Astrology Off the Charts! Cosmic Insights and the Extraordinary Lives of Ordinary People

'Astrology’s Bard' - an Interview with Master Astrologer Robert Glasscock

A birth chart can be a mirror, but it can also be a timeline, a family history, and a practical manual for growth if you know where to look.  We sit down with Master Astrologer Robert Glasscock and start with the big picture of his natal chart: a 'Fan Gestalt' pattern with a singleton Moon in Aries that becomes the handle, the focal point, and the repeating theme that shapes how his life unfolds. From there we go deep into technique. Robert breaks down how to list planets in Zodiacal Degree order to reveal a “Developmental Arc” that describes how you start things, how you develop, and where you land in the end. We talk Equal House astrology vs Placidus house systems, transits that trigger life chapters, and why Mercury in Virgo can be the ultimate reality check: A philosophy of  "if it does not improve your life in tangible ways, why keep it?" The conversation gets personal and surprisingly literal as we connect a Full-Moon at his birth, Neptune signatures, and early childhood memories of altered states in the home. We also explore free will vs fate through the Seth books and the idea that belief systems shape lived reality, including money, health, and relationships... altering one's beliefs CAN alter one's life experience!  To close, Robert shares a striking Horary Astrology story that raises the stakes on what “cosmic timing” might really mean.  If you enjoy astrology podcast conversations that balance craft, storytelling, and spiritual insight, subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave us a review. To contact Robert or Alexander for Consultations, Classes or info: Robert Glasscock - www.rg4sight.com [http://www.rg4sight.com/] Alexander Mallon - www.astrologyspirit.com [http://www.astrologyspirit.com/] To connect with Alexander for info and appointments visit his website: www.astrologyspirit.com

Robert Thurman Remembered

To consider the legacy of Professor Robert Thurman is to reflect on a truly phenomenal life. His journey was a personal 'tour-de-force' characterized by a fierce intellect and an unyielding commitment to a spiritual awakening. As a pioneering scholar, translator of the The Tibetan Book of the Dead, and a tireless advocate of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people, the magnitude of the impact of his life's work is immeasurable. We sit down with a couple who knew Bob well, Michael Burbank and Chisti Dryden, to honor Thurman’s memory and trace the through-line from an American monk to a Columbia professor, master translator, Tibet House US founder, and a driving force behind Menla, the retreat center in the Catskill Mountains of New York. We talk about the improbable turns: learning Tibetan at lightning speed in 10 months at age 26, building a lifelong friendship with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and turning scholarship into public service. Michael and Chisti share personal stories about Menla as a place where community forms, where Tibetan medicine and wellness practices can be experienced directly, and where spiritual inquiry stays grounded in the body. Along the way, we touch upon Bob's life during the 1960s world of Millbrook, Ram Dass and Timothy Leary, psychedelics, and the fierce “quality control” impulse that pushed Thurman to defend Tibetan teachings while still engaging the era’s big questions about consciousness. The conversation also gets real about activism and cultural survival. We discuss Tibet’s ongoing occupation, censorship, surveillance, and the intensifying pressure on Tibetan language and identity, plus why Thurman’s voice helped bring Tibet into mainstream awareness.  We weave in Astrology as a lens through which to explore Thurman's truly extraordinary being, to seek his inner source of meaning and purpose, and discover the surprising ways Tibetan Astrology and medicine intersect. We close with a look at legacy in the digital age: Dharma Bob, an Ai app built from Robert Thurman’s library of recordings, bring to life his archives and teachings through Tibet House.  If this moves you, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review so more listeners can find these stories and keep the conversation going. To connect with Alexander for info and appointments visit his website: www.astrologyspirit.com

2026 Summer Solstice Chiron in Aries/Taurus and the ‘Transcendental Trine'

A once-in-centuries style sky pattern is building in 2026, and we’re not treating it like abstract mysticism. We’re looking at it like a cultural pressure system: the 2026 Summer Solstice arrives alongside major ingresses and a rare “Transcendental Trine” connecting Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, three planets tied to collective consciousness, technological leaps, and the deep stories civilizations tell about meaning and power. We’re joined by the Reverend Dr. Peter Lanzillotta, astrologer, theologian, and counselor, and we open with a heartfelt memoriam for another spiritual leader, Professor Robert Thurman. His life, scholarship, and spiritual courage give us a human anchor for the bigger theme: How do we stay wise and grounded when history accelerates?  From the discovery eras of Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto ... to the fact that those cycles correlate with revolution, modern chemistry, mass communication, and nuclear power, we explore why “invisible” planets often describe forces we feel ... before we can fully name them. Next we bring it down to Earth. We talk about Ai and its profit motive, and the ecological cost of 'data centers' and the habit of adopting new tech before asking about long-term consequences.  We unpack Neptune’s higher expression as transcendence and spiritual idealism, and its shadow as denial, addiction, and ideological fog, especially with Neptune in Aries. Finally, we track Chiron’s back-and-forth ingress from Aries into Taurus, and how and why Chiron is a bridge between the personal and the transpersonal, and how to locate your own healing work by house placement in your natal chart. If this conversation helps you see 2026 with clearer eyes, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review so more listeners can find Astrology Off the Charts. To reach our show hosts for Consultations, Counseling or questions: - Reverend Peter Lanzillotta , Ph.D. - Astrologer & Theologian ~  one-spirit-coaching.com [https://one-spirit-coaching.com/] & - Alexander Mallon - Astrologer, Intuitive, Counselor ~ www.astrologyspirit.com [https://www.astrologyspirit.com/] To connect with Alexander for info and appointments visit his website: www.astrologyspirit.com

