Episode 5
Favorite Charts and Learning Astrology
Keith asks, what are your favorite birth charts? Stella of the Lotus System asks, what are the entry points to learning astrology?
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Will Ferrell's Birth Chart - https://imgur.com/a/e4vDBC4
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Astrology Learning Resources — Kyle Pierce (kylepierceastrology.com)
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Tristan Paylor-
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Transcript
Hello, welcome to astrology hotline, where we
Kyle:time to be starting this podcast, I would say. But we
Tristan Paylor:from Stella of the Lotus system.
Kyle:Awesome. Well, do you have any pressing matters to
Tristan Paylor:no. No pressing matters. I kind of wish I had I
Kyle:need to have some (Tristan: life is boring.) Yeah,
Tristan Paylor:Is that is true. See if we just like recorded our
Kyle:the typical two hours of me and meandering conversation
Tristan Paylor:two to cancer risings, attempting to do a
Kyle:Circling on it eventually, for
Tristan Paylor:hours and hours. Yeah, we circle like hogs before
Kyle:Gotta get comfortable, you know, it's true. Um, our
Kyle:informative dive into the the asteroids. But yeah, I would
Tristan Paylor:I like the term pet chart.
Kyle:I mean, I would definitely call my chart a pet
Tristan Paylor:you want me to get started? I do. Sounds good.
Tristan Paylor:often goes along with being a monk. He wrote poetry and
Tristan Paylor:for a Catholic monk to do. And he was also a social activist.
Tristan Paylor:quiet. Thomas Merton had a stellium of planets in his 12th
Kyle:six if you count the North Node.
Tristan Paylor:Yeah, six six planets and and or five planets
Tristan Paylor:He had Venus conjunct the midheaven in Sagittarius, which
Tristan Paylor:justice. So I think that's pretty symbolically fitting. And
Kyle:Venus also rules his third house. He's a prolific
Tristan Paylor:Yeah. And the third house also has
Tristan Paylor:entered monastic life, he was 26 years old. And using a timing
Kyle:Interesting. I feel like you've really ended up selling
Tristan Paylor:keeps a keeps coming up for me in client
Tristan Paylor:know, not super alternative by any means. But nonetheless, his
Kyle:So you kind of get that harmonizing element two, yeah.
Tristan Paylor:Yeah, that's a good, that's a good
Tristan Paylor:complicated technique of perfections, which I you know, I
Tristan Paylor:religion, you've got the 12th House representing, you know,
Tristan Paylor:cold when he was waiting there because he was like, in front of
Kyle:Just having to wait to
Tristan Paylor:yeah, there's so just to give a little more
Tristan Paylor:restricting or limiting quality, there's also a quality of
Tristan Paylor:some of the potentially more positive significations, you
Tristan Paylor:But yeah, in their frequently asked questions on their
Tristan Paylor:the 12th house in its more positive manifestations. Yeah.
Tristan Paylor:else.
Kyle:Yeah. Yeah, it does, though. Jupiter is at 29
Tristan Paylor:Yeah. And he, his life was very unusual. And
Tristan Paylor:made his life and work extremely public.
Kyle:Yeah. Pretty renowned, well known, ascetic monk, seems
Tristan Paylor:Yeah, and, and Venus is also, you know,
Tristan Paylor:the public eye. And it's a good, it's a good rule of thumb, for
Tristan Paylor:concealed sort of brought out into the open and made public in
Kyle:I believe traditionally, they said that it made the
Tristan Paylor:Yeah, the angular, the angular houses are
Tristan Paylor:their personal will to a higher will to, you know, in their
Tristan Paylor:communication. You know, they tend to eat their meals in
Tristan Paylor:being a monk is living a life of constant prayer. And, you know,
Tristan Paylor:by a planet in the 12, who's living a monastic life would not
Tristan Paylor:lives of his brothers because he was attend Adding to all of
Tristan Paylor:autobiography, he just started getting fan mail like people,
Kyle:Yeah, well, so he has, you know, speaking of talking
Kyle:applying to like a conjunction or strong aspect with mercury.
