Finding My Purpose in India & Denmark
My AstroCartography Experiences (Part 4)
This post is part of a mini-series on how traveling and living on various AstroCartography lines has helped me develop as a person. If you've not read part 1, part 2 & part 3, make sure to read those first, before diving into this segment.
We’re back with another segment of this mini-series!
In the first segment, I took to you my countries of origin and how living in both impacted my evolution as a person. In the second, I took you to Paris and Kenya and shared how those trips helped me develop my confidence. And in the third, we went to Australia and Spain, where I was broken open and found immense healing. The ACG lines we explored were the Saturn IC + Mercury AS lines, the Sun AS + Pluto AS lines, and then the Uranus + Neptune MC lines in Australia and the Sun AS + Saturn IC lines in Spain.
Now we’re going to explore how stumbled onto my purpose and set the foundations for my life, in India and Denmark.
Stumbling Onto My Purpose While Resting in McLeod Ganj, India (Sun MC Line)
Let me first say, that I don't believe our Purpose can be found in just one thing. I think that WE are our purpose - living life and operating in the world, in a way that is natural to us. Our purpose isn't something we need to do, it is who we need to allow ourselves to be. However, I do believe our purpose can come to fruition via actions we need to take or projects we need to work on. We just need to be who we are and the universe will let us know, when there's something we need to do. The universe let me know of something I needed to do, while in India.
I was in the middle of my busy bachelor’s degree when I was craving to travel abroad again, but with the specific intention of staying put in one place and resting. And if I could take some short term music classes and immerse myself in the music culture, that would be swell too. I was getting my bachelor's in music education, after all. I was unclear about where to go, but then the universe made it ABUNDANTLY clear - practically everyone in my network, were all of a sudden talking about India. A new friend, an old friend, a yoga teacher friend, a favourite professor of mine… all talking about India, out of nowhere.
The message was loud and clear, but I was still nervous and uncertain about committing to this idea. As a lover of yoga and spirituality, I had always admired that side of India. I had no doubt about its beauty and that on many levels, India and I would be a good fit. But wasn’t India, y’know, a little chaotic? Delhi’s population alone is 3 times the size of my whole country! I was looking for peace and tranquility, not anxiety and over stimulation. I had begun researching possible ways to do my India trip, when my phone alarm went off to say that I needed to leave to get to an event. I still wasn’t certain, so I’d have to revisit the topic later. But when I opened the front door - I kid you not - on the door mat, perfectly placed, as if it was waiting for me to find it, was a book called “100 Ways To Get Lost in India”. (Seriously! To this day, I have no idea where that book came from).
Clearly, I had to go to India.
I took classes primarily in Classical Indian Voice and the Djembe drum (the photo where we’re sitting on chairs), but I tried my hand at the tabla drums (cool), bansari flute (beautiful) and sitar (difficult). I highly recommend the Divine Indian Music Centre, if you’re in Bhagsu.
I eventually picked to stay nearly 3 weeks in a beautiful spot called Bhagsu, a small village in the hills of Himachal Pradesh, not far from where the Dalai Lama resides in McLeod Ganj. My stay in India was exactly what I needed it to be, and everything I had hoped it to be. The rolling hills of Bhagsu were gorgeous. Everyone I met, locals and travellers alike, were people who I thoroughly enjoyed hanging out with. And I felt serene and joyous, during my three weeks there.
I also had a very satisfying and soothing daily routine. I would wake up at the hostel and eat breakfast, go to a private Classical Indian Voice class in the late morning, eat lunch at my favourite cafe where I would also write for 3-4 hours, then go to a Djembe drum class in the late afternoon (not an Indian instrument, but I loved it), before heading back to the hostel to rest and eventually eating dinner, usually at the neighbouring restaurant, where I had befriended the owner and played a lot of card games. Occasionally I would break this routine with an excursion with friends. But having this beautiful routine, nourished me in ways that I hadn’t expected. I felt like I was living my best life.
I mentioned that a part of my routine was to write for a few hours in a cafe, whilst eating lunch. What I was writing, was the first draft of my debut novel, “The Source of The Wind” - coming out on June 6th 2025. I’ve shared on Wide Eyed Ella the story about how the idea for the novel came to me, which happened in May 2019. It was in August 2019, when I had visited India and ended up writing a huge bulk of my novel, during those lunchly sessions. When I had arrived in India, I was probably at around 20,000 words, and after 3 weeks of being in India, I had hit roughly 50,000 words.
