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The Astrology PodcastMarch Astrology Forecast 2025In episode 480 of The Astrology Podcast astrologers Chris Brennan and Austin Coppock look at the astrological forecast for March of 2025.
March is one of the most active and important months of 2025, which includes Venus and Mercury going retrograde in Aries, eclipses in Virgo and Aries, and Neptune moving into Aries at the very end of the month.
We spend the first hour of the episode talking about the astrology of news and events that have occurred since our last forecast, and then in the second hour we transition into talking about the astrology of March.
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For the first 90 minutes of the episode we talk about news that happened in the news since our last forecast, and then in the second half of the episode we do a deep dive into the astrology of February.
The astrology of February opens with Uranus and Jupiter stationing direct in Taurus and Gemini, and then later in the month Mars stations direct in Cancer while Venus prepares to go retrograde...2025-01-292h 58The Astrology Podcast2025 Year Ahead Astrology ForecastIn episode 472 astrologers Chris Brennan and Austin Coppock discuss the year ahead astrology forecast for 2025, and make predictions about the planetary alignments in the coming year!
2025 will be a big year of change, with all of the outer planets moving into new zodiac signs this year, marking the beginning of a new era.
This will be the first year that Pluto spends entirely in Aquarius, and then in March the planet Neptune will move into Aries, followed shortly by Saturn also entering Aries in May, Jupiter ingressing into Cancer in June, and finally Uranus beginning a long transit through Gemini...2024-12-234h 32The Astrology PodcastAstrology Forecast for November 2024In episode 466 astrologers Chris Brennan and Austin Coppock look ahead at the astrological forecast for November 2024.
We spend the first hour talking about news and events since our last forecast, and then in the second hour we transition into talking about the forecast for November.
This month opens with a tense Mars-Pluto opposition that coincides with an optimistic Venus-Jupiter opposition, and then by later in the month there is a surprising Full Moon in Taurus conjunct Uranus.
Saturn slows down and stations direct in the watery sign of Pisces, while Pluto departs from Capricorn and makes it final ingress into...2024-10-302h 29The Astrology PodcastAstrology Forecast for October 2024In episode 464 astrologers Chris Brennan and Austin Coppock do an in-depth exploration of the astrology forecast for October 2024.
We spend the first hour of the show talking about news stories since our last forecast, and then at 57 minutes we jump into the forecast for October.
The major highlight of the month is the solar eclipse that happens in the signs of Libra on October 2, which is the last in a series of eclipses in that sign that began one year ago.
The middle of the month features a lot of tense aspects between Mars and the inner planets, which the...2024-09-302h 27The Astrology PodcastThe Second House in AstrologyIn episode 461 astrologers Chris Brennan and Leisa Schaim do an in-depth exploration of the meaning of the second house in astrology, and explain what it signifies in a birth chart by looking at dozens of celebrity examples.
In traditional astrology the second house is associated with the material world, and encompasses topics such as money, possessions, livelihood, and financial stability.
It represents the descent into the material realm, because the second house is the sign that follows the rising sign, and in the whole sign house system it is the first sign after the Ascendant that is fully submerged under...2024-09-0500 minThe Astrology PodcastAstrology Forecast for September 2024In episode 460 astrologers Chris Brennan and Austin Coppock look ahead at the astrological forecast for September 2024.
We cover news and events in the first hour, and then at 01:03:00 we start looking at September's astrology.
The astrology of September features the beginning of eclipse season, with a lunar eclipse in Pisces taking place in the middle of the month, followed by a solar eclipse in Libra in early October.
Early in the month Mars moves into the sign of Cancer, which is important because it will return to this sign after turning retrograde in early November, and thus September marks the...2024-09-012h 46The Astrology PodcastAstrology Forecast for August 2024In episode 457 astrologers Chris Brennan and Austin Coppock look ahead at the astrological forecast for August 2024.
We spend the first hour of the show discussing recent news and events surrounding the Mars-Uranus conjunction over the past few weeks, and then in the second hour we jump into looking at the astrology of August.
The first part of the month is dominated by Mercury going retrograde in Virgo and Leo, and then in the second week Mars moves into a tens conjunction with Jupiter as well as a square with Saturn.
The biggest outer planet alignment of the month is Jupiter...2024-08-012h 32The Astrology PodcastThe First House in Astrology: Planets in the Rising SignIn episode 454 astrologers Chris Brennan and Nick Dagan Best explain the meaning of the first house in astrology, and explore its significations by looking at different planets in the rising sign and Ascendant.
We open the episode by talking about the general meaning of the first house, and then we transition into discussing each of the planets in the 1st house, starting with the Moon and then working our way through the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.
We also spend some time talking about the ruler of the Ascendant in the houses, the rulers of...2024-07-073h 30The Astrology PodcastAstrology Forecast for July 2024In episode 453 astrologers Chris Brennan and Austin Coppock look ahead at the astrological forecast for July 2024.
We spend the first 53 minutes reviewing some news stories that had interesting astrological connections, and then we transition into talking about the astrology of July.
July opens with Saturn and Neptune stationing in Pisces within 10 degrees of each other, then in the middle of the month Mars conjoins Uranus in Taurus, and finally at the end of the month Mercury moves into a square with Mars as it begins slowing down in preparation for a retrograde.
This episode is available in both audio and...2024-06-292h 21The Astrology PodcastJupiter Transits in Houses: Live Chart Reading WorkshopIn episode 452 astrologer Chris Brennan hosts a live chart reading session with listeners exploring how Jupiter's transit through Taurus manifested in their lives based on the house it activated in their birth charts.
The premise of the discussion is that since Jupiter just recently completed its one year transit through Taurus, I asked listeners to send in stories about how that transit played out in their lives, especially in terms of which of the twelve houses it went through in their chart.
This was recorded as a live webinar with patrons of The Astrology Podcast, and during the course of...2024-06-073h 03The Astrology PodcastAstrology Forecast for June 2024In episode 450 astrologers Chris Brennan and Austin Coppock discuss the June 2024 astrology forecast, covering major transits like a stellium of planets moving through Gemini, Jupiter trine Pluto, Venus cazimi, Mars square Pluto, and Saturn stationing with Neptune.
In June a stellium of 4 planets transit through Gemini in the first half of the month, and Jupiter trines Pluto in Aquarius, which should expand and accelerate technological developments related to communications, artificial intelligence, and travel.
Venus plunges into the heart of the Sun around the same time early in the month, which marks the end of one synodic cycle for Venus and...2024-05-3000 minThe Astrology PodcastAstrology Forecast May 2024In episode 446 astrologers Chris Brennan and Diana Rose Harper look ahead at the astrology forecast for May 2024, which features notable alignments of planets moving into Taurus and Gemini!
The astrology of May features a stellium of planets of planets moving through the sign of Taurus, which will emphasize the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction in that sign further, and then later in the month the stellium shifts to the sign of Gemini.
The biggest change this month is that Jupiter completes its one year transit through the sign of Taurus, and it moves into the zodiac sign of Gemini where it will stay...2024-04-303h 06The Astrology PodcastJupiter-Uranus Conjunctions in History, Part 2In episode 445 astrologers Chris Brennan and Patrick Watson have a followup discussion about Jupiter-Uranus conjunctions in history, and review more examples of major events in the past that coincided with those conjunctions.
