The inimitable astrologer, author, publisher, and teacher Frank Clifford joins host Jenn Zahrt from London for our second podiversary!! Make a cuppa and join the duo for a fun episode filled with books, personal stories (The Mountain Astrologer! Tad Mann! Steven Forrest! Lois Rodden! Solar Fire! Melanie Reinhart!), and more, including: devouring data texts; navigating astrological politics; selecting the name for the Astro-Databank; deets on the London School of Astrology; correcting misleading online astro info; and books for the thinking astrologer! All that, plus: hand reading, Mars on the Midheaven, and… what do you want your legacy to be??

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Episode timestamps (conversation recorded April 2025):

00:01 – Happy birthday, Within Orb!

01:12 – Frank Clifford has built an eclectic, 35-year career as the writer of a dozen books, a consultant astrologer and palmist, a publisher/editor, a researcher of birth data, and the Principal of the London School of Astrology, which has branches in China and Japan. In 2012, he was the youngest recipient of a lifetime honour from the Astrological Association for his contribution to astrology, and a writing award from ISAR and various ISAR and Regulus Award (UAC) nominations have since followed. In mid-2025 he is relaunching The Mountain Astrologer magazine as a multi-media publication.

03:59 – Frank’s first astrology books included two from Linda Goodman (Sun Signs and Relationship Signs), texts by Bernard Fitzwalter, and Derek and Julia Parker’s The Compleat Astrologer.

08:11 – If Frank could bring only three books to a henge in northern Scotland, his first pick would be Profiles of Women: A Collection of Astrological Biographies by Lois Rodden.

11:34 – Can you work in the remote location? You betcha! Bringing an editing pencil, Frank’s second and third choices would be his very own British Entertainers: The Astrological Profiles and The Book of Music Horoscopes.

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14:02 – Frank shares his experience creating data books!

17:47 – Hear about the London School of Astrology, home to 14,000 students!

18:51 – For beginners, Frank’s top three recommendations are: The Contemporary Astrologer's Handbook: An In-Depth Guide to Interpreting Your Horoscope by Sue Tompkins, The Knot of Time: Astrology and Female Experience by Lindsay River and Sally Gillespie, and Cosmic Loom: The New Science of Astrology by Dennis Elwell. But a hat tip also goes to Astrology in the Year Zero by Garry Phillipson (once published by Frank’s own Flare Publications and soon to be released by the Sophia Centre Press!) and True as the Stars Above: Adventures in Modern Astrology by Neil Spencer.

26:34 – Find Frank at The London School of Astrology website: https://www.londonschoolofastrology.com/.

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Astrologer and librarian Jessica Irene joins host Jenn Zahrt from Washington, DC! Pull up a chair and lend your ears to this convo covering books and more, including: the human experience as a vehicle of the divine; tarot and astrology; the Lunar Mansions; and comparative philosophy. Plus: moving away from atheism, Mercury crafts, and the taxonomy of astrology texts!

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Episode timestamps (conversation recorded March 2025):

00:12 – Jessica Irene is a Washington, DC-based astrologer and has been providing consultations for four years following her formal studies with Nightlight Astrology School. Jessica has been a writer-contributor to the CHANI astrology app and has presented for both Nightlight Astrology School, OPA, AYA and AFAN. Astrology, for her, is a means to intimacy with a living, divine world. Apart from astrology and other esoteric things, she works full-time as a librarian in digital preservation, enjoys bodybuilding, and lots of sunlight.

00:36 – Jessica’s first astrology book was Parkers’ Astrology by Julia Parker and Derek Parker.

04:18 – If Jessica could bring only three books to a deserted island, her first pick would be The Archetypical Universe: Astrological Patterns in Human Culture, Thought, Emotion and Dreams by Renn Butler.

05:22 – Jessica’s second choice would be The Game of Saturn: Decoding the Sola-Busca tarrochi by Peter Mark Adams.

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12:50 – The third title Jessica would bring is Procession of the Night Theatre: An Exposition on the Lunar Stations by J.M. Hamade.

17:25 – Runner-up texts include: The Shape of Ancient Thought: Comparative Studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies by Thomas McEvilley; Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Daoist Thought: Crossing Paths In-Between by Katrin Froese; and the coffee table book Fortune: “All Is But Fortune” by Leslie Thomson and produced in conjunction with an exhibition at the Folger Shakespeare Library.

27:00 – For beginners, Jessica recommends Butler’s formerly mentioned The Archetypical Universe, Ancient Astrology in Theory and Practice: A Manual of Traditional Techniques by Demetra George, and You Were Born For This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance by Chani Nicholas.

