Astrologer and clinical psychologist Frida Rydqvist Ilahi joins host Jenn Zahrt from Sweden to chat about the books she loves! Fly over the North Pole and join the two, as they cover: modern astrology; Uranus transits to the Sun; Taurus and life enrichment; the Plutonian experience; the third Saturn return; a legacy through books; bridging esoteric-based concepts with science; legal restrictions of practicing astrology as a clinical psychologist in Sweden; moving from surviving to thriving; fertility astrology and the Almuten of Pregnancy; ethics; the importance of returning to basics; and the precession of the equinoxes. Plus: the Arctic Circle and Pluto, astrological lineage, and… hey, don’t forget to cite your sources!

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Episode timestamps (conversation recorded July 2024):

00:31 – Frida Rydqvist Ilahi is a modern astrologer, clinical psychologist, and final year PhD student in psychology. Frida researches children and adolescents’ mental health and executive functions, while also running a part-time astrology practice. Frida is passionate about ethics and astrology, as well as how to bridge the gap between the evidence-based and the esoteric. She is the author of an upcoming astrology book that discusses the potential integration of modern astrology and evidence-based positive psychology. The book will be released next year, around the same time as her planned doctoral defense in psychology.

00:56 – “You cannot throw away books!” Frida’s very first astrology book was The Inner Sky by Steven Forrest. She received this text during a break-up with an ex!

05:27 – If Frida could bring only three books to a deserted island, what would they be? Her Scorpio Moon votes for a book on Pluto, so first up: The Power of Pluto by Arlene Robertson and Margaret Wilson. This text offers a profound description of the Pluto experience.

17:04 – Interlude: Join CAELi and snag yourself a Saturn stress-relief ball. (Yes, you read that right!)

17:51 – Frida’s second choice would be the ethical and fascinating Fertility Astrology: A Modern Medieval Textbook by Nicola Smuts-Allsop. Frida loves the great perspective of this one!

23:47 – It’s always helpful to go back to basics! The third title Frida would bring is The Inner Sky by Steven Forrest – she always goes back to it!

27:59 – For beginners, Frida recommends The Inner Sky and The Essential Guide to Practical Astrology by April Elliott Kent.

32:37 – Find Frida at her website: https://www.esotericadventures.com/. On Instagram, her handle is @esoteric_adventures.

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Show notes by Jen Braun, JJ Boots Productions LLC.