This is a followup episode that is meant to act as a supplement to the previous episode with Richard Tarnas where we talked about the historical research he did on Jupiter-Uranus conjunctions, which was presented in his book Cosmos and Psyche.
In this episode we dive deeper into some of those examples and look at the charts associated with the events, but also add some new examples from...2024-04-242h 37The Astrology PodcastThe Rulers of the Houses in AstrologyIn episode 442 astrologers Chris Brennan and Sam Ogden discuss the rulers of the houses in astrology, and what it means for the ruler of one house to be in another house in a birth chart.
The rulers of the houses is an ancient and important element of birth chart delineation, but it is often overlooked in modern times.
It is more of an intermediate level technique, because it involves combining different basic concepts surrounding the fourfold system of planets, signs, aspects, and houses.
Understanding the rulers of the houses is crucial for chart synthesis, because it is through this technique...2024-04-092h 54The Astrology PodcastAstrology Forecast April 2024In episode 441 astrologers Chris Brennan and Diana Rose Harper look ahead at the astrology forecast for April, and discuss the major astrological alignments that will occur in one of the most important months of 2024.
The astrology of April features a solar eclipse in Aries that will cross the United States, a tense Mars-Saturn conjunction in Pisces, a positive Jupiter-Uranus conjunction in Taurus, a chaotic Mercury retrograde in Aries, and finally a comet that will cross the zodiac in Taurus.
In the first hour of the show we talk about some news and events that have happened since our last forecast...2024-04-013h 14The Astrology PodcastThe Lot of Fortune and Spirit in AstrologyIn episode 433 astrologers Chris Brennan and Kira Ryberg give an introduction to the the mathematical points in astrology known as lots or Arabic parts, focusing on the two most important lots called the Lot of Fortune and the Lot of Spirit.
During the course of the episode we explore the history, philosophy, and calculations behind lots, and also analyze some example charts to help bring the concept to life.
Here are some key points we discuss in the episode:
Introduction to Lots/Arabic Parts: We start by defining lots as mathematical points that mark zodiacal signs with specific topics, similar...2024-01-264h 02The Astrology PodcastAstrology Forecast December 2023In episode 428 we give an overview of the monthly astrology forecast for December 2023, with astrologers Chris Brennan and Austin Coppock.
We spend the first 45 minutes talking about the astrology of news and recent events since our last forecast, and then at 00:48:08 we get into the forecast for December.
The main planetary alignment this month is Mercury stationing retrograde in Capricorn while in close configuration with the benefics, and then retrograding back into Sagittarius where it forms a conjunction with Mars while stationing direct.
This month there is also a New Moon in Sagittarius, a Full Moon in Cancer, and Jupiter...2023-11-272h 41The Astrology PodcastEclipses That Shaped History: Part 2In episode 425 astrologers Chris Brennan and Nick Dagan Best do a followup episode on the astrology of eclipses that coincided with major events in history, where we share more examples from around the world.
We open the episode by reviewing the main discovery that we made in the last episode, which is that 1) important events in history tend to take place around the time of eclipses, and 2) people born near an eclipse tend to have some of the most important events in their lives coincide with eclipses.
We also review the operative range or time frame for eclipses, and what...2023-11-082h 03The Astrology PodcastAstrology Forecast November 2023In episode 424 we give an overview of the monthly astrology forecast for November 2023, with astrologers Chris Brennan and Austin Coppock.
At the beginning of the month we are coming off of an intense eclipse season, where a solar eclipse in Libra square Pluto occurred in mid-October, and a lunar eclipse opposite Mercury and Mars is about to happen on October 28.
November continues some of the tense themes, with Saturn stationing direct in Pisces at the beginning of the month, then Mars opposing Uranus around the time of the Scorpio New Moon on the 13th, and Mars squaring Saturn around the...2023-10-272h 41The Astrology PodcastAstrology Forecast October 2023In episode 420 we give an overview of the monthly astrology forecast for October 2023, which features eclipses and lots of Pluto aspects, with astrologers Chris Brennan, Austin Coppock, and Nicholas Polimenakos.
At the beginning of the month we see the end of the Venus and Mercury retrograde periods, with Venus finally departing from Leo and moving into Virgo, and Mercury departing from Virgo and moving into Libra.
In October we move into eclipse season, with the first in a new series of solar eclipses in the sign of Libra, and the last of a series of lunar eclipses in the sign...2023-09-293h 05The Astrology PodcastAstrology Forecast September 2023In episode 415 we look ahead at the astrological forecast for September of 2023, with astrologers Chris Brennan, Austin Coppock, and Steph Koyfman!
The astrology of September opens with Venus stationing direct in Leo and ending a 40 day long retrograde period, while at the same time Mercury is retrograde in Virgo for the entire first half of the month.
In the first hour of the episode we catch up on news and events that have happened since our last forecast a month ago, largely focusing on notable Venus retrograde stories, and then in the second hour we get into talking about the...2023-08-292h 24The Astrology PodcastAstrology Forecast for August 2023In episode 411 astrologers Chris Brennan, Austin Coppock, and Michael J. Morris look ahead at the astrological forecast for August 2023!
This month sees the continuation of the early and middle phases of the Venus retrograde in Leo, with the Sun-Venus conjunction happening mid-month, while later in the month Mercury slows down and goes retrograde in Virgo.
In the first hour of the episode we discuss the astrology of some recent stories in the news, such as the Barbie movie being released the day Venus stationed retrograde, and then in the second hour of the show we get into the forecast for...2023-07-302h 33The Astrology PodcastAstrology Forecast July 2023In episode 407 astrologers Chris Brennan, Austin Coppock, and Kira Sutherland look ahead at the astrological forecast for July of 2023!
This month Venus stations retrograde in the sign of Leo, and transiting Mars in Virgo opposes Saturn in Pisces.
At the top of the episode we discuss the astrology of some recent stories in the news, largely focusing on the first Saturn station in Pisces and how that coincided with a string of notable ocean related stories.
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This month Venus ingresses into Leo and begins the pre-retrograde shadow period, Pluto retrogrades back into Capricorn, and Saturn stations in Pisces while Jupiter sextiles from Taurus.
Our lunations this month are a Full Moon in Sagittarius, and a New Moon in Gemini.
At the top of the episode we talk about some recent news and events, such as recent concerns over the safety of AI that were raised when Pluto stationed in Aquarius, as well as King Charles...2023-05-262h 41The Astrology PodcastAstrology Forecast for May 2023In episode 399 astrologers we look ahead at the astrological forecast for May of 2023, with astrologers Chris Brennan, Austin Coppock, and Claire Moon.
May opens with a solar eclipse in Scorpio, as well as the second half of a Mercury retrograde in Taurus.
Later in the month Mars moves into Leo and then forms a T-square with Jupiter in Taurus and Pluto in Aquarius.
