BIOGRAPHY - Laura Poggiani

Lynn Koiner has been a full-time professional astrologer since June 1969 and a professional member of the American Federation of Astrologers.

Since 1984, she has published THE AMETHYST, currently by e-mail, dedicated to current astrological trends, planetary cycles and how they affect the individual personally. From 1994 through 1999, she served as vice president and president of the National Council for Geocosmic Research, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, and she currently serves as newsletter editor. With a research specialty since 1972 on Transpluto, she was a contributing author on this topic in Noel Tyl's ASTROLOGY'S SPECIAL MEASUREMENTS.

In July 2000 and 2003, Lynn received the Sims Pounds Jr. Award from the American Federation of Astrologers for her research lectures on medical astrology.

Lynn lectured at the 2002 United Astrology Congress on the Psychological Patterns of Disease and Weight Loss and the Transformational Process.

Primary areas of research: 1) Medical topics, 2) the Solar Max and its impact upon human behavior; the Nelson Model and solar activity, 3) the phenomena of UFO abductees, 4) Esoteric Astrology (AABailey) and the Fixed Stars discussed by Bailey, 5) Transpluto, 6) the Septile Aspect.

Since the 1970s, Lynn has been examining the psychological patterns shown in the horoscope as connected with specific diseases. The philosophy being that correcting a problematic personality characteristic can impact recovery or prevent onset. The first disease research was Blood Sugar Disorders and some of this research was published in the Tyl book. Subsequent areas of research have been Auto-Immune, Alzheimers, Respiratory, Skin, Addiction (obesity), and IBS.