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Freewill Astrology: December 19

Aries Mar 21 | Apr 19 The English word hubris means prideful, exaggerated self-assurance. In the HBO TV series Rome, the ancient Roman politician and general Mark Antony says to his boss Julius Caesar, Im glad youre so confident. Some would call it hubris. Caesar has a snappy comeback: Its only hubris if I fail. Im tempted to dare you to use that as one of your mottoes in 2020, Aries. I have a rather expansive vision of your capacity to accomplish great things during the coming months. And I also think that one key to your triumphs and breakthroughs will be your determination to cultivate a well-honed aplomb, even audacity.

Taurus Apr 20 | May 20 For years Ive lived in a house bordering a wetland, and Ive come to love that ecosystem more than any other. While communing with reeds and herons and muddy water, my favourite poet has been Taurus-born Lorine Niedecker, who wrote about marshes with supreme artistry. Until the age of 60, her poetic output was less than abundant because she had to earn a meager living by cleaning hospital floors. Then, due to a fortuitous shift in circumstances, she was able to leave that job and devote more time to what she loved most and did best. With Niedeckers breakthrough as our inspiration, I propose that we do all we can, you and I, as we conspire to make 2020 the year you devote more time to the activity that you love most and do best.

Gemini May 21 | Jun 20 In the English language, the prefix re comes at the beginning of many words with potent transformational meaning: reinvent redeem rediscover release relieve redesign resurrect rearrange reconstruct reform reanimate reawaken regain. I hope youll put words like those at the top of your priority list in 2020. If you hope to take maximum advantage of the cosmic currents, itll be a year of revival, realignment and restoration.

Cancer Jun 21 | Jul 22 I wont be surprised if youre enamoured and amorous more than usual in 2020. I suspect you will experience delight and enchantment at an elevated rate. The intensity and depth of the feelings that flow through you may break all your previous records. Is that going to be a problem? I suppose it could be if you worry that the profuse flows of tenderness and affection will render you weak and vulnerable. But if youre willing and eager to interpret your extra sensitivity as a superpower, thats probably what it will be.

Leo Jul 23 | Aug 22 Does the word spirit mean anything to you? Or are you numb to it? Has it come to seem virtually meaningless a foggy abstraction used carelessly by millions of people to express sentimental beliefs and avoid clear thinking? In accordance with astrological omens, Ill ask you to create a sturdier and more vigorous definition of spirit for your practical use in 2020. For instance, you might decide that spirit refers to the life force that launches you out of bed each morning and motivates you to keep transforming yourself into the ever-more beautiful soul you want to become.

Virgo Aug 23 | Sep 22 There are people who take the heart out of you, and there are people who put it back, wrote author Charles de Lint. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, your heart will encounter far more of the latter than the former types of people in 2020. There may be one wrangler who tries to take the heart out of you, but there will be an array of nurturers who will strive to keep the heart in you as well as boosters and builders who will add even more heart.

Libra Sep 23 | Oct 22 Composer Igor Stravinsky was born a Russian citizen, but later in life became a French citizen, and still later took on American citizenship. If you have had any similar predilections, Libra, Im guessing they wont be in play during 2020. My prediction is that you will develop a more robust sense of where you belong than ever before. Any uncertainties youd had about where your true power spot lies will dissipate. Questions youve harboured about the nature of home will be answered. With flair and satisfaction, youll resolve long-running riddles about home and community.

Scorpio Oct 23 | Nov 21 Friendship is a very taxing and arduous form of leisure activity, wrote philosopher and educator Mortimer Adler. He was exaggerating a bit for comic effect, but he was basically correct. We all must mobilize a great deal of intelligence and hard work to initiate new friendships and maintain existing friendships. But I have some very good news about how these activities will play out for you in 2020, Scorpio. I expect that your knack for practicing the art of friendship will be at an all-time high. I also believe that your close alliances will be especially gratifying and useful for you. Youll be well-rewarded for your skill and care at cultivating rapport.

Sagittarius Nov 22 | Dec 21 In 1933, Sagittarian artist Diego Rivera was commissioned to paint a huge mural in one of the famous Rockefeller buildings in New York City. His patrons didnt realize he was planning to include a controversial portrait of former Soviet Communist leader Vladimir Lenin. When the deed was done, they ordered him to remove it. When he refused, they ushered him out and destroyed the whole mural. As a result, Rivera also lost another commission to create art at the Chicago Worlds Fair. In any other year, Sagittarius, I might encourage you to be as idealistic as Rivera. Id invite you to place artistic integrity over financial considerations. But Im less inclined to advise that in 2020. I think it may serve you to be unusually pragmatic. At least consider leaving Lenin out of your murals.

Capricorn Dec 22 | Jan 19 People mistake their limitations for high standards, wrote Capricorn author Jean Toomer. In my astrological opinion, its crucial that you avoid doing that in 2020. Why? First, Im quite sure that you will have considerable power to shed and transcend at least some of your limitations. For best results, you cant afford to deceive yourself into thinking that those limitations are high standards. Secondly, Capricorn, you will have good reasons and a substantial ability to raise your standards higher than theyve ever been. So you definitely dont want to confuse high standards with limitations.

Aquarius Jan 20 | Feb 18 Historians once thought that 14th-century Englishmen were the first humans to track the rhythms of the planet Jupiter using the complicated mathematics known as calculus. But in 2015, researchers discovered that Babylonians had done it 1,400 years before the Englishmen. Why was Jupiters behaviour so important to those ancient people? They were astrologers! They believed the planets movements were correlated with practical events on earth, like the weather, river levels and grain harvests. I think that this correction in the origin story of tracking Jupiters rhythms will be a useful metaphor for you in 2020. Its likely you will come to understand your past in ways that are different from what youve believed up until now. Your old tales will change.

Pisces Feb 19 | Mar 20 China produces the most apples in the world. The United States is second. That wasnt always true. When Europeans first reached the shores of the New World, crab apple was the only apple species that grew natively. But the invaders planted other varieties that they brought with them. They also imported the key to all future proliferation: honeybees, champion pollinators, which were previously absent from the land that many indigenous people called Turtle Island. I see 2020 as a time for you to accomplish the equivalent, in your own sphere, of getting the pollination you need. What are the fertilizing influences that will help you accomplish your goals?

Homework: Start dreaming about who you can be in 2020. My long-range audio horoscopes are here: RealAstrology.com

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