Mary Alice Kemery, popularly known as Linda Goodman (April 9, 1925 – October 21, 1995), was a New York Times bestselling American astrologer and poet.
She also wrote speeches for black American civil rights leader Whitney Young, who served for several years as president of the National Urban League.
[1] It was followed by Linda Goodman's Love Signs, which also made the New York Times Best Seller list and set an industry record with $2.3 million being paid for the paperback rights.
In these books Goodman explains her astrological theory, which implies that a planet or other celestial body has no effect at all until it is discovered in "its proper time in the universal plan".
[2] Gooberz, begun in 1967, is a long poem riddled with myriad occult references and symbolism.
It is also a thinly veiled autobiography, which explores two of her significant romantic relationships: her marriage to William Snyder and her love affair with marine biologist Robert Brewer.
Crystal Bush, a businesswoman from Ireland, befriended Goodman at the end of her life and obtained the publicity rights to the astrologer's name at her death.