At the top of the episode we talk about some recent news and events, such as the discovery of a lost text by the 2nd century astrologer Claudius Ptolemy, or the identification of the earliest woman who...2023-04-262h 34The Astrology PodcastHillary Clinton’s Birth Certificate ReleasedIn episode 394 astrologers Chris Brennan, Patrick Watson, and Nick Dagan Best discuss the recent release of Hillary Clinton's birth certificate, and whether it finally lays to rest a longstanding controversy in the astrological community over her true birth time.
Hillary Clinton's birth time has been the subject of interest among astrologers since at least the 1990s when she became First Lady of the United States, after her husband Bill Clinton was elected President in 1992.
The topic has long had an air of mystery surrounding it though, because there have been multiple conflicting birth times floating around, and much debate among...2023-03-222h 08The Astrology PodcastDeborah Houlding and Whole Sign House DenialismIn episode 386 Chris Brennan addresses a controversial lecture that was recently given by Deborah Holding where she denied the historical existence of the whole sign house system in ancient astrology.
Holding claims that whole sign houses did not exist in ancient astrology, and that the concept was only invented in the 1990s by Robert Hand and Robert Schmidt of Project Hindsight.
Chris sets out to present evidence that contradicts Holding's claims, demonstrating that there is ample evidence for the existence of whole sign houses in ancient astrology, and to provide a commentary on the distortions and misrepresentations made in her...2023-02-106h 42The Astrology PodcastAstrology Forecast for February 2023In episode 385 we look at the astrological forecast for February of 2023, with astrologers Chris Brennan, Austin Coppock, and Bear Ryver.
February is the final month of Saturn transiting through Aquarius and Mars through Gemini, and so it is a month of bringing things to completion and reflecting on how far you've come since those two transits started.
At the top of the episode we talk about the astrology of some recent events in the news, such as the release of Avatar 2 under the Jupiter-Neptune conjunction, AI starting to ramp up as a prelude to Pluto in Aquarius, and an entire...2023-01-312h 39The Astrology Podcast2023 Year Ahead Astrology ForecastIn episode 381 we present our year ahead astrology forecast for 2023, with astrologers Chris Brennan, Austin Coppock, Leisa Schaim, and Diana Rose Harper.
At the beginning of the episode we give a big picture view of some of the major transits happening next year, such as Mars finishing its retrograde in Gemini, Saturn moving into Pisces, Pluto moving into Aquarius, a Venus retrograde in Leo, and eclipses moving from the Taurus-Scorpio axis to the Aries-Libra axis.
Some of the themes we talked about were the emergence of AI (artificial intelligence) with Saturn finishing its transit through Aquarius and Pluto getting ready...2022-12-234h 35The Astrology PodcastScorpio in Astrology: Meaning and TraitsIn episode 375 astrologers Samuel F. Reynolds, Kirah Tabourn, and Chris Brennan do the deepest of deep dives into the meaning of the zodiac sign Scorpio in astrology, and discuss some of the traits and characteristics associated with people who were born under this sign.
Scorpio is the eighth sign of the zodiac, and it is a feminine or nocturnal sign, fixed, watery, and traditionally ruled by Mars.
This is the eighth entry in our series of episodes where we do a detailed treatment of each of the signs of the zodiac, one per episode, in order to develop a detailed...2022-11-132h 58The Astrology PodcastAstrology Forecast for November 2022In episode 374 of the podcast we look ahead at the astrology of November 2022, with astrologers Chris Brennan, Austin Coppock, and Patrick Watson.
The astrological forecast for November features a lunar eclipse in Taurus conjunct Uranus, planets moving through Scorpio in the first half of the month activating the Saturn-Uranus square, and then planets moving through Sagittarius later in the month opposing Mars.
The month opens with Mars recently having stationed retrograde in Gemini, Jupiter retrograding back into Pisces, Saturn stationing in Aquarius. and a solar eclipse having taken place in Scorpio.
We open this special Halloween themed episode by reviewing...2022-10-302h 30The Astrology PodcastThe Anthology of Vettius ValensIn episode 372 astrologers Chris Brennan and Jenn Zahrt talk about the life and work of the second century astrologer Vettius Valens, and a new translation of his Anthology that they just published.
Valens is one of our most important sources for understanding the practice of ancient astrology, because he wrote one of the longest texts on Hellenistic astrology that survives, and he included more than 100 example charts to demonstrate how the techniques work in practice.
In 2010 a classics scholar named Mark Riley released an unfinished PDF of a translation that he made of Valens' Anthology online for free, and this...2022-10-171h 40The Astrology PodcastAstrology Forecast for October 2022In episode 370 astrologers Chris Brennan, Austin Coppock, and Diana Rose Harper look ahead at the astrology of October 2022!
The forecast for the astrology of October starts off pretty tame, with the end of a Mercury retrograde in Virgo, and planets transiting through Libra for the first half of the month.
Later in October there is a shift in tone, and we get a solar eclipse in Scorpio, Mars stations retrograde in Gemini, Saturn stations direct in Aquarius, and Jupiter retrogrades back into Pisces.
At the top of the show we talk about the astrology of recent events in the news...2022-09-242h 14The Astrology PodcastAstrology Forecast for September 2022In episode 366 astrologers Chris Brennan, Austin Coppock, and Catherine Urban look ahead at the astrology of September 2022!
The September astrology forecast features Mars entering its shadow phase in the build up to a long retrograde in Gemini, Mercury going retrograde in the signs of Libra and Virgo, and a Full Moon in Pisces and New Moon in Libra.
At the top of the show we talk about the astrology of recent events in the news, and then eventually get into the astrological transits for September.
Austin and Catherine were in town for a big conference in Denver this weekend that...2022-08-302h 32The Astrology PodcastTransits in Astrology: An Introduction to TimingIn episode 365 astrologers Chris Brennan and Leisa Schaim provide an introduction to transits in astrology, which is one of the primary timing techniques that astrologers use to make predictions.
Transits relate where the planets are at in the sky now to where they are located in the birth chart, and can be used in order to study how individuals experience the quality of different phases in their life.
Transits are one of the most popular techniques in astrology for predicting the future, although they can also be used to study events in the past and present.
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2022-08-121h 32The Astrology PodcastAstrology Chat with Nick Dagan BestIn episode 360 astrologer Nick Dagan Best joins Chris Brennan in the studio in Denver to talk about his work in astrology, including research on the Uranus return of the United States, Venus retrograde cycles, and more.
Nick flew out to Denver from July 7-11, 2022, and this was the first in a series of episodes we recorded. A lot of the episode ended up being biographical, talking about Nick's life and career in astrology.
We ended up spending a good chunk of the episode talking about the upcoming Uranus return of the United States when Uranus moves into Gemini in 2025 through 2033...2022-07-163h 23The Astrology PodcastAstrology Explained By An AstrologerEpisode 351 features an interview with astrologer Chris Brennan, where he explains how astrology works, and discusses different types and applications of astrology.
Chris is the host of The Astrology Podcast, and the author of the book Hellenistic Astrology: The Study of Fate and Fortune.
This interview was originally conducted by Kat Merritt of Jeff Hays Films in January as part of a promotional series for the launch of the Changing of the Gods astrology documentary series.
