Episode Forty-six: Astrology Part 1 - Final Boss Scorpio (with Megan)
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PLEASE LIKE/RATE/SUSBCRIBE or Megan will predict your date of death and tell your enemies! Please welcome Megan to her first ever podcast appearance! As an Astrology believer, Niamh has roped her in to explain to her sceptic ass all those common terms and misconceptions about the practice. Niamh will then take it right back to the (literal) beginning with a deep historical dive on how Astrology went from Mesopotamian star charts on stone tablets, to Greek belief in determinism, a tool of Roman emperors and Egyptian mystics, to Rennaisance-era christian secret. Keep an eye out for a special bonus chat where Megan reads Niamh's birth chart to absolute filth on your feeds next... https://music.apple.com/ie/playlist/rowan/pl.u-jV890dkTDE5YzgW?ls S O U R C E S: A History of Astrology (2nd Edn, 2022) https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/space-astronomy/john-dee https://scorpiomystique.com/ cafeastrology.com https://www.worldhistory.org/Hellenistic_Astrology/ Goddess Selene Goddess Luna Goddess Chang'e C O N T A C T [email protected] https://linktr.ee/rowanandpine We ask that you listen to an episode or two before contacting us for collaborations. :) Part of @Podmoth Media Network Check out more PodMoth podcasts here: https://podmoth.network/ X: @PodMothNetwork IG: @PodMoth Additional sounds from Pixabay, TabletopMusic. Featured Podmoth podcast: What The French Toast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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