World Kiss

You can only be in mad loving lust with ALL of the Goddess, not some of Her. Now start kissing.

Published August 30, 2000 7:00PM (EDT)

As far as the Goddess is concerned, there is no such thing as heterosexuality. No such thing as homosexuality or bisexuality, for that matter. Even bestiality does not go far enough. Nor does the flower boinking of the Essenes, or the sky copulations of the Illuminati or the sacred fisting of the Mediterranean Sea by the ancient Sapphic cults.

As far as the Goddess is concerned, there is only "Pantheosexuality" -- also known as Polymorphous Perverse Omnidirectional Goddess Diddling. All else is a lie, an obscene limitation. You can only be in mad loving lust with ALL of the Goddess, not some of Her. To be in love with some but not all of Her is to be in love with none of Her.

With this in mind, I invite you to perform the ritual of the World Kiss. To participate, you need only apply your tender loving lips and tongues to every quivering portion of the Goddess's outrageous joy body: oak trees, computers, salamanders, clouds, toasters, spiders, paintings in museums, crayons, mountains, people -- everything. With each smooch, keep uppermost in your emotions a mood of blasphemous reverence and horny compassion. And be mindful that it's not enough simply to perform the outer gesture; you must aim to have a heart-on in each of your seven chakras.

To get you in the mood and to demonstrate the technique, I will now narrate a live broadcast of my freaky consort Suzanne and I performing the World Kiss in our home. Note that as we proceed, we will address every portion of the Goddess's outrageous joy body with intimate "I-Thou" tenderness.

We begin with you, O precious altar in our living room. Smacking our warm lips with a rat-a-tat of boisterous kisses, we prove our love for you again and again. Please accept the gift of our adoration, dear violet candle and pomegranate and bouquet of chrysanthemums. Amethyst wand, gold coin and toy rubber unicorn, come hither: We wish to anoint you, too, with our hot, sweet breaths. Venus of Willendorf figurine, whooping crane feather, silver bowl filled with black dirt from the garden: As we bestow on you our moist butterfly jiggles, we channel the pulse of our righteous kundalini into every luscious atom of your sexy creaturehood.

But our Pantheosexual yearning does not end here. Onward! Toward new frontiers of kissability! Who or what offers itself up next to our osculatory worship? Wok hanging from the kitchen wall, we pay homage to you with flickering licks. Chipped ceramic mug and unopened package of plastic garbage bags, we smother you with our blazing snuggles. Box of Cheerios and wooden dish rack, feel the fluttering graze of our undying reverence.

More endorphins! More sweetness! On we glide to the bedroom! Though we've had erotic epiphanies while watching ruby-throated hummingbirds feeding from plum flowers, we've never enjoyed the shivering throb we feel now as we initiate communion with the magenta carpet below us. Swaddling you with our grateful arms, dear carpet, we spill our miraculous passion deep into your weave, deep into the lambs that sacrificed their wool for you to live, deep into the hands that assembled you.

Our lips reach everywhere -- to the doorknob and the wall sockets and the light switch and the dead fly on the windowsill. On all of you, we bestow our ripest blessings. And to the air itself, we send this message with our sloppy kisses: Since our particles and your particles were ripped asunder at the big bang, we have fantasized obsessively of the rapturous reunion in which we now exult.

WE ARE THEE AND THEE ARE WE!

Aquarius | Aries | Cancer | Capricorn | Gemini | Leo | Libra | Pisces | Sagittarius | Scorpio | Taurus | Virgo
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YOUR HOROSCOPE FOR THIS WEEK

