Planet Waves :: Weekly Horoscope for Friday, January 21, 2011, #847


Weekly Horoscope for Friday, January 21, 2011, #847 - BY ERIC FRANCIS

Aries (March 20-April 19) -- Imagine you're a boat -- a gorgeous, well-made vessel, sitting on the floor of a dry sea. There are places you've been, and places you want to go. But you're stuck. Now, imagine that there is water rising, like a miracle. It's a calm, gentle flood, soaking the dry land and turning it back into the ocean that it once was. You float up on the water effortlessly. You're finally free. It's an amazing feeling, your sensation of mobility and buoyancy. It's a little like weightlessness, but there's the solid feeling of being upright and in equilibrium. You could go anywhere, and you directly feel that potential. The sensation of any possibility being open, of any destination being available, feels so good, you don't have to think about the future, or about the past. You don't need a strategy. The moment calls for faith in your quest, whatever that turns out to be.

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Taurus (April 19-May 20) -- This week you just might burst a bubble of old karma passed along by your family. There are many ways these things get passed down, depending on the school of thought or tradition you tap into for a model. Karma is real, though in our culture what often passes for the stuff are really multigenerational emotional patterns passed down over the years -- in a few words, household products that can mark us for life. These include values, the well-documented influences of alcoholism and lesser-documented influences of religion, but it all amounts to the same thing: we are burdened with material from the past, and if we want to be functioning adults, we must let it go and create a new perspective. This will change how you see the world, which in turn will change your experience of the world. And thankfully the resolution can happen a lot faster than the situation itself developed.

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Gemini (May 20-June 21) -- The more you expand your vision, the more nervous you're likely to become -- and that's precisely how you'll know you're really doing it. When you step into new territory, you might feel excitement, and you might also feel the fear of punishment or a backlash (that would be guilt) or a shaky sense of embarking on the unknown (that would be dropping an ego shell and feeling vulnerable). What I suggest you look for is the sense that you're guided to where you're going. That guidance might hand you a simple strategy; the strategy will have elements of traditional thought that allow you to develop what is in truth a fairly radical or innovative idea. In my view the two go together. Effective revolutionaries are almost always traditionalists. Remember that there's something truly organic about what you're creating.

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Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Authentic exchange requires trust, and -- if you follow it -- that leads to daring. However, it's important for you to get these two in order, that is, trusting first and daring later. Trust does not mean certainty. It's a quiet confidence that feels halfway between the absence of doubt and an odd kind of assurance. When you trust, you just know -- and that is despite any apparent circumstances. The thing to remember is that trust requires vulnerability; on one dimension, they are one and the same. Part of that vulnerability is openness to the feelings and experiences of the people you know. In your particular situation at the moment, there's something about recognizing what so many people have in common with you. The struggles, desires, need for healing. Once you establish this common ground with people, or even notice it, something unusual is poised to happen, which is about community and sharing mutual purpose -- a very satisfying thing for you.

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Leo (July 22-Aug. 23) -- This time of year always puts special emphasis on your relationships. And there is a lot to focus on now. You also have plenty to celebrate, because you're finally getting a handle on what you want, what you need, and what concepts (I was going to say structure, or boundaries, but let's include them under concepts) work the best for you. The beauty of the moment is that this is not in a defensive way; you've suddenly developed the capacity to handle passion without getting nervous, and to understand commitment as a thing that flows and changes with circumstances. You know that what you put out, you get back, not in theory but in practice. You can, over the next few weeks, look right at anyone and any feeling they might express and call it precisely what it is. Again, this is not defensive -- it is factual, as evidenced by your lack of emotional attachment to what you observe. The feeling is more like, ah! That's what that is! And this is how I want to respond.

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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sep. 22) -- You may feel like you can tackle anything at the moment, but I strongly suggest you pace yourself. On the bright side, you have a lot of energy, idealism and some fantastic ideas for what to do, and what to do better. On the other hand, I can see that your energy bodies are processing some healing project. Part of the process is like when you get a piece of glass embedded in your skin and over the course of a few years it gradually comes to the surface. Once it does, it's an incredibly satisfying feeling of breakthrough that can mark your whole consciousness even though the shard may only be a couple of millimeters long. And if it makes a little injury on the way out, you know that it's the end of a process that was a long time coming. Meanwhile, over the next few weeks, beware of your ups and downs, sense your energy level as it's becoming the next state, and respond in advance. If you feel a little tired, stop and take a nap. If you feel a little overwhelmed, take a break. If you feel like you can work for eight hours straight, work for six.

