Meet the Astrologist predicting Love Island USA
Lindsey Damis. Or should we say Nostradamis?
Growing up, I was a huge fan of the dystopian YA series The Hunger Games. As I read them, safe in the naivety of adolescence, I thought, it’s incredible that I live in a society where this kind of thing could never happen. Wrong, bitch. We do have that, and it’s called Love Island USA. Every summer we send 12 of our horniest twenty-somethings as tribute to Fiji to hump to the death. They do things on television that I couldn’t even dream of in my worst nightmare, like putting the sweaty foot of a full-grown man in one’s mouth.
That’s right: I am watching Love Island. My obsession started as prep for a story that unfortunately didn’t materialize (one day I’ll write about THAT), and has since become something bigger, deeper, more beautiful, and more sinister—one of those precious but disgustingly odoriferous flowers that only blooms once a year, in secret. My civic duty, which I previously reserved for political elections and wearing deodorant in public, has expanded into voting contestants off the island. Yes, I have the app. Every day it asks me illiterate questions like, “Villa Girls + Casa Boys: Which Connection Has You Seated?”
One of the great things about watching Love Island USA is that it’s an immersive experience. My TikTok and Instagram are overrun with couch commentators, former contestants giving their two cents, and meme creators, all of whom I obediently scroll through. One thing kept coming up: an astrologist who was apparently forecasting Love Island USA results with uncanny accuracy based on contestants’ birth charts. Lindsey Damis, who goes by Linndsology on TikTok, saw Corbin’s Casa Amor reset, the strength of Trinity and Bryce’s connection, and Sincere’s flip-flopping coming. The 26-year-old Florida-based astrologer and I hopped on the phone to chat about what’s in the stars.
Tell me about your work.
I do astrology and human design. Human design is essentially another form of divination, but it combines astrology—I believe it’s Western astrology, the Chinese I Ching system, the Judaic Tree of Life system, and the Chakra system—all together. It looks at a body graph, and then tells you how you can best bring things into your life the easiest, basically manifesting, but for your specific energy type, and how to work with the resistance that the universe brings you. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to use human design a whole lot with the Love Island predictions, because I’m not working with birth times here, and you need birth time, date, and location to do a true reading. With Hellenistic astrology, you can get so much information with just the birth date. It’’s just working with the ancient rather than modern planet system and, basically, not using the newer outer planets
How did you get into astrology?
I’m a classic tale of someone who got into astrology because of Covid. I’’d always been interested in it, but I was putting a lot of music out—I make music and I produce it as well. These days I’m more focused on building my career in astrology and human design. For the past 6 years I’ve been seriously dedicating myself to it.
When did you first start reading the astrology of Love Island contestants?
I started last year. Last year all my predictions were terrible. I was just analyzing as I was going. Part of me was afraid of making a wrong prediction, and what happened was all of them were pretty much wrong. I’d never seen the show before last year. Then my friends and I watched Love Island Games, and I was like, okay, I officially love this show. This year I really cemented myself using Hellenistic astrology, and I noticed my predictions were so accurate. I just wanted to do something silly while practicing my craft, getting my reps in as someone who makes predictions.
What’s your craziest prediction that’s come true?
Bea’s elimination. I was like, it’s either Corbin or Bea, and I analyzed their charts, and I was like, Corbin has a little more luck on his side than she does, so if anyone is gonna go home, it would be her.
Recoupling is coming soon…Any thoughts?
Astrology exists in the context, so anyone saying, like, “Oh, I could have made this prediction,” then great, do it. I once predicted that my hairdresser was going to get engaged, but I wouldn’t have done that if she wasn’t already in a relationship, right? The point is, I don’t have a prediction yet because I don’’t have the context. Once it gets closer, I’ll sift through the information and make my prediction.
You’ve already predicted that you’re looking out for a fight between Corbin and Kenzie. What else should we watch for?
I literally have a list I wrote down. It’s so long. So: one of my predictions for Anaya is that she was in the mood to separate and cut something off, that was right before Casa, and then there’s something important that will happen with her around the time of recoupling. I’m guessing that her couple will be permanently changed. Bryce will miss Trinity, and Trinity will genuinely be tempted, but she’ll probably stick with him. Zach and Kayda might both end up struggling to solidify their couples. Sincere is going to have, like, a big moment around this full moon in Capricorn coming up, so that will be after Casa, and it doesn’t really look positive. Bryce will have a heated conversation with someone, either a friend or a romantic partner. He also might face some kind of hardship or rejection. A few days ago, I was like, what if he gets voted out?
No! I like him.
I don’t know, there’s like an ego wound that he’s going to go through, and I’m hoping it’s not getting voted out.
Who’s on winner watch?
Melanie, Kenzie, Trinity, and Bryce from the OGs, Anaya possibly as well with Carl. I like Gal so far. The Casa people have changed my winner watch.
Are there specific signs you think do better on the show?
Yes and no. It depends on a few things, if people have good charts or whether they just get lucky. Like, I remember looking up past contestants’ charts and thinking, “Damn, how did they stay on the show so long?” Then you look at their chart and realize they have a well-placed Venus, or they have a really well-placed moon, which kind of grants them ease or luck. And, or a well-placed sun, right? It depends on whether the planets are well placed in their own sign and they have dignity there, but ultimately what matters most is compatibility with the season’s air date.
If I tell you my chart, will you tell me if I’d be good on Love Island?
Do you know all your placements?
Yes…ready? My Sun is in Leo, my Moon is Cancer, my Mercury is Leo, my Venus is Leo, my Mars is Cancer. My Jupiter is Pisces, my Saturn Taures.
Okay, okay. Period. Honestly, you would have potential to win this year, but because of your Cancer Moon. You definitely could go far, especially because you have Leo Sun. Leo Suns do very well being themselves and sharing their personality and like leading with their heart. With everything that you have in your chart, you could go pretty far. Make it to the final type shit.