Within Orb

Dec 09 2024 75 ep. 33 mins 24
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WITHIN ORB: A podcast featuring interviews with astrologers about the books that changed their lives and practice. Join host Dr Jenn Zahrt every Monday for a new conversation. Each (roughly) thirty minute episode takes you on a journey across the textual territories of astrological publishing, both historical and future. Along the way, you’ll gather insights into the shifting sands of astrological trends, techniques, and the proliferation of practices and praxis. Each episode ends with the guest’s recommendations of books for beginners. Be careful, your tsundoku pile is about to double, or even quadruple!

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072 | Nate Speare: Bigger on the Inside than the Outside!

Dec 09 2024 33 mins  
Astrologer, artist, and writer Nate Speare joins host Jenn Zahrt from Brooklyn, NY in a fun episode covering Nate’s wide-ranging list of astrology (and non-astrology) books they’d bring to a deserted island! Pack your little green suitcase and join the duo in a discussion of: the value of mythology and storytelling; challenging anthropological and historical assumptions about h

071 | Christina Caudill: Evolutionary Trajectories

Dec 02 2024 32 mins  
Astrologer, teacher, and podcaster Christina Caudill joins host Jenn Zahrt from Virginia to talk about evolutionary astrology and the books she loves! Join the duo for a fun and lively discussion covering: the nuances of retrograde planets; midlife (and later life!) transits; living life on your own terms; essential dignity; tertiary progressions, and more! Plus: flipping the scrip

Reboot 020 | Gary Lorentzen: Astro-History, Language, & Measuring Time

Nov 25 2024 32 mins  
It’s a week for gratitude, so it’s the perfect time for a throwback from the archives of appreciation! Astrologer, teacher, and historian Gary Lorentzen joined host Jenn Zahrt in this sweet reunion episode: Gary was Jenn’s first astrology teacher in high school! Join the warmth as Gary and Jenn chat about must-know books, archetypal shifts in history, the intersection of sync

070 | Fred Abong: A Profusion of Prescience

Nov 18 2024 27 mins  
Astrologer, musician, and teacher Fred Abong joins host Jenn Zahrt from Rhode Island to rock out on books and more! Join these pals, as they discuss: astrology in the ivory tower; ancient Hindu astrology; relationship charts; astro*carto*graphy; midpoints, and more! Plus: eyeballing the Saturn return, taking a peek at the Aries point, and… start simple and stay simple! Visit

069 | Whitney Hill: Philosophy & Fate Management

Nov 11 2024 27 mins  
Astrologer, blacksmith, and writer Whitney Hill joins host Jenn Zahrt from North Carolina for a philosophical deep dive! Join the two as they chat about astrology and philosophy books (and more!), including: traditional astrology as a starting point; the translations that come down through history; the stoics; and understanding the idea of fate. Plus: a 12th-house-year pilgrimage,

068 | Elly Higgins: Queer Time & Fractals of Cycles

Nov 04 2024 35 mins  
Astrologer and podcaster Elly Higgins joins host Jenn Zahrt from Western Massachusetts to chat astrology (and non-astrology) books and more! Join them as they cover lots of territory, including: an Orphic hymns relational moment; astrology and the Islamicate tradition; and queer time versus straight time. Plus: a soul massage, the Hellenistic revival, and looking for patterns!

Reboot 016 | Stormie Grace: Living Alive & Dying Alive

Oct 28 2024 37 mins  
Scorpio season is upon us, and this throwback from the archives is the perfect treat: In Episode 16 astrologer and digital nomad Stormie Grace joined host Jenn Zahrt from Sevilla, Spain for a deep and heartfelt chat! This wise-yet-practical episode offers meaningful books, soul stories that touch on inner life, and food for thought on embracing the grief and gratitude that arrive i

067 | Ronnie Dreyer: The “Compleat” Episode!

Oct 21 2024 38 mins  
Astrologer and author Ronnie Dreyer joins host Jenn Zahrt from New York to chat about books, Jyotish and Western astrology, and more! Tune in to hear about: different editions of the same book; “shining the light on results”; Sanskrit’s deeper meaning; the focus of transits in the Indian tradition; the Tajika system; karma brought into this lifetime; everything in right relat

Reboot 005 | Camm Cassidy & the Lord of the Orb!

Oct 14 2024 35 mins  
Join us in a birthday throwback from the archives, as astrologer Camm Cassidy of Omegastrology joins host Jenn Zahrt to share his love of celestial mathematics and groovy traditional methods! Camm and Jenn discuss everything from A to Z (and a half!) – from reading the dictionary for fun (we're looking at you, Saturn!), to a mini lesson on the twelfth parts, to the origin of the

066 | Frederick Woodruff: The Astrological Matrix

Oct 07 2024 36 mins  
Astrologer, author, and podcaster Frederick Woodruff joins host Jenn Zahrt from Vashon Island in Washington for a comprehensive, buoyant chat that includes must-have astrology (and non-astrology) books, musings on Saturn and writing, and more! Tune in to hear about: working with Ivy Goldstein-Jacobson as a teen; the mystery of unfoldment; questions related to the mechanism of divin