Author Archives: Rob Brezsny

ARIES (March 21-​​​​April 19): According to Taoist scholar Chad Hansen, “Western philosophers have endlessly analyzed and dissected a cluster of terms thought to be central to our thinking,” such as truth, beauty, reason, knowledge, belief, mind, and goodness. But he reports … Continue reading →

ARIES (March 21-​​​​April 19): “I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself,” wrote 16th-​​​​century author Pietro Aretino. By January 2021, Aries, I would love for you to have earned the right to make a similar statement: “I am, indeed, a royal … Continue reading →

ARIES (March 21-​​​​April 19): “A new idea is rarely born like Venus attended by graces. More commonly it’s modeled of baling wire and acne. More commonly it wheezes and tips over.” Those words were written by Aries author Marge Piercy, … Continue reading →

ARIES (March 21-​​​​April 19): My favorite ancient Greek philosopher was the rascal Diogenes. As a joke, he carried around a lantern during the daytime, proclaiming, “I am just looking for an honest man.” When Alexander the Great, the most powerful man in … Continue reading →

We interrupt your regularly scheduled horoscopes to offer insights about the virus-​​​​driven turning point that the whole world is now experiencing. As you’ve probably guessed, all of us are being invited to re-​​​​evaluate everything we think we know about what … Continue reading →

ARIES (March 21-​​​​April 19): Aries poet Charles Baudelaire championed the privilege and luxury of changing one’s mind. He thought it was natural and healthy to always keep evolving beyond one’s previous beliefs and attitudes, even if that meant one might … Continue reading →

ARIES (March 21-​​​​April 19): Nazi Germany invaded and occupied Denmark during World War II. In 1943, Hitler ordered all Danish Jews to be arrested — a first step in his plan to send them to concentration camps. But the Danish resistance movement … Continue reading →

ARIES (March 21-​​​​April 19): Humans invented the plow in 4,500 BC, the wheel in 4,000 BC, and writing in 3,400 BC. But long before that, by 6,000 BC, they had learned how to brew beer and make psychoactive drugs from … Continue reading →