It is being re-released here as an episode of the podcast with the permission of the production company.
This episode is available in both...2022-05-1742 minThe Astrology PodcastSharing Astrology Transit StoriesEpisode 350 is a recording of a meeting of the Denver Astrology Group where attendees shared stories about transits they experienced over the past two years since our last meeting in early 2020, hosted by astrologer Chris Brennan.
The Denver Astrology Group was started in May of 2008, and held a meeting at the Mercury Cafe on the second Saturday of every month for 12 years, until the pandemic hit in March of 2020.
This meeting was held on April 16, 2022 at the Mercury Cafe in downtown Denver, and it was our first meeting back in two years since the pandemic started.
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2022-03-181h 12The Astrology PodcastAstrologer or Astrologist: What is the Preferred Designation?In episode 340 astrologers Chris Brennan and Leisa Schaim discuss whether the preferred designation for a practitioner of astrology is "astrologer" or "astrologist", and why it is important.
The motivation for this discussion is that there seems to be some confusion among non-astrologers about what the preferred word is to use.
In general, the preferred designation is "astrologer", and this is the word that is used and often strongly preferred by the vast majority of practitioners today.
During the course of the episode we review three informal polls that were done on social media that indicate that between 90–99% of astrologers prefer th...2022-02-231h 02The Astrology PodcastFebruary 2022 Astrology ForecastIn episode 337 astrologers Chris Brennan, Austin Coppock, and special guest co-host Patrick Watson look ahead at the astrology of February 2022!
The astrology of February features a stellium of planets piling up in Capricorn, with Venus and Mercury stationing direct there, and Mars having recently ingressed into the sign.
Mid-month Mars will catch up to Venus and form a conjunction in Capricorn, and then later in the month the United States has the first of three exact Pluto returns.
The lunations this month include a New Moon in Aquarius and a Full Moon in Leo.
This episode is available in both...2022-01-282h 22The Astrology Podcast2022 Astrology Forecast for the Year AheadIn episode 332 we present our annual year ahead astrology forecast for 2022, where we look at the major astrological alignments coming up over the next 12 months and make some predictions, with astrologers Chris Brennan, Austin Coppock, and Leisa Schaim.
We spend the first 40 minutes of this episode giving an overview of some of the major transits in 2022, including the ongoing Saturn-Uranus square, Jupiter's transit through Pisces and Aries, the Jupiter-Neptune conjunction, Venus retrograde in Capricorn, Mars retrograde in Gemini, the Pluto return of the United States, and eclipses in Taurus and Scorpio.
After that initial overview we then go into a...2021-12-183h 59The Astrology PodcastDecember Astrology Forecast 2021: A Venus Retrograde-y ChristmasIn episode 329 astrologers Chris Brennan, Austin Coppock, and special guest co-host Becca Tarnas look ahead at the astrology of December 2021.
The astrology of December features Venus stationing retrograde in Capricorn conjunct Pluto, a solar eclipse in Sagittarius, and the third and final exact Saturn-Uranus square.
Jupiter also departs from Aquarius and moves into Pisces late in the month, while Neptune stations direct, there is a Full Moon in Gemini, and Mars ingresses into Sagittarius.
At the beginning of the episode we review some stories that happened in the news that correlated with the astrology of November, and then dive into...2021-11-292h 30The Astrology PodcastTop 8 Best Astrology Books for BeginnersIn episode 327 astrologers Chris Brennan and Molly Pennington talk about the top 8 best astrology books for beginner, intermediate, and advanced students of astrology.
Molly is working on an article for the Reader's Digest website on astrology books recommended by experts, and she contacted Chris to do an interview, so we recorded it for this episode of the podcast.
During the course of the discussion Chris gives his picks for the top 8 astrology books that every astrologer should have, and explains why they are good books to read.
The first 6 books are broken up into beginner, intermediate, and advanced categories, and...2021-11-152h 32The Astrology PodcastNovember Astrology Forecast 2021: Mars Square Saturn + Taurus EclipseIn episode 325 we look at the astrological forecast for November 2021, which features Mars squaring Saturn and opposing Uranus, as well as a lunar eclipse in Taurus, with astrologers Chris Brennan, Austin Coppock, and special guest co-host Leisa Schaim.
November is one of the most tense months of this year, due to the tight T-square between Mars, Saturn, and Uranus, as well as the first of a series of eclipses in Taurus going exact around the same time, all around the middle of November.
In the first part of the episode we review how the astrology of October went, focusing in...2021-10-282h 11The Astrology PodcastOctober Astrology Forecast 2021In episode 321 astrologers Kelly Surtees, Austin Coppock, and Chris Brennan look ahead at the astrology and planetary alignments for the month of October 2021.
The astrology of October features a Mercury retrograde in Libra, plus Saturn and Jupiter stationing direct in Aquarius, and a New Moon in Libra and Full Moon in Aries.
At the very end of the month Mars moves into Scorpio, beginning the climactic sequence that takes us into the end of the year.
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The astrology of September features Mercury stationing retrograde in Libra, a new Moon in Virgo and a Full Moon in Pisces, and ingresses of Venus into Scorpio and Mars into Libra.
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Our main focus is on discussing the ways in which astrology influenced some of the different philosophical and religious schools in the Greco-Roman world, from the Hellenistic era through the time of the Roman Empire and into the early Medieval period.
We also discuss questions like what was the philosophy underlying the practice of astrology in antiquity? To what extent did ancient astrologers articulate a personal philosophy? What was the purpose of practicing astrology in the...2021-08-252h 19The Astrology PodcastStelliums in Astrology: Interpreting Planetary ClustersIn episode 311 astrologers Chris Brennan and Patrick Watson discuss the concept of stelliums in astrology, and what it means to have 3 or 4 or more planets in the same sign or house in your birth chart.
In the first part of the show we try to address some debates and questions about stelliums, such as how many planets need to be involved in order for you to have a stellium, what planets or points should be considered when calculating a stellium, and what is the plural form of the word stellium?
After that we start looking at a bunch of example...2021-07-212h 14The Astrology PodcastJuly 2021 Astrology Forecast: Mars ☍ Saturn, Jupiter → AquariusEpisode 309 features our monthly astrological forecast for July 2021, with astrologers Austin Coppock, Chris Brennan, and special guest co-host Jo Gleason.
The month begins with some tense configurations, such as Mars opposing Saturn and squaring Uranus, thus triggering the Saturn-Uranus square that has been ongoing this year.
Later in the month things cool down a bit when Jupiter retrogrades back into Aquarius, and Mars departs from Leo and completes the sign-based aspects with Saturn and Uranus.
Our two lunations this month are a New Moon in Cancer and a Full Moon in Aquarius.
This episode is available on both audio and...2021-06-251h 51The Astrology PodcastJune 2021 Astrology Forecast: Saturn Square Uranus AgainIn episode 305 astrologers Diana Rose Harper, Austin Coppock, and Chris Brennan look at the astrological forecast for June 2021.
The astrology of June features Saturn square Uranus for the second time this year, plus a solar eclipse in Gemini, and Jupiter stationing retrograde in Pisces.
