Jodie Forrest is an evolutionary astrologer, writer, and teacher based in Southern California who has worked with clients and students since 1983. With over 40 years of practice, she brings a depth-psychological and choice-centered lens to the birth chart, viewing it as a guide to growth rather than fixed destiny. She is the author of The Ascendant: Your Rising Sign and Solar Arcs: Directions from the Sun, and co-authored Skymates and Skymates II with Steven Forrest. Her historical fantasy trilogy begins with The Rhymer and the Ravens. A specialist in chart rectification and solar arc directions, she is an instructor at the International Academy of Astrology (IAA) and contributes regularly to major astrological journals. She has lectured about astrology across the United States and in Canada, the UK, and France.