Is astrology real? Depends who you ask

Code Switch

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🗓️ 16 May 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Happy tenth birthday to us! In true Gemini fashion - we're that sign - we're celebrating by exploring our duality through astrology. Our intrepid Aquarius, B.A. Parker, talks to an astrologer and a science writer - a true believer and a real skeptic - about why Black and Latina women are twice as likely as men to believe in astrology. She also finds out what's written in the stars for the show. Spoiler alert: our birth chart is cute. And we are ready to be outside!

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, you're listening to Code Switch, the show about race and identity from NPR.
0:06.7	I'm B.A. Parker.
0:08.0	And I'm Gene Demby.
0:10.1	All right. Gene, when were you born?
0:13.8	What do you want to know, though? November 4th.
0:16.4	Why, why are you asking though? Why?
0:17.7	All right. Because I would like to do your birth chart.
0:21.3	Oh, Lord Jesus.
0:22.4	Oh, my God. No, what time are you born? Are you about to astrologize me, Parker? I did not sign up for this. Okay. A little bit after midnight on November 4th. What else do you need to know? I need, I need like a time, time. Like, I think it was 1202. 12-02
0:37.1	Alright
0:38.7	Are you Time, time. Like, I think it was 1202. 12.02.
0:38.8	All right.
0:42.4	So you're a Scorpio.
0:44.4	Yep.
0:46.4	What is your son?
0:47.8	Thank you for asking, Gene.
0:51.8	I'm an Aquarius sun, Aries, moon, Pisces Rising.
0:52.8	Oh, okay.
0:53.8	That means nothing to me.
0:54.0	Okay. Okay. That means, again, I am a convivial isolationist who loves to dream. I feel like a whole bunch of people would just heard that thing you said. I'm like, yep, that makes sense to me. That, it all checks out. That's exactly who Parker is. Look, Gene, it's Code Switch's birthday. It is.
1:14.0	And if we're celebrating 10 years,
1:16.7	I just think it's appropriate to figure out everyone's signs, you know?
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