Rob Brezsny's Astrology Newsletter

February 11, 2009

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"Love is everything it's cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for,
being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk
everything, you risk even more."

- Erica Jong

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GUIDING QUESTION for cultivating PRONOIA: "The secret of life," said
sculptor Henry Moore to poet Donald Hall, "is to have a task, something
you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every
minute of the day for your whole life. And the most important thing is-it
must be something you cannot possibly do." What is that task for you?

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WHO KNOWS WHAT HAPPINESS WILL FEEL LIKE IN THE FUTURE?
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WHAT'S TO COME?
BRAINSTORM ABOUT THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE

with the help of my
Expanded Audio Horoscopes for the Coming Year

Go to http://RealAstrology.com

You can still listen to my long-range, in-depth explorations of your destiny
in 2009. Each report in the three-part series is about 6-9 minutes long.

What will be the story of your life in 2009? How can you exert your free
will to create the adventures that'll bring out the best in you, even as you
find graceful ways to cooperate with the tides of destiny?

A new short-range forecast for this week is also available.

To find out more about Your BIG PICTURE horoscopes, go to
http://RealAstrology.com.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning February 12
Copyright 2009 by Rob Brezsny
http://FreeWillAstrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): "When we find someone whose weirdness is
compatible with ours," wrote author Robert Fulghum, "we join up with
them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness -- and call it love." I
mention this, Aquarius, because the Valentine season will offer you ample
opportunity to bask in the wonders of mutually compatible weirdness. It
could come in the form of friendship or romance or some other
collaboration, but one way or another it will help you feel less alone in the
world, suggesting that maybe you're not an extraterrestrial time-traveler
from the 29th century after all.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): We're faced with an economic downturn as
well as the need to take strenuous measures to heal the environment.
Does that mean we have to dial down our pursuit of happiness? Are we
obligated to have less fun and deny ourselves pleasure? I say no, as do
the editors at TreeHugger.com. One of their articles, for example, gives
extensive advice on how to have great sex in small, fuel-efficient, low-
emissions cars. With this as your inspiration, Pisces, identify five other
ways to enjoy yourself without having to spend a fortune or hurt the
earth. It's an excellent time, astrologically speaking, to experiment with
the hypothesis that cutting down on consumerism can help you discover
new approaches to feeling really good. (For other ideas, check out
tinyurl.com/6ofzvt.)

ARIES (March 21-April 19): I invite you to get all the mind-blowing sex
you can this Valentine season, Aries. The entire cosmos will be on your
side if you generate erotic wonders that rearrange your thought
processes. For best results, cultivate the attitude described by the
philosopher Voltaire in a letter to his partner Marie Louise Denis: "Sensual
pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual
confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these
things do not perish and can never be destroyed."

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Gertrude Stein defined love as "the skillful
audacity required to share an inner life." That's the perfect seed idea for
you to meditate on this Valentine season. It suggests that expressing the
truth about who you are is not something that amateurs do very well:
Practice and ingenuity are required. It also implies that courage is an
essential element of successful intimacy. You've got to be adventurous if
you want to weave your life together with another's.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): A mischievous voice in my head rose up as I
was contemplating your astrological omens. It said I should tell you to
make love in a bed covered with ten-dollar bills. I asked the voice if this
was a cracked metaphor for a more practical piece of advice. The voice
just cackled. So I'll have to surmise what it was driving at. First, it could
mean that you should make a business proposition to your lover or
spouse, or somehow collaborate with each other to increase your
prosperity. Second, maybe you should spend money on enhancing
romance, either by taking a workshop to upgrade your intimacy skills or
getting creative about fostering togetherness. Another possibility is that
you should add imaginative and humorous touches to your love-making,
like by doing it in a bed full of money.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Over the course of your lifetime, if you're
average, you will spend about 336 hours kissing. But why be average?
Especially now, when the cosmos is begging you to use your mouth to
incite ingenious bliss and explore the frontiers of closeness? To be in
maximum alignment with the great cycles of nature and make God happy,
I suggest you experiment with Guinness-Book-of-World-Records-levels of
smooching and licking and sucking. If you can't find a human partner to
collaborate with, then kiss the sky, the trees, the rivers, and even the
mist. (P.S. For extra credit, use your mouth to murmur lyrical praises and
whisper poetic temptations.)

