Episode 338 features an interview with Kenny Ausubel, director of a new astrology documentary series called Changing of the Gods. Changing of the Gods is a 10-part series on astrology that is being released later this month, starting on February 22, 2022. The series is based on the work of the astrologer Richard Tarnas, and his 2006 book Cosmos and Psyche. The focus of the series is the cycle of Uranus and Pluto, and how the alignments of these two planets coincide with major world events and ch...
Feb 02, 2022•1 hr 39 min
In episode 337 astrologers Chris Brennan, Austin Coppock, and special guest co-host Patrick Watson look ahead at the astrology of February 2022! The astrology of February features a stellium of planets piling up in Capricorn, with Venus and Mercury stationing direct there, and Mars having recently ingressed into the sign. Mid-month Mars will catch up to Venus and form a conjunction in Capricorn, and then later in the month the United States has the first of three exact Pluto returns. The lunatio...
Jan 27, 2022•2 hr 22 min
In episode 336 astrologer Richard Tarnas joins the show to talk about the meaning of the planet Pluto in astrology. In astrology Pluto is generally associated with power, control, manipulation, intensity, the underworld, taboos, transformations, destruction and regeneration, death and rebirth, making big things small and small things big. Richard is the author of the 2006 book Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View, and he previously appeared on episode 84 of The Astrology Podcast in...
Jan 20, 2022•3 hr 43 min
In episode 335 astrologer Kent Bye joins Chris in the studio in Denver to talk about artificial intelligence and consciousness through the lens of astrology. Kent is the former host of the Voices of AI Podcast, and has conducted hundreds of interviews with different specialists in AI over the years. During the course of the episode we cover topics such as whether it will ever be possible to replicate human consciousness with artificial intelligence, what planetary alignments in the future might ...
Jan 12, 2022•2 hr 39 min
In episode 334 astrologer Chris Brennan presents a set of year ahead horoscope forecasts for each sign of the zodiac for the entire year ahead of 2022. This is meant to take some of the general transits that we talked about in our year ahead astrology forecast for 2022 and personalize them, by talking about them in the context of what houses the planets are moving through for each of the rising signs. I would recommend listening to the zodiac sign that matches your Ascendant or rising sign, alth...
Jan 08, 2022•5 hr 31 min
In episode 333 Kent Bye of the Voices of VR Podcast joins me in the studio to talk about virtual reality and its relevance to astrology, as well as the ways in which astrologers will use and incorporate virtual worlds in the future. During the course of the episode we talk about the history of technology, and how important turning points have historically lined up with major outer planet alignments in the past. We also spend a bit of time talking about the future, and about some upcoming outer p...
Dec 30, 2021•4 hr 56 min
In episode 332 we present our annual year ahead astrology forecast for 2022, where we look at the major astrological alignments coming up over the next 12 months and make some predictions, with astrologers Chris Brennan, Austin Coppock, and Leisa Schaim. We spend the first 40 minutes of this episode giving an overview of some of the major transits in 2022, including the ongoing Saturn-Uranus square, Jupiter's transit through Pisces and Aries, the Jupiter-Neptune conjunction, Venus retrograde in ...
Dec 18, 2021•3 hr 59 min
Astrologer Adam Sommer joins the podcast to talk about Pluto, mythology, bitcoin, the metaverse, and their relationship to astrology. Adam was visiting Colorado in November, and we decided to get together and record a conversation about a bunch of different astrological topics we had been thinking about lately. The result was a pretty sweeping discussion about a variety of different topics, although the main one that we kept coming back to is astrology and technology. This is a more casual and l...
Dec 15, 2021•2 hr 8 min
In episode 330 astrologer Ray Grasse joins the podcast to reflect on a number of lessons he has learned after a lifetime of practicing astrology. Ray is a longtime editor and columnist for The Mountain Astrologer magazine, and he has published two books of compilations of essays he has written over the years on the practice and philosophy of astrology. The first book is titled Under a Sacred Sky: Essays on the Practice and Philosophy of Astrology (2015), while the second is Star Gates: Essays on...
Dec 07, 2021•1 hr 53 min
In episode 329 astrologers Chris Brennan, Austin Coppock, and special guest co-host Becca Tarnas look ahead at the astrology of December 2021. The astrology of December features Venus stationing retrograde in Capricorn conjunct Pluto, a solar eclipse in Sagittarius, and the third and final exact Saturn-Uranus square. Jupiter also departs from Aquarius and moves into Pisces late in the month, while Neptune stations direct, there is a Full Moon in Gemini, and Mars ingresses into Sagittarius. At th...
