Scorpio 13° (November 4)

All I can say is that I’m so glad I’m not a lawyer. That said mine is pretty fantastic. I don’t know how you keep your sole intact exactly but that’s neither here nor there. I will have a raw veg salad and a plate of meatballs, the latter of which I will be taking home with me. Depression and denial is surely ramping up a bit. I am going to continue writing up some character profiles: Pisces Woman: The switching of Zasz from Aquarius to Pisces just seems right. Whereas Aquarius can be so rigid (fixed-air = strong convictions but a certain inflexibility), a Pisces Zasz makes for a more fluid (mutable-water) individual, untethered to fixed ideas and opinions, allowing for more comlexity and growth in character; and, as we said, being as flawed as she is fabulous. The opposite-facing fish of Pisces has made its symbolism known, mainly, in “The Diva” of the Pisces woman individual. That word suggests a certain transcendent divinity, but we all know its prima donna conations as well. There is a fabulist element to Pisces, the sign motto of which is I believe that “you are whom you imagine yourself to be.” Many Pisces people, others suspect, might come from hifalutin origins, even a certain aristocracy, when the truth of their upbringing might be exactly the opposite. So, there is also the notion of self-delusion to play with. The most important thing to remember about the opposite-facing Fish person, is the paradox of their character. All the signs have paradox to their characters, but Pisces (woman especially) personifies paradox itself, almost everything about her being one. It is the sign of transcendence, as we say, but natives of the sign can also be pretty tragic. They are open channels, natural empaths. I think I mentioned they often seem to be gazing inward. It also explains why it is they often seek to anesthetize themselves. Pisces woman might be the most worshipped matriarch in a family, one to whom everyone goes for spiritual guidance, but she herself can be a little (or a lot) too susceptible to the substances—alcohol and pills to be specific. The sign’s planetary ruler Neptune represents the energy of dissolution, and Pisces are prone to want to dissolve their problems, fears, etc. with a little help from drink or drugs; when in fact the desired goal is for the Pisces herself to fully dissolve herself into life experience, becoming one with the proverbial all. It can be a hard shift to make. Perhaps Zasz goes through her own struggles, finds recovery, falls out of it, going “back and forth” being very much those opposing Fish. Because the Pisces empath, of all the signs, feels the pains of all the world, and the people in it most accutely, she is most prone to want to lose herself. And just as she makes the most profound spiritual being and guide, Pisces can be a siren whose call in promising that could end up making others feel at sea and drowning. (I think this is where that notion of “leading others astray” can ring astrologically true.) Pisces can also ask too much of others, wanting them to be this or that, being a) delusional about their potential and oblivious (also a very Pisces word) to their vulnerabilities and possible pitfalls, while b) never really truly, perhaps, practicing what she preaches.

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Scorpio 12° (November 3)

Pig again tonight after another grueling day unpacking. This time beef stew by my lonesome. I am starting to formulate more thoughts: If one is an astrologer who consults clients, as we do, in private practice, then we are focused on the individual’s charts (natal chart, solar return chart, etc). Our branch of astrology is humanistic. So it is a different process reading a person’s charts, which is a pretty complex study, and “casting a horoscope” on a daily, weekly, or monthly level for all twelve signs. So it would be different processes for Z. As serious astrologers with a clientele who have also written columns for magazines, it’s kind of like being a full-time psychologist who writes inspirational, witty greeting cards in their spare time. I’ve been thinking about our conversation all week and have been putting these paragraphs together on the back burners of my mind. I don’t know if I mentioned this in our correspondence, but I wanted to say that there was actually a book called Sex Signs that was very popular in its time, by Judith Bennett. So you may want to see if there is any kind of conflict (probably not) but I thought I’d flag this. Bennett, though she had already passed away, was agented by our first agent. I know it’s a working title, and I think it’s a very good one, succinct and simple, but you might give thought to other options. I’m into the word constellation(s) and the suggestion that each of us are a sprinkling of stars—our Sun placement determines what sign we are; however, we have all the planets circled around our birth charts. And there is your notion of the graphics!! Still I get/like having Sex in the title. I’ve also thought Starring would make a good title for a show like this, the suggestion being that we (and all the characters) are stars.