29:02 – Find Jessica at her website: https://www.dendraletheia.com/. On socials, her handle is @dendraletheia.

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Astrologer Dorje Kirsten joins host Jenn Zahrt from Portland, Oregon! Join the two for this rich and lively chat covering books and more, including: the lineage of soul chart conversations; the elegant solution of a divinatory method; triplicity rulerships; and pondering the elements! Plus: growing up surrounded by astrology books, Mars and stubbing your toe, and black swan astrology!

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Episode timestamps (conversation recorded April 2025):

00:12 – Dorje Kirsten is a professional astrologer who lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and children. He has been reading charts professionally since 2006. Before that time, he spent 12 years learning meditation and rituals at Chagdud Gonpa Foundation, a Tibetan Buddhist Retreat center, as a full-time volunteer and retreatant. Dorje is also a Tea Master, software engineer, and 32º Mason. He is training under the OPA counseling astrology certification process. A few of the astrologers he has studied with are Kay Taylor and Bernadette Brady, who received certificates of accomplishment from the Astro Logos medieval astrology school and Predictive Astrology school, and he studied Greek astrology with Joseph Crane.

00:32 – Dorje’s first astrology book was Astrology, Karma, and Transformation: The Inner Dimensions of the Birth Chart by Stephan Arroyo.

06:56 – If Dorje could bring only three books to Cannon Beach rock, his first pick would be The Moment of Astrology: Origins in Divination by Geoffrey Cornelius.

17:49 – Dorje’s second choice would be the Book of Astronomy by Guido Bonatti.

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23:10 – The third title Dorje would bring is Steven Forrest’s series on the elements (The Book of Fire, The Book of Earth, The Book of Air, and The Book of Water).

33:37 – For beginners, Dorje recommends The Inner Sky by Steven Forrest and Predictive Astrology: The Eagle and the Lark by Bernadette Brady.

38:51 – Find Dorje at his website: https://heartastrology.com/. On Bluesky, his handle is @heartastrology. On Instagram, he’s @heartastrology168.

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Astrologer and teacher andrea michelle haeckel joins host Jenn Zahrt from Edmonds, WA to chat about her upcoming Ceres Symposium, books, and more! Join the pair as they cover lots of territory, including: suffering versus struggle; the decans; the feminine way of knowing; considering Chiron and the Moon; sussing out the signs; and the relational field of cycles. All that, plus: photonic underworld sea creatures, the medicine that brings us back home, and the gastronomical with the astronomical!

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Episode timestamps (conversation recorded April 2025):

00:12 – andrea michelle is a professional consulting astrologer supporting clients to map and gently merge the safety structures of their Self-Identity with the deepest desires of their Soul. One of her current areas of focus is experientially re-wilding ourselves through our instinctual wisdom or what she calls our ‘panconsciousness’ – the layers of our Being that root us to Earth and the wisdom of her cycles, processes and reciprocal networks of interwoven relationships of all sentient life. She’s presented for the Sky Astrology Conference, the Cosmic Intelligence Agency, and was also a teacher for Astrology Hub’s Inner Circle in 2022 and 2024. She’s noted for her fresh, empowering work with the feminine asteroids and incorporates the Living Sky into her astrology through heliacal cycles (Planet-Sun cycles), as well as considering the vertical dimensions of planets via latitude and declination.

00:39 – andrea michelle’s first astrology book was Saturn: A New Look at an Old Devil by Liz Greene.

02:49 – If andrea michelle could bring only three books to a deserted island, her first pick would be 36 Faces: The History, Astrology and Magic of the Decans by Austin Coppock.

06:44 – andrea michelle’s second choice would be Inside Planets by Ellias Lonsdale.

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11:49 – The third title andrea michelle would bring is An Astrological Triptych by Dane Rudhyar.

20:45 – For beginners, andrea michelle recommends Cycles of Becoming: The Planetary Pattern of Growth by Alexander Ruperti and The Light of Venus: Embracing Our Deeper Feminine, Empowering Our Shared Future by Adam Gainsburg.

27:36 – Learn about andrea michelle’s upcoming virtual Ceres Symposium on June 14-15, 2025!

31:55 – Find andrea michelle at her website: https://andreamichellehaeckel.com/.

32:08 – Thanks for listening to Within Orb! If you love the show, please help support it at no cost to you: Follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or write a happy review! And if you’d like to become a CAELi member or support our work with a contribution of any amount, we’d be delighted – thanks!

