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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
January 25, 2012
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Dear Readers,
I've gathered together all of the long-term, big-picture horoscopes I wrote
for you in the past month, and bundled them in one place. Go here to
read a compendium of your forecasts for 2012:
http://bit.ly/BigLife
In addition to these, I've created EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES that go
even further in exploring your long-term destiny in 2012. Unlike the
written freebies, the three-part audio reports cost money. Sign in here to
access them:
http://RealAstrology.com
What will be the story of your life in 2012? 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.
A new short-range forecast for this week is also available.
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What do I think about the 2012 phenomenon? You can read my views in a
story that was done in Vancouver's "Westender" newspaper. It's here:
http://bit.ly/wHGwsu.
There's also a Q & A with me about my life as an astrologer:
http://bit.ly/zMqXhh
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The piece below is excerpted from my book
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Paying it forward
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every few months. Now, more customers have been leaving money to pay
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GET YOUR MINIMUM DAILY REQUIREMENT OF BEAUTY
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning January 26
Copyright 2012 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Collectors prefer wild orchids, says William
Langley, writing in the UK's *Telegraph.* Orchids grown in nurseries,
which comprise 99.5 percent of the total, are tarnished with "the stigma
of perfection." Their colors are generic and their petal patterns are
boringly regular. Far more appealing are the exotic varieties untouched by
human intervention, with their "downy, smooth petals and moistened lips
pouting in the direction of tautly curved shafts and heavily veined
pouches." Whatever your sphere or specialty is, Aquarius, I suggest you
model yourself after the wild orchid collectors in the coming days. Shun
the stigma of perfection.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): While doing a film a few years ago, actress
Sandra Bullock stumbled upon a stunning secret: Rubbing hemorrhoid
cream on her face helped shrink her wrinkles and improve her complexion.
I predict that at least one and possibly more comparable discoveries will
soon grace your life. You will find unexpected uses for things that were
supposedly not meant to be used in those ways. Here's a corollary,
courtesy of scientist Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, that describes a related talent
you'll have at your disposal: "Discovery consists of seeing what
everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought."
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The coming week is likely to be abnormally
free of worries and frustrations. I'm afraid that means you're not going to
have as much right to complain as you usually do. Can you handle that?
Or will you feel bereft when faced with the prospect of having so little to
grumble about? Just in case, I've compiled a list of fake annoyances for
you to draw on. 1. "My iPhone won't light my cigarette." 2. "The next
tissue in my tissue box doesn't magically poke out when I take one." 3. "I
want some ice cream, but I overstuffed myself at dinner." 4. "I saw a
hipster wearing a shirt I donated to the Salvation Army and now I want it
back." 5. "I ran out of bottled water and now I have to drink from the
tap." 6. "My cat's Facebook profile gets more friend requests than me."
7. "I tried to spread cold butter on my toast and the bread ripped." 8. "I
was really comfortable but I thought I could be really really comfortable so
I adjusted and now I can't get back to my original level of comfort." 9.
"When people tell me I should feel grateful for all I have instead of
complaining all the time, I feel guilty."
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The state of California was named after a
storybook land described in a 16th-century Spanish novel. The mythical
paradise was ruled by Queen Calafia. Gold was so plentiful that the people
who lived there made weapons out of it and even adorned their animals
with it. Did the real California turn out to be anything like that fictional
realm? Well, 300 years after it got its name, the California Gold Rush
attracted 300,000 visitors who mined a fortune in the precious metal.
Your assignment, Taurus: Think of the myths you believed in when you
were young and the fantasies that have played at the edges of your
imagination for years. Have any of them come true, even a little? I
suspect that one may do just that in the coming weeks and months.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In Bill Moyers' DVD *The Language of Life,*
poet Naomi Shihab Nye is shown giving advice to aspiring young poets.
