Stella Starsky - Cosmic Coupling: The Sextrology of Relationships

With our first book, Sextrology, subtitled The Astrology of Sex and the Sexes, we put forth the notion that men and women of the same sign were actually quite different from one another, and focused, thus, on the twenty-four gender signs in the zodiac, outlining in considerable detail each ones archetypal, psychological, emotional, physical, and sexual natures, managing to break new ground in the field of this starry science, even within the parameters of sun-sign analysis. And though our beloved readers have expressed untold appreciation for the material we laid down in that red bible, as many have called Sextrology, there was an almost immediate outcry for more information on, and insight into, specific relationships, something we touched upon only briefly, in encapsulated form, at the end of each of Sextrologys chapters. Indeed, many a reader considered these relationship blurbs as coming attractions, of sorts, presaging a second book, which wasnt our original intention. Actually, the second book we had in mind was one that explained the practicality of our original astrological philosophy, something we have employed in our private consultations and long hinted at in our live appearances (pin in that one for the time being).

Naturally, the last thing we wanted to do was ignore the requests of our rabid readers, and so the concept for Cosmic Coupling was born. Though this book takes the 24 characters in Sextrology and combines them with one another into every possible relationship, gay and straight, Cosmic Coupling stands very much on its own. There are 300 possible relationship pairings in the zodiac, 144 heterosexual, and 156 gay and lesbian couples, 78 each. We therefore envisoned and proposed a 600-page book, a two-page spread per combination; but the powers that be thought that was too unwieldy a tome, and so our gay and lesbian friends, of which we have innumerable, were given one page each. But fear not. We did our damnedest to hit all the same marks in those chapters as in the straight ones. And who knows, maybe our gay readers will have their own Starsky + Cox book one day and end up getting the lions share of attention after all. Anyway, herein, all the chapters are necessarily short. Still, whereas in Sextrology, we dedicated twenty-some pages to any given gender sign, Virgo man, lets say, here, in Cosmic Coupling, he has nearly forty pages to indulge his self-curiosity. Otherwise, there is the rest of the book via which to satisfy his signature voyeuristic streak, not being the only individual to boast one.

Indeed, in this book, each signs secret, and sometimes not-so-secret, desires are revealed in relationship to every other sign. And though we didnt have the luxury of endless space to go into great archetypal and psychological detail, we did try to illustrate each of the zodiacal figures, all of us, as much as possible from that more academic perspective, one which seems to have resonated so strongly with our audience. For those of you who glazed over such material in Sextrology, thinking myth-schmyth when we waxed more metaphorical, if not metaphysical, anxious to get to the naughtier bits: well, youll be pleased that in this volume you have less lofty musings to wade through. There is nary time to waste, herein, tackling so vast a landscape of love and lust, via the stars, and we hope youll find, too, that there is little room for error. It was our intention to live up to the reputation youve bestowed upon us for being at turns high- and low-minded, smart and funny, timely and time-honoring, spiritually motivating and sexually candid, none such pairings of opposites being mutually exclusive but rather essential components in the paradoxical nature of all things, personal relationships included.

Just as we seek to enlighten, remember that we wish to entertain you as well. Perhaps even more so than our first book, Cosmic Coupling lends itself to hours of jolly recitation in the company of intimates or those one hopes to draw closer. Even when a skeptical someone of a certain sign (perhaps that Virgo man) exclaims, Ive never done that, when hearing the nitty-gritty details of his partnering with a past or present lover, keep in mind that, chances are, he either secretly desires to engage in such activities or else maybe he should. We respect the fact that ours is a sophisticated readership and that you neednt have text sugarcoated in order to ingest it. That said, we did try to employ original turns of phrase to soften the impact of more shocking information, hoping to inspire laughter, titillation, and/or revulsion in equal measure. Sex shouldnt be some weighty taboo subject, nor should it become so great a preoccupation, either. It is of course a core element of our natures and the very impetus to life, while its more divergent themes and variations thereupon are endlessly fascinating. To be fair, our dear, discriminating Virgo should know that not every shred of analysis is going to hit the nail on the head; rather, when we assert a certain sexual activity is a Virgo proclivity, that is to say that of all the signs, his is most likely to undertake itnot that every one of his number will. We are still working within the general scope of sun-sign astrology here and cant be as exacting, on any subject, as we are when interpreting an individuals own birth chart. And yet our empirical approach to astrology as it applies, in our first two books, now, to sex (gender) and sexuality has, as our readers have expressed, been on target a great percentage of the time. And so, just as we were so pleased to have brought to life the twenty-four sex signs of the zodiac in