05/16/08

Congratulations!

You have found my website, and in my heart I know that if you are one of the people who can understand what you have found, you will benefit from the loving intent with which my shared efforts are infused.

Welcome.  William Medford, Astrologer

My first formal training was with the Astrologer/Herbalist Jean San Carlos in Ventura, California.  I immediately knew, from Jean, that my style of presentation would be like hers: flamboyant, enthusiastic, fun, and absolutely self-assured.  I have met many other teachers and practitioners since then (1972) but none have so powerfully expressed confidence in the rightness of their path as did Jean.

During this period, some of Jean's students gathered at the Theosophical Library in Ojai, California, to study together and have access to the library's extensive collection of Astrology books. That is where I met my next teacher, the legendary Marcia Moore.

Marcia and her family had moved into Krishnamurti's sprawling mountaintop ashram, and I was invited to participate in classes, workshops and other "metaphysical gatherings".

Although Ms Moore was one of the foremost astrologers of that period, and I did learn some astrology from her, what I really took away from that experience was the awareness, exemplified by her, that what we were doing, and the way we thought about things, and what we were excited about, were all extremely important, and it was crucial to ourselves and to the rest of existence that we strengthen that perspective.  I learned that it was important to express unabashedly what was important to me, and to keep my values free of the herd mentality.

Characteristically, she had been one of the pioneers of the techniques for what became known as "past life regression" and she made it a point to teach the techniques to as many others as possible, so it wouldn't fall into the hands of "the few".

My early Astrology education, was a self-guided tour.  I drove myself mercilessly through the writings of Dane Rudhyar, whose style of presentation squeezed concentration from his readers or, more usually, frustration.  But the effort always paid off, and my thinking was forever more right/left brain balanced—wholistic, that is.

Noel Tyl has emerged as the human flag ship of contemporary astrology. Thirty-some years ago, I met him briefly in a Holiday Inn conference room where he patiently fielded questions. I have read and carefully studied most of what he has written.  His Synthesis & Counseling is a must for any astrologer.

Jeffrey Wolf Green is one of my contemporaries.  We may have had parallel Vietnam experiences, although his accounts sound more Neptunian-mystic, than my Jupiter-zone philosophic expansiveness. (see Relocation Astrology) His books on Pluto have emerged as the first and best at capturing the essence of the most intense planetary symbol.

Working in Hot Springs with my colleague, Cait Benton (astro-earth-relocation.com), in the area of relocation astrology has proven to be an interesting aspect of the expansiveness of a solar return seated in the 10th house.

My strategy of following my own nose continues today. The biggest difference is the explosion of information, and its easy availability, especially with the growth of the internet.  Here I sit, in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and I can access the same information as if I still lived urban.  Sweet.

This is where I give thanks for all the learning, and all the teachers and colleagues who made it possible.

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