Please Join Us for "The Best of Western and Vedic Astrology

Our July 25 event features internationally respected Vedic astrologer Richard Fidler speaking on “The Synthesis of Western & Vedic Astrology.”

He describes the presentation this way: Western and Vedic astrology are twins separated at birth. They may dress a little differently, and they may speak a little differently, but the differences between them are skin deep. 

This presentation aims to highlight the fact that, in essence, Western and Vedic astrology are the same system of astrology and that neither is truly complete without the other. Each approach has become the custodian of some of the secrets that belong to the ancient "mother system" that gave birth to both offshoots. 

For example, modern Western astrology's approach to aspects (including related methodologies such as Midpoints, composite charts, etc.) is something Vedic astrology can learn and benefit from without betraying any of its basic principles, and on the other hand Vedic astrology uses houses in insightful ways that Western astrologers could find enlightening. Many concepts and principles that are explicit in one system are already implicit in the other; so, by comparing notes, Western and Vedic astrology can help each other to reclaim the forgotten elements of their shared heritage.

Richard Alwin Fidler is a professional astrologer and teacher. His astrological career began in the early 1990’s, and a few years later he joined the Pretoria Lodge of the Theosophical Society, taught astrology there, and became the librarian. This provided a rich and constant exposure to a great variety of metaphysical paradigms, practices and teachers.

He started exploring Vedic Astrology in 1997, gradually integrating Jyotish into his methodology. He now uses Western and Vedic astrological methods side by side in his practice. Through his writing, lectures and workshops he has been instrumental in fostering knowledge and awareness of Jyotish, or Indian astrology, within the Western astrological community.

Richard’s work and ideas have been published in the Mountain Astrologer magazine, the Astrological Journal (of the Astrological Association of Great Britain) and several other publications- including such mainstream publications as Business Insider. Richard served as the chairperson of the Cape Town based Cape Astrology Association from 2014 to 2017, and as the ISAR (International Society for Astrological Research) Global Director for the United Kingdom from 2021 to 2023. You can find him at https://richardfidler.com/

As usual, the admission for our presentations is $10 for members, $15 for non-members. You can register at https://azastrologers.org/. Your payment generates an email letting Bill know you’ve registered, and the zoom entry codes are sent out the day before the presentation. 

To address a concern, we do not provide free copies of our talks to attendees. If there’s enough interest, we’ll professionally edit the audio and make it available for a small price.

I have no doubt it’s going to be another excellent event, and we hope you will join us for this event, since “what one astrologer misses another catches.”