How I got into Astrology

January 03, 2019

How I got into Astrology

Today is my astrological and calendar birthday and

I want to dedicate this one to my dearest Goat-ladies.

Stand for offerings depicting three goats, from Larsa, bronze and gold 1986.

333 - The Number of the Goat

When I was born on the 3rd of January in Potsdam, Germany, the nurse required from my mother her personal information. My mom gave her own address, birthplace and birthdate, which was as well the 3rd of January. The nurse thought my mom was confused after the labor and repeated the same question "I am asking for your birthdate, not the one of your child!". It was surprise for them to find that on that early January morning, I came to share the same birthday with my mother.

Later that day my mother had send a telegram to her mother, in which she wrote: "For your birthday I give you a granddaughter.". Yes, my dear grandmother shares the same birthday with us. What are the odds for such triple birthday, one would wonder? 48 million to 1? We are three generations of women with almost equal 21 year age gap and all three were born on the 3rd of January. So by Sun sign we are all Capricorns in Decan 2, ruled by Mars. According to our Moon sign in Lunar birth-chart we have different Moons and of course the Moon is connected with the Mother, the umbilical cord and the place where our emotions connect, so we have only the Sun- symbolizing the Father to connect with in this life (if there is any other). Blessing or a curse or just one in few thousand oddity?

Writing in my room, on my birthday, with my monocles and dolls, age 4, Sofia, Bulgaria.

I grew up with tripple birthday party, which unwillingly I had to share with my beloved family members. It was never all about me, but also about these other two beautiful ladies. Every year there will be three generations of guests filling our tiny apartment with flowers and gifts. Each of us had their own room to decorate. Each had a special cake, which mom created. She was our master cake maker and improvisor what comes to decorations. My grandmother Jordanka usually had the Sacher chocolate one, the French Lemon Tart was mom's specialty or sometimes it was cake with caramel swirls, nutty shreds over layers of aromatic cream waves. My cake would usually taste of heavy vanilla, Smetana-cream, topped with fruits of all sorts. I liked exotic fruits, bananas and peaches.

No one is like You

The year was 1988 and the times were just before the Berlin Wall changed the way we lived. Those were the days Bulgaria was prosperous and my family was doing very well. We had more than enough and our birthday celebrations were rich and festive.

Our picture of three together was published in the main communist newspaper with frontal story about our dreams and hopes. Mine were to become author of future sci-fi roman. Still on my list. I remember being already enough of age to show my stubbornness and seek rebellion. I was not willing to pose, just because they asked me to. Leaving my own party room I created almost a crisis. I was shy girl, but even more so, very independent and hot-headed (Tuesday born) when not suiting my feeling. I would cry, run and be distantly cold, just because my ego was already calling me for pulling out of the team to build my own scene. I did not want to fit the crowd, I wanted to run. Preteen feelings. Our friend Mr Thambuev was well known journalist with whom grandma shared close relations. As our lady of honor, my grandma was the big horned goat with friends from higher places, who would honor her every year. They came with photographer to take our photo and mom had to pursue me for this one. I was trying my best to do exactly opposite as desired of me. I think this has more to do with my Scorpio in Uranus, than being stubborn Cap. Capricorns in general are family oriented and very loyal to the roots. They might get up high on their own, but rarely they do so. It is one of the signs that might not exhibit open emotions, but deep in, they are very sensitive, carrying animals. Later that evening we three had our ritual performing dance of the Dancing Goats. This dance became ritual for us and every time we had the pleasure to spend this celebration together, we would have to dance in circle with hands above our heads like horns.

My mother plays strong role in my life. In her early life, while being single mother, she was surrounded by colorful crowd of friends from different social groups. They were international people usually with either alpinist or artistic backgrounds. Many were foreigners studying in Sofia. She was into extreme sports, liberal politics, world exploration, philosophy, film and arts. My mother was also the initiator of dancing, she taught me worldly music, cooking, drawing, numerology, palmistry and astrology. Some of my first books she gave me in the early 90s, were Linda Goodmann's Star Signs and Kama Sutra. I remember reading them with gusto. Should I have been more selective? Somehow everything made sense. Mother told me that if I wanted to understand human psychology I should read the Greek mythology. She taught me that all the possible configurations or archetypical stories were embodied within the myths of ancient cultures. I saw with her plenty of film documentaries about the Easter island statues, Ancient Egypt cultures and Nazca drawings. Also most of the film classics from Russia, France and east Europe. East Europe and Bulgarians we have long folk legends that live with us. Bulgarians are in general very superstitious culture.

Being raised in atheist family with liberal mother, I grew up making up my own mind about lots of things. Regardless that school system was obviously trying to brainwash my senses, I was growing free to express through creating art. Mom did not put pressure on my growth process or my future. She supported my art endeavors and cared that I learn to be responsible human being. She thought me the connection between the alphabet letters and corresponding color scheme and matching sound notes. Talking about life cycles and drawing me maps of human life with charts of horizontal lines, I understood that ones life has its ups and downs.

Me and mom behind me in turban walking to the mask party, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1985.

