About the Author Alan's long association with astrology began during his first Saturn return. Alan now consults mostly as a medical, and as an evolutionary astrologer, he is also a psychotherapist, and a spiritual healer. Alan also specializes in the significance and the purpose of intercepted houses and planets in the natal chart. These are important subject matters that, he feels, receive very little coverage. Yet, they are crucial for attaining extraordinary levels of evolutionary progression. Alan also believes that astrology is an evolutionary discipline for physical, psychological, and spiritual growth. "Astrology is a cosmic mechanism" he says, which can unlock our spiritual memories, and more of our cerebral capacity - pivotal components of the psyche, that currently, we have little or no access to. Alan's lectures hallmark methods that will successfully retrieve information from these superior platforms of knowledge. Alan has been a successful writer for over thirty years. His articles have appeared in ISAR (International Survey for Astrological Research), The Mountain Astrologer, The Astrological Association of Great Britain, Elfin, and Kindred Spirit. He is also a regular contributor to Wanda Sellar's Astrology and Medicine Newsletter. Alan also writes for the New Zealand Journal of Astrology. Alan's book publications, including his new book, Pluto's Season for Ashes, An Evolution of Dis-ease, can all be obtained through the American Federation of Astrologers (AFA), and on Amazon. Alan can be reached at: alanrichards59@gmail.com