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ARIES
( March 21-April 19 ): Master astrologer Steven For-
rest understands you Aries people well. He says that the riskiest
strategy you can pursue is to constantly seek safety. It’s crucial
for you to always be on the lookout for adventure. One of your
chief assignments is to cultivate courage — especially the kind
of brave boldness that arises as you explore unknown territory.
To rouse the magic that really matters, you must face your fears
regularly. The coming months will be an ideal time for you to dive
in and celebrate this approach to life.
TAURUS
( April 20-May 20 ): You are an ambassador from
the material world to the realm of spirit — and vice versa. One
of your prime assignments is the opposite of what the transcen-
dence-obsessed gurus preach. You're here to prove that the
fl esh is holy, pleasure is a form of prayer, and the senses are por-
tals to the divine. When you revel in earthy delights, when you
luxuriate in rich textures and tastes and scents, you're not be-
ing "attached" or “unspiritual.” You're enacting a radical sacred
stance. Being exuberantly immersed in the material world isn’t a
mistake to overcome but a blessing to savor. May you redouble
your subversive work of treating your body as a cathedral and
sensual enjoyments as sacraments.
GEMINI ( May 21-June 20 ): Everything that’s meant for you
is trying to fi nd its way to you. Here's the problem: It can’t deliver
the goods if you’re in constant motion. The boons trying to reach
you are circling, waiting for a stable landing spot. If you keep up
the restless roaming, life might have to slow you down, even stop
you, so you’ll be still enough to embody receptivity. Don’t wait for
that. Pause now. Set aside whatever’s feeding your restlessness
and tune into the quiet signal of your own center. The moment
you do, bounties will start arriving.
CANCER ( June 21-July 22 ): Artist Louise Bourgeois said, "I
am what I do with my hands." I will adapt this declaration for your
use, Cancerian: You are what you do with your feelings. You are
the structures, sanctuaries and nourishment you create from
the raw material of your sensitivity. It’s one of your superpow-
ers! I understand that some people mistake emotional depth for
passive vulnerability. They assume that feeling everything means
doing nothing. But you prove that bias wrong. You are potentially
a master builder. You can convert the fl ood waters of emotion
into resources that hold, protect and feed. I hope you will do this
lavishly in the coming weeks.
LEO
WEEK OF JAN. 22
BY ROB BREZSNY
( July 23-Aug. 22 ): Admiring writers often say that the
Balinese people have no traditional word for “art.” Making things
beautiful is woven into everyday life, as if everything should be
done as beautifully as possible. I aspire to carry out this approach
myself: infusing ordinary actions with the same care I'd bring to
writing a story or song. Washing dishes, answering emails and
walking to the store: All are eligible for beauty treatment. I highly
recommend this practice to you in the coming weeks, Leo. It’s
true that you’re renowned for your dramatic gestures, but I
believe you also have an underutilized talent for teasing out glo-
ry from mundane situations. Please do that a lot in the coming
weeks. For starters, make your grocery list a poem.
VIRGO
( Aug. 23-Sept. 22 ): Some American Indigenous cul-
tures have "potlatch" ceremonies. These are elaborate gift-giv-
ing rituals where hosts gain prestige by generously and freely
bestowing their riches on others. Circulating wealth, instead of
hoarding it, is honored and celebrated. Is that economically irra-
tional? Only if you believe that the point of resources is individual
accumulation rather than community vitality. Potlatch operates
on a diff erent logic: The purpose of having stuff is to make having
stuff possible for others. I invite you to make that your specialty
in the coming months. Assume that your own thriving depends
on the fl ourishing of those around you.
LIBRA ( Sept. 23-Oct. 22 ): Sufi poet Rumi wrote about a "trea-
sure in ruins.” He meant that what we’re searching for may be
hidden in places where we would rather not look. Your life isn’t in
ruins, Libra, but I suspect you may have been exploring exciting
locations while shunning mundane ones that actually hold your
answers. What do you think? Is that possible? Just for fun, in-
vestigate the neglected, ignored and boring places. Try out the
hypothesis that a golden discovery awaits you in some unfi nished
business or a situation you feel an aversion to.
SCORPIO
( Oct. 23-Nov. 21 ): Your capacity for intensity is
your superpower. I love it, I celebrate it and I hope to keep nur-
turing it in you for as long as we’re both here. But not everything
deserves the full force of your passionate engagement. Some
things are meant to be touched lightly, held loosely and released
easily. The question isn't whether to feel deeply—that's who you
authentically are—but whether to act on every deep feeling as if
it were sacred revelation. Some emotions are weather patterns
passing through, not permanent truths requiring upheaval.
These are especially key understandings for you to act on during
the coming days.
comforting myth, every conditioned response, every inherited
instinct — you will discover new dimensions of intimacy that
could inspire you forever.
CAPRICORN ( Dec. 22-Jan. 19 ): In Renaissance painting,
chiaroscuro refers to the use of strong contrasts between light
and dark. It’s a technique that enhances the sense of depth. I be-
lieve your life may be in an intense chiaroscuro phase. As your
joys grow bright, your doubts appear darker. As your under-
standing deepens, your perplexity mounts. Is this a problem? I
prefer to understand it as an opportunity. For best results, study
it closely. Maybe your anxiety is showing you what you care about.
Perhaps your sadness is a sign of your growing emotional power.
So fi nd a way to benefi t from the contrasts, dear Capricorn. Let
shadows teach you how to fully appreciate the illumination.
AQUARIUS
( Jan. 20-Feb. 18 ): You are a spy from the fu-
ture. Thank you for your service! I love to see your boldness as
you smuggle innovative ideas into a present that may or may not
be ready for them. Your feelings of alienation are sometimes un-
comfortable, but they are crucial to the treasure you off er us.
You see patterns others miss because you refuse to be hypno-
tized by consensus reality. Keep up the excellent work, please.
May you honor your need to tinker with impossibilities and imag-
ine alternatives to what everyone else imagines is inevitable. You
are proof that we don’t have to accept inherited structures as
inevitable.
PISCES ( Feb. 19-March 20 ): Your unconscious mind is extra
communicative, dear Pisces. Hooray! Take advantage! Pay at-
tention to weird images in dreams and songs that linger in your
head. Be alert for seemingly random thoughts as they surface.
Bypassing logic, your deep psyche is trying to show you ripe se-
crets and provocative hints. Your duty is to be receptive. So keep
a journal or recording device by your bed. Notice which memo-
ries rise up out of nowhere. Be grateful for striking coincidences.
These are invitations to tune in to meaningful feelings and truths
you’ve been missing.
Homework: I dare you to give yourself a pep talk about a
daring possibility. Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com
SAGITTARIUS ( Nov. 22-Dec. 21 ): As I have promised
you a million times, I will never exaggerate. And though you may
wonder if the statements I’m about to make are excessive and
overblown, I assure you they are not. The fact is, dear Sagit-
tarius, that everything you have always wanted to enhance and
upgrade about togetherness is now possible to accomplish and
will continue to be for months to come. If you dare to dismantle
your outmoded beliefs about love and deep friendship — every
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