Planets, Planets, Planets: The Clowns That Changed My Life
Meet the alt-comedy troupe that reshaped the way I think about astrology.
Hello Loves,
I’m going to tell you the story of how a group of clowns changed my life.
For the uninitiated, Planets, Planets, Planets is an alt-comedy clown troupe led by astrologer Blair Bogin, with a simple concept: to perform the chart of the moment.
Blair Bogin is a dedicated astrologer with a robust personal practice, and her work has become a fertile ground for a new kind of astrology. Among her students, Martha Fearnley and Camirin Farmer stand out—already seasoned performers, they've emerged as formidable astrologers in their own right. While you needn't be an astrologer to enjoy a Planets show, the astrological integrity of their work is never an afterthought; it is the heartbeat of every performance.
Perhaps Planets is better described as a modern-day Orphic rite or a “spectator astrodrama.” For context, Astrodrama is a therapeutic practice where participants act out personal natal placements to process trauma or family dynamics. With Planets, the troupe does the acting, and the audience is transformed in the process.
This, I’m certain, is why theater was created in the first place: as cathartic ritual. Feelings and emotions too big for one person are enacted on stage and collectively processed for a shared release.
The Personal Breakdown
Anyone with Aries or Libra placements will vividly recall the eclipse season of April 2024. That was when I saw Planets, Planets, Planets for the first time at the Philosophical Research Society (PRS), my face still splotchy from stress hives that looked like a sunburn.
I was a mess. Four months earlier, I had relocated from Detroit to LA. Ever since the move, I had been waking in the middle of the night with panic attacks—the kind that jolted me into consciousness, gasping for air as if I’d just been shot. I was doing “all the right things”—therapy, acupuncture, energy medicine, doctor visits, yet I remained weighed down by a volatile mix of depression and anxiety that I just couldn’t shake.
My new life in LA had begun as an attempt to escape an abusive relationship and a last-ditch effort to jumpstart a career that had hit constant dead ends in Detroit. The astrology reflected the chaos: my Sun, Midheaven (MC) and IC were all being eclipsed. If this were a client’s chart, I would have assured them that it was completely normal to feel like everything was crumbling—a necessary breakdown before the breakthrough.
But in my own life, I couldn’t get past the “everything feels terrible” part.
Enter the Clowns
Eight months prior to seeing Planets PRS, I had spent a week at an Astrodrama retreat in the South of France. Alongside Jason Holley and an intimate cohort of astrologers, we co-habited, co-dreamed, and processed our traumas by acting out our charts for eight intense days. It was a profoundly psychedelic experience, for which I was completely sober.
Suffice it to say, the concept of “acting out” the sky wasn’t new to me. Yet, I had no idea what to expect from a Planets performance. I’ll skip the play-by-play, because outside of the story I’m about to share, the only other detail that remains burned into my memory is Camirin Farmer’s portrayal of Saturn. Their monologue was so bone-chillingly convincing, I would have sworn they were channeling the Lord of Discipline himself.
The Moment of Catharsis
The night was April 18th, 2024—ten days after a Solar Eclipse at 19 degrees Aries, the exact point of my Midheaven. In astrological terms, the “roof” of my life was being blown off.
The performance ended with the Sun undergoing a literal ego death on stage. For the first time in months, I had a container for my own experience. I started to cry—the sort of guttural, nonstop tears that come after something inside you has died, and the water follows to wash away the corpse
It was a the turning point.
Looking back at that moment of catharsis, I can divide my life into a distinct before and after. It also marked a change in the way I see and practice astrology. Planets had captured the very thing I had been chasing with ritual for years: an embodied, creative, and deeply personal astrological practice.
Seeing Planets gave me permission to explore all the ways I could make astrology my own.
Five months after that fated night, I hosted the very first Los Angeles Astro Salon at PRS with Martha Fearnley as my guest. One year later, on April 25th, 2025, the Planets joined me to kick off the inaugural LA Astro Fest, the event that has come to define my work and the community I’ve found in this city.
LA ASTRO FEST 2026: THE CLOWNS RETURN
Planets, Planets, Planets are returning to kick off The 2nd Annual LA Astro Fest on Friday, June 26th!
This year’s festival is a three-day immersion into the magic of the sky, featuring world-class astrologers, storytellers, and the return of the clowns.
When: June 23rd, 26th-28th
Where: The Philosophical Research Society, The Pacific Opera Project
Early Bird Pricing until May 11th!
The Club Astro Experience
If you’re looking for a group of likeminded astro seekers, Club Astro is your place!
We meet twice each month to explore the sky in real time and make sense of what is unfolding in our lives and in the collective. This is your chance to ask me questions about your chart, share stories, and connect with a cohort of fellow astrologers.
Club Astro members also get exclusive perks:
Discounted astrological readings & mentorship
Secret invites
Discounted tickets to the Los Angeles Astro Salon and the LA Astro Fest.
Our next gathering is Thursday, May 7th, at 7pm EDT / 4pm PDT.