We are Under Lucky Stars, we make beautiful star maps showing the alignment of the stars in a place and date chosen by you.
Everyone has that special moment in their life that is worth making into a star map.
We asked you to tell us about yours.
Here are some of our favorites stories.
By Luís RA
We had something before, like 2015/2016, but that moment things didn't work.
Around Christmas time 2018, I couldn't stop thinking about him and sent a message, the next day he came to visit me, from the USA to Germany.
Since then the relationship has been growing up, and we can say right now we are doing well and the destiny put us together again.
What must be, it is very strong...
Published on June 7, 2019, 7:16 am
By David S
The star chart was an amazing idea that I came across while researching on the internet.
After many failed attempts at a relationship, I had finally met the one. This star chart symbolizes the time I had finally asked her to be more serious and she had said yes. We are currently planning on moving in so I thought this chart would be a great decoration piece to not only symbolize where we have started but where our future is going.
Published on June 7, 2019, 6:53 am
By Clyde B
I wrote the below description the day after the actual event back in 2013. Christie and I, after that event have gone through a long process in life and have been married now for a little over 2 years. This event was the magical day that started it all off. Enjoy!
Where to start with this bad boy? I had one of the best times of my life this weekend. It was amazing. Steve A and Walter organized a group and all the logistics. Brought Steves sweet RV to drive down in, hang out, sleep, camp, eat warm meals, warm showers, and heaters from the 17F outside. Had some mechanical issues on the way down with 2 blown out tires. This kind of sucked because it took Steve out of the run the next day. The guy with the most invested didn't even get to go. That sucks but he's a rockstar, super level headed, funny and smart. So he was able to organize a fix on our wheels while we ran. Plus get 23+ miles of running in between.
Anyways, I didn't sleep very good at all the night before. Even though Walter and I got the big nice bed in the back of the RV. I was super restless with a thousand things going through my mind. So I was glad when 4 am finally rolled around and we woke to get ready for our 5am leave time.
I decided that even though it was 17F out that, I'd still leave in shorts. Thinking that a) I hate running in anything else, and b) I'd warm up fast as we dropped into the canyon. This turned out to be a great choice. It wasn't really that cold at the start and I quickly warmed up.
We had snow/packed ice for only like a half mile or so then the trail was golden. In the darkness of the morning, the group made it's way down. Headlamps bouncing up and down the trail. Steve ran with us at the start and we had a group of about 5 pretty close for the first couple miles. But when Steve decided to turn around, our little group for the day turned into Walter, Chirsite and I. I had no time goal. No need to hammer it. So we just kept a nice, consistent pace. We kept Christie up front the set the pace and this turned out to be perfect. As she did an outstanding job but also kept Walter and I from getting too frisky when we "felt good". The pace basically never changed. We just worked our way through the canyon like little ants. By the time there was light enough to see we were around 8 miles into the run and temps were amazing. We all dropped a layer or two and were now rolling down the trail in short sleeves and shorts. This section all the way to Phantom Ranch is the best running section of the entire trip. So we made good time but never got overworked. I read a report earlier in the week that said: "Once you get to the river- you haven't even started". I tried to apply that today in every aspect of our run. Do as little as possible before then and get "up" for the uphills. The ascent up South Kiabab is sweet and sour. You have to do it this way to complete the "loop", imho. But it's steep, windswept, and not very pretty in comparison to the rest of the canyon. And it just doesn't break up like the other stuff. You kind of have to eat the whole thing at once rather than chipping it off from point to point. But we finally made it to the top of the south rim in 4:29. Not too bad really. When I ran it myself a couple of years ago I really ran pretty strong and only did it in 3:45- and then I didn't start in the dark.
Once on top, we had to catch the shuttles over to where the Bright Angel trail drops in. This transaction isn't that painful and we were soon over at the lodge. I grabbed a king size snickers bar there and had a couple of drinks from Walters coke. Both are highly recommended if your thinking of doing this run. I felt strong, happy and thankful to be at this point and ready to tackle the rest. It was super foggy on the south side. Cold foggy that stuck to the trees and bushes. This was the hardest part of the south side. I was just cold. Shivering and wet from my sweat. We needed to get moving so I could just warm up a little. We started our trip back across all feeling pretty strong... and that was good. But that wasn't the case for others in our group. As we dropped into the canyon we passed everyone else as they made their way up. First was Steven Abraham Lincoln Hopper Pope. I was pumped to see him. Because of logistics he hadn't come with me in the RV but had come over with Ben and John from here in STG that morning. Sucks we couldn't have run it together but I'm pumped he got to do it. He looked good as we wished each other well and headed on. But after that, each person in the group didn't have the same spring in their step that one might need to finish such a task. But with each person in our group, we wished them well. Gave them food and other supplies and then crossed our fingers that they'd all make it back across safe.