Nov 29, 2021•2 hr 30 min
In episode 328 astrologer Rick Levine joins the show to talk about minor aspects in astrology, and whether they should be regarded as "minor". Minor aspects are generally categorized as any aspects besides the five classical "major" aspects that were originally introduced in western astrology around the 1st century BCE, which are the conjunction, opposition, trine, square, and sextile. The minor aspects include the semi-sextile, quincunx, semi-square, sesqui-square, quintile, bi-quintile, septil...
Nov 22, 2021•3 hr 26 min
In episode 327 astrologers Chris Brennan and Molly Pennington talk about the top 8 best astrology books for beginner, intermediate, and advanced students of astrology. Molly is working on an article for the Reader's Digest website on astrology books recommended by experts, and she contacted Chris to do an interview, so we recorded it for this episode of the podcast. During the course of the discussion Chris gives his picks for the top 8 astrology books that every astrologer should have, and expl...
Nov 15, 2021•2 hr 32 min
In episode 326 astrologer Laura Nalbandian joins the show to talk about the meaning of the planet Neptune in astrology, and what it signifies in a birth chart. In astrology Neptune is generally said to signify illusions, mysticism, escapism, spiritualism, confusion, romanticism, the blurring of boundaries, extreme sensitivity, compassion, and transcendent experiences. Neptune is one of the more recently discovered outer planets, having only been discovered in 1846, although astrologers have figu...
Nov 03, 2021•2 hr 16 min
In episode 325 we look at the astrological forecast for November 2021, which features Mars squaring Saturn and opposing Uranus, as well as a lunar eclipse in Taurus, with astrologers Chris Brennan, Austin Coppock, and special guest co-host Leisa Schaim. November is one of the most tense months of this year, due to the tight T-square between Mars, Saturn, and Uranus, as well as the first of a series of eclipses in Taurus going exact around the same time, all around the middle of November. In the ...
Oct 28, 2021•2 hr 11 min
In episode 324 astrologer Luís Ribeiro joins me to talk about the life and work of his partner Helena Avelar, who passed away earlier this year. Helena was a respected practitioner and teacher of traditional astrology from Portugal, and had influenced many astrologers through works she co-authored with Luís, such as their 2010 book On the Heavenly Spheres: A Treatise on Traditional Astrology. She was also a scholar of the history of astrology, and obtained PhD from the Warburg Institute in 2018,...
Oct 26, 2021•3 hr 56 min
In episode 323 astrologers Chris Brennan and Claire Moon discuss the five major aspects in astrology, and explain what they mean in a birth chart. Aspects are geometrical configurations which denote different types of relationships between planets, and they are the primary means through which planets interact with each other in a chart. The five major aspects, also sometimes known as the Ptolemaic aspects, are the conjunction, opposition, trine, square, and sextile. During the course of the epis...
Oct 16, 2021•2 hr 31 min
In episode 322 astrologer Diana Rose Harper joins the show to talk about the meaning of the planet Saturn in astrology, and what it signifies in a birth chart. Saturn is the furthest planet that is visible to the naked eye, and so it is the last of the traditional planetary bodies in our ongoing series on the planets. In astrology Saturn is generally said to signify contraction, constraints, rejection, exclusion, time, tradition, age, that which is old, confinement, depression, structure, seriou...
Oct 08, 2021•3 hr 26 min
In episode 321 astrologers Kelly Surtees, Austin Coppock, and Chris Brennan look ahead at the astrology and planetary alignments for the month of October 2021. The astrology of October features a Mercury retrograde in Libra, plus Saturn and Jupiter stationing direct in Aquarius, and a New Moon in Libra and Full Moon in Aries. At the very end of the month Mars moves into Scorpio, beginning the climactic sequence that takes us into the end of the year. This episode is available in both audio and v...
Sep 27, 2021•2 hr 11 min
In episode 320 astrologer Rick Levine joins Chris in the studio to talk about the meaning of the planet Uranus in astrology, and what it signifies in a birth chart. In general, Uranus is said to signify sudden and unexpected events, revolutions, innovation, eccentricity, erraticness, disruption, unpredictability, sudden breakthroughs, quirkiness, rebelliousness, electricity, advancement through technology, rapid growth, and uncommon pursuits. Uranus was first discovered on March 13, 1781, and wi...
Sep 23, 2021•3 hr 23 min
In episode 319 astrologer Samuel F. Reynolds joins the podcast to talk about the meaning of Jupiter in astrology, as part of our ongoing series on the significations of the planets in a birth chart. In astrology Jupiter is generally said to signify growth, expansion, wisdom, abundance, justice, freedom, religion, philosophy, faith, righteousness, success, fecundity, and aggrandizement. Jupiter is said to rule the signs of Sagittarius in Pisces, have its detriment in the opposite signs of Gemini ...
