TALKTALKTALK by ART of the ZODIAC

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 President of The Anais Nin Foundation.) We also get into his latest work, ‘For The Love of Peter Hujar,’ a zine dedicated to the life of photographer Peter Hujar, published by Mattazine Society, as part of their ongoing ‘For The Love Of’ series. 

MORE ABOUT STEVEN

Steven Reigns is a Los Angeles poet and educator and was appointed the first Poet Laureate of West Hollywood. Alongside over a dozen chapbooks, he has published the collections Inheritance and Your Dead Body is My Welcome Mat. Reigns holds a BA in Creative Writing, a Master of Clinical Psychology, and is a sixteen-time recipient of The Los Angeles County’s Department of Cultural Affairs’ Artist in Residency Grant. He edited My Life is Poetry, showcasing his students’ work from the first-ever autobiographical poetry workshop for LGBT seniors. Reigns has lectured and taught writing workshops around the country to LGBT youth and people living with HIV. Currently he is touring The Gay Rub, an exhibition of rubbings from LGBT landmarks, and is board president of the Anais Nin Foundation. His newest collection A Quilt for David was published by City Lights and is the product of over ten years of research regarding dentist David Acer’s life. 

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https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/66725/

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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 from University of New Orleans and a BA in Writing Seminars and Spanish from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, where they currently live and make art.

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 episode is an especially winding road of a conversation — and one I’m sure you’ll find delight in long after these transits have passed.

As always, thanks for joining us. If you like what you hear, book a reading with one of us! We're both consulting astrologers, and we’d love to guide you through your astrological journey. 

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ABOUT VIVIAN

Vivian is Stars in Alignment, an astrologer residing in Chicago.  Her practice is a blend of both Hellenistic and modern archetypal astrology.  

She practices tarot, astrology, and candle magic (candle fixing).

All three practices are a way of tapping into the deeper parts of the psyche for the purposes of healing and personal growth.  

Her focus:  one on one live sessions with clients, but also has been known to read at events or small gatherings.  

You can find Vivian on IG and Threads under @stars_in_alignment

Website and booking info: www.stars-in-alignment.com

ABOUT VIVI

Vivi Henriette is an LA-based astrologer and tarot reader whose collaborative approach to divination weaves in storytelling and mythology to create a container for her clients to explore their personal narrative.

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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!, Comedy Bang! Bang!, “Planets, Planets, Planets”, Saturn Square Jupiter & MORE!

MARTHA' S FILM FOR THE SEASON: Los Angeles Plays Itself by Thom Andersen

ABOUT MARTHA

Martha Fearnley is a writer, performer, and astrologer with a background in improv comedy and devised theater. She can be seen monthly with house improv team PONY at UCB Franklin and intermittently with astrology clown group "Planets Planets Planets," where she is currently playing the moon. She writes about the overlap between astrology and film at her Substack, Hollywood Star Tours. 

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ABOUT VIVI

Vivi Henriette is an LA-based astrologer and tarot reader whose collaborative approach to divination weaves in storytelling and mythology to create a container for her clients to explore their personal narrative.

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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 to Uranus for making this week exciting!

https://substack.com/@mutablecross

Mutual Reception: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OEh4kztOhWJUFkhsqs9Up?si=b54bd36551404999

Big Dyke Energy: https://open.spotify.com/show/5F8yzMPAGjk6Sy1dvmFfbV?si=23e0a40c9f3c4d02

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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!

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 Mars through the film American Beauty. The takeaway? The 1990s were so much drama. And that what happens at night can get real ugly under the light of day. 

ABOUT MARTHA

Martha Fearnley is a writer, performer, and astrologer with a background in improv comedy and devised theater. She can be seen monthly with house improv team PONY at UCB Franklin and intermittently with astrology clown group Planets Planets Planets, where she is currently playing the moon. She writes about the overlap between astrology and film at her Substack, Hollywood Star Tours. 

Subscribe to Hollywood Star Tours on Substack:

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ABOUT VIVI

Vivi Henriette is an LA-based astrologer and tarot reader whose collaborative approach to divination weaves in storytelling and mythology to create a container for her clients to explore their personal narrative.

Learn more & book a reading with Vivi:

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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. 

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ABOUT SPENCER

Spencer Michaud is a professional astrologer with an interdisciplinary approach, incorporating both modern and traditional chart-reading techniques, as well as other divinatory methods such as tarot, the I-Ching, and archetypal storytelling. 

Spencer has over fifteen years' experience studying ancient wisdom traditions and symbolic languages and is a certified graduate of Adam Elenbaas's Nightlight Hellenistic Astrology Courses. In addition to his studies with Adam, Michaud is inspired by the traditional work pioneered by Robert Schmidt, Demetra George, Austin Coppock, and Chris Brennan as well as modern mythological based practitioners such as Bernadette Brady and Liz Greene. 

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https://www.youtube.com/c/SpencerMichaudAstrology

ABOUT VIVI

Vivi Henriette is an LA-based astrologer and tarot reader whose collaborative approach to divination weaves in storytelling and mythology to create a container for her clients to explore their personal narrative.

Learn more & book a reading with Vivi:

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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 bold.

In the time since that first meeting, his fierce passion and unique astrological voice has reinvigorated my own practice. This is the conversation I needed after a tumultuous eclipse season.

Enjoy the TALKTALKTALK & check out our follow-up written interview on Substack:

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ABOUT MARVAL

Marval A Rex is a trans actor, DIRECTOR, astrologer and cultural producer. Rex has directed, produced and performed in genre-bending live artworks and films for a decade. He is the mastermind behind Big Dad Energy, the world’s first trans masculine comedy night featuring the likes of Joey Soloway, Janaya “Future” Khan, ever mainerd, and actor D’lo . Rex has produced and acted in numerous film projects including the Book of Queer on HBO MAX and plays a lead role inthe upcoming psychological thriller "House of Abraham.”

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⁠marvalarexart.com⁠

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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.