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Scholar and translator Kristin Mathis joins host Jenn Zahrt from the Big Apple! Enjoy this unique and insightful episode with one of the world’s foremost experts on the Orphic Hymns! Tune in for a deep chat covering lots of terrain, including: the deets on Orpheus; pondering the mystery traditions; preserving and translating the archaic Greek understanding of the cosmos; and the profound idea that living in a human body may limit our ability to perceive what we already are! Plus: a Kevin Bacon moment, weaving together the cosmos, and… what do ancient Egyptian texts have to do with baboons singing?

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Episode timestamps (conversation recorded March 2025):

00:12 – Kristin Mathis is a translator and scholar of ancient Mediterranean religions and esoterica. Her current Mysteria Mundi project aims to re-translate the ancient Greek Orphic Hymns, making the esoteric content hidden in the original Greek wordplay accessible to a modern lay audience. The Orphic Hymns, which predate the development of Hellenistic astrology by several centuries, form a critical link between the Bronze Age astral temple traditions of Egypt, Babylonia, and Phoenicia, and all subsequent “Western” esoteric traditions, from Greek to Roman to Islamicate and beyond. Kristin resides in Brooklyn, NY, with her son, two cats, and way too many books and herbs.

00:52 – Kristin’s first book about astrology (that she came across in her research) was a catalogue of Thrasyllus’s library in the CCAG (Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum Graecorum)!

06:09 – If Kristin could bring only three books to a deserted island, her first pick would be The Orphic Hymns, translated by Gabriella Ricciardelli!

07:45 – Kristin’s second choice would be the gargantuan two-tome Greek-English Lexicon by Henry George Liddell and Robert Scott.

09:00 – The third title Kristin would bring is The Fragments of Sappho (in Greek)! For an English version, she suggests the one translated by Anne Carson.

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10:13 – Enjoy Kristin and Jenn’s in-depth discussion of the Orphic Hymns!

36:24 – The books that Kristin recommends for diving into the scholarship about these cosmologies and astrologies are When They Severed Earth from Sky by Elizabeth Wayland Barber and Paul T. Barber and Echoes of the Ancient Skies: The Astronomy of Lost Civilizations by E. C. Krupp. (She also mentions Hamlet’s Mill by Giorgio de Santillana and Hertha von Dechend.)

42:09 – Find Kristin at her Substack: https://mysteriamundi.substack.com/. On Bluesky, her handle is @kristinmathis.bsky.social.

42:52 – Thanks for listening to Within Orb! If you love the show, please help support it at no cost to you: Follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or write a happy review! And if you’d like to become a CAELi member or support our work with a contribution of any amount, we’d be delighted – thanks!

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Astrologer Patrick Watson joins host Jenn Zahrt from Michigan! Join the pair for this jam-packed episode, covering tons of terrain, including: encouraging a broader awareness of the cosmic rhythms; zodiacal releasing and when to switch the lots; the unique skill of superforecasters; considering retrogrades as wilding and extroverted; and don’t forget latitude! All that, plus: kimchi for Mars in Cancer, an astrological big brother and a paper nephew, and… is the clock looking back at us??

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Episode timestamps (conversation recorded March 2025):

00:31 – Patrick Watson has studied astrology since his teens. He is a certified professional astrologer, specializing in traditional and modern predictive techniques. He has broad proficiency in natal, electional, horary and mundane astrology, as well as rectification. He has consulted over 2000 clients in his work as a professional astrologer. He has been featured on The Astrology Podcast, The Washington Post, ABC News, The Wall Street Journal and Vox. His research interests include Hellenistic timelord systems, synodic cycles, election prediction, financial astrology and astrological applications of AI. He currently serves as CAPISAR President. He co-founded Thema Mundi Technologies, which is developing the new astrology software Nechepso.

00:35 – Patrick read his first astrology book as a teen, pulling it from his mother’s bookshelf! It was The Astrologer's Handbook by Frances Sakoian and Louis Acker. And a shout-out to the horoscopes in The Reader's Digest, which he read at age 7!

05:02 – If Patrick 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.

14:34 – Patrick’s second choice would be Hellenistic Astrology: The Study of Fate and Fortune by Chris Brennan.

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18:36 – The third title Patrick would bring is The Anthology by Vettius Valens.

30:39 – Honorable mentions go to Ancient Astrology in Theory and Practice: A Manual of Traditional Techniques by Demetra George and Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction by Dan Gardner and Philip Tetlock.

39:12 – Why did the chicken cross the road? Tune in! For beginners, Patrick recommends You Were Born For This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance by Chani Nicholas. And lend your ears to the delightful story about The Only Astrology Book You'll Ever Need by Joanna Martine Woolfolk.

