FOLIO: I SAW U
FREEWILL ASTROLOGY
NASA, TIMBUKTU, HYACINTH, MORAY EELS & TARZAN
Tired of Tinder? Getting bored with Grindr?
Come home to the original matchmaking app: I Saw U. Visit folioweekly.com/isawu to submit a sighting for print or to respond to one of these fine I Saw U suitors. It’s fun, safe and confidential. If you really want to C N B seen, join us at one of our weekly #FindYourFolio Happy Hours. Visit folioweekly.com/happyhour for more information.
Rules ’n’ Regs
Each entry must have your (real) full name, email address and phone number. Don’t worry, none of that stuff is printed. The real fun starts with a FIVE-WORD HEADLINE. Make it short, snappy and accurate so the apple of your eye will recall you and/or the event. Then, describe them, yourself and other folks if applicable, and what happened or didn’t happen, so they recognize a magical moment. Make it interesting! Tell when and where the ‘sighting’ was and BAM! True love (or a reasonable facsimile) is within your grasp!
CURLY-HAIRED GODDESS, CROSS TATTOO Me: After work, in shirt, cerulean blue tie, getting wine. You walk by: amazing dark hair, ink on your back revealed by short top. Our eyes caught for a moment. Did it happen; are you real? When: Aug. 13. Where: Trader Joe’s. #1735-0814 REGRETTING PUSHING YOU AWAY! Hot mom of son, came with friends on boat. I’m dad to a teen girl. Had awesome time. Please forgive me. It must mean you’re a good one! Please let me make it up to you. When: July 22. Where: The Palms. #1734-0814 HARLEY QUINN & THE JOKER You: Stunning woman; sexy hair falls over right eye, amazing laugh; you smiled at me (day 2), I was in love for the last time. Me: A guy who’ll love you better than anyone. Where: Work. When: Aug. 1. #1733-0807 YOU & BELLA Me: Short curly hair, brown eyes, mischievous dog in tow. You: Hanging with your dog and friends. You saved my seat. Would love to sit next to you again. Where: Brewhound, Neptune Beach. When: July 20. #1732-0807 COME LANDSCAPE MY LAWN You looked better than your work truck; maybe FCLC a lawn company? Me: dark pink top, light pink jeans, long brown hair. Parked green jeep beside you. I passed, you smiled, I smiled. Meet for a drink? Where: St. Johns Town Center Target parking. When: June 26. #1731-0703 WAITRESS ZEUS PIZZA Zeus Pizza San Marco waitress, April 21. Where: Zeus Pizza San Marco. When: April 21. #1730-0529 CUTE CHICA @ COFFEE PLACE You: Beautiful, getting coffee w/friend near lunch, verticalstriped pants, white top, short blonde hair. Locked eyes for a second; I got goosebumps. Me: In booth w/friend, red shirt, grey shorts, 24 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | AUGUST 14-20, 2019
short black hair. BE AT SRFS MAY 19, 1 P.M. When: May 10. Where: Southern Roots Filling Station. #1729-0515 SHOPPING 4 LOVE You: Handsome bearded man, in tie, with gallon water bottles. I’ve seen you shop on Fridays after work. Me: Blonde woman, sundress/leggings, purposely going down the same aisles you do. I’m shy, so please say something! When: April 12 & 26. Where: WalmartMarket @ San Pablo. #1728-0515 A GIRL NEEDS CHECKING OUT Bearded, dressed professionally, confident walk that damn near made me gasp. You in holds area, me in red summer dress. You glanced at me; checked out before I could speak. Check me out? When: May 1. Where: Pablo Creek Library. #1727-0508 GYM BODY Over months saw you lose many pounds. Buzz-cut male, weeping angel tattoos on back of legs. Saw you sneaking glances when I did glute exercise. Be a gentleman first and take me to lunch after gym? When: April 20. Where: Bailey’s Gym, Loretto & San Jose. #1726-0501 TONY PACKO’S FAN Pumping gas and my T-shirt amused you. You asked about it and we talked briefly. Would like to talk more. When: April 8. Where: Fleming Island Daily’s/Shell Gas. #1725-0501 ATTRACTIVE CHURCH WOMAN Your group sat in front of me. You: Attractive, long hair, glasses, beverage. We locked eyes near sermon’s end. I’ll sit in same area next few Thursdays. I go to 5:22 Sunday services, too. Coffee sometime? When: March 21. Where: Church of Eleven22, San Pablo. #1726-0417 BE MY ENDGAME? MCU CAPTURE You: Buttery bowtie alpha stud manager. Me: Thanos purple high-tops, interested in your gauntlet. Rewind time, never stop, soul search reality, use this space, see where power takes us? More if interested. When: April 3. Where: Regal Avenues 20. #1724-0410
ARIES (March 21-April 19): How did sound technicians create the signature roar of the monster Godzilla? They slathered pine-tar resin on a leather glove and stroked it against the strings of a double bass. How about Tarzan’s famous howl? Sonic artists blended a hyena’s screech played backwards, a dog’s growl, a soprano singer’s fluttered intonation slowed down, and an actor’s yell. Karen O, lead singer of the band Yeah Yeah Yeahs, periodically unleashes very long screams that may make the hair stand up on the back of her listeners’ necks. In keeping with astrological omens, experiment with creating your own yowl, laugh or whisper in the weeks ahead: a unique sound to boost your wild confidence and give you full access to a primal lust for life. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough,” said Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, ex-president of Liberia. In harmony with astrological imperatives, make that your watchword for the foreseeable future. You’re due to upgrade long-term goals. You have the courage and vision needed to dare yourself to an even more fulfilling destiny than you’ve been willing or ready to imagine.