As I had shared in the story about how the novel idea came to me, I wasn’t writing this novel with the thought of one day publishing it. Me? Publish a novel I wrote? Pfftt! It’s crazy as it is that I’m even attempting to write a novel! I was really only writing it for me and for my own healing journey. But it was when I was in India, when I could feel the little whispers of a shift in intention. “Yes, I’m writing this novel for me, but also - I think do want to publish this. I think I need to.” Although I couldn’t yet understand why and how (and I still don’t fully, because I’m writing this before the launch of my novel), I could feel that it was imperative that I did publish this novel. It was important for my life’s journey. A crucial part of my work in the world.
Not only did I come home from that trip, feeling rested and satisfied, having had the time of my life and having thoroughly enjoyed myself - I came home with a new, crucial goal in life. A new purpose that I had to fulfil. I needed to eventually publish this novel.
The AstroCartography…
I see the Sun MC line, all over my experience in India. The Sun is about your personality, soul’s essence, joie de vivre and reason for being. The MC is about your career, public reputation and your presence in the world. Creativity and self-expression has always been a huge part of my reason for being and a soul purpose. It’s even all over my astrology, human design and numerology. Regardless of it being prominent in all my charts, I was clued into that fact, from very young - way before I learned about these esoteric systems. By pulling me to India, the universe was trying to get me to the energy that would help me realise something crucial - this expression of my reason for being (Sun), needed to be out in the world (MC).
In the Gene Keys (a sister system to Human Design, which is a very complex system about how each individual naturally operates, that uses astrology), the Conscious Sun is often labelled as the Life’s Work. I think that’s a perfect description for the Sun MC line - you discover, develop or execute your Life’s Work.
How did it contribute to my evolution?
Of course, it contributed to my evolution with the simple insight that I needed to publish the novel I was working on. It gave me a life goal and a place to direct my energies, for many years. But how having The Source Of The Wind published might contribute to my evolution as a person, I still don’t fully know, as I’m not there yet. I’m still in the publishing process right now, as I’m writing this. My guess is that having this novel published, will birth the next evolution of myself and my role in this world. It has already changed how I see myself - as a (soon-to-be) published novelist. A storyteller. A creator of worlds in the written word. My self-identity with regards to one of my purposes in the world, has certainly gotten clearer.
Aside from the obvious, having spent time on my Sun MC line also drastically changed how my life looked, with huge life changes having happened over the next six months. Having rested and rejuvenated, I came back with new energy to make positive changes in my life - I revamped my physical health, overhauling my diet and committing to taking a yoga class each week. I finally had left a difficult living situation, which had allowed me to significantly improve my mental health. And right before the world would change forever in March 2020, I met, and fell in love, with the woman who would become my wife. Changing the trajectory of my life.
Getting Married & Getting Clear on Dream Work Life in Copenhagen, Denmark (Moon MC + Sun AS Line)
This trip and its relevance to this series is unique, because my trip to Copenhagen is the only one I’ve had so far, since learning about AstroCartography. All of my other experiences in the world happened without my knowledge of AstroCartography or of which of my ACG lines I may be travelling to. But this time, I knew beforehand that I’d be directly on my Moon MC Line, with my Sun AS Line close by.
My wife and I spent nearly a week in Copenhagen to get married and enjoy the city. Getting married in Denmark was very simple and efficient, as I imagine many things to be in Denmark. It wasn’t our original intention to get married in Denmark, but when the plan to get married in the UK (my birth country) fell through, Denmark presented itself as a better option. I wasn’t excited at first to be taking a ‘random’ trip to Denmark. I was excited for the experience of being back in my country of birth as an adult, and to do a very adult thing, such as getting married. The insights that I would likely gain, the reckonings with my past I would likely have. But no. So off to Copenhagen for a week we went.
I may have not been excited about Copenhagen, at first. But very quickly, and certainly while we were there, I ADORED Copenhagen. It’s a small, walkable city with unique things to do, some gorgeous greenery and architecture, and scrumptious food. We walked for hours on end, occasionally entering a cafe to enjoy a pastry and the hygge ambiance, and were always impressed and grateful for the happy and helpful people we would meet. We were expecting for the Danes to appear cold and unhelpful, but they were anything but.
