Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
January 28, 2015
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See a pretty version of this newsletter: http://bit.ly/15N9run
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I've gathered together all of the long-term, big-picture horoscopes I wrote
for you in the past few weeks, and bundled them in one place. Go here to
read a compendium of your forecasts for 2015:
http://bit.ly/BigView2015
In addition to these, I've created EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES that go
even further in Exploring Your Long-Term Destiny in 2015.
What will be the story of your life in the coming months? What new
influences will be headed your way? What fresh resources will you be able
to draw on? How can you conspire with life to create the best possible
future for yourself?
To listen to these three-part, in-depth reports, go here:
http://RealAstrology.com.
Register and/or log in through the main page, and then access the
horoscopes by clicking on "Long Range Prediction." (Choose from Part 1,
Part 2, Part 3.)
If you'd like a boost of inspiration to fuel you in your quest for beauty and
truth and love and meaning, tune in to my meditations on your Big-Picture
outlook.
Each of the three-part reports is seven to nine minutes long. The cost is
$6 per report. There are discounts for the purchase of multiple reports.
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I invite you to repeat the following line as many times as necessary:
"I will never again cast a curse on myself."
A good follow-up to the above affirmation is this one: "I always cast a
positive spell on myself."
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A reader calling herself Rebellioness collaborated with me to come up with
five revolutionized approaches to the art of rebellion. I present them here
for your use.
1. Experiment with uppity, mischievous optimism.
2. Invoke insurrectionary levels of wildly interesting generosity.
3. Indulge in an insolent refusal to be chronically fearful.
4. Pursue a cheeky ambition to be as wide-awake as a dissident young
messiah.
5. Bring reckless levels of creative intelligence to all expressions of love.
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Maybe you're better than you think you are at gliding, flowing, leaping,
skipping, twirling, undulating, reverberating, galloping, and rub-a-dub-
dubbing.
It's possible that with just a small attitude adjustment you could be an
expert at rumbling, romping, rollicking, cavorting, and zip-a-dap-doodling.
If you really love your body and throw off some of the inhibitions you
might have about celebrating your instinctual nature, you may drop to the
low end of the scale in performing these activities: shuffling, drooping,
mumbling, wallowing, pigeonholing, and pussyfooting.
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If I ever produce a self-help manual called "The Reverse Psychology of
Getting Everything You Want," it will discuss the following paradoxes:
a. People are more willing to accommodate your longings if you're not
greedy or grasping.
b. A good way to achieve your desires is to cultivate the feeling that you
have already achieved them.
c. Whatever you're longing for has been changed by your pursuit of it. It's
different from what it was when you felt the first pangs of desire. To
make it yours, then, you'll have to modify your ideas about it.
d. Be careful what you wish for because if your wish does materialize it
will require you to change in ways you didn't foresee.
Any others you can think of?
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"The lesson that life constantly enforces is 'Look underfoot.' You are
always nearer to the true sources of your power than you think. The lure
of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is
where you are. Don't despise your own place and hour. Every place is the
center of the world." - naturalist John Burroughs
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning January 29
Copyright 2015 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In 1899, the King of the African nation of
Swaziland died while dancing. His only son, Sobhuza, was soon crowned as
his successor, despite being just four months old. It took a while for the
new King to carry out his duties with aplomb, and he needed major
guidance from his grandmother and uncle. Eventually he showed great
aptitude for the job, though, and ruled until his death at age 83. I'm
getting a Sobhuza-type vibe as I meditate on you, Aquarius. New power
may come to you before you're fully ready to wield it. But I have
confidence you will grow into it, especially if you're not shy about seeking
help.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In the 1951 animated movie version of *Alice
in Wonderland,* Alice says to herself, "I give myself very good advice, but
I very seldom follow it." I hope you won't be like her, Pisces. It's an
excellent time for you to heed your own good advice. In fact, I suspect
that doing so will be crucial to your ability to make smart decisions and
solve a knotty problem. This is one of those turning points when you
really have to practice what you preach. You've got to walk your talk.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Do you have an entourage or posse that helps
you work magic you can't conjure up alone? Is there a group of co-
conspirators that prods you to be brave and farseeing? If not, try to whip
one up. And if you do have an inspirational crew, brainstorm about some
new adventures for all of you to embark on. Scheme and dream about the
smart risks and educational thrills you could attempt together. According
to my reading of the astrological omens, you especially need the sparkle
and rumble that a feisty band of allies can incite.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The cosmos seems to be granting you a
license to be brazenly ambitious. I'm not sure how long this boost will last,
so I suggest you capitalize on it while it's surging. What achievement have
you always felt insufficiently prepared or powerful to accomplish? What
person or club or game have you considered to be out of your league?
