Author: Lynn Bootes

Lynn Bootes began her journey in Western Astrology in 1970 as a teenager. In 2006 at Kepler College she discovered Jyotish under the guidance of Dennis Harness. She completed the Jyotish Ratna and Jyotish Prabakara (Level I and II) courses at the American College of Vedic Astrology and was awarded Certificates for completing the examinations. She also obtained an MA in the History of Astrology at Kepler College in 2012. Retired from medical practice, she serves as Registrar and Dean of Instruction at ACVA, writes on Jyotish, and maintains a consultation practice. Her monthly column in Astrologic will focus on People in the News. She can be contacted at lynn.bootes@olp.net, or at Registrar@acvaonline.org.

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AstroBiography: Mario and Aldo Andretti, A Tale of Two Brothers

By: Lynn Bootes Birth Data: Chart #1: Mario Andretti, Feb 28, 1940, 05:00, Motovun, Croatia. Chart #2: Aldo Andretti, Feb 28, 1940, 11:00, Motovun, Croatia. Data source: Maggie Meister reported a conversation with Mario Andretti in which he gave these time. “A” data, confirmed with an e-mail from Maggie. Some of you may know that…...

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Joni Mitchell in Moon Dasha

By: Lynn Bootes  A few months ago I wrote about Joni Mitchell. I chose to say very little about the transition into the next phase of her life, under the Mahadasha of the Moon. In the Vimshottari dasha system and the Lahiri ayanamsha, this was due to happen on January 6, 2015. On March 31,…...

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Ronald Reagan AstroBiography: Riding the Serpent of Time

By: Lynn Bootes “Out of Tampico’s ice there grew, crystal by crystal, the glacier that is Ronald Reagan: an ever-thrusting, ever-deepening mass of chill purpose. Possessed of no inner warmth, with no apparent interest save in its own growth, it directed itself toward whatever declivities lay in its path. Inevitably, as the glacier grew, it…...

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Ralph Waldo American – American Brahmin

Astrobiography series: March 2015 Copyright by Lynn Bootes VedicLightAstrology.com lynn.bootes@att.net Birth Data: May 25, 1803, 2:55 pm, Boston, MA, USA. Source of data: his father’s diary and family bible. AA data, though time-keeping methods of the day mean this is accurate only within 15 minutes. http://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Emerson,_Ralph_Waldo. Ralph Waldo Emerson was the philosophical and spiritual forefather…...

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Mars Disappears!

By Lynn Bootes “What happened to Mars? It was right there!” Last Saturday night at about 6:30 pm, just after sunset on February 21, I was looking at the evening sky and noticed bright Venus and the crescent Moon in the west. Jupiter was high and bright in the east. I called my husband Don…...

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Garth Brooks Astrobiography

Birth Data: February 7, 1962, 1:07 pm, Tulsa, OK “A” data from memory, collected by Lois Rodden Garth Brooks just surpassed Elvis Presley as the popular artist having sold the most recordings ever. This event occurred in the midst of Garth’s third world tour, while performing seven sold-out concerts in his home town of Tulsa,…...

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Astrobiography of Robin Williams

By Lynn Bootes VedicLightAstrology.org lynn.bootes@att.net Copyright on file. Birth Data: July 21, 1951, at 1:34 pm, in Chicago, Illinois, AA data from a birth certificate in hand, Astrodatabank.com cites collector Wilsons. The life of a humorist is often enough shadowed by pain. For Robin Williams, known for his hilarious depiction of the alien Mork in…...

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Which Ascendant?

by Lynn Bootes Circle of Life Vedic Astrology lynn.bootes@att.net BIRTH DATA: Monday, January 30, 1882, 8:45 pm, New York Source of data: Astrodatabank.com cites family birth record. AA data Last month I introduced you to Eleanor Roosevelt’s Vedic chart and this month we will look at her husband. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the US President who…...

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Eleanor Roosevelt Astrobiography

By Lynn Bootes   Chart of the Month for September, 2014:  ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Chart Data: Saturday, October 11, 1884, 11:00 am New York, NY, USA. Source Astrodatabank.com cites birth certificate (AA data).  INTRODUCTION One of my greatest joys in learning Vedic astrology through ACVA (American College of Vedic Astrology) was the group study of the…...

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