i am just kind of amazed at how accurate her perspective on astrology is as someone who studies astrology as well. Also, considering china has its own astrology and charts, I find it fascinating to see how popular western (or vedic depending on which system she is using which isnt said) astrology has gotten even in China, since I assume this author has an interest in it over chinese astrology/zodiac/bazi charts as she wrote about astrology well in this book, esp loving how she addressed compatibility in astrology in ch. 11 in the trans.

i will note one thing thats farfetched is the level of exactness in her horoscope predictions. There are astrologers that good at reading people's transits but shes just does it automatically so quickly lol. Unless shes really that good haha. Its fine all in. Good fun for the novel.

omg lul did she just imply she doesn't use software to calculate star placements / astro charts?? Lmao I dont know anyone who does that. But wow if so.

ok my theory is that she practices vedic bc she paints the south node so tragically. Lmao. Also I think its slight bs the author is using marxism to combat her south node. Just focus on her north node instead. I doubt her north node told her marxism but maybe and ok its fiction

ok I want yall to know that although she is referencing to legitimate astrology perspective at times, that rolling a dice is not astrology lol. Its predicting based on astrology ssymbolism. Not astrological prediction. There is a subset of astrology either called financial astrology or economy astrology or something, where astrologists specialize in reading the market through reading current planetary transits and charts. Not dice. Lmao. Shes just being a psychic then, not an astrologer.

omg this is getting hard for me to read as I go on. Ahhh

ok I have to drop this now. I dont care if you use psychic abilities to help read your astrological charts. But you cannot say an apple is an apple when its an apple and a banana. Shes basically a psychic using astrological themes. Not really an astrologist bc she lost me when she threw dice to LOOK UP THE TRANSITS. Theres a whole subset of astrology to look up market trends and you tell me throwing dice to help point at the transits which are saying their own thing already is supposed to be ASTROLOGY? This is too offensive lol. Predictive astrology at its best isnt even guaranteed.

she's only putting on this larger than life character to hide the the anxieties she feels inside regarding her short-lived destiny. Related to this, I think the author is really good at foreshadowing because the revelations don't feel too abrupt or too obvious. The author thoughtfully hints at what's to come in small details so you never think "wtf did that come from???" or "yeah wbk anyways". Like with the MC the author often subtly hints that she knows more than she lets on but even so you're still startled when she fully reveals what she's already knows because of her divinations. I'm explaining it poorly but basically the author wrote a really solid and enigmatic MC.

soft-tempered bigger guy who makes doll clothes. The MC and him are friends first and their relationship develops super slowly but it's easy to see why both are attracted to one another because their dynamic works really well. The ML is sweet patient and loyal but for various reasons, not at all ambitious and afraid of being noticeable. It's only because he meets the MC that he learns that you can't go through life by always playing it safe and steady. What I thought was interesting was that even though he doesn't believe in astrology, because he values the MC, he tries to understand her and the things she believes in. I like that he essentially agrees to disagree with the MC on divination and that his worldviews don't magically change because of love. On the other hand, from him the MC becomes more grounded. She doesn't let divinations control all aspects of her life.