Why it seems like I was meant to end up in Northern California (It's written in the stars )

I didn't move to California. California is more like... where I ended up.

I ran out of money on my little journey near Palm Springs. Not a plan, just real life doing what real life does. I was hanging in my van, searching frantically for work, trying to figure out the next move. I landed an Amazon seasonal job up in Northern California and made my way back up.

And now here I am. "Stuck" — if you want to call it that. Except the longer I sit with it, the less it feels like being stuck and the more it feels like being placed.

Turns out, the stars absolutely have something to say about it.

It also is strange to me that Ive almost ended up in this area before! When I was leaving British Columbia I just couldn't see going back to my home town in Washginton State. I just knew everything would be the same, not that it was bad; but I wanted more. I checked in with two friends, Danielle, who had moved to Lodi, California (only about 50 miles from where Im at currently!) and my friend Erica, who had just moved back to her home town of St Pete, Florida! After talking to them both and considering the pros and cons, Florida won out- and that's where I've been the past 13 years. It's where I went to hair school and grew my career, had my sweet little salon and built my van. But, somehow it was time to move on, I didn't build this van to sit in one place!

Ive always been interested in astrology and remembered talking with a friend recently about Astrocartography and I knew I needed to see if there was anything significant, and of course there is!

What Is Astrocartography?

Astrocartography (also called locational astrology) is essentially your birth chart projected onto a world map. Not all astrologers agree with this practice, but the times I have peeked into it and ran my chart Ive been really surprised! Every planet in your natal chart creates a line somewhere on the globe, and depending on where that line falls — and at what angle — it influences the kind of energy you experience in that place.

Some lines are supportive. Some are challenging. Most are both, depending on where you are in your life and what you're ready to face.

The four angles you'll see on an astrocartography map are:

• AC (Ascendant) — how you show up and are perceived by others

• DC (Descendant) — relationships and who you attract

• MC (Midheaven) — career, public image, how the world sees you

• IC (Imum Coeli) — your roots, your foundation, your most private inner world

  
  

I'll come back to that last one. Because that's where things get interesting for me.

My Saturn Line and My Pluto Line Are Both IC — Right Here

When I pulled up my astrocartography map, I noticed something: I'm living near not one but two planetary lines — and both of them are hitting my IC.

Saturn IC. Pluto IC.

If you know anything about Saturn and Pluto, your first reaction might be something like: oh no.

I get it. These aren't exactly the "vacation energy" lines. But let me explain what they actually mean — and why, the more I sat with it, the more it started to feel like a cosmic yes rather than a warning.

What Saturn IC Actually Means

Saturn is the planet of structure, discipline, time, and earned results. Nothing comes easily under Saturn — but what you build here, you build to last.

On an IC line, Saturn's energy goes inward. It's not playing out in your career or your public image — it's working on your foundation. Your roots. Your sense of home and belonging.

Living near a Saturn IC line means you're being asked — sometimes pushed — to do the slow, unglamorous work of rebuilding from the ground up. Old structures that weren't solid? They're getting exposed. The things you thought were your foundation that actually weren't? Gone.

It's heavy. It's also deeply purposeful.

What Pluto IC Means

Pluto is transformation. Death and rebirth. The things that absolutely have to change, whether you're ready or not.

On an IC line, Pluto goes somewhere even more private than Saturn — into your roots, your family patterns, your psychological foundation. Ancestral stuff. Childhood stuff. The deep bedrock of who you are and where you come from.

Living near a Pluto IC line means you're in a location that is actively, sometimes aggressively, asking you to confront what's underneath. Old patterns don't get to survive here. Neither do the stories you've been telling yourself that were never really true.

It's uncomfortable. It's also the kind of work that changes everything.

Both at Once

Saturn IC + Pluto IC in the same location means you're in a place that is simultaneously asking you to:

• Tear down what isn't real (Pluto)

• Rebuild slowly and with intention what actually is (Saturn)

This isn't a place to coast. This isn't a place to perform. This is a place to become.

The Van Makes It Weirder (In the Best Way)

Here's the part where I have to laugh a little, because I live in a van.

The IC is literally about home. And I chose to make home something mobile, intentional, stripped down to what matters. No lease tying me to a place. No stuff I don't need. Just me, Luna, and....wherever I end up.

And somehow — not by design, not by intention, but by a series of very human circumstances involving running out of money and needing a job — I ended up parked near two planetary lines that are all about rebuilding from the foundation. While living in a space where I am the foundation. Where I carry my home with me.

I didn't plan any of this. And maybe that's exactly the point.

There's something humbling about realizing that the universe doesn't always need you to make the "right" choice. Sometimes it just needs you to keep moving, and it handles the rest.

How to Find Your Own Lines

If this resonates, I'd love for you to pull up your own map. All you need is your birth date, birth time (the more exact the better), and birth location.

The site I'd recommend is Astro-Seek.com

Once you generate your map, look for lines running through places you've lived, places you keep getting pulled toward, or places that have felt unexpectedly significant. Then look at what angle each line hits — AC, DC, MC, or IC — and start reading the meaning from there.

You might be surprised what you find.