Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
December 26, 2018
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In 2019, I wish you captivating adventures that help weave together
diverse threads of your experience, inspiring you to feel at home in the
world and fall in love with life again and again.
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EXPLORE THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE
with my EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES for the Coming Year.
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What new influences and opportunities will be headed your way in 2019?
What fresh resources will you be able to draw on? How can you conspire
with life to create the best possible future for yourself?
Beginning this week, and for the next two weeks as well, I'm exploring the
BIG PICTURE of your life in my Expanded Audio Horoscopes. If you slip into
a philosophical, visionary mood at the end of each year, you might
appreciate my perspectives on your long-term outlook.
To listen to your BIG PICTURE horoscopes online, go to
https://freewillastrology.sparkns.com
Register and/or log in through the main page, and then click on the link
"Long Term Prediction for 2019."
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Each forecast is 7-9 minutes long.
P.S. You can still access last week's sneak-peek at 2019. In these
expanded audio horoscopes, I describe some major themes I think you'll
be working and playing with in 2019. After you register and/or log in,
click on "Last Week (Dec. 18, 2018)."
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WHAT WILL 2019 BRING?
"2019: we're hydrated, having good sex with people who deserve us,
eating veggies, hiking, leaving behind toxic relationships, communicating
our feelings, saying no, respecting the planet and the animals on it,
spoiling ourselves with love, and smashing the patriarchy."
-Candace Reels,
the Female Collective: https://www.facebook.com/candace.reels
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COLLABORATING WITH THE RELENTLESS COSMIC IMPERATIVE TO CHANGE
What do we need to kill off in ourselves in order to tune in to the beauty
that's hidden from us?
What worn-out shticks are blinding us to the blessings that life is
conspiring to give us?
Which of our theories may have been useful and even brilliant in the past
but are now keeping us from becoming aware of the ever_-fresh creation
that unfolds before us?
It's not enough to terminate our stale mental habits just once. The price
of admission into pronoia is a commitment to continual dying.
We have to ask ourselves rude questions and kick our own asses again
and again.
Today's versions of beauty, truth, love, goodness, justice, and liberation
will pass away.
To keep abreast of the latest developments — to cultivate tomorrow's
versions of pronoia — we have to immerse ourselves regularly in the
waters of chaos.
Our relationship with pronoia has to be a never-ending improvisation.
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CONJURING BLESSINGS FOR YOURSELF
One of the blessings I hope you can conjure up in 2019 is a growing skill
in the right use of memory. What would that involve exactly?
On the one hand, it would mean you'd cultivate a strong grasp of
historical patterns; you'd be a keen student of the twists and turns of
your own life's journey.
On the other hand, you wouldn't force every new event to be evaluated
solely in terms of what has happened in the past; you'd recognize that
some experiences may be mostly fresh.
Other ideas?
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SURROUND YOURSELF
"Surround yourself with people whose eyes light up when they see you
and who have no agenda for your reform."
-Jess Lair and Kirsten Lauzon
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RE-INTERPRETATIONS
It may turn out that the "blemish" is actually essential to the beauty.
The "deviation" could be at the core of the strength.
The "wrong turn" might be crucial in getting you back on the path with
heart."
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
Here Are Some Really Good Things Happening on The Planet.
https://tinyurl.com/y8hru2fo
1. Young gorillas have learned to dismantle poachers traps
2. Researchers are finally beginning to understand how we can repair
spinal cord injuries
3. We're getting really close to eradicating the Guinea Worm parasite
from the planet
4. Australia is on track to become the first country to wipe out cervical
cancer
5. Scientists are working on a graphene-based sieve that turns seawater
into drinking water
6. You no longer need to pay ridiculous amounts to access peer-reviewed
science research
7. We just discovered a vitamin that could reduce the incidence of birth
defects and miscarriages worldwide
8. We're finally getting close to achieving sustainable nuclear fusion
9. Scientists are fighting back against antibiotic resistance
10. NASA has released all its research to the public for free
(Note: I endorse these because I like them. They aren't advertisements,
and I get no kickbacks.)
Please tell me your own nominations for PRONOIA RESOURCES:
Truthrooster@gmail.com.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning December 27
Copyright 2018 by Rob Brezsny
http://www.freewillastrology.com/horoscopes/
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A typical fluffy white cumulus cloud
weighs 216,000 pounds. A dark cumulonimbus storm cloud is 106 million
pounds, almost 490 times heavier. Why? Because it's filled with far more
water than the white cloud. So which is better, the fluffy cumulus or the
stormy cumolonimbus? Neither, of course. We might sometimes prefer
the former over the latter because it doesn't darken the sky as much or
cause the inconvenience of rain. But the truth is, the cumulonimbus is a
blessing; a substantial source of moisture; a gift to growing things. I
mention this because I suspect that for you, 2019 will have more
metaphorical resemblances to the cumulonimbus than the cumulus.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A hundred years ago, most astronomers
thought there was just one galaxy in the universe: our Milky Way. Other
models for the structure of the universe were virtually heretical. But in
the 1920s, astronomer Edwin Hubble produced research that proved the
existence of many more galaxies. Today the estimate is that there are at
least 400 billion. I wonder what currently unimaginable possibilities will be
obvious to our ancestors a hundred years from now. Likewise, I wonder
what currently unforeseen truths will be fully available to you by the end
of 2019. My guess: more than in any other previous year of your life.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Author Elizabeth Gilbert offers advice for
those who long for a closer relationship with the Supreme Being: "Look
for God like a man with his head on fire looks for water." I'll expand that
approach so it applies to you when you're in quest of *any* crucial life-
enhancing experience. If you genuinely believe that a particular adventure
or relationship or transformation is key to your central purpose, it's not
enough to be mildly enthusiastic about it. You really do need to seek your
heart's desire in the way people with their heads on fire look for water.
