UAC Veteran AFA Speakers
Christine Arens: is certified as both a Professional and Teaching astrologer through AFA, and as an NCGR-PAA Level-III. After serving 21 years as President of Chicagos Friends of Astrology, she was named President Emeritus. She is currently a Board member of AFA and Kepler, as well as a Kepler instructor. In 2010 she was named AFA representative to the Publishers Board of the Astrology News Service. And, she is a Life Member of Mensa. Experties: Star of Bethlehem, Eclipses and Chart Calculation.
Howard Stephen Berg: is the world's fastest reader. Certified PMAFA, he served on the steering committee for AFAN, and was a instructor with the NYC Chapter of NCGR for many years. Howard has appeared on over 1,100 radio and television programs, has several best selling books, and hold a degree in Psychobiology. Howard's has performed research into how the brain interprets astrological symbols to create meaning and significance to be intuitive. Expertise: Natal Chart Delineation, Fundamentals and Essentials of Astrology and Forecasting Predictive Techniques.
Gary Christen: a well-known Uranian astrologer, which he has evolved into modern Symmetrical Astrology. Garys the first person in modern times awarded an accredited BA in Astrology (Livingston College, Rutgers University, 1974). An international lecturer and professional astrologer since 1969, Always serving the community in various roles including Chapter President and National Board of NCGR, Gary also co-founded Astrolabe, publisher of SolarFire, Celeste and NovaChartwheels, among others and continues on the cutting edge of astrology. Expertise: Symmetrical Astrology, The Business of Astrology and Natal and Predictive Delineation.
Lee Lehman: In her four decade development as an astrologer, practical application is one persistent hallmark which has defined Lee Lehman. Lee has a Ph.D. in Botany from Rutgers University. She is author of nine books on astrology. She is the Vice President of OCA, Inc., and a Tutor for the School of Traditional Astrology. Lee was the recipient of the 1995 Marc Edmund Jones Award, and the recipient of the 2008 Regulus Award for Education. Expertise: Natal Chart Delineation, Health and Wellness and Traditional Astrology.
Jagdish Maheshri: Jagdish is NCGR Research Director and contemporary Vedic astrologer. Published and presented papers at three NCGR conferences, and spoke at the 2012 UAC. Recently he spoke at the conference in India and won the outstanding global astrologer award. Holds PhD, teaches (online) Vedic astrology, authored several articles, appeared on radio shows, and hosts website www.astroinsight.com. In 1995, he discovered Ninefold Progression technique and explains in his book, Its All in Timing. His email address: jmaheshri@astroinsight.com. Expertise: Contemporary Vedic Chart Interpretation, Natural and Man-Made Calamities Research and Philosophical, Spiritual and Psychological Astrology.
Chris McRae: Chris has been a consultant, teacher, author, lecturer since 1970, lecturing at major astrological conferences and conducting workshops throughout the world including Russia, Europe, UK, South Africa, Israel, Australia, China. She has an international clientele. ISAR Board Vice-President, Chair ISAR International Council, & Certification Program, OPA Team Leader for many years, previous AFAN SC. UAC Regulus Award for Professional Image and ISAR Life Time Achievement Award. Has authored 3 books, contributed to 5, more coming. Expertise: Cycles of Great Conjunctions and effects upon world conditions and personal lives, Eclipses personally, politically and and geophysically and Shifting emphasis through relocation.
Bill Meridian: has been in the investment and astrology fields since 1972. He specializes in mundane and financial astrology. Bill first computerized financial astrology in the 1980s. He is a member of the Kenos Circle futurist society. He has authored 3 books and has reprinted the old Charles Jayne In Search publications. Bill continues to develop Jaynes eclipse analysis. As of July 2017, he has been ranked the number 2 stock timer in the US. Expertise Areas: Financial, Mundane and Forecasting personal charts.
Anne Ortelee: NCGR-PAA-Level 3; ISAR-CAP, PMAFA Anne consults, writes, hosts three podcasts and speaks Western, Uranian, Archetypal and Vedic/Jyotish. Anne has volunteered for NCGR since 1995. She is the Secretary of the C.G. Jung Foundation Board of Trustees and the Treasurer of OPA, the Organization of Professional Astrologers. After 25 years in corporate America as analyst, programmer, saleswoman and entrepreneur, Anne offers a unique blend of astrology, analysis, coaching and working with change to all. Expertise: Natal Interpretation and Predictive, Political and Mundane and Business Astrology.
