The Importance of Spirituality in Astrology

In episode 404 astrologers Stella and Cameron of the Mercuranians podcast stop by the studio for a casual chat about astrology with Chris. Stella and Cameron were on their way back from the Northwest Astrological Conference in Seattle when they came through Denver on a road trip back home, so we decided to meet up a record a conversation where we talked about a bunch of different astrological topics. During the course of the discussion we touched on topics like changes to the astrological community in the past 30 years, how newer astrologers deal with an overabundance of resources for learning astrology, and the role of chance and fortune in astrology. You can find out more about Stella and Cameron on the Mercuranians YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@themercuranians This episode is available in both audio and video versions below. Timestamps 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:00 Benefits of astrology conferences 00:06:46 Changes in astrological community in the last 30 years 00:09:38 Synthesizing spirituality with astrology 00:12:30 Saturn in Pisces 00:15:40 Daimon 00:21:48 Astrological consensus 00:31:16 The observer effect in astrology 00:35:54 How to navigate all the astrological information 00:44:56 Importance of chance meetings and encounters 00:49:00 Finding an astrology teacher 00:59:13 Valens 01:03:33 Learning from journals and drafts 01:10:14 Rhetorius 01:15:04 Creative misunderstandings that lead to new techniques 01:18:51 Subjectivity vs. objectivity in astrology 01:33:38 Fortune 01:39:12 Dealing with difficult transits 01:43:10 Simplicity in interpretations 01:52:14 Science and astrology 01:57:59 AI 02:02:35 Stella and Cameron's podcast 02:09:30 Patrons, sponsors, and credits Watch the Video Version of This Episode Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MNX3k82eFg - Transcript A full transcript of this episode is available: Episode 404 transcript Listen to the Audio Version of This Episode Listen to the audio version of this episode or download it as an MP3: