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Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
June 18, 2014
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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:
Dumb pain is the kind of pain you're compulsively drawn back to out of
habit. It's familiar, and thus perversely comfortable.
Smart pain is the kind of pain that surprises you with valuable teachings
and inspires you to see the world with new eyes.
While stupid pain is often born of fear, wise pain is typically stirred up by
love.
The dumb, unproductive stuff comes from allowing yourself to be
controlled by your early conditioning and from doing things that are out
of harmony with your essence.
The smart, useful variety arises out of an intention to approach life as a
beautiful, interesting game that's worthy of your curiosity.
I invite you to come up with more definitions about the difference
between dumb pain and smart pain.
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According to Nobel Prize-winning biologist Francis Crick, our nightly
dreams consist of nothing more than hallucinations produced as the brain
flushes out metabolic wastes. Of the many arguments that can be
mustered against this appalling idiocy, none is more forceful than the life
of Harriet Tubman.
After escaping from slavery in 1849, she helped organize the
Underground Railroad and personally led hundreds slaves to freedom. Few
history books choose to convey the fact that she often relied on her
dreams to provide specific information about where to find safe houses,
helpers, and passages through dangerous territory.
Robert Moss tells the whole story in his book "Dreaming True."
http://tinyurl.com/kfl686o
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
Unleashing Empathy: How Teachers Transform Classrooms With Emotional
Learning. The secret to learning self-awareness, cooperation, and other
"social and emotional learning" skills lies in experience, not in workbooks
and rote classroom exercises.
http://tinyurl.com/m4dcyx8
Seattle Wins $15 Minimum Wage. Activists built support for the ordinance
by demonstrating that it would reduce poverty in the city.
http://tinyurl.com/o9fomaa
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed regulation that would
require power plants to cut emissions by 30 percent from 2005 levels by
2030.
http://tinyurl.com/nz83lw9
(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 June 19
Copyright 2014 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Boston's Museum of Fine Arts has a collection
of Japanese art that is never on display. It consists of 6,600 wood-block
prints created by artists of the *ukiyo-e* school, also known as "pictures
of the floating world." Some are over 300 years old. They are tucked
away in drawers and hidden from the light, ensuring that their vibrant
colors won't fade. So they are well-preserved but rarely seen by anyone.
Is there anything about you that resembles these pictures of the floating
world, Cancerian? Do you keep parts of you secret, protecting them from
what might happen if you show them to the world? It may be time to
revise that policy. (Thanks to Molly Oldfield's *The Secret Museum* for
the info referred to here.)
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the next two weeks, I hope you don't fall prey
to the craze that has been sweeping Japan. Over 40,000 people have
bought books that feature the photos of *hamuketsu,* or hamster
bottoms. Even if you do manage to avoid being consumed by that
particular madness, I'm afraid you might get caught up in trifles and
distractions that are equally irrelevant to your long-term dreams. Here's
what I suggest: To counteract any tendency you might have to neglect
what's truly important, vow to focus intensely on what's truly important.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Writing at FastCompany.com, Himanshu
Saxena suggests that businesses create a new position: Chief Paradox
Officer, or CPXO. This person would be responsible for making good use of
the conflicts and contradictions that normally arise, treating them as
opportunities for growth rather than as distractions. From my astrological
perspective, you Virgos are currently prime candidates to serve in this
capacity. You will continue to have special powers to do this type of work
for months to come.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In accordance with the astrological omens, you
are hereby granted a brief, one-time-only license to commit the Seven
Deadly Sins. You heard me correctly, Libra. As long as you don't go to
extremes, feel free to express healthy amounts of pride, greed, laziness,
gluttony, anger, envy, and lust. At least for now, there will be relatively
little hell to pay for these indulgences. Just one caveat: If I were you, I
wouldn't invest a lot of energy in anger and envy. Technically, they are
permitted, but they aren't really much fun. On the other hand, greed,
gluttony, and lust could be quite pleasurable, especially if you don't take
yourself too seriously. Pride and laziness may also be enjoyable in
moderate, artful amounts.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio novelist Kurt Vonnegut rebelled
against literary traditions. His stories were often hybrids of science fiction
and autobiography. Free-form philosophizing blended with satirical moral
commentary. He could be cynical yet playful, and he told a lot of jokes. "I
want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over," he
testified. "Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see
from the center." He's your role model for the next four weeks, Scorpio.
