Postcolonial Astrology av Alice Sparkly Kat

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<b>Tapping into the political power of magic and astrology for social, community, and personal transformation.</b><br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>Fearless, radical, and fresh, Sparkly Kat''s <i>Postcolonial Astrology</i> ushers in a new wave