ARIES (March 21-April 19): "Whenever I feel like I can't go forward and I can't go back," says my friend Briana, "I know I'm on the verge of a creative surge." Then there's my pal Allie. "Being between a rock and a hard place," she bubbles, "is an invitation to become very pliable, sort of like a Claymation figure. That always lets me squeeze free, and, more than that, works like the psychological equivalent of a laxative." So there you have it, Aries: medicinal words for you to swallow as you squirm in the stuck place.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You're gorgeous right now. Your physical attractiveness is at a peak, and your soul is a stunning work of art. This is a good thing, right? Mostly. While well-adjusted people will enjoy the unpredictable effects of your radiant grace, some on-the-edge folks may be allergic to it. Don't let them discourage you from shining full blast. In fact, take their uneasiness as a sign to start wielding your beauty as a beneficent weapon.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Maybe in late September I'll dare you to take smart risks and be a feisty adventurer. Right now, though, there's a more humble theme to work on: your security needs. That's why I'd like you to write out a list of every last thing that would make you feel profoundly safe. Now I know you Geminis often resist being at peace with your destiny. You're afraid stability might diminish the power you imagine you derive from being so compulsively restless. But let's put that delusion to sleep for now, OK? Believe it or not, the best way to prep for this autumn's feisty adventures will be to build up the cohesive, dependable, permanent parts of your life.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): When he tried scriptwriting, Picasso was unable to invoke anywhere near the same brilliance he possessed as a painter. The one play he created, "Desire Caught by the Tail," was a flop. William Shatner, likewise, hasn't impressed as many with his singing of "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" as he did in his performance as "Star Trek's" captain. On the other hand, Leonardo da Vinci turned out some impressive work as a scientist in addition to his objets d'art, and Thomas Jefferson was not only a skillful politician but also a decent architect. I believe you're poised to branch out in the da Vinci and Jefferson modes, Cancerian. Your skill in one sphere is ripe for translation into another.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Honed in the fires of strenuous meditations, purified by many years of battling my selfishness, distilled from careful reading in a wide variety of sacred texts, this horoscope is worth $1.6 million. But for you, Leo, it's absolutely free -- on two conditions. All I ask is the following: First, that you give generously and joyously of resources you've always been a bit stingy about, and second, that you not even worry about whether you'll receive anything in return for your gifts. Think you can do that?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): If you build it, they will come. If you merely pretend to build it, they may come anyway, and end up staying because of your other charms. If you play hard to get or give out mixed messages, they'll be intrigued and attracted for a short time, but probably won't actually come. My advice, then, is to at least start pretending to build the sucker in earnest while you find out if you have the stamina and interest to actually do it.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Flush your placebos down the toilet, Libra. Donate your psychological crutches to charity. I have every reason to expect that the next three weeks will bring you a glorious victory over your bad self, not to mention the bad selves of a couple of other people. A streak of warrior pluck is about to possess you, killing off the meek visions that have soured your luck. In fact, I'll make this reckless but true prophecy: Not since 1996 have you had this much power over debilitating habits, lame excuses and weakness disguised as strength.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I have acquired two new gurus. One is my old acquaintance Mark, the most boring nuisance I've ever known. I hadn't seen him in years, but he just moved to the town where I live. The other is George W. Bush, who has moved to the top of the list of performers I distrust. Why are they my gurus? Because I long ago made a vow to love and bless all sentient beings, and this is tough to do with people who repulse me. Thus I feel tremendous gratitude for George and Mark. They're prodding me with frontier teachings about the work I have to do to live up to my ideals. May I humbly suggest you try a similar approach, Scorpio? Pledge to extract all the value you can from those who ignore you, frustrate you, or disagree with you. If this week had a title it'd be "Snuggling Up to Strange Bedfellows."

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I trust you've indulged in at least two lengthy sabbaticals this summer, and I hope that during your furloughs you ripened your fantasy life dramatically. If you've been heeding all the divine guidance that's been offered, your imagination now has a very wide expanse in which to wander, and you're as unburdened by the past as you've been in many moons. Which brings us to your next assignment. Speaking on behalf of the same cosmic powers that invited you to run wild and free, I suggest that you enjoy a reverse vacation -- a period when you take time out from your leisure schedule so as to apply yourself with voracious enthusiasm to the work you love best.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I'm not one of those hidebound astrologers who assert that all Capricorns are stuffy prigs. Some of the rowdiest minds I've ever known have belonged to members of your tribe. Still, I believe that many of you do periodically suffer from an excess of dignity and decorum. That's why I suggest you visit the Burning Man festival, an eight-day revel in the Nevada desert where everyone is a crazy genius artist and naked pagans dance in ecstatic trance around bonfires consecrated to the Goddess. If that's too far away, find an event closer to home where you can become inflamed with unreasonable joy and wise foolishness.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I predict that you'll dream of Ronald McDonald twice in the coming week. I foresee that in the first dream you will passively sit back and grin numbly as he shows off his standard shtick. But by the second dream you will rise up and shout, "I'll have no goddamn commercials in my dreams, thank you," then stuff a Burger King Whopper down his pants. I believe this liberating sequence will mirror events in your waking life -- perhaps even be a spur for a healthy rebellion and escape.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You Pisceans are the most devotional of all the signs. One of your potential superpowers, in fact, is your reverent and creative dedication to what you love. Given the intensity of this gift, it's crucial that you choose wisely about where you direct it. While you may be temporarily energized from obsessively helping a no-good loser or worshiping a celebrity who reminds you of your own dormant, godlike nature, you know there are much better receptacles into which to pour your adoration. And now is the perfect time to fine-tune your priorities.

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HOMEWORK: What do you like best about the part of yourself that is least evolved and needs most work? Free Will Astrology


By Rob Brezsny

Rob Brezsny's weekly astrology column appears on Salon as well as on his own Web site and in print publications worldwide. Brezsny's novel, "The Televisionary Oracle," was released earlier this year. He lives near San Francisco.

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