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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
July 3, 2013
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My mid-year, long-term audio horoscopes are still available. There's more
information about them below.
Whether or not you want to tune in to those Big Picture audio reports for
the rest of 2013, you may be interested in reviewing the long-term
horoscopes I've written for you.
To see them, go here: http://bit.ly/LongTermLook
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WHAT'S AHEAD FOR YOU in the next six to nine months?
To hear my IN-DEPTH, LONG-TERM AUDIO FORECAST for YOUR LIFE for
the rest of 2013 and beyond, go here:
http://RealAstrology.com
Log in through the main page, and then click on the link "Long Term
Forecast for Second Half of 2013."
What areas of your life are likely to receive unexpected assistance and
divine inspiration?
Where are the prime sources of motivation that will be welling up from
your depths?
How can you best cooperate with the cosmic rhythms?
Where are you likely to find most success?
Tune in.
You can also listen to your short-term forecast for the coming week by
clicking on "This week (July 2, 2013)."
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My book
*PRONOIA IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR PARANOIA*
is available at Amazon: http://bit.ly/Pronoia
or Powells: http://bit.ly/PronoiaPowells
Here's an excerpt:
HEALING SHOCKS
Many of us are essentially asleep, even as we walk around in broad
daylight. We're so focused on the restless narratives and repetitive
fantasies unfurling in our heads that we only dimly perceive the larger
story raging in all of its chaotic beauty around us.
To have any hope of permanently breaking out of our fuzzy trance, we
require regular shocks. A single jolt might cause us to briefly come to
attention and see the miracle of creation for what it is, but once the red
alert has passed, we relax back into our fixation on the dreamy tales our
mind never stops telling us.
In the course of its conspiracy to shower us with blessings, life does its
best to provide us with a steady flow of healing shocks. But because it
tends to err on the side of tenderness, its prods may be too gentle,
allowing us to ignore them. Gradually, life will up the ante, trying to find
the right mix of toughness and love, as it encourages us to WAKE UP!
But our addiction to the phantasmagoria is tenacious. The stream-of-
conscious narratives and ever-bubbling fantasies, even when they're
racked with torment and terror, are perversely entertaining. And so we
may avoid responding to the kind shocks for so long that life finally has to
resort to stronger medicine. Then we might get sick or lose our job or
muck up our closest relationship.
It doesn't have to be that way . . . .
TO READ THE REST OF THIS PIECE (and listen to it, too), go HERE:
http://bit.ly/w3aGva
Or buy the book! It's called *PRONOIA IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR PARANOIA*
and is available here: http://bit.ly/Pronoia
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
1. Prominent Scientists Sign Declaration that Animals have Conscious
Awareness, Just Like Us. An international group of prominent scientists
has signed The Cambridge Declaration of Consciousness in which they
proclaim their support for the idea that animals are conscious and aware
to the degree that humans are -- a list of animals that includes all
mammals, birds, and even the octopus.
More: http://tinyurl.com/m8lhtcj
2. Cost Of Solar Panels To Drop To $0.36 Per Watt By 2017.
A 1,000-watt panel will cost $360 (not counting installation), but last
about six times longer than batteries. Suddenly, that $360 sounds good.
http://tinyurl.com/m8btmoc
3. From the annals of PRONOIA HISTORY:
"Described as the 'savior of mothers,' Ignaz Semmelweis discovered that
the incidence of puerperal fever could be drastically cut by the use of
hand disinfection in obstetrical clinics. Puerperal fever was common in
mid-19th-century hospitals and often fatal, with mortality at 10%–35%.
Semmelweis proposed the practice of washing with chlorinated lime
solutions in 1847 while working in Vienna General Hospital's First
Obstetrical Clinic, where doctors' wards had three times the mortality of
midwives' wards.
"Despite various publications of results where hand-washing reduced
mortality to below 1%, Semmelweis's observations conflicted with the
established scientific and medical opinions of the time and his ideas were
rejected by the medical community. Semmelweis's practice earned
widespread acceptance only years after his death, when Louis Pasteur
confirmed the germ theory and Joseph Lister, acting on the French
microbiologist's research, practiced and operated, using hygienic
methods, with great success."
The text above is from Wikipedia: http://tinyurl.com/ye6lsvl
(Note: I endorse these because I like them. They are not advertisements,
and I get no kickbacks.)
Please tell me your own personal nominations for PRONOIA RESOURCES.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning July 4
Copyright 2013 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Thomas Gray was a renowned 18th-century
English poet best remembered for his "Elegy Written in a Country
Churchyard." It was a short poem -- only 986 words, which is less than
the length of this horoscope column. On the other hand, it took him
seven years to write it, or an average of 12 words per month. I suspect
that you are embarking on a labor of love that will evolve at a gradual
pace, too, Cancerian. It might not occupy you for seven years, but it will
probably take longer than you imagine. And yet, that's exactly how long it
should take. This is a character-building, life-defining project that can't
and shouldn't be rushed.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The 18th-century German philosopher Georg
Christoph Lichtenberg accepted the possibility that some humans have
the power of clairvoyance. "The 'second sight' possessed by the
Highlanders in Scotland is actually a foreknowledge of future events," he
wrote. "I believe they possess this gift because they don't wear trousers.
That is also why in all countries women are more prone to utter
prophecies." I bring this to your attention, Leo, because I believe that in
the coming weeks you're likely to catch accurate glimpses of what's to
come -- especially when you're not wearing pants.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Were you nurtured well by caring adults in the
first year of your life? If so, I bet you now have the capacity to fix
whatever's ailing your tribe or posse. You could offer some inspiration
that will renew everyone's motivation to work together. You might
improve the group communication as you strengthen the foundation that
supports you all. And what about if you were NOT given an abundance of
tender love as a young child? I think you will still have the power to raise
your crew's mood, but you may end up kicking a few butts along the way.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Summing up his experiment in living at Walden
Pond, naturalist Henry David Thoreau said this: "I learned that if one
advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live
the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in
common hours. He will pass an invisible boundary; new, universal, and
more liberal laws will begin to establish themselves around and within him;
or the old laws will be expanded, and interpreted in his favor in a more
liberal sense, and he will live with the license of a higher order of beings."
Given the astrological factors that will be impacting your life in the next
12 months, Libra, you might consider adopting this philosophy as your
own.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Thirteen thousand years ago, lions and
mammoths and camels roamed parts of North America. But along with
many other large beasts, they ultimately became extinct. Possible
explanations for their demise include climate change and over-hunting by
humans. In recent years a group of biologists has proposed a plan to
repopulate the western part of the continent with similar species. They
call their idea "re-wilding." In the coming months, Scorpio, I suggest you
consider a re-wilding program of your own. Cosmic forces will be on your
side if you reinvigorate your connection to the raw, primal aspects of
both your own nature and the great outdoors.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Who was Russia's greatest poet? Many
critics say it was Alexander Pushkin, who lived in the 19th century. His
abundant creativity was undoubtedly related to his unruly libido. By the
time he was 31 years old, he'd had 112 lovers. But then he met his
ultimate muse, the lovely and intelligent Natalya Goncharova, to whom he
remained faithful. "Without you," he wrote to her, "I would have been
unhappy all my life." I half-expect something comparable to happen for
you in the next ten months, Sagittarius. You may either find an
unparalleled ally or else finally ripen your relationship with an unparalleled
ally you've known for a while. One way or another, I bet you will commit
yourself deeper and stronger.
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WHAT'S TO COME?
BRAINSTORM ABOUT THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE
with my Expanded Audio Horoscopes for the Second Half of 2013:
http://RealAstrology.com
What will be the story of your life during the rest of 2013? 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? Tune in to my meditations on your long-term outlook.
Go here: http://RealAstrology.com
Log in and click on the link
"Long Term Forecast for Second Half of 2013"
You can also listen to your short-term forecast for the coming week by
clicking on "This week (July 2, 2013)."
"Your Expanded Audio Horoscopes provide me with the Rest of the Story.
I'm not necessarily a believer in the scientific accuracy of astrology, but I
do think you've got a lot of practical wisdom to impart."
- M. Tennenbaum, New York
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): It's Grease Week -- a time when you need
to make sure everything is as well-oiled as possible. Does your car need a
quart of Castrol? Is it time to bring more extra virgin olive oil into your
kitchen? Do you have any K-Y Jelly in your nightstand, just in case? Are
there creaky doors or stuck screws or squeaky wheels that could use
some WD-40? Be liberal with the lubrication, Capricorn -- both literally and
metaphorically. You need smooth procedures and natural transitions.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Two years into the War of 1812, British
soldiers invaded Washington, D.C. They set fire to the White House and
other government buildings. The flames raged out of control, spreading in
all directions. The entire city was in danger of burning. In the nick of time,
a fierce storm hit, producing a tornado and heavy rains. Most of the fires
were extinguished. Battered by the weather, the British army retreated.
America's capital was saved. I predict that you, Aquarius, will soon be the
beneficiary of a somewhat less dramatic example of this series of events.
Give thanks for the "lucky storm."
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Like the legendary Most Interesting Man in
the World who shills for Dos Equis beer, you will never step in gum on the
sidewalk or lose a sock in the coming weeks. Your cereal will never get
soggy; it'll sit there, staying crispy, just for you. The pheromones you
secrete will affect people miles away. You'll have the power to pop open a
pinata with the blink of your eye. If you take a Rorschach test, you'll ace
it. Ghosts will sit around campfires telling stories about you. Cafes and
restaurants may name sandwiches after you. If you so choose, you'll be
able to live vicariously through yourself. You will give your guardian angel
a sense of security.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In his book *The Fisher King and the Handless
Maiden,* Robert Johnson says many of us are as much in debt with our
psychic energy as we are with our financial life. We work too hard. We
rarely refresh ourselves with silence and slowness and peace. We don't
get enough sleep or good food or exposure to nature. And so we're
routinely using up more of our reserves than we are able to replenish.
We're chronically running a deficit. "It is genius to store energy," says
Johnson. He recommends creating a plan to save it up so that you always
have more than enough to draw on when an unexpected opportunity
arrives. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to make this a habit,
Aries.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In the course of your long life, I estimate you
will come up with approximately 60,000 really good ideas. Some of these
are small, like those that help you decide how to spend your weekend.
Some are big ones, like those that reveal the best place for you to live. As
your destiny unfolds, you go through phases when you have fewer good
ideas than average, and other phases when you're overflowing with them.
The period you're in right now is one of the latter. You are a fountain of
bright notions, intuitive insights, and fresh perspectives. Take advantage
of the abundance, Taurus. Solve as many riddles and dilemmas as you
can.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): No one knows the scientific reasons why long-
distance runners sometimes get a "second wind." Nonetheless, such a
thing exists. It allows athletes to resume their peak efforts after
seemingly having reached a point of exhaustion. According to my reading
of the astrological omens, a metaphorical version of this happy event will
occur for you sometime soon, Gemini. You made a good beginning but
have been flagging a bit of late. Any minute now, though, I expect you will
get your second wind.
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you know it would change your life for the better? Write
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