About Me

Cliché, DNA or Imprinted in the Horoscope?

My actual given name as in printed-on-the-birth-certificate, is Karma. And I am not the product of two “flower children.” My surname is Martell, and according to a genealogy search by my 72^nd degree Mason great uncle, I am a descendant of Charlemagne and in the lineage of the Knights Templar. So, there you have it: a mystical lineage and a “woo-woo” given name that was created before the eastern concept of karma was adopted by the west and tossed around by all manner of latter-day gurus and saints. 

Inevitable that I become an astrologer? Yes and no. It took a lifetime of study on the sidelines and many zig-zags before I claimed the title. I studied with the late, great, Robert Zoller, and had the pleasure of meeting and salon-ing in my astrological youth with Robert Hand, Michael Lutin, Alphie Lavoie, Nick Campion and other greats. I am an astrology learning junkie, so you will find me soaking up classes and lectures on all manner of astrological techniques, lore and methods at every opportunity. I am currently “apprenticing” in a private professional astrologer group with the master Rick “Merlin” Levine, sharpening my magical elections skills with Nina Gryphon and vibing on Vibrational Astrology with Linda Berry. I am a recent recipient of an AFAN professional development grant for my work on kundalini yoga and astrology.