Since I was little stories have fascinated me. For the longest time astrology was a hobby – a short-cut to make sense of life. Now I'm using it to try to tell stories that are new to me.

I was born in the 80s and grew up in a small town in the North – a few hours from the arctic circle. The forests, the sea, the coming and going of the snow and ice, the darkness and the midnight sun are part of my own story. As are the traditions practiced by my ancestors – wise folk who tended to their villages in a rural area where bears and wolves still roam the woods.

These wise women and men were part of an ancient lineage of healers that kept old pagan and animistic traditions alive until the early 1900s. They would have found meaning in the first snow and in the cuckoo’s call. They read the dregs in emptied coffee cups and some of them would have allowed the fates to speak to them by peering into a bowl of home-brewed spirits. I have chosen another ancient method of divination – astrology.

I do this because I’ve spent my life searching for something bigger, something larger to help me make sense of things, something to answer the questions “why”, “what” and “how” – why are we here, what does this all mean, what is the meaning of my life and how can I do good in the world.

This search lead me on a journey that took me to the UK (and a few other countries along the way). I feel a strong connection to this country of druids, wizards, astrologers and good music – a country full of stories and story-tellers.

I settled in London (a Gemini city) a couple of years before my Saturn return. I’m still here over a decade later and the stories and myths of this country keep fascinating me.

I have worked professionally as writer who gathers data and then shapes it into stories for over twenty years. I have never used astrology in my story-telling before. This is a first, an experiment, a start. And if you’ve read this far I thank you for being here. Be well.

Lotta