Astrologer and author César Love joins host Jenn Zahrt from the San Francisco Bay Area in California! Join the team, as the two venture into left field to chat about sports, books, and more, including: the 1890s Neptune-Pluto conjunction and the birth of basketball; Chiron and collective rage; synodic cycles; and the distinction between gambling, prediction, and sports! Plus: “Team Dionysius,” the astrology of uniform and logo colors, and… book covers matter!

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Song “Wake Up” used with permission by The E-Block Band.

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Episode timestamps (conversation recorded March 2025):

00:31 – César Love is an astrologer and poet based in Northern California. His book, Baseball: An Astrological Sightline, is the result of decades of research and observations. It charts the astrological history of every Major League baseball team and presents methods for observing the effects of astrological transits in every baseball game. He recently began a deep study of the astrology of basketball. His astrological writings appear in The Mountain Astrologer, Dell Horoscope, and the NCGR Memberletter. Along with Andrea Mallis, César Love produces a podcast titled Love Sports Astrology that explores the astrology within our current sports.

01:10 – Join the scavenger hunt: César can’t remember the name of his first astrology book, but it was psychological and offered the signs as archetypes. It explained the type of religion that each sign is attracted to!

05:49 – If César could bring only three books to a deserted island, his first pick would be Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View by Richard Tarnas.

11:00 – César’s second choice would be Chiron in Love: The Astrology of Envy, Rage, Compassion and Wisdom by Liz Greene.

13:09 – Interlude: Join the CAELi Support Drive and for only $35, you can enjoy your morning beverage out of a gorgeous CAELi mug!

13:56 – The third title César would bring is The Lunation Cycle by Dane Rudhyar.

24:36 – For beginners, César recommends going to a local library and finding a book that speaks to you. (Yay – we love libraries, natch!)

26:40 – Find César at his website: https://baseballastrology.com/. And join César on Zoom for his talk at the Seattle Theosophical Society, “Baseball’s Pagan Roots and The Astrology of the Mariners,” on Sunday, March 23rd, 2025 at 4pm PT.

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Show notes by Jen Braun, JJ Boots Productions LLC.