“Men are so quick to blame the gods: they say
that we devise their misery. But they
themselves - in their depravity - design
grief greater than the griefs that fate assigns.”
―Zeus, Homer, The Odyssey
AND JOYS! We also design greater joys!
Welcome to the In Our Stars Newsletter and Future Podcast (Winter 2026)
⭐I am Kathryn Madsen. I write about film, television, fiction, and the lessons that learning about the astrological archetypes — and the stories that reveal them — can teach us.
Un-Horoscope, Archetypal Astrology is not about math based on birthdays unless it’s the birthdays of characters. I do not believe our birthdays reveal or determine our identity, or that they predict or determine our lives.
I think astronomy and mathematics give astrology structure as an artform, not scientific validity or reliability. TRUTH is different from facts.
Human truth is found in art and astrology is an art.
I see astrology as an ancient set of personality types that are way more descriptive and useful than most personality types in modern personality tests. You can chose your sign or have it revealed from a personality test, for instance.
BUT Perhaps your birthday sign fit you perfectly! Keep it.
I am not here to destroy that. You be you!
⭐life is change⭐
As SubStack is changing from a writing-centric to a media-centric platform, I have decided to move my long-form writing to The AstrologyReel.com. This process will be completed this summer. (2026)
The In Our Stars newsletter will remain here and I plan to add a podcast in the winter. Subscribe and stay tuned!
MY BACKGROUND
I have an education and background in theater, the behavioral sciences, and art.
I got my BFA by blending majors in the arts and behavioral science. I studied philosophy in grad school. I went to the Performing Arts Foundation in NY and was an actor/director for 15 years before I taught visual art, theater, English and social studies.
I grew up with a writer/astrologer mother. I read all the books in her library and tagged along on all the classes she took, including classes with Anne Hale, a direct student of metaphysics guru Alice Bailey.
You can just skip to the home page and posts about characters and stories OR if you want to better understand what I am trying to do here and what I know about astrology, start with these articles ⬇️.
🟣Archetypes, Tropes, and Stereotypes.
🟣Calendar Shenanigans: The alignment of sun, constellations, and earth has shifted. The sun signs aren’t where they were in ancient Rome. If you believe in mathematical astrology, are you the sign you thought you were? Maybe not. Which sign fits better?
Everything comes back to the stories we tell ourselves and each other, and the stories we tell our future selves.
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