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Aug 2021
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Alice Sparkly Kat on Astrology’s Persona...

THE SLOWDOWN
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Astrologer Alice Sparkly Kat, author of the new book “Postcolonial Astrology: Reading the Planets through Capital, Power, and Labor,” discusses the dual meanings of planets, the relationship between race and astrology, and why the practice is about making, not predicting, the future.  
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