Postcolonial Astrology

Reading the Planets through Capital, Power, and Labor

By: Alice Sparkly Kat

Narrated by: Heni Zoutomou

Tapping into the political power of magic and astrology for social, community, and personal transformation.

In a cross-cultural approach to understanding astrology as a magical language, Alice Sparkly Kat unmasks the political power of astrology, showing how it can be channeled as a force for collective healing and liberation.

Too often, magic and astrology are divorced from their potency and cultural contexts: co-opted by neoliberalism, used as a force of oppression, or distilled beyond recognition into applications that belie their individual and collective power. 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.

Great book!

Great book. Very informative. Loved the narraration. I learned a lot. Nice. Highly recommended!

Every sentence is potent.

This book exposes the very bones of western society. It’s not really about astrology; it’s about the philosophy behind astrology: imperialism.

This was a blast

This is one of the best political education media experiences I have ever had.

This story has me pondering what post colonial new-age spirituality could be. Thanks for cracking the stars open for the dreamers out there!

The analysis is beautifully crafted and includes a lovely example of the) ever-elusive (specifically in critique) way forward

Best book I’ve read all year truly. A consummate literary and perspectival mutagen. If you appreciate the deep astrologies, please read this.

Incredibly Rich Text

Alice has a deep, refreshing level of historical knowledge, which she weaves intricately to take readers and listeners on a transformative journey. There is such clarity in the intersectional history presented.
I will read and listen again and again, and share with those who seek to understand the roots and perpetual impacts of white supremacy. Astrology is merely the access point for which Alice uncovers the (hetero-patriarchal) white supremacist layers embedded in every aspect of our society. #impressed #mindblown

Henriette Zoutomou is a dexterous reader. I found her voice and intonations a powerful fit for Sparkly Kat's revelatory words.