Rob Brezsny

Happy Birthday! ARIES (March 21-April 19) Not bad for a few weeks’ work, or play or whatever it is you want to call this tormented, inspired outburst. Would it be too forward of me to suggest that you’ve gone a long way toward outgrowing the dark fairy tale that had been haunting your dreams for […]

Happy Birthday! PISCES (February 19 – March 20) Seahorses have an unusual approach to reproduction. It’s the male of the species that cares for the eggs as they gestate. He carries them in a “brood pouch” on his front side. Of course it’s the female who creates the eggs in the first place. After analyzing […]

Happy Birthday! PISCES (February 19 – March 20) Shunryu Suzuki was a Zen master whose books helped popularize Zen Buddhism in America. A student once asked him, “How much ego do you need?” His austere reply was “Just enough so that you don’t step in front of a bus.” While I sympathize with the value […]

Happy Birthday! PISCES (February 19 – March 20) You should be like a rooster, Pisces: dispensing wake-up calls on a regular basis. You should be nudging people to shed their torpor and shake themselves out of their stupor. What’s your personal version of “Cockadoodle-doo?” It shouldn’t be something generic like “Open your eyes!” or “Stop […]

Happy Birthday! PISCES (February 19-March 20) Gawker notes that American politician John McCain tends to repeat himself—a lot. Researchers discovered that he has told the same joke at least 27 times in five years. (And it’s such a feeble joke, it’s not worth re-telling.) In the coming week, Pisces, pease please please avoid any behaviour […]

Happy Birthday! AQUARIUS (January 20-February 18) (January 20-February 18) Jeep vehicles always feature seven slots on their front grills. Why? For the manufacturer, it’s a symbolic statement proclaiming the fact that Jeep was the first vehicle driven on all seven continents. Let’s take that as your cue, Aquarius. Your assignment is to pick an accomplishment […]

Happy Birthday! AQUARIUS (January 20-February 18) (January 20-February 18) Maybe there is a soulmate for you in this world. Maybe there isn’t. But you can count on this: If that person is out there, you will never bond with him or her by clinging to a set of specific expectations about how it should happen. […]

Happy Birthday! AQUARIUS (January 20-February 18) (January 20-February 18) If you go to California’s Yosemite National Park this month, you might get the chance to witness a reddish-gold waterfall. Here’s how: At sunset, gaze up at the sheer east face of the rock formation known as El Capitan. There you will see what seems to […]

Happy Birthday! AQUARIUS (January 20-February 18) Collectors prefer wild orchids, says William Langley, writing in the UK’s Telegraph. Orchids grown in nurseries, which comprise 99.5 percent of the total, are tarnished with “the stigma of perfection.” Their colours are generic and their petal patterns are boringly regular. Far more appealing are the exotic varieties untouched […]

Happy Birthday! AQUARIUS (January 20-February 18) Here’s one of my favourite quotes from American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson: “I hate quotations. Tell me what you think.” The current astrological omens suggest that this is an excellent message for you to heed. It’s crucial for you to know your own mind and speak your own thoughts. […]

Happy Birthday! CAPRICORN (December 22-January 19) Last summer, before the football season started, sportswriter Eric Branch wrote about a rookie running back that San Francisco 49er fans were becoming increasingly excited about. The newbie had made some big plays in exhibition games. Would he continue performing at a high level when the regular season began? […]

Happy Birthday! CAPRICORN (December 22-January 19) Suzan-Lori Parks is a celebrated American playwright who has won both a Pulitzer Prize and a MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant. During the time between November 2002 and November 2003, she wrote a new short play every day—a total of 365 plays in 365 days. I think you could be […]