Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter
August 19, 2009
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"The privilege of a lifetime is to be who you are."
- Joseph Campbell
"The moment you come to trust chaos, you see God clearly. Chaos is
divine order, versus human order. Change is divine order, versus human
order. When the chaos becomes safety to you, then you know you're
seeing God clearly."
- Caroline Myss
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning August 20
Copyright 2009 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.comGrammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): No more rotten dessert, Virgo. No more silky
danger or juicy poison. No more worthless treasures or empty successes
or idiotic brilliance. Soon all those crazy-making experiences will be gone,
blasted, dead. By this time next week, the bad influences that were trying
to pass themselves off as good influences will have fallen away in
response to your courageous drive for authenticity. You will be primed to
restore your innocence and play in places where purity is the rule, not the
exception. Already, the wisdom of your wild heart is regenerating, giving
you the strength to overthrow the sour, life-hating influences that were
threatening to smother your spirit.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): An epic treasure hunt will soon begin. Are you
ready for it? I don't think you are. To get yourself in shape to perform at
a high level, I suggest that you open your mind wider than you ever have
before. The clues that will be most helpful won't resemble any clues
you've ever valued in the past, and they'll be arriving from unforeseen
sources. I'll give you a hint about what to look for in the early going of
the quest for the magic boon: What circumstance in your life has a certain
metaphorical similarity to a speakeasy during the time when alcohol sales
were illegal in America?
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): It's not a favorable moment to get your
honey's name tattooed on your forearm. Maybe in November, but not
now. On the other hand, it's an excellent time to determine whether your
lover is willing to have your name tattooed on his or her forearm. In the
coming weeks, I also encourage you to figure out which of your allies
would give you half of their fudge brownie and which wouldn't; which
authority figures would be inclined to give you precisely what you want
rather than see you walk out of their lives; and which of your associates
are too jealous of you to be truly helpful. Be cagey about how you apply
the tests, Scorpio. See if you can subtly gauge where everyone stands in
relationship to you.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I'd like to discuss The Game. Do you
know what I mean? I'm talking about The Unnamed Game. The Uber-Game
that is so vast and all-encompassing that it's virtually a secret. What if
you discovered that one of the seemingly sacrosanct rules of The Game
was really just a local ordinance, and no longer applied if you played in a
different arena or at a higher level? And what if I said that in this different
arena or higher level, new allies are poised to introduce you to loopholes
and shortcuts you never imagined existed?
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I think you've been lurking and slinking
long enough, Capricorn. For now, you've learned all you need to know
about wrestling with camouflage and subterfuge. You've done all you
could to clean up the crooked places and bring integrity to the twisted
stories. Now it's high time for you to come out and play -- to exit the
claustrophobic maze and make a break for wide-open spaces. Some
cautionary advice: To keep from getting pinched by trick endings, make
sure all sales are final and all goodbyes are complete.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Technically, this would be an excellent time
to shuck all your responsibilities and plunge into a week-long bacchanalia,
complete with rowdy feasting and delirious dancing and lunatic laughter
and erotic abandon and mind-altering emotions. Realistically, though, while
such an interlude might do wonders for your relationship with yourself, it
could dampen your relationships with people who rely on you. Unless of
course you could coax them into joining you on your binge.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Did you ever notice that some people seem
to be addicted to falling in love over and over again? While they may truly
have a natural propensity to exult in the beauty of a great variety of their
fellow humans, I also suspect that their addiction serves as an excuse for
them to fall in love with themselves over and over again. At least in part,
each new romantic partner is a pawn in their strategy for coming back
home to themselves. Here's what I'm inclined to ask these people: Why
not simply eliminate the middleman or middlewoman? I'm not necessarily
implying that you'll benefit from this advice right now, Pisces. But then
why did a soft, lulling voice in my head just suggest that I tell it to you?
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Maybe you weren't listened to very attentively
as a child. Perhaps you were dressed in clothes you didn't like, hugged
only three times a year, and fed food you were allergic to. I suppose it's
even possible that your parents were psychotic drug dealers who kept
you chained to a radiator in their squalid basement. If that's the case,
Aries, I would understand if you had an urge to devote the next three
decades to bewailing your bitter past and scheming up ways to wreak
revenge on the cruel world. But if you have ever been curious about
whether there might be better ways to allocate your time and energy, I
have good news. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you
now have it in your power to overcome your toughest memories and set
out on a course to become almost as secure as if those bad things had
never happened.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Let's say you're listening to your favorite
band on a stereo system. There is a place between the two speakers
where you will hear the two streams of music blend perfectly, exactly as
the sound engineer intended. This place is called the sweet spot. If you
play tennis or baseball, you know about another version of the term
"sweet spot." It's the area on the racquet or the bat where you get best
results when striking the ball. According to my astrological analysis,
Taurus, this will be your ruling metaphor for the next three weeks. You
have arrived at your very own sweet spot -- the embodiment of all that is
melodious, graceful, delicious, aromatic, and effective.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Squirrels often bury the nuts they find,
intending to come back and retrieve their bounty at a later time. The only
trouble is, they sometimes forget where their hiding places are, and the
nuts go uneaten. This, at least, is the story told by children's book writer
Beatrice Potter, and I regard her as an authority on such matters. I bring
this to your attention, Gemini, because you're entering a phase when it
will be wise for you to track down and accumulate extra reserves of a
prime resource. As you do, make sure you remember all the pertinent
details that will allow you to fully access them when you need them in the
future.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): For better or worse, you are at least
temporarily becoming more psychic. It could be a blessing, or it might be
a bit of a burden. You may really enjoy having an enhanced ability to tune
in to what people are thinking and feeling, and it could prove eminently
useful. Knowing what's *really* on everyone's mind might give you a
significant edge as you work to turn grand fantasies into well-grounded
realities. But it also might tax your empathy or tempt you to ignore
boundaries that should be upheld. I hope that by informing you of this
situation, I have made it far more likely that your higher sensitivity will be
a gift instead of a glitch.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your strategies are very close to working. The
results you've generated so far are almost useful, bordering on
successful, and on the brink of being beautiful. My question now is: You
won't stop here, will you? You've already garnered a measure of
recognition. You've gotten a taste of victory over your old bugaboos. Will
you be satisfied with these partial breakthroughs, or will you fight and
kick and scratch to strip away the almosts and ascend to utter triumph?
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HOMEWORK: True or false: You know what to do and you know when to
do it. Explain. Go to
http://FreeWillAstrology.com and click on "Email
Rob."
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