Sandra-Leigh Serio: Sandra-Leigh is certified by ISAR, AFA and OPA as a professional astrologer and has written articles for the Mountain Astrologer, Llewellyn Publications, Horoscope Magazine, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, The Career Astrologer and StarIQ. She has a M.A. in Psychology, lives in Boulder, Colorado and is the President of the Rocky Mountain Astrologers. She has hosted her own TV and radio shows and served on the boards for OPA, AFAN and as a trainer for ISAR. Expertise: The personality revealed in the Natal Chart, Forecasting techniques to map you future and Past Life Astrology: How the past influences your future.
Dorian Greenbaum: PhD (Warburg Institute, 2009), has practiced and taught astrology since 1992. Publications include: The Daimon in Hellenistic Astrology: Origins and Influence (2015); Temperament: Astrologys Forgotten Key (2005); Late Classical Astrology: Paulus Alexandrinus and Olympiodorus (2001); Keplers Personal Astrology (2015); (with Micah Ross) The Role of Egypt in the Development of the Horoscope (2010). Lectures internationally for academics and astrologers, including UAC 2012, FAS Oxford Summer School 2015, FAA Conference, Sydney, Australia, January 2016. Expertise: Historical and Research: History of astrology and transmission of doctrines, Traditional Astrology: philosophical issues in practice and Translating historical astrological texts.
Kathryn Silverton: who has an MA in Psychology, served 10 years on the Board of Directors for the Metropolitan Atlanta Astrological Society, 4 years as president. Trained in AstroCartography and Medical Astrology, she monitors exams for the AFA and tutors in the mathematics of casting charts. Kathryn specializes in timing of surgery and placing real estate for sale, and is 100% accurate in forecasting the outcome of U.S. Presidential elections, starting with Bill Clinton in 1992. Expertise: Surgery Timing/Medical Astrology, Timing of Real Estate Sales and Compatibility.
Nick Dagan Best: Nick Dagan Best is an astrologer based in Vancouver, Canada. He is nicknamed "the human ephemeris," thanks to his work using planetary synodic cycles to study patterns in political and cultural history. He has written articles forStarIQ.com,astrology.com, the ISAR journal, and his own site,nickdaganbest.com, and has also produced several short astrology-related instructional videos for his YouTube channel. He also hosts the I Love Astrology podcast, and is a frequent guest on Chris Brennan's The Astrology Podcast. Expertise: Political and Mundane, Historical and Research and Forecasting/Predictive Techniques.
Greg Bogart, PhD, LMFT is a SF Bay Area astrologer and psychotherapist, a lecturer in psychology at Sonoma State University, and teaches in the counseling psychology program at CIIS. He has published works documenting therapeutic effectiveness of astrology, Jungian dreamwork, yoga and meditation. He's the author of Astrology and Spiritual Awakening, Planets in Therapy, Astrology and Meditation, In the Company of Sages, Dreamwork and Self-Healing, and his new book, Dreamwork in Holistic Psychotherapy of Depression. Expertise: Sound of the Cosmos: Astrology, Music and the Evolution of Consciousness, Planet in Therapy: Predictive Technique and the Art of Counseling and Astrology and Dreams: An Experiential Workshop.
Tim Bost: Tim Bost's money-making astrological approach to the stock market has produced astro-trading strategies that have consistently out-performed major indices for fifteen consecutive years. Author of Basic Stock Market Astrology; W. D. Gann Secrets Revealed; and Mercury, Money and The Markets; editor of FinancialCyclesWeekly.com newsletter since 1988; Tim (PMAFA, ISAR-CAP, NCGR-IV) educates and coaches astro-traders around the world. He also trains astrologers in financial success through his course, How To Find The Money In Your Horoscope. Expertise: Astrological Stock Market Strategies that really work, Symmetrical Astrology and Harmonics in the Markets and Finding Money in the Natal Chart.
Kenneth Bowser: author of An Introduction to Western Sidereal Astrology, and Primary Directions and the Horoscope of the United States, has studied both astrology and ancient history for over forty years. Known for his careful scholarship in the field of ancient astrology, Ken lectures at astrological conferences in the US and Europe and regularly teaches classes on a variety of astrological subjects. He can be reached at www.WesternSiderealAstrology.com. Expertise: History/Research, Western Sidereal Astrology and Advanced Predictive Techniques.
Chris Brennan: is a professional astrologer from Denver, Colorado. He was educated at Kepler College, focusing on cross-cultural comparisons between the astrological traditions. He is the former President of the Association for Young Astrologers, and the former Research Director of the National Council for Geocosmic Research. He specializes in the Greco-Roman tradition of astrology known as Hellenistic astrology, and his forthcoming book on the subject is titled Hellenistic Astrology: The Study of Fate and Fortune. Expertise: Hellenistic Astrology, History of Astrology and Predictive Astrology.
