https://astromagia-org.zoom.us/j/87341970006
Joey Cannizzaro
Chrono/Krater: Ritual Distributions, Vessels of Time, and the Time Lord as Symposiarch
What if Time Lords (“Chronocrators”) in ancient predictive astrology aren’t demagogues or kings, but symposiarchs mixing each of our fates according to their own unique natures, motives, and passions? Through semantic slippage and dream logic, this talk somehow arrives at a compelling historical root for this idea, reconsidering astrological time through the lens of the krater (or ancient Greek wine-mixing vessel) and extending this into a framework for divination and interpretation.
Beyond its application in predictive and natal astrology, this framework might contribute something valuable to practitioners of astrological magic and ritual, and inform larger discussions about the nature and quality of time. Also, it’s fun to think of the planetary gods this way—as our divine bartenders and masters of ceremony rather than authoritarian lords—and perhaps it can help us practice meeting the events of life without an attitude of control and domination ourselves.
Across disciplines and forms of media, Joey Cannizzaro works with metaphysics to cultivate radically different ways of thinking and being. Joey’s astrology practice is oriented towards both nurturing personal liberation and provoking societal transformation, weaving together ancient techniques and cosmologies with threads of anarchism, mysticism, crip theory, and queerness. In addition to their consulting practice, Joey is faculty in the Hellenistic astrology program at Kepler College, and author of the blog Chronos & Chaos. Following an intensive three-year course of study with Demetra George, they were awarded a Certification in Hellenistic Astrology in 2022. They also have a bachelor's degree from The New School and an MFA from California Institute of the Arts.