She became interested in Astrology at the age of seven, spending many hours looking at the stars and asking why they left her behind in this place where she felt separated from those who would understand her. Sandi's Astrology training began In 1977, when she took an eight week course about astrology at a community college. At the end of the course the instructor, Barabra (yes, Barabra!), looked at each student's natal chart. Barabra reviewed each of the charts which contained no names or personal information and wrote three brief sentences describing the individual depicted in the chart. Barabra described Sandi as if she knew her personally. Sandi then approached Barabra and asked her how she could look at the chart and know her so personally. After this conversation, Sandi petitioned to become one of Barabra’s students, agreeing to Barabra's required commitment of five years of study from her students. This was a beginning of a life long friendship.