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Astrology is booming, and it's queerer than ever

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There's something about astrology that's always been, well, kinda queer.

Travel all the way back to the time of Ptolemy (AD 100) and there you'll see him, using the stars to divine wisdom about gender norms and identity. Once the science of kings, astrology has become an outsider's spiritual practice — beholden to no prescriptive theology and no major religious leader, just the wisdom of the charts.

No wonder, then, that astrology has had a resurgence in the past few years. "Astrology always comes to the forefront whenever there's a great change," says Christopher Renstrom, a gay astrologer and the author of Ruling Planets: Your Astrological Guide to Life's Ups and Down. "Whenever there's a revolution or change or when institutions fail, there's astrology." Read more...

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