Aries 14° (April 3)

Brunch at Sonsie. Fig and prosciutto pizza. A fairly relaxing ride home, eating more pizza on the way. I will end up watching all my recorded shows and then taking myself for mussels and Caesar. The strangest thing happens. This woman at the bar is pretty heavily flirting with me. She tells me how handsome I am. She is also in divorce mode. She is probably tipsy. I’m sipping Malbec. She talks about needing Botox and reveals she’s 56. She tells me her name and it is the same name and spelling as you know who. Then she kisses me on the mouth. It was absolutely bizarre.  I do need to start focusing on income, but for now I’m pretty good. Going to be a tough transition leaving here in less than a month. 

It continues to be my marketing strategy to position myself, now as a solo act, in the same aspirational manner, building on the press and promotional opportunities that have long cast me in this light. I see myself as that Daily Beast columnist, wholly more NPR than zoo radio, like some (my friend) Ari Shapiro of astrology, smiley but ever so slightly superior. This is my niche, narrow but fathomless. I have proven, as have the healthy backlist sales of my books, that if you shoot high with astrology, the trickle down is endless and you never run out of steam. The subject has always been a target for skeptics, of course, and it’s all too easy to be poked fun at and pooh-poohed in my position—it is, in fact, inevitable,, and I’ve had to develop a healthy sense of humor about myself, not to mention real comedy chops—pin in that, too. Back in the day, I was a regular featured guest on Chelsea Handler’s show, “Chelsey Lately”, and being sharp as a tack with her own dark and superior personality, it was a pretty perfect match. Both our brands are decidedly high/low—besides, she called me “a funny little nugget.” With Nextrology, I will be conscious of raising the status of the subject all the more, and I’ll be seeking out similarly sophisticated show hosts. For years, I’ve said my goal is to be on “Real Time” with Bill Maher, who is the biggest skeptic of subject matter like mine. Still to be able to debate the viability of astrology with someone like him, hell-bent on debunking it, would provide a fun and funny challenge and opportunity.

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