Postcolonial Astrology, with Alice Sparkly Kat

The Astrology Podcast

Chris Brennan

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Spirituality

4.7 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2021

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Episode 299 features an interview with Alice Sparkly Kat about their new book titled Postcolonial Astrology. Alice's book is primarily a treatment of the seven traditional planets and their historical significations when seen through the lens of issues related to capital, power, and labor. During the course of the interview we touch on what postcolonial theory is and why it is important, as well as its application to astrology in order to better understand both the historical context of astrology, as well as how it can be applied more conscientiously today. For more info about the book check out Alice's website: https://www.alicesparklykat.com/postcolonialastrology/ This episode is available in both audio and video versions below. Watch the Video Version of This Episode Watch the video version of this episode on postcolonial astrology on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXEmlCK0lTA – Transcript A full transcript of this episode is available: Episode 299 transcript Listen to the Audio Version of This Episode You can either play the audio version of this episode of the podcast directly from the website or download it as an MP3 to your device by using the buttons below:

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Chris Brennan, and you're listening to the Astrology podcast.
0:03.9	Today is Saturday, April 10th, 2021, starting at 12.47 pm in Denver, Colorado, and this is the
0:11.2	299th episode of the show. In this episode, I'm going to be interviewing Alice Sparkley Cat about
0:16.3	their new book titled Post-Colonial Astrology. So, hey, Alice, welcome to the show.
0:22.1	Yeah, nice to be here. Thanks for having me. I didn't know it was almost 300 episodes.
0:27.9	That's amazing. 299th, and the next one will be episode 300. So, somehow it's been
0:33.9	yes, it's a lot. Cool. Yeah, so thank you for joining me. You've listened to the
0:40.4	listener of the podcast before, and you have a new book coming out next month, and this is going
0:47.3	to be, I know you've published other books before, you've self-published other books, but this is
0:51.6	your first book with like a major publisher, right? Yeah, it is. It's coming out May 18th.
0:57.9	Cool. All right. So, we're going to talk about that a little bit today. Maybe first,
1:03.3	since your first time on the show, just introducing you to my audience, could you tell me a little
1:07.3	bit about your background in astrology, especially? Yeah, my name is Ace. I go by Ace, or Alice
1:14.4	Sparklycat. My background in astrology, I got into it around 2014, and yeah, I mean, I wasn't really
1:26.8	on the internet so much with it until the last couple of years, but just started doing readings
1:36.1	or friends. It really helped me during like a harder time in my life, so the way that I learned
1:45.2	about it was just kind of about caring for each other. Okay, brilliant, and I really like your
1:52.6	some of your articles. You wrote an article talking about the concept of detriment last year in
1:58.3	reinterpreting it in the context of modern times, and I thought that was a really well-written
2:04.4	article and really admired what you were doing with it in the way that you were taking some of the
2:10.1	ancient or the traditional concepts, but also updating them and putting them in a more appropriate
2:15.2	sort of modern context in a way. So, I know a lot of younger people just know you as like a
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