There is also a Mercury retrograde in Gemini that lasts most of the month, and Mars moves into Leo and begins forming a tense opposition with Saturn.
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Our sponsor this month is Archetypal Explorer, which was used to make some of the graphics...2021-05-272h 04The Astrology PodcastMay 2021 Astrology Forecast: Jupiter into PiscesIn episode 301 we look at the astrological forecast for May 20201, with astrologers Kelly Surtees, Austin Coppock, and Chris Brennan.
The major highlights of May are Jupiter moving into Pisces where it will stay for the next two months, plus a lunar eclipse in Sagittarius, and Mercury stationing retrograde in Gemini square Neptune.
Saturn also stations retrograde in Aquarius later in the month, and begins closing the distance on a square with Uranus, which will go exact next month.
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Northwest Astrological Conference
Our sponsor this month is the Northwest Astrological Conference...2021-04-292h 04The Astrology PodcastApril 2021 Astrology ForecastIn episode 297 of the podcast astrologers Kelly Surtees, Austin Coppock, and Chris Brennan look at the astrological forecast for April 2021.
The astrology of April features a shift of inner planets into the fire sign Aries, where Mars went retrograde in the second half of last year, as well as a New Moon in the same sign.
The later part of the month features a shift of planets into the earth sign Taurus where they meet up with Uranus, as well as Mars moving from Gemini into Cancer, and a Full Moon in Scorpio.
We spend the first 90 minutes talking about...2021-03-312h 05The Astrology PodcastMarch 2021 Astrology ForecastIn episode 293 astrologers Kelly Surtees, Austin Coppock, and Chris Brennan look at the astrology forecast for March of 2021.
March features the end of the sign-based square between Mars and Saturn that began way back in mid-2020, plus a shift of planets into mutable signs, and the beginning of a new Venus synodic cycle.
Towards the end of the episode we talk about a few miscellaneous topics that came up on the podcast this month, such as the meanings of the north and south nodes, the different definitions of the void of course Moon, and whether astrology is a form of...2021-02-282h 33The Astrology PodcastFebruary 2021 Astrology Forecast: Saturn Square UranusIn episode 289 astrologers Kelly Surtees, Austin Coppock, and Chris Brennan look at the astrological forecast for February of 2021.
February features the first of three exact Saturn-Uranus squares this year, plus a stellium of planets in Aquarius, and a Mercury retrograde in Aquarius.
We spend the first 30-40 minutes giving an overview of some of the major themes that have been occurring since our last forecast in mid-December, and then we get into a more detailed breakdown of the transits for February.
This episode is available in both audio and video versions below.
2021 Auspicious Elections Report and Astrology Calendars
The Astrology...2021-01-302h 06The Astrology Podcast2021 Year Ahead Astrology ForecastIn episode 284 astrologers Kelly Surtees, Austin Coppock, and Chris Brennan look ahead at the astrology of 2021, and provide an overview of some of the major planetary themes that will play out over the course of the next twelve months.
The astrology of 2021 opens in the wake of the great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in Aquarius, and features three exact squares of Saturn and Uranus, plus a series of eclipses in Gemini and Sagittarius.
We spend the first 40 minutes talking about some of the biggest transits and shifts happening in 2021, and then we break up the year into quarters and...2020-12-193h 35The Astrology PodcastSaturn Return in Capricorn RetrospectiveIn episode 283 astrologers Chris Brennan and Leisa Schaim review some stories that were sent in by listeners about their recent Saturn return in Capricorn, and look at their birth charts to see what lessons can be learned from them.
Saturn first moved back into Capricorn in December of 2017, and it is just getting ready to complete its transit through that sign of the zodiac this month, and it will leave Capricorn and move into Aquarius on December 17.
In the first 30 minutes of the episode we spend some time reviewing our basic approach to interpreting Saturn returns and determining what they...2020-12-153h 32The Astrology PodcastAn Overview of the History of Western AstrologyEpisode 280 features a lecture by astrologer Chris Brennan where he gives an overview of the history and transmission of western astrology over the past 4,000 years.
The talk begins with the ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian astrological traditions, and then traces the development of astrology through the Hellenistic, Medieval, Renaissance, and modern periods.
This is based on a lecture that Chris has been giving at conferences since 2006 about how Uranus-Neptune conjunctions have historically coincided with periods in which there is a major transmission and revival of older forms of astrology, which are then synthesized with whatever the prevailing paradigm is at the...2020-11-282h 40The Astrology PodcastPost-2020 US Presidential Election Astrology Analysis and ReflectionsIn episode 278 astrologers Chris Brennan and Leisa Schaim look back at the astrology of the 2020 US presidential election, and reflect on what we learned as astrologers, now that the outcome is known.
In the first part of the episode we discuss the much-anticipated Mercury retrograde period, which stationed direct on election day, and coincided with delays in determining the outcome of the election.
Then we review some technical factors in the birth charts of the candidates that worked in showing the outcome, and discuss what we learned from some of the different methods that astrologers employed.
Later we discuss a...2020-11-122h 45The Astrology PodcastSect in Astrology: Day and Night ChartsIn episode 274 of the podcast Chris Brennan gives a detailed overview of the concept of sect in astrology, which is the difference between day and night birth charts.
Sect is a fundamental concept that was used in Hellenistic astrology, but it has only been recovered by contemporary astrologers over the past 30 years through translations of ancient texts.
The purpose of this talk is to give a broad introduction to sect, first by establishing how pervasive the concept is in ancient astrology, and then to demonstrate how it works in practice through chart examples.
This episode was recorded as a live...2020-10-143h 06The Astrology PodcastHow to Read a Natal Chart With No Birth TimeIn episode 270 astrologers Chris Brennan and Leisa Schaim discuss which techniques you can use in natal astrology to interpret a birth chart even when you don't have a birth time.
Western astrology has focused very heavily on using timed birth charts since about the 1st century BCE, and there are many techniques in natal astrology that can only be employed if you know a person's exact time of birth.
While in many western countries the birth time is usually recorded on a person's birth certificate, not everyone knows or can obtain their birth time, which means that there are some...2020-09-081h 27The Astrology PodcastSeptember 2020 Astrology ForecastIn episode 269 astrologers Kelly Surtees, Austin Coppock, and Chris Brennan look at the astrological forecast for September of 2020.
September is one of the more crucial and tense months that we identified back in our year-ahead forecast, due to Mars stationing retrograde in Aries and squaring Saturn, Jupiter, and Pluto in Capricorn.
This month will also see Jupiter and Saturn stationing direct in Capricorn, and beginning their final run through that sign between now and December.
We spend the first hour and a half talking about the astrology of September, and then transition into a discussion about other miscellaneous topics including...2020-08-302h 31The Astrology PodcastTajika: Medieval Arabic Astrology in SanskritIn episode 268 of the podcast Dr. Martin Gansten joins the show to talk about his new translation of a 17th century Sanskrit text on Tajika astrology, which focuses on annual predictive techniques derived from medieval Arabic sources.
Martin is a historian of religion as well as a Sanskrit scholar, who specializes in the study of the history and transmission of ancient astrology.
