When you have a limited
number of ways of interpreting events your possibility for happiness is
limited as well . . . . "
To read the rest of Gary van Warmerdam's piece, go here:
http://tinyurl.com/26k38r
(Note: I endorse this because I like it. It's not an advertisement, 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 28
Copyright 2007 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Welcome to Part Two of your outlook for the
second half of 2007, Aries. We're checking up on how you're progressing
with the long-term tasks you were assigned six months ago. I hope that
by now you're seeing how much you have to learn. This has been and will
continue to be an ideal time to act like a student in every phase of your
life. But I also hope you've started to realize how much you have to offer
as a role model, mentor, and guide. Amazingly, this is a year when you
can generate unpredictable magic as both a student and a teacher.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Welcome to Part Two of your outlook for the
second half of 2007, Taurus. We're checking up on how you're
progressing with the long-term tasks you were assigned six months ago. I
hope that by now you're beginning to infuse your life with more of the
wildness you need. I trust that you've been enjoying a host of thrilling
adventures and ingenious experiments -- especially the kind that serve
your highest ambitions.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Welcome to Part Two of your outlook for the
second half of 2007, Gemini. We're checking up on how you're
progressing with the long-term tasks you were assigned six months ago. I
hope that you've been working hard to upgrade your skills in the art of
relationship. Have you taken any workshops or read any books that have
helped you become a better lover and collaborator? Have you meditated
on cracking open the secrets of inspired and inspiring sharing? Even if you
haven't done much, there's still time to accomplish miracles. Through the
end of December, you'll continue to attract cosmic luck whenever you
break any bad old habits that have hurt your ability to give and get the
best from your intimate alliances.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Welcome to Part Two of your outlook for the
second half of 2007, Cancerian. We're checking up on how you're
progressing with the long-term tasks you were assigned six months ago. I
hope that by now you're better organized and more disciplined than
you've ever been in your life. The astrological omens suggest that the
year's best rewards will come if you're relentless in clearing out clutter,
working with maximum efficiency, and having precise and well-formulated
plans. If done right, your intense attention to detail will help win you
access to profound new levels of inner peace.
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EXPLORE THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE
MID-YEAR PREVIEW of YOUR DESTINY for the REST of 2007
What will be the story of your life during the rest of 2007? 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 high-octane 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:
http://tinyurl.com/ooga5
Log in and click on the link "Long Term Forecast for Second Half of
2007."
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Welcome to Part Two of your outlook for the
second half of 2007. We're checking up on how you're progressing with
the long-term tasks you were assigned six months ago. I hope you've
been capitalizing on the fact that this is the Year of Well-Earned Luck in
Higher Love. It has been over a decade since your romantic evolution has
been as ripe for rapid progress as it is now. Remember, for best results,
keep your priorities screwed on straight: Always focus more intensely on
the pleasure of giving the beautiful love you have to offer than on your
hunger for the love you have always wanted to get.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Welcome to Part Two of your outlook for the
second half of 2007, Virgo. We're checking up on how you're progressing
with the long-term tasks you were assigned six months ago. I hope that
by now you're at least midway through a transformation of your
relationship to family. That might mean you're leading a revolution to
reinvent your family of origin. It might mean you're making decisions
about how to shape the family of your future. It could involve you working
hard to ensure that you have a close-knit group of people, not necessarily
related to you biologically, to serve as a reliable source of emotional
sustenance. Or all of the above.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Welcome to Part Two of your outlook for the
second half of 2007, Libra. We're checking up on how you're progressing
with the long-term tasks you were assigned six months ago. So let me ask
you: Have you been practicing discernment as you've explored the
mysteries of variety? Have you been trying a host of different
alternatives, but without dissipating your focus? The danger is the
opportunity; the opportunity is the danger: In the next six months, you'll
either refine your intelligence or waste your intelligence as you
experiment with combining things that have never before been combined.
You'll either embody the archetype of the promiscuous dilettante or the
archetype of the versatile master of improvisation.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Welcome to Part Two of your outlook for the
second half of 2007. We're checking up on how you're progressing with
the long-term tasks you were assigned six months ago. I trust that by
now you're supremely composed as the changes whirl around you and
within you. I mean, you will always be the zodiac's master of
transformation; you'll always thrive on going through ceaseless, deep-
seated shifts that would terrify most of the other signs. But if you're
taking advantage of this year's cosmic opportunities, Scorpio, your
eruptions of *abracadabra!* are being buffered by a profound grace. Your
experiments in turning lead into gold and garbage into treasure are
proceeding with a generous-spirited poise. Now you're ready to take it to
the next level of relaxed elegance.
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EXPLORE THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE
with my Expanded Audio Horoscopes for the Second Half of 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/ooga5
What hidden factors will be massaging your destiny during the next six
months? Could you use some hints about how to prepare for the
adventures awaiting you during the rest of 2007?
To listen to my IN-DEPTH, LONG-TERM AUDIO FORECAST for YOUR LIFE
during the next six months, go here:
http://tinyurl.com/ooga5
Log in and click on the link "Long Term Forecast for Second Half of
2007."
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Welcome to Part Two of your outlook
for the second half of 2007, Sagittarius. We're checking up on how you're
progressing with the long-term tasks you were assigned six months ago. I
hope that by now you are cashing in on the fact that this is the Year of
the Supercharged Libido and the Spiritual Orgasm. Not only do you have
extraordinary reserves of physical energy available; you also have access
to what amounts to a kind of metaphysical lust, whose primal power can
enable you to smash long-standing mental blocks and break on through to
the other side of anything you want to break on through to the other side
of.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Welcome to Part Two of your outlook for
the second half of 2007. We're checking up on how you're progressing
with the long-term tasks you were assigned six months ago. By now
you've probably figured out that it's the Year of Secrets. Truths that have
long been hidden from you are emerging, and if you keep on probing, the
rest will spill out between now and December. Certain feelings you have
been concealing from yourself are also bubbling up into your awareness.
Fuzzy understandings that have previously hindered your ability to see
the big picture are finally coming into focus as well. Don't fear or resist
these developments, Capricorn. They will free up a lot of blocked energy.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Welcome to Part Two of your outlook for
the second half of this year, Aquarius. We're checking up on how you're
progressing with the tasks you were assigned six months ago. I hope by
now you've guessed that this is your Year of Harvest. Projects you've
been working on for many moons will be reaching their full ripeness in
2007. Trends set in motion more than a decade ago are culminating.
Keep this exciting news in the forefront of your awareness between now
and December. Like a great artist in the last stages of a masterwork, be
intent on finishing up this long-term cycle with a flourish.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Welcome to Part Two of your outlook for the
second half of 2007, Pisces. We're checking up on how you're
progressing with the long-term tasks you were assigned six months ago. I
hope by now you realize that this is your Year of Getting Your Career in
Gear. It may or may not be a time when you'll climb to the top of the
heap and score fresh privileges and new clout. But it's definitely a time
when you can move closer to making a living from doing what you love.
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HOMEWORK: Make a prediction about a really good or interesting thing
that will occur on the world stage during the second half of 2007 Go to
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WANT TO GET YOUR CHART DONE?
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favorite astrological colleague, RO LOUGHRAN. Her approach closely
matches my own. In our many discussions about astrology over the years,
we've had a major influence on each other's work.
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
work with you regardless of geographic boundaries.
Ro's website is at
http://www.YourSoulJourney.com
She can also be reached at roloughran@comcast.net
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