Cochrane started a practice as an astrologer in 1973 in Gainesville, Florida.
For eight years he was a full-time astrological consultant and he taught astrology class-
es in the evening. During this time, he also developed astrological software that ran
on an IBM mainframe computer to produce computations in harmonic astrology and
cosmobiology. He also developed a computerized forecast program based on transiting
midpoint structures.
In 1981, Cochrane dropped his consulting business and began full-time work
developing astrological software. In 1983, he found Cosmic Patterns Software and
devoted himself to astrological programming. By 2000, Cosmic Patterns had grown to
a staff of six full-time workers, four computer programmers, and two people who oper-
ated the company. Avalon College started out as a feature within the Kepler program,
and then developed into a school that offers training in astrology.
Cochrane is internationally recognized for his contributions to astrological
software, including many innovative concepts, such as treasure maps and integrated
analysis and interpretations based on an integration of harmonic theory and cosmobi-
ology. The Kepler program is widely recognized for its extraordinary comprehensive-
ness and flexibility.Sources:
Cochrane, David. Astrology for the 21st Century.Gainesville, FL: Cosmic Patterns, 2002.
Cosmic Patterns Software.http://cosmic.patterns.com.COLD
The signs are numbered from 1 to 12 according to their order in the zodiac (i.e., Aries
= 1, Taurus = 2, etc.). Cold and hot was one of the sets of categories used in premod-
ern physics, and the ancients classified all even-numbered signs (all water and earth
signs) as cold. Traditionally, the Moon and Saturn, and sometimes other planets, were
also considered to be cold. The terms hot and cold are infrequently used in modern
astrology.COLEMAN, CATHY
Cathy Coleman is the president of Kepler College of Astrological Arts and Sciences.
She was born August 29, 1952, in Chillicothe, Missouri, at 8:29 P.M. She holds a doc-
toral degree in East-West psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies
(1991), and wrote a phenomenological dissertation on peoples’ psychological experi-
ences of the planets Saturn and Uranus. She holds a master’s degree in family studies
from Washington State University (1981), and has research interests in astrology,
human development, and family studies. Coleman has been a student of astrology and
psychology for 26 years, first studying with Jeanne Long in Houston, Texas, and has
been a practitioner (consultant and teacher) for 18 years. She was in the first graduat-
ing class of the Online College of Astrology, is an ISAR certified astrological profes-
sional, and has Level II NCGR certification. She is also a Jim Lewis–certified
Astro*Carto*Graphy practitioner.Cold
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