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): It's a perfect time to cast a love spell on yourself.
You don't necessarily need to consult any pagan books about how to
proceed. It may even be better if you improvise your own homemade
conjurations and incantations. I can think of two main goals for you to
accomplish with your spell. (But feel free to add others.) First, rouse your
imagination into visualizing romantic possibilities you've been closed to
before. Second, make sure you banish the curse that you yourself cast on
your love life once upon a time. P.S. For best results, stand naked in front
of an altar crammed with magical objects that symbolize both lust and
compassion.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): "The person one loves never really exists,"
said Arthur C. Clarke, "but is a projection focused through the lens of the
mind onto whatever screen it fits with least distortion." Your assignment,
Virgo, is to prove Clarke at least partially wrong. See if you can figure out
a way to dissolve or elude your own projections long enough so that you
can see the raw truth about a certain person you crave or adore or care
about. Not a reflection of the dream lover who hides in your heart. Not a
fantasy you wish your beloved would become. But the perfectly imperfect
soul who is actually there in front of you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The Madonna of Orgasm Church is a Swedish
institution. Its leader claims that the sect is not obsessed with sex, nor
are orgies included in the regular worship services. Rather, deifying the
orgasm is a symbol for cultivating a lust for life. Making love is just one of
many ways to experience peak states and explore the spiritual potencies
of pleasure. You don't have to be a member of the church to experiment
with this approach, Libra. I hope you'll have fun with it during this
Valentine season, which happens to be a time in your astrological cycle
when seeking intense bliss and cathartic release is your sacred mandate.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In creating this oracle, I've borrowed words
from the artist and poet Wolff Bowden. Please steal them from me and
use them in cryptic, affectionate communiqués that will deepen your
connection with someone who makes your heart sing. Here's the first
batch: "You belong to love as wheels belong to roads, as grapes belong to
the blossoming of taste, as corn belongs to crows, as shadows belong to
the ache of heat, as happiness belongs to the capricious pangs of the
soul." Here's the second: "May the color blue behold your body while sun
washes your shoulders near the window. May your lips refuse the kiss
unless your heart is home. May euphoria find you in the place where you
are lonely. May you light a billion candles with your mind."

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): "Greet one another with a holy kiss,"
says the Bible's first book of Corinthians. I think that's great advice for
you. What I take it to mean is that when you come together with
someone you care about, bestow a kiss that's more than merely
affectionate or polite. Use it to invoke a sense of sacred space,
surrounding the two of you with a mood of deep gratitude for the
privilege of being alive. Even further, make your holy kiss be a prayer for
the well-being of your ally, an affirmation of your desire that he or she will
thrive and prosper and become the gorgeous genius he or she was born
to be.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Would you like to stir up deeper and
smarter intimacy? Are you interested in attracting good surprises that
would air out your romantic dogmas? Do you think it might be fun to
discover a new love secret? To encourage these happy developments,
Capricorn, carry out the following assignments. First, practice loving
something or someone you don't understand. Second, any time you start
longing to be loved more than you are, make it a point to go out and love
someone more than you have in the past. Third, visualize your heart
growing softer and warmer and more receptive.

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HOMEWORK: Proposed experiment: Carry out an act of love that's unique
in your history. Report your results by going to
http://FreeWillAstrology.com and clicking on "Email Rob."

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WANT TO GET YOUR CHART DONE?

I'm not doing personal charts, but I highly recommend my astrological
colleague, RO LOUGHRAN. Her approach closely matches my own. In our
many discussions about astrology over the years, we've had a major
influence on each other's work.

Ro utilizes a blend of well-trained intuition, emotional warmth, and a high
degree of technical proficiency in horoscope interpretation; she is skilled
at exploring the mysteries of your life's purpose and nurturing your
connection with your own inner wisdom.

Ro is based in California, but can do phone consultations and otherwise
work with you regardless of geographic boundaries.

Ro's website is at
http://YourSoulJourney.com

She can also be reached at roloughran [at] comcast [dot] net

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