Tristan Paylor:you know, that was my favorite. That's my
Tristan Paylor:technically not that traditional definition of a mutual reception
Kyle:Yeah, or if they're not even in or, like varying degrees
Kyle:Very shortly, like after he said it was right after he started
Tristan Paylor:After his autobiography came out, I think
Kyle:Yeah, yeah. When Mercury applying to his, the ruler of
Tristan Paylor:And something an important interpretive principle
Tristan Paylor:whatever planet it's most closely configured to and being
Kyle:You Yeah. Yeah. Also takes on the quality of Saturn
Kyle:things. So I don't know that I remember you saying something
Tristan Paylor:So right. Yes, yeah. They complained about not
Kyle:Yeah, just the North Node like in the 12. Like just kind
Tristan Paylor:Yep. Well, and also can't write enough and he
Tristan Paylor:entered the order. And you know, that obviously shows up with
Tristan Paylor:ruler of his seventh house is that mercury once again, which
Tristan Paylor:relationships. And, you know, there's a sense in which he was
Tristan Paylor:with a student nurse who took care of him at one point when he
Tristan Paylor:his nurse to meet and secrets and they had like a bottle of
Tristan Paylor:Saturn Venus opposition pretty well, like Venus in Sagittarius
Kyle:Yeah, but I find that interesting, because with Venus,
Kyle:with the midheaven. The religious authorities, you know,
Kyle:sometimes it's, it can be a little more slippery, a little
Kyle:relationships. Those options were available to him.
Tristan Paylor:Yeah, that's, I feel like that's a very 10th
Tristan Paylor:at the wrong time, depending how you want to look at it. And an
Tristan Paylor:chart is saying. Yeah. Another fun thing I just noticed is that
Tristan Paylor:practice, that comes up a lot with dating and casual sex and
Tristan Paylor:romance involved there. So the ruler of Thomas Merton's fifth
Tristan Paylor:house and I find it kind of funny that he fell in love with
Kyle:Yeah, I mean he also like he like to work too right now
Kyle:its medieval style.
Tristan Paylor:I don't think it's that dissimilar. I think
Tristan Paylor:it's like to live in a religious order. And it is a very
Tristan Paylor:TRAPPIST monasteries generally do, you know, they'll do farming
Tristan Paylor:prayer and chores and work and in a very regimented, strictly
Kyle:Six houses of the nature of Mars. Opera stuff to do.
Tristan Paylor:Yeah. I live with someone who has Mars in the
Kyle:I think that whenever I see Mars in the sixth house, I
Tristan Paylor:Well, and it's a funny, the sixth house is a
Tristan Paylor:know, it at the same time, it feels very busy. And, you know,
Tristan Paylor:for yourself, or, you know, achieve some sort of a goal.
Tristan Paylor:and the dishes are piling up, you know, I've got a gotta worry
Kyle:Yeah, no, yeah, it, I think it was think of like a,
Tristan Paylor:Yeah, you don't get a generally speaking with
Tristan Paylor:the background. And the exception to this, you know, is
Tristan Paylor:generally work that goes sort of unseen and on lauded in in a
Tristan Paylor:for hours but I'm really curious to hear about your favorite
Kyle:Yeah, so my favorite chart or my my pet chart that
Kyle:Ferrell is a comedian, well known for his role in like 1990
Kyle:listeners are least somewhat least heard the name Will
Kyle:retrograde and being very tightly squared by Saturn in the
Kyle:chart because it's important for context. Will Ferrell is 11th
Kyle:with Neptune pretty closely. And it in turn is ruled by Mars in
Kyle:that by a lot of traditional standards, it's kind of a gnarly
Kyle:just being a very offbeat and goofy character. Get into it
Kyle:whatever the established whatever, you know, is normal
Tristan Paylor:Isn't there also, one of one of the key
Tristan Paylor:supposed to be.
