When Miller made her way over to our table, there was a flutter of excitement. Joaquín (one of a handful of men present), noting Miller’s charisma, said, “There’s a little bit of Dr. Jamie, an author of several books and an avid Astrology Zone reader, leaned over and said, “This is why I love her: I’m a writer. ![]() Nicole, a young woman who has been following Miller for years told me, “I love the way that she explains that astrology is not fate-it shows you what’s happening in the universe and how that relates to you and how to make better choices, and it kind of challenges you to live life to your best potential.” ![]() And if you’ve followed Astrology Zone for a while, it’s kind of mind-boggling how accurate she can be.” She added, “She loves what she does, which is really important for me if I’m going to follow anything.” Lily, an Australian woman who recently moved to New York from Los Angeles, said that she liked Miller because “she simplifies everything for you. At one table, a group wondered about her age (which she never discloses) while others shared stories about themselves and why they had come. The most misunderstood quality about astrology is that there’s predestination involved-there’s none.”Īfter Miller’s morning speech, those attendees who had paid an additional $80 (the event itself cost $99) could join her for lunch in the club’s dining room. “I’ve spent my whole life showing people what astrology can do,” she told me. Miller is vehement that her profession not be marred by the faux psychics and numerologists of the world. “For me, meeting people is like oxygen,” she said. She says public appearances are as fun for her as it is for the people attending. “And that they’re hoping I’ll address it.” “I feel that everyone comes with a question in their mind,” she told me. Over the phone the week prior to the event, I asked Miller to describe the crowd at these types of events (which she has been doing since 2010). ![]() In terms of audience satisfaction, however, it rings true. Numbers-wise, calling Miller’s event “the Beyoncé concert of Internet-famous astrologers” would be an overstatement. According to Billboard, the average attendance of Beyoncé’s most recent tour, with Jay Z, was nearly 45,000. To try to quantify the crowd’s buzz: a 150-person event for someone with a readership of 6.5 million per month would be as if Beyoncé, who has 61 million Instagram followers, held a private concert and meet-and-greet for 1,400 people. The effect is more professorial than it is psychic: whether you believe the planets have any affect on your life or not, all of Miller’s predictions or words of advice are based on concrete, quantifiable astronomical information. When asked a question about a particular sign or planetary position, Miller closed her eyes and appeared to be conjuring up a chart in front of her as she searched for the particular answer, racking her brain’s vast bank of information-percentages, planetary positions and rates of movement, dates-as she came up with a considered response. What is striking about Miller (and what can only be fully perceived in front of a live audience) is her ability to make astrology feel remarkably scientific.
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