Or why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez felt compelled to share her birth chart.

Appeared in: Volume 15, Number 1 | Published on: June 7, 2019

Tara Isabella Burton is the author of the forthcoming book Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World (Public Affairs, 2020). Her debut novel, Social Creature, was published by Doubleday in 2018. Formerly the staff religion reporter for Vox, she has also written for The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Telegraph, Aeon, and more.