Astro Phil is porch-sitting and talking all things AstroCartography: how he got into it, how his practice developed, and some of the things he's learned along the way. He shares a few client stories, reflects on the rise of AstroCartography's popularity, and talks about what it means to treat place like something you can shop for.

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In this episode of Astrocast, Astro Phil shares his findings on the Black Moon. Lilith is not evil or amoral, but rather a deviant in truth, someone hardwired to honor their own internal code and destined to live on the fringe and maintain the edges of the human experience. Phil traces the Lilith archetype through its youthful obsession with extremes (poison, fire, blades, theft) to its mature expression in metalwork, sweat ceremonies, body art, DMT and the therapeutic testing of limits. He then surveys seven cultural manifestations of the Lilithian sacred clown: the European court jester and Hopi Mudheads to the Japanese Tengu, Dogon Yurugu, Aztec Tlazōlteōtl, Shakespearean fool, and Pueblo Koshare.

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From the front porch on a drizzly day, Phil pushes back against the popular astrological notion that the South Node is a past life to jettison and the North Node is a future to pursue. Through plumbing metaphors, clogged chimneys, and the myth of King Erysichthon, he reframes the lunar nodes as a paired system that only works in balance. He critiques the North Node’s capitalist undercurrents, questions the spiritual pressure to constantly “evolve” away from our roots, and invites listeners to consider the quiet power of receptivity, the South Node’s grace, and the wisdom of the middle ground.