42:20 – Find Patrick at his website: https://patrickwatsonastrology.com/. On most social media, he is @pwatsonastro. And Nechepso will be available May 28, 2025!

44:29 – Thanks for listening to Within Orb! If you love the show, please help support it at no cost to you: Follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or write a happy review! And if you’d like to become a CAELi member or support our work with a contribution of any amount, we’d be delighted – thanks!

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Astrologer Andrea Mallis joins host Jenn Zahrt from Berkeley, CA! Andrea and Jenn discuss sports astrology, books and more, including: the importance of team incorporation dates; relationship synastry and helpful compatibility shortcuts; the era of pamphlets instead of books; and group charts. Plus: the adage “when the student is ready the teacher appears,” goats on the field, and people as a living book!

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Episode timestamps (conversation recorded March 2025):

00:31 – Certified astrologer Andrea Mallis is the creatrix of Virgo in Service Astrological Consulting and a graduate of Vicki Noble’s Motherpeace School of Healing Arts. Andrea brings over two decades of experience and devotion to her craft to guide you on your way. Andrea has a unique niche in sports astrology and has appeared on numerous national television and radio shows. She is currently the astrologer for ESPN, KNBR, 95.7 The Game, the podcast A’s Cast, and is “The Sports Sorceress” on Fox Sports Radio Sirius 83 The Ben Maller Show. Her pioneering work has been featured in The New York Times and San Francisco Chronicle. She recently appeared on CBS News Sunday Morning on Super Bowl Sunday and is the sports astrologer on Astrology.com.

04:51 – Andrea’s first astrology book was Astrology for Yourself: How to Understand and Interpret Your Own Birth Chart by Demetra George and Douglas Bloch.

07:33 – If Andrea could bring only three books to a deserted island, her first pick would be the previously mentioned Astrology for Yourself by Demetra George.

07:50 – Andrea’s second choice would be Baseball: An Astrological Sightline by César Love. (And lend your ears to César’s recent appearance on Within Orb: Episode 81, César Love: Sports Astrology!)

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11:09 – The third title Andrea would bring is The Astrology of Human Relationships by Frances Sakoian and Louis Acker. (Jenn mentions Bernadette Brady’s software Jigsaw, which you can find here: https://www.bernadettebrady.com/software/.)

18:03 – For beginners, Andrea recommends Astrology for Yourself by Demetra George and Medical Astrology: Healing for the 21st Century by Marcia Starck.

22:04 – Find Andrea at her website: https://www.virgoinservice.com/. On her “about me” page, you can also find her email address, phone number, and social media links!

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Astrologer and death doula Alissa Bernard Golbus joins host Jenn Zahrt from the Eastern Seaboard! Alissa and Jenn sit down for a chat about books and more, including: the menorah and the seven visible planets; Saturn as the planet of Judaism; an alternate chart for the United States; and the value of calculating a chart by hand. Plus: intergenerational patterns in the chart, the benefit of an enforced pause, and… hooray for Virgo!

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Episode timestamps (conversation recorded March 2025):

00:00 – Jenn introduces the show with info about upcoming Labs at CAELi! Check them out!

01:05 – Alissa Bernard Golbus (she/her) is a consulting natal and predictive astrologer, death doula, and nonprofit development and operations professional residing on the ancestral and unceded land of the Pawtucket and Massachusett peoples. Her client practice has a particular focus on intergenerational patterns within natal charts, as well as complex early childhood environments and how they impact our adult relationships. She gave her first client reading in elementary school (a palm reading for 25¢). Alissa is a child of Saturn.

01:26 – Alissa’s first astrology book was Sun Signs by Linda Goodman.

07:04 – If Alissa could bring only three books to a deserted island, her first pick would be The Combination of Stellar Influences by Reinhold Ebertin.

08:24 – Alissa’s second choice would be The Beginning of Wisdom: An Astrological Treatise by Abraham ibn Ezra. (Jenn also brings up Astrologies: Plurality and Diversity, edited by Nicholas Campion and Liz Greene. And Alissa gives an honorable mention to The Greatness of Saturn: A Therapeutic Myth by Robert Svoboda!)

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24:41 – The third title Alissa would bring is American Histrology by Ronald Howland.

29:44 – For beginners, Alissa recommends: The Doctrine of Nativities and Horary Questions by John Gadbury, the previously mentioned Combination of Stellar Influences by Ebertin, and Simply Math: A Comprehensive Guide to Easy and Accurate Chart Calculation by Lauran Fowks and Lynn Sellon.

