About me

The Genesis of an Inquiry

Many years later, as I face the blank page before me, I will recall that night in an ADHD community when I first encountered the world of mysticism.

At that time, I had been unemployed and struggling with depression for six years, only recently diagnosed with AuDHD. My room was a cold, silent darkness. Curled up in the dark, the glow of my phone screen was a crystalline blue, like light reflecting off a block of ice. In the online community I had joined a month prior, conversations about mysticism were popping up for the third time.

"You have a remarkably vivid imagination."

(Well, duh, it's an ADHD group.)

"You seem a bit introverted and sensitive, but you're very talkative around your friends."

(Shout out to the Barnum effect...)

"Your work rhythm seems out of sync with most people. Either your industry is very niche, or you work when others are off and vice versa."

(Oh, come on, don't waste time on this... wait a second.)

"That's... actually true. I work as a private tutor for kids, so I work on weekends."

I stared at this back-and-forth, a little stunned. What was this? How did they do that? Cold reading? But I knew this member; they'd never shared any personal details in the group before. And for a casual chat, why go to such lengths? The reader even explicitly declined requests for private readings.

So how did they know? How was this possible? Guessing right once could be luck, but that night, I witnessed this person do chart readings continuously for two hours. While some statements were vague, many others were uncannily specific—assertions that couldn't be explained away by common sense.

Previously, I never had a natural aversion to mysticism. In fact, throughout my life, various practitioners of the mystical arts had appeared in my path.

There was a spirit medium in my family, always consulted for major family events like ancestral hall renovations. As a teenager, I became close with a psychology scholar online. He had grown up in a family of mystics, and after nearly a year of friendship, he revealed this part of his identity to me. He told me I was well-suited for these studies and even offered to teach me for free. But at the time, I was focused on my schoolwork and politely declined.

Despite all this, I never considered it a serious discipline or skill. Not until that night. I suddenly realized that this seemed to be an inexplicable, captivating, and alluring miracle.

Miracle. The word came to me out of nowhere. It was just an anomaly, wasn't it? After all, 30% of stock prices start with the number 1, water isn't transparent but a faint blue, and If God is possible, then God is necessary. These seemingly counterintuitive conclusions are all backed by solid logic or evidence. So why couldn't astrology have a rational logic behind it? Why did I, for no reason at all, think of the word "miracle"?

This version tries to keep the slightly formal, reflective tone mixed with sharp, personal anecdotes.

I don't know what it was, but in the month that followed, I diligently researched books and materials recommended for beginners in mysticism.

From Skepticism to Verification

And overwhelmed by a barrage of seemingly arbitrary terms and rules, I gave up on my own chart and booked a session with a professional astrologer I admired.

"Do you move house often?"

Yes... on average, once every two years since childhood.

"It seems you're not drawn to traditional romantic partners. You need someone you admire intellectually, someone you can be friends with and debate with."

Yeah... (He obviously didn't know the term 'Aromantic,' but he perfectly described my orientation.)

"Do you dislike going out? Or have trouble adapting to new environments?"

"I think I'm okay with that?" I said.

"In that case, it's likely a sensitive vestibular system. You probably get motion sickness very easily, right?"

Yeah... extremely easily.

The experience of that consultation can only be described as mind-blowing. Unless I brought it up myself, he didn't waste a single word on vague discussions of personality, psychological motives, or childhood trauma. Every statement was direct, pointed, and a 100% falsifiable prediction that demanded a "yes" or "no" answer.

Let's be honest, the human psyche is so deep and complex that any system—be it the Big Five, MBTI, whatever—only presents a very limited slice of it. As Oscar Wilde said, "Only the shallow know themselves." I couldn't agree more.

At the end of the consultation, he told me that in one to two years, my life would undergo a groundbreaking, positive transformation. I smiled and thanked him politely. Sure, my ADHD medication was helping a lot, but depression and anxiety don't just vanish into thin air. How "groundbreaking" could things possibly get?

One year later, I moved out of my family home, funded entirely by my own astrology practice.

A miracle, huh?

From Theory to Practice

After all these years studying different mystical systems, I've learned the principles behind them are far from miraculous. It's simply that through millennia of observation, hypothesis, and verification—a kind of big data analysis—we've found that time indeed has qualities that show a significant correlation with life events. The internal mechanism remains unknown.

Interestingly, there have been serious scientific studies that preliminarily confirmed this correlation. For those interested, you can search for the "Mars Effect" and have a good laugh at the scientific community's goalpost-moving, tribalism, academic fraud, and willful ignorance. But of course, that's a topic for another day.

