Free Will Astrology

Happy Birthday! Pisces (February 19-March 20) A source of fulfillment you will enjoy in the future may seem almost painful when it initially announces its presence. In other words, your next mission may first appear to you as a problem. Your situation has a certain resemblance to that of prolific Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky, who […]

Happy Birthday! Pisces (February 19-March 20) “Telling someone your goal makes it less likely to happen,” says musician and businessman Derek Sivers. Numerous studies demonstrate that when you talk about your great new idea before you actually do it, your brain chemistry does an unexpected thing. It gives you the feeling that you have already […]

Happy Birthday! Pisces (February 19-March 20) “I have decided to rename the constellations that have domineered our skies too long,” writes an internet denizen named Hasheeshee St. Frank. He gives only one example. The Big Dipper, he says, shall forevermore be known as The Star-Spangled Gas Can. I invite you to come up with additional […]

Happy Birthday! Pisces (February 19-March 20) You may have heard the thundering exhortation, “Know thyself!” Its origin is ancient. More than 2,400 years ago, it was inscribed at the front of the Temple of Apollo in Delphi, Greece. As important as it is to obey this command, there is an equally crucial corollary: “Be thyself!” […]

Happy Birthday! Aquarius (January 20-February 18) “All these years I’ve been searching for an impossible love,” said French writer Marguerite Duras late in her life. The novels and films she created reflect that feeling. Her fictional characters are often engaged in obsessive quests for an ideal romance that would allow them to express their passion […]

Happy Birthday! Aquarius (January 20-February 18) Young art student Andrzej Sobiepan sneaked into Poland’s National Museum with a painting he had done himself and managed to surreptitiously mount it on one of the walls. It hung there for awhile before authorities noticed it and took it down. “I decided that I will not wait 30 […]

Happy Birthday! Aquarius (January 20-February 18) Poet Jacob Nibengenesabe was a member of the Swampy Cree, a First Nation tribe in Canada. He wrote shamanic poems from the point of view of a magical trickster who could change himself into various creatures. In one poem, the shapeshifter talked about how important it is to be […]

Happy Birthday! Aquarius (January 20-February 18) “Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.” So said the eccentric, outspoken and hard-partying actress Talullah Bankhead (1902-1968). Can you guess her astrological sign? Aquarius, of course. Her greatest adventure came from trying to keep up with all the unpredictable urges that welled up […]

Happy Birthday! CAPRICORN (DECEMBER 22-JANURARY 19) A San Francisco writer named Maneesh Sethi decided he was wasting too much time on the internet. His productivity was suffering. So he hired a woman to sit next to him as he worked and yell at him or slap his face every time his attention wandered off in […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAPRICORN! (DECEMBER 22-JANURARY 19) What does it mean when the dwarf planet Pluto impacts a key point in your horoscope? For Capricorn gymnast Gabby Douglas, it seemed to be profoundly empowering. During the time Pluto was close to her natal sun during last year’s summer Olympics, she won two gold medals, one with […]

Happy Birthday! CAPRICORN (DECEMBER 22-JANURARY 19) In 2013, I pledge to help you bring only the highest-quality influences and self-responsible people into your life. Together we will work to dispel any unconscious attraction you might have to demoralizing chaos or pathological melodrama. We will furthermore strive to ensure that as you deepen and fine-tune your […]

Happy Birthday! CAPRICORN (DECEMBER 22-JANURARY 19) When he was 21, the Capricorn writer Jack London set off to prospect for gold in the 1897 Klondike gold rush. He had a rough time there. Malnourished, he suffered from scurvy and leg pain. To make matters worse, he didn’t find much gold, and returned home broke. On […]