I was free to explore the wide world and take part while riding my unicorns. Under the supervision of my grandma I was able to get through school. She was more of the strictly socialist raised mother, hard working, very moralistic, but somehow humanistic too. She just wanted me to learn well and be my best. Grandma would sit many nights guiding me to memorize a poem. I would spend hours before I could recite well the poem. Grandma was and still is my stone, my symbol of strength, simplicity, wisdom from very natural experiences. She had lived life hard, but I never have ever in my life heard her to speak about money or sorrows. She had carried herself with great dignity, which we so much lack somehow these days. Mom was my spirit guardian. She was and is always my closest to share matters of the heart. She knows me better than most, yet I never could tell her all my dark sorrows… but I know she knows. She has let me grow and nourished the free flower. She has guided me to stay away from negative, bad influence, she has been first hand help in any troubles. And yet strict as Capricorn mom would, push you up the growing hill gently or teaching me a tough lesson. I remember her sewing my clothes and I would repeatedly break them while playing in the grass with the boys, she would shout me down the balcony to stop teasing the boys. Mom could see the trouble maker. I would dare to kick boys and would get badly hurt in return of course. These are my ladies with whom I share same solar power day.

The goat dance, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1985.

Gift or a Curse?

Being born with other family members on same day, is a significant quantum astrology momentum. It is similar to having a twin. Or maybe not. And especially when all this occurs naturally, without any invitro or so. Learning and relating in my opinion are much easier. I don't know if I was once, in other life together with same people, but I feel them deeply rooted and incredibly close to me. I think it is a gift. I think it is one of the most wonderful things that I have in my life. To have most of your family celebrating on the same day with you, does feel special. How common this birthday paradox is, one can learn from different samples and articles. So what are the odds really? There is this family for example with four kids on same birthday. And they say the odds are one in 133 000. But we are three family members, from three generations one after another. And all women. Well, I can only say that three has always been my favorite number. I don't think its more rare or special, but I truly feel like on a mission here. I was fascinated already since my mom told me the foundation of astrology, I wanted to find out more about this phenomenon. Hoping for astrology to unravel this paradox and many other mysteries of course. But what does this really astrologically mean?

The Paleo Chemistry in Astrology

Orhelas are some kind of mythical goats

The fact that two or more people share the same birthday date is clearly an indication of your Sun and their Sun are in conjunction. When the Suns conjuncts, it means that you two can relate and stimulate each other. On Solar level you understand and fuel mutual feelings. Like this wonderful blog describes the person with same solar power can simply smell good to you. But what about all the other planets? Obviously the rest of the personal planets are not necessary in same sign and house positions. This is why astrology is not just simple Sun sign thing, but very fine layered mathematical and geometrical mapping. For some astrology schools it is important to keep in mind also the day of conceiving. I take into account different systems, such as Vedic and Placidus + whole house signs. The Chinese calculate differently the age of the newborn. This of course effect the given astrological sign. In one of the traditional Chinese age systems, people are born at age 1 and the age grows up at the Traditional Chinese New Year instead of birthday. I believe that sharing same Sun sign and Ascendant can created double stronger feeling in comparison with only Solar day and degree. Each degree has own meaning and I have different one from my mom and grandma, who share same degrees. My degree appears to be of cruel argumentative, sarcastic person. Their degree seems much more agreeable and easy to deal with. I guess my karmic luggage is heavier to carry and I better behave and be nice. I also share with David Bowie same Sun sign and decan in Capricorn, plus the Aquarius Ascendant. I must add that he was the first human with whom I fell in love after seeing the Labyrinth film. Well, if we would have shared also same Moon here, I could only imagine… the level of connection. Astrology is an open method which teaches that everyone is captain of their own ship and that the astrological map we are born with is only the base coordinates of the ship. The planetary cycles, just like the seasons, do effect our directions, but we exercise free will. Many people born with similar astro-data are known for the different course in life. Great example are Chaplin and Hitler. If we look back into their lives we can surely discover great many similarities. And there are plenty of celebrities that share same birthday, but of course not always same place or hour of birth. So, to meet astro-twin who has exactly the same star map as yours is very unlikely. There is also astro twins databank, where one can look for famous people sharing same birthday. After all being born on the same day with someone in the same room is like 50/50 chance.

One in a Trillion

For further analyzes on the phenomenon with same birthdate within same family I want to present someone close to me. My Godfather Xenis together with his two sisters and their mother, were born on same day the 4th of February. Four family members on the same day is very rare situation indeed. The mystery behind all this is of course very personal. In general it has been thought that this means all members involved have been reborn in order to solve multigenerational karmas. These karmic knots are tangled until the members included have resolved the old dilemmas they carry with. Until they are resolved it is believed that this people will be reborn in same family, perhaps in different positions. For example the mother will be reborn as the daughter and the son will be reborn as the grandmother in next life. There are also soul families from which the souls emerge. I don't mean the soul families now. But I do think that sometimes members from the same soul family are reborn and cross paths in life to effect their destiny. This is considered by some karmic and evolutionally astrologers to be the way how souls reappear as twin flames or such to act as guardian angels or demons… in order to awake another soul into Realisation.

Of course the non believers in karma and reincarnations will debate over this with disapproval. It is too easy of answer. It just creates excuses and make us feel better somehow. The question arises of course what is the relation? What has not been solved? What should be redone in this life? Well, no one can answer this questions really, unless of course one really feels it and takes it for analyzes and perhaps asks for assistance from mediums, witches, simply seers. Perhaps hypnoses could be the method to reconnect with the past. Occultist told my mom once, that we three should make ritual with eggs over the door step and plant trees. It was something to untangle the old karmic knots that bring us together. Well, I don't think we did that. Perhaps I will plant a tree this year and set a new location for dreams to follow. Perhaps we solve this mystery with tripple birth date and free of this karmic knot. Karma means activity, so it takes as long as it takes to "correct" our own suffering and "reborn" during this or next lives. Astrology has given me great understanding on many matters, but there is still much to be learned. In mean time, why don't we simply enjoy the life we share, the little given moments while they last. Whenever I get too deep into the meaning of things I find that simplicity is the meaning of all. To be able to just enjoy the passing moment and the ones with whom we share it.