Astrology with Travis Black: from Courtney Love to Austin Coppock

Travis Black the Bathhouse Mystic TALKTALKTALKS his gorgeously wild astrological education

Someone at the Northwest Astrology Conference (NORWAC) confused Travis Black for an Uber Eats delivery driver — and I don’t know why, but I love that. Maybe it’s because it tickles me that Travis is one of the greatest, longest practicing, astrologers I know, and most people have no clue. 

For those of you unfamiliar with the world of deep astro, NORWAC is a yearly astrology conference that acts as something of a rockstar gathering for what is a truly nerdy crowd. We’re talking about Astrologers with advanced degrees in topics like Philosophy and Medieval Studies and many, many, thoughts on how to do things—the right way. The kind of people who stay up late translating ancient Greek and Latin. 

Perhaps this is something of an exaggeration, but it is definitely not an exaggeration to say it can be an intimidating experience. (For the record, I’ve attended twice, and I plan to attend every ye…