Your challenge will be to wander as far as you can into the frontier
without getting hopelessly lost.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): "Make a name for the dark parts of
you," writes Lisa Marie Basile in her poem "Paz." I think that's good advice
for you, Sagittarius. The imminent future will be an excellent time to fully
acknowledge the shadowy aspects of your nature. More than that, it will
be a perfect moment to converse with them, get to know them better,
and identify their redeeming features. I suspect you will find that just
because they are dark doesn't mean they are bad or shameful. If you
approach them with love and tenderness, they may even reveal their
secret genius.
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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 2014 and
beyond:
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What will be the story of your life during the rest of 2014 and beyond?
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 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:
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Or for phone access, call:
1-877-873-4888
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Pet mice that are kept in cages need to
move more than their enclosed space allows, so their owners often
provide them with exercise wheels. If the rodents want to exert their
natural instinct to run around, they've got to do it on this device. But
here's a curious twist: a team of Dutch researchers has discovered that
wild mice also enjoy using exercise wheels. The creatures have all the
room to roam they need, but when they come upon the wheels in the
middle of the forest, they hop on and go for prolonged spins. I suggest
you avoid behavior like that, Capricorn. Sometime soon you will find
yourself rambling through more spacious places. When that happens,
don't act like you do when your freedom is more limited.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It's transition time. We will soon see how
skilled you are at following through. The innovations you have launched in
recent weeks need to be fleshed out. The creativity you unleashed must
get the full backing of your practical action. You will be asked to make
good on the promises you made or even implied. I want to urge you not
to get your feelings hurt if some pruning and editing are required. In fact,
I suggest you relish the opportunity to translate fuzzy ideals into tidy
structures. Practicing the art of ingenious limitation will make everything
better.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): It's always important for you to shield
yourself against our culture's superficial and sexist ideas about sex. It's
always important for you to cultivate your own unique and soulful
understandings about sex. But right now this is even more crucial than
usual. You are headed into a phase when you will have the potential to
clarify and deepen your relationship with eros. In ways you have not
previously imagined, you can learn to harness your libido to serve both
your spiritual aspirations and your quest for greater intimacy.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): If you were alive 150 years ago and needed to
get a tooth extracted, you might have called on a barber or blacksmith or
wigmaker to do the job. (Dentistry didn't become a formal occupation
until the latter part of the 19th century.) Today you wouldn't dream of
seeking anyone but a specialist to attend to the health of your mouth.
But I'm wondering if you are being less particular about certain other
matters concerning your welfare. Have you been seeking financial advice
from your massage therapist? Spiritual counsel from your car repair
person? Nutritional guidance from a fast-food addict? I suggest you avoid
such behavior. It's time to ask for specific help from those who can
actually provide it.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): "My music is best understood by children and
animals," said composer Igor Stravinsky. A similar statement could be
made about you Tauruses in the coming weeks: You will be best
understood by children and animals -- and by all others who have a
capacity for dynamic innocence and a buoyant curiosity rooted in
emotional intelligence. In fact, those are the types I advise you to
surround yourself with. For now, it's best to avoid sophisticates who
overthink everything and know-it-all cynics whose default mode is
criticism. Take control of what influences you absorb. You need to be in
the presence of those who help activate your vitality and enthusiasm.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): "Nikhedonia" is an obscure English word that
refers to the pleasure that comes from anticipating success or good
fortune. There's nothing wrong with indulging in this emotion as long as it
doesn't interfere with you actually doing the work that will lead to
success or good fortune. But the problem is, nikhedonia makes some
people lazy. Having experienced the thrill of imagining their victory, they
find it hard to buckle down and slog through the gritty details necessary
to manifest their victory. Don't be like that. Enjoy your nikhedonia, then
go and complete the accomplishment that will bring a second, even
stronger wave of gratification.
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Homework: Compose an exciting prayer in which you ask for something
you're not "supposed" to. FreeWillAstrology.com
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