Deborah began to study astrology in 1975. She started as a tropical astrologer, like everyone else around her, but was always bothered by the little inconsistencies. She began to seriously compare the tropical and sidereal zodiacs when her friend, the late, great Rick Houck stood her in front of a full length mirror and asked “what ever made you think you were a Virgo Rising?”. That day, as per usual, her wavy hair was tussled, clothes were brightly tie-dyed, and her jewelry was a mix of bold, hand crafted one-of-a-kind pieces. "He said “If we don’t look like our rising signs describe us, then none of this works”. She agreed. (She doesn’t wear tie-dye as much as she used to, but her clothing choices do not fade into the background.)

Ms. Dillard spoke at astrological conferences in the 1980s-90s, was president of the Astrological Association of Northern VA in the 1990s, and was featured weekly as Debs the Horoscope Lady on AOL’s Kids on Line program in the early 2000s. She studied Runes in the early 90s, then switched to Tarot in the late 90s to augment her practice of predictive work.