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Meet The Creators

Stephanie Johnson is a founder of Esoteric Technologies, the company that creates the Solar Fire suite of astrology products. She has helped create, design, develop and author Solar Fire and the other products. In particular she is the author of many of the Solar Writer range of astrology report writers. She is also the Marketing Director for Esoteric Technologies.

Stephanie runs her own Seeing With Stars astrology consultation business as well as editing the Australian Data Collection. She holds a Federation of Australian Astrologers' Practitioner's Certificate and Diploma and is a member of the Federation of Australian Astrologers. She is a student of Medieval Astrology and the Ancient Wisdom teachings. She holds a Masters of Science degree in Esotericism from the University of the Seven Rays, New Jersey, USA, as well as the Robert Zoller Certificate of Medieval Astrology. She has lectured at national conferences, and her astrology articles have appeared in Australian publications including the FAA Journal and the Astrological Monthly Review. Before commencing her professional astrology career Stephanie was a journalist for 15 years in Australia, England and the USA.

Neville Lang is the Technical Director of Esoteric Technologies, starting his role of developing the Solar suite of products in 2007. He is also the author of Astracadabra, the astrology program for Pocket PCs. Neville has been a keen student of astrology since 1970. Most of those years were devoted to studying the various techniques of western astrology such as Traditional, Psychological, Cosmobiology and Medieval. Over the last 6 years he has focused on the study of Vedic astrology techniques and now specialises in this field of astrology.

In parallel to his time in astrology, he has also spent the last 30 years in the computer industry in various capacities—the last 16 years running his own commercial software business as systems analyst and programmer. Neville entered the world of astrology packages for computers in 1992 when he became the Victorian agent for Astrolabe Inc. and in 1994 became Victorian agent for Solar Fire. In that time, he has conducted many demonstrations and training days for Esoteric Technologies' range of products. Since 1997, he has also been active in providing telephone and email technical support nationally for all of Esoteric Technologies' products.

Neville Lang and Stephanie Johnson are directors of Esoteric Technologies Pty Ltd., the company behind Australia's successful software programs Solar Fire, Solar Maps, Solar Writer, Solar Spark and JigSaw.

It is the most successful astrological software company in Australia, and enjoys a world-class reputation for the brilliance of its product design.

In 1994 the company was awarded the Federation of Australian Astrologers' Southern Cross Award for Research and Development, and in 1998 the directors were awarded the Southern Cross award for Community Service and Research.

In 2000 Stephanie Johnson and Graham Dawson were each awarded an FAA Diploma for designing and developing the Solar Fire suite of programs.

Esoteric Technologies Pty Ltd. was formed in 1993 and its rapid growth has confirmed its place among the world's best astrology software companies.

Solar Fire is the worlds leading astrology software for Windows. Thank you Mr Gates! We were first on the market for Windows and have gained years of experience that we are ready to share with you.

Orders placed through us receive our personalized e-mail assistance and advice.

Our international team of expert astrologers and software developers is all set to answer your questions, and ensure that your astrology needs are met. If you have the knowledge then we have the software that places the skills and calculations at your fingertips.

Our software is the leader in accuracy and dynamic software solutions. Download our progressive patches for the freshest most up-to-date software. Our software evolves with your needs.

We guarantee that our easy-to-install software will work on your computer. Astrology is fun and opens up a whole new world. Our team of experts is ready to make your software experience fun, too. In fact our technical support team enjoys solving problems. They so rarely occur!

We offer fast delivery. We understand that once you have placed your order then you are eager to explore your software.

Our team of award-winning experts has developed our software. We don’t just sell software, we all love astrology and want to share our enthusiasm with you. We also offer on-line tutelage by an award-winning astrologer. Just hook up to the internet and learn more!

In this section we would like to acknowledge some of the people who have supported the company as office staff, authors or technical personnel.

Meredith Norman joined the company in 1997 as an office assistant and receptionist. Since then her role has greatly expanded.

Meredith is a qualified Astrologer, Homoeopath and Naturopath with her own consultation practice in the Adelaide Hills. Her special interests include Horary and Medical astrology.

She began studying astrology in 1978 completing a Federation of Australian Astrologers (FAA) Practitioners' Certificate in 1996.

Antonia Sacca

Antonia Sacca has joined Esoteric Technologies as an Admin Officer and Assistant to Sales and Marketing Director. Antonia worked in the Australian Taxation Office and has a strong Accounting Background. After the birth of her children she left the ATO and later was a Director in a Family Manufacturing and Franchise Business.

She was also a partner in an Internet Café and Gaming Business, there she acquired strong computer skills and knowledge. She also became an eBay Education Specialist, training people how to buy and sell on eBay which is still a passion of hers.

Antonia has an excellent knowledge of Astrology and completed her Certificate in Astrology in 2004 studying with Astromundi.

Bernadette Brady

Bernadette Brady is a Fellow of the Federation of Australian Astrologers (FAA). She is a teacher, author and consulting astrologer of many years experience. Her publications include: the astrological software package JigSaw (co-authored with Esoteric Technologies); books, The Eagle and the Lark: a Textbook of Predictive Astrology (Weiser USA, 1992 & 1998) and Brady's Book of Fixed Stars (Weiser, USA 1998). Bernadette was awarded the FAA's Inaugural Southern Cross Award for Excellency in the Spoken and Written Word as well as the FAA's Southern Cross award for Research. In 1998, along with Darrelyn Gunzburg, she was awarded the FAA Southern Cross Award for Education. In 1999 she received the inaugural Spica Award from the UK for her book The Eagle and the Lark: a Textbook of Predictive Astrology. She has also published many articles in Australia, UK, Ireland, USA, Canada and NZ and most years lectures at conferences in Europe, and the USA.

