Dennis Flaherty, Vedic Astrologer

Dennis Flaherty is an internationally acclaimed Vedic astrologer with over 25 years of experience as a fulltime consulting astrologer. He is a longstanding member of the astrological community in the greater Seattle metropolitan area. He is the founder and director of the NW Institute of Vedic Sciences where he teaches a curriculum in Jyotish and mentors students in vedic astrology. He is one of the few westerners who is experienced and practiced in both Western and Vedic Astrology.

He is one of the original foundational people who have brought the great teachers of vedic astrology to the West, having co-sponsored the International Symposiums on Vedic Astrology since the early 90’s with Dennis Harness, David Frawley and Jim Kelleher. These historic symposiums featured the teachings of such illustrious Vedic Astrologers as B.V. Raman, Bepin Behari, James Braha, K.S. Charak, Narendra Desai, Gayatri Devi Vasudev, Chakrapani Ullal and many others.

Dennis holds degrees in English and Sociology from the University of Massachusetts. In the last decade he has been recognized by his peers with the following honors. He is one of six original  recipients of the esteemed Jyotish Kovid (1994) title and Jyotish Vachaspati (1996) title awarded by the late B.V. Raman, the modern Grand Father of Vedic Astrology, through the Indian Council of Astrological Sciences. He was further awarded the Jyotish Navaratna title (2005) by the American College of Vedic Astrology for his outstanding service in the field of Vedic Astrology. Dennis is one of eight original founding board members of the American Council of Vedic Astrology (ACVA) in 1993 and one of the original six founding members of the American College of Vedic Astrology. He has served four terms as President of the Washington State Astrological Association (WSAA) and four terms on the board of The Association for Astrological Networking (AFAN), and, was the first elected President Emeritus of the Council of Vedic Astrologers.

Dennis consults and lectures on Vedic Astrology throughout the world and serves a busy local and international clientele. In over two decades of consulting, Dennis has read tens of thousands of astrological charts. His clients include celebrities, business professionals, and politicians, but most importantly, he has read for people who are looking for life direction, path and purpose in order to lead a more meaningful existence.