Earlier this month he published The Jewel of Annual Astrology: A Parallel Sanskrit-English Critical Edition of Balabhadra’s Hāyanaratna.
Balabhadra Daivajña was a court astrologer who lived in India in the 17th century. His book called the...2020-08-232h 50The Astrology PodcastAugust 2020 Astrology ForecastIn episode 265 astrologers Kelly Surtees, Austin Coppock, and Chris Brennan look at the astrological forecast for August of 2020, as well as the birth chart of Walter Mercado.
The astrology of August features Mars moving into its shadow and making the first of three sets of squares to Jupiter, Pluto, and Saturn, as well as a Full Moon in Aquarius square Uranus, and Mercury and Venus finally moving out of their long trips through Cancer and Gemini.
We start of with the forecast for August right at the top of the episode, and then in the second half we discuss the...2020-07-302h 17The Astrology PodcastThe Origins of the Concept of Detriment in AstrologyIn episode 264 of the podcast Chris Brennan and Benjamin Dykes discuss the origins of the concept of detriment in ancient Hellenistic and Medieval astrology.
Years ago I noted that that the origins of the concept of detriment are somewhat mysterious, because it is mentioned infrequently by the Hellenistic astrologers, and not usually defined along with the other classical "essential dignities" of domicile, exaltation, and fall.
Then suddenly in the work of Rhetorius of Egypt, the last major Hellenistic astrologer who lived around the 6th or 7th century, detriment is present as a full-blown concept and is treated together with the...2020-07-282h 04The Astrology PodcastJuly 2020 Astrology ForecastEpisode 261 features astrologers Kelly Surtees, Austin Coppock, and Chris Brennan giving an overview of the astrological forecast for July of 2020.
The astrology of July features Mars starting its long transit through Aries, Saturn moving back into Capricorn, a lunar eclipse in Capricorn, and Mercury squaring Mars most of the month.
We begin the episode by reviewing the astrology of the second quarter of the year, focusing on Saturn's ingress into Aquarius where it began squaring Uranus, which should give us some preview of what Saturn's return to Aquarius will look like in December and after.
Two of the main transits...2020-07-012h 45The Astrology PodcastFirst Steps in Reading a Birth ChartIn episode 260 astrologers Leisa Schaim and Chris Brennan discuss the first steps you should take when trying to interpret a birth chart, and which astrological factors you should focus on in natal astrology.
New students of astrology often learn a number of different techniques, but they are often unsure of the order and priority that you should give to different factors when you are first looking at a new chart.
Since there are many different approaches to astrology, astrologers will tend to develop different approaches or prioritize different things, and this became clear in a thread we started on Twitter...2020-06-252h 04The Astrology PodcastThe Origins of the Exaltations: A New DiscoveryIn episode 255 of the podcast astrologers Chris Brennan and Benjamin Dykes unveil a new discovery about the origins of the exaltations, derived from a lost Hermetic text preserved by Abu Ma'shar.
Last summer Keiji Yamamoto and Charles Burnett released their long-awaited translation of The Great Introduction to Astrology by the 9th century astrologer Abu Ma'shar. This was the first time this text has been translated into English in its entirety.
I received my copy on July 30, 2019, and the most interesting thing I found was that Abu Ma'shar frequently cites a lost Greek text attributed to Hermes Trismegistus. This appears to...2020-05-172h 31The Astrology PodcastMisconceptions About Mundane Astrology in the MediaIn episode 254 astrologers Chris Brennan and Leisa Schaim discuss a recent article in the New York Times that claimed that astrologers did not predict the recent worldwide crisis, and some of the related issues with coverage of astrology in the media, as well as the practice of mundane astrology.
The starting point for this discussion was an article that was published in the New York Times on May 9, 2020 titled Will Coronavirus Kill Astrology?
The author primarily focuses on the Sun-sign astrologer Susan Miller, and the central argument is evidently that astrologers not only did not predict the Covid-19 pandemic, but...2020-05-122h 29The Astrology PodcastMay 2020 Astrology ForecastIn episode 253 astrologers Kelly Surtees and Austin Coppock join the show to talk about the astrological forecast for May of 2020.
Most of the action this month happens in the second full week of May, when Saturn stations direct, Mars completes its conjunction with Saturn by moving out of Aquarius and into Pisces, Venus stations retrograde in Gemini, and Jupiter stations retrograde conjunct Pluto in Capricorn.
At the top of the show we spend about an hour catching up and talking about news that has happened since last month, Chris' recovery from being sick with Covid, astrology conferences running into issues...2020-04-302h 49The Astrology PodcastApril 2020 Astrology Forecast + Coronavirus DiscussionIn episode 248 astrologers Kelly Surtees, Austin Coppock, and Chris Brennan discuss the astrology of the recent coronavirus pandemic, and later provide a general astrological forecast for April of 2020.
This is our first episode together since we recorded the last forecast in mid-February, and the world has changed a lot since that time.
We decided to focus on talking about the pandemic in the first half of the episode, and then eventually transition into the monthly forecast later on.
A lot of our discussion about the coronavirus focuses on the Saturn-Pluto conjunction that went exact in early January when the pandemic...2020-03-272h 41The Astrology PodcastMythic Astrology and Venus Retrogrades with Arielle GuttmanEpisode 247 features an interview with astrologer Arielle Guttman about her work on using myth as an interpretive device in astrology, as well as the importance of the synodic cycle of Venus, providing insight into the upcoming Venus retrograde.
Arielle is the author of the books Mythic Astrology and Mythic Astrology Applied, as well as Venus Star Rising: A New Cosmology for the Twenty-First Century.
During the course of the interview we talk about Arielle's background in astrology and how she got into it, her work with Jim Lewis on relocational astrology, the use of myth as a tool to help...2020-03-232h 09The Astrology PodcastMarch 2020 Astrology Forecast: Mars Conjunct Saturn in AquariusEpisode 245 features the astrology forecast for March of 2020, with astrologers Kelly Surtees, Austin Coppock, and Chris Brennan.
The astrology of March features the tail end of the Mercury retrograde in Pisces and Aquarius, a Full Moon in Virgo, New Moon in Aries, and then ends with Saturn and Mars moving into Aquarius and forming a conjunction.
We spend the first hour and a half of the episode on the astrology forecast for March, and then in the final hour we transition into talking about a recent discussion about the concept of essential dignity in the astrological community.
This episode is...2020-02-292h 38The Astrology PodcastRelationship Placements in the Birth ChartEpisode 243 is a recording of a workshop led by astrologers Chris Brennan and Leisa Schaim about interpreting relationship indicators in the birth chart.
This is a recording of a local meeting of the Denver Astrology Group, and it was meant to be an introductory overview to some of the techniques that astrologers employ when looking at relationships through the lens of natal astrology.
There are three primary areas that we focus on for relationships in the birth chart:
Planets in the 7th house
The ruler of the 7th house
The condition of Venus
During the course of the meeting we d...2020-02-121h 57The Astrology PodcastFebruary 2020 Astrology ForecastEpisode 240 features astrologers Kelly Surtees, Austin Coppock, and Chris Brennan discussing the astrological forecast for the month of February of 2020.
