The answers to my family's questions weren't always accurate, but the larger lessons were undeniable.
, the reassurance of my thought patterns and neuroses as a "typical Virgo" eased both my aloneness and my anxiety.Towards the end of my twenties, I returned to India for the first time in nearly a decade. By then, my thatha had passed away; before that, he and my mother had reconciled—somewhat. They'd spoken on the phone occasionally, usually nothing more than pleasantries, but it was something.
Stunned, I said nothing. We sat there for a while, the room silent except for the whirring of the ceiling fan. My mother had never mentioned this other prediction. Did she know about it? And how would she feel about it coming true, especially when the other one—the happier one—had collapsed ? Perhaps, I thought, the jōtiṭar's original prediction wasn't as wrong as I'd believed it to be after all. The thought of meeting him while I was here flickered briefly, before sleep put it out.Two weeks and many temples and beaches and exquisite meals later, I was on a plane back to North America. I hadn't met the jōtiṭar, despite my aunt's repeated offers to take me.
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