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SUDOKU © P E A R L STA R K W W W. M AT H P U Z Z L E S G A M E S .C O M Place numbers 1-9 so that each row, column and 3x3 square has each number only once. SUPPORT LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS LOCAL & VOCAL classifi eds JOURNALISM support.eugeneweekly.com FREE WILL Astrology ARIES ( March 21-April 19 ): Master astrologer Steven For- rest understands you Aries people well. He says that the riskiest strategy you can pursue is to constantly seek safety. It’s crucial for you to always be on the lookout for adventure. One of your chief assignments is to cultivate courage — especially the kind of brave boldness that arises as you explore unknown territory. To rouse the magic that really matters, you must face your fears regularly. The coming months will be an ideal time for you to dive in and celebrate this approach to life. TAURUS ( April 20-May 20 ): You are an ambassador from the material world to the realm of spirit — and vice versa. One of your prime assignments is the opposite of what the transcen- dence-obsessed gurus preach. You're here to prove that the fl esh is holy, pleasure is a form of prayer, and the senses are por- tals to the divine. When you revel in earthy delights, when you luxuriate in rich textures and tastes and scents, you're not be- ing "attached" or “unspiritual.” You're enacting a radical sacred stance. Being exuberantly immersed in the material world isn’t a mistake to overcome but a blessing to savor. May you redouble your subversive work of treating your body as a cathedral and sensual enjoyments as sacraments. GEMINI ( May 21-June 20 ): Everything that’s meant for you is trying to fi nd its way to you. Here's the problem: It can’t deliver the goods if you’re in constant motion. The boons trying to reach you are circling, waiting for a stable landing spot. If you keep up the restless roaming, life might have to slow you down, even stop you, so you’ll be still enough to embody receptivity. Don’t wait for that. Pause now. Set aside whatever’s feeding your restlessness and tune into the quiet signal of your own center. The moment you do, bounties will start arriving. CANCER ( June 21-July 22 ): Artist Louise Bourgeois said, "I am what I do with my hands." I will adapt this declaration for your use, Cancerian: You are what you do with your feelings. You are the structures, sanctuaries and nourishment you create from the raw material of your sensitivity. It’s one of your superpow- ers! I understand that some people mistake emotional depth for passive vulnerability. They assume that feeling everything means doing nothing. But you prove that bias wrong. You are potentially a master builder. You can convert the fl ood waters of emotion into resources that hold, protect and feed. I hope you will do this lavishly in the coming weeks. LEO WEEK OF JAN. 22 BY ROB BREZSNY ( July 23-Aug. 22 ): Admiring writers often say that the Balinese people have no traditional word for “art.” Making things beautiful is woven into everyday life, as if everything should be done as beautifully as possible. I aspire to carry out this approach myself: infusing ordinary actions with the same care I'd bring to writing a story or song. Washing dishes, answering emails and walking to the store: All are eligible for beauty treatment. I highly recommend this practice to you in the coming weeks, Leo. It’s true that you’re renowned for your dramatic gestures, but I believe you also have an underutilized talent for teasing out glo- ry from mundane situations. Please do that a lot in the coming weeks. For starters, make your grocery list a poem. VIRGO ( Aug. 23-Sept. 22 ): Some American Indigenous cul- tures have "potlatch" ceremonies. These are elaborate gift-giv- ing rituals where hosts gain prestige by generously and freely bestowing their riches on others. Circulating wealth, instead of hoarding it, is honored and celebrated. Is that economically irra- tional? Only if you believe that the point of resources is individual accumulation rather than community vitality. Potlatch operates on a diff erent logic: The purpose of having stuff is to make having stuff possible for others. I invite you to make that your specialty in the coming months. Assume that your own thriving depends on the fl ourishing of those around you. LIBRA ( Sept. 23-Oct. 22 ): Sufi poet Rumi wrote about a "trea- sure in ruins.” He meant that what we’re searching for may be hidden in places where we would rather not look. Your life isn’t in ruins, Libra, but I suspect you may have been exploring exciting locations while shunning mundane ones that actually hold your answers. What do you think? Is that possible? Just for fun, in- vestigate the neglected, ignored and boring places. Try out the hypothesis that a golden discovery awaits you in some unfi nished business or a situation you feel an aversion to. SCORPIO ( Oct. 23-Nov. 21 ): Your capacity for intensity is your superpower. I love it, I celebrate it and I hope to keep nur- turing it in you for as long as we’re both here. But not everything deserves the full force of your passionate engagement. Some things are meant to be touched lightly, held loosely and released easily. The question isn't whether to feel deeply—that's who you authentically are—but whether to act on every deep feeling as if it were sacred revelation. Some emotions are weather patterns passing through, not permanent truths requiring upheaval. These are especially key understandings for you to act on during the coming days. comforting myth, every conditioned response, every inherited instinct — you will discover new dimensions of intimacy that could inspire you forever. CAPRICORN ( Dec. 22-Jan. 19 ): In Renaissance painting, chiaroscuro refers to the use of strong contrasts between light and dark. It’s a technique that enhances the sense of depth. I be- lieve your life may be in an intense chiaroscuro phase. As your joys grow bright, your doubts appear darker. As your under- standing deepens, your perplexity mounts. Is this a problem? I prefer to understand it as an opportunity. For best results, study it closely. Maybe your anxiety is showing you what you care about. Perhaps your sadness is a sign of your growing emotional power. So fi nd a way to benefi t from the contrasts, dear Capricorn. Let shadows teach you how to fully appreciate the illumination. AQUARIUS ( Jan. 20-Feb. 18 ): You are a spy from the fu- ture. Thank you for your service! I love to see your boldness as you smuggle innovative ideas into a present that may or may not be ready for them. Your feelings of alienation are sometimes un- comfortable, but they are crucial to the treasure you off er us. You see patterns others miss because you refuse to be hypno- tized by consensus reality. Keep up the excellent work, please. May you honor your need to tinker with impossibilities and imag- ine alternatives to what everyone else imagines is inevitable. You are proof that we don’t have to accept inherited structures as inevitable. PISCES ( Feb. 19-March 20 ): Your unconscious mind is extra communicative, dear Pisces. Hooray! Take advantage! Pay at- tention to weird images in dreams and songs that linger in your head. Be alert for seemingly random thoughts as they surface. Bypassing logic, your deep psyche is trying to show you ripe se- crets and provocative hints. Your duty is to be receptive. So keep a journal or recording device by your bed. Notice which memo- ries rise up out of nowhere. Be grateful for striking coincidences. These are invitations to tune in to meaningful feelings and truths you’ve been missing. Homework: I dare you to give yourself a pep talk about a daring possibility. Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com SAGITTARIUS ( Nov. 22-Dec. 21 ): As I have promised you a million times, I will never exaggerate. And though you may wonder if the statements I’m about to make are excessive and overblown, I assure you they are not. The fact is, dear Sagit- tarius, that everything you have always wanted to enhance and upgrade about togetherness is now possible to accomplish and will continue to be for months to come. If you dare to dismantle your outmoded beliefs about love and deep friendship — every Go to RealAstrology.com CHECK OUT EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES AND DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES. En Garde! 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