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The Mercury Retrograde Bookclub: Men Are From Mars-Women Are From Venus

January 11, 2010 in Mercury Retrograde by Mystic Medusa | 30 comments

Dudes, some of you may be too young (or sophisticated) to know that this thing was one of the best-selling self-helpy books of the 90s. And there were a LOT then.

At least four peeps pressed this book upon me, insisting that i read it…It’s infuriatingly simple & it’s copped heaps of criticism for limited gender roles. Leave men the fuq alone because they are like rubber bands who need to stretch out and be in their cave before they twang right back into your loving arms again. Men should remember that women like goo-goo compliments and that they cannot be aroused if he has not put the rubbish out as asked. I forget the metaphors but there were definitely rubber bands and a cave.

Some pertinent points for discussion, other than did this book do it for you style ponderings:

* It was apparently the book Princess Diana was reading just before her accident. They found it on her bedside table. Poignant, non?

* The author John Gray is a triple Capricorn (Sun, Moon, Mercury) and he extrapolated the Men Are From Mars concept into not only more than a dozen books but even a Colon Cleanse.  I am not joking. His website is selling a Men Are From Mars Colonic Cleansing Powder There was some controversy over whether his qualifications were bogus or not. He was a monk for nine years and is divorced from Barbara De Angelis, another self-help author & relationship expert.

* He has a new one coming out called Venus On Fire – Mars On Ice.  I am not kidding.  It makes me think of a women furious because her lover has become a crystal meth-head but it is actually about safely increasing hormones “of desire”.

Astro-Query: Dating Guides?

June 29, 2009 in Astro In Books, Astro-Query by Mystic Medusa | 60 comments

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Ages ago, i got sent a review copy of The Rules & everyone who came to this dinner party at my house denounced it on various grounds. End of the night the book was gone – nicked. So even though i was married then, i bought a copy – curious – somebody came over, again, said it was crap – stole it. The local library says it is always their most nicked book as well.

Why Men Love Bitches is actually a fab read though i had to always quickly hide it when any of the Aquarians came over & it fits into the same category as The Rules; essentially – men love/need to chase, don’t deny them that thrill and while you’re at it, have some fuqing standards. There are a few in that same genre and then there are the more New Agie ones where  you’re into candour & honesty, letting someone know how you feel et al. Barbara De Angelis (the ex wife of Men Are From Mars -Women Are From Venus dude) is prob more in that genre. And then there are ones written by male pick-up artists or the genre where men tell us ladies to get with how men actually just are. Sigh. And this is without even entering into gay relationships.

What I want to find out is if there are some signs more or less inclined to ever look at a dating/self-help relationship book?

Also whether your essential instinct (if you are  happily married please just hark back to dating) is to treat-them-mean-to-keep-them-keen OR total goobly candour?

And what approach works best on what sun sign?

I think The Rules sort of work (especially when it comes to keeping your own dignity by not text-stalking etc) but maybe not on Aquarian men. Well, actually they work too well on some men- to the point that the second you relax and are nice/available/candid – they’re evasive.

Venus sign if you know it please!