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Astrology and Me: How I began shopping using astrology

Posted by Meredith McBride in Aquarius, Capricorn, How to use Astroloshop, Taurus, about, astrology on July 15, 2009 | no responses


I remember the first time astrology made sense to me.  It was in 2001 in Paris, where I studied for four years, and I asked a guy I’d only known for about 5 minutes if he was a Libra.  Actually it was better than that, I asked him if he was born on October 21st.  ”Qui t’as dit?” or “Who told you?” was his response.  And I told him that he reminded me of a friend of mine.  It was the kind of reminding that comes from the gut.  He didn’t look at all like my other friend but if I closed my eyes it felt like I was with my friend.  So I guessed his exact birthday and I was right.

Okay, so astrology doesn’t really work like that but I told you, it was the first time it made sense to me.  From that point on, I began asking everyone their birthday.  Cab drivers, bartenders, sales people.  It was on!  And I quickly had my nose in all the major astrology books.
Shortly after, I started to use astrology to help me shop for other people.  I was meeting my boyfriend’s (at the time) mother in Vienna for the first time and all I knew was she was an Aquarius who liked to cook.  Since I had the inside scoop that she was the queen of her kitchen, I decided it would be nice to give her a serving dish.  I thought about Aquarians and how creative they are.  I decided on a very artsy, handmade ceramic serving dish with swirls of pretty aquas and greens.  When she opened it, she had a look I’ll never forget.  She was so happy!
So I continued to use astrology to pick gifts.  Flowers for my Taurean father’s garden, history books and travel journals for my Capricorn brother, adorable flowy dresses and tops for my Aquarian sister, and activity-based gifts for my Sagittarian mom.  I was a hit on Christmas! And it felt amazing.
I began to think about astrology-based shopping all the time, particularly when it came to fashion.  I could act like a personal shopper to my friends when we went out together and would often get caught giving astrology readings and style tips to strangers after a few glasses of Burgandy.
I called my senior thesis “Fate’s Apology” or rather “The defense of astrology” using Plato’s ancient usage of the word “apology” as “defense of”.  And that’s how I still feel today, a daily defender of astrology.  Not the kind of astrology that you read about in the back of a magazine. The true-to-life interpretive science that has helped me guide friends in finding their true passions, their true purpose, and their true cocktail dress :)
More to come… in the meantime, enjoy astroloshopping!
Xx,
Meredith*
(P.S. That’s me in the picture with my favorite french treat: espresso and a croissant aux amandes)

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