Reply To: Welcome to the Level 2 Course – Introduce Yourself

[Franz Karl Gurtlinger]

Hi My name is Franz

I am originally from the United States an interesting fact about me is that my parents were originally from Germany and moved to the United States due to my fathers work as a Micro Biologist. I grew up in New York City finished college and moved to Japan in 2006. I have been living and working in Japan since.

I have always been interested in Meta Physics since I was a small child.  I was also born Catholic but never felt like I fit in to the Catholic mindset nor the Christian  mindset for that matter though I always firmly believe in God and never understood why the western religions put so much emphasis  on the bible, because the bible is just a human invention a history book for that matter and I felt there was always something much more deep to all this and something much more spiritual.  From the very beginning between the age of 3 to 8 years old 5 of my grand parents and great grandparents died and when you experience death as a child it really wakes you up at an early age to how fragile and life really is and there has to be a deeper meaning to all of this. When I was 11 years old I had a paranormal experience that really solidified my spiritual beliefs about God and life.  I felt like God was more spiritual energy and divine energy and something far more complex than any lifeform could ever imagine. Something you or the human mind just can not fathom. This led me to looking more and more into Eastern Thought and philosophy. I really became interested in Buddhism after coming to Japan.

It was not until I was 30 when I started to think about Astrology, it was not western astrology it was Vedic astrology that I found first. I had a reading in 2010 from a Vedic astrologer that was from the west and told me a little about Vedic Astrology and told me I should pursue natural cures and this reading lite a fire of interest in me and I should study the subject further. In 2012 I had asked a different Online Astrologer for another reading  if I should do about the Career and luck and other aspects in life and this was a scary reading because he told me I am in my Saturn Dasha you will not make any money and just sit and chant Om Nama Shivia. This reading really scared me so much I felt depressed and did took a hiatus from Vedic Astrology until 2016 until when I found Sam and other modern Vedic Astrologers on You Tube and relite that fire of interest within me and something inside me said take your studies to the next level.

In 2021 I took the Level 1 Course and passed it. Since the start of 2022 I have been going through some major changes in both my life and career. I recently found a new opportunity as an independent Real Estate agent for Remax Japan starting next week April 17th 2022 so I am really busy right now and excited on this new and more independent direction my life is taking. The most interesting fact about this is I am a Cancer Ascendant and it was the day Rahu when into my 10th House in March when this opportunity entered my life. It just shows how much you can really see the Astrology play out through the transits. Just last week Sam opened up the Level 2 course and another great opportunity just presented itself. I really looking forward  learning how to read a chart and improving the way I read charts now. I might be a little slow at first because I am training and building my independent Real Estate Agency for Remax. With this course I will also be building a Spiritual practice both Online and here in Japan which is my main goal for my future.

I am really looking forward to meeting everyone and learning how to improve my skills and gain a deeper understanding in Vedic Astrology. Good Luck to everyone here and Lets all enjoy opening up our lives to this beautiful Divine Spiritual Knowledge and Energy that is before us.

Franz