Edith Hathaway is an international astrology consultant, author, teacher, and lecturer in practice since 1980, based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is among the few contemporary astrologers trained and certified in both Western and Vedic (Jyotish) systems. She holds Level IV certification as Consulting Astrologer from the National Council for Geocosmic Research (NCGR, 1989), Master Astro*Carto*Grapher certification from Jim Lewis (1988), Jyotish Kovid from the Indian Council of Astrological Sciences (1996), CVA Jyotish Visharda and CVA Jyotish Kovid from the American Council of Vedic Astrology (2010), and was conferred the title of Jyotish Brihaspati by CVA in 2012 - its highest title. In 2013 she received the Jyotisha Mahasagara title from the Raman and Rajeswari Research Foundation in Bangalore, India. She was a founding member of the American Council of Vedic Astrology (1993) and has served as faculty and board member of both the American Council and the American College of Vedic Astrology since 1992. She has lectured at major international conferences including UAC 2018 and ISAR 2016, and has contributed to panels on US presidential elections, mundane astrology, and Vedic timing techniques. Her books are Navigating by the Stars (1991, Western tropical astrology) and In Search of Destiny: Biography, History and Culture As Told Through Vedic Astrology (2012, with a French translation published in 2018). Articles and commentary have appeared in Geocosmic Journal, Astrologic magazine, and publications worldwide.