Free Will Astrology

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) More and more musicians and authors are choosing to self-publish. That way they retain the full rights to their creative work, keeping it from being controlled and potentially misused by a record label or publishing company. One example is singer-songwriter Terri Hendrix, who owns all 14 of her master recordings. She lives by the motto, “Own Your Own Universe.” I urge you to adopt her approach in 2012. The coming months will be prime time for you to do all you can to take full possession of everything you need to become what you want to be.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) The coming months will be a time when you’ll thrive by seeking out novel ideas, using new words, and regarding your imagination as an organ that’s as important to feed as your stomach. In that spirit, I’m offering you a slew of freshly made-up terms that’ll help tease your brain in ways that are in alignment with the upcoming astrological factors. They all come from the very NSFW dictionary at tinyurl.com/dixtionary. 1) Assymectricity: energy generated by lopsidedness. 2) Enigmagnetic: a person who attracts mysteries. 3) Indumbnitable: incapable of being dumbed down. 4) Beneviolent: helpful chaos. 5) Fauxbia: a fake fear. 6) Craptometry: ability to see through all the B.S. 7) Adoregasm: when you treasure someone to the point of ecstasy.

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