Again making our way back down Bright Angel I was electrified at what I was doing. The beauty around me and for the energy in our little group. I knew then we'd make it and never worried about that again. There are a lot more hikers on this trail so we made our way past them, deer and a couple of mule trains all the way to the river. I'd forgotten how far up the river you have to run to get to the bridge. This is a cool spot... it's just cool. I love being down by the river looking up out of the crazy deep canyon. We took some photos on the bridge and made our way to Phantom for the final pit stop before world war 3 and our painful "pull" up out of this mutha.
I got one more king size snickers at Phantom and refilled the bladder in my pack. Walked around a little. Enjoyed the moment there with this little running team. It was a special moment just to stop and reflect on the morning's work. I was ready...
As we left Phantom and hit the "good" running trail. I had the hardest time. Maybe the time spent idle at Phantom wasn't that good? I really started to get a little mental for a mile or two. Never sore, tired or sick of it. But more delusional. But I kept running, following Christie's "old faithful" like march we entered our final leg. It was through these miles that my snickers and caffeine kicked in and for the rest of the day I was again alive. Felt fantastic. Could have grabbed a couple more gears and hammered it out of there. But Walter started to really struggle. I'd given him a 5-hr-energy that turned his stomach to crap and he didn't look good. I didn't feel it wise to press on without anyone in our little group so we'd run a little then wait or go back to check on him. I really thought at one point that it was going to get super ugly. But it didn't. He rallied the best he could. We got him in some compression shocks, took his pack and made our way to the ranger station.
I decided early in the day that if we could run most of the day then once we got to the ranger station on the way back we could relax and do more of a power hike the rest of the way out. This took some pressure off. Because you didn't feel like you had to kill it anymore. If everything got bad... hey, we could at least walk. Soon after that Steve again comes bouncing down the trail. Singing with headphones on (The guy is a gem. Honestly, one of the coolest people I've ever met). He came with more supplies. We fixed Walter up with some homemade thigh compression sleeves and kept moving. Christie and I left Walt with Steve and we kept our even pace up. I thought the whole day this part of the trip would just suck. I thought I'd be trashed, cold and dark. But we felt good, we were having fun and it wasn't dark yet. In fact, we didn't even use the headlamps on the way back. That was awesome! It was beautiful as we started to crest the rim and looked back on the heavy fog sitting on the canyon below. Honestly, a heavenly image. Both Christie and I were tired but we both were super excited to have just finished such a great day.
She's a machine. The whole day. Just kept it together and pressed on up the trail. Walter and I would have struggled without her. And in true Christie-fashion, she wanted to hit 50 miles for the day. I wasn't super thrilled about the idea but I'd never ran 50 before and we only needed like 4.6 more. So she and I went out and back on the road a couple of times- around the parking lot and finally hit her 50.
We were done and it felt amazing. What else was amazing? Getting in a warm RV taking a hot shower and cooking a hot dinner right there in the RV next to the trailhead. While we waited for the rest of the group to come in. Walter and Stever weren't too far behind Christie and I coming out of the canyon. Then a couple of hours later, Steven Hooper and John B, came in. We loaded them up with food/ drinks and warmed them in the RV before they drove Ben's car back to STG. Ben decided to only do r2r and had his wife come pick him up. Right around 10pm Steve was getting dressed up to go out looking for the other 3 in our group who were still out on the trail. When we saw two headlamps and another silhouette with them. They made it! Everyone was in!
I was so pumped and relieved that no one was still out there. In all 8 people with us did the full r2r2r. That's a great day. Each person leaving better off than when they entered.
Published on March 25, 2019, 7:02 am
By Nelson C
I married the love of my life.
Published on March 25, 2019, 6:38 am
By Richard DR
When I saw your ad for the star chart, I knew I had to get it and gift it to my wife.
See, I actually met my wife in a dream September 16th, 2000 and then physically met her 9-23-2001.
An explanation is warranted. I awoke from a powerful dream about 11:30 at night on September 16th, 2000. The dream was simple, short and sweet. There was an image of a woman and she was standing in front of me. That was the total of the dream but upon awakening, the first thought in my head was I had just seen the woman I would marry. At the time, I was a single father with a 5-year-old son and zero interest in being married again.
The dream was so powerful that I wrote about it in a journal that sat beside my bed. The dream crossed my mind many times over the next year but was beginning to fade when magic occurred. At the time, I was a retired KY State Police Sergeant and had started a horse training/boarding facility. A friend called and asked me to over night board a horse for a lady who was traveling through KY and needed a place to board so she could get some rest. I told him I do not over night board horses and couldn't help him. He continued to guilt me and I continued to decline. Eventually, he said, "hang on a minute," and he put her on the phone. He knew all along that I would not tell her no. Eventually, he led her out to the farm.
From the moment we met, we both knew the meeting was destined. She moved in about a year later and we were married in front of the barn where we met on horseback 9-23-2005.
Yes, this star chart was the perfect gift at the perfect time.
