​Monica is a Vedic Astrologer since 2009.  She has a B.A. in Psychology from Argosy University in Seattle.  Her deep passion for the spiritual and occult side of life has led her on a path to go deeper into the mysteries of life, and to seek the underlying causes of phenomena and events.  This is what led her down the path of Vedic Astrology (Jyotish).  

 

She began by studying Western Astrology first, but it still was not enough.  After about three months of studying Western Astrology she came across a book by James Braha on Western Astrology, but the back cover said he actually practiced Hindu Astrology.  She became curious about this different astrology she had never heard about and immediately called him and ordered his books.  He sent her her chart to study alongside her new Hindu (Vedic) Astrology books.  The fateful day upon receiving the book titled, "Ancient Hindu Astrology for the Modern Western Astrologer"she became so absorbed on Vedic Astrology, that she never looked back.  It explained circumstances in her life which could not be explained by Western Astrology alone.  

 

She practices the Parashara System, and stays with the traditional seven ancient planets.  She has studied personally with Punditji Mahesh Shastriji of mypanchang.com, Dennis Flaherty's correspondence course, tutoring with Penny Farrow, lessons by James Kelleher through his courses, and finally through hours of individual study from a set of about 40 sundry books on Vedic Astrology purchased from Dennis Flaherty a week after having received James Braha's books (back in 2009). She will always consider herself a life-long student of Jyotish, considering how vast and deep this knowledge is.

 

Monica is equally fascinated by religious thought, in particular Hindu, Buddhist and Christian thought. Her approach with clients takes into account their cultural and religious background, and will give spiritual guidance from that perspective.  She is not partial to any particular religion or creed, but rather embraces spirituality as a whole.  She has also recently become interested in Qabalalistic studies.  

 

Her top five favorite spiritual books of all time (books like honey to her soul) are the following:

 

*The Imitation of Christ (translated by Joseph Tylenda)

*The Bhagavad Gita

*Vasistha's Yoga (by Swami Venkatesananda)

*The Buddhist Bible (translated by Dwight Goddard)

and last but NOT least:

*Songs of Kabir by Rabindranath Tagore.