The Goldman State
Ed Goldman is a longtime newspaper and magazine columnist, the author of five books and creator of The Goldman State, a three-times-a-week online column with subscribers in 40 states, Canada and Europe. A professional playwright, composer and painter, Ed has also taught journalism at five California Universities and community colleges. His bucket list includes becoming the victim of a corporate takeover. This podcast is an extension of his unique take on the world around us and his interpretation, with all the creativity imaginable, of what that would literally sound like if he were to speak it.
The Goldman State
Episode 84: A Man for No Seasons.
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As a self-proclaimed 'man for no seasons,' and I mean seasons of all types, from weather to astrological, how is it one is able to survive? And given my astrological sign of Scorpio...
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Hi, this is Ed Goldman with the Goldman State Podcast. Now I am not what you'd call a winter person. I have no credibility when I wear a flannel shirt and I'm far from being a summer person. I don't like it when it stays light until 8 30 PM, nine 30 central. Nor can I say I come to refreshingly minty life in the spring, or that I dissolve into an attractive sepia toned somberness in the fall.
It's a fact I've had to face. I am a man for no seasons. It gets no better if someone who's heavily into astrology tries to peg me in terms of my sign. Technically, a word that has absolutely nothing to do with astrology. I'm a Scorpio since I was born on November 15th. Scorpios are said to be sexually [00:01:00] driven and good investigators.
On the other hand, we're also fun loving and enjoy being the center of attention. These traits may not exactly mesh. For one thing, if I were all that sexually driven, when would I find the time to investigate stuff? And vice versa. Now, according to the website ZodiacSign. com, a reliable outlet for the pseudoscientific and semi spiritual followers of astrology, Quote, Scorpio moons crave deep connections and transformative experiences, and they also take privacy seriously.
Those with this placement should honor it by creating and maintaining boundaries. Because they are prone to volatile emotions, it's important for Scorpio moons to prioritize mental health. Unquote. So, let's summarize. As a Scorpio, I'm a hermit who wants friends but doesn't want them too close unless sex is on the agenda.
And even then I may want to demand answers. I'm also liable to erupt at any second, so I really ought to seek professional help. The site doesn't indicate if I'm all [00:02:00] those things in the space of a lifetime or a very uncomfortable happy hour. I mean, if I throw a dinner party, should I advise my guests to strap on seatbelts, wear safety helmets, and notify next of kin?
If I'd been born today, according to the site, I'd have a, quote, sun in Scorpio and a moon in the sign Gemini until 1115 a. m., when the moon enters Cancer, unquote. This makes me feel terrible for the moon. It just thought it was going in for a routine checkup and maybe a flu shot. Look where it's entering.
Of course, if the moon doesn't get to the doctor's office until noon, things will be okay. The awful stuff was slated to end at 1116 AM. Thank God for celestial gridlock. Now then, because you and I have a deep connection, I know you're wondering what your moon sign is, dear listener. Well, ZodiacSign. com instructs that to figure it out, quote, you need to know the exact time and place of birth, unquote, presumably your own, and that, quote, allows you to calculate which zodiac sign the moon [00:03:00] was in at the time of birth.
The best way to do this is to use a lunar calendar, which you can easily find online, unquote. Good lord, a website is referring you to other sites? You didn't go to zodiacsign. com expecting to be told to get a second opinion. That's what urgent care facilities and life coaches are for. And as for that last piece of advice, it conjures up the image of someone seeking to better understand the future and being told by the fortune teller Quote, buy a week at a glance desk calendar that lists upcoming holidays, and be sure to note down everyone's birthday in your family, unquote.
I close with a brief anecdote I've shared with you before but seems appropriate for today's topic. On at least one occasion in Sacramento, a psychic fair was scheduled to be held in a large urban park near my home. The booths were set up, the vegan vendors and mysticism booksellers were unpacking, and it started to rain.
Not just rain, but pour. For three days. The weather casters had predicted it, [00:04:00] yet apparently, the psychics never saw it coming. I'm sure there's a moral in there somewhere, but despite my being a Scorpio, I'm not sure I'm going to investigate it. I'm Ed Goldman. My column, The Goldman State, comes out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
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