This was the first time I'd been to an astrologer. I'm not sure I believe that our birth and the arrangement of celestial bodies have a strong impact on our lives (or that they give us clues to how we charted our course in this life), but I do believe some people truly have a gift of spiritual insight. Where it comes from, I don't know.
I've met with "psychics" before, and though astrology is different, I put them together in the same vein of services. I've been to self-proclaimed psychics and watched as they used cold reading techniques to completely misinterpret my personality and past. Because astrologists could use similar techniques I try to refrain from providing too much information to questions and try not to confirm or deny certain information unless questioned directly.
However, Dianne seemed to really understand my personality complexities incredibly well! I'm usually described as standoffish to people who initially meet me because I am quiet, shy, and can have a severe resting expression. However, when I interact one-on-one, I am open, bubbly, and excitable. This is how most people see me, and she identified that right away, despite the fact that I was quiet, folded my hands neatly, and sat straight. But she also went further and identified my private side, my quirkiness and uniqueness that I feel isn't understood fully by others, my need to not only be accepted in general, but for this side of me to be understood and accepted, and my intense consciousness of other people's private pains and wounds. I know this still may sound very general for a reading, and you might think, well, everyone feels a little misunderstood and private, but I feel it was important that these were the things that she talked about. These are the issues that, yes, most people experience to some extent, but I feel most defines me and troubles me. Especially when she talked about my quirkiness (her word! I perfectly identify with that word!) and how I define it as a big part of who I am, I was pretty impressed. She also identified past trauma, correctly said who caused it (not a name, but identified their relation to me), and described my mother's personality and my relationship with her very well. I'd say a lot more accurate than any glorified guessing!
She also wasn't afraid to tell me things that I wasn't excited to hear about. For instance, she suggested that because I need to feel completely accepted in love, and how I was unlikely to say settle or convince myself someone was good enough if I didn't feel it was true, I was likely to marry later in life. Not what I want to hear! However, she did correctly identify my obstacle to marriage was specifically my perfectionism/self-critical nature (also, my karmic lesson to overcome in this life). And what impressed me was that self-criticism is not just an issue I struggle with, but THE issue I find myself most plagued by and has caused me the most pain (as opposed to other possible-young-female vices like distrust, jealousy, overspending, co-dependency, etc.). The fact that she so perfectly identified my major life issue and said it without hesitation was incredible!
We also went over what kind of career would suit me best which was incredibly helpful. At the time, I was struggling in my education on what kind of focus to concentrate my studies on. I had chosen a particular focus that I wasn't completely confident about but thought it might make the most sense for my shyness and attention to detail. However, she said that I could choose that course, however, something more humanitarian and collaborative would be fulfilling and a something I would eventually be drawn to. That really helped me, because the other alternative I was considering was exactly that type of course. Still not sure where exactly I'll end up, but it helped me make a different decision and feel confident about my new course of study!
The natal birth chart discussion, going over who you are, what your life has been, where it's going generally, etc. is by far the most interesting part to me. The second part of the initial reading concerns the year ahead. The discussion about the year ahead is less exciting because the descriptions are more general and you don't have anything to apply the advice to yet. However, I think the "year ahead" portion is still informative and may prove to be very useful. Their general specificity included things like "from September to October, because of [insert celestial influence], you'll be adjusting your thinking. This will be a good time to let and make a change." That might seem very general and uninformative now, but come that time, I might now what event to apply that to and can feel confident to actually change (where I otherwise might stress over whether to change or not). I will just have to wait and see how this year pans out to see if her knowledge of the influences and subsequent advice is helpful or not! read more