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Scorpio 11° (November 2)

I’m sure that I will end up at the Pig tonight for shepherd’s pie. Dave and Alison will join me. I will chat with Eric L in the meantime and meet some nice folks Julia at the helm. I am not in a position, really, to sit down and be creative by any stretch of the imagination. I have been anesthetizing with four percent beer, nothing stronger. I can’t imagine getting actually drunk, I don’t think my spirit could handle it. I have a pitch I have to dig into. Meanwhile I’m just going to say this: Just off the top of my head: There are astrologers and there are astrologers. It can be quite an academic, metaphysical practice. At the school where we studied, for instance, I couldn’t live long enough probably to learn all there is to learn on the subject. There are about 85 different branches of astrology. Someone who writes a daily horoscope is probably not the person who studied the subject seriously. A daily horoscope basically follows the orbit of the Moon which is the fastest moving “planet” in astrology; and then certain events might happen (a planet going retrograde on a certain day for instance). As you probably realize horoscopes in publications are entertainment. To write a horoscope that would be interesting would entail the writing being talented, clever, maybe funny, and just using the conceit of the platform as an expression of creativity—there really can’t be much astrological “truth” in a horoscope; but it is a means of spoon feeding readers bits of wit and wisdom which is nonetheless helpful and inspiring…. I have a bunch of thoughts from reading the pitch that should clarify a number of questions.Though Cosmic Coupling gives a general view of all the possible 300 (binary) relationships, when an astrologer looks at “compatibility charts” between two actualy individuals, there is far more insight to glean. We need to decide if Z is a truly aspirational and gifted astrologer (who would dive deep into individuals’ charts) or is she a hack, because the pitch doesn’t really address the complexities involved in how a real astrologer would advise a client or friend. The astrologer would know the client-friends chart inside out and then would need to have all the birth info from a would-be mate in order to see how the two charts align. This is done by creating a “bi wheel” chart where one person is superimposed on another. So again, it comes down to Z and how serious she is regarding the subject. If she is serious about her craft then even losing the job a the daily paper would turn out to be a good thing in the end (that’s she’s better and more serious than that). Anyway, we’ll get into it more but a good astrologer would never make a person act one way or another. The astrologer is there to point out a person’s strengths and challenges. When it comes to relationships, every possible relationship likewise has its plusses and minuses. It all depends upon what the individual is looking for in a mate. That is the deciding factor, ultimately. My feeling is you want Z to aspire to be a real, good astrologer?

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Scorpio 10° (November 1)

Day Eighty E.D.A.N.O.W.W. This is one of the hardest days of my life. First off, I struggled to fit all the last drops I had to pack into the car. But I managed to leave around noon and met with Richard and unpacked the car again all in one night. I will live amongst boxes for many days but not too, too long. I will take myself out tonight for braised short ribs at Strangers. I was reviewing some stuff I wanted to write about: So we are intrigued by the notion of a project, potentially written under our real names (TBD) that tackles the entirety of what The Zodiac is all about. As mentioned this concept with that simple title has been on our publishing to-do list forever (with an eye on some kind of PBS series to coincide, perhaps, a la Joseph Campbell). We just always imagined doing it, under our pennames, at a later point after we moved the needle on the S+C publishing roll-out which is tee’d up with two major ideas at present. However instead of getting into an either-or dichotomy here, we want to explore the possiblity of simultaneity, continuing to roll out the S+C brand in book form, while we also go behind the veil and explore and hopefully partly explain what the Zodiac is all about. The Zodiac book itself might be divided into various sections—history of Z, uses of Z, philosophy of Z, including our own. The fact is that S+C are actually part of the Astrology’s evolution, that we play an historical part in its story and it’s development. So there is an objectivity toward even our own participation in the pseudo-science that makes our usage of our real names here purposeful and pointed—it is part of the history of the field to take on a separate name, a “handle”,  for the purposes of ones practice and participation as an astrologer, something that dates back centuries. I need to write my philsophy, within the confines of my existing brand, even if I am stepping aside to write about the entire advent of astrology, in which we play if only a small part, from an objective perspective.