Richard D. Rowland, Author, Unspoken Messages
Published on March 25, 2019, 6:37 am
By Brenden H
The reason I got this was because the girl I have a crush on are both in an astronomy club at the university we attend, and every semester they go camping so we are away from city lights. It was our first semester there and they were going camping and she was really excited to go because:
a) she had never been camping before, and
b) she had never seen many stars in the sky before. While I, on the other hand, being a guy from rural Iowa had seen a lot of stars all the time. So me being the guy willing to do anything for a girl I like agreed to go with her.
The first night was cloudy so we couldn't see much. Besides the stars, we were there to just have a good time and one of the things the campground offered was canoeing. We spent about an hour on the river and had a blast. Later that night after playing more games and stuff at around 9:30 or 10pm we realized the stars we starting to come out. After waiting some more we could see quite a few and walked to a parking lot to see more. Once we got there we just sat on the ground and looked at the stars for a while.
The reason I got this, however, was so she could remember the great time we had and how beautiful the stars were that night.
Published on March 25, 2019, 6:30 am
By Becky F
On the night of March 2nd, 2017 at 6:00pm, the love of my life picked me up for our first date.
I met him on Tinder (sorry not sorry) and it was the best thing that ever happened to me. That's where our love story began. It was a Sunday, we went out for dinner at one of the only sit-down restaurants that were actually open in my small little town. The place was kind of trashy and the dinner was kind of crap, but we had amazing conversations and sat there for over 4 hours. We were going to go to a movie at 7:00pm but ended up staying to talk until the restaurant closed.
After that, we decided to go downtown and sit in his car on the riverfront boardwalk and talk for hours upon hours more, until we realized it was 2:00am the next day and we both had to be to work early. He dropped me off at home and we both decided we wanted to see each other again and again.
We went on 2 more dates and he ended up asking me to be his girlfriend. It's been two years now, we're engaged, and I created my star map for him for our anniversary. Basically, this night was the greatest night of my life and will continue to be forever.
Thank you for letting me create such a beautiful piece.
Published on March 25, 2019, 6:25 am
By Molly MC
I have had a "rough" relationship past to say the least.
Some friends of mine at work noticed I had been pretty down so they signed me up for an account on Match.com and put me out there online.
I started talking to this really nice guy names Dean. We had so much in common it was almost scary. We were both previously volunteer firefighters and were from the Midwest. We both live in Tennessee now and we stick out a bit amongst southerners. When we started talking I was actually on vacation in Florida with my sister, brother-in-law, and our combined 6 kids. To my surprise, we started talking like we had known each other for years. We laughed and giggled like high school kids. I found a side to me that I thought was gone for good. I was amazed at how easy he was to talk to and how accepting he was of all my imperfections. He was anxious for me to get home so I could meet him in person. He helped me stay awake really late on my drive home even though he had to work the next day.
That day March 23rd is the day we finally met in person and the rest is history. I was so scared that I picked a nice public park right on the river in Knoxville. I had already worked a full day and so had he and we were both tired but we walked on the walking trail and talked like we had known each other for years. We went to dinner and he was so kind and gentle and calm and easy to talk to, unlike anyone I had ever known in my life. I still swear I had dreamt about his eyes long before we actually met.
He loves my children like they are his own, as I do his. I have multiple sclerosis and this can be very unpredictable and scary for those who aren't educated about it. When I told him he explained to me he has family members with MS and he knows all about it and it didn't intimidate him in the least. We have been best friends ever since.
This Sunday makes 2 years since that amazing day and I wouldn't change a thing. He was the bright star in my gray sky and now we look at the stars together and remember all our good times.
Published on March 25, 2019, 6:24 am
By Jaimie M
On August 13th 2013 I meant the man of my dreams.
This year for Valentine's day I wanted to do something special. So when I saw Under Lucky Stars, It was a must do.
I wanted to get this made just to remind both of us how special August 13th, 2013 was/is to the both of us.
Now, when we both see it on our wall, we both can smile and just remember how lucky both of us our to one another.
Published on March 25, 2019, 5:38 am
By Connor L
In the middle of November 2018, it was my girlfriend's 21st birthday, so we decided to go to New York.
Neither of us had ever been before so we were really excited! Towards the end of the holiday I told her that I would love to go and visit Belvedere Caslte in Central Park, I had seen pictures of it in the dark and it looked amazing with all the lights on.
When we finally found Belvedere Castle, we discovered that it was undergoing maintenance and was closed to the public and all the lights were turned off, I was gutted. So as we were leaving Central Park I realised we were near the MET Museum and remembered that she enjoyed watching the show "Gossip Girl". I knew that they shot a few of the scenes on the steps of the MET so I said to her that we should walk that way and see if we can get a picture in front of the museum.
As luck would have it a gentleman was walking by and I asked if he would take our picture and he agreed but as I handed my phone over to him I told him that I was going to propose to my girlfriend and ge was more than happy to take our picture.
As we stood in front of the MET I slowly took a step back from my girlfriend and got down on one knee and said her name, as she turned around her face lit up as I asked those 4 words. And I am happy to say that she said yes!!
Published on March 25, 2019, 5:36 am
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