What issue have you feared was beyond your understanding? Rethink
your assumptions. At least one of those "impossibilities" may be more
possible than usual.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): When I attended the University of California at
Santa Cruz, my smartest friend was Gemini writer Clare Cavanagh. She
headed off to Harvard for her graduate studies, and later became a pre-
eminent translator of Polish poetry. Her work has been so skillful that
Nobel Prize-winning Polish poet Czselaw Milosz selected her as his
authorized biographer. Interviewing Milosz was a tough job, Clare told
blogger Cynthia Haven. He was demanding. He insisted that she come up
with "questions no one's asked me yet." And she did just that, of course.
Formulating evocative questions is a Gemini specialty. I invite you to
exercise that talent to the hilt in the coming week. It's prime time for you
to celebrate a Curiosity Festival.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): "Somewhere someone is traveling furiously
toward you," writes poet John Ashbery, "at incredible speed, traveling
day and night, through blizzards and desert heat, across torrents, through
narrow passes. But will he know where to find you, recognize you when he
sees you, give you the thing he has for you?" This passage might not be
literally true, Cancerian. There may be no special person who is headed
your way from a great distance, driven by a rapt intention to offer you a
blessing. But I think Ashbery's scenario is accurate in a metaphorical way.
Life is in fact working overtime to bring you gifts and help. Make sure you
cooperate! Heighten your receptivity. Have a nice long talk with yourself,
explaining why you deserve such beneficence.
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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 2015?
You can still listen to my long-range, in-depth explorations of your destiny
in the coming months. Each report in the three-part series is 7 to 9
minutes long.
Go to http://RealAstrology.com.
Register and/or log in through the main page, and then access the
horoscopes by clicking on "Long Range Prediction." (Choose from Part 1,
Part 2, Part 3.)
A new short-range forecast for this week is also available.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In 1768, Britain's Royal Society commissioned
navigator James Cook to lead a long naval voyage west to Tahiti, where
he and his team were supposed to study the planet Venus as it made a
rare transit across the face of the sun. But it turned out that task was a
prelude. Once the transit was done, Cook opened the sealed orders he
had been given before leaving England. They revealed a second, bigger
assignment, kept secret until then: to reconnoiter the rumored continent
that lay west of Tahiti. In the coming months, he became the first
European to visit the east coast of Australia. I foresee a comparable
progression for you, Leo. The task you've been working on lately has been
a prelude. Soon you'll receive your "sealed orders" for the next leg of
your journey.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): According to computer security company
Symantec, you're not in major danger of contracting an online virus from
a porn website. The risk is much greater when you visit religious websites.
Why? They're often built by inexperienced programmers, and as a result
are more susceptible to hackers' attacks. In the coming weeks, Virgo,
there may be a similar principle at work in your life. I suspect you're more
likely to be undermined by nice, polite people than raw, rowdy folks. I'm
not advising you to avoid the do-gooders and sweet faces. Just be careful
that their naivete doesn't cause problems. And in the meantime, check
out what the raw, rowdy folks are up to.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Life has a big, tough assignment for you. Let's
hope you're up for the challenge. There's not much wiggle room, I'm
afraid. Here it is: You must agree to experience more joy and pleasure.
The quest for delight and enchantment has to rise to the top of your
priority list. To be mildly entertained isn't enough. To be satisfied with
lukewarm arousal is forbidden. It's your sacred duty to overflow with
sweet fulfillment and interesting bliss. Find ways to make it happen!
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You may have never sampled the southeast
Asian fruit called durian. It's controversial. Some people regard it as the
"king of fruits," and describe its taste as sweet and delicious. Naturalist
Alfred Russel Wallace said it was like "a rich custard highly flavored with
almonds." But other people find the durian unlikable, comparing its aroma
to turpentine or decaying onions. TV chef Anthony Bourdain asserts that
its "indescribable" taste is "something you will either love or despise." I
foresee the possibility that your imminent future will have metaphorical
resemblances to the durian, Scorpio. My advice? Don't take things
personally.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Talking will be your art form in the
coming week. It'll be healing and catalytic. You could set personal records
for most engaging phone conversations, emails, text messages, and face-
to-face dialogs. The sheer intensity of your self-expression could
intimidate some people, excite others, and generate shifts in your social
life. Here are a few tips to ensure the best results. First, listen as
passionately as you speak. Second, make it your intention to
communicate, not just unload your thoughts. Tailor your messages for
your specific audience. Third, reflect on the sometimes surprising
revelations that emerge from you. They'll give you new insights into
yourself.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Let's say you want to buy an 18-karat
gold ring. To get that much gold, miners had to excavate and move six
tons of rock. Then they doused the rock with poisonous cyanide, a
chemical that's necessary to extract the good stuff. In the process, they
created toxic waste. Is the gold ring worth that much trouble? While you
ponder that, let me ask you a different question. What if I told you that
over the course of the next five months, you could do what's necessary
to obtain a metaphorical version of a gold ring? And although you would
have to process the equivalent of six tons of raw material to get it, you
wouldn't have to use poison or make a mess. Would you do it?
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at FreeWillAstrology.com.
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