ASTROLOGICAL DETECTIVE
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JO: So what's in store for Portland or the world
in the near future?
AG: There's a death and rebirth of large insti-
tutional structure. People will get more ac-
customed to the unknown and trying to build
within the chaos.
JO: What can astrology do for the modern
queer? What does sexuality have to do with it?
AG: I do a lecture called The Astrology of Be-
ing Queer. I listen to these old fogies at astrology
conferences who talk about queer people and I
just think "You have no idea." People say "Mars
in Leo means you're queer." It's not just about
that.
Mars in the chart shows your testosterone. A lot
of dykes have masculine-looking energies. For a
lot of queers it’s an identity struggle. "Who am I
really? I'm f*****g a girl now, but I don't really
identify as gay. I identify as a happy bisexual."
The sun sign can play a big part in it.
When I looked into Leslie Feinberg's chart, she
has a sun in Virgo. Virgo is all about exactness.
Leslie Feinberg is really discerning in identity.
When I looked in his chart, Saturn, which is
the planet of struggle and oppression and be-
ing blocked. Over and over, the identity will be
challenged and he or she will have to figure out
the intricacies of "Who am I? Am I a man or a
woman?"
But then Rupaul had the sun in Uranus. She's
saying "I'll be whoever I want to be." That queer
person's experience in life is very opening and
revolutionary.
A lot of trans guys have intense Mars energy
but then you'll get a death and rebirth energy in
the soul. There's a planet for that: Pluto. A lot of
them get Pluto that comes up to their Mars.
JO: The farther-out planets are a little more gen-
erational than personal, right? Is our generation
about rebirth?
AG: Yes, rebirth of relationships. So many of
our peers are not monogamous, not committed.
Pluto-Libra is all about one-on-one exchange,
we are reborn over and over. There's something
called a composite chart. If we mix energies, are
we going to become better people or bring each
other down? I always wonder why there isn't an
internet dating site where you're matched up
based on charts.
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