I didn’t really think I’d be able to find my life purpose through astrology when I first came across it. And I’ll be honest, I haven’t fully realized it yet.

But, I’ll be explaining to you why I think my time will come and what I’m going to do about it.

To give you some background, I’ve been trying to leave the job that I hate for the last five years through both entrepreneurship and new employment to no avail.

So, what gives? What the hell? LOL

I’m going to tell you more about it right now.

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A Tarot-Fueled Intro to Astrology

I want to go back four and half years to that “two-week” lockdown in March 2020.

My cousins from New York City stayed with us for about six months in semi-rural Maryland. And to be honest, it was one of the best times of our lives because of the weekly charcuterie boards and King of the Hill (and Tiger King) marathons.

I know we were fortunate.

During this time, my cousin Lily re-introduced me to tarot through pick-a-card tarot videos by Star Girl the Practical Witch, now called Anita Serene. Star Girl incorporated astrology into her readings and Lily explained all the zodiac signs to me as we watched her videos together.

I was also trying to start a business with a travel cosmetics bag to leave my job and Star Girl’s videos kept my motivation up. She would tell me that something would go wrong, but that I should push through because success was coming and that kept me going.

And I know what you’re thinking: “Of course, she’s gonna tell you that.”

I knew that too! It’s not like I’m not self-aware. But, one thing about me was that I gave up easily and her videos kept me going. When it did end and I closed shop at the end of 2021, I wasn’t sad. I actually was proud of myself! And I do attribute that to Star Girl’s videos throughout that time.

Seeing something through to the end felt like my biggest accomplishment to date, even if it ended in “failure.”

From one Scorpio to another

After that chapter in my life closed, I decided to just look for another job. But, this is when all those tech layoffs in 2023 started and there were just too many people with direct experience in need of work. Not-so-funny enough, I kept losing the role to internal hires, so I wasn’t even competing with those who were freshly laid off.

I kept applying and networking, but you get tired… which leads to doom scrolling.

Eventually, I came across Evan Nathaniel Grim, a digital marketing analyst turned professional astrologer and psychic after getting a concussion at a nightclub, via Instagram reels. I found his straightforward delivery of what to expect during the upcoming transits, how each zodiac sign is impacted, and what you can do during that time to be very educational and informative.

Lily actually finds him to be kind of scary lol. Maybe because we’re both Scorpios, I find his intensity and bluntness to be very comforting.

One thing that stood out to me about Evan is how comfortable he is gassing himself up. He always called himself one of the top 10 astrologers in the world even when his business was only two years old at the time. And it’s not because he’s some kind of charlatan. Over time, I did see certain predictions he made weeks or months ago come true.

But, his confidence and conviction really stood out to me because that’s something I’m not comfortable doing myself. And I wish I were.

After months of engaging with his content, I had my first birth chart reading with Evan on October 16, 2023.

He always touted his birth chart readings to be the last birth chart reading you’ll ever need. So, tell me why one of the first things he said to me was that this is not going be my last birth chart reading? LOL — btw it’s because my Mercury and Pluto are conjunct in Scorpio, so I have an insatiable thirst for knowledge and information.

Anyway, I told him that I’ve been looking for a new job and hadn’t had much luck. Maybe he could give me some ideas as to what type of work I’d be good at and enjoy. And he gave me a lot of great ideas! Some things I would have been too scared to think I could even do, but if the stars told me I could, then why not? Because nothing else had worked so far.

Of course, the birth chart reading wasn’t all about my job hunt. It was about ✨me✨ after all. I will say that Evan told me something about a specific time in my life that was so specific — I was like, “Damn, this shit real.”

Another very helpful thing Evan did for me was time this “big wave” that was coming into my life.

You see, a few weeks prior, I had a spirit guide channeling with Heather Scavetta from School of Miracles where my spirit counsel told me that a “big wave” was coming and that I need to be ready for it by building my confidence and standing up for myself.

But, spirit guides don’t tell you when something will happen because “soon” is relative. Well, Evan said it was mid-March of 2025 lol.

A bit longer than I would have liked and it didn’t mean that I wouldn’t find a new job by then — just that any job I could find would be just a placeholder, which was fine by me. I simply wanted out!

After my session, I felt pretty invigorated and motivated to zhuzh up my resume and continue my job hunt toward something that would help me catch that “big wave.”

Nailing Down My Life Purpose through Astrology

Eight months later… still no job. I did, however, start a home bakery in Maryland selling chunky NY cookies to my friends, which also led me to start writing for The Diane Collective!

Funny enough, Evan did predict this, not in my session, but in his 2024 yearly horoscopes. He said I would start a new, unexpected income stream with the encouragement of a friend or mentor, which I did!!!

So, despite not landing a new job, I was vibing, which was a great start to starting over in my 30s.

But then, I felt this sudden urge to book another session with Evan.

This was around March 2024. It really came out of nowhere. My original intention was to get a transit reading in early 2025 to get more info on my year of the “big wave.”

Nevertheless, I followed my intuition and booked a more in-depth follow-up with Evan on June 21, 2024.

One thing I forgot to mention was that for my first reading, I didn’t talk much because I wanted to receive messages rather than steer them. So, Evan would say things, like “this could have happened, or that could have been the case” and because I didn’t interject, I developed some questions as to why it was this instead of that.

I told him that this time around I would talk and talk I did lol. But, this is essentially what he told me:

Each segment of a birth chart can mean multiple possible outcomes and together there are x number of combinations of life events that could have happened. And because we have free will, our life veers one way or another.

If there are ten Dianes, then there are three Dianes who would have lived relatively similar lives; the next three would have different lives to the first three but similar lives to each other; and the same with the next three Dianes.

As for the final, lonesome Diane, her life would have just been so radically and randomly different from the rest. Maybe she’s me – idk.

Anyway, I asked Evan about my past lives because your natal birth chart can reveal that and I’ve been feeling stuck in life, so I thought this would give me some clues as to why that may be. This steered our conversation to my relationship with a father figure who wants me to live my life a certain way.

Evan bluntly told me that as long as I work for someone else, I am under the thumb of this father figure and my karma is about rebelling against them. He said that I have the chart and ability to run my own business and be my own boss.

And of course, I would love that. But, why can’t I do both? Why am I being blocked from having a more fulfilling, well-paying job and running my own business?

My only answer is that there is no reward without risk. For me, quitting this job for my home bakery or this blog would be a lot for me and my desire for safety and stability through money.

But, maybe that’s my purpose: to show people that you can do it too.

Why me?

Our higher selves actually choose our birth charts. So, I chose this. I just don’t remember why.

I’m at a point in my life where I don’t take anything too seriously anymore and I’ve radically accepted that I’m starting over in my 30s after “failing” so much in my younger years.

Reflecting on my second session with Evan, I thought about what it is people like about me. Lately, people have told me that they love how I have so many hobbies and work very diligently to get better at all of them, which if you don’t know, I do three martial arts, sew my own clothes, bake desserts, practice astrology, read up on tarot, and write for this blog.

And maybe it just starts there. Showing people that you can find joy in your hobbies could very well not be my life purpose. But, it’s a start.

My Concluding Thoughts on Finding Your Life Purpose Through Astrology

Listen, you don’t have to book two astrology readings (and a spirit guide channeling or a past life regression) to find your life purpose. As much as Evan touted that I’m supposed to be some type of healer in this world by going off on my own, it’s still up to me to figure out how I want to do that.

This story is still writing itself.

But, I’m starting somewhere. And I hope you stick around to see how this story develops.