Postcolonial Astrology: Reading the Planets Through Capital, Power, and Labor - Paperback

$17.95

Postcolonial Astrology: Reading the Planets Through Capital, Power, and Labor - Paperback

Name: Postcolonial Astrology: Reading the Planets Through Capital, Power, and Labor - Paperback
Brand: BooksCloud
SKU: 9781623175306
Price: 17.95 USD
Availability: InStock

by Alice Sparkly Kat

$17.95

Book Overview

Report copyright infringement

by Alice Sparkly Kat (Author)

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.

Author Biography

Alice Sparkly Kat is a queer, PoC astrologer. They use astrology to re-chart a history of the subconscious, redefine the body in world, and reimagine history as collective memory. Their astrological work has inhabited MoMA, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, and Hauser and Wirth Gallery. They're friendly, located in Brooklyn, and available for readings in person or by phone at www.alicesparklykat.com. Follow them on Instagram or Twitter at @alicesparklykat for astrology content and weird memes.

Number of Pages: 336

Dimensions: 1 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN

Publication Date: May 18, 2021

ISBN	9781623175306
Author	Alice Sparkly Kat
Publisher	North Atlantic Books
Genre	Education
Format	Paperback
Published	May 2021
Language	ENG- English
Pages	336
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print