Skeptical Astrology: Season 2, Episode 8

Host Daniel Beck (and Jackie)

Author and Data Scientist Alex Boxer

On this episode of the Star Love Podcast, we welcome author and data scientist (although he’s had to make peace with that label) Alex Boxer. I found Alex after searching through the Yale (our shared alma mater) alumni network for anybody who might be doing anything related to astrology. Alex was the one who came up, and I couldn’t have found anybody better! Sharing a mutual love of the humanities, astrology, and science, we discuss Alex’s work that traverses the history of astrology, the similarities between modern and ancient approaches to data science, his stunning online interactive astrolabe, and dueling Roman poets Lucretius and Manilius.

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A Scheme of Heaven: The History of Astrology and the Search for our Destiny in Data

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Star Love Podcast Season 1 Episode 8 Featuring Astrologer and Developer Henry Seltzer

Throw an apple, touch off a war. The story of Eris. Original Link.

On episode eight of the Star Love Podcast we welcomed astrologer Henry Seltzer. I’ve been a big fan of Henry’s for a long time, becoming introduced to his software TimePassages by Susan Miller of Astrology Zone fame. I started learning astrology through his iPhone app and later attended a summer 2013 lecture he and Susan gave at the Apple Store in Soho, under a full moon no less. In this podcast we discuss Henry’s book The Tenth Planet which delves into the astrological Eris. You can purchase it here. Our conversation centered around his research into the dwarf planet, Eris, and how she functions in astrology. People as wide ranging as D.H. Lawrence, Andrea Dworkin, and Carl Jung came up while we explored Henry’s findings that have lead him to classify Eris as a feminine warrior archetype for soul purpose.

This episode was recorded in early November 2019 after the new moon in Scorpio at the end of October. The transits mentioned cover November 2019 generally.

Time Stamps for Time Keepers

0-3:56 Introduction, Henry’s biography, how Henry got into astrology, how does astrology work? what is astrology?

3:57-5:24 Henry as a man of letters both in the English language and the language of computer science. (I’ve been moved many times over the years by Henry’s spontaneous recitations of poetry during lectures and broadcasts)

5:25-10:59 Henry’s book about Eris and the discovery and “birth” of Eris, defining the Western worldview, higher, non 3D dimensions, the significance of the number of planets, defining the planets and their classifications

11:00-14:40 Meaning of Eris astrologically vs her mythological origins

Henry mentions the famous astrologer Rick Tarnas who elucidates how a God’s origin, in this case Uranus, can reemerge as a different planetary archetype, just as Henry holds with Eris. Purchase his book Prometheus the Awakener below to explore this concept.

Prometheus the Awakener

By Tarnas, Richard

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14:41-22:14 Shakespeare “what’s in a name?”, Romeo and Juliet, story of Eris and Henry’s interpretation of the myth astrologically vs. mythologically 

22:15-25:46 How Henry became attracted to Eris through astronomy and the symbolic interpretation of literal language

25:47-29:46 Numerology of the tenth planet, Kabbalah and Sephirot, the new millennium, the perilous times, and the numerology of the number 10 

Tarot of Dreams is a Great Tarot Deck that Uses Kabbalah. Purchase Below.

Tarot of Dreams

By Ciro Marchetti, Lee Bursten

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29:47-31:22 Henry’s design of the Eris glyph

31:23-39:46 Astrology chart examples involving Eris

39:47-44:06 Eris’s energy as do or die in the U.S. Chart and 9/11

44:07-47:46 Does Eris rule a sign? 

47:47-52:29 Jung’s dreams of Sigfried in Wagner’s Ring Cycle, trying to kill ideal beauty, the subconscious, societal expectations, and the Red Book

We briefly discussed Jung’s Red Book which was a culmination of a lifetime’s work and expresses Jung’s experience with dreams and their creative, spiritual, and collective material. Purchase below.

The Red Book: A Reader's Edition (Philemon)

By Jung, C. G.

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52:30-56:15 Expression of Eris by gender  

56:16-57:29 Difference between Pluto and Eris as far as their respective mysteries and compulsivities

57:30-1:00:39 Which sign, if any, does Eris rule? We speculate that she might rule the Via Combusta region of the zodiac, which spans from 15 Libra to 15 Scorpio

1:00:40-closing remarks

Extended Notes

Here is a link to the D.H. Lawrence poem mentioned, Give Us Gods
Here is a link to Henry’s website

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Purchase Henry’s Eris Book Below

The Tenth Planet: Revelations from the Astrological Eris

By Seltzer, Henry

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