About me

 

My interest in astrology commenced in childhood, due to a combination of cosmic, genetic and family influences.

 

My world view was particularly influenced by my Piscean grandfather, artist, caricaturist and political cartoonist, George Finey, who was born exactly one week before astrologer Dane Rudhyar, with whom he also shared a Sagittarian Ascendant.

 

Pop beleived that we are all born with a blueprint and go through life filling it in. He guided my development as perhaps only a wise Pisces grandparent can.

 

I spent the first years of my life growing up in the beautiful Blue Mountains, where we lived in a house called "Chiron".

 

When I was about nine, my mother, for reasons she has never been able to adequately explain, purchased a copy of Ronald C. Davison's book, Astrology, because she had a feeling that one day I might need it. I still have that book.

 

I was introduced to Carl Jung in 1984 when my grandfather gave me a copy of Memories, Dreams, Reflections, which he thoughtfully inscribed;

To Michele from C.G. Jung and Pop.

 

I began teaching myself astrology in 1980 when transiting Uranus was making a conjunction to my Jupiter in Scorpio, using Davison's book to calculate my first chart. I went on to study with Alan Johnston and then the Melbourne School of Astrology with Sean MacNamara. I gained an FAA Astrology Diploma in 1985 and later studied hypnotherapy and professional writing and editing.

 

I am particularly interested in mundane astrology, planetary cycles, medical astrology and mind-body medicine. I am equally fascinated by all intuitive arts and sciences, and passionate about planet Earth.

 

I enjoy research and writing. My articles have appeared in a number of publications including; Wellspring's Astrolog, Nature and Health Annual, The FAA Journal, and The Mountain Astrologer, and in 2006 I wrote a Health and Wellbeing Report for Esoteric Technologies Solar Fire Suite, which focuses on the ways astrology can aid in stress management, healing and wellbeing.

In 2009, my book Secrets of the Zodiac was published by Allen and Unwin.

I'm a member of the Association of Professional Astrologers.