Bad Astrologers

A bi-weekly podcast from Amelia Quint

About the show

Bad Astrologers is a biweekly podcast from Amelia Quint that will give you a useful, unexpected look at the cultural, spiritual, literary, mythological world of the heavens.

Episodes

  • Making Astrology Magic with Christopher Chau (aka Chaustrologic)

    March 25th, 2022  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 4 mins
    antiscia, astrology, gemini moon, hellenistic astrology, hermeticism, kabbalah, materia magica, medieval astrology, picatrix, scorpio sun, spirituality, witch, witchcraft

    Is astrology a form of magic? In this episode, Christopher Chau (aka Chaustrologic) — an astrologer working in the Hellenistic and medieval traditions and crafting materia magica — delves deep into the heart of both practices with me in search of an answer. Topics covered: both of us being Scorpio suns with Gemini moons, essential dignity in action, the philosophies and spiritual frameworks behind astral magic, what it means to "live your astrology", and WTF is an antiscia!

  • Tending Your Saturn Garden with Jazmin Kylene

    March 18th, 2022  |  Season 4  |  59 mins 48 secs
    astrology, human design, jupiter, manifestation, projector, saturn, saturn transit, spirituality, synastry, venus, venus in pisces

    What happens when two Sagittarius risings have a meet-cute? This episode! Amelia chats with spiritual multi-hyphenate Jazmin Kylene about tending your Saturn garden, astrology as a mirror, understanding the beauty of Pisces energy, and synastry in action.

    🌺 Find Jazmin Kylene on Instagram: @jazminkylene
    ✨ Support Bad Astrologers on Patreon: Patreon.com/BadAstro
    🔮 Book a reading with Amelia: ameliaquint.com/book-a-reading

  • Venus Meets Mars with Steph Koyfman (aka Lady Cazimi)

    March 11th, 2022  |  Season 4  |  1 hr
    astrology, intuitive, mars, mars sign, spirituality, the weeknd, the witcher, twin peaks, venus, venus conjunct mars, venus sign, witch, witchcraft

    What happens when cosmic lovers Venus and Mars align? In this episode, Amelia chats with Steph Koyfman (aka Lady Cazimi and formerly The Daily Hunch) about how these planets are influencing the astrology of 2022 through the lens of myth, fantasy, and Twin Peaks. They also discuss their eerily similar natal charts, being witches, rebranding by the stars, finding your astrological interpretation style, and the ability of words to conjure just the right image.

    🌕 Find Steph Koyfman on Instagram and Twitter: @ladycazimi
    ✨ Support Bad Astrologers on Patreon for exclusive monthly horoscopes!
    🔮 Book a reading with Amelia: ameliaquint.com/book-a-reading
    🎥 Follow Amelia on TikTok: @ameliaquint

  • Style Your Sign with Gabriela Rosales (aka The Stylist Witch)

    March 4th, 2022  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 2 mins
    astrology, beauty, design, fashion, gabriela rosales, intuitive, magick, sewing, spirituality, style, taurus, the stylist witch, venus, witchcraft

    In the season opener, Amelia and Gabriela Rosales (aka The Stylist Witch) chat about her being a quadruple Taurus, beauty as a way of seeing the world, and how her career in style was written in the stars. Topics covered: how to embrace the north node in Taurus, the difference between adornment rituals and just getting dressed, psychic natal chart placements, learning to love your Saturn Return, and lots more!

    🪞🌹 Find Gabriela Rosales on Instagram, TikTok and Twitter: @thestylistwitch
    ✨ Support Bad Astrologers on Patreon for exclusive monthly horoscopes and the library of bonus episodes!
    🔮 Book a reading with Amelia: ameliaquint.com/book-a-reading
    🎥 Follow Amelia on TikTok: @ameliaquint

  • Divine Timing: Your Guide to Progressions, Profections, and Solar Returns!

    September 9th, 2021  |  Season 3  |  38 mins 10 secs
    annual profections, astrological magic, astrology, birthday astrology, profection year, progressed chart, secondary progressions, solar return, spirituality, witchcraft

    How do you use astrology to find the perfect moment for your next big thing? Amelia explains how to sync up with divine timing in this practical DIY guide to advanced astro techniques, from progressed and solar return charts to annual profections and time lords. Plus, she makes an announcement: Stellar Craft is now open for registration!

  • When Astrology Goes Wrong

    July 2nd, 2021  |  Season 3  |  52 mins 7 secs
    astrology, intuition, magick, natal chart reading, omens, spirituality, tarot, witchcraft

    What happens when astrology goes wrong? In this episode, Amelia explains how to avoid common pitfalls in your practice, including the negativity trap, and gives a step-by-step guide to following your intuition in alignment with the stars.

