Interview with Demetra George - December 7 2009

Demetra George is a professional astrologer who received her Masters degree in Classics from the University of Oregon. She has been active in astrology since 1971 and in 2002 she received the renowned Regulus Award in Theory and Understanding. Specializing in archetypal mythology and ancient techniques, she is the author of Asteroid Goddesses, Astrology for Yourself, Mysteries of the Dark Moon, Finding Our Way through the Dark, Astrology and the Authentic Self (Nov. 2008), and Elements of Hellenistic Astrology (forthcoming). Demetra lectures internationally and leads educational pilgrimages to the sacred sites of Greece and India with Ancient Oracle Tours. She is currently translating a corpus of Hermetic medical astrological texts from ancient Greek. She is the director of Thema: Foundations in Astrology which offers individually tailored personal instruction in the fundamentals of interpretation, chart delineation, Hellenistic astrology, mythic asteroids, and ancient Greek for astrologers. She is an associate of Project Hindsight and has taught the history of astrology at Kepler College and the University of Oregon. She lives in Eugene, Oregon.