Have you ever checked your astrology app not for guidance, but for an alibi? It’s often much more poetic to blame a gas giant millions of miles away for our disastrous dating history than to look at our own search history.

In this episode of Chapter Twelve, Maki explores the intersection of cosmic timing and the psychological patterns that keep us stuck. From a "destined" meeting in 1997 that led to a decade-long marriage, to twelve years of navigating a dating life that consistently hits a wall at the third date, we dive into the reality of being a "work in progress."

We discuss the concept of repetition compulsion (Freud’s term for our habit of recreating old traumas just to try and "fix" them) and how we often use transits as a treasure map to avoid reading our own blueprints. Whether you are looki ...