Podcast Recommendations for Your Horoscope

Want to try a new podcast but don’t know where to start? You could always turn to the stars for guidance. We’ve assembled podcast recommendations based on the traits of your sign. Not into what’s suggest for your sun sign? Be sure to check your moon sign for a second recommendation.

Aries: Caliphate

Aries traits: headstrong, virtuous, caring
Aries dates: March 21 – April 19

Aries, you’re likely to jump into conflict with action–but also with care. Caliphate is an emotionally gripping story about a New York Times journalist having deep, empathetic conversations with people radicalized to join ISIS. The journalist’s personal experiences are at the forefront, satiating your need for a human connection with the host, and the conversations about right and wrong will challenge–and then solidify–where you stand on some ethical debates.

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Taurus: Hometown

Taurus traits: focused, patient, persistent
Taurus dates: April 20 – May 20

Taurus, you love a good, simple, earnest story about what makes people feel comfortable and safe. Hometown is a fiction anthology series told as vignettes from people describing their hometown. Each episode is a new story and a new perspective, so the tone does vary, but it always stays sweet and sincere. There’s a sense of low stakes–not no stakes, but instead, a shirking of big drama–that helps each narrative feel comforting and warm.

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Gemini: Adventures in New America

Gemini traits: charismatic, witty, analytical
Gemini dates: May 21 – June 20

Gemini, your knack for hijinks paired with your love of fast-paced intellectual analysis makes Adventures in New America perfect for you. This Afrofuturist fiction series from Night Vale Presents is hilarious and bizarre, but underneath its pulpy genre veneer is a deluge of rapidfire social commentary. The story takes so many twists and turns, you’ll find yourself outpaced, and so excited about it.

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Cancer: The Far Meridian

Cancer traits: emotional, imaginative, cautious
Cancer dates: June 21 – July 22

Cancer, your love of whimsy might sometimes clash with your introversion, making big adventures simultaneously enticing and difficult for you. The same is true for The Far Meridian‘s protagonist, Peri. When shy Peri finds her home, a lighthouse, transporting her to a new location every day, she has to learn to balance her fears with the adventure she’s been put on.

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Leo: Aria Code

Leo traits: brash, bold, confident
Leo dates: July 23 – August 22

Leo, if you’re not familiar with arias, you should be: they’re parts of operas written specifically to show off the talents of the performer, usually including wildly difficult techniques. Aria Code talks about what makes certain arias important, but it also goes into how and why they were written and performed, scratching your itch for great storytelling.

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Virgo: Song Exploder

Virgo traits: orderly, modest, practical
Virgo dates: August 23 – September 22

Virgo, your keen sense for detail is a great match for Song Exploder, which takes apart how songs are made piece by piece. If you feel like you love a song but can’t voice why, Song Exploder will help explain the nuances in songwriting and production that make songs work. You’ll love the clean editing, the songwriters’ attention to detail, and how well everything comes together as the episodes close.

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Libra: Dear Prudence

Libra traits: diplomatic, sociable, protective
Libra dates: September 23 – October 22

Libra, you love keeping the peace, tending to your loved ones, and making sure everyone is heard and treated fairly. But let’s be real here: you also love the goss. Long-running advice podcast Dear Prudence is beloved for good reason. It’s a killer advice podcast delivered with a huge dose of empathy and heart, but it doesn’t shy away from questions that are wild.

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Scorpio: Arden

Scorpio traits: mysterious, magnetic, passionate
Scorpio dates: October 23 – November 21

Scorpio, what could be better than a baffling unsolved mystery? The enemies-to-lovers trope. Arden is a modern retelling of Shakespeare classics, but it’s also a satire of the true crime genre–while still working as a killer fictional mystery. The two protagonists of Arden are Brenda and Bea, two diametrically opposed women with wildly different approaches to telling the core story.

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Sagittarius: Ostium

Sagittarius traits: adventurous, honest, optimistic
Sagittarius dates: November 22 – December 21

Sagittarius, your love of travel and the unknown might have you craving more strange portal fantasy like Myst. Ostium is the perfect next step in podcast form. Ostium is a mysterious, ambiance-heavy fiction podcast about finding a strange town with doors and doors and doors. When the protagonist opens those doors, everything just becomes stranger, and the stakes get higher.

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Capricorn: In the Dark

Capricorn traits: ambitious, disciplined, reserved
Capricorn dates: December 22 – January 19

Capricorn, you have a strong sense for right and wrong–not just ethically, but also in procedure. American Public Media’s In the Dark doesn’t just analyze strange true crime cases. It also analyzes why they were handled so poorly by the criminal justice system, and then it does something about it. Your need for systems to be taken seriously will be as satiated as the need to take action when things are done incorrectly.

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Aquarius: Palimpsest

Aquarius traits: friendly, artistic, independent
Aquarius dates: January 20 – February 18

Aquarius, your love of strange, artistic stories will help you fall in love with Palimpsest. Palimpsest is a fiction podcast that takes on a different story and tone each season. The first season is a slow-burn Shirley Jackson style ghost story; the second season follows a woman working for a carnival, dealing with the whims of the fae; and the third season follows a woman through war-torn London. Each season will draw you in with its beautiful prose and keep you hooked by encouraging theories about the plots.

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Pisces: This Is Love

Pisces traits: sensitive, intuitive, jovial
Pisces dates: February 19 – March 20

Pisces, it’s okay to admit that you can be a little bit of a sap sometimes. This Is Love has some sappy stories, absolutely, but it also has plenty of that gut-wrenching heartache you also love. You’ll hear intimate stories of people without having to dive too deep into their lives as a whole, giving you some necessary distance to help parse the big emotional payoff in each episode.

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