Postcolonial Astrology
Postcolonial Astrology
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Kat, Alice Sparkly. Postcolonial Astrology: Reading the Planets Through Capital, Power, and Labor. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, 2021.
Explore the political influence of magic and astrology as tools for societal and individual change in Alice Sparkly Kat's Postcolonial Astrology. Through a cross-cultural perspective, this book reveals the transformative potential of astrology as a language of magic, which can be harnessed for the betterment of communities and liberation of individuals.
By looking at the symbolic and etymological histories of the sun, moon, Saturn, Venus, Mercury, Mars, and Jupiter, we can trace and understand the politics of magic—and challenge our own practices, interrogate our truths, and reshape our institutions to build better frameworks for communities of care. Fearless, radical, and fresh, Sparkly Kat's Postcolonial Astrology ushers in a new wave of astrology revival, refusing to apologize for its magickism and connecting its power to the spirituality and politics we need now. Intersectional, inclusive, and geared towards queer and POC communities, it uses our historical and collective constructs of the planets, sun, and moon to re-chart our subconscious history, redefine the body in the world, and assert our politics of the personal, in astrology and all things.
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