BEHIND THE CODE

I grew up in an esoteric family where tarot, psychic abilities, witchcraft, intuition, and other spiritual beliefs were openly practiced and discussed. My mother experienced several supernatural events while she was pregnant with me, and as a child, I grew up hearing her stories about that pregnancy and my birth. Because of that, I never needed to be convinced that there was more to life than what we could physically see. That belief was woven into my understanding of the world from the beginning.

Although my family explored many spiritual traditions, astrology was never the main focus. Even so, it found its way into my life early. One of my first memories after learning to read was looking for my horoscope in the Sunday newspaper. I had no idea then that astrology went far beyond a Sun sign or a short prediction, but the curiosity was already there.

Around 2007, I discovered Astrology.com. There was no crisis pushing me toward astrology at the time. I believe the interest had always been inside me, waiting for someone to show me the door.

Astrology.com became that first doorway. I began reading reports about my placements and discovering that astrology could speak to my emotions, relationships, strengths, challenges, and potential. Once I realized how much there was to uncover, there was no looking back.

The next major turning point came around 2012 and 2013. My life had started over after a catastrophic event that changed virtually everything. The life I had known was gone, and I was trying to understand who I was inside a completely different reality.

It was during that period that I began studying astrology much more deeply. Astrology.com had introduced me to my placements, but it had not shown me how the entire birth chart worked. I began learning about the house system and discovered that a chart was not simply a collection of separate personality descriptions.

It was a complete system.

That’s when I found Astrolada on YouTube. That discovery opened another door and reignited my love for the stars. I consumed nearly every video I could find about my placements. I wanted to understand every planet, sign, house, and pattern that might help explain who I was and what I had experienced.

Learning that I was a Virgo rising was one of my first major revelations. The interpretation described me so accurately that I could not dismiss it.

Then I began understanding my Pisces Moon. Throughout my life, I had been told that I was too sensitive, that I read too deeply into things, and that I needed to develop thicker skin. Astrology gave me another way to see myself. My sensitivity was not simply a weakness. It was part of how deeply I experienced emotions, relationships, people, and the world around me.

My Pisces Moon also helped me understand my intuition and my ability to sense what others may not notice. Pisces is associated with compassion, emotional sensitivity, and receptivity to the unseen. With my Moon in the seventh house, that intuition often becomes strongest through direct connection with another living being. I do not simply observe what someone is showing me. I often sense what they are feeling, what they need, and what may be happening beneath the surface.

This became especially clear during my more than fourteen years as a dog groomer. Clients often called me the “dog whisperer” and told me I was the best groomer their dog had ever had. I could connect with even the most anxious dogs and understand what they were communicating without words.

I learned to read their energy, breathing, body language, tension, and subtle changes in behavior. I could sense when to slow down, when to reassure them, and when they were beginning to trust me. Dogs who arrived frightened or resistant would often finish the groom relaxed, affectionate, and enjoying the attention they had initially feared.

That connection taught me that communication is not limited to words. Animals respond to presence, patience, intention, and emotional truth. Through them, I experienced another form of connection to the divine.

That same sensitivity is woven into the way I approach astrology. Reading a chart is not only about knowing what each placement means. It is about understanding how the placements work together, recognizing the emotional patterns beneath them, and connecting the symbols in the chart to the human being behind them.

My Pisces Moon in the seventh house also helped me recognize why relationships affected me so profoundly and why I sometimes lost myself inside them. My Venus in Scorpio explained why casual or superficial relationships had never interested me. A connection needed to feel deep, honest, and meaningful, or I had very little interest in it.

Saturn in my eleventh house helped me understand why maintaining genuine friendships had often been difficult. It showed me that friendship, belonging, and community were areas where I would experience important lessons.

Venus in my second house gave me something I desperately needed, hope. The second house speaks to money, security, self-worth, and the gifts we are capable of turning into something valuable. Venus there suggested that my future did not have to be defined by struggle.