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Scorpio 9° (October 31)

Day Seventy-Nine E.D.A.N.O.W.W. Guy showed up to take old car a day early. I bought additional beer, talking to Cyrus who came over about Afterglow. He brought Spindrift. Is that the flavored soda water name? We chatted while I packed. I don’t remember eating anything in particular, but I’m sure I must have. I think just soup. I’m going to just paste some stuff here from another document because it’s too painful to entertain what all went on. I have decided to launch a new project which is two-fold. One, I will try to become what I’ve always wanted to be: an actor; testing the George Eliot quotation: “It is never to be to what you might have been.” Now, as far as career choices go, mine is surely the most cliché. Yet it’s probably the most challenging—not like learning to become a brain surgeon challenging—though, at least when you learn to be a brain surgeon you can be one and get paid for it. This is not true of the actor, even among other artists. Easier if I had always wanted to be a painter and never did because I could just buy all the materials and start painting. But an actor can’t do the same and not be committed by their next of kin. So I think it will be an interesting project to document, write about, perhaps even film portions of, as I go. That could take some money. But wait just a cotton picking minute. If I were to add a conceit of sorts: That I am documenting the life of working actors who make their living on their craft, on their own, without the fame and fortune associated with the profession. What percentage of working actors, I wonder, make up the whole industry. Or rather what percentage do famous actors make up in the entire profession.

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Scorpio 8° (October 30)

Day Seventy-Eight E.D.A.N.O.W.W. Dumping more Afterglow stuff. Doing reach out. Cyrus tomorrow. Only two days left in the house. Leftover pizza for breakfast and through the day. I will stay in and eat a smoked salmon sandwich for dinner and c’est tout.  Some stuff about me: Quinn Cox (born William Leone, September 28, 1963) is an American actor, metaphysician, astrologer, author, columnist, television personality and cabaret artist based in New York City. Cox appeared on Broadway 1991, under his given name, in A Little Hotel on the Side with Tony Randall, Rob Lowe and Lynn Redgrave, and, in 1992, in Chekhov’s The Seagull with Laura Linney, Ethan Hawke, Tyne Daly and Jon Voight. Born in Jersey City, Cox moved to Wyckoff, New Jersey at age eight and attended Ramapo Regional High School in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. He studied at Boston University and at the Université de Grenoble, France, where he met his wife Stella Starsky (born Lynne Corbett) with whom he performs and co-authors books including Sextrology and Cosmic Coupling. After graduating from university, Cox and Starsky moved to Paris, France where he met J.K. Rowling and Lawrence Lleyewlyn Bowen both of whom have remained life-long friends. Starsky and Cox accompanied J.K. Rowling to Harvard University when she delivered her 2008 commencement speech. In the late 1980s, Cox (Leone) worked as an editor for Passion magazine in Paris, and at Avenue magazine, DV8 magazine and The New York Social Calender in New York. In the 1990s, he was entertainment and fashion correspondent for “Ooh La La”/”Fashion Television” (City TV, Toronto) and a contributing editor to InStyle and Detour magazine where he published interviews with Helena Bonham Carter, Roman Polanski, Peter Greenaway, Catherine Deneuve, Jean Reno and others. He became a contributor to The Boston Globe and a Styles section columnist for The New York Times in 2000, then executive editor of Wallpapermagazine in London, in 2002. “Starsky + Cox” first appeared in print as a byline in 1997 for horoscope columns and features for Cosmopolitan, YM, Elle. Starsky + Cox created the “his and her horoscope” for Teen People in 1998. The popularity of the column among adults led to a book deal that resulted in Sextrology (HarperCollins 2004) and Cosmic Coupling (Random House 2010).

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Scorpio 5° (October 27)

Day Seventy-Five E.D.A.N.O.W.W. Storm and needing to get some candles and supplies so I will head to Friends. Candles are non existent which is not a great shocker. It really couldn’t be worst timing really and, as predicted, the power will go out. (Somehow this posting got switched with another posting two days hence, or prior, I can never figure that stuff out. Anyway it doesn’t much matter. The point is the storm is upon us and we will lose power for a couple of days. I’m just packing and sleeping and barely eating but that’s the way it goes. Work till I pass out. All I have to say today. Alll cottage cheese breakfast and Grilled Chees dinners. No green vegetables in my world. Sorry so short.

