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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning March 17
Copyright 2011 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.comGrammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): If I had to come up with a title for the next
phase of your astrological cycle, it might be "Gathering Up." The way I see
it, you should focus on collecting any resources that are missing from
your reserves. You should hone skills that are still too weak to get you
where you want to go, and you should attract the committed support of
allies who can help you carry out your dreams and schemes. Don't be shy
about assembling the necessities, Pisces. Experiment with being slightly
voracious.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Like Bob Dylan in his 1962 song "A Hard
Rain's A-Gonna Fall," you've done a lot of rough and tumble living lately.
You've "stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains." You've
"stepped in the middle of seven sad forests." You've "been out in front of
a dozen dead oceans." Maybe most wrenching of all, you've "seen a
highway of diamonds with nobody on it." The good news is that the hard
rain will end soon. In these last days of the downpour, I suggest you
trigger a catharsis for yourself. Consider doing something like what Dylan
did: "I'll think it and speak it and breathe it / And reflect it from the
mountain so all souls can see it."
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Mythologist Michael Meade says that the
essential nature of every human soul is gifted, noble, and wounded. I
agree. Cynics who exaggerate how messed-up we all are, ignoring our
beauty, are just as unrealistic as naive optimists. But because the cynics
have a disproportionately potent influence on the zeitgeist, they make it
harder for us to evaluate our problems with a wise and balanced
perspective. Many of us feel cursed by the apparent incurability of our
wounds, while others, rebelling against the curse, underestimate how
wounded they are. Mead says: "Those who think they are not wounded in
ways that need conscious attention and careful healing are usually the
most wounded of all." Your task in the next few weeks, Taurus, is to make
a realistic appraisal of your wounds.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Metallica's frontman James Hetfield brashly
bragged to *Revolver* magazine that he was proud his music was used to
torture prisoners at the U.S. military's detention camp in Guantanamo
Bay. I urge you to make a more careful and measured assessment of the
influences that you personally put out into the world. It's time to find out
how closely your intentions match your actual impact -- and to correct
any discrepancies. How are people affected by the vibes you exude and
the products you offer and the words you utter and the actions you
undertake?
CANCER (June 21-July 22): "In the absence of clearly-defined goals," said
Cancerian writer Robert Heinlein, "we become strangely loyal to
performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it." If this
description is even a partial match for the life you're living, now is an
excellent time to address the problem. You have far more power than
usual to identify and define worthy goals -- both the short-term and long-
term variety. If you take advantage of this opportunity, you will find a
better use for the energy that's currently locked up in your enslavement
to daily trivia.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): As I was mulling over your astrological omens, I
came across a short poem that aptly embodies the meaning of this
moment for you. It's by Richard Wright, and goes like this: "Coming from
the woods / A bull has a lilac sprig / Dangling from a horn." Here's one
way to interpret this symbolic scene: Primal power is emerging into a
clearing from out of the deep darkness. It is bringing with it a touch of
lithe and blithe beauty -- a happy accident.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): As I see it, you have one potential enemy in
the coming weeks: a manic longing for perfection. It's OK to feel that
longing as a mild ache. But if you allow it to grow into a burning
obsession, you will probably undo yourself at every turn. You may even
sabotage some of the good work you've done. My recommendation, then,
is to give yourself the luxury of welcoming partial success, limited results,
and useful mistakes. Paradoxically, cultivating that approach will give you
the best chance at getting lots of things done. Here's your motto for the
week, courtesy of Theodore Roosevelt: "Do what you can, with what you
have, where you are."
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): When I was nine years old, one of my favorite
jokes went like this: "What's worse than biting into an apple and finding a
worm? Give up? Biting into an apple and finding half a worm." According
to my reading of the astrological omens, Libra, that's a good piece of
information for you to keep in mind right now. If and when a serpent
offers you an apple, I hope you will sink your teeth into it with cautious
nibbles. I'm not saying you shouldn't bite, just that you should proceed
warily.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Normally we think of a garbage dump as a
spot where we go to get rid of trash and outworn stuff we no longer
need. It emits a stench that wafts a great distance, and it's a not a place
where you wear your finery. But there is a dump in northern Idaho that
diverges slightly from that description. It has the usual acres of rubbish,
but also features a bonus area that the locals call "The Mall." This is
where people dispose of junk that might not actually be junk. It has no
use for them any more, but they recognize that others might find value in
it. It was at The Mall where my friend Peter found a perfectly good
chainsaw that had a minor glitch he easily fixed. I suspect that life may be
like that dump for you in the coming week: a wasteland with perks.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): According to Argentinian writer Jorge
Luis Borges, time "is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a
fire that consumes me, but I am the fire." I believe he meant for that
statement to be true for all of us. Luckily for you, though, you'll soon be
getting a temporary exemption. For a while, you'll be more like the tiger
than the one the tiger devours; you will have more in common with the
fire than with the one consumed by the fire. In other words, Sagittarius,
you will have more power than usual to outwit the tyrannies of time. Are
you ready to take advantage? You're primed to claim more slack, more
wiggle room, more permission.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): San Francisco band Smash-Up Derby
approaches their music-making with a spirit that might be useful for you
to emulate in the coming week, Capricorn. Each of their songs is a blend
of two famous tunes. Typically, the instrumentalists play a rock song
while the singers do a pop hit with a similar chord progression. Imagine
hearing the guitars, bass, and drums play Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen
Spirit" while the lead vocalist croons Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance." The
crucial part of their ongoing experiment is that it works. The sound
coming from the stage isn't a confusing assault. You could pull off a
challenge like that: combining disparate elements with raucous grace.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Last August I wrote you a horoscope that
spoke of opportunities you'd have to upgrade your close relationships. I
said you'd be tested in ways that would push you to get more ingenious
and tenacious about collaborating with people you cared about. Hoping to
inspire you, I cited two people I know who have successfully re-imagined
and reinvented their marriage for many years. In response, one reader
complained. "Yuck!" his email began. "I thought I was getting a horoscope
but instead I got a sentimental self-help blurb in the style of Reader's
Digest." I took his words to heart. As you Aquarians enter a new phase
when you could do a lot to build your intimacy skills, I'll try something
more poetic: *Succulent discipline and luminous persistence equals
incandescent kismet.*
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