Magic

A lot of people question astrology, and I get it. Especially when their chart is full of Capricorn or other practical earth signs, or when they inherited a more sceptical view from their parents. With Pluto in the 9th or 12th house, spirituality can feel even harder to trust. The idea that a chart could actually mean something often seems difficult to accept.

I usually say: just look at what is already happening around us. Look up into the sky: we are so small, and we have no idea what else is out there. Certain plants open perception so deeply that people relive their own birth or catch glimpses of what lies ahead. People who were clinically dead for minutes come back with new abilities. Some autistic children seem to communicate telepathically. Animals leave the coast before a tsunami arrives, already sensing what is coming. There is the telepathic recognition that can happen when you meet a soulmate. The moon moves the sea. Plants respond to sound. So many illnesses and bodily responses still can't be fully explained by science (although I love science).

These aren't metaphors. They're real.

Once you see how much unexplained intelligence is already moving through life, the idea that a birth chart carries information feels a lot less strange.

I experienced this myself. In the middle of a burnout, after my second child was born, I didn't sleep for two weeks. I wasn't fully on earth anymore; I was moving through other layers. Information just arrived. In the supermarket I could feel the person next to me so strongly that I almost became her. I picked up all her information, and my body felt so ill that I thought she must have been very sick. I couldn't protect myself. I felt the other person so completely that I could no longer feel myself. Random messages came through too, like "his mother is depressed". That is when I truly understood: everything is energy, and we are all connected.

I also believe in karma and manifestation. That knowing brought me here. I experience life as a magical place where time can soften, and at the same time as simply being Charlotte, living with my husband and children in Bali and enjoying this life. Magic happens. It is up to you to believe in it.