Star Gays: The Queer Astrology Archives Podcast

Star Gays is back to round out Libra season with an episode all about the philosophy and life of theorist and philosopher Michel Foucault. Join host Elly Higgins in uncovering Foucault's ideas around power, sexuality, and knowledge through his Libra Sun, Aquarius Moon, and Scorpio Rising. -------------------------- Please like, rate, review, and subscribe to Star Gays. You can find me on twitter @ehastrology, instagram @ellyhigginsastro, and on my websites, ⁠⁠⁠⁠stargaysastrology.ghost.io⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠ellyhiggins.com⁠⁠⁠⁠. Please consider becoming a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠supporting member of the podcast via my website⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠if you appreciate the work I’m doing. Your support would allow me to dedicate more time to the podcast. You can also make a one time donation here! Theme music written and produced by Elly Higgins and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bobbie⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Thanks so much for listening! --------- Michel Foucault's Chart https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/qa-edmund-white/ https://www.cla.purdue.edu/academic/english/theory/newhistoricism/modules/foucaultcarceral.html https://globalsocialtheory.org/concepts/biopower/ https://iep.utm.edu/foucault/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLQL-dvKUWY&list=PLTkoyNwMbXFlatNXRHi6mIaIp12u4uN81&index=2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8MOEcfB7zg (Truth and Subjectivity) Saint Foucault - David Halperin

Virgo season is here so it's time to get into the details! **Eclipse season is upon us which means that eclipse focused readings are back! Schedule via my website or hop on my mailing list to keep up to date with all my offerings!** Host Elly Higgins is joined by astrologer Duna Haller to discuss disco legend Sylvester! Known for his hit song You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) and incredible falsetto singing, Sylvester left an undeniable mark on disco. Elly and Duna talk about Sylvester's gender bending style, the role of his 11th house ascendant ruler in group performances, and the pressures and creativity of planets in fall. Duna created a playlist to accompany this episode. Do you wanna funk? --------------------------- Duna is an astrologer, poet, writer, musician and collagist from Madrid, Spain. You can find her on instagram/threads @dunahaller or on her website! -------------------------- Please like, rate, review, and subscribe to Star Gays. You can find me on twitter @ehastrology, instagram @ellyhigginsastro, and on my websites, ⁠⁠⁠stargaysastrology.ghost.io⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠ellyhiggins.com⁠⁠⁠. Please consider becoming a ⁠⁠⁠⁠supporting member of the podcast via my website⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠if you appreciate the work I’m doing. Your support would allow me to dedicate more time to the podcast. Theme music written and produced by Elly Higgins and ⁠⁠⁠⁠bobbie⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Thanks so much for listening! ---------------------------------------------------- Sylvester's Chart Sources: John Waters on Sylvester

*September 15, host Elly Higgins will be giving a live talk on astrology as a tool for building out a queer lineage and chosen family. If you want all the details sign up to be on the mailing list! For our Leo season episode, host Elly Higgins discusses novelist, essayist, and civil rights activist James Baldwin! Born 100 years ago, Baldwin’s writing on race and sexuality feels as contemporary today as when it was published. Baldwin exemplified his Leo Sun through his capacity to shine light on his own experiences. ----------------------------------------------------- Please like, rate, review, and subscribe to Star Gays. You can find me on twitter @ehastrology, instagram @ellyhigginsastro, and on my websites, ⁠⁠stargaysastrology.ghost.io⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠ellyhiggins.com⁠⁠. Please consider becoming a ⁠⁠⁠supporting member of the podcast via my website⁠ ⁠⁠⁠if you appreciate the work I’m doing. Your support would allow me to dedicate more time to the podcast. Theme music written and produced by Elly Higgins and ⁠⁠⁠bobbie⁠⁠⁠⁠. Thanks so much for listening! ---------------------------------------------------- James Baldwin’s Chart: https://www.astro-seek.com/birth-chart/james-baldwin-horoscope https://www.thenation.com/article/society/open-letter-born-again/ https://faculty.gordonstate.edu/lsanders-senu/Everybody's%20Protest%20Novel%20by%20James%20Baldwin.pdf http://www.richardgoldsteinonline.com/uploads/2/5/3/2/25321994/richardgoldstein-jamesbaldwininterview.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjGzpVTrOEw (“love has never been a popular movement” and “what have I escaped?”) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yzguQXiI6E (“a great many of my co-citizens…”) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjeF55kB2Rg (“Are you still in despair?”) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PkxmcDY5Jw (“homosexual is not a noun”) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jXwWCyMJyc&t=16s (Paris was very important to me)

