{"id":2,"date":"2009-05-08T09:42:09","date_gmt":"2009-05-08T14:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2023-03-06T12:44:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T17:44:19","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"ALAN ANNAND"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Astrologer<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4409 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Alan-ANNAND-Varanasi-crop-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Alan-ANNAND-Varanasi-crop-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Alan-ANNAND-Varanasi-crop-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Alan-ANNAND-Varanasi-crop-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/strong>Alan Annand is an astrologer with 30+ years of consulting and teaching. A graduate of the British Faculty of Astrological Studies, he subsequently served as the Faculty&#8217;s North American tutor for five years, with students across Canada, USA &amp; Mexico.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He co-founded the Astrological Society of Montreal, and for several years was their President, principal teacher and media rep. During this time he also spoke at several national conferences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He later studied <em>Jyotisha<\/em> (Vedic astrology) and <em>Hasta<\/em> (palmistry) with Hart de Fouw in New Mexico and California, and was subsequently certified by the American College of Vedic Astrologers. He has a practice in Toronto, often visits Montreal, and offers Skype consultations for everywhere else.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Certification<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Diploma, British Faculty of Astrological Studies<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Diploma, American College of Vedic Astrologers<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Books<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Kama Yoga <\/em>(Vedic astrology)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Kala Sarpa<\/em> (Vedic astrology)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Draconic Bowl<\/span><\/em> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"> (sidereal\/traditional Western astrology)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Parivartana Yoga<\/em> (Vedic astrology)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Mutual Reception<\/em> (sidereal\/traditional Western astrology)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Stellar Astrology, Vols. 1-3<\/em> (Vedic astrology)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Articles in print<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cMarital Bias in the Horoscope: To tie the knot or not?\u201d <em>The Career Astrologer<\/em>, Fall 2022<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Prime Malefics &amp; Murderers,&#8221; <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>AFA Research Journal Vol. 19<\/em>, 2019<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201cThree Astrologers with Mutual Reception,\u201d <em>ISAR Journal<\/em>, April 2019<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Mercury Retrograde in Disasters,&#8221; <em>AFA Research Journal Vol. 18<\/em>, 2018<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Palmistry &amp; Planets,&#8221; <em>WellBeing Astrology Magazine, <\/em>2010<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Carlos Castaneda &amp; the Myth of Don Juan,&#8221; <em>The ACVA Journal<\/em>, Spring 2009<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;When Mercury Goes Retro,&#8221; <em>The Mountain Astrologer<\/em>, June\/July 2008<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Clifford Olson&#8217;s Life of Crime,&#8221; <em>The FCA Journal<\/em>, Summer 1986<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Mayan Astrology,&#8221;<em>\u00c2\u00a0American Astrology<\/em>, February 1982<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Writer<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4403 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Alan-ANNAND-2020-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Alan-ANNAND-2020-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Alan-ANNAND-2020-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Alan-ANNAND-2020-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Before switching to writing about astrology, Alan was a writer for the railway and mining industries, a novelist and scriptwriter, a human resources manager, and an underground surveyor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As a novelist, his favored genre is the mystery thriller. His <em>New Age Noir<\/em> series, featuring a Vedic astrologer as a protagonist, has been lauded by readers for its seamless integration of the occult arts into these compelling mysteries. One reviewer likened the series to &#8220;Sherlock Holmes with a horoscope.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Fiction<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><em>Scorpio Rising<\/em>, <\/em>mystery, <em>New Age Noir #1 <\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><em>Felonious Monk<\/em>, <\/em>mystery, <em>New Age Noir #2 <\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Soma County<\/em>, mystery, <em>New Age Noir #3 <\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Al-Quebeca<\/em>, police procedural <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Antenna Syndrome<\/em><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">, SF mystery <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Harm&#8217;s Way<\/em>, mystery\/thriller <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Hide in Plain Sight<\/em>, mystery\/suspense <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Specimen &amp; Other Stories<\/em>, short fiction <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Bearknife Gold<\/em>, adventure<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Commando Attack<\/em>, WW2 action <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Skyraiders<\/em>, WW2 action<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Scripts<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>The Paper Bag Princess<\/em>, 30-minute kids&#8217; animation for the &#8220;Bunch of Munsch&#8221; series, CINAR, Montreal<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>David<\/em><em>&#8216;s Father<\/em>, 15-minute kids&#8217; animation for the &#8220;Bunch of Munsch&#8221; series, CINAR, Montreal<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Till Death Do Us Part<\/em>, 30-min mystery radio drama, CBC Radio Arts, Montreal<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Memberships<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Authors&#8217; Guild of America, New York<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Crime Writers of Canada, Toronto<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Website<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fiction &amp; humor: <strong><a title=\"www.sextile.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sextile.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.sextile.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">~~~<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Astrologer Alan Annand is an astrologer with 30+ years of consulting and teaching. A graduate of the British Faculty of Astrological Studies, he subsequently served as the Faculty&#8217;s North American tutor for five years, with students across Canada, USA &amp; Mexico. He co-founded the Astrological Society of Montreal, and for several years was their President, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":61,"href":"https:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4747,"href":"https:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/4747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}