Are these women on another PLANET?

Never mind the quips about Mars and Venus, some wives genuinely believe they are ‘starseeds’ – spirits from the depths of space. We boldly go to ask what on Earth their husbands can think, and probe... I get homesick for Andromeda

SPIRITUAL coach Yolandi Boshoff, 44, is married to Rob Walker, 56, a software developer. They have a son, Ben, 12, and live in Sidmouth, Devon. She says: UNTIL 2014, my life was pretty conventional – I was working as a business analyst in the financial industry. Then a close friend introduced me to the notion of past lives – you learn about previous incarnations under hypnosis – and, out of curiosity, I had a reading.

This was when I discovered I am actually from the Andromeda galaxy, 2.5 million lightyears away. The moment she said it, I burst into tears because I knew it was true. I ‘remembered’ that my soul had been reincarnated on this planet.

All at once, everything about my life made so much sense, as I’d never felt like I belonged here on Earth.

When I was made redundant a year later, I ended up studying more about my starseed family. Andromedans tend to be courageous and love to connect with people. We know this because, over the centuries, many psychics, including the American faith healer Edgar Cayce, have channelled communication with the race. They are all about being true to yourself.

While our human brains can’t comprehend what their star system is like, as a race they are not like aliens or the characters in Star Wars. I see them as light beings.

As for Andromeda, geographically it is rocky, with lots of water, and visually it truly is out of this world. I describe it as a patina of colours: blues, purples, greens and that magical mixture of hues you see only in sunsets.

When I travel there during deep meditation, it feels as though I float around, not bound by gravity or the dense energies we feel on Earth.

When I first came to terms with my astral heritage, the feeling of homesickness intensified. During a holiday in 2018, I found myself crying on an outcrop in South Africa.

I was longing to go back to my star home, when suddenly I had this overwhelming protective sensation, with Mother Earth gently reminding me that I chose to be here.

My girlfriends are amazing about it – it’s common to come across your tribe and, perhaps unsurprisingly, many of them are starseeds, too. I do have other friends who are sceptical about this aspect of me, yet they know I’m not nuts.

My husband has been brilliantly non-judgmental.

His philosophy in life is: ‘If it feels good for you, go ahead.’ He doesn’t want to know whether he is a starseed – his feet are firmly rooted in science. It is not his path. ROB SAYS: I’m immensely proud of

Yolandi, but I won’t pretend that the idea of being a starseed isn’t a bit weird, because it is. When people ask what my wife does, I tend to say she is a coach. If they do any digging they usually get a bit of a shock.

But we all have the right to our beliefs. I’m a scientist, but I’m not closed-minded.