This month’s horoscope by Phoebe with quotes by Osho from the darshan diary, Zorba the Buddha. “Life is a divine continuum. It has no beginning, and no end. It is forever and forever.”
Phoebe would like to point out that we all have all the twelve zodiac signs in our horoscope – some with planets in them and some are empty – meaning some of the themes addressed are in the foreground and some in the background of our lives. “I recommend readers to read all twelve quotes, not just their star sign, for a wider perspective on the themes of the month,” she says.
Planetary Positions
Sun in Taurus enters Gemini on 20th May.
New Moon 27th May in Gemini. Full Moon 11th June in Sagittarius.
Mercury in Taurus enters Gemini on 26th May and Cancer on 8th June.
Venus in Aries enters Taurus on 6th June.
Mars in Leo enters Virgo on 17th June.
Jupiter in Gemini enters Cancer on 9th June.
Saturn in Pisces enters Aries on 25th May.
Uranus in Taurus.
Neptune in Aries.
Pluto retrograde in Aquarius.
Chiron in Aries.
Mood of the Month
“Life is a divine continuum. It has no beginning, and no end. It is forever and forever. It has always been there and will always be there. Birth and death are only episodes in it… If we go on rushing outwards we will never be able to understand the truth, the fundamental truth of existence. Because we miss it we remain in fear, and because we miss it we are constantly under the shadow of death, and to live under the shadow of death is not to live… Life becomes a celebration the moment you know that there is no death, that you have always been here and you will always be here!”
Osho, Zorba the Buddha, Ch 15
Aries
“Unless one can share one’s being with existence one remains meaningless. Everyone has come here to sing a song, and no one else can sing the song that you can sing. It has to be just yours and only yours. If you don’t sing it there is no substitute for it… The moment we pour our being into existence in celebration we become part of it. In that very pouring the ego disappears. In fact the ego cannot disappear unless you have sung your song and danced your dance!”
Osho, Zorba the Buddha, Ch 10
Taurus
“Life is an opportunity to learn love, life is the school… The ways of love are mysterious and the ways of love are almost contrary to the ways of the world. For example in the world if you want to have something more you have to accumulate it. In the world of love if you want to love more, you have to distribute it. You have to give. Only by giving it will you be able to keep it… If you go on keeping love it dies, it goes sour… Hoard it and immediately it becomes a poison. Give it, let it flow and it remains nectar!”
Osho, Zorba the Buddha, Ch 7
Gemini
“Behind the facade of knowledge all kinds of stupidities go on living. In fact they can live in a better way now because they are safer, protected, well protected. And you can even argue for your foolishnesses. That’s what rationalisation is – a knowledgeable person arguing for his stupidities… This is one of the greatest dangers that knowledge creates. It does not destroy your ignorance, on the contrary it protects it… True knowledge is like a light. The moment it happens the darkness disappears. They cannot exist together!”
Osho, Zorba the Buddha, Ch 13
Cancer
“Change is the only permanent thing in existence. Everything else changes except change, and the moment we start stopping it we create misery. To remain blissful simply means to remain available to change… Resistance means that you have lost trust in life. You have lost trust in the whole. You are trying to be wiser than the whole. You are trying to impose your expectations… Life listens to nobody. It follows its own course. If we fight with it we become miserable. If we go with it there is great benediction!”
Osho, Zorba the Buddha, Ch 15
Leo
“Give yourself as many challenges as possible. Life is short and it fleets fast. It goes on slipping out of your hands. The moment that it is gone it is gone, but if you can use it creatively then the moment will be gone but you have squeezed all the juice out of it. You will be enriched… Provoke your energy from every nook and corner and you will become aflame. And to live like a torch burning from both ends together is the right and only way to live! Immense is the blessing of the person who lives totally!”
Osho, Zorba the Buddha, Ch 10
Virgo
“Life is precious, very precious, each moment of it is precious. But people go on wasting it and they don’t even know what to do with the time that has been given to them. They go on killing time… Each moment is tremendously valuable. It has not to be killed but lived. It has not to be destroyed but loved… Eternity penetrates time each moment. It is just behind the moment. If you go deeply into it time disappears and eternity reveals itself!”
Osho, Zorba the Buddha, Ch 1
Libra
“There are two possibilities of creating peace. One is by our own effort… It is a kind of lubricant between you and other people. It helps you to avoid many unnecessary, embarrassing, conflicting situations. It creates a buffer around you, a shock absorber, but it has nothing to do with your real growth. Real growth happens through a totally different kind of peace which happens from the beyond… When you are really empty, from every nook and corner God rushes into you – and that is real peace!”
Osho, Zorba the Buddha, Ch 24
Scorpio
“On the sandalwood tree live poisonous snakes attracted by its tremendously powerful perfume… but the purity and the perfume of the sandalwood is not affected at all… A man of awareness becomes like a sandalwood tree. All kinds of snakes are there – anger is there, greed is there, jealousy is there and envy is there. They are all there hanging on the tree, but the man of awareness is not affected at all. His perfume remains pure. He is not poisoned by them… The poison is transformed into nectar!”
Osho, Zorba the Buddha, Ch 1
Sagittarius
“Life is significant only when it is a journey of love, and it is a journey. Those who start settling somewhere miss it. One has to remain a wanderer, one has to remain homeless… Life is a bridge – pass through it but don’t make a house on it. Life is only when it is a constant flow, when it goes on moving. It is a river from nowhere to nowhere. It is not a purposeful phenomenon. It is not business. It is just a wandering in wonder!”
Osho, Zorba the Buddha, Ch 11
Capricorn
“There are things which can be achieved through effort, but there are also things which can never be achieved through effort. The things that can be achieved through effort are always mundane – money, power, prestige. And the things that cannot be achieved through effort are always sublime – love, prayer, meditation, God, truth… You have only to become capable of receiving it… One has to learn how to wait, one has to learn how to be effortless, one has to learn how to be in a state of surrender… The greatest secret in life is the secret of let-go!”
Osho, Zorba the Buddha, Ch 5
Aquarius
“My message is a new man, homo novus. The old concept of man was of either/or – materialist or spiritualist, moral or immoral, sinner or saint. It was based on division, split. It created a schizophrenic humanity. The whole past of humanity has been sick, unhealthy, insane. In 3000 years 5000 wars have been fought… The time is right. It has never been so right. The new can assert itself. The breakthrough has become possible… Humanity can still have a future and a great future: a future of freedom, a future of love, a future of joy!”
Osho, Zorba the Buddha, Ch 1
Pisces
“Love can be manifest in three dimensions – the physiological, the psychological and the spiritual. The physiological is the lowest. Nothing is wrong about it, it is beautiful, but one should not get stuck in it… When one becomes able to love psychologically then one is really a human being… Love is totally human but even love has not to become the end. One has to go beyond it. By going beyond it, the human being disappears and the divine is born. That is spiritual love… The divine lover has to be searched for. It is there inside, still a seed somewhere, but at any moment it can start growing!”
Osho, Zorba the Buddha, Ch 1
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