Kyle:That's the essence is that nothing is really funny
Kyle:with this very Martian perspective, which, you know,
Kyle:him. When he realizes when he laughs for the first time, and
Kyle:and he just found that outrageous, outrageously funny.
Tristan Paylor:I can't I can't help thinking about the movie
Tristan Paylor:doesn't look like the other elves way too big to be like CS
Kyle:Oh, yeah. And even just yeah, the Saturn square,
Kyle:appearances, can can signify deception, or putting on a false
Tristan Paylor:I really liked that because that's one of those
Tristan Paylor:overlooking, like, I don't really know what to do with
Tristan Paylor:having Saturn plates a certain way in your chart means that
Tristan Paylor:much more sort of neutral or subtle ways in actual people's
Kyle:Yeah, that's me. And again, that's what I love about
Kyle:probably a lot of the time in general, you know, it just plays
Kyle:side. Like a glass is always half full sort of dude. Which
Kyle:anesthetic a lot for Neptune.
Tristan Paylor:It suits says that Martian moon.
Kyle:Yeah, is Yeah, it's like, soothing, like sort of
Kyle:too.
Tristan Paylor:Yeah, that that Jude the first thing that popped
Tristan Paylor:is you know, one of the best of the best things according to
Tristan Paylor:season when I think of, of Jupiter and you know, just
Kyle:Oh, yeah. Particularly Jupiter in Leo, even though it
Kyle:free.
Tristan Paylor:Yeah, it's got a bit of essential dignity where
Kyle:yeah. And just Jupiter in Leo in general, just the sort of
Kyle:kind of think of like Ron Burgundy, who just kind of very
Tristan Paylor:There's, I'm also thinking about his
Tristan Paylor:a comedy show that was starting to struggle a little bit. And I
Tristan Paylor:second chance, is, you know, it, I mean, it's a it's not this is
Tristan Paylor:second chance, you know, you don't, you don't turn your back
Kyle:Yeah, I really like that, actually, I pick up a ton of
Kyle:that are maybe by traditional standards, very good or
Tristan Paylor:direct. Oh, that's lovely.
Kyle:It's also making what's called a helical rise. Where it
Kyle:So that kind of come out on the stage of in this case, the 11th
Kyle:sharpness. This chart is life is. So he went to school, for
Kyle:out what he wanted to do back in like 9090 9091 He took odd jobs
Kyle:Not because he like stole it, he just like misplaced it. And
Kyle:it's a little struggles with that sort of organization and
Tristan Paylor:on that overcoming, being in an
Kyle:Yeah. But I mean, it ended up working for him, or he
Kyle:house year. So his seventh house would be in Pisces, which is
Kyle:he discovered around that time, that he could make other kids
Kyle:the sine based opposition with Mars and Libra. Like she would
Kyle:between Mars and Saturn, with Mars ruling Aries and Libra
Kyle:might be helping that, that situation out that helping those
Kyle:planets isn't necessarily true. Like they're not not functional.
Tristan Paylor:And we need that life would be very, not only
Tristan Paylor:I have a lot. I have an incredible number of clients who
Tristan Paylor:astrology.
Kyle:When that's Yeah, and that's, I guess, why I ended up
Kyle:quite effective. You know, they don't necessarily mean you know,
Tristan Paylor:yeah, but you know, I do think it's a point I
Tristan Paylor:extreme. You know, most of us have, like, a couple of pretty
Tristan Paylor:going to be pretty average. And you know, they're going to be
Tristan Paylor:because they force us to recognize the ways in which we
Tristan Paylor:really good at in life, like what their greatest skill is,
Kyle:That's the stuff you have to work on, you know, exactly,
Tristan Paylor:you got to find a way to make it work. And it's
Tristan Paylor:you know, losing $300 I'm sure those were subjectively not
Kyle:Yeah. Yeah, actually, he. So it was during a 12 house year
Kyle:know, he had like, lost these jobs, didn't really know what to
Tristan Paylor:his wise Yeah, we should be grateful. Thank you
Kyle:Yeah. And also, interestingly, the diagonal
Kyle:it.