More importantly, throughout my journey of learning and exploration, I have met and helped many friends who were either curious or in need. Some of them let go of the obsessive belief that they were "destined to cause their parents' death" (a toxic idea spread by sensationalist content). Others seized the right moment to find a suitable mentor. One client, for whom I saw a significant health risk, took my persistent advice to get a check-up and discovered an early-stage malignant thyroid tumor. It was an insane case, and if you're interested, you can read more about it here: [Link | Testimonials].

But recently, I hit a long-term bottleneck. Because I'm averse to public spaces—with their uncertainty and potential for negative feedback—I had never promoted my work. I relied entirely on word-of-mouth within a small circle of friends and family, but that has its limits. I realized I had to engage in public outreach to meet my basic needs.

The thought alone triggered extreme anxiety, which spiraled into a sense of survival panic. The panic fueled the need to promote, and the need fueled the anxiety...

It felt like another inescapable vicious cycle. Meanwhile, a significant positive transit in my own chart was quietly approaching. As the days ticked by, this paradox began to seed doubt about my own skills. Is my prediction accurate? If so, why is there no sign of it? And if it's not, if I can't even read my own chart, then what on earth am I doing?

Unable to answer this, I could only wait in a state of anxious, aimless waiting. Six months, three months, one month, one week, three days. I still remember that night clearly. I was reading a book on ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), in a chapter about identifying negative emotions. I thought to myself, I know the source of my anxiety perfectly well: it's the physiological discomfort with uncertainty from my ASD and the Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria from my ADHD.

Then, suddenly, a flash of insight struck me. During a consultation, my focus is never on myself—not on my imperfections or my fear of being questioned. It's entirely on how I can serve the person in front of me. Because in those moments, my focus is entirely on how I can serve them, not on worrying about myself.

So, the logical next step became clear: So, what if I wasn't building this website *for me*? What if I was building it *for them*—for my clients, for my friends, for anyone who might need it? Thanks to them, this website exists today. The credit is entirely theirs.

It’s hard to describe what that evening of epiphany, and the moment I finished writing the proposal, truly meant to me. Only one word, which had been echoing in my mind since my very first encounter with mysticism, remained: Miracle. Miracle. It seemed to finally have a real meaning.

My Foundational Framework

To quote a passage from Helping Skills:

"Although human development is strongly influenced by heredity, learning, and external environments, if an individual can gain insight into their own background, needs, and desires, free will can be strengthened. One may not be able to completely control their destiny, but they can influence it through free will."

A birth chart can tell us about an individual's current state, their desires and longings, and the opportune moments for action. With this blueprint, we can not only understand ourselves but also improve, transcend, and ultimately, make peace with who we are. By doing so, we can witness a world that feels miraculous.

This is my understanding of the word "miracle," and it is everything my website, Miraclerism, aims to convey.

Methodology and Systems

So, what tools will I use to achieve all this?

Modern Astrology: This forms the foundation of my natal chart readings. The ten planets, twelve signs, and twelve houses create a detailed psychological map. Combined with the specific qualities of fixed stars and asteroids, this system helps us explore an individual's talents, tendencies, and fundamental mental models—it helps us understand ourselves.

Hellenistic Astrology: This is the cornerstone of event prediction. Using techniques like planetary rulers, transits, profections, and zodiacal releasing, it allows for the precise and swift identification of significant years and key events in a person's life. It helps us locate our position and trajectory in the flow of destiny and make accurate judgments about timing.

And, as you may have noticed, I am not a native English speaker. My bilingual Chinese-English background has given me the extremely fortunate opportunity to access mystical systems from both the East and the West. In my consultations, I cross-verify interpretations using these different systems, which significantly increases the accuracy of my predictions:

Zi Wei Dou Shu (Purple Star Astrology): Have you heard of "Four Pillars of Destiny" (Bazi)? Like Bazi, Zi Wei Dou Shu is a classical Chinese astrological system that excels at event prediction. It can forecast the general trend of a decade or zoom in on details as specific as whether you skip breakfast.

An interesting fact: while Bazi was widely known among the general populace, scholars who studied Zi Wei Dou Shu in private were often hunted down by imperial authorities. Its predictive power was so formidable that it struck fear into the hearts of royalty, causing it to be hidden and suppressed for long periods of history.

Xuan Kong Feng Shui: If astrology and Zi Wei Dou Shu focus on identifying timing and trends, then this discipline—which was also suppressed for much of history before being rediscovered in modern times and widely regarded as the #1 Feng Shui art—specializes in intervening and altering the course of destiny. You could call it the "cheat code" of mystical practices.

This is my story, my philosophy, and my toolkit. If you wish to read my research and articles, you can visit the [Articles] section. If you are curious about my services, you can click here [Services Link] to learn more.

My name is Ori Olwardt. It's a pleasure to meet you, and thank you for being here.