The astrology of February features Mars moving into Capricorn mid-month, where it joins Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto, and then Mercury stationing retrograde in Pisces conjunct Neptune around the same time.
We spend the first hour of the show talking about the astrology of February, and then transition into talking about some miscellaneous topics in the news, including:
Recent death of the astrologer Noel Tyl
Charts of Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and Queen Elizabeth
Whether quadrant house systems are inherently more...2020-01-282h 37The Astrology PodcastAnswering Astrology Questions with Kelly Surtees, Austin Coppock, and Chris BrennanIn episode 236 astrologers Kelly Surtees, Austin Coppock, and Chris Brennan got together in-person to answer some questions about astrology that were sent in by listeners of the show.
This was the last of the in-studio recordings that we did in Denver towards the end of Austin and Kelly's trip here in late November.
The astrology questions we answered were sent in through Twitter, as well as our private Facebook group, which is available to patrons of The Astrology Podcast.
Thanks everyone who sent in questions!
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News, Announcements, Links
🪐Chris and...2019-12-312h 09The Astrology PodcastThe Relationship Between Astrology and MagicIn episode 235 astrologers Austin Coppock and Chris Brennan discuss the relationship between astrology and magic, and some of the areas where they converge and diverge.
The premise behind this discussion is that there has been a dramatic rise in the practice of astrological magic over the past couple of years, especially among the younger generations of astrologers.
This has left some astrologers like myself in a bit of an awkward position though, since I don't practice magic, and having not investigated it much myself I don't really have strong feelings either for or against it.
I do feel like I...2019-12-223h 09The Astrology Podcast2020 Astrology Forecast: Overview of the Year AheadIn episode 234 astrologers Kelly Surtees, Austin Coppock, and Chris Brennan provide an overview of the astrology of 2020, and discuss the major planetary alignments that will happen over the next year.
There is a lot of major planetary activity next year, including a Saturn-Pluto conjunction in Capricorn, Venus and Mars both retrograde for several months, and an epoch-defining Jupiter-Saturn conjunction in Aquarius.
We got together to record this episode in person in our studio in Denver in late November, right in the middle of a week of recording several other episodes.
This episode is available in both audio and video versions...2019-12-173h 10The Astrology PodcastSignifications of the Twelve Houses – Part 2: Houses 7–12In episode 233 astrologers Kelly Surtees, Austin Coppock, and Chris Brennan get back together in the studio for the second of our two part series on the significations of the houses, this time focusing on the meanings of houses 7 through 12.
In part 1 of our series on the significations of the twelve houses in astrology we spent a lot of time in the beginning talking about different conceptual structures underlying the meanings of the houses, whereas in this episode we just jump right in to talking about the 7th house.
At the beginning we talk a little bit about the more public...2019-12-063h 23The Astrology PodcastDecember 2019 Astrology Forecast: Jupiter in CapricornIn episode 232 astrologers Kelly Surtees, Austin Coppock, and Chris Brennan meet up in the studio to give an overview of the astrological forecast for December of 2019, which features Jupiter moving into Capricorn at the start of a one year transit through that sign.
This month's forecast also features a solar eclipse in Capricorn, a Venus-Saturn-Pluto conjunction, and a comparatively light Full Moon in Gemini.
This episode was record in person in our studio in Denver, during Austin and Kelly's week long trip around the third week of November.
Our experiment last month worked out so well with doing the forecast...2019-12-012h 40The Astrology PodcastSignifications of the Twelve Houses – Part 1: Houses 1–6In episode 231 astrologers Kelly Surtees, Austin Coppock, and Chris Brennan begin the first of a two part series on the meanings of the twelve houses, starting with houses 1 through 6.
At the beginning of the episode we review some basic conceptual structures that are necessary for understanding how the houses got their meanings, such as the concepts of angularity, good and bad houses, and the planetary joys.
After that beginning material is out of the way, we begin by talking about the first house and what it means within the context of natal astrology, followed by the rest of the houses...2019-11-273h 45The Astrology PodcastPracticing Astrology Before Your Saturn ReturnIn episode 229 of the podcast, astrologers Leisa Schaim and Chris Brennan discuss whether age is a relevant prerequisite for practicing astrology, and if it is ok to read charts for clients prior to your Saturn return.
The premise of the discussion is that a debate comes up occasionally in the astrological community over how old a person should be to do consultations. Usually astrologers start off by reading charts for friends and family members for free early in their studies, and then eventually the process of starting to charge for astrological readings is seen as a major step or transition...2019-11-072h 10The Astrology PodcastNovember 2019 Astrology Forecast: Last of Jupiter in SagEpisode 228 features astrologers Kelly Surtees, Austin Coppock, and Chris Brennan talking about the astrological forecast for November of 2019, which is the last full month of Jupiter transiting through Sagittarius.
November also features Mercury retrograde in Scorpio most of the month, an exact Saturn-Neptune sextile, and lunations in Taurus and Sagittarius.
We decided to switch things up this month and do the forecast portion of the episode first, and then some other miscellaneous discussion topics on astrology later. That way people who only want to listen to the forecast can just listen to the first part of the episode and not...2019-10-302h 30The Astrology PodcastOrigins of the House Division Debate in Ancient AstrologyEpisode 227 of the podcast is a lecture by Chris Brennan on the origins of the house division debate in ancient astrology, where I present my reconstruction of how the different approaches to house division came about in the Hellenistic tradition 2000 years ago.
The premise of the discussion is that we know as modern astrologers that there are many different forms of house division today, but how did this come to be the case? We can understand the issue better by going back to the beginning of the tradition and seeing how it started, and this may also provide us with...2019-10-283h 48The Astrology PodcastReading Birth Charts with Annual ProfectionsIn episode 222 astrologers Chris Brennan and Leisa Schaim lead a discussion about annual profections with a local astrology group, and take example charts from the audience to demonstrate how the timing technique works in practice.
This episode is a recording of a meeting of the Denver Astrology Group that took place at the Mercury Cafe in downtown Denver, Colorado on Saturday, September 14, 2019, starting just after 3:00 PM.
This is a followup to episode 153 of The Astrology Podcast where Chris gave an introductory lecture on the annual profections timing technique.
This episode begins with a brief introduction to annual profections and review...2019-09-212h 07The Astrology PodcastSeptember 2019 Astrology ForecastEpisode 220 features an overview of the astrology of September 2019, with astrologers Kelly Surtees, Austin Coppock, and Chris Brennan.
The month opens with two conjunctions with the Sun by Mars and Mercury, and also features Saturn stationing direct in Capricorn, and the third and final square between Jupiter and Neptune.
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News and Announcements
Just a few pieces of news and announcements this month:
Kelly's next course is on Counseling Tools for Challenging Aspects
Chris added a new $25 tier on The Astrology Podcast page on Patreon, where you can get a...2019-09-011h 58The Astrology PodcastAugust 2019 Astrology Forecast: Leo and Virgo StelliumsEpisode 216 features the astrological forecast for August of 2019, with astrologers Kelly Surtees, Austin Coppock, and Chris Brennan.
