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Classifieds FREE WILL . ASTROLOGY Week of August 21 ROB BREZSNY’S ARIES (March 21-April 19): Warning! The following statements may pop into your head with annoying frequency in the coming week: “Nobody sees me for who I really am.” “Life is a bitch.” “Sooner or later, everyone will find out how I’ve been faking it all these years.” “I’ll never have enough money.” “I’m afraid to change even when I know the change will be good.” Now listen closely, Aries: All those ideas are dirty lies. I don’t believe in the devil, but if I did I’d say it was he who planted them in your mind. How can you fight back? Wage a ferocious campaign of positive self-talk. Barrage yourself with uplifting affirmations like these: “I face my fears with joyous courage.” “I turn appar- ent setbacks into juicy opportunities.” “I answer every criticism with a vow to be my best.” “I am an amazingly gorgeous genius with unimaginable tricks up my sleeve.” Buick 1991 SKYLARK 4-door sedan. 2.5L, Automatic, Cruise, power steering, A/C, power windows and locks. Includes forward and reverse gears. AM/FM Cassette. 130K, Runs well, 30+ highway mpg. Minor dents, rust. Very reli- able car. Not just a car, but a lifestyle for only $1,495 OBO. 484- 0519 x13 day or 683-3851 eve. SELL YOUR CAR with our awe- some Auto ad package. $30 gets you 3 weeks of ads plus a FREE photo. Call Eugene Weekly at 484- 0519. Chevrolet 1981 SPORT VAN G20 305 V8. Professional conversion. 110K miles. Great runner. Bed, kitch- enette, captains, AC, loaded. $1,599. 988-1991. GMC 1984 GMC 515 PICKUP. 103K Miles. Also for sale, 1986 Nissan Stanza wagon. 180K miles. Both run great. $1,000 each or OBO on each. Call for test drive. 541-731-1828. Eugene. 1984 VW QUANTUM. 5-speed wagon. Low miles. Excellent con- dition. Power all. Sunroof. Super buy at $1,500. 345-0207. www. eugeneweekly .com Honda 1980 HONDA CIVIC. Needs work. $200 OBO. 344-7089. Volkswagen 1990 SYNCRO Adventurewagen Camper. 150K, needs owner look- ing for adventure. Rebuilt engine, tranny. $12K, OBO, 342-6886. FREE 1 WEEK DIAPER SERVICE 1971 VW HIGHTOP BUS. Rebuilt engine, fold out bed. Two sets of Westy interiors included for camper conversion. $1,500 OBO. Call 744-9379, eves. SELL YOUR CAR with our awe- some Auto ad package. $30 gets you 3 weeks of ads plus a FREE photo. Call Eugene Weekly at 484- 0519. 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If you’re happy with your existing soul mate, infuse your bond with a concentrated dose of smart, loving creativity. It’s a perfect moment to propel your- selves into the next phase of your evolution together. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Robust singing skill is correlated with a strong immune sys- tem in songbirds. Male birds with the most exten- sive repertoire of tunes also have the largest spleens, a key measure of immune system health. No studies have yet been done on humans. But if there is a similar link, I expect you will be crooning with unrivaled beauty and power in the coming days. The astrological omens say you are currently at the peak of your ability to fight off bugs and adversaries of all kinds, including both the physical and psychic varieties. CANCER (June 21-July 22): So begins the information-gathering phase of your yearly cycle, Cancerian. You’ll align yourself with the cosmic ebb and flow whenever you engage in activities that excite your love of learning and enhance your skills as a student of life. Here’s a gem from poet Heather McHugh to inspire your quest: “The knowledge I’m interested in is not something you buy and then have and can be comfortable with. The knowledge I’m interested in keeps opening wider and wider, making me smaller and more amazed, until I see I cannot have it all — and then delight in that as a freedom.” LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Please muse a minute on the title of a book by Susan Harrow: Selling Yourself Without Selling Your Soul: A Woman’s Guide to Promoting Herself, Her Business, Her Product, or Her Cause with Integrity and Spirit. I suggest you either consult this invigorating set of instructions, which works for men, too, or else cre- ate your own version of it. The astrological omens reveal you’re primed to receive fresh intuitions about how to make money from doing what you love. (P.S. I don’t know Harrow personally and have no financial stake in her book.) LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “You have to recognize the demons or else they’ll annoy you like mosquitoes,” poet James Broughton told interview- er Jack Foley. “But if you acknowledge their exis- tence, if you say, ‘All right, here’s a cookie, go sit in the corner,’ then you can go about your work and you don’t have to go into depression because of it.” I suggest you follow Broughton’s advice, Libra. Neither ignore nor over-indulge those pesky voices in your head. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The Big Texas Steak Ranch restaurant in Amarillo, Tex., has a standing offer to its customers: If you can eat its four and a half pound steak in an hour without get- ting sick, the meal is free. Oh, and you’ve also got to finish the side dishes — salad, shrimp cocktail, baked potato, and roll. Only about one in six brave souls succeeds at the test. Given your tribe’s cur- rent astrological omens, however, I think five out of six Scorpios could win the bet this week. Your appetite — not just for food, but for pleasure, wis- dom, adventure, and self- transformation — is gar- gantuan. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): History is littered with the stories of people who didn’t have sufficient funds to manifest their brilliant ideas. Mahlon Loomis was one. Guglielmo Marconi is known as the inventor of the radio, but Loomis created a wireless telegraph system two years before Marconi was even born. Unable to get financial backing, however, Loomis could not devel- op his innovation, and it remained a virtual secret. I’m hoping, Sagittarius, that this story will prod you into realizing how important it is to feed your own dreams with all the money they deserve. Don’t let them languish in the realm of fantasy. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): This Saturday I’ll leave for a visit to my version of paradise: the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert. For eight utopian days, I’ll need no money and see no advertisements or TV. Exuberant works of art, erected in abundance throughout the seven- square-mile expanse, will feed my imagination. Half-naked dancing revelers who share my political and spiritual views will greet me everywhere I go. I’ll do workshops and performances for people who appreciate my peculiar brand of crazy wisdom. I bring this up, Capricorn, because I think you would benefit from a similar escape. It’s a perfect moment to make a pilgrimage to the place you con- sider heaven on earth. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Bach’s “St. Matthew Passion” is one of the most highly regarded musical compositions in history. Yet the score disappeared and the work was never played for many years after Bach’s death in 1750. In 1829, composer Felix Mendelssohn rediscovered the long-lost manuscript being used as wrapping paper in the estate sale of a deceased cheese salesman. He arranged for a public performance of the piece, and its revival began. In the coming week, Aquarius, I predict you’ll have a taste of the amazed and confounded joy Mendelssohn must have experienced. In an unlikely place with seem- ingly low value, you will find a neglected treasure. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your thought for the week comes from French writer Alexander Dumas. “If you give the impression that you need something, you will get nothing,” he said. “To make money you have to appear to be rich.” The best way to get what you desire, in other words, is to be confident that you deserve it. Don’t dwell on how needy you are; don’t let yourself become a morass of aching deficiency. This doesn’t mean you should water down the intensity of your longing. Indeed, passionate yearning is essential for bountiful satisfaction. But make sure your intense longing is propelled by a certainty that you will ultimately be fulfilled. $10/week, 3 week min. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Question: What form of entertainment would be most likely to cure your brain cramps? Answer: watching the demolition of an old building. Question: What lucky break could ensure you won’t keep missing the forest for the trees? Answer: finding a bird’s nest. Question: What soul medicine would be most effective in giving you access to your repressed intuition? Answer: reading mythic tales of resurrection. Question: What is the hardest yet most rewarding possible lesson you could learn right now? Answer: how to whistle with two fingers. Question: Where can you find a portal to another dimension? Answer: in your bedroom. 484-0519 classy@eugeneweekly.com You can call Rob Brezsny, day or night, for your EXPANDED WEEKLY HOROSCOPE: 1-900-950-7700 • $1.99 per minute • Touchtone phone 18 & over • c/s 612-373-9785 Advertise your car with a FREE photo. (private party only) Homework: Be inspired by this wisdom from Picasso: “I am always doing that which I cannot do in order that I may learn how to do it.” Report your findings to www.freewillastrology.com AUGUST 21, 2003 37