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): How did our ancestors figure out that a calendula flower can be a healing medicine for irritated, inflamed skin? It must’ve been a long process of trial and error. Or did the plant somehow “communicate” to indigenous herbalists, telling of its use? This curative herb is only one of hundreds of plants folks somehow came to know had healing properties. “Miraculous” is not too strong a word to describe such discoveries. According to my astrological omen-analysis, you have the patience and perspicacity to engage in a similar process: find useful resources through experiment and close observation–with an assist from your intuition. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Today, Timbuktu in Mali is poor and in the throes of desertification. But from the 14th-17th centuries, it was a great cultural center. Its libraries filled up with thousands of influential books, which remained intact until recently. In 2012, Al-Qaeda jihadists planned to destroy the vast trove–one man foiled them. Abba al-Hadi, an illiterate guard who had worked at one of the libraries, smuggled many of the books out in empty rice sacks. By the time the jihadists started burning, most of the treasure had been relocated. I don’t think problems in your sphere are as dire as these, but I hope you’ll be proactive in saving and preserving valuable resources before they’re at risk of being diluted, compromised or neglected. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Moray eels have two sets of jaws. The front set does the chewing, the second set, usually just behind the first, can be launched forward to snag prey. In invoking this aggressive strategy to serve as a metaphor in the next few weeks, be dynamic and enterprising as you go after what you want and need. Don’t be rude and invasive, of course, but consider being audacious and zealous. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It’s fairly rare, but now and then people receive money or gifts from donors they don’t know. Relatives they’ve never met may bequeath diamond tiaras, alpaca farms or cash. I suspect you’ll get blessings or help from unexpected sources. To ensure the best possible versions of these acts of grace, be generous in the kindness and attention you offer. Remember this Biblical verse: “Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.”
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libraborn Ronald McNair was an African American who grew up in a racist town in South Carolina in the 1950s. He rebelled. When he was nine years old, he refused to leave a segregated library, which prompted authorities to summon the police. Years later, McNair earned a PhD in physics from MIT and became renowned for his research on laser physics. Eventually, NASA chose him to be an astronaut from a pool of 10,000 candidates. That South Carolina library? It’s now named for him. You’ll soon receive vindication: a reward, blessing or consecration will reconfigure your past. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio author Zadie Smith wrote, “In the end, your past is not my past and your truth is not my truth and your solution–is not my solution.” It’s fine if you soon speak those words to a person you care about. In saying such a message, don’t be angry or dismissive. Establish good boundaries between you and your ally; you’ll be acknowledging that the two of you are different people with different approaches to life. That will ultimately make you closer. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Nothing fruitful ever comes when plants are forced to flower in the wrong season,” wrote author and activist Bette Lord. That’s not entirely true. For example, skilled, meticulous gardeners can compel tulip and hyacinth bulbs to flower before they would naturally. But as a metaphor, Lord’s insight is largely accurate. You’d be wise to keep it in mind in the weeks ahead. Don’t try to make people and processes ripen before they’re ready. A caveat: You might have modest success making them a bit more ready. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “For though we often need to be restored to the small, concrete, limited, and certain, we as often need to be reminded of the large, vague, unlimited, unknown.” Poet A.R. Ammons formulated that shiny burst of wisdom, and I’m passing it on to you. You tend to have more skill at and a greater inclination toward the small, concrete, limited and certain. That’s why it’s rejuvenating for you to periodically exult in and explore what’s large, vague, unlimited, unknown. Now is one of those times. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Look into my eyes. Kiss me, and you will see how important I am.” Poet Sylvia Plath wrote that and now, in line with astrological omens, I authorize you to say something similar to anyone interested in you who’d benefit from gazing more deeply into your soul and entering into a more profound relationship with your mysteries. In other words, you have cosmic permission to be more forthcoming in showing your beauty and value.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In his Anti-Memoirs, author André Malraux quotes a tough-minded priest who served in the French Resistance during World War II. He spent his adult life hearing his parishioners’ confessions. “The fundamental fact is that there’s no such thing as a grown-up person,” the priest declared. Even if that’s mostly true, my sense is that it’s less true about you right now than it’s ever been. In the past months, you’ve been doing good work to be more of a fully realized version of you. The maturation process is reaching a culmination. Don’t underestimate success! Celebrate it! Rob Brezsny freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com