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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY – Week of August 12, 2023
Copyright by Rob Brezsny, FreeWillAstrology.com
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
At times, there comes a time once I purchase an uncanny knack for seeing the totality of who you actually are. I tune in to the whole lot you do this few others learn about or admire. I behold the large image of your absolute best future. A kind of magic moments has now arrived. And it’s no accident that your vitality matches mine. In different phrases, my energy to consecrate you displays your capability to bless your self. So give your self the final word present, please.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
Within the seventeenth century, Virgo musician Johann Pachelbel composed a chunk of music he referred to as the Canon in D. It quickly went out of fashion and disappeared into obscurity. However over 250 years later, a French chamber orchestra rediscovered it, and by the Eighties, it was in all places. Ever since, Pachelbel’s Canon has been utilized in many pop songs and is a typical anthem at weddings and funerals. I’m predicting a comparable revival for you, Virgo. An affect, creation, or individual that has been gone for some time will re-emerge as a presence in your life. Be decisive in adopting it to your profit.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
Creator Iain S. Thomas tells us, “There’s magic even in gridlock, in loneliness, in an excessive amount of work, in late nights gone on too lengthy, in procuring carts with damaged wheels, in boredom, in tax returns.” He says it’s the identical magic that prompted Joan of Arc to imagine that God spoke to her and empowered her to guide a military. I wouldn’t agree that it’s the similar magic. However I do advise us all to be alert for enchantment and attention-grabbing mysteries even in essentially the most mundane affairs. I’m a champion of the search for holiness, delight, and marvels in seemingly unlikely places. Within the coming weeks, Libra, you’ll have a particular expertise for locating these revelatory joys.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
Poet Rainer Maria Rilke mentioned, “Self-transformation is exactly what life is.” If that’s true, you might be in luck. Of all of the zodiac indicators, you’re the most skillful self-transformer. Furthermore, you might be getting into a chronic section when your intuition and expertise for self-transformation shall be much more potent than typical. I plan to watch you carefully within the hope of studying your tips for turning into an ever-better model of your self. Present us all the way it’s finished, pricey Scorpio!
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
Born underneath the signal of Sagittarius, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) was one in all historical past’s most influential composers of classical music. His elegant, lyrical works are nonetheless broadly performed at this time. He was additionally a revolutionary innovator who expanded the scope of many musical genres. One composition, Piano Sonata No. 32, prefigures parts of ragtime, jazz, and boogie-woogie—70 years earlier than these kinds emerged. On this spirit, I invite you to plant a seed for the longer term. You’ll quickly get glimpses of artistic shifts that may sometime be doable. And you’ll have an enhanced capability to instigate the creative momentum that generates these shifts.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
Let’s be trustworthy. Most of us—possibly all of us!—fail to know the world objectively. Our perceptions get filtered by means of our opinions and beliefs and behavior minds. The occasions we expect we see are formed by our expectations about them. Our projections usually overrule the potential for unbiased impartiality. We’re serial misinterpreters. However there’s no must be ashamed! It’s a common human tendency. Having mentioned all that, nevertheless, I imagine you’ll have a particular knack, within the coming weeks, for observing actuality with extra readability and open-mindedness than typical. You’ll have an unprecedented alternative to see precisely and collect contemporary, uncooked truths.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
Is that this a section of your cycle if you’ll be susceptible to saying issues like “Why do you are taking me without any consideration?” and “I’m feeling cranky” and “It’s not what you mentioned, it’s the way in which you mentioned it”? Or are you in a time when the next expressions usually tend to emerge out of your mouth: “I’ve come to know you in a completely new and attention-grabbing approach” and “Life has blessed me by eradicating one in all my pointless obstacles” and “I might like to be taught extra concerning the arts of cooperation and collaboration”? Right here’s what I feel, Aquarius: Which approach you go will rely on how clearly you set your intentions. Life will reply in sort to the moods you domesticate and the precise requests you make.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
Our our bodies are imperfect. They’re usually lower than one hundred pc fully wholesome. They don’t all the time do what we want they’d. But even after we really feel lower than our greatest, our physique frequently carries out thousands and thousands of biochemical marvels, largely under the extent of our aware consciousness. Because the creation of an evolutionary course of that has unfolded for eons, our treasured organism is an incredible murals that we’ve got each proper to treat as miraculous. In keeping with my astrological reckoning, the approaching weeks are the most effective time this yr to honor and have a good time your physique. What does it must flourish? Ask your instinct to point out you.
ARIES (March 21-April 19):
In Stephen King’s novel It, a personality named Beverly is in love with a person who initiatives a way of authority but additionally listens effectively. He’s strong-minded however receptive; assured however keen to be modified; self-possessed however open to affect. That’s an apt description of the allies I want so that you can appeal to into your life within the coming months. Whether or not they’re lovers or companions, companions or collaborators, mates or colleagues, you want and deserve the high-quality, emotionally clever exchanges they provide.
TAURUS (April 20-Could 20):
Seventy-year-old Taurus-born Eric Bogosian is a prolific playwright and writer famend for his hard-edged satire. The title of one in all his books is Pounding Nails within the Ground with My Brow. However one critic speculates he could also be softening as he ages, noting that he “appears extra amused than disgusted by the decaying world round him, as if his anger has been tempered by a contact of hope.” The approaching weeks shall be a wonderful time so that you can domesticate a comparable reshaping, pricey Taurus. Are you able to tenderize what has been robust? Is it doable to search out redemption or leisure in conditions which were difficult? Are you keen so as to add extra levity and geniality to your perspective?
GEMINI (Could 21-June 20):
Decca is a UK-based file label that has produced the work of many main musicians, together with Billie Holliday, the Rolling Stones, and Tori Amos. They made an enormous mistake in 1962, although. A fledgling group named The Beatles tried to get signed to Decca. An government on the firm declined, saying, “We don’t like their sound. Teams of guitars are on their approach out.” Oops. The Beatles finally turned the best-selling and most influential band of all time. I don’t suppose you’re susceptible to making as monumental a misstep, Gemini. However please be alert to the potential for a key alternative coming into view. Don’t underestimate it, even when it’s totally different from what you think about you need.
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
I’m a Cancerian who was overly reactive to folks’s carelessness. If somebody was in a foul temper and flung a rash insult at me, I’d take offense too simply. If a buddy misunderstood me, even with no malice meant, I’ll have sulked. Fortunately, over time, I’ve realized to be extra like a honey badger, whose thick pores and skin protects it effectively towards stings and pricks. I deliver this up as a result of the approaching weeks shall be a wonderful time so that you can observe my strategy. First step: Perceive how folks typically direct their frustration about life towards undeserving recipients. Second step: Vow to take issues much less personally. Third step: Give your self common compliments. Really say them aloud.
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