Alignment 2026 - "The Transcendental Grand Trine" - a 6000-Year Cosmic Reset

Something rare is brewing in the sky for 2026 through 2032, and it is not subtle.  We sit down with returning guest Astrologer and Professor of Theology, Reverend Peter Lanzillotta Ph.D., to unpack the powerful outer-planet configuration many are calling a Minor Grand Trine and why we prefer the name “The Transcendental Grand Trine".  As Pluto in Aquarius links with Uranus in Gemini and Neptune in Aries, the focus spotlights a major multi-generational change, technology acceleration, and the feeling that the Ai cultural zeitgeist ... is perhaps moving faster than our spiritual evolution. We connect the dots between Pluto’s long cycles and the way different generations experience the world, from Gen X to Gen Alpha, especially around AI, robotics, and the 'always-on' digital mind.  Using a pop-culture lens like Woody Allen’s film Sleeper, and a blunt moral question about whether we are trading humanity for convenience, we explore what “progress” costs when compassion gets sidelined.  Dr. Peter also offers a sharp framework for these transpersonal planets: Uranus as transformation and revolution, Pluto as transmutation and irreversible rebirth, and Neptune as transcendence that can inspire healing or slide into denial and addiction. We also touch on practical timing tools, outlining recent and upcoming-years  major-windows, when the Transiting Sun triggers Pluto, Neptune, and Uranus and hits these activation points of this 'Transcendental' cycle. Each conjunction highlighting both the inner and outer landscape of our collective journey. Also, we discuss why Mars cycles on these 'Transcendental-points' may show up as conflict, pressure, and opportunity for real breakthroughs. By the end, you will know what to look for in early Aries in your birth chart and why Neptune may be the catalyst that shapes whether this era personally becomes a time of visionary expansion, or disorienting unclarity. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, share the episode with a friend who loves astrology and big-picture history, and leave a review so more people can find the show. *** To Book Appointment Sessions with Alexander Mallon or Peter Lanzillotta, please view their Websites: - Alexander Mallon: www.Astrologyspirit.com - Peter Lanzillotta: www.OneSpiritCoaching.com To connect with Alexander for info and appointments visit his website: www.astrologyspirit.com

An Aries Story: From Yankees pitcher to Zen Artist ~

A blind date, a turn of fate, and within one meeting, astrology reveals a life partnership! That’s where our conversation with Wyatt Fellows begins, and it only gets bigger from there.  Using Wyatt’s natal chart, Alexander translates his astrological indicators into lived experience: seasons at birth, family imprinting, and why astrologers look for 'cycles and potentials' instead of treating chartwork like a fixed prediction. Wyatt’s chart is packed with Aries energy, including a powerful Aries stellium and Mars as a final chart-dispositor, so we follow the through-line of action, courage, and constant intentional life-reinvention.  He shares stories from being drafted by the New York Yankees and throwing 97 mph, to the rotator cuff injury that ended his baseball dream, to grooving at Woodstock during the 1969 "summer of love", to rebuilding through marathon running, protest leadership during the Vietnam era with the likes of Jane Fonda at Berkeley, to being a teacher and guide coaching schoolkids. We also connect key astrology signatures like Uranus rising, a focal Jupiter as “guru,” and tension patterns like T-squares to the way his life keeps evolving. The later life chapters get deeply human: A NYC newspaper Union Job with years of fending off underworld power-plays, followed by rebirthing himself as a multi-talented artist; Wyatt creates masterworks in photography & woodworking, and Zen gardens replete with sculptures and grand torii gates, framing a dramatic Colorado mountain landscape!  Wyatt also shares one of his many moving poems, opening a conversation about presence, spiritual practice, and choosing quality of life over fear... in facing a medical crisis.  If you’re searching for examples of Astrology in practice, and stories of spiritual resilience, ... this one stays with you.  Subscribe, share with a friend who loves astrology and personal growth. To connect with Alexander for info and appointments visit his website: www.astrologyspirit.com