I began to wonder whether the things I naturally loved, the knowledge I had spent years gathering, and the way I helped people understand themselves could become more than a personal passion. Maybe astrology was not only something that had guided me through my own life. Maybe it was also one of the gifts I was meant to share.

That realization touched something much deeper than money. It gave me permission to imagine a life where I could support myself through meaningful work, help other people feel seen, and create value from something that had already changed me so profoundly.

Astrology did not make me feel broken. It helped me feel seen. It described my extremely complex and sometimes contradictory nature with an accuracy I could not ignore. That is why astrology is the one spiritual belief I have truly never wavered on.

As my understanding grew, I naturally wanted to teach the people around me what I was learning. I became the person who was always offering to pull someone’s birth chart and give them a basic look at their placements.

I loved watching the moment when something clicked and they recognized themselves in what the chart revealed. I was never trying to convince anyone what they should believe. I simply wanted to show them that astrology went far beyond a Sun sign and give them enough insight to become curious about learning more.

Long before I imagined creating Coded by the Stars, I was already doing the heart of the work. I was helping people see themselves more clearly.

Eventually, I reached a point when I knew the next chapter of my life needed to become something different. I explored several possible directions, but none of them fully reflected what I wanted to contribute. I did not want to create simply for attention or build another business around work that no longer felt aligned with who I was becoming.

No matter which direction I considered, I kept being led back to astrology, personal development, spiritual growth, and the patterns that shape our lives.

For a long time, I questioned whether I was capable of stepping into that work. I doubted whether I knew enough, whether people would listen, and whether I was ready to be seen. But the feeling that I was being called to share what I had learned continued to return.

Then that calling became impossible for me to dismiss.

This was real.

I understood that the wisdom I had gathered through my experiences was not meant to remain private. I did not feel called because I believed I was more important than anyone else. I felt entrusted with a responsibility to use my voice, share what I had learned, and help others find meaning within their own experiences.

Over time, astrology became more than something I enjoyed studying. It became a compass.

It helped me recognize how often I had lost myself in relationships. It helped me understand why I needed emotional depth and why certain experiences affected me so intensely. Most importantly, it helped me stop criticizing myself, especially as a Virgo rising, as we tend to do.

Astrology helped me understand that I was not doomed. Rather I had lessons to learn, patterns to recognize, and energies to transform.

That realization also revealed what I felt was missing from many traditional astrology interpretations. Astrology can identify the wound, the fear, the pattern, or the challenge, but too often, the interpretation ends there.

Where is the remedy? Where is the guidance that helps someone work with a placement rather than fear it?

Awareness is important, but awareness alone does not create transformation. You can know that a choice is not right for you and still want to make it. You can understand exactly why you repeat a pattern and still find yourself repeating it. The familiar choice can feel easier, even when you already know where it will lead.

Recognizing a pattern is not the same as transforming it.

That realization became the foundation of Loop Decoding™.

I did not only want to understand what difficult placements meant. I wanted to know how to work with them, develop their higher potential, and navigate changing energies and transits without fear. I wanted astrology to become more than a description of who we are. I wanted it to become a tool for transformation.

That desire eventually became Coded by the Stars.

I believe we are living in a time when many people feel lost. They are moving through life without fully understanding who they are, what they need, what they are here to learn, or where their energy should be directed.

I believe astrology can help provide that direction. It can reveal our gifts, emotional needs, relationship patterns, challenges, lessons, and possibilities. It can help us stop judging ourselves long enough to finally understand ourselves.

My purpose is not to tell people that their lives are predetermined by their charts. It is not to make them afraid of difficult placements or anxious about every transit. My purpose is to help them understand that there is a way forward.

Dark periods do not have to last forever. Difficult placements do not have to become life sentences. Repeating patterns can be understood, decoded, and transformed.

When we begin aligning with who we truly are, understanding what our experiences are trying to teach us, and learning how to work with our own energy, life can begin opening doors we once only dreamed were possible.

Your chart is not here to imprison you. It is here to help you understand yourself, find your direction, and create a different path.