George Roman
1964-2000

©by Carol Allen,
NCGR MemberLetter, Feb-March, 2001

It is with sadness that I report the death of George Roman, Los Angeles astrologer and the first official founding member of the American Council of Vedic Astrology (ACVA). George, a/k/a The Beverly Hills Love Guru^TM, was a full-time psychic, Vedic astrologer, and personologist (face reader) with a thriving private practice for 19 years. He was diagnosed with lymphoma in March, 2000, and died at home October 15. He had just turned 36.

George had BIG plans, BIG goals, and BIG vision in the art of self-promotion, marketing, and entrepreneurship. He truly cared about those he tirelessly counseled, doing readings right up until the day he died. Through his enthusiasm, incredibly entertaining personality, and powerful techniques, George marketed himself to major media, appearing in newspapers and magazines around the world including USA Today, Time, Mademoiselle, Cosmopolitan, and others.

He was a frequent guest on radio and TV talk shows including spots on CNN, LEEZA, Roseanne, Donny and Marie, The Marilu Henner Show, and numerous Los Angeles news programs. As if that weren't enough, he was also profiled in several books including Reason to Believe, Hollywood Lovers, and The 100 Top Psychics in America.

George first learned Vedic astrology at the School of Sidereal Astrology in Los Angeles at the home of Phyllis Kneip where he studied with Nalini Kantha Das (Tom Hopke), whom he considered his true astrology guru. He became certified through The Indian Institute of Astrology in Jaipur, India, R.G. Krishnan's Institute of Vedic Astrology, and David Frawley's American Institute of Vedic Studies.

As per George's wishes, his impressive collection of several hundred Vedic astrology and Chinese astrology books are being donated to the ACVA library. He is survived by his four beloved exotic birds and hundreds of friends and clients the world over. God be with ye, George.

Kim McCusker wrote for this memorial:

George was a friend of mine. I have known him since 1983. He was not only a great astrologer/pshycic he was my friend and I miss him. I miss the dinners at Pizzeria Unos here in Massachusetts and all the waitresses he would surprise by knowing everything about them before we all ordered dinner. I go to the same restaurant now and it’s not quite the same. We would sit there for hours after we ate and talk about life, hopes and dreams and even the bad stuff sometimes. Negativity was not a George specialty! “The universe would provide” he would always say. That philosophy was used in every aspect of his life, even finding a parking space on the busy, narrow streets of Boston.

When George moved to California, we stayed in touch by either lengthy letters or record breaking phone calls and one trip to LA. Thank goodness for instant messaging which would keep me on line until 3-4 in the morning just chatting about this and that.

 I actually found out via Internet that George Had died fairly recently.  I was one of his students back in the days of the School of Vedic Astrology with Phyllis Kneip.  There I learned his card reading method, which I use to this very day and have had 100% success with it.  It is a method no one will likely learn again out in the greater world and I realize that George taught an invaluable gift to the small group we had back then.  I spoke to him on the phone years after I left Los Angeles and learned that he was ill.  Since I visited Los Angeles frequently, we had made plans to meet up next time I came into town.  That day never came to pass and I'm saddened to have lost a friend and great teacher.  I wish him safe journey.

Shanti, shanti, shanti,
Gia von Karl

BIRTH AND DEATH DATA: As given in the NCGR memorial above, George Roman was born August 25, 1964, at 9:56 PM, Boston, MA. (Source of data not given). He died October 15, 2000, in Los Angeles, CA.

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