Bernie Ashman Astrology Services
About
Bernie Ashman is an astrologer, author, teacher, and lecturer based in Durham, North Carolina, whose practice blends humanistic, psychological, and spiritually oriented astrology. Practicing since the early 1970s, his work emphasizes personal empowerment, psychological insight, timing cycles, and the transformation of karmic patterns into creative life choices. Alongside private readings offered by phone and in person, he has authored over a dozen astrology books published by Llewellyn and other publishers, written interpretive text for major astrological software programs, and mentored astrology students and practitioners through individual apprenticeship. His approach was shaped early on by humanistic psychology and the work of Dane Rudhyar, and has evolved to encompass relocation and local space astrology, predictive techniques, and past-life oriented chart interpretation.
Readings
Birth Chart, Synastry / Relationship Compatibility, Forecast / Transits / Progressions / Solar Return, Career & Life Purpose, Relocation / Astrocartography, Spiritual / Karmic / Past Life
Strengths
Spiritual / Karmic / Life Purpose, Relationships, Attachment & Intimacy, Timing & Cycles, Career / Vocational, Psychological Insight, Crisis & Transitions
Approach
Modern Western, Psychological, Evolutionary
Session Types
Phone Call, In Person, Audio Recording, Written Report
Languages
English
Location
Durham, NC, United States
Website
Experience
52 years
Typical Price Range
$150-$300
Astrology Schools
Other / Non-listed / Lineage-based training
School Notes
Astrological study began in 1973 through an independent course of self-directed learning. Early university coursework with Sidney Jourard, PhD in humanistic psychology at the University of Florida shaped the later counseling approach to chart interpretation.
Credentials
Credential Notes
Mentors / Teachers
Dane Rudhyar, Other / Non-listed
Mentor Notes
Dane Rudhyar, whose book The Astrology of Personality led to the decision to pursue astrology seriously. Stephen Arroyo as a major influence through Astrology, Karma and Transformation. Sidney Jourard, PhD, cited as a formative teacher in humanistic psychology.
Publications & Media
Books / E-books, Articles, Magazine / Media, Courses / Lectures / Teaching material, Other / Non-listed
Publication Notes
Books: Astrological Games People Play (re-released as Astrology, Psychology, and Transformation, Realization Press); RoadMap to Your Future: Progressions and Transits (ACS Publications / American Federation of Astrologers, 3rd printing); SignMates (re-released as The Magic of SignMates: An Astrological Guide to Romantic Love, Realization Press); Sun Signs & Past Lives: Your Soul's Evolutionary Path (Llewellyn); How to Survive Mercury Retrograde (Llewellyn); Sun Sign Karma: Resolving Past Life Patterns with Astrology (Llewellyn); Astrology's Magical Nodes of the Moon: Releasing the Past & Embracing the Future (co-author Carmen Turner-Shott, Collective Ink, 2024); Your Sun Sign Intuition: The Magical and Creative Sky Within (Realization Press); Astrology's Zodiac Archetypes. Co-authored/contributed: Civilization Under Attack: September 11, 2001 & Beyond. Articles: 10 Paths to Creative Freedom; Past Lives Chart: RoadMap To Our Past; Saturn: The Cosmic Chiropractor; The Water Houses: Labyrinths of the Unconscious; The Astrological Signs: Twelve Passports to Past Life Awareness; Mercury Retrograde article for Watkins Mind Body Spirit Magazine. Courses and teaching: lectures throughout the United States, conference speaking, and one-to-one apprenticeship mentoring. Software interpretive text: Past Life Chart, Birth Chart Report, Prediction Report, Simpaticos, and The Earth Mandala (Cosmic Patterns).