The Reality Behind Astro-TikTok, Spiritual Growth, and a Sense of Self: A Q&A with Rozie Ramati

The reality behind astro-tiktok, spiritual growth, and a sense of self

A Q&A with Rozie Ramati

by Lesley Ramirez

Rozie Ramati is a UCLA fourth year transfer American Literature & Culture major who recently blew up on the social media platform TikTok. With over 173k followers and 3.6 million likes, Rozie shares her knowledge of astrology and love of music on her profile. In her first video to receive over a million views, Rozie shared her feelings of astrologer “imposter syndrome” that have come as a result of her TikTok career. She explained that she was afraid to share what she knew about astrology after studying it for the past ten years because she was wary of people’s judgement. However, due to the large amount of misinformation she saw spread by other creators, Rozie felt urged to share what she knew about astrology and spirituality.

In an interview with Rozie, we delved into her background and what led her to become involved with astrology and spirituality. As a Santa Monica native, Rozie was born to a Mexican mother and Jewish father and grew up facing familial pressures to pursue higher education. In an effort to be recruited by colleges, Rozie joined the rowing team her junior year of high school and practiced synchronized swimming for 7 years, even competing on a national team. Unfortunately, this all came to a halt after experiencing multiple sportsrelated concussions. The abrupt stop to her athletic career pushed Rozie to branch out and explore other interests such as learning to play the ukulele and guitar, teaching herself how to sing, and yes— starting her journey into astrology

What is spirituality? How did your journey begin?

Rozie shared that spirituality is something gradual, as opposed to a spontaneous enlightenment. She remarked that, as a whole,“we are inherently spiritual people” and that “we can uncover more parts of our spiritual self.” Ramati emphasized that we should be wary of seeing spirituality as “magic” and aggrandizing because spirituality “is just how things work.” She shared her mantra of “everything definitely happens for a reason” and reiterated that in the end, “there’s a lesson to be learned in every situation.” Rozie credited her journey thus far and her “huge spiritual awakening” to the sports-related injuries that once seemed like major obstacles in her life.

How can we grow spiritually?

Rozie’s advice is to begin by “accepting that there are going to be really tough times,” and to know that, “you have to keep building yourself back up again and again no matter what.” Rozie confirmed that “there’s always going to be obstacles,” but it is best to face the obstacles for goals that will make you happy.

Hard work became a recurring theme in our talk about reaching life goals and Rozie shared that, “spirituality can help with that.” To reach personal life goals, shadow work – a spiritual aspect – must be something that you build upon.

Shadow work, Rozie laid out, “is confronting things that you don’t want to confront, like your ego or trauma.” It goes without saying that you will not see positive fruition with spirituality alone, “you have to put in work before you can really get anywhere” especially if “you want to get somewhere good.”

Rozie asked that we take a step back and begin with addressing our present selves. To work on your spiritual growth, she suggested that everyone should “be grateful for where you are now.” Rozie used her social media platform growth as an example. In the beginning, she was not actively pursuing a career nor did she have a large audience— “before I even started gaining a following on Tik Tok, I was practicing gratitude for the life I have right now… because I knew that if I’m grateful for my life now, I will definitely be grateful for my life later.” In full transparency, she shared “of course it’s hard to be grateful every step of the way… but any obstacle along the way will make [you] stronger.”

How much is within our control?

When asked this question, Rozie made sure to note that it is important to remember that “astrology does not necessarily define where you’ll end up, or who you’ll be, nor does spirituality. You define that yourself.” Astrology is an added tool to help you visualize your potential, “but it doesn’t set anything in stone.” However, astrological placements can still be beneficial. An example Rozie shared is that “some people may have favorable fame degrees, but they won’t be famous and that might be because they didn’t believe in themselves, or because they didn’t pursue fame or didn’t want fame.” No one’s destiny is permanently written in the stars and ultimately, “it really just depends on what the person wants out of their life and how their placements can serve them.”

What about manifestation?

An example of how much control we have is seen in the practice of manifestation. Rozie explained that for her, manifestation led to a boost in self confidence. Rozie claimed that “this past summer I was manifesting heavily in a journal, every single day for a month. If after that month I feel a little more confident in myself and my abilities, then I will only manifest around new moons.”

Rozie shared her guide on how to manifest and included reasons for why it is extremely promising:

“You manifest around new moons, because they are new beginnings. How I manifest is by saying things like ‘I am’ and ‘I have’ actively in [my] life. Also before you start manifesting… [you] always write down what [you] are grateful for. [Gratitude] is very important before you start asking the universe Rozie Ramati for anything. You don’t want to ask for anything really, you want to say ‘this is my reality,’ and then it becomes your reality. Another really important thing that helped me tremendously was positive affirmation. Saying these things out loud. They help, they work, and they will become true.

[Another key is] being specific and general at the same time. Never ask the universe to bring in a specific person. Manifesting people is not the best. Instead I would say manifest your ideal partner, if you’re looking for something romantic, or your soul tribe– people that resonate with your soul. Try to keep it general so the universe has room to bring it into your life.

Things will happen unexpectedly, like I had no idea I was going to blow up on TikTok due to astrology. I could never even fathom it because for so long people had ridiculed me for my interest in astrology and tarot and spirituality. So the fact that it’s what people want from me now– for the most part– is kind of crazy. But yeah, manifesting changes your life completely.”

The Saturn and Jupiter great conjunction of 2020?

Rozie stated that the Saturn and Jupiter great conjunction of 2020 helped solidify any new projects that people had begun. “I started working on music around that time because I really wanted to focus on my following to be a music and astrology balance,” shared Rozie, “that actually ended up working. I started doing a series where I covered songs that reminded me of certain placements. Those started blowing up.” Rozie’s first musical video to blow up was an FKA twigs “cellophane” cover, which received over 153k views and 43k likes. She’s since learned that it’s easier to receive 100 thousand likes on an astrology video than a cover, but claims that “there’s no brain that goes into those. Usually it’s a random signs video, but when it comes to music and covers I get so overwhelmed and cry.”

Soon after that cover, Rozie started to get recognized for her voice and music alongside her knowledge of astrology. The balance in recognition between the themes, she said, “really shook me,” and Rozie credits this to manifestation and starting the new project around the great conjunction.

Upcoming astrological periods to look out for?

Rozie shared with certainty that there will be two eclipses in the future— Sagittarius and Gemini— and “depending on where that falls in your astrological chart, [it] defines the degree of impact