2019 will be prime time for you to embody this understanding.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): I suspect that in 2019 you'll be able to blend
a knack for creating more stability with an urge to explore and seek
greater freedom. How might this unusual confluence be expressed in
practical ways? Maybe you'll travel to reconnect with your ancestral
roots. Or perhaps a faraway ally or influence will help you feel more at
home in the world. It's possible you'll establish a stronger foundation,
which will in turn bolster your courage and inspire you to break free of a
limitation. What do you think?
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): On the average, a total eclipse of the sun
happens every 18 months. And how often is a total solar eclipse visible
from a specific location on the planet? Typically, once every 375 years. In
2019, the magic moment will occur on July 2 for people living in Chile and
Argentina. But I believe that throughout the coming year, Tauruses all
over the world will experience other kinds of rare and wonderful events at
a higher rate than usual. Not eclipses, but rather divine interventions,
mysterious miracles, catalytic epiphanies, unexpected breakthroughs, and
amazing graces. Expect more of the marvelous than you're accustomed
to.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): "The world's full of people who have stopped
listening to themselves," wrote mythologist Joseph Campbell. It's
imperative that you NOT be one of those folks. 2019 should be the Year
of Listening Deeply to Yourself. That means being on high alert for your
inner inklings, your unconscious longings, and the still, small voice at the
heart of your destiny. If you do that, you'll discover I'm right when I say
that you're smarter than you realize.
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EXPLORING YOUR LONG-RANGE FUTURE
Would you like some inspiration as you muse and wonder about your
upcoming adventures in 2019?
In this week's EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPES, I offer you a long-term, in-
depth exploration of your destiny in the coming months. This is Part One
of a three-part series.
Part Two and Part Three will be available in the next two weeks.
Access them online at https://freewillastrology.sparkns.com. Register
and/or sign in.
They are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888.
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purchases), or $1.99 per minute by phone.
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Jackson Pollock is regarded as a pioneer in
the technique of drip painting, which involves drizzling and splashing paint
on canvases that lie on the floor. It made him famous. But the truth is,
Pollock got inspired to pursue what became known as his signature style
only after he saw an exhibit by the artist Janet Sobel, who was the real
pioneer. I bring this to your attention, because I see 2019 as a year when
the Janet Sobel-like aspects of your life will get their due. Overdue
appreciation will arrive. Credit you have deserved but haven't fully
garnered will finally come your way. You'll be acknowledged and
recognized in surprising ways.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): As the crow flies, Wyoming is almost a thousand
miles from the Pacific Ocean and more than a thousand miles from the
Gulf of Mexico, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. Now here's a surprise:
in the northwest corner of Wyoming, the North Two Ocean Creek divides
into two tributaries, one of which ultimately flows to the Pacific and one
that reaches the Gulf. So an enterprising fish could conceivably swim from
one ocean to the other via this waterway. I propose that we make North
Two Ocean Creek your official metaphor for 2019. It will symbolize the
turning point you'll be at in your life; it will remind you that you'll have the
power to launch an epic journey in one of two directions.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I have come to the conclusion that softening
your relationship with perfectionism will be a key assignment in 2019.
With this in mind, I offer you observations from wise people who have
studied the subject. 1. "The perfect is the enemy of the good." —Voltaire
2. "Perfection is a stick with which to beat the possible." —Rebecca Solnit
3. Perfectionism is "the high-end version of fear." —Elizabeth Gilbert 4.
"Nothing is less efficient than perfectionism." —Elizabeth Gilbert 4. "It's
better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else's
perfectly." —Elizabeth Gilbert
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In 1682, Peter Alexeyevich became co-Tsar of
Russia. He was ten years old. His 24-year-old half-sister Sophia had a hole
cut in the back of his side of the dual throne. That way she could sit
behind him, out of sight, and whisper guidance as he discussed political
matters with allies. I'd love it if you could wangle a comparable
arrangement for yourself in 2019. Are there wise confidants or mentors
or helpers from whom you could draw continuous counsel? Seek them
out.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The body of the violin has two f-shaped holes
on either side of the strings. They enable the sound that resonates inside
the instrument to be projected outwardly. A thousand years ago, the
earliest ancestor of the modern violin had round holes. Later they became
half-moons, then c-shaped, and finally evolved into the f-shape. Why the
change? Scientific analysis reveals that the modern form allows more air
to be pushed out from inside the instrument, thereby producing a more
powerful sound. My analysis of your life in 2019 suggests it will be a time
to make an upgrade from your metaphorical equivalent of the c-shaped
holes to the f-shaped holes. A small shift like that will enable you to
generate more power and resonance.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian singer-songwriter Sia has
achieved great success, garnering nine Grammy nominations and amassing
a $20 million fortune. Among the superstars for whom she has composed
hit tunes are Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Flo Rida. But she has also had failures.
Top recording artists like Adele and Shakira have commissioned her to
write songs for them only to subsequently turn down what she created. In
2016, Sia got sweet revenge. She released an album in which she herself
sang many of those rejected songs. It has sold more than two million
copies. Do you, too, know what it's like to have your gifts and skills
ignored or unused or rebuffed, Sagittarius? If so, the coming months will
be an excellent time to express them for your own benefit, as Sia did.
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the Year"? Tell me at https://freewillastrology.sparkns.com; click on
"Email Rob."
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