TALKTALKTALK by ART of the ZODIAC

Lindsey Turner aka Bad Pastor is a consulting astrologer and ordained minister who teaches and writes at the intersections of astrology, liberationist Christianity, and queer identity.  I pulled that from their official bio.  I’ll add that they’re simply a delight and every time I talk to them I walk away inspired.  They’re also a reason I moved to LA: it’s closer to Santa Fe than Detroit, and one...

You’re about to listen to the legendary astrologer Samuel F Reynolds break down astrology and relationships. How to understand and nurture them. All of them. The ones with your love, best friend, mother, and, most importantly yourself! He even opens up about his personal love life. This conversation is a teaser to Sam’s upcoming lecture and workshop at LA Astro Fest , happening in Los Angeles over...

Michelle Tea has published over 20 books, including the cult classic Valencia as well as Modern Tarot and the essay collection Against Memoir . Her latest book, Modern Magic : Stories, Rituals, and Spells for Contemporary Witches was released in the fall of 2024 — not too long before our interview was recorded.  A lot has changed since then. The calendar year and the world itself.  I loved Modern...

Marval Rex joins Vivi Henriette to discuss survival tactics for this everything-retrograde holiday season.  Subscribe to ART of the ZODIAC on Substack to get the full list of survival tactics as soon as it drops: https://artofthezodiac.substack.com/⁠   ABOUT MARVAL Marval A Rex! is a trans actor, DIRECTOR, astrologer and cultural producer. Rex has directed, produced and performed in genre-bending...

“If someone wants me to make a prediction, I’m going to say you’re going to be happy; you’re going to be satisfied; you’re going to be healthy; I call it positive project. Why shouldn’t we just positive project? That’s an honest question. I know it might sound glib or something, but I honestly feel that way.  If someone’s thinking about their future, let’s positive project. In a year from now you’...

I’m happy I met Camirin before I read their official bio because it’s extensive. And intimidating, I’m not even going to try to summarize it:  Camirin Farmer is a nonbinary, queer, black performer & astrologer based in Los Angeles, CA. After beginning their comedic career in Baltimore, MD which included performing stand up at ARTSCAPE, America’s largest free art festival, they returned to thei...

I knew I wanted to interview ⁠Liz⁠ when they attended my astrology workshop at the ⁠Philosophical Research Society⁠ , and I kept calling on them because I’m humble enough to admit when someone knows more than me. Liz is a fine astrologer with a talent for storytelling. As a writer and filmmaker, they create astrologer charts for their characters to give them depth. As an astrologer, they're able t...

In today’s episode we talk to Steven Reigns — poet, educator, and author of one of my favorite books of poetry, A Quilt For David . This book came to me during an extremely difficult bout of insomnia, and I read it in one sitting. Which says a lot because I’m a slow reader.  We get into all of that in this interview as well as Steven’s lifelong love affair with writer Anais Nin. (Steven is the Pre...

Jacob Budenz is the only one of their siblings not to be diagnosed with ADHD markers (something they attribute to being stoic about their problems). They're one of those people who has a zillion ideas and manages to see all of them to completion, while making every role they play seem effortless — writer, actor, director, musician, and performance artist. They have an MFA in Creative Writing f...

This week in DADAstrology Land, Vivian  Hecimovich (Stars in Alignment), joins Vivi Henriette to TALKTALKTALK two moons in Capricorn, Saturn stationing retrograde, and Cancer as the sign of ancestry and ancestral work — thank you for that gorgeous insight, Vivian. We also came to the conclusion that there are two kinds of goth in the Zodiac: The Cure goth (Scorpio) and Joy Division goth (Capricorn...

This month in DADAstrology Land, Astrologers Vivi Henriette and Martha Fearnley attempt to make sense of the pileup of planets in Gemini. This conversation takes place on the eve of the Gemini New Moon, but its subject matter expands further into the chaos realm of Mercury’s airy home. Which is to say: this content is timeless.  TOPICS COVERED: Los Angeles v. New York, Lying, Planets Du Jour! , Co...

This week’s episode of DADAstrology was an excuse to TALKTALKTALK with an astrologer I super enjoy talking to, Rose Blakelock aka mutable_cross on Instagram. I wasn't quit sure where this was headed, and I'm still not sure where it went. This is what happens when you hand two people with Mercury in Pisces a map: it disintegrates. Guest appearances made my Mars and Neptune. Special thanks t...

