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 Robb U
The story I am about to share is never-ending fun and love.
One of my closest and dearest friends wanted me to meet a good friend of hers from high school and he and I were both hesitant, but after two months of being encouraged, we decided we'd meet for drinks and appetizers.
That's when it all began. We met at the Pour House in Friend, Nebraska and had brie, crackers, and wine, and the first of many conversations began. Then, we drove the windy roads of Nebraska on a hot June night to the quaint town of Geneva to see my love's Victorian family home. The couple that introduced us plus the two of us swung on the porch listening to the crickets, and we had a few more drinks before continuing the evening of fun at a diaper keg party.
They diaper keg party was fun of music and laughter. My new love and I snuck inside to a room full of Alaskan wildlife, cozy leather furniture and a table with a Lite-Brite. We continued learning about one another while playing Lite-Brite and the conversation has never stopped since the night we nicknamed "Woodstock."
That's the story of June 8, 2018.
Published on March 25, 2019, 5:28 am
By Armando R
Hi Under Lucky Stars, well it all started with a faithful match on Tinder.
I was single for more than a year and was from a very bad relationship for 1 year. I was still in pain and I was actually suicidal at that time.
Then I talked to a very close friend about it and she told me why not try, so she made me this Tinder account. On my 3rd day using it, I matched with my man as of today!
We first met on May 22nd 2018 at the same place but it took us just days to fall in love and on June 5th we sealed it and now my life has never been better because of that one fateful night at rotary park where he told me he loves me and asked me to be his woman, not his girl but his woman!
Published on March 25, 2019, 5:26 am
By Marissa H
I’m a very sentimental person and for me, it’s the little personal things that mean the most.
My boyfriend and I celebrated our first Valentine’s Day together and I was so wonderfully surprised when I opened my gift to see the constellation map of the night he asked me to be his girlfriend and of the specific place where he asked me.
Titled at the top was “The Moment I Knew” which is when he picked me up from the airport after I took an 11 day trip to Europe (I booked it before we connected). It was such a personal, special and surprising gift to receive for our first Valentine’s Day together. It showed me that not only he knew me and what meant a lot to me, but it’s something that I have never received.
This was such a beautiful gift and really showed me he cared and put a lot of thought into this gift. I love my gift and every time I look at it, I can’t help but feel my heart flutter and remember that special day.
Published on March 25, 2019, 5:24 am
By Alexandra O
I know it sounds cliche, but my best friend's wedding changed my life. I met someone who was the missing piece to my story, and I met him over the course of a weekend destination wedding.
We're busy getting ready for a day on the beach, and he walks in our condo. He is the twin brother of one of the Maids of Honor, the girl who I had bonded with the most over the course of the wedding planning. We spent time on the beach together, and I was immediately hooked. I wanted to play it cool though, so I hopped in the second car that was heading to the rehearsal dinner... it wasn't until he got to the dinner and told me how he wished I had been riding in his truck that I knew for sure he was into me, too. We drank wine, laughed, and I jokingly told him I was going to make him sing karaoke with me that night.
Fast forward to the wedding day. I'm not feeling too hot, red wine doesn't seem to like me much the day after. All of the bridesmaids are busy getting ready, helping the bride get dolled up, crying and drinking mimosas, and putting the finishing touches on the floral arrangements. I volunteered to help with the flowers, but only because I knew he was helping, too. I mentioned how I didn't feel good and asked if he and the Maid of Honor's boyfriend could bring me a Sprite I had at our condo, they had to go pick something up from our place. Less than 5 minutes later they're back with a snack and two bottles of Sprite from the store for me. He didn't want me to have to wait until they went to the condo and back. I know it sounds silly, how impressive is a Sprite? But this was just a glimpse into how caring he is, and how he will do anything in his power to take care of those who he loves. Little did I know, that Sprite was the first of many times he would be taking care of me.
He couldn't stop staring at me during the ceremony. He saved me a seat at the reception. He held my purse while we took pictures. We danced-- I got the boy who says he's never danced before out on the floor, spinning me around until the stars came out. Like something out of a fairy tale, I was the bridesmaid who fell in love at her old roommate's wedding, and never wanted to catch the bouquet more than I did that night. Even though I didn't catch the bouquet, I went home after that weekend, after that night we had our first kiss, knowing that I was going to marry that handsome Coast Guardsman.
So cheers to June, 10th 2018, and thank you to those lucky stars for shining bright on that weekend that I met THE boy. Cheers to you, Peter, and to our forever!
Published on March 25, 2019, 5:21 am
By Tim B
I was in the military (USAF) stationed in Germany and my now wife was also in the USAF stationed in San Antonio, TX.
We did not know each other. We were both deployed to Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm "The Gulf War" and we met for the first time in Saudi Arabia on her birthday, the day the war started on Jan 17th under the incredibly bright stars of Saudi Arabia.
God blessed me with her that day. We were stationed together at a forward operating base near the Iraq border. We became close friends and when I got back to Germany and she returned to San Antonio, TX we began communicating more and more and eventually began a relationship and then married.
We now have two grown children and live in Austin, TX. Tomorrow, March 11th, is our 27th wedding anniversary and I plan to give this to her as a gift. She is my queen and deserves the very best I can give her every day of the year.
Published on March 25, 2019, 5:17 am
By Jason D
The star chart represents when me and my now fiancée first started talking back on 25th July, 2016 at 8:16pm.