Tristan Paylor:Yeah, it's one extreme to the other. It's like
Tristan Paylor:that seems totally mundane. And then, you know, 15 years later,
Kyle:Yeah. And yeah, with him, would have been 1992, that he
Kyle:say that as well? Yeah. It's like a major study the technique
Tristan Paylor:I don't know if I've studied it way more. But
Tristan Paylor:depends on what part of the cycle you're in. But if you're
Kyle:Yeah, yeah. Well, in his case, he was in a larger Gemini
Kyle:commercials. And then, in 1995, is when he became a member of
Kyle:Those signs when those signs are activated, the those are
Kyle:little ways that the Saturn in the eighth house squaring You
Kyle:of comedy group.
Tristan Paylor:Oh, that's fitting
Kyle:exactly the comedy grouper or you started putting
Kyle:something is called. That is you know, prominent in the person's
Tristan Paylor:it's very extreme, which is also a very
Kyle:Yeah. extremely funny.
Tristan Paylor:extremely funny. Well, that is, you know, I think
Kyle:know, Venus, and maca trough going
Tristan Paylor:on now. I'm really curious what you have to
Kyle:Well, he has Venus in his first house. In its fall in
Tristan Paylor:one of the epithets of Aphrodite from the
Kyle:Yeah, Venus is, you know, good times, pleasureful times
Tristan Paylor:telling jokes. You know, like he discovered
Kyle:And I was actually looking for one, trying to find
Kyle:easily treatable condition, but also a kind of funny one called
Kyle:over everybody? You know, and actually, there's a Saturn kind
Tristan Paylor:Yes, Saturn is supposed to be stopping things.
Kyle:Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's a fun one.
Tristan Paylor:There's this isn't something that you know, I
Tristan Paylor:astrology, like most of us are, and I would constantly run into
Tristan Paylor:silly, goofy kind of sense of humor? And he's got mercury and
Kyle:I think to just running with that. One of the things
Tristan Paylor:The knots going in circles.
Kyle:Yeah. Yeah. Not straightforward, but like kind
Kyle:in the moon makes its rounds, you know, once a month, so it's
Tristan Paylor:which is probably in an underrated
Tristan Paylor:his midheaven. So there's definitely some lunar qualities
Tristan Paylor:moon as being like a servant with servants and like a king
Kyle:Yeah. Yeah, I'm just looking at some pictures of
Tristan Paylor:Yeah, so like, that's very awkward smile, like,
Kyle:like, yeah, like, and I don't know what but yeah, the
Tristan Paylor:that sort of discomfort as opposed to just
Kyle:Yeah, exactly. It always looks sort of awkward and
Tristan Paylor:Yeah. Unless you have anything more to say about
Kyle:think that's all I got for welfare oil.
Tristan Paylor:So our next question comes from Stella of
Tristan Paylor:a bunch of good beginning resources. But one I would say
Tristan Paylor:you know, breaks down what each of those three things means. And
Tristan Paylor:everything like that. And she uses a couple of chart examples
Tristan Paylor:ruler ships and traditional house meanings. But you know,
Tristan Paylor:start figuring out your birth chart pretty quickly. And she's
Kyle:Yeah, yeah, I don't know if I'd necessarily say that.
Kyle:it was for me like, initially, I've watched a ton of YouTube
Kyle:traditional astrology, but like a lot of the books on
Tristan Paylor:I mean, they're more focused on the planets, and
Kyle:Yeah. And compiling a list of free resources. But what
Kyle:techniques are correct, or what interpretations of a sign are
Kyle:you know, their experience of having, you know, the sign
Tristan Paylor:It's learning astrology is very overwhelming.