The podcast dives into the historical significance of the Stonewall Rebellion, marking it as a catalyst for the gay rights movement. It recounts the pivotal night of June 28, 1969, highlighting various narratives surrounding the uprising. The conversation explores the astrology behind Stonewall, including its Aries Rising and the implications of Mars retrograde. By connecting astrology to this moment in queer history, the hosts reveal deeper insights into why Stonewall remains a cornerstone of LGBTQ+ liberation.

Two episodes for Gemini season? It is the sign of the twins after all! To celebrate one whole year of Star Gays (and pride!), host Elly Higgins is joined by Jordan and Brook of the gay astro podcast Gemidyke Rising to discuss Dyke TV, a public access television show from the 90s whose motto was to Incite, Subvert, Provoke, and Organize for lesbian visibility and survival. Dyke TV was a variety show about all aspects of lesbian life that grew out of the Lesbian Avengers, with segments like 'Dyke Dish', 'Ann Northrop Mouths Off', and 'I Was A Lesbian Child.' In this episode, Jordan, Brook, and Elly talk about what it was like to watch Dyke TV 30 years later (spoiler: nothing has changed - including the outfits) and then get into Dyke TV's 7th house Gemini Sun, Jupiter in Libra on the MC, and so much more. *The audio for this episode was edited by KJ Jarboe. (Thank you, KJ!) -------------------------------------- Gemidyke Rising is a queer astrology pod for the curious and chaotic. Jordan and Brook navigate monthly transits as they relate to pop culture and the gay agenda. Insta: @gemidykerising -------------------------------------- Please like, rate, review, and subscribe to Star Gays. You can find me on twitter @ehastrology, instagram @ellyhigginsastro, and on my websites, stargaysastrology.ghost.io and ellyhiggins.com. Please consider becoming a ⁠supporting member of the podcast via my website⁠ ⁠if you appreciate the work I’m doing. Your support would allow me to dedicate more time to the podcast. Theme music written and produced by Elly Higgins and ⁠bobbie⁠⁠. Thanks so much for listening! ------------------------------------------ You can watch most episodes of Dyke TV through the Sophia Smith archives Dyke TV Chart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzIbGdP7MDQ ("We are the lesbian avengers") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmYxQTiqvKk&t=49s (Dyke TV excerpts)