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Scorpio 6° (October 28)

Day Seventy-Six E.D.A.N.O.W.W. Going for gas, but hey couldn’t inspect the car in town so I’m heading to Orleans to do it. It’s a very windy day. Will stop by Friends again to fill in. It’s a very Cape Cod sort of day. Chicken salad for lunch and Turkey Cheese sandwich for dinner. Still in a dearth of vegetable. The power is still out in Orleans but they have a generator. There are no working traffic lights. Making traveling in both directions pretty tricky stuff. Anyway it is something of an adventure I suppose, but I can’t feel that. My sorrow is so acute I can barely see out of my eyes at this point. As I come upon this memory or that I do photograph them just because they remain a souvenir of our past which has been so very extensive. I don’t want zero contact like this it is truly killing me. Move out day is supposedly midday November 1, but S. will have to get an extension because I’m not leaving until then, it’s just not possible. Having had no power which means only being able to pack until sundown, has really put a damper on things. Like I needed more of a damper. Sheesh. I hope to never know this level of searing emotional pain ever again in my life. (Writing this from the future to my past self I say: Yeah, good luck with that. It will get a whole lot worse before it gets better). All hands on deck, all two of them—what can you do? She is sending in a “remote team” to pack up everything that is left behind. I have left her everything she has requested but for one coffee table. I’m leaving all the art books. I’m taking just half the astrology books. She can keep both beds, and all the furniture and kitchen items she had requested. Anyway, it’s what it is. It can’t be helped. I feel sunk.

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Scorpio 7° (October 29)

Day Seventy-Seven E.D.A.N.O.W.W. The big moving day. Afterglow paid for moving tip. I will just end up grabbing a pizza at Montano’s. I’m so exhausted. I am overloading on flour products. Well I have a decent grain toast with smoked salmon for lunch. It’s all about the sandwich in these final days in Wellfleet. I will again get a clam pizza for dinner.  As I’m writing this later I couldn’t tell you when this happened: But Dave and Alison did come by this week and help put together picture boxes. I seem to recall Mexican take away, but I can’t be sure. Sounds right. I feel like there was shrimp involved somehow. But isn’t there always. Anyway I am at this juncture getting into the biggest blur of my life. And no other time in my history have I felt so muddled but here I am. Nothing really can be done. I will be in shock for months to come. I wish I could warn myself. I just keep thinking in the back of my head that there must be some way back to being together. But I know that’s not really possible. She has moved on much further than I have I dare say. I realize that one of the movers who will dismantle the piano is the same guy who brought and set it up. They are a very good group. I’m still packing when they arrive and I am reminded how organized I am. I have done so much to get to this day. And then there will be two more days and then Monday morning I am on my way. This is just so sad. Anyway, I will hover at the mini storage. They can’t possibly add another thing; not one single edamame. Then I will drive to Eastham to pay them. I will end up getting pizza from Montano’s and drink some beer. The weather is volatile just like the weather inside me.

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Scorpio 4° (October 26)

Day Seventy-Four E.D.A.N.O.W.W. Another day of Afterglow packing. I will end up having dinner at C-shore and meeting that actor Nick, who is the warden on “Orange is the New Black.” Some fried calamari and house salad. I am in a total haze. I actually don’t know how I’m doing what I’m doing all on my own, packing every little thing in my life into boxes and having the courtesy to leave all that will be left behind in easy to handle areas for S. to sweep through later. I am living on nerves, on fumes. I make multiple trips a day to the dump. There is a storm coming on top of everything which is meant to knock out the power. Later on as I reflect on this time I will have heard a song, written in 1940 and performed by the ink spots. I’m pasting it here

We three, we’re all alone
Living in a memory
My echo, my shadow, and me

We three, we’re not a crowd
We’re not even company
My echo, my shadow, and me

What good is the moonlight
The silvery moonlight that shines above?
I walk with my shadow
I talk with my echo
But where is the one I love?

We three, we’ll wait for you
Even till eternity
My echo, my shadow, and me

“We three we’re all alone. Seems like we’re livin’ in a memory. 
That’s my echo my shadow and me. 
We three we ain’t no crowd. 
Fact is we ain’t even company. 
That’s my echo my shadow and me.
You know I been wonderin’ what good is the
moonlight that silvery moonlight that shines way, way up above? 
Yeah, I walk with my shadow, I talk with my echo, but where is that gal that I love?”

We three, we’ll wait for you
Even till eternity
My echo, my shadow, and me

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