This week in DADAstrology Land, Vivian Hecimovich (Stars in Alignment), joins Vivi Henriette to TALKTALKTALK all things TAURUS rolling into to Jupiter’s time in Gemini + the steady gifts of Saturn + Vivian tells the story about that one time her hobo inspired lover gave her a stick-and-poke Jupiter tattoo on the blood moon eclipse & MORE! ABOUT VIVIAN Vivian is Stars in Alignment, an astrologe...

Aphrodite and Mars, the original star-crossed lovers, their hot and heavy relationship fuels all creation. In astrology, their respective planets, Venus and Mars, join the moon to comprise the night sect of plants. The push-pull of beauty and desire under the romantic moonlight. In this episode of DADAstrology, astrologer Vivi Henriette and ⁠ Martha Fearnly ⁠ explore the archetypes of Venus and Ma...

This week in DADAstrology Land Vivi Henriette is joined by guest host Spencer Michaud to TALKTALKTALK MARS MARS MARS!!! From integrating the wisdom of collective ego death (Aries solar eclipse) to post fat moon hangover in Scorpio, we get into ALL of it.  Plus, Spencer gives some great dad advice and Vivi shares her channeled dream, ft Karen Carpenter and the ass of the dragon.  Wanna see our cute...

I met Marval A Rex on NYE 2024, hours after completing a cross country drive from Detroit to Los Angeles. I was excited and delirious and completely bereft of any social etiquette when I asked him to be my astrology friend five minutes into our conversation. It turns out, ignorance is bliss. Had I known the scope of his work as an artist and astrologer, I would have never had the courage to be so...

Astrologers Vivi Henriette & Julia Mihas TALKTALKTALK time travel, shadow grabbers & try to make it all make sense in the aftermath of the 2024 Aries/Libra eclipse season. ABOUT JULIA Julia consults with clients who are motivated to find their personal purpose and navigate their challenges with astrology. She believes that astrology applies ethereal methods to serve practical means, and th...

Raechel Anne Jolie believes in magic. She secured the deal for her memoir, Rust Belt Femme , after performing a honey spell. There’s also the fact that she’s crazy brilliant and has been writing for as long as she can remember. All things considered, I suppose.  In this second conversation with guest host, Cameron Steele, we’re TALKTALKTALKING with Raechel about astrology, witchy stuff, the writin...

Oh wow! I got to TALKTALKTALK with Alicia Kennedy, and, my goodness, that was exciting! This interview  is a collaboration with astrologer/occultist/writer Cameron Steele . Not only did Cameron play guest host, she did most of the heavy lifting with questions both intimate and thoughtful.  If you’re into this conversation, super good news! I’m co-teaching an astro writing workshop with Cameron , w...

Bett Williams is a writer and psychedelic explorer who wrote a book about growing mushrooms and having adventures with her friends in the high desert of New Mexico. One of these friends is the multidisciplinary artist and writer Clement Goldberg , who introduced me to Bett’s book, The Wild Kindness — and, soon after, Bett herself.  This TALKTALKTALK gets into The Wild Kindness and much more!  Spec...

At the end of 2023, I sat down to interview Kyle Buller, co-founder and VP of Education at the media outlet Psychedelics Today. It’s been nearly two months since we recorded this conversation, and I continue to make new discoveries with each listen. Kyle is an expert storyteller. I’m both awed and humbled by the story he shared. He begins with the retelling of his adolescent near death experience....

Jake Kobrin is someone whose life is a testament to the fact that magick works. That and meditation. He’s been cultivating his own practice since his teenage years in the Bay Area, where he studied with the Buddhist teacher, Jack Kornfield . It was during the same time that he was exploring lucid dreaming and the works of Aleister Crowley .  A multi-disciplinary artist, his many titles include pai...

If it wasn’t for Long Covid and personal tragedy, Kristin Mathis may have never left her job as a Waldorf school teacher. She might not have listened when Hermes came to her in a dream. And she may never have launched her Substack, Mysteria Mundi . Kristin has been translating ancient texts her whole adult life — but since leaving University, it had become mostly Sappho’s poetry, and mostly someth...

When Jonah Emerson-Bell left his NYC art career, he spent a year living out of a van in the desert giving tarot readings, sticky googly eyes on household objects and combining both those powers — tarot and googly eyes — with a humor, charm, and his background in visual arts to compose daily horoscope videos that are, to this day, some of the most enchanting content I’ve ever stumbled across on the...

Aerin Fogel was a consultant on the 21st century remake of the 1996 film, The Craft. It was her job to make sure the magic was real. The spells. The rituals. Years of practice have made her a go-to for occult matters. Basically she's the person every goth girl aspired to be in high school. And some of us, still aspire to be. She's also a musician and professional astrologer based in Toront...