Did Astrologers Predict the 2020 Covid Pandemic?

Описание: Discussing a recent article in the New York Times that claimed that no astrologers predicted the recent Covid pandemic in 2020, and pointing at two notable examples that demonstrate that this claim is not true.

During the course of the episode we discuss the article and its claims, question the validity of some of its conclusions, and then discuss some broader issues about the practice and perception of astrology in the media.

We also discuss the work of two mundane astrologers, André Barbault and Richard Tarnas, and cite some relevant quotes and predictions from their works that relate directly to the pandemic and the astrology surrounding it.

This is episode 254 of The Astrology Podcast, with Chris Brennan and Leisa Schaim.

For a full episode description with links to all of the relevant quotes and sources mentioned in this episode, so the description page on the podcast website:

https://theastrologypodcast.com/2020/...

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Timestamps

00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:53 Coverage of astrology in the media
00:07:00 NYT hit piece on astrology
00:11:06 Who the media interviews
00:15:35 Mundane vs individual astrology
00:29:10 Complexities of mundane astrology
00:32:10 Experts in mundane astrology
00:36:08 Richard Tarnas' work on Saturn-Pluto cycle
00:52:40 André Barbault's prediction about 2020
01:02:29 Conspiracy theories
01:07:10 NYT's treatment of astrology
01:16:42 Public prediction misconceptions
01:31:30 2020 astrology weather review
01:43:30 Were there enough warnings?
01:59:40 Learning mundane astrology
02:11:40 Respectability of astrology
02:14:20 Covid
02:17:17 Saturn return of the internet
02:26:45 Closing remarks
02:28:20 End cards