CAPRICORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19): Let's discuss the differences
between dumb, unproductive pain and smart, useful pain. The
former is the kind you keep being drawn back to out of habit.
It's familiar and therefore perversely comfortable. The latter
is the kind of pain that surprises you with valuable teachings
and inspires you to see the world with new eyes. While stupid
pain is often born of fear, wise pain is stirred up by love. The
dumb, unproductive stuff comes from allowing yourself to be
controlled by your early conditioning and from doing things that
are out of harmony with your essence. The smart, useful variety
arises out of a willingness to live passionately and with a
sense of adventure. Can you guess which type I'm urging you to
gravitate toward right now, Capricorn?  AQUARIUS (Jan. 20–Feb.
18): To promote my new book Pronoia Is the Antidote for
Paranoia, I've tried to set up lectures at bookstores. One place
I contacted was A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books in San
Francisco. It turned me down. Iron