{"id":558,"date":"2025-07-08T20:07:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T20:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patriciavanderveen.nl\/about-me\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T12:33:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T12:33:02","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/patriciavanderveen.nl\/en\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:100px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:80px;--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:70px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-center\" style=\"margin:0;\">My life story<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.84%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:justify;\"><p>I was there early. At a young age, I left the parental home and was on my own. At 19, through no fault of my own, I was in a bad car accident and had a near-death experience.<\/p>\n<p>At the age of 24, I ran my own insurance agency in Wassenaar. After five years I was able to sell this office very well to a bigger player in the market. I drove a Porsche 911, wore a Rolex and clothes from Pauw, and for a year I slept in the most expensive hotels in the world. With the love of my life, who left me totally unexpectedly. I collapsed.<\/p>\n<p>After suffering from my neck for 15 years due to the car accident, I underwent a life-threatening surgery in Germany at age 34, which fortunately was successful.<\/p>\n<p>When I was 37 years old I started to study intuitive entrepreneurship and came into contact with astrology through a friend. I studied western astrology based on Jung (for four years) and then three more years of classical astrology.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.84%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:justify;\"><p>When I was 49 years old, after twenty-three years of marriage, I divorced on my own initiative. Fortunately, I had chosen to remain childless, but had been the mother of two children for many years.<\/p>\n<p>Several times in my life I had thus experienced that there is more at play between heaven and earth. I learned to trust my intuition even more. There I found the real answers to my questions in the search for my true self. The combination of astrology and my highly developed intuitive vision led me to the name of my services and of my company: Astro Visie. I have been making this combination of astrology and my vision available to people and organizations for eight years, giving direction to their search.<\/p>\n<p>I am now 52 years old and very happy, I live in Laren (NH), have a steady relationship with Pieter and I love dogs and (fast) cars.<\/p>\n<p>My life motto is: \u201cMy true self and then even better\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--link_hover_color: #7a55aa;--awb-border-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-border-sizes-left:0px;--awb-border-sizes-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:80px;--awb-padding-right:30px;--awb-padding-bottom:80px;--awb-padding-left:30px;--awb-padding-top-small:100px;--awb-padding-bottom-small:60px;--awb-margin-top:30px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1296px;margin-left: calc(-8% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-8% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion-flex-column fusion-animated\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:45%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.68%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:8.1777777777778%;--awb-width-medium:40%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:4.14%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:9.2%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:3.68%;--awb-margin-bottom-small:55px;--awb-spacing-left-small:3.68%;\" data-animationType=\"fadeInLeft\" data-animationDuration=\"1.3\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"482\" height=\"660\" alt=\"Patricia van der Veen - Astro Visie - astroloog\" title=\"Patricia van der Veen &#8211; Astro Visie &#8211; astroloog\" src=\"https:\/\/patriciavanderveen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Patricia-van-der-Veen-Astro-Visie-astroloog.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patriciavanderveen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Patricia-van-der-Veen-Astro-Visie-astroloog-200x274.jpg 200w, https:\/\/patriciavanderveen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Patricia-van-der-Veen-Astro-Visie-astroloog-400x548.jpg 400w, https:\/\/patriciavanderveen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Patricia-van-der-Veen-Astro-Visie-astroloog.jpg 482w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion-flex-column fusion-animated\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:55%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:6.6909090909091%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.68%;--awb-width-medium:60%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:6.1333333333333%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.3733333333333%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:3.68%;--awb-spacing-left-small:3.68%;\" data-animationType=\"fadeInRight\" data-animationDuration=\"1.3\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color8);--awb-margin-bottom:60px;--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:40px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:40px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-center\" style=\"margin:0;text-transform:var(--awb-typography1-text-transform);font-size:1em;line-height:1.2;\">Would you like to have a specific question answered? Please ask your confidential question <u><a href=\"mailto:patricia@patriciavanderveen.nl?subject=Hierbij%20mijn%20persoonlijke%20vraag\">here<\/a><\/u>.<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:50px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:rgba(26,18,38,0.2);border-color:rgba(26,18,38,0.2);border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color8);--awb-margin-bottom:60px;--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:40px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:40px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-center\" style=\"margin:0;text-transform:var(--awb-typography1-text-transform);font-size:1em;line-height:1.2;\">Would you like to book a consultation at my office in Laren (NH) or via Teams? Please suggest a few dates <u><a href=\"mailto:patricia@patriciavanderveen.nl?subject=Datavoorstellen%20consult\">here<\/a><\/u>.<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":519,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"About Patricia van der Veen | Astro Visie","_seopress_titles_desc":"Discover who Patricia van der Veen is and how, as an astrologer, she supports people and businesses with astrological consultations and pathways.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-558","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/patriciavanderveen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/patriciavanderveen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/patriciavanderveen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patriciavanderveen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patriciavanderveen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/patriciavanderveen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1079,"href":"https:\/\/patriciavanderveen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/558\/revisions\/1079"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patriciavanderveen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/patriciavanderveen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}