BY ROB BREZSNY
ARIES (March 21-April 19): You have two
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Dear Rob: I’ve
biological parents, four grandparents, and eight great-
grandparents. You wouldn’t be you if it weren’t for
those 14 people. The legacy they bequeathed you
played a major role in determining your talents and
flaws, your predilections and aversions. And this is a
perfect astrological moment to get to know them bet-
ter. In fact, deepening your connection to your family’s
history will provide crucial clues as you seek to rein-
vigorate your tired old perspectives on long-running
dilemmas. Are you brave enough to mutate your
understanding of where you came from and where,
therefore, you belong? Halloween costume suggestion:
the ancestor who fascinates you the most.
spent my life trying to adjust to the fact that I never
finished being born. Literally. It’s as if I didn’t actually
agree to leave the womb; never surrendered to being
cast out of heaven and exiled into this heavy, difficult
place called Earth. As a result, I feel I’m not complete-
ly here; I’m always holding back a little. But I’m tired
of this tentativeness. I want to arrive fully and
embrace my destiny. Can you help? -Unborn Libra.”
Dear Unborn: Interesting you should bring this up.
It’s a favorable time for you Libras to come all the way
down to earth. I suggest that you do a meditation in
which you visualize yourself being born while filled a
sense of glee, triumph, and freedom. Halloween cos-
tume suggestion: a very happy baby.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): If I were
writing this horoscope for Gun Lovers’ Casino Porn
Today magazine, I might advise my Taurus readers to
keep their vices firmly in check, as this is a time when
anti-social vices are likely to create even more havoc
than usual. However, since you are reading my words
in a respectable publication and are undoubtedly a
refined and ethical person, I feel comfortable advising
you to tap into the instinctual part of your nature that
is usually off-limits. Halloween costume suggestion:
the animal whose spirit would best awaken
your dormant wildness.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “You may have
Dodge
1977 DODGE van, three on the
tree, runs great, ready for camp-
ing. 349-1141.
Ford
1970 ECONOLINE camper van.
Runs. Needs carburetor work.
$900 OBO. 686-1128.
Buick
Audi
GOOD MILEAGE and comfort.
1991 Skylark 4-door sedan.
Automatic, cruise, power every-
thing, A/C, AM/FM, cassette.
130K miles, runs well and gets
30+ mpg. Minor cosmetic dings.
Drive the Mushy Leonard
Experience for $950 OBO. 683-
3851.
Chevrolet
1989 CELEBRITY wagon.
170k, 2.8 V6. Automatic transmis-
sion. Runs strong, cosmetically
challenged. $750 OBO. 345-2563.
1979 CAMERO, 350 engine.
411. Runs good. $1,000. 653-
2664.
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Excellent condition. 96k miles.
$8,995. 341-3368.
Mazda
1994 PROTEGE LX. 125k,
great shape. 5 speed. $3,200
OBO. 954-7399.
Mercury
1989 MERCURY Tracer. $900
OBO. 148k, good condition. 221-
2722.
Subaru
1999 OUTBACK. 54k, automat-
ic, AWD, CD player. $12,300 OBO.
210-884-6401 (Eugene cell).
1991 LEGACY wagon. 170k, 5
speed, all wheel drive. Runs great
but needs new rear brakes.
$2,000. 484-5502.
1986 SUBARU Wagon. 4wd, 5
speed. 200k. Needs engine work.
$450 OBO. 942-9675.
Volvo
Toyota
1985 VOLVO 240. Auto, pwr
locks, windows. Runs great.
$1,700 OBO. 717-7371.
1984 TERCEL. Runs good. $650
OBO. 349-1802.
1984 TERCEL 4x4 wagon. Runs
good, reliable, 30 mpg. $795 OBO.
916-6409 or 338-4271.
Volkswagen
2000 VW EUROVAN Camper.
65K miles. Stove, sink, fridge, etc.
Lived in and loved. $25,000 firm.
302-8164.
1995 VW EURO VAN. 72k, runs
great. Be prepared for camping
season. $25,000. 937-2837.
1975 VW VAN. Good mechani-
cal, body, rubber. Rebuilt fuel
injection. $1,900 OBO. 485-3838.
1973 VW BEETLE. Excellent
shape, recent upgrades. $1,200.
345-1100, 521-0616.
1971 VW POP TOP camper.
“The best year!” Rebuilt, runs,
needs work. $1,500. 937-2837.
Dealers
1993 VW Jetta III GL, 4D,
95.5K miles • $3,695
1994 Toyota Paseo 2D Coupe,
5 speed, 55K miles • $4,595
1995 Dodge Neon 2D Coupe,
59K miles • $3,695
1998 Plymouth Neon Expresso,
4D, 74K miles • $4,695
2000 Mitsubishi Mirage DE
4D, 54K miles • $5,750
1988 Honda Civic 4WD Wagon,
6 spd, 168K miles • $2,750
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Misc.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): New
species of delight are headed your way, lucky one.
