The Night Speaks Reading Between the Aspect Lines Episode 1 Nichole MYSA 2026-08-09 | Steven Forrest's KKK comments and the fallout in the astrology community broken down by two astrologers citing and discussing portions from his own book, The Night Speaks. We touch on evolutionary astrology, ethics in astrology, and why the community finally said enough with the old guard.Nichole from Mapping Your Soul Astrology sits down with Janét Jones of Spiritual Gangster Certified to launch a new astrology book club, and the timing happened to land right in the middle of a controversy nobody in the community can stop talking about. We're talking about Steven Forrest, the podcast that went viral for all the wrong reasons, his and Ricky Williams' KKK comments, the painful attempt at walking back, and what UAC, ISAR, and NORWAC decided to do about it. Along the way we dig into what Forrest got right as one of the pioneers of evolutionary astrology, read excerpts straight from The Night Speaks, fact check the Nathan Bedford Forrest genealogy claim ourselves. Let's talk honestly about the racism baked into the foundations of Western astrology and what accountability should actually look like in this field.This isn't a hit piece or a defense either. We're two working astrologers trying to hold space for both truths at once: the impact of someone's work and the damage of their refusal to own their mistakes.Grab a copy of The Night Speaks and read along with us: forrestastrology.com/products/the-night-speaksNext week's book, Postcolonial Astrology: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/659315/postcolonial-astrology-by-alice-sparkly-katFollow Nichole at Mapping Your Soul Astrology: facebook.com/Mappingyoursoulmappingyoursoulastrology.substack.comFollow Janét at Spiritual Gangster Certified: facebook.com/spiritualgangstacertifiedofficialspiritualgangstacertified.substack.comListen to the now deleted podcast and judge for yourself (41 minute mark and 50-ish minute mark)archive.org/details/full-podcast-episode-lila-astrology-shadow-work-steven-forrest-slur#StevenForrest #EvolutionaryAstrology #AstrologyCommunity #TheNightSpeaks #AstrologyBookClub #AstrologyEthics #CancelCulture #MappingYourSoulAstrology
Postcolonial Astrology Reading Between the Aspect Lines Episode 2 Nichole MYSA 2026-08-27 | #PostcolonialAstrology #AliceSparklyKat #AstrologyBookClub #AstrologyEthics #EvolutionaryAstrology #astrology #astrologycommunity From accountability to the structures of power themselves. After unpacking #StevenForrest 's refusal to evolve in episode 1, we knew we had to read the book that diagnoses *why* the old guard operates the way it does.This week on the Reading Between the Aspect Lines Book Club, Nichole from Mapping Your Soul Astrology and Janét Jones of Spiritual Gangster Certified dive into *Postcolonial Astrology* by Alice Sparkly Kat. Her book asks an urgent question: If astrology is a language, whose language is it?We read excerpts straight from the book, breaking down Alice's radical deconstruction of the planets through the lenses of capital, power, and labor.We read Alice's work as practicing astrologers, not academics. In our view, this book offers the structural diagnosis for what went wrong in the Steven Forrest situation: not just one bad word, but an entire system of unchecked authority, racialized assumptions, and refusal to be held accountable.This isn't a theory-heavy lecture. We're two working astrologers trying to figure out how to apply postcolonial thought to our actual practice. In how we read charts, talk to clients, and how we hold ourselves and our community to a higher ethical standard.Note: In this video, we refer to Alice Sparkly Kat using she/her pronouns. Alice is a non-binary author who is comfortable with all pronouns, though we should acknowledge they/them is most commonly used in their published work.Grab a copy of Postcolonial Astrology and read along with us: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/659315/postcolonial-astrology-by-alice-sparkly-katNext Week's Book: Retrograde Planets: Traversing the Inner Landscape by Erin Sullivan redwheelweiser.com/book/retrograde-planets-9781578631803For deeper context, check out Chris Brennan's interview with Alice on The Astrology Podcasttheastrologypodcast.com/2021/04/10/postcolonial-astrology-alice-sparkly-katFollow Nichole of Mapping Your Soul Astrology: facebook.com/Mappingyoursoul mappingyoursoulastrology.substack.com youtube.com/@MappingYourSoulFollow Janét at Spiritual Gangster Certified: facebook.com/spiritualgangstacertifiedofficialspiritualgangstacertified.substack.com youtube.com/@SpiritualGangstaCertified#PostcolonialAstrology #AliceSparklyKat #AstrologyBookClub #AstrologyEthics #DecolonizeAstrology #MappingYourSoulAstrology #SpiritualGangsterCertified #ReadingBetweenTheAspectLines
The Lunar Arcana Episode 2 Full Moon April 23 2024 Nichole MYSA 2024-04-19 | Alastair Ballentyne of Higher Transmissions and Nichole Zapanta of Mapping Your Soul Astrology combine their expertise in astrology and tarot to discuss and predict the themes of the upcoming Scorpio Full Moon. 56:12 Advice for those who have the eclipse falling into houses 1/71:02:27 Advice for those who have the full moon falling into houses 2/81:09:55 Advice for those who have the full moon falling into houses 3/91:15:38 Advice for those who have the full moon falling into houses 4/101:24:47 Advice for those who have the full moon falling into houses 5/111:30:31 Advice for those who have the full moon falling into houses 6/12Please visit mappingyoursoul.com and Alastairballentyne.com for more information about how this full moon will impact YOUR life on a personalized level or for any of your spiritual reading needs
The Lunar Arcana Podcast Episode 1 part 2 Nichole MYSA 2024-04-05 | Part one can be found here youtu.be/RU2pm5vCCEIAlastair Ballentyne of Higher Transmissions and Nichole Zapanta of Mapping Your Soul Astrology combine their expertise in astrology and tarot to discuss and predict the themes of the eclipse. 52:57 Advice for those who have the eclipse falling into houses 1/758:56 Advice for those who have the eclipse falling into houses 2/81:03:47 Advice for those who have the eclipse falling into houses 3/91:07:15 Advice for those who have the eclipse falling into houses 4/101:12:39 Advice for those who have the eclipse falling into houses 5/111:18:31 Advice for those who have the eclipse falling into houses 6/12Please visit mappingyoursoul.com and Alastairballentyne.com/readings for more information about how this eclipse will impact YOUR life on a personalized level or for any of your spiritual reading needs
The Lunar Arcana Podcast Episode 1 part 1 Nichole MYSA 2024-04-04 | Alastair Ballentyne of Higher Transmissions and Nichole Zapanta of Mapping Your Soul Astrology combine their expertise in astrology and tarot to discuss and predict the themes of the eclipse. Part two includes advice for how the eclipse impacts YOUR chart! You can find part 2 here youtu.be/QO9maAc0niIPlease visit mappingyoursoul.com and Alastairballentyne.com/readings for more information about how this eclipse will impact YOUR life on a personalized level or for any of your spiritual reading needs
