Rob Brezsny

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 21) Robert Louis Stevenson published his gothic novel Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in 1886. It was a bestseller, and quickly got turned into a theatrical production. In the ensuing 132 years, there have been well over 100 further adaptations of the story into film and stage […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 21) Blackjack is a card game popular in gambling casinos. In the eternal struggle to improve the odds of winning big money, some blackjack players work in teams. One teammate secretly counts the cards as they’re dealt and assesses what cards are likely to come up next. Another teammate gets […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 21) “You have two ways to live your life,” writes spiritual teacher Joseph Vitale, “from memory or inspiration.” In other words, you can take your cues about how to live your life from what happened in the past, or else you can make your decisions based on what you’re excited […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCORPIO (October 23-November 21) The US is the world’s top exporter of food. In second place is the Netherlands, which has 0.4 percent as much land as the US How do Dutch farmers accomplish this miraculous feat? In part because of their massive greenhouses, which occupy vast areas of non-urbanized space. Another key […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCORPIO (October 23-November 21) I am not currently a wanderer or voyager or entrepreneur or swashbuckler. But at other times in my life, I have had extensive experience with those roles. So I know secrets about how and why to be a wanderer and voyager and entrepreneur and swashbuckler. And it’s clear to […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCORPIO (October 23-November 21) “Penetralia” is a word that means the innermost or most private parts, the most secret and mysterious places. It’s derived from the same Latin term that evolved into the word “penetrate.” You Scorpios are of course the zodiac’s masters of penetralia. More than any other sign, you’re likely to […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 22) “There is a season for wildness and a season for settledness, and this is neither. This season is about becoming.” Author Shauna Niequist wrote that. In accordance with the astrological omens, I endorse her persepctive as true and useful for you. You’ve zipped through your time of fertile chaos, […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 22) “There are works which wait, and which one does not understand for a long time,” wrote Libran author Oscar Wilde. “The reason is that they bring answers to questions which have not yet been raised; For the question often arrives a long time after the answer.” That’s the weird […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIBRA (September 23-October 22) My astrological analysis suggests that life is conspiring to render you extra excited and unusually animated and highly motivated. I bet that if you cooperate with the natural rhythms, you will feel stirred, playful, and delighted. So how can you best use this gift? How might you take maximum […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIBRA (September 23-October 22) Libran astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson offers this observation: “When you look for things in life like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. [But] the most successful people in life recognize that in life they create their own love, they manufacture […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIBRA (September 23-October 22) Biologists are constantly unearthing new species, although not new in the sense of having just appeared on our planet. In fact, they’re animals and plants that have existed for millennia. But they’ve never before been noticed and identified by science. Among recent additions to our ever-growing knowledge are an […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22) Virgo businessperson Warren Buffet is among the top five wealthiest people on the planet. In an average year, his company Berkshire Hathaway adds $36 billion to its already swollen coffers. But in 2017, thanks to the revision of the US tax code by president Trump and his buddies, Buffet […]