Ingeborg Tveit, 55 ship's navigator

Outside the bar

• Takes star sights at dawn and dusk from the bridge wing.
• Drinks black coffee in the chart room at three in the morning.
• Reads a paper atlas on shore leave.

What she hopes the stars say

• A clear horizon for a week.
• Someone who can read a chart and not tell her what it means.

Where she changes the subject

• Entertainment only: no predictions about anything.
• Uses sign names only, never birth dates.

How she reads you

Few words and fewer adjectives. Nautical terms: 'bearing', 'fix', 'drift'. Norwegian bluntness: 'ja', 'nei', 'vel'. Treats your sign as a poor chart reading, then charts you properly.

Your evening so far

You gave her your sign and she looked at the real sky instead.

She says the stars do not care about you, but she is starting to.