In the first part of the episode we catch up on Kelly and Austin's recent moves, and reflect on coming out of the other side of the difficult transits in June and July, and then in the second part of the show we get into the forecast for August.
The first half of August features a bunch of inner planets moving into Leo and trining Jupiter in Sagittarius, while the second part of the month has many of the same planets forming a...2019-07-302h 00The Astrology PodcastInterpreting Solar and Lunar Eclipses in Your Birth ChartEpisode 215 features a recording of a live workshop where astrologers Chris Brennan and Leisa Schaim demonstrate how to interpret the astrological significance of eclipses, based on the houses in which they fall in your birth chart.
This is a recording of a meeting of the Denver Astrology Group that was held on Saturday, July 13, 2019, starting just after 3:00 PM, at the Mercury Cafe in downtown Denver.
For the first 30 minutes or so of the meeting we talked in general about the astrological significance of solar and lunar eclipses, and what they mean symbolically in astrology.
Eventually we transitioned into talking about...2019-07-212h 13The Astrology PodcastJuly 2019 Astrology Forecast: Mercury Retrograde ☌ MarsIn episode 211 astrologers Kelly Surtees, Austin Coppock, and Chris Brennan present the astrological forecast for July of 2019.
July begins with a tricky Mercury retrograde station conjunct Mars in Leo, and also features the first full set of eclipses in Cancer and Capricorn.
We open the show by talking about Chris' recent trip to Romania and the United Kingdom for astrology conferences, and reflecting on what ended up happening with the astrology of June, which was the first half of what has lovingly been dubbed as this year's astrological "meat grinder".
Later in the episode we also present one auspicious electional...2019-07-011h 57The Astrology PodcastLive Astrology Q&A Session at NORWAC 2019In episode 208 astrologers Kelly Surtees, Austin Coppock, and Chris Brennan answer questions about astrology from listeners in front of a live audience at the 35th annual Northwest Astrological Conference in Seattle, Washington on May 23, 2019.
The Q&A session was recorded in front of a live audience of listeners, who flew in to Seattle to join us for the event the day before the conference officially began.
Listeners of the podcast sent in questions in the weeks leading up to the event, and we selected some of the best ones to answer and discuss during the Q&A session.
Some of...2019-06-042h 03The Astrology PodcastAstrology Forecast for June 2019: Mars Opposes SaturnIn episode 207 astrologers Kelly Surtees, Austin Coppock, and Chris Brennan present the astrological forecast for June of 2019.
June features some of the most dynamic and tricky configurations of the year, with Mercury and Mars conjoining in Cancer, and opposing Saturn and Pluto in Capricorn.
We spend the first hour of the show recapping our experiences at the Northwest Astrological Conference, which we all just returned from the day before recording this episode.
Check the hashtag #NORWAC2019 for some good posts and coverage from the conference on Twitter.
Eventually we transition into talking about the forecast about 1 hour and 9 minutes into...2019-05-312h 22The Astrology PodcastThe Master of the Nativity: Finding the Ruler of the ChartIn episode 205 astrologers Chris Brennan and Leisa Schaim present a lecture on the ancient method of identifying the overall ruler of a birth chart, called the Master of the Nativity.
While in modern times astrologers tend to refer to the ruler of the Ascendant as the ruler of the chart, in ancient Greco-Roman astrology the method for determining the ruler of the chart was much more complex.
There are references to the master of the nativity in many of the surviving astrological texts from the Hellenistic astrology tradition, although there are not many surviving discussions about how to calculate it.
...2019-05-173h 21The Astrology PodcastAstrology Forecast for May 2019: Mercury Cazimi in GeminiIn episode 203 astrologers Kelly Surtees, Austin Coppock, and Chris Brennan present the astrological forecast for May of 2019.
May features a New Moon in Taurus, a Full Moon in Scorpio, a Sun-Mercury cazimi in Gemini, and more.
At the top of the show we discuss a few miscellaneous news topics, such as what it is like being in a relationship with another astrologer, whether astrology is inherently discriminatory, and then later in the episode whether knowledge of an ephemeris is a prerequisite for being an astrologer.
For early access to new episodes and other bonus content, consider becoming a patron of...2019-04-302h 02The Astrology PodcastAstrologers Dating Astrologers: Advantages and PitfallsIn episode 201 astrologers Eugenia Krok and Tareck Adeeb join Leisa Schaim and Chris Brennan to talk about what it is like for an astrologer to be in a romantic relationship with another astrologer.
Eugenia is the host of the Accessible Astrology Podcast, and she and Tareck have been dating for two years, while Chris and Leisa have been together for about a decade.
We thought it would be fun to discuss some of the pros as well as some of the cons of being in a relationship with another astrologer, since it brings some unique advantages and challenges to the...2019-04-222h 39The Astrology PodcastApril 2019 Astrology Forecast: Grand Trine in Fire SignsEpisode 199 covers the astrological forecast for April of 2019, with astrologers Kelly Surtees, Austin Coppock, and Chris Brennan.
The forecast for April features a grand fire trine, three outer planets stationing retrograde, and Mercury finally leaving its retrograde shadow and moving from Pisces into Aries.
At the top of the show we spend just over an hour catching up, talking about Chris and Kelly relocating, the podcast reaching episode 200, astrological ethics, and other topics.
Below you will find the show notes, followed by links to play the audio or video versions of this episode.
News and Announcements
Astro Essentia: An Astrology...2019-03-312h 33The Astrology PodcastZodiacal Releasing: An Ancient Timing TechniqueIn episode 192 astrologers Chris Brennan and Leisa Schaim present a detailed introduction to the ancient zodiacal releasing timing technique, which divides your life into chapters and paragraphs, and helps to identify your life story.
In ancient Hellenistic astrology there were several different time-lord techniques that were used to determine when the potential of placements in the birth chart would be awakened, although many of them were lost in the transmission of astrology over the past 2000 years.
Zodiacal releasing is a time-lord technique that has been recovered over the past two decades through translations of the Greek text of the 2nd...2019-02-124h 31The Astrology PodcastFebruary 2019 Astrology ForecastIn episode 191 of the podcast astrologers Kelly Surtees, Austin Coppock, and Chris Brennan present an overview of the major astrological alignments happening in February of 2019.
The astrology of February features Venus ingressing into Capricorn and conjoining Saturn and Pluto, Mars conjoining Uranus one last time in Aries before departing for Taurus, and Mercury making the first of three conjunctions with Neptune as it slows down and prepares to station retrograde.
The episode opens with an hour-long chat where we touch on a few different topics such as the importance of astrological organizations in the community, tips for electional astrology, the...2019-02-012h 28The Astrology PodcastElectional Astrology: How to Find Auspicious Dates & TimesIn episode 190 of the podcast astrologers Chris Brennan and Leisa Schaim provide an introduction to electional astrology, which is the application of astrology to find auspicious dates and times to begin new ventures and undertakings.
On the forecast episodes of the podcast we regularly feature an auspicious electional chart for the month ahead, but we realized recently that most listeners are not familiar with the rules of electional astrology, or how to use the charts we provide.
So we decided to do an entire episode on electional astrology, in order to provide a detailed introduction to the subject.
Since this...2019-01-213h 09