It was when the pokemon go craze was first taking off. My son had started to play it and I had joined an online group to learn more about the game to help him better. My fiancée had messaged me offering help and advice and what started as a trivial conversation turned into us talking more and more each day.
Fast forward to almost 3 years together and I wouldn't change a thing between us. We both work together on everything. We've had ups and downs like any other couple but we always work together to sort things out. It may take me some time because I can be a stubborn sob at times but our love for each other is stronger than anything that life will ever throw at us and I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with her.
Published on March 25, 2019, 5:12 am
By Sydney P
On May 19th, 2016 I was at a gas station with one of my friends getting gas and just so happens to run into this guy I knew looked familiar.
I didn’t think twice about who it was because I’m from a very small town and everyone knows everybody. After I was walking back to my car we made eye contact and he messaged me on Facebook after he left. As soon as his name popped up I knew exactly who it was. We both went to school with each other but never paid attention because he’s five years older than me. But that very moment something just clicked and I knew from the very first start of just looking into his eyes he was the one for me. The one to spend the rest of my life with.
Before all of this had happened I was in a really bad car accident back in 2015 and the doctors thought I wasn’t going to make it through the night because of how much trauma I had. It took me over 8 months to finally walk again and after that, it took me over a whole year to completely heal from everything that had happened to me. It was like a dream come true to be given a second chance at life and God bringing someone into my life I never thought could be so special to me when I was at my lowest point.
Cody brought me back to life and taught me how to love myself again. He is absolutely amazing and I couldn’t be any more thankful than I am today, to be able to spend every second with the person God sent to me. Prayers really do work and God is wonderful. He definitely works in mysterious ways.
When people say true love comes when you’re at your lowest is the truest thing I ever heard. I didn’t think it was true until it happened to me. He’s my best friend, my whole world. Ever since that day we’ve been going stronger than ever.
There’s not a day that goes by where I take life for granted. I could’ve easily lost my life but instead, God knew I needed a second chance at life and brought the love of my life into my path.
Published on March 25, 2019, 5:09 am
By Garry N
My name is Susie and I bought Garry a star map for Valentines day!
On November 6 2015, Garry and I met! From the minute we met, it was like we had always known each other. He was funny with such a good sense of humor.
Little did we know that night that we would start dating, fall in love, get engaged and adopt a baby girl.
Life is an amazing thing! And it all started that night in November.
Our Star map is a beautiful reminder of where our Love Story started.
Published on March 25, 2019, 4:50 am
By Matthew P
Sometimes the magic happens a little later in life.
It was the second time around for her and the third for me. We didn't know each other well at all, not quite a blind date, but definitely an "out on a limb" experience for both of us! I listened to an inner nudge that said, "Why not ask her out."
A 40-something man was like an inexperienced teenager when I called. It went something like this:
Me: Hi! How's it going?
Her: I'm good. What's up?
Me: Well, I was...er...wondering if you might want to go out sometime?
Her: Yes, I think that I would.
Me: You would??? Oh....ok....that's great!
Her: When were you thinking?
Me: Oh....well....how about this Saturday....if that's not too soon?
Her: Actually Saturday would work out quite well.
Me: That's great!
Her: What would you like to do?
Me: Oh....well...um....how about dinner and a movie?
Her: Ok. What time would you like to come get me?
Me: Well....um....how does 5:00 sound?
Her: That would be fine.
Me: Great! I'll look forward to seeing you then. Bye.
Her: Bye.
Can you tell that it had been a number of years since I had done this? We still smile about my ineptitude today!
I picked her up at 5:00pm at her home in Swartz Creek, Michigan USA on June 10, 2006. We had dinner at a Middle Eastern Restaurant and almost missed the movie because the conversation flowed much more naturally then it did on the phone call. She told me later one of her biggest concerns was that the conversation would be forced and awkward. We went to see The DaVinci Code to round out a perfect evening.
On Sunday we went for a walk in a local nature preserve and talked for several hours. Both of us had a "baggage" from failed previous relationships. Neither of us was into playing the games that sometimes get played at the beginning of a new relationship. We were comfortable enough with ourselves to say, "This is who I am, and this is what I want." Had that not been what the other was looking for, we would have parted as friends with no hard feelings.
Suffice it to say that the walk, and the conversation, continued.
We both had to work on Monday. I got up and around early so I could go to the store and buy flowers and deliver them to her office before we met briefly for coffee. We were pretty much inseparable from that point on. One year of getting to know each other and blending our two families - she has three children and I have one - we were married.
Through the ups and downs that have happened, I remain thankful that I listened to that initial nudge and those lucky stars that brought this amazing soulmate into my life.
Published on March 25, 2019, 4:44 am
By Kelly P
On this day, my husband and I purchased our first home.
As a military family, we were always afraid to buy a home knowing we would not live there long enough to enjoy it and didn’t want to deal with the hassle of selling or renting. We have always rented or lived in Military housing. We have had dreams of owning a home for many years and had a lengthy Pinterest board full of decorating ideas for the day we would finally be able to buy a home and do what we wanted with it. I purchased the star map from Under Lucky Stars to hang in our very first real home where we plan to stay for quite some time now that our military service is coming to an end after 25 years of service.
Published on March 25, 2019, 4:32 am
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