Capella Astrology

I was born in Budapest on November 22, 1980—on Saturn’s day, in the Hour of the Moon, under the glow of a full moon. Ever since I was very small, I felt a deep pull toward astrology and the occult sciences, devouring everything I could get my hands on. When I was seventeen and Uranus reached my ascendant, I began my formal studies in astrology with Jenő Kálo. Yet I always carried the feeling that I wasn't discovering this knowledge, but simply remembering it. This quiet certainty strengthened me every time a horoscope came into my hands, making me ever more aware of the delicate interconnections of this forgotten language.

Even as a small child, an awareness of death lingered near me. Losing my dear father in 1991 shifted my spirit permanently toward the other side, turning the certainty of life after death—and all that exists unseen—into a living spiritual reality. In hindsight, I understand that all of this was an initiation: a call to experience, live through, and transform the consciousness of my 8th house stellium, so that I might help others understand and navigate their own spiritual depths, wounds, and fears.

While my self-taught studies leaned toward the three great and noble arts of occultism—astrology, magic, and alchemy—my formal education focused on the human realm of literature, philosophy, and anthropology. In 1999, I entered the Faculty of Humanities at Eötvös Loránd University, first studying literature and later cultural anthropology. Then in 2004, the Dharmasiswa scholarship of the Republic of Indonesia brought me to Java, where I have lived and created ever since as a *sindhen*, researcher, and cultural practitioner.

As I studied the Javanese metaphysical and mystical traditions—alongside Nusantara traditions, especially tantra—I came to realize that the dichotomy between East and West is artificial. At a deeper level, both are streams of an archaic, universal heritage, which I instinctively blend upon the canvas of my own life. Studying the Nusantara star traditions—*wariga*, *palelintangan*, and the *pranotomongso* calendar system—revealed that Western astrology is no modern import here, but part of a global language of symbols already known and spoken across Indonesia’s history.