Dr Lee Lehman holds MS and PhD degrees in Botany from Rutgers University. Her astrological interests have included new asteroids, historical methods, heliocentric astrology, horary and homosexuality. She has published four books to date: The Ultimate Asteroid Book (1988), Essential Dignities (1989), The Book of Rulerships (1992), Classical Astrology for Modern Living (1996) and The Martial Art of Horary Astrology (2002). She was the recipient of the 1995 Marc Edmund Jones Award, the first Horary Astrologer to be so honoured.

Dr Lehman is a faculty member of the Kepler College of Astrology and runs several of her own correspondence courses on Classical Astrology and is the author of Solar Writer—Classical and Solar Writer—Medicus.

Author and lecturer Diana K Rosenberg has been acclaimed as the world's foremost authority on Fixed Stars. A founding member and Vice-President of The Uranian Society, she has written articles for the Mountain Astrologer, NCGR Journal, Geocosmic News, TheTraditional Astrologer, Astrology Quarterly, Ingress, Heliogram, Urania, Dell Horoscope & American Astrology magazines.

She is the author of "The New Fixed Star Workbook", "Nakshatras, Manzils and Hsiu: Hindu, Arabic and Chinese Lunar Mansions Research Workbook" and a "Correspondence Course in Fixed Stars and Constellations" . She is the author of Solar Writer - Fixed Stars.

Malvin Artley has been a practising astrologer for the past 10 years. He is an accredited member of the American Federation of Astrologers. His primary focus over the past 25 years has been on the sciences as they express occultism and with bridging work between the two.

His special interests are the human subtle energy system and all the chakras, or energy centres, physics and technology, astronomy and all aspects of Chinese occultism. He has done extensive work with Chinese astrology and the cycles they use and seeks to synthesize the great Western and Oriental systems on such matters. Malvin is the author of the interpretations in our Chinese astrology program for western Astrologers - The Imperial Astrologer.

Brian Clark is one of the main tutors of a four-year program in applied astrology for Astro*Synthesis. He has been active in astrology since 1972, having served as National President for both The Fraternity for Canadian Astrologers and The Federation of Australian Astrologers FAA.

He has twice received awards from the Canadian astrological society, received the Education Award from the FAA and been nominated three times for the International Regulus Award. Brian also lectures on myth and conducts tours to sacred sites in Greece through Odyssey. Brian has a BA from Sir George Williams University in Montreal, Canada and a Post Graduate Diploma in Classics and Archaeology from Melbourne University.

He is the author of The Sibling Constellation(Penguin, 1999) and a contributing author to Intimate Relationships (Llewellyn, 1991), books that have also been translated into French and Japanese. A new book called Celestial Tarot is soon to be published by US Games Systems, Inc. He is one of the authors of Solar Writer - Goddess.

Michele Finey is an astrologer, freelance writer, healer and hypnotherapist, based in Melbourne. Born in 1959, Michele developed an interest in the planets in childhood and began teaching herself astrology in 1980. After further study with the Melbourne School of Astrology, Michele gained an FAA Diploma and served on several FAA committees in the '80s and '90s. In the early '90s Michele qualified in Clinical Hypnosis and more recently gained an Arts Diploma in Professional Writing and Editing. Michele has written feature articles for numerous publications and is a member of the Association of Professional Astrologers. Michele is the author of our Solar Writer - Health and Wellbeing report!

Kay Steventon is a Australian-based artist and astrologer. After graduating in 1980 with a Diploma Fine Art, Kay gained the Federation of Australian Astrologers’ Professional Astrologer qualification, and 'Living The Tarot' Diploma. Since 1966 Kay has had many solo and mixed exhibitions in her home city of Melbourne, Australia, and overseas, specializing in symbolic art in 1992. Her first Tarot deck and book, 'The Spiral Tarot', was published in 1998. Kay's second Deck, 'Celestial Tarot', was published in 2003 with the Celestial book written by Brian Clark. A 52 card deck, 'Goddessess and Heroines' was published in 2005, again a joint effort by Kay and Brian Clark. Kay is the illustrator for Esoteric Technologies’ Solar Writer – Health and Wellbeing report.

Julian Venables is based in Brighton and Hove, England, where he works as a client-based astrologer, teaching beginners’ classes as well as conducting private tuition. He is one of the consultants on the international astrology telephone service, 'Astro-live-link'. Julian holds the certificate from The Faculty of Astrological Studies and has recently completed his Diploma studies and Exams.

As a part of his studies he attended four summer schools at Brasenose College, Oxford University, being lectured by the world’s most eminent astrologers. He was on the committee of The Astrology Lodge of London where he still involved in organizing and running the meetings; he is also a member of The Astrological Association of Great Britain.

In 2005 he began teaching astrology to groups, most recently at the ‘Rainbow Circle' Astrology and Holistic camps, alongside Jonathan Cainer. Julian has written the Midpoint Interpretations for Solar Fire Gold astrological software and is currently writing his first novel.

Stephanie Clement has been practicing astrology for more than thirty years. A board member of the American Federation of Astrologers and member of NCGR, Stephanie has served on the faculty of Kepler College and has been a speaker throughout the US and in Canada.

Stephanie has published numerous articles in astrological magazines and has written several books: 'Charting Your Spiritual Path with Astrology', 'Dreams: Working Interactive, Meditation for Beginners' (also available in Spanish and other languages), 'Power of the Midheaven', 'Mapping Your Birthchart', 'Mapping Your Family Relationships', 'Mapping Your Sex Life', and 'Aspect Patterns'. Stephanie is the author of Solar Writer - Angel Coming Soon.