Priscilla Costello: M.A., Dipl. CAAE, is a counselling astrologer, speaker and writer with a professional practice spanning over 35 years. She has spoken widely in Canada and the U.S., at numerous conferences sponsored by NCGR, AFA, SOTA, and at previous UACs. Founder and Director of The New Alexandria, she is author of "The Weiser Concise Guide to Practical Astrology" and the recently published "Shakespeare and the Stars: the Hidden Astrological Keys to Understanding the World's Greatest Playwright". Expertise: Fundamentals (esp. outer planets), Philosophical/Esoteric and Forecasting (esp. solar returns and eclipses).
Adam Gainsburg: is an author, teacher and consulting astrologer. His Soulsign Astrology illuminates the sentient interface of astrology and astronomy through his private practice and leading-edge classes. He emphasizes direct experience of our natal Sky+Chart to make astrology intimately accessible and profoundly liberating. Hes authored four books, the latest of which, The Light of Venus, delivers a complete system for delineating the 13 Venus Phases. Expertise: Chiron, Sky Astrology (synodic cycles, sky factors of planets, etc.) and Lunar Nodes.
Nina Gryphon: is a practicing astrologer and corporate lawyer. Her predictions have appeared in USA Today and many other major publications, and she has appeared on national radio and television. She received her JD, and MA/BA from Stanford University, and completed John Frawleys HoraryApprenticeship. She has also studied with Deborah Houlding. Nina practices traditional astrology, specializing in personal, financial, and political forecasting. She teaches, sees clients, and leads the RubiCon astrology webinar series.. He also hosts a monthly podcast and owns Intrepid Software. Expertise: Political and Mundane Forecasting, Horary Astrology and Traditional Natal Astrology.
Deborah Houlding: is the founder of the STA School of Traditional astrology, author of The Houses: Temples of the Sky (Wessex 1996) and co-author, with Oner Doser, of Soru Astrolojisi: Horary Astrology (Astroloji Okulu, 2015). Besides frequent appearances and numerous articles that have appeared in astrological journals around the world, Deborah maintains the astrology information site Skyscript (www.skyscript.co.uk) and acts as an associate editor for the Mountain Astrologer magazine. Expertise: Forecasting/Predictive Techniques, Traditional Astrology and Historical and Research.
Kenneth D. Miller: MA, is a practicing astrologer in San Diego, California, USA. He received his Masters Degree (History of Astrology) from Kepler College. He holds the title of Jyotish Kovid from the Council of Vedic Astrology. In addition Kenneth has made a study of Hellenistic, Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern astrologies. He is one of the few professional astrologers with a working knowledge of all five of these traditions. He can be reached at Kenneth@celestialintelligencer.net Expertise: Relationship Astrology, Fixed Stars/Vedic Astrology and Historical and Philosophical Astrology.
Michael Munkasey: is a world-renowned astrological counselor, researcher and teacher, who has been awarded many professional astrology certifications. He has lectured on astrology internationally, written hundreds of articles and letters, and appeared on many radio and television shows. He successfully uses the principles of astrology to add great benefits for his clients. He specialties include helping business decision makers select choices that maximize profits and clarify interpersonal compatibility issues. Expertise: Midpoints and Uranian, Houses, House Theory and The Chart Angles.
Winai Ouypornprasert, Dr.Techn. (Civil Engineering). President of NCGR Thailand Chapter as well as the founder of Rasamichan Publishing House and the Uranian Astrologers Club, Thailand. Since 1993 he has educated over 1,000 students in the Uranian System. Among his astrological books Basic Uranian Astrology, Lexicon for Planetary Pictures: Individual Predictions and Rectification with Uranian Astrology Book I & II, are popular among Uranian astrologers in Thailand. He gives lectures and writes articles about astrology internationally. Expertise: Uranian Astrology, Rectification and Asteroids.
Leigh Westin: (MS; MA; D.F. Astrol.S.; CA, NCGR), NCGRs Chapter and Publication Director and Examiner for NCGR-PAA, pioneered research founding a declination premise from Earths dynamics, the LunarSeasonsTM theory, Venus and Mars out-of-bounds in fixed signs, and a declination basis of antiscia. Dave Roells best books list cited Leighs Beyond the Solstice, rich in analysis.and startling insights, while The Mountain Astrologer noted its wealth of information . . . by a highly creative astrological thinker. Expertise: Declination in general, Progressed Declination Graphs and Out of bounds.
