Astrologer and author Ronnie Dreyer joins host Jenn Zahrt from New York to chat about books, Jyotish and Western astrology, and more! Tune in to hear about: different editions of the same book; “shining the light on results”; Sanskrit’s deeper meaning; the focus of transits in the Indian tradition; the Tajika system; karma brought into this lifetime; everything in right relation; the work of translating texts; how to approach charts and people; astrology as a discipline; eclipses and the Saros cycles; and the work of impactful, brilliant local astrologers. Plus: childhood planetarium visits, meeting influential authors, and writing on palm leaves!

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Astrologer, author, and podcaster Frederick Woodruff joins host Jenn Zahrt from Vashon Island in Washington for a comprehensive, buoyant chat that includes must-have astrology (and non-astrology) books, musings on Saturn and writing, and more! Tune in to hear about: working with Ivy Goldstein-Jacobson as a teen; the mystery of unfoldment; questions related to the mechanism of divination; horary astrology; falling in love with “wrong” astrology; pondering the origin of consciousness; consultation styles; quadrant versus whole sign houses; using a psychological lexicon; the hidden prescreening upside of pop astrology; how writing about Saturn is like pulling teeth (Hah! Good one, Saturn!); and posthumous astrology. Plus: Princess Diana’s (incorrect) chart, breaking up with a serial killer, and… did women invent astrology?

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Astrologer, musician, and podcaster Rose Blakelock joins host Jenn Zahrt from New Mexico to wrestle with fate versus choice and chat about astrology books! Join them for a lively discussion, which includes: growth through the midlife transits; feeling seen through reading; digging into planetary aspects; Grünewald’s triptych panels; the Jupiterian buoyancy of making it through the second Saturn return; talking to a client about Moon-Pluto, Mars-Pluto, or Saturn-Pluto aspects; teaching on Zoom; the concept of inverting the houses; hearing the voice of the author; and a blueprint to follow the houses. Plus: hippie parents, curmudgeons, and…Houlding a Hand, lol!

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