Dan Furst has created a name for himself in Cairo as the in-depth astrologist who can read your chart and forecast your future. But after chat with him, I realized that astrology is only one of the many talents and interests he has. The American 60-year-old Santa look-alike is an Interfaith Minister, actor, singer, playwright and journalist, to name just a few of the hats he often dons. But what brought him to Egypt was to study ancient Egyptian musicology, which he believes exists to this day. He also believes that the pyramids of Giza were created as a temple of sound. "This is pretty radical stuff that not many people want to hear, admits Furst, but after running sound tests and personally singing inside one of the pyramids, he has faith that the pyramids were designed "like radio stations that can broadcast high frequencies of uplifting hearing. Furst was born in New York but grew up in Kansas where his family moved when he was seven. At 21, he returned to the Big Apple to study literature at Columbia University. He then decided to become an actor. In terms of spirituality, Furst was born Catholic but stopped believing in it when he grew up. Eventually he decided not to 'limit' himself to one religion, but take his beliefs from all of them thus being ordained as an Interfaith Minister by the Church of Spiritual Science. "The whole story from the beginning was naturally because of a woman, explains Furst with dreamy eyes of nostalgia and a smile. "The love of my life, a student of astrology, was in a spiritual study group in New York. Although his relationship with that woman did not last, his relationship with astrology and spirituality is still going strong. "When I began to be interested in what they were doing, I recognized at once that it is no wonder that [astrology] is such an ancient science . It's because it is so accurate, he exclaims. So at 32, Furst became an astrologist, and since then he has been reading for people all around the world, including many celebrities whose identities he refuses to disclose. After much traveling from Hawaii to Japan, he finally settled in Egypt two years ago, but his time here is almost up as he sees himself moving back to the US by next year. At the moment he is living in Sharm El-Sheikh and focusing on writing a book. This is the second book Furst pens; he just finished his first one about the Age of Aquarius, the zodiac age that begins in 2012. After the 2000 year-long Piscean Age, which commenced with the Birth of Christ and will end by 2012 at the start of the new Aquarian Age many changes are expected to happen in economics, spirituality, relationships. Basically in everything. "The Pisces symbol is a fish, and also the symbol of Christianity which has pretty much dominated the era, says Furst. Within each zodiac age there are specific organizations, technologies, art forms, symbols, that are all consistent throughout the entire period. For example, Furst explains that Ancient Egypt was during the Age of Taurus so you see symbols of bulls everywhere in their art. Because Taurus is ruled by Venus it is a feminine sign, therefore it was a matriarchal culture whose influences revolve around protecting the feminine element so it would continue to be productive. The internet, according to Furst, is classic Aquarius technology. Instead of information produced at a hierarchy, it collapses the pyramid into something flat in which everybody is equally important, whether a seven-year-old or a 60-year-old with higher education and professional experience. The point of the book is not just to inform, but it tells us "that we can co-create the planet we want, something lovely beautiful and nourishing to all of us, and that it is in our power to do so. I am not going to tell you what's going to happen; I am going to tell you what the opportunity is that is ahead of us, he explains. The book is expected to come out in a year's time. His second book in the pipeline is called "Dance of the Moon. For more information on Dan Furst visit his website www.hermes3.org For a reading, call him on +2 012 116 1053
