Jodie Forrest

THE ASTROLOGER: Jodie has maintained a busy local and national practice as an astrological counselor, teacher and writer since 1983, when she joined forces with her husband, fellow astrologer Steven Forrest. They travel widely to lecture on astrological topics, and co-authored the book Skymates: Love, Sex and Evolutionary Astrology (Seven Paws Press, 2002). Jodie has written for magazines and newspapers, published poetry, and her articles have appeared in all the major astrological journals. She writes the astrology column for South magazine. With Steven, she wrote the text for a pair of relationship reports, The Sky We Share and The Single Sky, a joint project with Alphee Lavoie's AIR Software. 

THE NOVELIST:  Ms Forrest is also an accomplished author in her own right and her first solo astrology book entitled, The Ascendant, will be released February 2007 from Seven Paws Press.  www.sevenpawspress.com
         Jodie is also a historical fantasy novelist (The Rhymer and the Ravens: The Book of Fate, Seven Paws Press, 1995; The Elves' Prophecy: The Book of Being, Seven Paws Press, Nov. 1996; and The Bridge: The Book of Necessity, Seven Paws Press, Nov. 1998). She has a deep interest in medieval history, cross-cultural mythology (see her lecture "Green Men and Women: The Archetype of the Elves"), archetypal psychology, magic, divination and other occult arts.  

THE PUBLISHER:  Jodie founded Seven Paws Press in 1995. She's proud to be the editor and publisher of Measuring the Night: Evolutionary Astrology and the Keys to the Soul, by Steven Forrest & Jeffrey Wolf Green.  Seven Paws Press published a new, expanded and revised version of Steven and Jodie Forrest's synastry classic, Skymates, in Feb. 2002, and in Oct. 2002, published Steven Forrest's debut mystery novel, Stalking Anubis, starring astrologer Plato Mims. 

Of Scandinavian descent, Jodie lives in the central NC woods with her husband Steven, two  spoiled cats, and an uppity cast of her fictional characters.