I've had the great fortune to have many mentors, teachers, and friends who have inspired me and my work. Outside of studying on my own, my very first teacher here in Washington state was Stephanie Austin. My first Vedic (Jyotish) teacher was Dennis Flaherty. Significant mentors over the last twenty years, include: Demetra George and Gary Christen (founder of Astrolabe Inc.). Other important teachers are Steven Forrest, Robert Hand, Bernadette Brady, Seven Stars, and many others. I've studied various astrologers’ work, and a number of different systems, though I may not agree philosophically with all methods or systems, I am grateful for all that I have encountered. Practitioners who criticize the work of others without bothering to take the time to learn their system or methods are tiresome. Astrology is vast. Let it be so.

Astrologers, historical and modern, whose work I recommend (abridged list): Vettius Valens, Manilius, Ptolemy, Firmicus Maternus, Jean-Baptiste Morin (Morinus), Parashara, Jaimini, William Lilly, Alfred Witte, Reinhold Ebertin, James Herschel Holden, Charles Jayne, Deborah Houlding at Skyscript, Benjamin Dykes, Larry Arrington, and Kelly Surtees. Non-astrologers include: Emmy van Deurzen (and most Existentialist philosophers), James Hillman, Carl Rogers, Thomas Moore, Chögyam Trungpa, Thích Nhất Hạnh, Anam Thubten, Epictetus, Heraclitus, and so on.