Women Who Travel Podcast: An Astrologer Predicts Our Travel Plans

11.04.2024 - 19:19 / cntraveler.com / Steph Koyfman

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With summer travels on the horizon, Lale taps professional astrologer—and Women Who Travel horoscope columnist—Steph Koyfman to read her chart and guide her through the season and the rest of the year. Plus, we hear from three listeners who are thinking about relocating, getting citizenship in a new place, and undertaking a life changing trek, and turn to Steph for clarity.

Lale Arikoglu: Hi there. I'm Lale Arikoglu and welcome to a very fun Women Who Travel episode this week that's all about astrology. I'm talking to Steph Koyfman who writes our horoscope column where she offers travel predictions for each Zodiac sign every month on our website. She started writing for us in August last year and it's hugely popular. For this episode Steph is reading the charts of three listeners chosen from our mailbag. Steph is talking to me today from Florida.

Steph Koyfman: I grew up at a time when it wasn't cool to astrology and you just had to know, most people in casual conversation were just going to roll their eyes at you or change the subject actually.

LA: Well, I guess it was when we were growing up, astrology, or at least in my head in the UK, it was this sort of, really leaning into stereotypes, but it was women with lots of bangles and baggy tops looking at crystal ball, and it was all a bit airy-fairy. Now we have apps. We have so many well-respected writers like yourself who are actually... It's an art form and a science. You write for Women Who Travel a astrology column that is very focused on travel. What are you like as a traveler?

SK: When this opportunity came my way, I was just like, "Of course I would write a travel column, because I'm a very ninth house person. The ninth house in astrology has to do with travel, it has to do with education, it has to do with spirituality and astrology and divination and all of those kinds of journeys and quests for knowledge. I myself am in a time in my life where I am trying to do more travel. I'm trying to be a little bit more nomadic, so it fits.

LA: One of the things I really like about the column is that you can see the personalities and traits of different types of travelers coming through according to their signs. I can definitely see some of my own, I was going to say chaos, I don't know if that's the right word. What are your traits as a traveler?

SK: Well, my ninth house falls in Gemini, so one of the traits of Gemini is curiosity and multiplicity and liking to have a little bit of everything. For me, language is a really fun part of it too. It's really fun to be able