She urges them to keep an open mind about where their creative urges
might take them. Sometimes when you start a poem, she says, you think
you want to go to church, but where you end up is at the dog races. I'll
make that same point to you, Gemini. As you tune in to the looming call
to adventure, don't be too sure you know what destination it has in mind
for you. You might be inclined to assume it'll lead you toward a local bar
for drinks when in fact it's nudging you in the direction of a wild frontier
for a divine brouhaha.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Renowned comic book writer Grant Morrison
claims he performed a magic ritual in which he conjured the spirit of John
Lennon, who appeared and bestowed on him the gift of a new song. I've
heard Morrison sing the tune, and it does sound rather Lennon-esque. The
coming week would be a good time for you to go in quest of a
comparable boon, Cancerian: a useful and beautiful blessing bequeathed
to you by the departed spirit of someone you love or admire.
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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 2012?
You can still listen to my long-range, in-depth explorations of your destiny
in 2012. Each report in the three-part series is about 7-9 minutes long.
Go to http://RealAstrology.com
to sign in and access the EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES
A new short-range forecast for this week is also available.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): "There are works which wait, and which one does
not understand for a long time," said Oscar Wilde. "The reason is that
they bring answers to questions which have not yet been raised; for the
question often arrives a terribly long time after the answer." I predict that
sometime soon, Leo, you will prove that wisdom true. You will finally learn
the brilliant question whose crucial answer you got years ago. When it
arrives, you will comprehend a mystery that has been churning in the
semi-darkness all this time.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Shedding is healthy -- not just for cats and
dogs and other animals but also for us humans. Did you know that you
shed thousands of particles of dead skin every hour? And just as our
bodies need to shed, so do our psyches. I bring this up, Virgo, because
you are in an unusually favorable phase to do a whole lot of psychic
shedding. What should you shed exactly? How about some of these: old
ideas that don't serve you any more, habits that undermine your ability to
pursue your dreams, compulsions that are at odds with your noble
intentions, resentment against people who did you wrong a long, long
time ago, and anything else you carry with you that keeps you from being
fully alive and radiant. To paraphrase Thomas Jefferson, the price of
freedom and aliveness is eternal shedding.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): According to research published in the journal
*Psychological Science,* many people are virtually allergic to creative
ideas. When asked to consider a novel proposal, they're quite likely to
reject it in favor of an approach that's well-known to them. (More info
here: tinyurl.com/3oor4nq.) This could be a problem for you in the
coming weeks, Libra, since one of your strengths will be your ability to
come up with innovations. So it won't be enough for you to offer your
brilliant notions and original departures from the way things have always
been done; you will also have to be persuasive and diplomatic. Think you
can handle that dual assignment?
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): "A single sunbeam is enough to drive away
shadows," said St. Francis of Assisi. I'm afraid that's an overly optimistic
assessment. In many circumstances, just one ray of light may not be
sufficient to dispel encroaching haze and murk. Luckily for you, though,
there will be quite an assortment of sunbeams appearing in your sphere
during the coming weeks. Here's the complication: They won't all be
showing up at once, and they'll be arriving in disparate locations. So your
task will be to gather them all up and unite them so they can add to each
other's strength. If you do that successfully, you'll have more than
enough illumination to chase away any darkness that might be creeping
around.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Poet Elizabeth Alexander says that in
order to create a novel, a writer needs a lot of uninterrupted time alone.
Poems, on the other hand, can be snared in the midst of the jumbled
rhythms of everyday chaos -- between hurried appointments or while
riding the subway or at the kitchen table waiting for the coffee to brew.
Alexander says that inspiration can sprout like grass poking up out of the
sidewalk cracks. Whether or not you're a writer, Sagittarius, I see your
coming weeks as being more akin to snagging poems than cooking up a
novel.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "A true poet does not bother to be
poetical," said the poet Jean Cocteau. "Nor does a nursery gardener
perfume his roses." I think that's wise counsel for you in the coming
weeks, Capricorn. It's important that you do what you do best without
any embellishment, pretentiousness, or self-consciousness. Don't you
dare try too hard or think too much or twist yourself like a contortionist
to meet impossible-to-satisfy expectations. Trust the thrust of your
simple urges.
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HOMEWORK: When they say "Be yourself," which self do they mean?
Testify at http://FreeWillAstrology.com.
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