Tristan Paylor:was a starting point to get me thinking about the planets and
Tristan Paylor:certainly like a valid way of learning, it can be very
Tristan Paylor:at it and then branching out, but I mean, there's, there's no
Kyle:it did. No, you're right. It depends on your personnel. It
Tristan Paylor:like, are you going to be easily overwhelmed
Tristan Paylor:videos on YouTube, or googling stuff, the materials you're
Kyle:Yeah. Yeah, actually, I mean, the idea of starting with
Kyle:other prominent astrologers is the early part where you're
Kyle:again. So I mean, it might be very nice for somebody who is
Tristan Paylor:A blogger on Tumblr, very kindly, organized,
Tristan Paylor:beginner friendly to more advanced videos. And I think,
Tristan Paylor:But you know, at least starting there, and because like his, his
Tristan Paylor:there are going to be things about, about his approach that
Tristan Paylor:oh, there are these other alternative ways of looking at
Kyle:Yeah, no, yeah, you're right. I mean, really, the place
Kyle:it's like, for me, it was kind of having to dive face first
Tristan Paylor:of like, find a way to to sweat, which is
Kyle:Yeah. Oh, yeah. So yeah, that may not be the best
Kyle:can put everything together. And that doesn't happen. Usually,
Kyle:to, yeah, you have to, like be gotta get it, you got to know
Kyle:to, like, a B have not only maybe your personal beliefs, you
Kyle:different set of factors or, or ideas that challenge that and,
Tristan Paylor:I think one of one of the challenges that I had
Tristan Paylor:are very, very extreme. You know, you'll see like Saturn
Tristan Paylor:symbolism actually works out. So, like, stay grounded, and
Tristan Paylor:life. It's not prescriptive. It's some people will disagree
Tristan Paylor:into those sorts of extreme interpretations in traditional
Tristan Paylor:inspired by depth psychology and Jungian psychology, where those
Tristan Paylor:people's first introduction to astrology, when they Google, you
Tristan Paylor:as a child, or you've undergone some horrible trauma, or they
Tristan Paylor:kind of up to them, like how they match that the symbolism in
Tristan Paylor:astrology you're learning from, you're gonna run into these
Kyle:Yeah. If you have, like, any sort of academic background
Kyle:you're with astrology or sort of in fuzzy territory of, you know,
Kyle:of salt with it, because I can't tell you how many like, like, so
Kyle:differently doesn't mean that, you know, that is the one way to
Kyle:is, you know, specifically like, oh, this means, like you said,
Kyle:the more extreme ones, but yeah, I reserve judgment. Yeah.
Tristan Paylor:Yeah. And there's, I mean, there's a place
Tristan Paylor:a language that we can use to describe our experiences, it
Tristan Paylor:your chart that you know, if there are houses or planets that
Tristan Paylor:astrology, like anything that's sort of on the fringe can be
Tristan Paylor:straightforward entry ways and whatever entry ways you use to
Kyle:I mean, I guess eventually, you know, after you
Kyle:those people. But I don't think either of us would claim to have
Tristan Paylor:Yeah, we have, we have our sort of take on it.
Tristan Paylor:looking at it and figuring out which ones suit you. I mean, if
Tristan Paylor:as well. They, they write like, a ton, I feel like they write
Tristan Paylor:are really self taught, like they didn't follow a particular
Tristan Paylor:valid entry point, you know, like you find some some sort of
Tristan Paylor:astrology.
Kyle:Yeah, that's, that's exactly, that's pretty much how
Kyle:experiences with their charts, maybe how things tend to
Tristan Paylor:That's a really good way, a really good way of
Tristan Paylor:looking at you know, and they happen to have a public birth
Tristan Paylor:put in the show notes. But I find the best resource for the
Tristan Paylor:actually, like, show you what the source is for the birth
Kyle:Worth Yeah, I ran into that issue today. Actually, I
Kyle:that data bank about accurately tell you where it comes from?
