Queer Storytime w/ Stephan Hoda & Renee Sills

Embodied Astrology

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 929 Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Stephan Hoda was our guest for the Gemini New Moon community conversation at Embodied Astrology; the edited version is what we’re releasing with today’s Sagittarius Full Moon. Stephan teaches Science and Classical Mythology, and is the associate director of the Queer Screams Film Festival in Portland OR.

Between Stephan’s Gemini rising, Sagittarius Sun and stellium, and Renee’s 4-planet stellium in Sag and 3 placements in Gemini, their conversation spans a wide range of topics! From current astrology to ancient mythology, water systems science, middle school education, queer imagination and some of the standout archetypes of the horror genre, including “the final girl.” We hope this conversation leaves you feeling curious about your own chart placements, and excited by the ways that archetype and imagination meet through astrology.

Every month in 2025 we’re hosting guests to drop in with us for some seasonal exchange and astrological exploration. Many of these events are free for our members, offered by sliding scale to the public, and a third of the proceeds are redistributed in a mutual aid direction of our guest’s choice. Proceeds from this event went to the Florida Springs Institute, helping protect Florida’s springs and waterways through science and education.

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0:00.0	the message that I would always get, something you would always hear when people who are trying
0:05.8	to understand queerness from a background where it's always been vilified, because again, here I am
0:11.8	assuming the best. I don't want to just say the homophobes are the bigots. I want to assume the best,
0:16.7	and I want to say people who are learning, people who are in the process of understanding. And I think a lot of times people, when it comes learning. People are who are in the process of understanding.
0:21.7	And I think a lot of times people, when it comes to queerness who are in the process of understanding,
0:26.4	there's two places that they look. Number one, they say, this is not allowed spiritually,
0:32.3	or they say, this is not natural. So those are the two things that I have had to contend with since I was a child.
0:41.4	And unfortunately, because that was the world I was brought up in, I wasn't immune to those
0:47.3	thoughts myself. I am not allowed spiritually. I am not natural. And I think that as I got older,
0:57.0	and I considered more of my place in ecology
1:00.3	and as a being in this world,
1:02.6	I started to realize that it was of the utmost importance
1:08.0	that I convey that queer people are natural.
1:43.5	I'm going to... of the utmost importance that I convey that queer people are natural. Hello and welcome to Embodied Astrology, a podcast and learning community where we explore the growing edges of astrology and its intersections with healing, arts, activism, relationships, and personal growth.
1:48.5	My name is Renee Sills, and in today's episode, I'm joined by Stephen Hoda.
1:53.6	Stephen teaches science and classical mythology and is the associate director of the Queer Screams Film Festival in Portland, Oregon.
1:56.8	Every month in 2025, embodied astrology is hosting guests to drop in with us for some seasonal exchange and astrological exploration.
2:05.6	Many of these events are free for our members. They're all offered by sliding scale, and a third of our proceeds are redistributed in a mutual aid direction of our guests' choice.
2:15.6	Proceeds from this event went to the Florida Springs Institute,
2:19.3	helping protect Florida's Springs and Waterways through science and education.
2:23.3	You can learn more about the Institute and the work they do by listening to this episode,
2:28.3	and help us continue the contribution by sharing their work and donating to them directly through the link in the show notes,
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