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October 9-15, 2008
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ARIES
March 21-April 19:
Writing in The New York Times, Paul Krugman waxed snide as he described the mindset of the U.S. Congress. It “has always had a soft spot for ‘experts’ who tell members what they want to hear,” he wrote. It’s very important, Aries, that in the coming week you avoid that kind of behavior. In fact, I recommend that you seek out people who have a track record for intelligent objectivity, and ask them to tell you what you might not want to hear. At the very least, solicit insights from thoughtful types who aren’t inhibited about giving you their perspectives on what you’re doing. It’s Feedback Season.
TAURUS
April 20-May 20:
“Dear Rob Brezsny: I am Chandra Gupti, born May 16, 1979, in New Delhi. Right now I am not well settled due to searing problems and swampy hurt. Day by day my position goes down lower and darker, with no lantern or rope ladder. So please tell me how long this foolish suffering period will further corrode my hope. Give me at least a thousand answers that will heal every test and trial as soon as possible. I will lie in bed until you reply. Thank you. –Unraveled Taurus.” Dear Unraveled Taurus: I love you with all my heart and soul and mind. I have adored you since the beginning of time and will worship your gorgeous genius until eternity changes into infinity. Dear All the Other Tauruses in the World: Everything I just told Unraveled Taurus I now say to you as well. (P.S. A divine tinkerer will offer you a lantern and rope ladder within 10 days. Hold on.)
GEMINI
May 21-June 20:
Maybe you have never been able to fly before today, and maybe you won’t be able to fly when November arrives, but I bet you can fly now. Due to the benevolent cosmic agitation that has been lightening your mood, you can probably, if you choose, soar over logjams, dance above dark clouds and do loop de loops in your dreams. Am I merely speaking metaphorically? Yes and no. Is a spiritual orgasm “metaphorical”?
CANCER
June 21-July 22:
One of the most famous pop culture icons in Indonesia died last July. Mak Erot, who was more than 100 years old, was renowned for her skill in helping men develop bigger penises. The official story was that she used nothing more than prayers and herbs, but there are hints that she also had supernatural powers. She’s your patron saint this week, Cancerian, even if you’re a woman. I am calling on her inspiration, and I hope you will, too, to help you lengthen and strengthen your inner, metaphorical phallus, by which I mean your will to accomplish your dreams.
LEO
July 23-Aug. 22:
Popular conceptions of Jesus depict him as bearded and long-haired. Not so, declares fundamentalist Pastor Jack Hyles on his website. He says Christ was clean-shaven and had a pixie-cut hairstyle parted in the middle and curled up at the ends. After studying Hyles’ arguments, however, I believe his evidence is flimsy — just as I find no merit in his implication that Jesus was a stuffy, prudish right-winger who loved rich white men best and taught that we should eliminate people we disagree with. So I’m sticking with my image of Jesus as a peaceful yet rebellious hippie who didn’t own property, hung out with social outcasts, was strongly anti-authoritarian and loved everyone, even his enemies. I bring this to your attention, Leo, in the hope that you’ll be inspired by my example. It’s time to revisit one of your best teacher’s essential messages and rededicate yourself to those beautiful truths.
VIRGO
Aug. 23-Sept. 22:
With the help of a Norwegian space facility, the Frito-Lay company has used radar to beam a commercial for its Doritos tortilla chips to 47 Ursae Majoris, a star 42 light years away. Astronomers believe that habitable planets circle the star, so any creatures living there will eventually get an invitation to enjoy the crunchy corn goodness that so many earthlings have sampled. I’m making this vignette your metaphor of the week, Virgo. May it inspire you to formulate an “advertisement” for yourself and your specialties that will spread far and wide, reaching a new audience and activating your future potentials.
LIBRA
Sept. 23-Oct. 22:
Please spend some time in the coming week meditating on the epic tale of your life journey. Why? Because it would be an excellent time for you to begin writing your autobiography. Don’t tell me you’re afraid that such a project would be presumptuous. The way I see it, the planets are aligned in such a way as to suggest that you now have extra insight about the big picture of your destiny. So I hope you will at least create an outline of the story you will eventually put down in words, complete with predictions of what will be unfolding for you five years from today, and 10 years and 15 years.
SCORPIO
Oct. 23-Nov. 21:
The bad news is that you are, metaphorically speaking, in jail. The good news is that a recent visitor sneaked you the key to the locked door of your cell. The weird news: You have not yet realized that you have the means to escape, since your visitor did not actually tell you that the key is hidden inside a certain thing he or she left behind. The great news is that I’m here to inform you about the situation. Once you locate the key, Scorpio, slip your hand between the iron bars so you can fit the key into the keyhole from the front. It won’t work from behind.
SAGITTARIUS
Nov. 22-Dec. 21:
A certain connection you’ve been wishing for and fantasizing about will soon become available — if, that is, you shed your expectations about how it will come about, and if you shed your ideas about what will happen after the two of you get together, and if you shed all hope of controlling that person’s feelings about you. In other words, Sagittarius, you can finally have the alliance you want, but only if you no longer want it in the way you’ve wanted it.
CAPRICORN
Dec. 22-Jan. 19:
For the next week, Capricorn, be an expanded and intensified version of yourself. In other words, do what’s most unique about you, but do it even more and better and clearer than you normally do. If, for example, your specialty is being an emotionally intelligent organizer who artfully creates order, do that with even more flair than usual. If you have an exceptional knack for building structures that bring out the best in people, go crazy with that skill. It’s a perfect moment for you to be bigger than life. Why? Because you have more power than usual to change the world around you.
AQUARIUS
Jan. 20-Feb. 18:
The most important advice you need to hear right now comes from musician Brian Eno, as quoted in Ode magazine: “I want to encourage you to sing… I believe singing is the key to a long life, a good figure, a stable temperament, greater intelligence, new friends, increased self-confidence, heightened sexual attractiveness and a sense of humor.” You should note, however, that Eno’s prescription does not include performing for other people. He believes it’s crucial that you sing for your own pleasure and not be concerned about what others’ reactions might be. You need “the freedom to get it wrong.” That’s a perfect guideline for you to observe in everything you do this week.
PISCES
Feb. 19-March 20:
In her poem “Pure,” Kate Knapp Johnson speaks of “those who made me real to myself.” I invite you, Pisces, to take an inventory of the people in your life who’ve made you real to yourself. That would be excellent homework for you to do during the phase of intensified intimacy you’re now in — a time when your allies are making you even more real to yourself than you’ve ever been, as well as a time when you will be returning the favor to them.
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