Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
March 8, 2017
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YOUR FUTURE
I've gathered together all the Free Will Astrology horoscopes that address
the far-reaching themes of your destiny in the coming months. Read a
compendium of your written horoscopes for 2017:
http://bit.ly/BigPicture2017
In addition to these, I've created three-part, in-depth EXPANDED AUDIO
HOROSCOPES about Your Long-Range Future. They go even further in
exploring your prospects and challenges in 2017.
Who do you want to become in the coming months? Where do you want
to go and what do you want to do? How can you exert your free will to
create adventures that'll bring out the best in you, even as you find
graceful ways to cooperate with the tides of destiny?
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, and Part 3. Each part is a standalone report, not dependent on the
other two.
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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.
P.S. You can also listen to a short-term Expanded Audio Horoscope for
the coming week.
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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
Below are excerpts.
WORLD KISS
All of creation is alive and conscious, and all of creation deserves our
burning, churning, yearning love. All of creation. Not just little parts of it.
Not just the special people and creatures and things that we personally
find beautiful and helpful and interesting. But everything. All of creation
deserves our burning churning yearning love.
If we want to fully evolve into the gorgeous geniuses we were born to be,
if we want to give back as many blessings as we are given, we've got to
be in love with every single part of the Goddess's extravagant
masterpiece.
And so we can't possibly be mere heterosexuals. We can't possibly be
mere homosexuals or bisexuals.
If we want to commune with the world the way the Goddess does, we've
got to be Pantheosexuals -- we've got to be experts in the art of
Polymorphous Perverse Kaleidoscopic and Omnidirectional Goddess
Nuzzling. Anything less is a lie, an obscene limitation.
With this in mind, I invite you to perform the ritual of the World Kiss. To
do the World Kiss, conjure up your most expansive feeling of tenderness -
- like what you might experience when you're infatuated with a new lover
-- and then blow kisses to all of creation.
Blow kisses to the oak trees and sparrows and elephants and weeds. Blow
kisses to the wind and rain and rocks and machines. Blow kisses to the
gardens and jails, the cars and the toys. the politicians and saints, to the
girls and the boys and every gender in between.
And with each World Kiss you bestow, keep uppermost in your emotions a
mood of irreverent adoration and horny compassion. And remember that
it's not enough simply to perform the outer gesture; you've got to have a
heart-on in each of your seven chakras.
Hear the song: http://bit.ly/tlUzBZ
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15% REBELLIOUS RAGE, 85% COMPASSION AND CELEBRATION
Tending to my sanity and being in compassionate service to the world
require me to be in a chronic state of rebellion.
But here's an important caveat: While the rebellion can and should be
partially fueled by anger at the consensual mass hallucination that's
mistakenly referred to as "reality," it must be primarily motivated by love
and joy and the desire to bestow blessings.
A healthy proportion, at least for me, seems to be 15% rage, indignation,
and complaint, and 85% compassion, celebration, and lust for life.
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DAILY REMEMBRANCE
"A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life
are based on the labors of others."
- Albert Einstein
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SECRET FREEDOM
"Freedom is in the unknown. If you believe there is an unknown
everywhere, in your own body, in your relationships with other people, in
political institutions, in the universe, then you have maximum freedom."
- John Lilly
"My doctrine is to think the thought that is unthinkable, to practice the
deed that is unperformable, to speak the speech that is inexpressible, and
to be trained in the discipline that is beyond discipline."
- Buddha, "The Sutra of Forty-two Sections"
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SHOCKING HEROES
Liviu Librescu, a Romanian-born Israeli and American scientist, teacher,
and Holocaust survivor, held the door of his classroom closed during the
Virginia Tech shootings, sacrificing his life while the gunman continuously
shot through the door. 22 of his 23 students were able to flee out the
window, reaching safety, as Librescu delayed the gunman.