Star Gays is ringing in a beautiful New Moon in Gemini with a very special episode - the one year anniversary of Star Gays. Astrologer Michael J Morris joins host Elly Higgins to discuss trans activist and writer Lou Sullivan. Sullivan is thought to be the first publicly identified gay transgender man and his work and advocacy has helped to define our current understandings of gender and sexuality, removed barriers in accessing transgender medical care, and laid the ground work for trans peer support groups to flourish. In this episode Michael and Elly discuss queer astrology, what it means to have a chosen family lineage, and then using Sullivan's diary as a guide, get into his Gemini Sun, Mercury, and Mars as indicators of the role of communication, writing, and mentorship in his life. Then Michael shares their research on the secondary progressed moon phases with Sullivan's chart! -------------------------------------- Michael J. Morris, PhD, is an astrologer, tarot reader, artist, writer, teacher, and facilitator. They began their consulting practice Co Witchcraft Offerings in 2019 through which they share astrology, tarot, and movement ritual practices for personal and collective healing and liberation.https://www.michaeljmorris.co/ --------------------------------- Please like, rate, review, and subscribe to Star Gays. You can find me on twitter @ehastrology, instagram @ellyhigginsastro, and on my websites, stargaysastrology.ghost.io and ellyhiggins.com. Please consider becoming a supporting member of the podcast via my website⁠ if you appreciate the work I’m doing. Your support would allow me to dedicate more time to the podcast. Theme music written and produced by Elly Higgins and bobbie⁠. Thanks so much for listening! ----------------------------------------------- Lou Sullivan's Chart: https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Sullivan,_Louis_Graydon Sources: We Both Laughed In Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan, edited by Ellis Martin and Zach Ozma Lou Sullivan: Daring to be a Man Among Men - Brice D Smith https://www.glbthistory.org/primary-source-set-lou-sullivan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xggb5naOppo&t=348s ("No I would have loved to be promiscuous") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGVDPhGIA7g ("They said I couldn't live as a gay man but looks like I'm going to die as one.") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j_Zqes8Q8Q&t=185s ("I just don't see any reason to hide it.") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxgZNNX-v2g&t=186s (Sexuality and gender as different)

As Taurus season wraps up, Star Gays is back to talk about Barbara Hammer: an important voice in lesbian and experimental filmmaking. Astrologer Elly Higgins talks about Hammer’s relationship to the politics of abstraction, the queerness of experimental form, and the importance actively engaging an audience. We use the work of Dr. Ali Olomi and Kira Ryberg to discuss the bounds and decans of Taurus and get into the details of the fixed earth sign. --------------– Please like, rate, review, and subscribe to Star Gays. You can find me on twitter @ehastrology, instagram @ellyhigginsastro, and on my websites, stargaysastrology.ghost.io and ellyhiggins.com. Please consider becoming a supporting member of the podcast via my website⁠ if you appreciate the work I’m doing. Your support would allow me to dedicate more time to the podcast. Theme music written and produced by Elly Higgins and bobbie⁠. Thanks so much for listening! ------— Barbara Hammer’s Chart: https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Hammer,_Barbara Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDDEuWONoj8 (Hammer on Lesbian Filmmaking and Who Makes History) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Hc20GmgpVtM (Hammer on all her films really being one film) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGuigR_vPRo (Nitrate Kisses excerpt) https://www.patreon.com/headonhistory (Dr. Ali Olomi’s Patreon) https://www.kiraryberg.com/guidebooks/p/the36decans (Kira Ryberg’s 36 Decan Guidebook) https://barbarahammer.com/performances/witness-palestine/ https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2020/cteq/nitrate-kisses-barbara-hammer-1992/ https://barbarahammer.com/about/bio/ https://www.queer-art.org/blog/2019/3/20/barbara-hammer-experimental-filmmaker-experimental-lesbian-and-a-mentor-to-all https://www.anothergaze.com/talking-cinema-barbara-hammer-1939-2019/ https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6250-barbara-hammer-s-legacy

