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Uranus-Pluto & The Girl Group Explosion: A Playlist

Posted by Laurence Jones on March 25, 2015March 25, 2015

As you may know, this past Sunday I presented at the Queer Astrology Conference on Girl Group archetypes during the before and culminating with Uranus/Pluto Conjunction in Virgo years culminating in 1965-66.

In the afterglow of that, and waiting for the audio recording of that talk to surface in the next month, I’ve culled the songs that I played, and some others that didn’t get a chance to light up the room in tribute this past Sunday.

Enjoy!

Uranus-Pluto & The Girl Group Explosion: A Playlist

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