
“The midheaven-at the very top where the ‘12’ is on a clock-that’s what you grow into. That’s what you’re really meant to be,” she said. “The first thing I look for in a chart is the rising sign. Her mother had studied astrology for many years and taught Miller the practice, along with philosophy, ancient history, and religion to round out her training.

It’s very important to think about that,’” said Miller over lunch recently, recalling indelible advice her mother gave her when she was five-years old. “’We all should be thinking about why we were born and what we can contribute while we’re here. And thanks to Miller, in the process I became a curious student of a self-knowledge method practiced by Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Benjamin Franklin. After two years of doggedness and hard work, it came true.

Over the phone, the effervescent Miller did an unexpected quick chart reading that jolted me into taking a giant leap of faith on a project that had long been a dream on the back burner.

In 2010, she had initially reached out to me through a mutual friend to cover her popular “Year Ahead” event (couture designer Prabal Gurung and Elle‘s Creative Director Joe Zee are past attendees). Since, by chance, Miller had changed my life, I recently rang her up for an interview for Purpose, Inc.
