Reviving the Imaginal: Season 2, Episode 9
Astrologer and Star Love Podcast Host, Daniel Beck, and the Founder of the Centre for Myth Cosmology and the Sacred, Angela Voss
This podcast was recorded on January 27, 2021 at 8:00 Central Time.
On this episode of the Star Love Podcast, I’m excited to welcome academcian and diviner extraordinaire, Angela Voss. Angela had a singular career as a classical musician who felt deeply moved to excavate and import the philosophical and spiritual underpinnings of Renaissance music back into performance practice. We discuss Angela’s move into academia where she and Geoffrey Cornelius pioneered the MA in Myth, Cosmology and the Sacred at Canterbury Christ University. She then founded the independent Centre for Myth Cosmology and the Sacred to reach a wider global audience. Emphasizing the divinatory and magical nature of astrology, Angela’s work asks us to reimagine an enchanted universe where we can find the lines of good fortune. Join us and be thrilled by the sounds of Monteverdi and open yourself to a type of divination that is mysterious, uplifting, and ecstatic.
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Time Stamps for Time Keepers
0-Introduction
8:00-Angela’s Introduction to Astrology
10:47-Angela’s Musical Background Involving Philosophy and Spirituality
22:30-Renaissance Healing Music
31:43-Angela’s Monteverdi “Awakening”
42:32-Monteverdi’s Success at age 41
44:07-Angela’s Personal Astrological Connection with Monteverdi
48:35-Angela’s Work at Canterbury Christ Church University
52:09-The Hermeneutic Cross
57:40-Closing
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Skeptical Astrology: Season 2, Episode 8
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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Language of Energy, Poetry of Life: Season 2, Episode 7
On this episode of the Star Love Podcast, we welcome astrologer, writer, and teacher Rebecca Gordon. Rebecca calls astrology “the language of energy” and “the poetry of all life”, and she lives out these maxims, taking an empathic, deeply emotive approach to her work that embodies the feel of astronomy for astrological purposes. Possessing a musical and artistic background, Rebecca consults with individuals, businesses, and has a passion for teaching with her Astrology School having run for 15 years. I was moved by this interview because the creative spirit Rebecca brings to her work is where I feel astrology should go. Please rate us on Apple Podcasts, and if you’re interested in sponsoring the Star Love Podcast, email Inner Makeup business manager James.
Recorded Mid-Day October 8, 2020 Central Time.
Time Stamps for Time Keepers
0 Introduction
2:32 Interplay Between Astrology and Astronomy
10:17 Rebecca’s Artistry
15:29 Getting into a Poetic Mindset
24:10 Astrology and Music
27:35 Astrology and the Humanities
33:20 Medical Astrology
43:06 Astrology in the Business World
48:00 Number 5 and Chanel No. 5
51:35 Transits of 2020 and 2021
57:22 Closing
Link to Rebecca’s Website
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Astrology Is Not A Magic Show: Season 2, Episode 6
Star Love Podcast Host Daniel Beck | Guest Maren Altman
On this episode of the Star Love Podcast, we welcome astrologer, author, and philosophy graduate student, Maren Altman. I learned about Maren through a friend who found one of Maren’s videos on TikTok, and I must say, I was surprised to see high quality astrology coming through that media platform! Maren is doing some innovative and practical things in astrology education, keeps her growing audience informed with the latest trends in political astrology, and most deliciously, whips up great recipes as the Cosmic Chef.
Time Stamps for Time Keepers
0-Intro
4:20-Maren’s Approach to Astrology
19:04-Maren’s Philosophy Background
27:44-Bringing Psychology Into Astrology
29:57-Maren’s Acting Background
32:10-Pluto
34:47-Meaning of Maren’s name
36:05-Mundane and Political Astrology
40:45-Fate and free will
44:06-Maren’s Writing
48:22-Astrology Transits of 2020-2022
58:34-Maren’s Culinary Arts
1:00:48-Closing
Maren’s Books
Maren’s Book Picks
Dan’s Book Pick
Crime and Punishment is a classic with a dire warning: if you transgress with a new idea or word via delusions of greatness, and it be unformed and spun by the machinations of a paranoid mind, the crime becomes not the idea but rather the abandonment of spirit that can give liberation beyond the words.
Link To Maren’s Website
Further Resources
To explore the idea of “wrong charts”, that is astrology charts that are not accurate birth times that still provide meaningful, exacting insights, purchase Maggie Hyde’s book, Jung and Astrology. Or go to this link to read an essay by Geoffrey Cornelius that references how “wrong charts” work in the context of astrology as divination. This is a good counterargument to one of the most forceful skeptical arguments by Geoffrey Dean.
To explore how to reconcile using whole sign houses and some form of quadrant houses, go to this link and read an essay by Charles Obert about using both systems at once. I find that this method helps live chart interpretation flow during readings. Take for example, if somebody has Venus in Aries in the 7th house, but Aries is the 8th whole sign, an interpretation might be “there is an aggressive drive towards finding harmony in relationships that can result in fights about joint resources.” At this point I might reference the tarot card the 4 of wands which is the tarot equivalent of Venus in Aries (designated by the Golden Dawn) and suggests a need to construct harmony to harness that aggression. For a long while I’ve been using the deck the Tarot of Dreams, available for purchase below, that includes that astrological significations on each of the cards.
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Basil's Way: Season 2, Episode 5
Star Love Podcast Host Daniel Beck | Guest Basil Fearrington
On this episode of Star Love Podcast, we welcome astrologer and musician Basil Fearrington. Basil has had a phenomenal music career playing with the likes of Roberta Flack, Stevie Wonder, George Benson, and more, and has also recorded his own solo albums as well. He is a leading astrologer and is the go-to authority on the methods of the late astrologer Noel Tyl, his teacher. This is an extraordinary podcast for lovers of music, featuring harrowing stories about Donny Hathaway, among others. Basil’s astrology is sound, practical, and takes a “common sense” approach, his “New Way Astrology”.
Time Stamps for Time Keepers
0 Introduction
2:22 Basil’s music career
19:16 Developing technique
29:42 Defining Astrology
33:37 Fate, free will, and humanistic astrology
37:27 Social media astrology
40:24 How to go about learning astrology
43:28 Differences between ancient and modern astrology
48:22 Eastern Philosophy, Taoism, and Basil’s spiritual background
53:27 Predictions in astrology
1:03:13 How Basil has managed his career
1:04:44 Basil’s current activities
Basil’s astrology textbook that gets near unanimous praise. Many people say it is the best astrology book they own.
Basil’s solo album that proves he can go it alone!
Basil performed on this album and says Mary J. Blige is a “total sweetheart”.