Tristan Paylor:welcome. When one other thing that can be kind
Tristan Paylor:whatever. In order to learn astrology, the system that's
Tristan Paylor:which is Aries, all the way through until you get to the
Tristan Paylor:history of astrology, the meaning of the houses was
Tristan Paylor:which system people are using. And, you know, I think Kyle and
Tristan Paylor:traditional meanings of the houses. And there's some pros
Tristan Paylor:understand both the signs and the meaning of the houses.
Tristan Paylor:if you use the 12 Letter alphabet, you've kind of reduced
Tristan Paylor:itself. And you know, what those different parts of the sky
Tristan Paylor:meanings, the older meanings of the houses that are actually
Tristan Paylor:of the tradition of what the houses have historically met is,
Kyle:Yeah, for me, I actually, I, I haven't kind of come full
Kyle:way of looking at the houses, because there is overlap. In
Kyle:Great. Just yeah, don't get stuck on it. The problem,
Kyle:house, there's some. But you know, you could also do that
Kyle:Mundi can sort of be seen as the first sign and in some ways,
Tristan Paylor:Yeah. Yeah, I think that's one of the
Tristan Paylor:match up with that? symbol, and sort of figuring that out
Kyle:can help you remember certain elements of the houses
Tristan Paylor:Yeah, that I mean, I also started with the 12
Tristan Paylor:their particular triad?
Kyle:Yeah, yeah.
Tristan Paylor:Anyway, so I feel like, you know, I'm
Tristan Paylor:will also hopefully serve as some food for thought about how
Kyle:Yeah. Yeah, I wouldn't listen to me in particular, if
Kyle:overdoing.
Tristan Paylor:overdoing it overdoing?
Kyle:Yeah, yeah.
Tristan Paylor:But that might be just the approach that
Kyle:Yeah, some people like that, that sort of thing. But if
Kyle:for free learning resources that I think will be helpful for new
Tristan Paylor:I'm very excited for this resource.
Kyle:Yeah, I mean, I'm excited about it to probably keep
Tristan Paylor:Yeah. And that's, that's the tough thing.
Tristan Paylor:money, you know, to find a lot of books on the internet to that
Tristan Paylor:astrology school through YouTube. So I'll track that.
Tristan Paylor:beautiful and ancient art.
Kyle:Yeah, yeah. And if you're really just want to learn a ton
Tristan Paylor:because you're listening to this one, so you
Kyle:Yeah, hopefully that point in the right direction.
Tristan Paylor:Sounds good to me.
Kyle:What do you what do you have going on these days?
Tristan Paylor:do I have going on? Well, before I talk about
Kyle:Very noble, exalted sun,
Tristan Paylor:and maybe that is me that is a sun in Aries
Kyle:Look at me and how generous I'm not putting myself
Tristan Paylor:No, I always put other people first. That's what
Tristan Paylor:hour double episode out of it. So thank you so much for that.
Kyle:Yeah, absolutely. And if you have you know, specific
Tristan Paylor:That's right. In terms of what I've got going on,
Kyle:you're not going to interest in this cheap forever,
Tristan Paylor:still getting used to reading charts in a
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Kyle:Um, can book a reading with me at my website, Kyle
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Kyle:review would be
Tristan Paylor:preferable and not just any review. Like don't
Kyle:one would, you know not be as helpful? If you don't like
Tristan Paylor:Keep that one in your pocket.
Kyle:But stuff like that does really help. So if you're a fan,
Tristan Paylor:Oh, yeah, I've been slacking off on that.
Kyle:And finally, don't be shy. We still are looking for
Tristan Paylor:Yes, please. That would also really, really
Kyle:Yeah, weird ones will get special preference. But with
Tristan Paylor:If you have a question you'd like to hear