Anton Jaks

Anton Jaks began his career in Astrology in the early 1970s after graduating from University of California, Santa Barbara. He was a partner in a metaphysical bookstore in Santa Barbara called Starlight Books, and during that time taught and practiced Astrology.

Later, Anton pursued graduate studies at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, studying primarily Hindu and Buddhist Tantra and Yoga, as well as other Eastern religions.

Anton now spends time traveling in the West with his wife Katherine, practicing Tibetan Buddhism, in the school of Nyingma, primarily as taught by Thinley Norbu Rinpoche.

He writes on Astrology in order to show how the ancient art and science can be used as a tool for personal liberation. His main interest is in restoring the study and practice of Astrology to the prominence it once enjoyed before becoming diluted by the New Age self-absorption with "personal journeys" and the like. That is why he advocates abandoning the Tropical Zodiac and using the Sidereal Zodiac that was used by the ancient Egyptians and Chaldeans.