About Star Gays: The Queer Astrology Archives Podcast
Star Gays: The Queer Astrology Archives Podcast examines the lives and works of queer artists, activists, and thinkers through the lens of their astrological birth chart. Each episode focuses on one individual from the archives and overlays their natal chart on their biography to draw connections between their life experiences and astrological influences. Join astrologer Elly Higgins each month to develop a deeper relationship with astrology and with a long lineage of queers who are making sense of their worlds through creative and analytical practices. stargaysastrology.ghost.io
Scorpio: Robert Mapplethorpe's Astrology with Aryn Scanlon
In this Scorpio season episode, Elly is joined by artist, teacher, and astrologer Aryn Scanlon to talk about the astrology of Scorpio icon, Robert Mapplethorpe. In this episode we look at some of Mapplethorpe's most famous and most controversial works of art and talk about his Scorpio Sun, Mars, and ascendant!
Join us in the Living Room Archive! (https://stargaysastrology.ghost.io/living-room-archive/ (https://stargaysastrology.ghost.io/living-room-archive/)) for a live discussion about Mapplethorpe's astrology. Plus get access to the backlog of live recordings and thoughtful discussions of queer art, astrology, and ancestors! By becoming a member of the Living Room Archive you'll not only get access to a wonderful community space but also help to support Star Gays ongoing work.
Aryn's Links:
Website: https://www.arynscanlon.com/ (https://www.arynscanlon.com/)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aryn.the.alchemist (https://www.instagram.com/aryn.the.alchemist)
Classes & Consulting: https://arynscanlon.podia.com/ (https://arynscanlon.podia.com/)
Elly's Links: Stargaysastrology.ghost.io (http://Stargaysastrology.ghost.io) Ellyhiggins.com (http://Ellyhiggins.com)
Instagram: @ellyhigginsastro
Learn more about Mapplethorpe:
Photos: https://www.mapplethorpe.org/ (https://www.mapplethorpe.org/)
Youtube documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4InkGdW_IrQ&t=592s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4InkGdW_IrQ&t=592s)
Previous Star Gays Blogs:
https://stargaysastrology.ghost.io/scorpio-mapplethorpe/ (https://stargaysastrology.ghost.io/scorpio-mapplethorpe/)
Members only: https://stargaysastrology.ghost.io/decans-of-scorpio-robert-mapplethorpes-chart/ (https://stargaysastrology.ghost.io/decans-of-scorpio-robert-mapplethorpes-chart/)
4 Sept 2026
Sylvester: An Astrological Biography Zine with Duna Haller
Star Gays is back with astrologer and artist Duna Haller to talk about disco queen and Virgo icon Sylvester! Sylvester's music and life has been such a huge inspiration for us both that we created a zine about it! In this episode we talk about the creation of the zine, why physical media really matters right now, and what about the astrology of this moment rhymes with Sylvester's rise to disco queendom!
Get your copy of the zine: https://stargaysastrology.ghost.io/sylvester-zine-available-now/ (https://stargaysastrology.ghost.io/sylvester-zine-available-now/)
Come hang with Duna and I in the Living Room Archive, the membership s
pace for Star Gays if you want to spend more time talking about Sylvester's life and astrology!
Duna's work: dunahaller.pb.studio (http://dunahaller.pb.studio)
Instagram: @dunahaller
Elly's work: ellyhiggins.com (http://ellyhiggins.com) stargaysastrology.ghost.io (http://stargaysastrology.ghost.io)
8 Jul 2026
BDSM and Ancient Aspect Theory with Joey Cannizzaro
Star Gays: The Queer Astrology Archives Podcast is back!
Astrologer Elly Higgins is joined by Joey Cannizzaro to unpack the overlap in language between modern BDSM culture and Hellenistic Aspect Doctrine. We use the charts of artists Bob Flanagan, Samuel Delany, Kathy Acker, and David Wojnarowicz to make sense of these aspects and their relationship to queerness and BDSM! There is a video version of this conversation on YouTube - which has visual aids for understanding the aspects!
Joey is teaching a creative writing course at Kepler College using the ideas presented in this video around Hellenistic Aspect Theory. It starts on July 18th - be sure to check out the links below to join the course!
If you want to look at queer artists and queer ancestors through the language of astrology, join the Living Room Archive (https://stargaysastrology.ghost.io/its-time-the-living-room-archive-is-ready-for-you-2/)! The Living Room Archive is a membership space for Star Gays. Join a community of astrology and queer art lovers in our online forum and our live monthly meet-ups. On Sunday, July 12th we'll have our Cancer season meet up. Join before then to attend live or catch the re-play! Plus Joey is going to join us in the Living Room Archive for an informal chat/q&a later in July - not to be missed!
Joey's Links:
Join Joey's Kepler College Course (https://store.keplercollege.org/product/the-language-of-ancient-aspect-theory-creative-writing-for-astrologers/)
Visit Joey's website https://chronosandchaos.com (https://chronosandchaos.com) and read their blog post that inspired this conversation (https://www.chronosandchaos.com/post/bdsm-and-ancient-aspect-theory-adherence-overcoming-domination-and-enclosure)!
Follow Joey on Insta: @chronosandchaos
Elly's Links:
Join the Living Room Archive (https://stargaysastrology.ghost.io/its-time-the-living-room-archive-is-ready-for-you-2/%250A%250A%250A%250A)!
Elly’s website: https://stargaysastrology.ghost.io (https://stargaysastrology.ghost.io)
Insta: @ellyhigginsastro
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