20 - Chart & Chat: Sanjaya Malakar ("American Idol")
Astrology with Andy
Sanjaya Malakar (Virgo sun, Capricorn moon, Virgo rising) competed on the sixth season of "American Idol" and, at just seventeen years of age, became one of the most talked-about and controversial contestants in the show's history. Now a 33-year-old man, Sanjaya joins Andy for an in-depth analysis of his birth chart and a look at what is ahead. In this candid conversation, Sanjaya talks about his often-volatile early childhood, his experience as a teenage celebrity in the "American Idol" machine, life "post-Idol," the consequences of instant fame on his personal relationships, why he closed...
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19 - Chart & Chat: Arissa Hill (MTV's "The Real World: Las Vegas" & "The Challenge: All Stars")
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Arissa Hill (Taurus sun, Gemini moon, Capricorn rising) of MTV's The Real World: Las Vegas and various seasons of The Challenge (including season one of All Stars) joins Andy for a birth chart reading and interview. In this candid conversation, Arissa talks about her challenging upbringing that motivated her to make a life of her own at the age of 18, her experience filming The Real World: Las Vegas (including a disturbing discovery that almost paused production one month into filming), what it was like returning to "real life" after being on one of the most watched seasons of The Real World,...
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18 - Chart & Chat: Linnea Quigley
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Iconic scream queen — and model, singer, and author — Linnea Quigley (Gemini sun, Virgo moon, Aries ascendant) joins Andy for a birth chart reading and interview. A true multi-faceted Gemini, Linnea talks about her many careers and interests: acting, singing, animal rights, and even applying to be a Los Angeles police officer! Andy and Linnea also discuss her introverted and shy Virgo moon — and how she overcame its more challenging qualities to grace screens and stages around the world. Lastly, Andy reviews the astrological transits that have been at play in Linnea’s chart over the...
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17 - Chart & Chat: Eric Nies
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“The Real World: New York” alum and host of MTV’s “The Grind” Eric Nies (Gemini sun, Taurus moon, Leo ascendant) joins Andy for a birth chart reading and interview. Since gracing the television screens of tens of millions of people around the world in the 1990s, Eric has embarked on a decades-long spiritual journey that brought him face-to-face with his ego and inner demons — and provided an opportunity to heal himself through the powers of Ayahuasca and psychedelic mushrooms (and, in turn, become a shaman and assist others’ emotional and spiritual healing). In this “chart and...
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16 - Relationship Astrology (Part 1)
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This episode's "Big Topic" is synastry (the comparison of two people's charts to see how they affect one another). Andy breaks down three major components of synastry: planetary aspects, house overlays, and midpoints. What do they mean and what, exactly, do they tell you about a relationship? In the "Eye on the Stars" segment, Andy examines the synastry of two very good (and unlikely) friends: Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg. As odd as the pairing may seem, their charts clearly show why they have maintained a solid friendship for so long. In "Ask Andy," a listener wants to better understand what...
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15 - Chart & Chat: Vanessa Williams
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Actress, singer, producer, author, iconic showbiz legend, and — let’s not forget — Miss America 1984 Vanessa Williams (Pisces sun, Sagittarius moon, Cancer rising) joins Andy for a birth chart reading and interview. In this chart and chat episode, Vanessa talks about: the evolution of her trusting, empathic, and helpful Pisces energy over time, how her Sagittarius moon’s hopeful and positive outlook helped her during tough moments, the inner conflict between her emotional Pisces sun and fiercely independent Sagittarius moon, and her experience living with a natal Venus that is...
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14 - Chart & Chat: Blake Lewis
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Singer, songwriter, beatboxer, and producer Blake Lewis (Cancer sun, Pisces moon, Libra rising) made it to the final two on the sixth season of American Idol with his unique, modern, and innovative performances that breathed new life into the show. In this episode, he joins Andy for a birth chart reading and interview that covers his creative process, his experience on American Idol (and the residual mental health effects), working through the challenging parts of Cancer and Pisces energies, the realities of working with a major record label, and his perpetual growth as a pioneering musical...
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13 - Chart & Chat: Tammie Brown
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Drag superstar and "RuPaul's Drag Race" alum Tammie Brown (Virgo sun, Sagittarius moon, Aquarius rising) joins Andy for a lively and thought-provoking birth chart reading and interview. In it, Tammie talks about her childhood and adolescence, the artists who most influenced her, her start in drag, the kismet behind her vintage drag looks, her frustrations with cancel culture, her cautionary tale about student loans, her perspective and philosophies on life, how her twenty one-year drag career has evolved, what she hopes to accomplish in the future, and much more. Then, Andy analyzes Tammie’s...
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12 - Planetary Aspects (AKA: How Planets Talk to One Another)
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This episode's Big Topic explains a key component of astrological analysis: aspects. The degrees between planets make all the difference; are they collaborating or engaged in conflict? And, what does that mean for you and your birth chart? In the "Eye on the Stars" segment, Andy analyzes the birth chart of an iconic Leo -- Whitney Houston. In the "Ask Andy" segment, a listener wants to better understand a minor aspect known as a quincunx. Specifically, how can he work with this often frustrating aspect and integrate its lessons?
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11 - Chart & Chat: Debra Wilson (MAD TV)
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Debra Wilson (Aries sun, Virgo moon, Sagittarius rising) of MAD TV fame joins Andy for a birth chart reading and interview that covers it all: her childhood; the celebrities who inspired her career in showbusiness; the origins and evolution of her Bunifa Latifah Halifah Sharifa Jackson character on MAD TV; her iconic Oprah Winfrey and Whitney Houston impressions; working with Joan Rivers in the '90s; being a caretaker for scorpions, tarantulas, and snakes; her thriving career as a voice actor; the life-changing shifts Debra has navigated over the last decade -- and much more.
info_outlineRenowned dancer and choreographer — and former teen pop star — Aaron Renfree (Sagittarius sun, Sagittarius moon, Scorpio rising) joins Andy for an in-depth interview and birth chart reading. In this candid conversation, Aaron talks about being catapulted to fame with UK pop group S Club Juniors at the age of 13, growing up away from his parents, and having to restart his professional life at the age of 17 after the high-charting pop band came to an end. Aaron and Andy discuss the components of Aaron’s chart that, over the years, helped him achieve significant professional success in the world of dance and choreography (his credits include London’s West End, The Saturdays, Taylor Swift, and the UK’s X-Factor Tour). Aaron also speaks candidly about some of the personal struggles he has endured, the ups and downs he has navigated in show business, and how Instagram is not a true reflection of one’s reality. Lastly, Andy takes a look at Aaron's astrological year ahead, which includes a major, once-in-a-lifetime Pluto transit as well as both Saturn and Jupiter activating one of his chart’s sensitive angles.
(Recorded on: March 19, 2021)