A few weeks ago I spent a morning at the Norman Mailer archives at the University of Texas looking through the research materials for The Executioner's Song, Mailer's 1979 account of the life and death of Utah murderer Gary Gilmore. Around me, students in white gloves turned the pages of leather-bound books so…
Susan Miller is the unrivaled Queen of Astrology. She is known for her affable delivery, her reverence in the world of fashion and, most importantly, her accurate horoscope forecasts which she publishes monthly to her site Astrologyzone.com.
People who diligently follow their horoscopes may claim that it's all just good fun. But on closer examination, this claim falls flat. Here's why astrology is potentially damaging to our understanding of science, relationships — and even our place in the universe itself.
If you need help determining why your kid's fever is so high, a doctor can diagnose that ear infection. If you need to know why your perfectly healthy child gets upset every time daddy compliments mommy, well, who can say? Is she a.) Spoiled? b.) Hungry? c.) Tired? Or d.) an Aries?
If you were thinking April was just another month in another year with your exact same face and Ides in it, then congratulations for not having to be online that much. Because LOOK OUT: Everyone is talking about how it is supposed to be a wild month for all people, relationships, transactions and experiences. Here's…
Bad news: Mercury has just gone retrograde at this exact moment, so everything will go wrong from now until February 28. Famed astrologist Susan Miller says not to worry: "There will be countless delays, cancellations and postponements — but know these will benefit you in the long run." Plus side: you now have a…
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When a national news outlet like USA Today runs an article about what the country's "seers" are predicting for 2014, it makes one realize how small the distance is between our modern world and a world in which a haruspex in a funny hat would cut open a sheep in front of an anxious crowd, puzzle over the liver, and say…
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Mind-blowing theory alert: Susan Miller, astrologist to the stars, knew today's government shutdown was imminent.
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I showed up over an hour late to a doctor's appointment yesterday because I fucked up my Google Calendar alert — it pinged while I was working from home in a Pippin The Musical T-shirt with coconut oil on my split ends. But the most frustrating aspect of the screw-up was that I couldn't chalk it up to the planet…
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The fashion industry is obsessed with astrologist-to-the-fashionistas Susan Miller, according to New York Magazine, which calls her an "elite astrologer," and many of my friends, who have been gushing about her star charts for ages. What's it all about?
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Etsy isn't the only internet marketplace banning the sale of borderline-disturbing esoterica — eBay, the place where my best friend in eighth grade was able to buy a taser for fifteen American dollars, has announced in its 2012 Fall Seller Update that it will ban the sale of all magic potions, spells and enchantments,…
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Vampires may be immortal, but in Hollywood, forever is not long at all. And, according to their zodiac signs, long-term true love was never going to happen for Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. As of right now, she's apologized for her indiscretion, but Rob's moved out. We ask the cosmos: Will K-Stew and R-Patz…
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Against our own better judgment, we love a good Ken and Barbie story. The swift and sudden love affair between Kanye West and Kim Kardashian has definitely stocked the Dreamhouse with bootylicious, sartorial splendor. Bring out the binoculars! We're keeping tabs on this well-heeled pair.
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Saturday I attended an all-day seminar given by astrologer Susan Miller, where she stressed that no, your astrological sign has not "changed," and called the whole business "ridiculous."
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This week we learned that silly tools with which you pretend to understand yourself are lies.
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Tonight, for the first time since 1378, a total lunar eclipse of a full moon falls on the winter solstice. OMFGWTFBBQ! What does it mean?
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Though she already shared some thoughts about Prince William and Kate Middleton's engagement, at our request, frighteningly accurate astrologer Susan Miller has gone more in-depth!
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British Vogue has just published one of the most beautiful — and original — fashion editorials in ages. It's all about the signs of the zodiac, and it is downright dreamy.
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Now that Prince William and Kate Middleton are officially engaged, noted astrologer Susan Miller has weighed in on the royal romance via Twitter. Good news! And, um, bad news.
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