“My first exposure to astrology was in high school at the age of 15 by my Unity church leaders who introduced me to their astrologer friends. As a drummer on the road playing jazz, there was much time for reading and scoured the astrology texts landing upon Dane Rhudyar. Mouni Sadhu’s Tarot was also an important influence. By 1977, a conversion took place, and after performing accurate tarot readings and my first professional astrology reading, the crossroads arose and I left the road to rely solely upon readings for my living. Furthering my compulsive learning habit, studies began with the Church of Light and Marion March.

In 1979, my interest in the intersection of consciousness, music and astrology heightened. I played music on flute based upon the astrological chart. The musical connection to the chart was at the time based upon what I thought to be an Egyptian method. Later research led me to the conclusion that it was most likely a post Renaissance expression of the Neo-Pythagorean movement. The client would experience uncanny feelings related to the difficult aspect. Using the Church of Light methods, I would take the dynamic focus of an astrological chart (the tightest orb hard aspect) and approach it from the opposite planet or from a planet supplying a harmonious aspect. The difficult emotional state would resolve into a more harmonious and coherent place. The method is as follows: C# Aries, D# Taurus, F# Gemini, G# Cancer, A# Leo, C Virgo, D Libra, E Scorpio, F Sagittarius, G Capricorn, A Aquarius, B Pisces. Sun – Ionian , Mercury – Dorian, Venus – Phrygian, Moon – Lydian, Mars – Myxolydian, Jupiter – Aoelian, Saturn – Locrian.

By 1980, Jyotish studies began with monks at the Krishna temple in Los Angeles. A parallel course of study emerged with flower essences, homeopathy and Daoist herbal medicines. A job opportunity at Cedar Sinai office towers opened for me managing Chinese herbs, western herbs, nutritional supplements and making homeopathics. While this took place I continued doing readings. Upon studying with Eileen Nauman, she told me that doing medical astrology required the study of medicine. I then pursued premedical education and graduated from Emperor’s college in 1986.

During the 1990s, I was an early subscriber to Project Hindsight – focusing upon Greek, Hebrew and classical form, studying with Rob Hand and horary methods with Olivia Barclay http://qhdc.org/barclay/. During this time, I did David Frawley’s Ayurveda and Jyotish program. This led to time studying Jyotish with KN Rao and Dr. Charak. I did heavy focus on novel relocation techniques as a medical therapy at that time and we can share this approach after the humoral discussions. My more recent studies are in the area of Jyotish, Cosmobiology, and Evolutionary Astrology as taught by Marc Jones. My most intensive focus at the moment, however, besides teaching and writing on the work, is the study of Vibrational Astrology with David Cochrane. It is a post Uranian focus upon midpoints and harmonic charts.
For me, astrology has been an intrinsic portion of my clinical practice. This led to more than 15,000 astrological consultations. As a result, there arose in me, novel approaches to medical astrology using acupuncture, herbs, diet and astrocartography. I have been teaching those methods, some contrary to classical and Renaissance methods, for the Astrological Society of Austin on multiple occasions, at Wildflower School of Herbal Medicine, Ohlone School of Herbal Medicine, online and through intensives.