linda goodman

Linda Goodman was responsible for accelerating the growth of the New Age movement through the unprecedented success of her first astrology book Linda Goodman''s Sun Signs   (1968). This was the first astrology book ever to earn a spot on the New York Times Bestseller List. It was followed by yet another success with Linda Goodman''s Love Signs      (1978), which also made the New York Times Bestseller List. Goodman''s books also refer what she referred to as the "disappearance" of her eldest daughter, Sally Snyder, and the mystery around her reported death. Linda Goodman spent much money and many years trying to find Sally, long after police closed the case as a suicide or accidental suicide.
As a Ram, Linda had a fiery passion for her beliefs. Linda had a talent for speaking her Mind without offending others. She was very opinionated. Linda understands the limitations of "sun sign astrology" in that it only goes so far, much like the "Men are from Mars and women are from some other planet" psychology that was popular in the 1980''s. While you cannot completely base your views of humanity on such sweeping generalizations, Linda accepts this in her book and writes in a style that allows for variations of personality type, circumstance, and past events that help shape personality. Her writing style is upbeat and engaging, making this a very fun book indeed. Personality analysis through astrology can be an extremely complex and messy affair when you dig too deeply into the mass of information available in the minutiae accessible with a little study*. Linda floats above all of that by presenting in clear, concise terms how your employee, husband, brother (et al.) will generally react when you .............
Her poems about love and loss, death and reincarnation, beauty and romance, all seen through the prism of an astrological landscape, teach us how this fascinating science helps weave the fabric of our lives. But even more than that--like most great poetry, they make the heart sing and the spirit soar, and give us the wisdom to appreciate that the dance is eternal.
        oh !  Gooober, did you know how it made me ache inside
                        and how deeply I understood ? it gave me a sharp loving-pain
when you tried so hard to stop the rain                   and believed so hard that you could —Linda Goodman in Gooberz, page 545