Today's episode is an exploration of the stars, so get your notebooks out.  Dossé-Via walks us through the African origins of modern astrology, how star-gazing is actually compatible if not embedded within Christianity, Islam, and other religious practices, and what compatibility REALLY means. Not to mention breaking down all those astrological houses and alignments and, well, you get the picture. Grab your paper and sharpen your pencils, today’s episode will be out of this world.(who writes this stuff?) We want to hear from you, share your favorite moment with us on Twitter and Instagram at @blackimagination. Be sure to check out our YouTube channel The Institute of Black Imagination and soar through the galaxy of IBI Digital at blackimagination.com where this and other content resides.

Things mentioned

ScorpioMystique - Where Scorpios Come to Soar

Magic & Melanin - African Travel Experience

The Houses in Astrology and Their Meaning

Epistemology - the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope. 

Trace Your African Roots - African Ancestry

What to Read

Signs Skymates: The Ultimate Guide to Astrological Compatibility by Dossé-Via Trenou

You Were Born for This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance by Chani Nicholas

What to listen to

Dream with Dossé-Via by Dossé-Via

Signs by Beyonce

Written in the Stars from AIDA on Broadway sung by Heather Headley & Adam Pascal

Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In by The 5th Dimension

Who to follow

Follow Dossé-Via on IG @dossevia and @scorpiomystique

Learn more about her at Dossé-Via

This conversation was recorded on January 19th, 2023.

Host Dario Calmese 

Producer: Coniqua Johnson 

Visual Art Direction and Designs: 

River Wildmen, Adam Selah, Will Domingue

Director of Digital Content: Vicky Garcia

Bookings: K.T. Thompson

Original Music composed by Adam Radice

Audio Edited by Adam Radice

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