General
The Rules of Attraction, American Psycho, Glamorama
The Shards
history of astrology in ellis novels
less than zero: clay is advised by his father to check out the leo horoscope. "those planetary vibes work on your body in weird ways"
the rules of attraction: lauren talks to franklin about it, which makes her hate him even more. lol
I have come to this conclusion, not by reading his writing, which is science fiction, which is “heavily influenced by astrology,” which is terrible, but by something I don’t understand. I tell him I like his stories, I tell him my sign and we discuss the importance of the stories but …
american psycho: the infamous "Does being a Libra signify anything and if so, can you prove it?" and evelyn sees an astrologer during their vacation
emails. if you like them: "I found this store on Crosby Street that had these stainless sconces with aluminum shades with signs of the Zodiac punched through in little holes and I had to have them and they were One Hundred and Seventy Nine Dollars."
glamorama:
Jamie told me, “You’re the only sign in the horoscope that’s not a living thing.”
“What do you mean?” I muttered.
“You’re a Libra,” she said. “You’re just a set of scales.”
“But I thought I was a Capricorn,” I sighed.
(before the shards i thought this was a diss on patrick, i mean ellis has made jokes about his previous novels before)
imperial bedrooms: kinda where shit gets real.
previously you could assume clay was a leo sun, according to less than zero, but possibly the "funniest" dialogue in the whole story reveals that clay is a leo rising and pisces sun
"You should be more compassionate," she says later, int he darkness of the bedroom.
"Why?" I ask. "Why should I be more compassionate?"
"You're a Pisces."
makes sense because he's the character most based off of ellis and he shares the same placements
the shards: and oh baby. the big one. finally it's clear that he knows
That was the week I became reminded how astrology affected the populace, when one of Audrey Barbour's friends said Audrey's "rising sign" indicated "danger perhaps" in the ensuing days after the disappearance [...] Other people I knew from that era heavily invested in astrology included my father [...] My father was an atheist and yet enamored by the religion of astrology and it suggests something about him that I thought I'd never seen but now realize, writing this, was always visible: a childlike lostness.
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