About the Astrologer

SHORT BIOGRAPHY

Jean-Philippe was born on the Mesoamerican calendar Tzolkin date 12 REED during the dynamic Spring of 1968, in Southern France [natal chart]. Still a child, he developed a passionate interest in the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean. In his teenage years, he was trained in the methodologies of orthodox archeology, partaking in summer campaigns excavating Greco-Roman sites in Arles, France.

Shifting from cerebral to more visceral ways of living, he trained in long-distance triathlon, then began extensive travels on the roads of Europe, North America, and Central America. In his mid-20’s, a dedicated Zen practice at Sonoma Mountain Zen Center, California (under the direction of Jakusho Kwong Roshi) was widened by medicine journeys in wilderness and sacred site settings. Such immersion in experiential and animistic shamanism is for him one path leading to the universal truths found at the root of all spiritual traditions.

Jean-Philippe strives to follow the Chironic model of the shaman-artist for whom art creates reality rather than the other way around. The Mandãla is his life's work. Revealed as a living breathing entity embodying cosmic order, sheltered in a womb-like chamber in the remote desert of the Colorado Plateau, this visionary monument is a planetary sanctuary and repository of perennial wisdom. Jean-Philippe now lives in the high desert town of Santa Fe, New Mexico ― the project’s headquarters ― and is involved in all aspects of the project, with a focus on design and conceptual research.

Jean-Philippe is a keeper of the Sacred Count of the Mesoamerican calendar system (not traditionally initiated) and a practicing astrologer working with the Mesoamerican and Western systems in conjunction. A researcher in the field of Mesoamerican astrology and calendrics, he has formulated a model of the Tzolk'in that lends new ground to the field of personal forecasting astrology. His practice belongs to the archetypal, evolutionary branch of astrology ― aiming at a wholesome guidance that can serve the client's wellness, growth and place in the world.

Ever striving to develop body, mind and spirit to higher levels of natural health, integral knowledge and spiritual radiance, Jean-Philippe is an avid rawfoodist and monofin swimmer enthusiast.