Aries Season came in swinging with eclipses and a Mercury retrograde but science fiction writer and literary/social critic Samuel Delany is an excellent example of embodying Aries boldness and urgency that we can look to in this astro mess. Astrologer Elly Higgins discusses Delany’s Aries Sun and Rising, his Mars in Gemini, and Moon in Libra using Delany’s conception of Contact and Networking as a guide. Then we use annual profections and solar return charts to assess some important high points and low points in Delany’s life. ----------------------– Please like, rate, review, and subscribe to Star Gays. You can find me on twitter @ehastrology, instagram @ellyhigginsastro, and on my website, stargaysastrology.ghost.io. Read my blog post on the Lunar Eclipse in Libra Please consider becoming a supporting member of the podcast via my website if you appreciate the work I’m doing. Your support would allow me to dedicate more time to the podcast. Theme music written and produced by Elly Higgins and bobbie. Thanks so much for listening! --------------— Samuel Delany’s Chart: https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Delany,_Samuel_R. Sources Used: https://www.publicbooks.org/samuel-delany-on-capitalism-racism-and-science-fiction/ https://www.novembermag.com/content/samuel-r-delany https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/articles/issues/31/figuring-territory/88705/on-making-contact https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ7qoN7jaT8 (outWrite 1993 “lets get this started” quote) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRx-ZWM6vlk&pp=ygUNc2FtdWVsIGRlbGFueQ%3D%3D (Stars in His Pocket - On being a “sex radical”) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DnKnU7-zt8&pp=ygUNc2FtdWVsIGRlbGFueQ%3D%3D (Delany reads introduction to Times Square Red, TImes Square Blue) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6kc-0Qg6oQ (Delany on growing up in Harlem, Delany on Dhalgren) https://www.samueldelany.com/new-yorker-profile https://www.samueldelany.com/timeline

Pisces season is coming to a close but Star Gays is back to discuss the astrology of Pisces Prince: Pier Paolo Pasolini! Host Elly Higgins discusses the prominence of the filmmaker and writer's Venus in Pisces as well as his Moon in Taurus. Examining themes around language and place through the third house, this episode dives deep into the Piscean ocean. This episode is meant to be listened to in tandem with the bonus episode on Italian culture and language so be sure to check that one out before you listen to this one! -------------------------------------- Please like, rate, review, and subscribe to Star Gays. You can find me on twitter @ehastrology, instagram @ellyhigginsastro, and on my website stargaysastrology.ghost.io. Please consider becoming a supporting member of the podcast via my website if you appreciate the work I'm doing. Your support would allow me to dedicate more time to the podcast. Theme music written and produced by Elly Higgins and bobbie. Thanks so much for listening! ------------------------------------------------------------- Pasolini's Chart: https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Pasolini,_Pier_Paolo Sources Used: https://www.ilcenacolosf.org/italian_culture/pier-paolo-pasolini/ https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1088-pasolini-mamma-roma-and-la-ricotta https://www.proquest.com/openview/9970b92c39433097679d72b51c3ff7ea/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y https://academic.oup.com/screen/article/63/2/182/6632954 https://scrapsfromtheloft.com/movies/pasolini-and-homosexuality/ https://www.e-flux.com/journal/126/458846/pasolini-and-the-queer-revolution-in-beirut/ https://www.artforum.com/features/a-cinema-of-poetry-the-films-of-pier-paolo-pasolini-214625/ https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/512-salo-a-cinema-of-poetry https://matthewsalomon.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/pasolini-supplica-a-mia-madre-prayer-to-my-mother/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eirKFZBkUA0 (Love Meetings Trailer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElSfBz8kreQ (Mama Roma clip)

For Pisces season, student of cultural history and language Gabriella Higgins joins host Elly Higgins to discuss Italian filmmaker and poet Pier Paolo Pasolini. Pasolini was a gay, Catholic, Marxist who was committed to the preservation of Italian regional dialects. In our conversation, Gabriella provides critical context for understanding Pasolini in the cultural and political context of mid 20th-Century Italy. This bonus episode of the podcast dives deep into the relationship between regional dialects, culture, and language politics. Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss the next episode of Star Gays which will dive deep into Pasolini's birth chart! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Please like, rate, review, and subscribe to Star Gays. You can find me on twitter @ehastrology, instagram @ellyhigginsastro, and on my website stargaysastrology.ghost.io. Please consider becoming a supporting member of the podcast via my website if you appreciate the work I'm doing. Your support would allow me to dedicate more time to the podcast. Theme music written and produced by Elly Higgins and bobbie. Thanks so much for listening! ---------------------------------------- The first audio clip is from Teorema and the second audio clip is from Accattone to demonstrate different Italian dialects.