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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
January 15, 2014
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What new influences will be headed your way in 2014? What fresh
resources will you be able to draw on? How can you conspire with life to
create the best possible future for yourself?
This week, my EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES feature Part 3 of the long-
range, in-depth explorations of your destiny in 2014.
Part 1 and Part 2 of your Year-End Predictions, which I offered the last
two weeks, are also still available.
What will be the story of your life in 2014? 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?
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
Ten Environmental Triumphs of 2013
It's important to note the environmental triumphs and victories that
tribes either helped engineer or benefited from, or both.
Several species began coming back, many of them thanks to the efforts
of tribal programs. Northwest tribes were pleased to see a record return
of Chinook salmon to the Columbia River. A healthy wolf population
flourished in Yellowstone National Park, strengthening the wildlife web
around it. Here are some of the more notable wins, and the tribes
involved in making them happen.
1. Pushing Back Against Mega-Loads
2. The Return of the Salmon
3. Black-Footed Ferret Rebounds
4. White Sturgeon Stages Comeback
5. Air Spawning Keeps Steelhead Trout Alive
6. Cougars Swarm Turtle Island
7. Big Oil Admits Defeat in the Chukchi Sea
8. Bison Gets Its Day
9. Eagle Killing Doesn't Pay
10. Wolves Prove Their Worth
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Please tell me your own personal nominations for PRONOIA RESOURCES.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning January 16
Copyright 2014 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Metaphorically speaking, you have recently
come into possession of some new seeds. They are robust. They are
hardy. They have the potential to grow into big, strong blooms. So when
should you plant them, metaphorically speaking? I'm going to suggest
that you wait a while longer. It wouldn't be bad for them if you sowed
them right now, but I think their long-term vitality will be even greater if
you postpone the planting for at least a week. Two weeks might be
better. Trust your intuition.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The Flemish artist Jan van Eyck (1385-
1441) was renowned for his innovative mastery of oil painting. He signed
many of his works not just with his name but also with his motto: *Als ick
kan.* Its idiomatic translation is "The best I can do." What he meant was
that he had pushed his talent and craft to the limit, and then stopped and
relaxed, content that he had given all he could. I invite you to have a
similar attitude as you wrap up the projects you're currently involved in,
Aquarius. Summon all your passion and intelligence as you create the
most excellent outcome possible, but also know when to quit. Don't try
*too* hard; just try hard.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): It's an excellent time to rise up and revolt
against conventional wisdom. I urge you to immunize yourself against
trendy groupthink as you outwit and outmaneuver the status quo. Have
fun and activate your playful spirit to the max as you create workarounds
to the way things have always been done. At the same time, Pisces, stay
acutely attuned to your compassion and common sense. Don't be a
quarrelsome intransigent. Don't be rebellious just to please your ego. If
you follow these guidelines, you will be able to pull off a graceful
insurrection that both soothes and stimulates your soul.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Whose enemy are you? Are you anyone's
adversary or obstructionist or least favorite person? Answer honestly,
please. Don't be in denial. Next question: Do you derive anything useful
from playing this oppositional role? If your answer is yes, that's fine. I
won't try to talk you out of it. Continue to reap the benefits of being
someone's obstacle. But if, on the other hand, you get little value out of
this negative relationship, now would be a good time to change it. You
have more power than usual to free yourself from being an antagonist.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You Tauruses are customarily more grounded
than the rest of us. But this week, I'm wondering if you will be tempted to
escape the laws of gravity and rebel against the call of duty. I suspect
that your dreams, at least, will feature uninhibited forays into the wild
blue yonder. While you're sleeping you may float weightlessly in an
interplanetary spaceship, become an eagle and soar over forests, wear a
futuristic jet pack on your back and zip through the sky, sail across the
Serengeti Plains in a hot-air balloon, or have a picnic on a cloud with a
feast of cotton candy and sponge cake and mint tea. Would you consider
bringing this kind of fun into your waking life?
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): What part of your life is too small, and you
want to make it bigger? Is there a situation that's overly intense and
dramatic, and you wish you could feel more light-hearted about it, less
oppressed? Are you on a quest that has become claustrophobic, and
you'd love to find a way to make it more spacious and relaxed? If you
answered yes to any of those questions, Gemini, there's good news. Very
soon now, you will have a close encounter with the magic you need to
open what has been closed and expand what has been narrow. Be alert for
it. Be crafty as you gather it in and harness it for your use.
