Desire, Time, and The Good Trouble

What if desire isn't something you feel but something that happens to you? Something bigger than a preference, older than a craving, that doesn't ask permission before it starts rearranging your life? In Episode 2 of This Erotic Timeline, we move through the astrology of the week (April 27 to May 3, 2025) including a grand air trine that lets collective freedom actually be felt, a potent Scorpio Full Moon, and Mercury entering Taurus, wherein the universe asks you to channel the wisdom of your inner three-year-old. Then we descend into desire. We get into Lacan and Freud's theory of desire-as-lack and why it's basically the philosophical backbone of capitalist consumerism. We talk about the difference between preference and desire and why desire might be less about what you want and more about an ecological force calling you toward the good trouble. We explore how the colonial gender binary weaponized desire to make us legible and controllable. And we visit the 5th house, Audre Lorde, and Toni Cade Bambara to ask: what if following desire is actually your political responsibility? This is just the opening of a much longer conversation. 0:00 — Opening: What If Desire Happens to You? 1:10 — Welcome & Grounding 2:45 — Astrology of the Week Ahead (April 27–May 3) 3:10 — Monday April 27: Ritual vs. Routine & The Sun Trine South Node 6:00 — Tuesday April 28: Grand Air Trine & Feeling Collective Freedom 8:00 — Wednesday April 29: Venus Squares the Nodes — The Tension That Builds 10:15 — Thursday & Friday: Scorpio Full Moon + Mercury Conjunct Chiron 13:00 — Saturday & Sunday: Mercury Enters Taurus 15:30 — The Descent Begins: What Did You Do With That Wanting? 17:30 — Desire Misunderstood: Lacan, Freud & Capitalist Lack 21:30 — Preference vs. Desire: The Ecological Force (ft. Deleuze & Guattari) 25:00 — Desire & Identity: The Colonial Gender Binary 29:30 — The 5th House, The Ego as a Little Boat & Ripping the Sweater Off 33:30 — Values, Play & Your Questions for the Week Theme music by the brilliant Charmie Chandler https://www.instagram.com/charmie_chandler/ Sweet Talkin' Guy (referenced in this episode): https://www.nowness.com/series/nowness-shorts/sweet-talkin-guy-miss-dylan-spencer-wardwell References & Citations: Sobonfu Somé — The Spirit of Intimacy Jacques Lacan — theory of desire as lack Sigmund Freud — foundational psychoanalytic theory of desire Gilles Deleuze & Félix Guattari — desire as ecological and productive force Alok Vaid-Menon — Beyond the Gender Binary Brooklyn Leo — The Colonial/Modern [Cis]Gender System and Trans World Traveling Audre Lorde — Uses of the Erotic Toni Cade Bambara — on culture workers and irresistible revolution Get in touch, request topics, or just come say hi: [email protected] Book an astrological or coaching session: amaliathecoach.com Join me for an intimate group space on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of every month: htthttps://www.amaliathecoach.com/groupwork