Vedic Astrologers — Western-Side Practitioners of Jyotish

17 verified practitioners. Each profile is sourced from the public directory of the school that credentialed them or from the practitioner's own published bio. We don't take commissions, host bookings, or list anyone we couldn't verify.

Vedic astrology — Jyotish — uses the sidereal zodiac, the dasha system of planetary periods, and an entirely different house and yoga structure than Western astrology. It is its own complete tradition, not a regional variant. Most Western Vedic practitioners trained in India or with diaspora teachers; the British Association for Vedic Astrology (BAVA) and the American College of Vedic Astrology are the two main Western-side credentialing bodies.

This list is intentionally short. We list only Western-side practitioners we could verify against a recognised school or credentialing body — not the much larger field of practitioners trained directly in India, which has its own ecosystem and is best browsed through Indian directories.

How this list was built: seeded from the publicly listed graduates and faculty of the Steven Forrest Apprenticeship Program, the Forrest Center for Evolutionary Astrology, Kepler College, the Centre for Psychological Astrology, the Faculty of Astrological Studies, the Company of Astrologers, BAVA, and the published bios of recognised authors and teachers in the tradition. Every profile links to the practitioner's own site so you can verify directly. We are not paid by anyone listed.

The directory

Komilla Sutton

United Kingdom (originally Bombay, India)
BAVA · School Founder

Komilla Sutton is co-founder and chair of the British Association for Vedic Astrology, which she established with Andrew Foss in 1996. She began her astrological studies in Bombay …

Austin Coppock

Los Angeles, California, USA
Independent practitioner

Austin Coppock is an astrologer, author, and teacher based in Los Angeles, known for reconciling modern astrological approaches with traditional techniques across Hellenistic and V…

Aswin Subramanyan, ISAR CAP

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
ISAR CAP · Kepler College

Aswin Subramanyan was born in Chennai and trained in Jyotiṣa from 2011 under his maternal granduncle Shri G. Gurumoorthy Iyer, later expanding into Hellenistic and Medieval Persian…

Andrew Foss, PhD

United Kingdom
BAVA · School Founder

Andrew Foss is the founding President and co-founder of the British Association for Vedic Astrology, established with Komilla Sutton in December 1996 in Romsey, Hampshire. He holds…

Gordon Brennan

London, United Kingdom
BAVA

Gordon Brennan joined the British Association for Vedic Astrology in December 1996, a few months after its founding, and has taught Vedic astrology for more than twenty years. He q…

Vijaya Subramanian

London, United Kingdom
BAVA

Vijaya Subramanian was born and raised in a traditional Indian family and spent two decades in international finance before leaving the corporate world to study Jyotish full-time u…

Dennis Flaherty

Seattle, Washington, USA
CVA Certified · School Founder

Dennis Flaherty is a founding member and longtime President of the Council of Vedic Astrology and the founder of the Northwest Institute of Vedic Sciences in Seattle, where he has …

Robert Koch

Boise, Idaho, USA
CVA Certified

Robert Koch has practiced Vedic astrology professionally for thirty-five years. He spent twenty years as a Hindu-Vaishnava monk and travelled repeatedly to India to study Vedic scr…

Jeffrey Armstrong (Kavindra Rishi)

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
CVA Certified · School Founder

Jeffrey Armstrong holds the Jyotish Visharada and Jyotish Kovid CVA titles from the Council of Vedic Astrology and has been a Vedic astrologer for more than forty-five years. He is…

Aswin Subramanyan, ISAR CAP

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
ISAR CAP · Kepler College

Aswin Subramanyan was born in Chennai and trained in Jyotiṣa from 2011 under his maternal granduncle Shri G. Gurumoorthy Iyer, later expanding into Hellenistic and Medieval Persian…

Andrew Foss, PhD

United Kingdom
BAVA · School Founder

Andrew Foss is the founding President and co-founder of the British Association for Vedic Astrology, established with Komilla Sutton in December 1996 in Romsey, Hampshire. He holds…

Gordon Brennan

London, United Kingdom
BAVA

Gordon Brennan joined the British Association for Vedic Astrology in December 1996, a few months after its founding, and has taught Vedic astrology for more than twenty years. He q…

Vijaya Subramanian

London, United Kingdom
BAVA

Vijaya Subramanian was born and raised in a traditional Indian family and spent two decades in international finance before leaving the corporate world to study Jyotish full-time u…

Dennis Flaherty

Seattle, Washington, USA
CVA Certified · School Founder

Dennis Flaherty is a founding member and longtime President of the Council of Vedic Astrology and the founder of the Northwest Institute of Vedic Sciences in Seattle, where he has …

Robert Koch

Boise, Idaho, USA
CVA Certified

Robert Koch has practiced Vedic astrology professionally for thirty-five years. He spent twenty years as a Hindu-Vaishnava monk and travelled repeatedly to India to study Vedic scr…

Jeffrey Armstrong (Kavindra Rishi)

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
CVA Certified · School Founder

Jeffrey Armstrong holds the Jyotish Visharada and Jyotish Kovid CVA titles from the Council of Vedic Astrology and has been a Vedic astrologer for more than forty-five years. He is…

Pradeep Malhotra

New Delhi, India
AFA Certified

Pradeep Malhotra is an AFA-certified (LAMAFA) astrologer based in New Delhi, India, specializing in Vedic astrology.

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