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LET'S IMAGINE WHAT BEAUTIFUL MYSTERIES
MIGHT BE COMING YOUR WAY IN THE COMING YEAR
Who do you want to become in 2014? Where do you want to go and
what do you want to do? Would you like some inspiration as you muse
and wonder about your upcoming adventures?
In this week's EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES, I offer you Part 3 of MY
long-term, in-depth exploration of your destiny in the coming year.
Part 1 and Part 2 are still available.
To listen to your BIG PICTURE horoscopes online, go to
http://RealAstrology.com.
Register and/or log in through the main page, and then click on the link
"Long Term Forecast for 2014."
The cost is $6 per sign on the Web (discounts with the purchase of
multiple tokens).
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): In her poem "Catch a Body," Ilse Bendorf says
she dislikes the advice "Don't ever tell anybody anything." On the other
hand, "Tell everyone everything" isn't the right approach, either, she
says. Judging from your astrological omens, Cancerian, I surmise that
you're wavering between those two extremes. You're tempted to think
you've got to do one or the other. Should you cultivate the power that
comes from being silent, and keep people guessing about your true
feelings? Or should you seek greater intimacy but risk giving away your
power by confessing all your inner thoughts? I suggest you take a middle
path. Tell the vivid truth, but carefully and incrementally.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): If a substance has been burned, it can't be burned
again. There's no flammable stuff left to feed a fire. That's simple physics.
Now as for the question of whether a person can be burned more than
once -- we're speaking metaphorically here -- the answer is, unfortunately,
yes. Some folks don't learn from their mistakes and don't have enough
emotional intelligence to avoid the bullies and manipulators who burn
them again in the future. But I'm confident that you aren't one of these
types, Leo, or that at least you won't be in the coming days. You may
have been burned before, but you won't be burned this time.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): "People who don't take risks generally make
about two big mistakes a year," said author Peter Drucker. "People who
do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year." In general I
agree with that assessment. But I think it needs to be altered for your
situation in the coming months. Here's the adjusted version of the
formula: Virgos who don't take risks in 2014 will make an average of 3.1
big mistakes. Virgos who do take risks in 2014 will make, at most, a half a
big mistake.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "You know what the greatest tragedy is in the
whole world?" asks novelist Terry Pratchett. "It's all the people who never
find out what it is they really want to do or what it is they're really good
at. It's all the people who never get to know what it is that they can really
be." If that description applies to you even a little, Libra -- if you're still
not completely sure what you're good at it and what you want to do --
the coming months will be prime time to fix that problem. Start now!
How? Open your mind to the possibility that you don't know yourself as
well as you someday will. Take vocational tests. Ask smart people you
trust to tell you what they think about your special aptitudes and unique
qualities. And one more thing: Be wildly honest with yourself about what
excites you.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In his book *Schottenfreude: German Words
for the Human Condition,* Ben Schott dreams up new compound German
words for use in English. Here's one that would serve you well in the
coming week: *Fingerspitzentanz,* meaning "fingertips-dance." Schott
says it refers to "tiny triumphs of nimble-fingered dexterity." His
examples: fastening a bracelet, tightening a miniscule screw, unknotting,
removing a recalcitrant sticker in one unbroken peel, rolling a joint,
identifying an object by touch alone, slipping something off a high shelf.
Both literally and metaphorically speaking, Scorpio, you now have an
abundance of this capacity. Everything about you is more agile and deft
and limber than usual. You'll be a master of *Fingerspitzentanz.*
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The four elements that compose
cocaine are the same as those that make up TNT, caffeine, and nylon:
hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen. The combinations and
proportions of elements are different in each substance, of course. But
the point, for our purposes, is that the same raw materials lead to
different results. I foresee a similar drama unfolding in your own life,
Sagittarius. How you assemble the ingredients you currently have at your
disposal could produce either a rough and ragged high, a volatile risk, a
pleasant stimulation, or a useful resource. Which will it be?
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Homework: When they say "Be yourself," which self do they mean?
Testify at FreeWillAstrology.com.
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