First-grade teacher Victoria Soto hid all of her students in cabinets and
cupboards during the Sandy Hook shooting, and stood blocking the door
to her classroom when the shooter arrived. The shooter killed her, but
every one of her students survived.
More about Librescu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liviu_Librescu
More about Soto: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Leigh_Soto
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning March 9
Copyright 2017 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): If you normally wear adornments and
accessories and fine disguises, I invite you not to do so for the next two
weeks. Instead, try out an unembellished, what-you-see-is-what-you-get
approach to your appearance. If, on the other hand, you don't normally
wear adornments and accessories and fine disguises, I encourage you to
embrace such possibilities in a spirit of fun and enthusiasm. Now you may
inquire: How can these contradictory suggestions both apply to the Pisces
tribe? The answer: There's a more sweeping mandate behind it all,
namely: to tinker and experiment with the ways you present yourself . . .
to play around with strategies for translating your inner depths into outer
expression.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): As soon as you can, sneak away to a private
place where you can be alone -- preferably to a comfy sanctuary where
you can indulge in eccentric behavior without being seen or heard or
judged. When you get there, launch into an extended session of moaning
and complaining. I mean do it out loud. Wail and whine and whisper about
everything that's making you sad and puzzled and crazy. For best results,
leap into the air and wave your arms. Whirl around in erratic figure-eights
while drooling and messing up your hair. Breathe extra deeply. And all the
while, let your pungent emotions and poignant fantasies flow freely
through your wild heart. Keep on going until you find the relief that lies on
the other side.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): "I've always belonged to what isn't where I
am and to what I could never be," wrote Portuguese writer Fernando
Pessoa (1888-1935). That was his prerogative, of course. Or maybe it
was a fervent desire of his, and it came true. I bring his perspective to
your attention, Taurus, because I believe your mandate is just the
opposite, at least for the next few weeks: You must belong to what is
where you are. You must belong to what you will always be.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Nothing is ever as simple as it may seem. The
bad times always harbor opportunities. The good times inevitably have a
caveat. According to my astrological analysis, you'll prove the latter truth
in the coming weeks. On one hand, you will be closer than you've been in
many moons to your ultimate sources of meaning and motivation. On the
other hand, you sure as hell had better take advantage of this good
fortune. You can't afford to be shy about claiming the rewards and
accepting the responsibilities that come with the opportunities.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Seek intimacy with experiences that are dewy
and slippery and succulent. Make sure you get more than your fair share
of swirling feelings and flowing sensations, cascading streams and misty
rain, arousing drinks and sumptuous sauces, warm baths and purifying
saunas, skin moisturizers and lustrous massages, the milk of human
kindness and the buttery release of deep sex -- and maybe even a
sensational do-it-yourself baptism that frees you from at least some of
your regrets. Don't stay thirsty, my undulating friend. Quench your need
to be very, very wet. Gush and spill. Be gushed and spilled on.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Would you like to live to the age of 99? If so,
experiences and realizations that arrive in the coming weeks could be
important in that project. A window to longevity will open, giving you a
chance to gather clues about actions you can take and meditations you
can do to remain vital for ten decades. I hope you're not too much of a
serious, know-it-all adult to benefit from this opportunity. If you'd like to
be deeply receptive to the secrets of a long life, you must be able to see
with innocent, curious eyes. Playfulness is not just a winsome quality in
this quest; it's an essential asset.
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MAYBE JOY AND PLEASURE ARE ESSENTIAL SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES
Assume that your drive to experience pleasure and happiness isn't a
barrier to your spiritual growth, but is in fact essential to it. Proceed on
the hypothesis that cultivating joy can make you a more ethical and
compassionate person. Imagine that feeling good has something
important to teach you every day.
For inspiration in practicing this approach, tune in to your EXPANDED
AUDIO HOROSCOPES. They're four-to-five-minute meditations on the
current state of your destiny.
To listen to your Expanded Audio Horoscope online, go to
http://RealAstrology.com.
