Armendariz is very interested in astrology, and it pokes its head into several different series that he has been working on for a long time. "The bottom line is I'm interested in fate and chance, and I think it's fascinating that many different cultures have a belief system that directly aligns with when you're born, what hour you're born, and how that directly affects the trajectory of your fortune or your misfortune. The idea that something outside of us is guiding us is curious, that we're not 100 % in control of our destiny, that our destiny is already written." Completed during his residency at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass, Colorado, Armendariz's studio had frequent animal visitors in his studio. A magpie flew into the studio and stole his shiny necklace.