Linda Black Horoscope

How Linda Got the Job of Wrting Horoscopes - Linda Black - Astrologer

My grandmother had an interest in the subject, and I've always been fascinated by the descriptions of the signs. My father is one of the very first Therapeutic Counselors who introduced group therapy programs to inmates in California prisons in the 1960's. Our family has always been interested in psychological profiling, the different ways that people perceive the world. Then I'd sort the cards by the Moon sign, then the Ascendant, etc. I'd study the people I knew, and I'd try to recognize the signs in the people I met. I'd always be listening to the way they talked to me, what they looked like, what they enjoyed doing. Then I'd do their charts to see how accurate I'd been. (I found it's easier to guess the person's Ascendant than the Sun sign!) Many years later, in 1989, I was working as a paralegal in Atascadero, California. My Significant Other (now my husband) and I had been looking for land out in the country. In May of 1989 we scraped together every cent we could find and bought a 40-acre parcel in the coastal range above San Simeon, near Hearst Castle, on the beautiful California coast. It was an hour and a half from my job, however. I was working as a paralegal, taking depositions for an attorney. So, it was possible for me to arrange appointments with clients after regular office hours. I'd put in three ten-hour days a week (13 hours away from home for me). It was tiring, but doable. Then, the attorney's wife decided they wanted someone who could come in every morning. I just couldn't do that. Any job I found was going to be at least that far from my home. It's an hour's drive to the nearest town, and the cities that hire paralegals are all at least an hour and a half away. I broke down. I could not figure out how we were going to keep this beautiful land we love so much. I prayed out loud to God one day, in desparation. I told him I'd given up. I couldn't figure out what to do. And, I asked him to give me the perfect job. Then, I got busy reading the want ads, and driving to interveiw for paralegal jobs. About ten years later, in 1999, TMS made a big bid for business on the Internet. They offered lots of different columnists, including me, to this new market. My column has been immensely successful in cyberspace, for which I am very grateful. Millions of people read my column, all over the world. It's even translated into Spanish and Japanese. I get letters from readers in India, China, Vietnam, Bosnia, Europe, Africa and Australia. I am very thankful to God, my Mom and Dad, Cynthia Peterson (who fired me), MCI, TMS, Joyce Jillson (who quit), and Howard Hotchkiss, without whom I would never be doing this job. I'd be driving three hours a day to sit another 8-10 hours in an office far from home, and far away from the work that I love. I also thank all the folks at Landmark Education, where I learned to manage my time, and world renowned astrologer Susan Miller, who taught me how to do business. I am fascinated by the challenge of reading what (I'm convinced) God has written for us in the placement of the planets, and interpreting it in a way that people can understand. We can use this information to make wise choices, develop our talents, be warned and be comforted. I have been so very blessed.

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