Register and/or log in through the main page.
You can also listen over the phone by calling 1-877-873-4888.
The cost is $6 per sign on the Web (discounts available for bulk
purchases), or $1.99 per minute by phone.
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"Your expanded horoscopes get more personal and intimate with me than
some of my closest friends. Thanks for the loving reflections."
- Ari S., Ann Arbor, MI
"When I listen to your audio 'scopes, my free will lights up." - Alex D., Los
Angeles
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You're ripe. You're delectable. Your
intelligence is especially sexy. I think it's time to unveil the premium
version of your urge to merge. To prepare, let's review a few flirtation
strategies. The eyebrow flash is a good place to start. A subtle, flicking
lick of your lips is a fine follow-up. Try tilting your neck to the side ever-
so-coyly. If there are signs of reciprocation from the other party, smooth
your hair or pat your clothes. Fondle nearby objects like a wine glass or
your keys. And this is very important: Listen raptly to the person you're
wooing. P.S.: If you already have a steady partner, use these techniques
as part of a crafty plan to draw him or her into deeper levels of affection.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Let's talk about a compassionate version of
robbery. The thieves who practice this art don't steal valuable things you
love. Rather, they pilfer stuff you don't actually need but are reluctant to
let go of. For example, the spirit of a beloved ancestor may sweep into
your nightmare and carry off a delicious poison that has been damaging
you in ways you've become comfortable with. A bandit angel might sneak
into your imagination and burglarize the debilitating beliefs and
psychological crutches you cling to as if they were bars of gold. Are you
interested in benefiting from this service? Ask and you shall receive.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Evolved Scorpios don't fantasize about bad
things happening to their competitors and adversaries. They don't seethe
with smoldering desires to torment anyone who fails to give them what
they want. They may, however, experience urges to achieve TOTAL
CUNNNG DAZZLING MERCILESS VICTORY over those who won't
acknowledge them as golden gods or golden goddesses. But even then,
they don't indulge in the deeply counterproductive emotion of hatred.
Instead, they sublimate their ferocity into a drive to keep honing their
talents. After all, that game plan is the best way to accomplish something
even better than mere revenge: success in fulfilling their dreams. Please
keep these thoughts close to your heart in the coming weeks.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): "The noble art of music is the greatest
treasure in the world," wrote Martin Luther (1483-1546), a revolutionary
who helped break the stranglehold of the Catholic Church on the European
imagination. I bring this up, Sagittarius, because you're entering a phase
when you need the kind of uprising that's best incited by music. So I
invite you to gather the tunes that have inspired you over the years, and
also go hunting for a fresh batch. Then listen intently, curiously, and
creatively as you feed your intention to initiate constructive mutation. Its
time to overthrow anything about your status quo that is jaded, lazy,
sterile, or apathetic.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "Either you learn to live with paradox and
ambiguity or you'll be six years old for the rest of your life," says author
Anne Lamott. How are you doing with that lesson, Capricorn? Still
learning? If you would like to get even more advanced teachings about
paradox and ambiguity -- as well as conundrums, incongruity, and
anomalies -- there will be plenty of chances in the coming weeks. Be glad!
Remember the words of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Niels Bohr: "How
wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of
making progress."
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Lichen is a hardy form of life that by some
estimates covers six percent of the earth's surface. It thrives in arctic
tundra and rainforests, on tree bark and rock surfaces, on walls and toxic
slag heaps, from sea level to alpine environments. The secret of its
success is symbiosis. Fungi and algae band together (or sometimes fungi
and bacteria) to create a blended entity; two very dissimilar organisms
forge an intricate relationship that comprises a third organism. I propose
that you regard lichen as your spirit ally in the coming weeks, Aquarius.
You're primed for some sterling symbioses.
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Homework: For an hour, act as if you're living the life you've always
wanted to. Testify at Freewillastrology.com.
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