Rob Brezsny
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Rob Brezsny is an American
astrologer
, writer, poet, and musician. His weekly horoscope column Free Will Astrology (formerly known as Real Astrology), has been published for more than 28 years, runs in 120 periodicals, and can be subscribed to for free via email.
in his column. His writing employs a more personal, optimistic and literary approach than conventional horoscopes. Utne Reader
described Brezsny's column Real Astrology as breathing "new life into the tabloid mummy of zodiac advice columns". British horoscope writer Jonathan Cainer
told interviewer Eric Francis
that Brezsny inspired him to begin his own column in the mid 1980s, saying that Brezsny was the first person who showed him that a horoscope could be done intelligently.
Brezsny is author of the books Images Are Dangerous, The Televisionary Oracle, and Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How All of Creation Is Conspiring To Shower You with Blessings. Robert Anton Wilson
described The Televisionary Oracle as "A book so weird it just might drive you stark raving sane." Tom Robbins
stated "I've seen the future of American literature, and its name is Rob Brezsny." His most recent work derives its name from the concept of pronoia
, a term John Perry Barlow
defined as "the suspicion the Universe is a conspiracy on your behalf."
Brezsny was a singer/songwriter for the early 1990s band World Entertainment War
and the late 70's / early 80's bands , Mystery Spot, and Youth In Asia. World Entertainment War was nominated for a Bammie in 1991 and the Brezsny penned song "Dark Ages" appears on Deep Space / Virgin Sky
by Jefferson Starship
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
astrologer
Astrologer
An astrologer practices one or more forms of astrology. Typically an astrologer draws a horoscope for the time of an event, such as a person's birth, and interprets celestial points and their placements at the time of the event to better understand someone, determine the auspiciousness of an...
, writer, poet, and musician. His weekly horoscope column Free Will Astrology (formerly known as Real Astrology), has been published for more than 28 years, runs in 120 periodicals, and can be subscribed to for free via email.
Career
Brezsny is the first well-known horoscope columnist to use first-person narrativeFirst-person narrative
First-person point of view is a narrative mode where a story is narrated by one character at a time, speaking for and about themselves. First-person narrative may be singular, plural or multiple as well as being an authoritative, reliable or deceptive "voice" and represents point of view in the...
in his column. His writing employs a more personal, optimistic and literary approach than conventional horoscopes. Utne Reader
Utne Reader
Utne Reader is an American bimonthly magazine. The magazine collects and reprints articles on politics, culture, and the environment from generally alternative media sources, including journals, newsletters, weeklies, zines, music and DVDs...
described Brezsny's column Real Astrology as breathing "new life into the tabloid mummy of zodiac advice columns". British horoscope writer Jonathan Cainer
Jonathan Cainer
Jonathan Cainer is a British sun-sign astrologer who writes a daily column on his website, which is reproduced in Daily Telegraph and Herald Sun newspapers in Australia and the Daily Mail newspaper in Britain, in addition to a variety of Internet sites in five or so different languages, including...
told interviewer Eric Francis
Eric Francis
Eric Francis is an American investigative reporter, essayist, author, editor and photojournalist...
that Brezsny inspired him to begin his own column in the mid 1980s, saying that Brezsny was the first person who showed him that a horoscope could be done intelligently.
Brezsny is author of the books Images Are Dangerous, The Televisionary Oracle, and Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How All of Creation Is Conspiring To Shower You with Blessings. Robert Anton Wilson
Robert Anton Wilson
Robert Anton Wilson , known to friends as "Bob", was an American author and polymath who became at various times a novelist, philosopher, psychologist, essayist, editor, playwright, poet, futurist, civil libertarian and self-described agnostic mystic...
described The Televisionary Oracle as "A book so weird it just might drive you stark raving sane." Tom Robbins
Tom Robbins
Thomas Eugene "Tom" Robbins Thomas Eugene "Tom" Robbins Thomas Eugene "Tom" Robbins (born July 22, 1936 is an American author. His best-selling novels are serio-comic, often wildly poetic stories with a strong social and philosophical undercurrent, an irreverent bent, and scenes extrapolated from...
stated "I've seen the future of American literature, and its name is Rob Brezsny." His most recent work derives its name from the concept of pronoia
Pronoia (psychology)
Pronoia is a neologism that is defined as the opposite state of mind as paranoia: having the sense that there is a conspiracy that exists to help the person...
, a term John Perry Barlow
John Perry Barlow
John Perry Barlow is an American poet and essayist, a retired Wyoming cattle rancher, and a cyberlibertarian political activist who has been associated with both the Democratic and Republican parties. He is also a former lyricist for the Grateful Dead and a founding member of the Electronic...
defined as "the suspicion the Universe is a conspiracy on your behalf."
Brezsny was a singer/songwriter for the early 1990s band World Entertainment War
World Entertainment War
World Entertainment War is an American funk rock band, formed in 1986, noted for its memorable costumes, props, and antics, both on and off-stage and for songs containing intricate lyrics of a political and often humorous nature...
and the late 70's / early 80's bands , Mystery Spot, and Youth In Asia. World Entertainment War was nominated for a Bammie in 1991 and the Brezsny penned song "Dark Ages" appears on Deep Space / Virgin Sky
Deep Space / Virgin Sky
-Expanded Track Listing :-Personnel:*Jack Casady – basses*Marty Balin – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion*Paul Kantner – lead vocals, 12-string guitar*Prairie Prince – drums*Slick Aguilar – lead guitar*Tim Gorman – keyboards, vocals...
by Jefferson Starship
Jefferson Starship
Jefferson Starship is an American rock band formed in the early 1970s. The group is a spin-off from the iconic 1960s psychedelic/folk group Jefferson Airplane. The band has undergone several major changes in personnel and genres through the years while retaining the same Jefferson Starship name...
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External links
- Free Will Astrology Homepage
- Rob Brezsny on Santa Cruz Underground Music Wiki
- rob brezsny: divine fool for the modern age
- Man For All Reasons
- Giggling Galaxies
- The Literary Equivalent of a Sex-Change essay by Rob Brezsny