“Astrology gives us a way to talk about ourselves without having to address the trappings of identity.” Astrology doesn’t rely on race or gender and isn’t limited by our expectations.
Postcolonial Astrology: Reading the Planets through Capital, Power, and Labor dives into the symbolic histories of the seven traditional planets and offers new ways to use the language of astrology to talk about ourselves.
Alice Sparkly Kat is a Q-POC astrologer born in China but was raised in Ames, Iowa. Their work has inhabited New York's Museum of Modern Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Hauser and Werth. Ace’s books include Astrology and Storytelling, Planetary Alignment for Mental Bliss, and The Cancer Zodiac Series.