Rob Brezsny

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 19) In 2018, one of your primary missions will be to practice what you preach; to walk your talk; to be ambitious and masterful in all the ways a soulful human can and should be ambitious and masterful. Live up to your hype in the coming months, Capricorn! Do what […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Sagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21) At one point in his career, the mythical Greek hero Hercules was compelled to carry out a series of 12 strenuous labours. Many of them were glamourous adventures: Engaging in hand-to-hand combat with a monstrous lion; liberating the god Prometheus, who’d been so kind to humans, from being tortured […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Sagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21) As far back as ancient Egypt, Rome and Greece, people staged ceremonies to mark the embarkation of a new ship. The intention was to bestow a blessing for the maiden voyage and ever thereafter. Good luck! Safe travels! Beginning in 18th-century Britain and America, such rituals often featured the […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Sagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21) “What is love?” asks philosopher Richard Smoley. “It’s come to have a greeting-card quality,” he mourns. “Half the time ‘loving’ someone is taken to mean nurturing a warmish feeling in the heart for them, which mysteriously evaporates the moment the person has some concrete need or irritates us.” One […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Sagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21) Of all the signs in the zodiac, you Sagittarians are most likely to buy a lottery ticket that has the winning numbers. But you’re also more likely than everyone else to throw the ticket in a drawer and forget about it, or else leave it in your jeans when […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Scorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21) This is your last warning! If you don’t stop fending off the happiness and freedom that are trying to worm their way into your life, I’m going to lose my cool. Damn it! Why can’t you just accept good luck and sweet strokes of fate at face value?! Why […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Scorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21) Remember the time, all those years ago, when the angels appeared to you on the playground and showed you how and why to kiss the sky? I predict that a comparable visitation will arrive soon. And do you recall the dreamy sequence in adolescence when you first plumbed the […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Scorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21) In the early stages of Johnny Cash’s development as a musician, his mother hired a coach to give him singing lessons. But after a few meetings, the teacher counseled him to quit. Johnny’s style was so unique, the seasoned pro thought it better not to tamper with his natural […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Scorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21) “You never sing the same song twice,” said chanteuse Billie Holiday. “If you sing it with all the same phrasing and melody, you’re failing your art.” That’s an extreme statement, but I understand what she was driving at. Repeating yourself too much can be debilitating. That includes trying to […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Libra (Sep 23-Oct 22) A woman I know, Caeli La, was thinking about relocating from Denver to Brooklyn. She journeyed across country and visited a prime neighbourhood in her potential new headquarters. Here’s what she reported on her Facebook page: “In the last three days, I’ve seen three different men on separate occasions […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Libra (Sep 23-Oct 22) “I am more interested in human beings than in writing,” said author Anais Nin, “more interested in lovemaking than in writing, more interested in living than in writing. More interested in becoming a work of art than in creating one.” I invite you to adopt that perspective as your […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Libra (Sep 23-Oct 22) You’re a good candidate for the following roles: 1. A skeptical optimist who is both discerning and open-minded; 2. A robust truth-teller who specializes in interesting truths; 3. A charming extremist who’s capable of solving stubborn riddles; 4. A smooth operator who keeps everyone calm even as you initiate […]