40:43 – Find Alissa on Instagram and Bluesky. Or say hello to her if you’re at NORWAC 2025!

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Astrologer and author Alan Annand joins host Jenn Zahrt from Toronto in Ontario, Canada! It would be a crime not to pull up a chair for this one, so join the duo as they discuss Vedic astrology and more, including: planetary dignities and rulerships; functional benefics and malefics; the rules of horary; and illuminating Chandra Mangala Yoga and Mahabhagya Yoga! Plus: bookshop angels, passing down sacred knowledge, and “aha moments” that arrive years later!

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Episode timestamps (conversation recorded February 2025):

00:31 – Alan Annand is a Canadian astrologer, palmist and author. A former tutor for the British Faculty of Astrological Studies, he’s a graduate of the American College of Vedic Astrology, and Editor-in-Chief for ACVA Publications. He’s a longstanding student of Hart de Fouw, and has practiced astrology for over 40 years. His books on jyotisha – Kala Sarpa, Kama Yoga, Parivartana Yoga, and Stellar Astrology, Volumes 1-4 – have been praised for the quality of their research and writing. He’s also a crime novelist, whose New Age Noir mystery series (Scorpio Rising, Felonious Monk, Soma County) features a Vedic astrologer/palmist.

01:48 – Alan’s first astrology book was A Time for Astrology by Jess Stearn. Early on, he also read Ancient Hindu Astrology for the Modern Western Astrologer by James Braha.

07:52 – If Alan could bring only three books to a deserted island, his first pick would be Astrosynthesis: The Rational System of Horoscope Interpretation According to Morin de Villefranche by Jean-Baptiste Morin de Villefranche and translated by Lucy Little. (Jenn also shouts out her island pick, The Rules of Chart Interpretation by Rod Suskin.)

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17:33 – Alan’s second choice would be The Horary Textbook: Revised Edition by John Frawley.

19:44 – The third title Alan would bring is Phala Deepika by Mantreshwara and translated by S.S. Sareen. (Alan also mentions the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra!)

31:22 – For beginners, Alan recommends getting a guru, but if books must be mentioned, he suggests Light on Life: An Introduction to the Astrology of India by Hart deFouw and Robert Svoboda.

35:49 – Find Alan at his website: https://www.navamsa.com/. And his YouTube channel is: @AlanAnnand.

36:20 – Thanks for listening to Within Orb! If you love the show, please help support it at no cost to you: Follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or write a happy review! And if you’d like to become a CAELi member or support our work with a contribution of any amount, we’d be delighted – thanks!

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Astrologer and writer Rebecca Farrar joins host Jenn Zahrt from the San Francisco Bay Area in California! Laugh along as the two chat about books, archetypal astrology and more, including: the unfolding journey of midlife; caring for your Pluto; and getting to a similar astrological place in different ways. All that, plus: the etymology of “consider” and “desire,” mapping the chakras, and pondering our lineage!

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Episode timestamps (conversation recorded February 2025):

00:31 – Rebecca M. Farrar, M.A. (aka Wild Witch of the West) is an archetypal astrologer and wild woman living in the San Francisco Bay Area – Coast Miwok territory. Her work has been featured in The Mountain Astrologer, Elle, Reader’s Digest, Bustle, Astrology.com, and Elite Daily. For 15 years, Rebecca has provided soul-centered astrology readings, offering healing and insights on life purpose, relationships, and finding home. When not staring at astrology transits, she can be found getting lost on a hiking trail, curled up with a good book, or watching silly TikTok videos.

01:30 – Rebecca’s first astrology book was Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View by Richard Tarnas.

06:09 – If Rebecca could bring only three books to a deserted island, her first pick would be Tarnas’s Cosmos and Psyche.

06:35 – Rebecca’s second choice would be Astrology and the Rising of Kundalini: The Transformative Power of Saturn, Chiron, and Uranus by Barbara Hand Clow.

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

14:00 – The third title Rebecca would bring is Healing Pluto Problems by Donna Cunningham.

17:09 – For beginners, Rebecca recommends Planets in Play: How to Reimagine Your Life Through the Language of Astrology by Laurence Hillman and Codex of the Soul: Astrology, Archetypes, and Your Sacred Blueprint by VerDarLuz.

22:37 – Find Rebecca at her website: https://www.wildwitchwest.com/. On Facebook and Instagram, visit @wildwitchofthewest.

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Show notes by Jen Braun, JJ Boots Productions LLC.