Read Ronnie's interview in which she talks about studying Sanskrit and how she met her teacher in India who taught her about jyotisa (Vedic Astrology) in Jyotish Star Magazine
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RONNIE GALE DREYER is an
internationally known astrological consultant, lecturer, and teacher specializing
in both Western and Indian (Vedic) astrology (also known as Jyotish and Hindu
astrology), based
in New York City.
A practitioner of both of these systems, as well as a longtime student
of numerous metaphysical systems, she is a pioneer in bringing Vedic astrology to the
attention of, and making it accessible to, Western audiences. Ronnie has
clients and students throughout the world, ranging from the ordinary to the
extraordinary, with teachers,
politicians, salesmen, doctors, bookkeepers, sports figures, professors, and movie
stars among their professions.
Ronnie is the author
of Healing Signs: The
Astrological Guide to Wholeness and
Well-Being (Doubleday Broadway and a selection of the OneSpirit Book Club), Vedic
Astrology: A Guide to the
Fundamentals of Jyotish (Redwheel/Weiser),Your Sun
and
Moon Guide to Love and Life (Andrews McMeel), Venus: The Evolution
of the Goddess and Her Planet (Harper San Francisco), and Indian Astrology (Aquarian Press).
She has served as editor or contributor
to numerous anthologies including Under One
Sky (Seven
Paws Press), Astrology
for Women: Roles and Relationships (Llewellyn Publications), The Body: An Encyclopedia of Archetypal Symbolism (Jung Foundation), Llewellyn's Sun and Moon Sign Books (Llewellyn Publications), Hindu Astrology Lessons (Groundswell Press), What's Your Diet Sign (McGraw- Hill, and several others. Her
books have been translated into Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Czech,
Hungarian, Bulgarian, and have appeared in Indian versions. Ronnie has written gift books, columns, articles and book reviews for Mountain Astrologer, Nylon, American Astrology, Horoscope Guide, NCGR memberletter, Geocosmic Journal, Astrological Association of Great Britain Journal, The Ingress, ISAR International Astrologer, www.stariq.com, www.astroved.com and numerous other astrological journals and newsletters. She has written for the New York Daily News horoscope column, and has been mentioned or quoted in articles in New York Newsday, New York Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, India Times, and www.belief.net.
Ronnie
lectures extensively for
astrology groups, conducts ongoing courses and workshops in Jyotisa (Indian
Astrology), and has been on
the faculty of conferences and spoken for groups throughout the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, and
Australia. She has taught or lectured at East West Books, Barnes and Noble, New York Theosophical Society, New York Open Center, and Learning Annex, and is on the faculty of ACVA (American
College of Vedic Astrology),and is an instructor for ACVA
Online College.
Ronnie
holds a Bachelor of
Arts
in English/Theater Arts from the
University
of New Mexico, and a Master of Arts in South Asian Languages and Cultures from Columbia University where she studied Sanskrit and Hindi. She studied Jyotisa (Vedic Astrology) and Palmistry, both
privately and
at Sanskrit University in Benares, India.
Ronnie co-founded the first
astrological
computer service in the Netherlands where she lived for 13 years
and was
the official Dutch representative for Astro*Carto*Graphy. Ronnie also has served as manuscript reader, editorial consultant, and proofreader of new
age and self-help books for several major publishing companies.
Ronnie
was the corresponding secretary of the Association
for Astrological Networking (AFAN)from 1992-1998, and its
presiding officer from 1999-2003. She is currently the editor of NCGR's
memberletter, and served on the AFAN Newsletter committee. Ronnie is on the Board of Directors of ACT
(Astrological Conference on
Techniques).
She has recieved the Jyotish Kovid award and the title of Jyotish Vachaspati from the Indian
Council of
Astrological Sciences. AFAN presented her with its Jim Lewis Community
Service
Award at UAC in 1998. Ronnie is the proud recipient of the 2002 Marion
D. March Regulus
Award for Community Service, which she received at UAC 2002 in Orlando
Florida. She holds the NCGR Level IV certificate (C.A. PAA-NCGR).
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