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Libra (Sep. 22-Oct. 23) -- I have proposed before, as have many others, that the best sex organ is the mind. The senses go there, the nerve endings start up there, the pineal gland is there, and all kinds of fun, interesting, innovative and kinky ideas percolate around. I have also proposed, as have others, that sexuality is the seat of creativity. Sex creates existence. At the moment, about 26 different aspects of this set of facts are coming to the surface. The Sun has entered the already-electrified angle of your chart where all of these experiences usually play out. And play is the word. There are deep emotions involved; you have your history to integrate and develop your ongoing relationship with; you have the adventures you seek, and you have your fears about letting yourself be free enough to go there. Keep your sense of play handy. I suggest you start in your mind, and do your best to make friends with everything that comes to the surface. In our age of paranoia, judgment and manic obsession with control, this is a radical act.

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Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 22) -- Though you're an emotionally driven person, it's often challenging for you to ground in your feelings. This involves the placement of Aquarius in your solar chart. In short, what this creates is a kind of mental refuge from the intensity of your emotions, and this, in turn, has a way of preventing you from feeling what you might actually be feeling -- as a direct rather than conceptual experience. Now, you're being challenged to do just that. Mars in Aquarius is compelling you to address your deepest insecurities. Don't shy away from this. In fact, I suggest you embrace the energy as it peaks, because as you face one particular shadow, you will let it out of your psyche and it will never have quite the same power again. I also suggest you notice your resistance; that is, how inclined you are to fight yourself. Remember, that's where the only struggle really is, and releasing that fight is the only way to make peace with yourself, and as a result, with the world.

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Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 22) -- For a long time I've been writing so much about your creative process, you might think I had access to some hidden file that revealed your imminent acceptance to a painting academy in Paris, or that you might be working one-to-one with George Lucas. Yes, I know something about you. I know how talented you are, I know how much energy you have, and more than that, I know how necessary it is for you to express your full identity through your creative process. You are the kind of person who does not 'make art'. You become the art you are making, and it becomes you. Now the relationship has the potential to go to the depth of full involvement. You may feel a tangible sense of your own potential. You may have a new understanding of your depth of knowledge, and new material to work with. The piece you will need to bring yourself is the focus and discipline to bring your gifts to fruition. You've been working at this longer than you think, and you're further along than you currently believe. So believe in yourself and act on it.

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Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 20) -- You're safer than you think. I know that lately you feel exposed to the world, to the elements and to the wild winds of fortune. I know you feel a profound sense of responsibility, perhaps mingled with the drive to succeed that is one part ambition and three parts a matter of something you owe yourself for all your hard work. Still, you feel like there's a television camera trained on you, and like your integrity is always on the line. That's not exactly a safe feeling. Yet remember how safe you feel in your own home, in particular, how secure simply being yourself you feel when you're behind your own doors. Now, imagine that you can take this sensation out into the world, wherever else you may go. Consider how wonderful it would feel to experience the world as a safe place everywhere, despite any potential for uncertainty? That sense of a fully portable safe haven is something you can bring anywhere.

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Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Notice every woman you meet, no matter how casual the encounter. Be alert to anything more formal than sharing an elevator for 45 seconds, and even that might prove to be noteworthy. Listen for her ideas, and pay attention to the hint that she's connected to something beyond the obvious. Or, you could consider yourself this person: imagine what it feels like to be connected to your source in a way that lights up others when you shake their hand. Experiment with what it feels like to know your ideas are original and excellent, and to stand in the quiet confidence that brings. Respecting your own ideas and your perception of the world is one of the most basic elements of self-respect. If you hold that feeling, and acknowledge its counterpart in every person you meet, this feeling will grow like a crystal in your mind, your relationships and your circle of friends.

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Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Of the many cycles in astrology is a 12-year run -- what you might think of as a Jumbo Year. What a difference one of those Big Years makes. What were you doing back then, around 1999? Think about it for a moment, and if you would, consider this. In that moment 12 years ago, did you have any sense of what was about to happen? Could you have predicted where your life would go, the people you would meet, or the adventures you would embark on? You stand today in a similar moment, where a truly original life journey awaits you. This time, you can make your decisions a little more boldly, knowing from the previous cycle that you really are taken care of, that you can make good decisions and that your life works out in highly creative ways you could have hardly ever predicted. You have no need to predict, and you need no reasons to trust.

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