44 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY OCTOBER 8-14, 2026 www.montereycountynow.com ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Dear Oracle: My secret terror is being ordinary. I need to be special, and lately I’m worried I’m just average and unremarkable. That thought is repugnant to me! Can you offer any advice? —Afraid of Average.” Dear Afraid: The pressure to be extraordinary is exhausting because it’s the wrong goal. Your birthright and your life assignment aren’t about being special in the sense of better-than. You’re simply meant to be vividly, generously, amazingly yourself. In the coming weeks, I invite you to trade the anxious hunt for superiority for the warm, throbbing joy of full self-expression. Shine because it feels fantastic, not to outrank anyone. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Ravens sometimes hide food while pretending to conceal it elsewhere, especially if another raven is observing. They’re strategic and imaginative and aware of how they’re perceived. With their social intelligence as inspiration, I encourage you to think about the stories you’re broadcasting. Which projects will flourish better if protected from premature scrutiny? Do you have any in-progress blooms that really should continue to incubate before being revealed? Discernment isn’t deception. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Taurus philosopher Søren Kierkegaard wrote that life must be lived forward but can only be understood backward. You Geminis are naturally inclined to resist that advice. Many of you analyze experiences while they’re unfolding. Can I coax you to try a different approach in the coming weeks? As usual, you may be tempted to figure everything out immediately. But the most useful clarity won’t arrive until later, as you recognize patterns you couldn’t see in real time. Try to stay curious rather than diagnostic. Allow events to transpire like chapters in a book whose ending you haven’t reached yet. CANCER (June 21-July 22): The Germans have a word, Sehnsucht, for a feeling that my English language can’t quite convey: a deep, aching longing for something you can’t name. It may be a faraway home you’ve never visited or a wholeness you seem to remember without ever having had it. Most people treat this yearning as a problem to be fixed. But I think it’s sacred information, Cancerian, and you’re especially fluent in it right now. Don’t rush to resolve the ache or explain it away. Instead, follow it like a scent. What is your Sehnsucht pointing toward? Let it lead you toward the beauty and meaning your soul is homesick for. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Botanists know climbing vines have a simple approach. They keep extending their sensitive tendrils until they discover something sturdy enough to support upward growth. Their progress depends on continual experimentation. I love it when you imitate this style of intelligence, Leo, which I think will be especially useful and successful during the coming weeks. So instead of demanding guarantees before beginning a new endeavor, offer exploratory feelers. Ask friendly questions. Test prototypes. The right support system probably already exists, but may not reveal itself until you reach toward it. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): One of my favorite Virgos works in a museum cleaning centuries-old paintings with exquisite patience. She uses tiny swabs and gentle solvents to lift away layers of grime. She’s an expert at making the original colors emerge so vividly that the painting looks new. But her work demands restraint. If she presses too hard, she could destroy the very thing she means to reveal. This approach can be your specialty in the coming weeks, Virgo. I hope you will attend to valuables that have been obscured by accumulated grime, like old habits, assumptions and other people’s projections. Your task is to gently lift it all away and let the true colors shine. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Periodically, you have the cosmic right to receive precisely what you need. Life is duty-bound to deliver a close approximation of full satisfaction. I believe now is one of those times. So please be bold and articulate about naming the specific blessings you require. Write them down, speak them aloud, and pray for them—not as a demand, but as a hearty invitation. Then, for a while, live as if all of creation is indeed honor-bound to respond accordingly, adjusting its behavior so it’s in harmony with the gifts you’ve asked for. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Every Thursday night, I haul my trash bin out to the street so the collectors can empty it the following morning. Most weeks it’s three-quarters full. But now and then I produce an unusually large haul of debris. On those occasions, I have to turn into a one-person compaction crew: I grab a low-hanging branch of the persimmon tree, hoist myself up, drop down feet-first into the can, and bounce around to squash everything enough to squeeze in the overflow. Consider this my audition to be your role model, Scorpio. According to my reading of the celestial weather, it’s time for you to consolidate and discard at least half a year’s accumulation of obsolete clutter—both the invisible emotional kind and the tangible stuff filling your space. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Ancient navigators sometimes crossed vast stretches of sea by studying the swells beneath their boats. Their bodies were instruments of perception that enabled them to feel the subtle wave patterns generated by winds and distant islands. Your intuition has a similar sensitivity these days, Sagittarius. I hope you will trust it: what your whole being senses before your rational mind assembles the evidence. I call this fully embodied intelligence. It deserves a key role in your decision-making. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I’ve never been a fan of Capricorn poet Kahlil Gibran (18831931). The ideas he expressed seem commonplace and sentimental to me. But his book The Prophet is an all-time bestseller translated into over 100 languages. Millions of readers have adored and benefited from his words, and he’s acclaimed as a literary hero in his native Lebanon. So who cares what I think! I’ll just shut up and appreciate the fact that he worked hard and published a lot. His disciplined, painstaking efforts have been widely inspirational. Let’s make him your role model for the coming months. I think you’re primed to create enduring offerings that nourish people’s souls. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Think of an aspect of your life that you have always wished you could change but have assumed or feared you could never change. What if, sometime soon, you try to change it, but this time you do it with playful lightheartedness? You resolve to feel zero stress and have as much fun as possible as you try to shift how this problem works. You decide you will use your imagination to dream up unprecedented and even outrageous ways to break your trance and invite sweet liberation to swoop in. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Geologists tell us that over time, rocks really do get transformed under sustained pressure. Their material gets reorganized into denser, more stable stuff. This is an apt metaphor for you, dear Pisces. You’re under pressure right now, and it may feel intense. But what if it’s actually reconfiguring you? Maybe the constraints are what you need to make you more focused, more essential, and more real. Not all pressure is bad, and this is proof. Ask yourself: What is this pressure making possible that freedom couldn’t create? Let yourself be reorganized. FREEWILLASTROLOGY In addition to this column, Rob Brezsny offers EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES. To buy access, go to www.RealAstrology.com. Audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700. By Rob Brezsny • October 8-14, 2026 classifieds Legal Notices LEGALS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: File No. 20261863. The following person is doing business as SALINAS VASECTOMY at 601 E Romie Ln, Suite 9, Salinas, CA 93901. Alexander Michael Guendel, same address. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on Sep. 28, 2026. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signed Alexander Michael Guendel. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: Oct. 8, 15, 22, 29, 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: File No. 20261744. The following person is doing business as PRIM HAIR STUDIO at 505 Lighthouse Ave, Suite 103, Pacific Grove, CA 93950. Chrystal Faith Star, 484 Washington St, #152, Monterey, CA 93940. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on Sep. 02, 2026. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Aug. 26, 2024. Signed Chrystal F. Star. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: Oct. 8, 15, 22, 29, 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: File No. 20261820. The following person is doing business as DR. JAYNE COUNSELING at 5035 Peninsula Point Dr, Seaside, CA 93955. Jayne Dias Professional Clinical Counselor, P C, 1130 Fremont Blvd., Ste 105135, Seaside, CA 93955. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on Sep. 21, 2026. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Aug. 03, 2026. Signed Jayne Dias, CEO. This business is conducted by a corporation. Publication dates: Oct. 8, 15, 22, 29, 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: File No. 20261736. The following person is doing business as JP TOOLS AND LOGISTICS; JP OFFROAD; JP TOURING PERFORMANCE at 1162 San Angelo Dr, Salinas, CA 93901. John Joseph Popylisen Jr, same address. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on Sep. 01, 2026. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Sep. 01, 2026. Signed John Joseph Popylisen Jr. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: Oct. 8, 15, 22, 29, 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: File No. 20261881. The following person is doing business as “EL ORIGINAL” TAKOS LOKOS at 348 San Juan Grade Rd, Salinas, CA 93906. Rudy Mendoza Espinoza, 230 Boronda Rd, Salinas, CA 93907. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on Oct. 01, 2026. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Oct. 01, 2026. Signed Rudy Mendoza. This business is conducted by an individual. LGAL NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Wednesday, October 21, 2026 the Chief of Planning of Housing and Community Development of the County of Monterey, State of California is considering the projects described below, which are considered Minor and Non‑Controversial in nature, which will allow for: Notice of Pending Extension Owner: STATE OF CALIFORNIA (PFEIFFER BIG SUR STATE PARK); Project File No.: PLN200143‑EXT1; Project Planner Summer Obledo (831) 783‑7096 or obledos@countyofmonterey.gov; Project Location: 47231 Hwy 1, Big Sur, (Assessor’s Parcel Number: 419‑031‑002‑000), Big Sur Coast Land Use Plan; Project Description: Consider a two‑year extension to a previously approved Combined Development Permit (PLN200143) to allow the installation of nine visitor‑serving accommodation units (prefabricated cabins ranging between 195 and 259 square feet), construction of a 1,331 square foot restroom/shower building, associated site improvements including the removal of 13 protected trees, and development within 100 feet of Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Area; Proposed CEQA Action: Consider a previously adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15162 and find that the Permit Extension does not require a subsequent environmental document, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15162 Notice of Pending Minor and Trivial Amendment Owner: SOMAIA BEJUL P TR; Project File No.: PLN210061‑AMD1; Project Planner Kayla Nelson (831) 796‑6408 or nelsonk@countyofmonterey.gov; Project Location: 226 Highway 1, Carmel, (Assessor’s Parcel Number: 241‑182‑003‑000), Carmel Area Land Use Plan, Coastal Zone; Project Description: Consider a Minor and Trivial Amendment to a previously approved Combined Development Permit (PLN210061) that allowed con‑ struction of a single‑family dwelling with attached garage and associated site improve‑ ments including development on slopes in excess of 30%, development within 50 feet of a coastal bluff, development within 750 feet of known archaeological resources, and the removal of four protected trees. This Amendment would allow for a minor reconfig‑ uration of the site and floor plans, including reduction in 6 square feet to the upper floor and 90 square feet to the mechanical room, and an increase of 94 square feet to the garage; minor modifications to the site improvements and exterior colors and materials; Proposed CEQA Action: Consider the previously adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration (State Clearinghouse Number 2024070467, HCD‑Planning File No. PLN210061) and find that the project does not require subsequent environmental review or an addendum pur‑ suant to Section 15162 and 15163 of the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Notice of Pending Lot Line Adjustment Owner: CONTRERAS‑GUTIERREZ MANUEL A AND MORA ALMA K SALAZAR; Project File No.: PLN260009; Project Planner Jordan Evans‑Polockow (831) 755‑7065 or evans‑po‑ lockowj@countyofmonterey.gov; Project Location: 245 & 300 Hayes Road, Royal Oaks, (Assessor’s Parcel Number: 117‑421‑048‑000 and 117‑421‑049‑000), North County Area Plan; Project Description: Administrative hearing to consider a Lot Line Adjustment between two legal lots of record consisting of Parcel A, approximately 8.015 acres (Assessor’s Parcel Number 117‑421‑048‑000) and Parcel B, approximately 20.76 acres (Assessor’s Parcel Number 117‑421‑049‑000), resulting in two (2) lots of 10.594 acres (Adjusted Parcel A) and 18.181 acres (Adjusted Parcel B); Proposed CEQA Action: Find that the Lot Line Adjustment qualifies for a Class 5 Categorical Exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15305 and that none of the exceptions set forth in Section 15300.2 apply Any comments or requests that the application be scheduled for public hearing must be received in writing in the office of the County of Monterey Housing and Community Development by 5:00 pm Tuesday, October 20, 2026. A public hearing may be required if any person, based on a substantive issue so requests. Si necesita la traducción de este aviso, comuníquese 24 horas antes de la reunión con el Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Comunitario del Condado de Monterey ubicado en el Centro de Gobierno del Condado de Monterey, 1441 Schilling Place, segundo piso, Salinas o por teléfono al (831) 755‑5025. Después de su solicitud, se le asistirá con la traducción de este aviso. IF YOU CHALLENGE THIS MATTER IN COURT, YOU MAY BE LIMITED TO RAISING ONLY THOSE ISSUES YOU OR SOMEONE ELSE RAISED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING DESCRIBED IN THIS PUBLIC NOTICE OR IN WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE DELIVERED TO THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY AT OR BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT: County of Monterey Housing and Community Development, 1441 Schilling Place, South 2nd Floor Salinas CA 93901 (831) 755‑5025
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