Outbursts of exotic bliss await you. There’s only one
obstacle that could interfere with your enjoyment: your
attachment to old familiar ways of stirring up the good
times. Be willing to put them aside, at least temporari-
ly, so that you can be fully available for sources of
future happiness. Keep William Blake’s poem in mind:
“He who bends to himself a joy / Does the winged life
destroy; / But he who kisses the joy as it flies /Lives
in eternity’s sunrise.” Halloween costume suggestion:
your favorite bird.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In my meditations on
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been born to be a worrywart,” says Edward Hallowell
in his book Worry: Controlling It and Using It Wisely.
“Some people have a nervous system that is like an
alarm system that goes off too easily.” In my experi-
ence, only about eight percent of the Gemini tribe fit
this description in normal times. But between late
October and mid-November every year, the number
zooms. Many of you suddenly act as if you’re hard-
wired to generate anxiety. You seem to enjoy scaring
yourself silly. Why? What’s going on? It’s true that this
is a favorable time to confront your doubts and fears.
But the point is to conquer them, not let them consume
and demoralize you. My advice, then, is to unleash
your inner warrior immediately. Halloween costume
suggestions: your favorite superhero or crusader for
justice.
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your immediate future, I have sometimes seen
poignant images: a wet firecracker, for instance, and a
flickering flame on a thin candle propped up in a paper
boat floating down a creek. But there have been other
times when the image that came to mind as I meditat-
ed on you was a lover crying cathartic tears while in
the midst of a powerful orgasm. Which of these two
perspectives is likely to predominate for you this
week? It may depend on your ability to create a potent
blend of the magic of fire and the magic of water.
Halloween costume suggestions: a mermaid carrying a
torch or Neptune, god of the sea, holding a thunder-
bolt.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The current state
of your fate could drive you half-crazy if you’re not
patient. The gods seem to be teasing you with tantaliz-
ing promises that they later rescind. You’ve practically
been forced to master the art of living on the edge and
in between. I’m reminded of a passage from a poem
by Octavio Paz: “All is visible and elusive,/ all is near
and can’t be touched.” My advice, Virgo: Visualize your
predicament as an intriguing enigma, not a maddening
ambiguity. See if you can approximate the condition the
poet William Wordsworth described: “fleeting moods
of shadowy exultation.” Halloween costume sugges-
tions: a puzzle, a majestic cloud, a second mask worn
over the first mask.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If you
enjoy tormenting yourself with fantasies of bad things
that might happen in the future, surf over to the
“Dante’s Inferno Test” website
(www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-test.mv).
There you can get a prediction about what level of hell
you’ll be exiled to after you die. If, on the other hand,
you’re finally ready to shed your perverse attraction to
doom and gloom — and my astrological analysis says
you are — then zealously avoid entertaining yourself
with fear and anxiety. Instead, use all your ingenuity to
track down fascinating encounters with boom and
zoom. Halloween costume suggestions: a pirate wear-
ing smiley face buttons or a gangsta rapper with a
fuzzy Sesame Street puppet.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21): You’re a giant surrounded by ants. Unfortunately,
the ants are better organized than you. What are you
going do about it? It’s not too late to launch a crash
program to match them in their disciplined strength. If
you do it now, you can accomplish this seemingly
improbable feat without diluting the creative power of
your messy fertility. Here’s one suggestion that might
help: Design a Halloween costume that expresses both
extremes. You could be a soldier wearing a jester’s
hat, for instance, or an ant riding a unicycle.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
“Confront the difficult while it is still easy,” suggests
the ancient Chinese book Tao Te Ching. “Accomplish
the great task by a series of small acts.” This is per-
fect advice for you to act on in the coming weeks,
Capricorn. To it I will add three variations on the
theme: 1. Fix things before they’re broken. 2. Arrange
to have a showdown on your home turf as soon as
possible so you don’t have to submit to a confrontation
in a time and place your adversary chooses. 3. Go
looking for good trouble before it degenerates into bad
trouble. Halloween costume suggestions: scout, track-
er, pathfinder, fortune teller.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Here
are your affirmations for the week, Aquarius. Say them
aloud at least 20 times every day. “I want to have a
vision of the recognition I will some day be worthy of. I
want to ignore everyone else’s definition of ‘profes-
sionalism’ and create my own. I want my reputation to
be a close reflection of who I really am. I want to feel
what it’s like to have supple faith in my decisions.”
Halloween costume suggestions: the leader you most
admire, a famous wise person, an unpretentious king
or queen.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): It seems
that the long-sought treasure is different from what it
was when you first launched your quest to make it
yours. Either that, or it has stayed the same and you
have changed. Whatever the case may be, the fact is
that you need to adjust your relationship with it. Its
meaning and value have shifted, and the strategy
you’ve employed in your pursuit of it won’t work much
longer. Halloween costume suggestions: a knight of
the Round Table, an alchemist in search of the philoso-
pher’s stone, a religious seeker headed for the prom-
ised land.
Homework:
What is your great-
est fear? Make fun of it this Halloween. Tell me about
it at www.freewillastrology.com
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