I was enamoured. I walked around the city with the feeling that I could live in this country, feeling fully at home with the cosy culture and reserved, but kind people. I’ve heard that Danes can be hard to know and don’t make new friends easily. But once you do, you have a loyal and deep friend for life. I LOVE that and see that in myself. I felt very emotionally connected to the people, city and country. And I felt, as I always do, very emotionally connected to my wife on this trip. We loved spending every moment together, celebrating the start of our marriage and experiencing a new country together.
The other thing I was noticing, was the prominent desire to feel satisfied with my work and to overcome whatever emotional baggage I have about going after my ambitions. Of course, this desire has always been prominent within me. But I had recently entered a period in life when I was trying to take charge of my career and work life, and it was almost as if there was even more of a need to do this. It was being brought to the front of my mind, whilst in Copenhagen. I was also noticing the wish to experience a good work-life balance, like the Danes are famous for. Where I can feel satisfied by my work, but also enjoy my home life.
The AstroCartography…
Feeling at home and emotionally connected to your surroundings and the people you're with, is definitely the moon line. The Moon is all about your emotions, your inner world, your sense of home and belonging and your heart connections. It's been two years since we were in Copenhagen and I still fantasize about living in Denmark. I know I would be very happy to live there.
This is the Moon MC line, specifically. The MC (Midheaven) is about your career, public image, work life and presence in the world. With the moon, it's about needing to do work that is emotionally fulfilling and allows for work-life balance.
I almost always enjoy myself when travelling and if you’ve been following this series, you’ll know that this is not my first time to my Sun AS line. This is now the third and I've actually been on it a fourth time too!
But I felt very joyous during my time in Copenhagen (I still talk about it) and I can also point to the Sun AS line, as being indicative of that. Me (AS) feeling happy and joyous (Sun) is what this line is all about.
How did it contribute to my evolution?
In a very real way, this trip was the start of the rest of my life as a married woman. Legally linked to the woman I love (Moon) and publicly recognised for it (MC). But aside from that very significant and obvious reason, this trip helped me get serious on my emotional needs for my career and work life, and triggered a massive learning journey surrounding my relationship to my professional goals. Which you can read all about in my post Lessons Learned on Ambition & Alignment, if you haven’t read it already. I had many more lessons to learn and I'm still learning many more.
I hope you enjoyed this segment of my mini-series “My Travel Experiences Told Through The Lens of My AstroCartography”!
As of writing, we are now caught up on the evolution I've had as a result of being out in the world. My trip to Copenhagen was my last I did.
But, hopefully, I will have 1-2 more trips that I'll be taking within the next year. So, if/when I go on those trips - I will be sharing about them here!
If you want to check your own AstroCartography Map…
I recommend you check Astro.com - click the menu bar, click on “Free Horoscopes”, then “Locational Astrology” and finally on “AstroClick Travel”. It's free to use and you get accurate descriptions of the lines, when you click on a location. You just need to enter your birth details (date, location and time).
Conversely, if you want to learn more about AstroCartography from a professional (as I'm merely a passionate hobbyist), I'd recommend you check out Helena Woods, or Sandra Nelly who was trained by Helena and has her own Substack newsletter!
Once you do, come back here and let me know what you discovered about your map!
Has travel positively influenced you in any way? What significant lessons or spiritual Growth did you experience while traveling abroad? Feel free to let me know in the comments!
Speak soon,
Love, Ella x
P.S. - Did you read part 1, 2 + 3? In part 1, I talk about how living on my Saturn IC + Mercury AS lines in one country, and on no lines in another country, has shaped my development.
In part 2, I talk about how traveling to my Sun + Pluto AS lines in Paris gave me confidence, and how that confidence grew when I travelled to Kenya.
And in part 3, I share how I was broken open on my Uranus + Neptune MC lines in Australia, and found an inner sun on my Sun AS + Saturn IC lines in Spain.
I highly recommend to catch up on the previous posts - they're fun to read!
👏👏so much life experience and I love that you immerse yourself in travel like I do! Thats a true experience ✨
I love how you were compelled to go to India, despite your worries, and that you found peace and creativity there. It's a special place. So excited for your book!