{"id":30,"date":"2012-12-22T13:15:06","date_gmt":"2012-12-22T13:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidalanpaty.com\/ws-vedicastrologer\/blog\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2023-02-07T19:13:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T19:13:32","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/ws-vedicastrologer.com\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>William Surface is a certified professional astrologer who holds a B.A. in Humanities from the University of Chicago.\u00a0 He is certified through the Council of Vedic Astrology (CVA) and is the recipient of the\u00a0<strong>CVA Jyotish Visharada.\u00a0<\/strong>William is also a member of the British Association of Vedic Astrology (BAVA).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_232\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-232\" style=\"width: 702px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ws-vedicastrologer.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=232\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-232\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-232\" src=\"http:\/\/ws-vedicastrologer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/william-surface-vedic-astrologer-and-class.jpg\" alt=\"William Surface, Vedic Astrologer with his Beginner Jyotish Class\" width=\"702\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ws-vedicastrologer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/william-surface-vedic-astrologer-and-class.jpg 702w, http:\/\/ws-vedicastrologer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/william-surface-vedic-astrologer-and-class-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">William and a group of his Beginner&#8217;s Jyotish Class graduates.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Born and raised in New York City, William now lives in Portland, Oregon. \u00a0He began the practice of yoga in 2000, and over the years has\u00a0come to understand the power and magnificence of the wisdom and teachings of India. \u00a0They have had a profound effect on his\u00a0life, and eventually brought him\u00a0to the study of Vedic Astrology.<\/p>\n<p>In his\u00a0work as an astrologer, William attempts to create in the client a state of consciousness liberated from their karma, to see their karma in a new light &#8211; the\u00a0<em>jyoti\u00a0<\/em>or light of an awareness free from the traps of the mind. \u00a0During a reading, the strengths and the areas where we limit ourselves are\u00a0addressed in a compassionate and supported manner.<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr align=\"left\" size=\"1\" width=\"33%\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><em><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>phone: 503.284.1089\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To contact William by email, use this convenient\u00a0<a title=\"Contact\" href=\"http:\/\/ws-vedicastrologer.com\/blog\/?page_id=11\"><strong>contact form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Surface is a certified professional astrologer who holds a B.A. in Humanities from the University of Chicago.\u00a0 He is certified through the Council of Vedic Astrology (CVA) and is the recipient of the\u00a0CVA Jyotish Visharada.\u00a0William is also a member of the British Association of Vedic Astrology (BAVA). Born and raised in New York City, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-30","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ws-vedicastrologer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ws-vedicastrologer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ws-vedicastrologer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ws-vedicastrologer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ws-vedicastrologer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/ws-vedicastrologer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":389,"href":"http:\/\/ws-vedicastrologer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions\/389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ws-vedicastrologer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}