Sep 13, 2021•1 hr 35 min
Episode 318 features a discussion with astrologer Sylvi Osland about what Mars means in astrology, where we talk about the significations of the planet and especially what it means in a birth chart. Mars is generally said to signify things like action, impulsiveness, forcefulness, assertiveness, fighting, anger, war, severing, separation, inflammation, intercourse, fires, discord, robbery, and courage. This is the fifth episode in our series on the planets in astrology, where we do a deep dive i...
Sep 09, 2021•3 hr 38 min
Episode 317 features our astrology forecast for September 2021 with astrologers Chris Brennan, Austin Coppock, and special guest co-host Rick Levine. The astrology of September features Mercury stationing retrograde in Libra, a new Moon in Virgo and a Full Moon in Pisces, and ingresses of Venus into Scorpio and Mars into Libra. This episode is available in both audio and video versions below. Archetypal Explorer Our sponsor this month is Archetypal Explorer, which is an online astrology program ...
Aug 31, 2021•2 hr 13 min
In episode 316 of the podcast Dr. Justin Sledge and Chris Brennan talk about the relationship between astrology, philosophy, and religion in the ancient world. Our main focus is on discussing the ways in which astrology influenced some of the different philosophical and religious schools in the Greco-Roman world, from the Hellenistic era through the time of the Roman Empire and into the early Medieval period. We also discuss questions like what was the philosophy underlying the practice of astro...
Aug 25, 2021•2 hr 19 min
In episode 315 astrologer Becca Tarnas joins the show to talk about the meaning of Venus in astrology, and how ancient and modern astrologers conceptualized it. Venus is traditionally thought to signify things like beauty, love, relationships, desire, sensuality, romance, harmony, pleasure, art, marriage, and other topics. This is the fourth installment in our series on each of the planets, where we do a deep dive into their meaning in astrology. We anchored the discussion by reading through a s...
Aug 21, 2021•3 hr 14 min
In episode 314 astrologers Chris Brennan and Leisa Schaim talk about some movies that contain astrological themes or allegories that are relevant to astrologers. Most of the discussion focuses on films that are not directly related to astrology, but instead focus on themes that are relevant to astrologers, such as fate, free-will, and the nature of time. We also touch on some documentaries that are interesting from an astrological perspective, which focus on topics such as the nature versus nurt...
Aug 13, 2021•2 hr 38 min
In episode 313 astrologer Luís Ribeiro joins the show to explain the astronomy and mathematics underlying the calculation of the different forms of house division in western astrology. We begin with a historical timeline showing when some of the different forms of house division were introduced, who the earliest sources are that mention them, and the time periods in which they reached the peak of their popularity. Then we go into a detailed breakdown of the astronomy and mathematics underlying h...
Jul 31, 2021•3 hr 49 min
In episode 312 we look at the astrological forecast for August of 2021, with astrologers Austin Coppock, Chris Brennan, and special guest co-host Chani Nicholas. August begins with Jupiter having just retrograded back into Aquarius, which it had left when it moved into Pisces on May 13, returning for some unfinished business from earlier in the year. August also features Uranus stationing direct in Taurus, and the second of two Full Moon's in Aquarius, with the first having occurred in late July...
Jul 27, 2021•2 hr 4 min
In episode 311 astrologers Chris Brennan and Patrick Watson discuss the concept of stelliums in astrology, and what it means to have 3 or 4 or more planets in the same sign or house in your birth chart. In the first part of the show we try to address some debates and questions about stelliums, such as how many planets need to be involved in order for you to have a stellium, what planets or points should be considered when calculating a stellium, and what is the plural form of the word stellium? ...
Jul 21, 2021•2 hr 15 min
Episode 310 features an interview with Dr. Justin Sledge about ancient Jewish views on astrology, and the complicated relationship between astrology and early Judaism. Our starting point is the geographical location of the Jewish people being situated between Mesopotamia and Egypt, which were two cultures that had very old traditions of astrology dating back to 2000 BCE. We then talk about the role that monotheism played in creating some tensions with early forms of astrology, which were often p...
Jul 06, 2021•2 hr 44 min
Episode 309 features our monthly astrological forecast for July 2021, with astrologers Austin Coppock, Chris Brennan, and special guest co-host Jo Gleason. The month begins with some tense configurations, such as Mars opposing Saturn and squaring Uranus, thus triggering the Saturn-Uranus square that has been ongoing this year. Later in the month things cool down a bit when Jupiter retrogrades back into Aquarius, and Mars departs from Leo and completes the sign-based aspects with Saturn and Uranu...
Jun 25, 2021•1 hr 51 min
