What's Your Sign?

~On love, sex and astrology, with some chaos tossed in 'cause it's Mercury Retrograde~

Greetings from Cornwall where I’ve been hiding out the start of Mercury retrograde; mermaid-ing on rocks sprayed by cold Atlantic seawater, being shown locals only surf spots, cavorting with Cornish fairies, trying not to be led astray by piskies (who, like Hawaiian menehune have a penchant for mischievous behavior,) and avoiding all goblins. One can never be too careful, as I learned the hard way once upon a time.

I don’t know about you, but the Mercury Rx shadow period, which began at the end of June, was a real shit show. So I’m ducking for cover and minding my biz til mid August, hoping to avoid further blowouts.

Here’s the current Mercury Retrograde dates:

• Pre Shadow begins June 29

• Retrograde July 17 to August 10

• Post Shadow ends August 25

I’m a Hollywood type, so of course I have an arsenal of astrologers (Western, Vedic and even an Astro-cartographer) on speed dial. However, it’s not just nut mylk matcha drinking California showbiz folks like me that look to horoscopes—politicians, athletes, artists and other authors, like my gal

Ottessa Moshfegh

have their own telephone directories of experts to call when they need guidance from the stars.

Below the paywall is a Super Long Extra Juicy THREE PART special on astrology, which includes an excerpted interview I did with one of my favorite astrologers, Lisa Stardust. Among topics we discuss are using the Moon to plot advantageous dates for business; current and upcoming transits for the United States (hold onto your hats n’ horses;) as well as a guide to how you love and nurture according to your Venus sign. PLUS: Why you shouldn’t get married during Mercury Rx, Henry Miller’s erotic astrology notes from his private, unpublished diaries AND bespoke astrological advice for STARF⭐️CKERS from UK based astrologer Sebastian Tribbie, who once told me that based on my Venus placement, my ideal man should “provide extreme emotional security, stimulate your mind, make you matcha in the morning and fuck like Paul Bunyan.”