  • Venus Sign Style

    June 1st, 2021  |  Season 3  |  2 hrs 6 mins
    aesthetic, astrology, beauty, fashion, spirituality, style, venus, venus in aquarius, venus in aries, venus in cancer, venus in capricorn, venus in gemini, venus in leo, venus in libra, venus in pisces, venus in sagittarius, venus in scorpio, venus in taurus, venus in virgo, venus sign

    What does your Venus sign reveal about what makes you feel beautiful? In this 2+ hour mega episode, Amelia explains the styles of all twelve, including hundreds of chart examples from artists, musicians, actors, designers, and more.

  • Stellar Strength Training with Mecca Woods

    May 25th, 2021  |  Season 3  |  58 mins 31 secs
    aquarius moon, astrology, faith, leo rising, magical practice, mecca woods, sagittarius, saturn square uranus, south node, spirituality

    How to cope when the stars give you tough love? Bustle's astrologer, author, and Stars on Fire podcaster Mecca Woods shares her strategies for surviving even the most difficult stellar moments, including insights on the south node, 2021's Saturn-Uranus squares, and more.

  • Locational Astrology with Suzy Exposito

    April 27th, 2021  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 13 mins
    astrocartography, astrology, electional astrology, locational astrology, los angeles times, neptune, pisces rising, pluto, rolling stones, spirituality, suzy exposito, uranus, virgo moon, virgo sun, witch, witchcraft

    Can astrology help you move cross country successfully? L.A. Times writer and return guest Suzy Exposito shares her story of using the stars to plan her relocation from NY to LA, as well as how she's moved from astrology curious to serious student of the the craft.

  • Astrology is Magick

    February 26th, 2021  |  Season 3  |  53 mins 10 secs
    astrology, eclipses, esotericism, magick, manifestation, planetary remediation, spirituality, talismans, western mysteries, witchcraft

    Where do astrology and magick converge? In this episode, Amelia explores the crossroads of the stars and sorcery, including her magickal origin story and a guide to talismans, remediation, and all things celestial enchantment.

  • Evolutionary Astrology with Sabrina Monarch

    February 5th, 2021  |  Season 3  |  59 mins 34 secs
    astrology, evolutionary astrology, lunar nodes, magick, neptune, outer planets, pisces, pluto, sabrina monarch, spirituality, transpersonal planets, uranus

    What do Pluto and the lunar nodes have to teach you about your soul's development? Evolutionary astrologer Sabrina Monarch dives deep on these and more techniques from this fascinating branch of star study.

  • Reimagining Astrology for 2021

    January 13th, 2021  |  Season 3  |  44 mins 8 secs
    astrology, astrology community, astrology of 2021, elements, healing, horoscopes, saturn in aquarius, saturn transit, spirituality, witchcraft

    How can we use astrology to bring more empathy, accountability, and hope to our communities in 2021? In this episode, Amelia dives deep into how we can move from a place of crisis to progress using the stars.

  • Scarlet Women with Dr. Manon Hedenborg White

    December 18th, 2020  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 13 mins
    777, aleister crowley, astrology, babalon, jack parsons, leah hirsig, manon hedenborg white, marjorie cameron, new religions, scarlet woman, spirituality, thelema, western esotericism, witchcraft

    What's a scarlet woman? Dr. Manon Hedenborg White (The Eloquent Blood, Oxford University Press) dives deep into the archetype, from the goddess Babalon to its relevance in pop culture.

  • Moon Magic with Sarah Faith Gottesdiener

    December 4th, 2020  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 3 mins
    eclipse, eclipse season, full moon, lunar, lunar journal, lunar magic, many moons planner, moon, moon magic, new moon, sarah faith gottesdiener, sarah gottesdiener, spirituality, witchcraft

    Where do the moon and magic cross paths? Sarah Faith Gottesdiener (creator of the Many Moons planners) talks about lunar symbolism, braving eclipses, and her forthcoming guide, The Moon Book.

  • Future Tripping with Aliza Kelly

    November 20th, 2020  |  Season 2  |  58 mins 54 secs
    aliza kelly, aquarius, astrology, cosmopolitan, eighth house, haunted, horoscopes, mercury, mercury signs, prediction, saturn, stars like us, taurus, transits, uranus, venus, venus signs

    Let's dream of a better future! Aliza Kelly (Cosmopolitan, Stars Like Us) muses on prediction, transits, and what's possible in 2021.

  • Dead Witch Seance

    October 30th, 2020  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 1 min
    aaliyah, aleister crowley, ariana grande, beyonce, carice van houten, dead witch seance, dion fortune, henry cavill, jack parsons, john dee, kris jenner, leah hirsig, marjorie cameron, nicole kidman, rihanna, seance, spirituality, whoopi goldberg, witchcraft

    Let's celebrate the full moon on Halloween! We go full goth with a dead witch seance using the birth charts of famous occultists, then play a new game show, Witch or Not.