Astrologer and French Canadian Elodie St-Onge-Aubut joins host Jenn Zahrt from Newfoundland to offer a wide-ranging survey of books! This power-packed convo spans from archaeo-astronomy to modern psychological astrology to renaissance horary, and more. Case studies, bones as timekeepers, reading the dictionary for fun as a child, and museums of bad graphic design also take the stage! Plus: the ontology of birth, healing by electricity, and… how can “wrong” charts be so right?!
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Episode timestamps (conversation recorded July 2023):
00:31 – Jenn and Elodie kick off the episode to set you up with a robust personal astrological library! First up: The initial astrology book that Elodie read? Robert Hand’s Horoscope Symbols. (And no, the internet doesn’t count, LOL!)
03:15 – Lots of texts made Elodie’s list of books that had a big impact on her astrology practice. But the first one mentioned? The Moment of Astrology: Origins in Divination by Geoffrey Cornelius. It’s a philosophical book that Elodie could read over and over, and the divinatory lens speaks volumes to her.
08:16 – Elodie’s list also includes A History of Western Astrology Volume 1: The Ancient World by Nicholas Campion. It’s a well-researched and academic reading, but one where Nick’s passion for astrology shines through.
10:18 – Next up: The Encyclopaedia of Medical Astrology by H.L. Cornnell. Elodie finds that this tome (almost 1,000 pages!) makes you think and apply your own observations. Tune in for Jenn and Elodie’s great discussion of case studies and some thoughts on how and why the author emphasized the outer planets… at a time when they’d been newly discovered!
16:19 – Visit our sponsor: Rod Suskin School of Astrology!
17:07 – Other books that had an impact include John Frawley’s The Horary Textbook, with its efficient, no-nonsense approach to horary. Also, The Houses: Temples of the Sky by Deborah Houlding, which is a must-have in one’s personal library.
20:20 – Any books that Elodie would like to share from the French-speaking world? Pluton, which was published in the late 1970s. Also, Le Calendrier Luni-Solaire Paléolithique de Sergeac Décodé by archaeo-astronomer Chantal Jègues, which includes fascinating info about notches on bones as a clock!
25:18 – For beginners, Elodie selects anything by storyteller and astrological titan Liz Greene. Also, Predictive Astrology: The Eagle and the Lark by Bernadette Brady. Helena Avelar and Luis Ribeiro’s On the Heavenly Spheres is a wonderful reference book. And finally, James R. Lewis’s Astrology Encyclopedia gets a nod.
30:46 – But wait, there’s more! The Greatness of Saturn: A Therapeutic Myth by Robert Svoboda. The Astrology of Sexuality by Martin Schulman. The Astrological Body Types by Judith Hill. Cycles of Becoming: The Planetary Pattern of Growth by Alexander Ruperti. And finally, The Daimon in Hellenistic Astrology: Origins and Influence by Dorian Gieseler Greenbaum.
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Show notes by Jen Braun, JJ Boots Productions LLC.
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