The Dark Moon Cafe
A cozy podcast about astrology and life Transcripts of all episodes are available on our website
Episodes
In episode 012, we reflect on a recent episode of racism in the astrology community and explore how we, as white people, can work on being actively anti-racist. We talk about intention vs. impact, taking responsibility for our mistakes and increasing our capacity for discomfort.
Content Warning for reference to a racial slur and discussion of racist behavior
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In episode 011, we get curious about eclipses and learn how these celestial alignments have rattled skywatchers since ancient Mesopotamia. We explore interpretations and dig through our own charts and family histories for where eclipses have left their mark. NOTE: We recorded this episode before recent events in the astrology world came to light regarding Steven Forrest's use of a racial slur on a podcast, and his subsequent doubl...
In episode 010, we trace the winding paths that led each of us into astrology, from early sun sign fascinations to the synchronicities that turned casual curiosity into devotion. We swap memories of first books, chance encounters, and all the other magics that got us where we are today.
Transcript available on our website.
LinksWho Are You in Astrological Community - NORWAC 2021 talk by Bear Ryver
In episode 009, we explore annual profections: the ancient technique that hands each year of life to a single planet and a single place in the chart. We trace themes through past profection years and follow threads into the future, looking for hints of what the next turn might bring.
Transcript available on our website.
In episode 008, we turn to the natal moon phase: what it means to be born into a particular moment of the eternal cycle. We wander with the Moon through her waxing and waning, and share how our own natal moon signatures have shaped our lives.
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In episode 007, we're talking about beginnings - the kind that make your heart leap before your brain catches up and the ones that arrive in the dark before you even know their name. We ponder cycles within cycles and the boldness of stepping into the unknown.
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Pushing Through Time: Synodic Cycles and their Developing Phases by Georgia Anna Stathis
In episode 006, we finally give the malefics a rest. The fifth house is on the menu tonight - creativity, play, and the particular kind of pleasure that comes from just being fully, freely yourself. We trade mini readings and discover that joy is one of the best mirrors.
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Built from Broken by Scott Hogan
Episode 005 explores Saturn’s arrival in Aries and what happens when endurance and responsibility confront raw impulse. We reflect on past cycles, personal stories, and the transition from dreaming to action.
In episode 004 we meet the malefics: Mars and Saturn, the planets of endings and limits. Some changes come fast, some slow - sometimes you get to choose your poison, sometimes life chooses for you. We explore how these forces show up in our lives and what they ask of us. Transcript available on our website
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The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
Episode 003 explores astrology as a language of self-understanding. We reflect on cycles, contradictions, and the slow work of becoming: how the same symbols reveal new truths as we turn the jewel of the natal chart over a lifetime.
Transcript available on our website.
In Episode 002 we turn toward the Sun and its symbolism: purpose, vitality and the stories we tell about who we are. It’s a gentle wander through light and shadow, and the ways in which the Sun still illuminates our path even if it's a dark and winding one.
Transcript available on our website
Links- The Luminaries: The Psychology of the Sun and Moon in the Horoscope by Liz Greene & Howard Saspo...
It’s here! Episode 001 of the Dark Moon Cafe is live, and we’re diving deep into Moon Things: memory, mystery, myth – the goodness of going slow and getting quiet. So climb under your weightiest blanket and settle in for a love letter to the luminary of the night time.
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Welcome to Episode 000 of our sparkly new podcast - we are SO GIDDY to share this lil taste of the pod with you! We're Randee & Khasanti, consulting astrologers, certified astrology nerds and general cosmic besties, here to chat it up once a month while Luna is visiting the underworld.
Episode 001 (our official launch) will air in late October.
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