Pacific Odyssey - P.E.A. No. 6

Title of Securities Being Registered: Interests in the Separate Account Under Pacific Odyssey individual flexible premium deferred variable annuity contract.

Information required to be included in Part C is set forth under the appropriate Item, so numbered, in Part C to this Registration Statement.

(included in Registrant’s Form N-4/B, File No. 333-53040, Accession No. 0001017062-03-001021 filed on April 30, 2003 and incorporated by reference herein.)

Audited Financial Statements dated as of December 31, 2002 which are incorporated by reference from the Annual Report include the following for Separate Account A:

Audited Consolidated Financial Statements dated as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, and for the three year period ending December 31, 2002, included in Part B include the following for Pacific Life:

2.	Not applicable
3.	(a)	Distribution Agreement between Pacific Life Insurance Company (formerly Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company) and Pacific Select Distributors, Inc. (“PSD”) (formerly Pacific Equities Network)¹
	(b)	Form of Selling Agreement between Pacific Life Insurance Company (formerly Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company), PSD and Various Broker-Dealers¹
4.	(a)	(1) Individual Flexible Premium Deferred Variable Annuity Contract (Form No. 10-13200)¹
		(2) Form of Individual Flexible Premium Deferred Variable Annuity Contract (Form No. 10-17800)
	(b)	Qualified Pension Plan Rider (Form No. R90-Pen-V)¹
	(c)	403(b) Tax-Sheltered Annuity Rider ⁴
	(d)	Form of Section 457 Plan Rider (Form No. R95-457)¹
	(e)	Individual Retirement Annuity Rider (Form No. 20-18900)⁵
	(f)	Roth Individual Retirement Annuity Rider (Form No. 20-19000)⁵
	(g)	SIMPLE Individual Retirement Annuity Rider (Form No. 20-19100)⁵
	(h)	Stepped-Up Death Benefit Rider (Form No. 20-13500)¹
	(i)	(1) Premier Death Benefit Rider (Form No. 20-13600)¹
	(i)	(2) Premier Death Benefit Rider (Form No. 20-18000)⁵
	(j)	Guaranteed Earnings Enhancement (EEG) Rider (Form No. 20-14900)
	(k)	Form of Guaranteed Protection Advantage (GPA) Rider (Form No. 20-16200)³
	(l)	Form of Guaranteed Protection Advantage 5 Rider (Form No. 20-19500)⁶
	(m)	Qualified Retirement Plan Rider ⁴
	(n)	Income Access Rider (Form No. 20-19808)⁶
5.	(a)	(1) Application Form for Individual Flexible Premium Deferred Variable Annuity Contract (Form No. 25-13200)¹
		(2) Form of Application Form for Individual Flexible Premium Deferred Variable Annuity Contract (Form No. 25-17810)
	(b)	Form of Variable Annuity PAC APP¹
	(c)	Form of Application/Confirmation Form¹
	(d)	Form of Guaranteed Earnings Enhancement (EEG) Rider Request Application
	(e)	Form of Guaranteed Protection Advantage (GPA) Rider Request Form (Form No. 55-16600)³
	(f)	Form of Guaranteed Protection Advantage 5 Rider Request Form (Form No. 2311-3A)⁶
	(g)	Form of Income Access Rider Request Form (Form No. 2315-3A)⁶
6.	(a)	Pacific Life’s Articles of Incorporation¹
	(b)	By-laws of Pacific Life¹
7.	Not applicable
8.	(a)	Fund Participation Agreement²
	(b)	Addendum to Fund Participation Agreement (to add Strategic Value and Focused 30 Portfolios)²
	(c)	Addendum to Fund Participation Agreement (to add nine new Portfolios)²
	(d)	Addendum to Fund Participation Agreement (to add the Equity Income and Research Portfolios) ⁴
9.	Opinion and Consent of legal officer of Pacific Life as to the legality of Contracts being registered.¹

The following is an explanation of the organization chart of Pacific Life’s subsidiaries:

Pacific Life is a California Stock Life Insurance Company wholly-owned by Pacific LifeCorp (a Delaware Stock Holding Company) which is, in turn, 98% owned by Pacific Mutual Holding Company (a California Mutual Holding Company). Other subsidiaries of Pacific LifeCorp are: an 86% ownership of Aviation Capital Group Holding Corp. (a Delaware Corporation); College Savings Bank (a New Jersey Chartered Capital Stock Savings Bank) and its subsidiary College Savings Trust (a Montana Chartered Uninsured Trust Company); an 80% ownership of M.L. Stern & Co., LLC (a Delaware Limited Liability Company) and its subsidiary Tower Asset Management, LLC (a Delaware Limited Liability Company); Pacific Asset Funding, LLC (a Delaware Limited Liability Company) and its subsidiaries PL Trading Company, LLC (a Delaware Limited Liability Company) and Pacific Life Trade Services, Limited (a Hong Kong Limited Corporation); and Pacific Life & Annuity Services, Inc. (a Colorado Corporation). A Subsidiary of Aviation Capital Group Holding Corp., is Aviation Capital Group Corp. (a Delaware Corporation), which in turn, is the parent of: ACGFS II, Inc. (a Delaware Corporation); ACG Acquisition V Corporation (a Delaware Corporation); a 50% ownership of ACG Acquisition VI LLC; a 33% ownership of ACG Acquisition IX LLC; ACG Acquisition XXV LLC and its subsidiary ACG Acquisition Ireland II, Limited (an Irish Corporation); ACG Acquisition XXVI, 37, 38 LLCs; and ACG Acquisition XXVII LLC. Subsidiaries of ACG Acquisition VI LLC are: a 34% ownership of ACG Acquisition VIII LLC; a 20% ownership of ACG Acquisition XIV LLC; and a 20% ownership of ACG Acquisition XIX LLC, which in turn owns ACG Acquisition XIX Holding LLC, which owns Aviation Capital Group Trust. Subsidiaries of Aviation Capital Group Trust are: ACG Acquisition XV LLC; ACG Acquisition XX LLC and its subsidiary ACG Acquisition Ireland, Limited (an Irish Corporation); and ACG Acquisition XXI, LLC. ACG Acquisition XXVII LLC owns 50% of ACG Acquisition XXVIII LLC, which owns ACG Acquisition XXIX LLC. Subsidiaries of ACG Acquisition XXIX LLC are: ACG Acquisition XXX LLCs; ACG Acquisition 35 Corporation (a Delaware Corporation); ACG Acquisition 31-34, 36-39 LLCs; and ACGFS, Inc. (a Delaware Corporation). Pacific Life is the parent company of: Pacific Life & Annuity Company (an Arizona Stock Life Insurance Company); Pacific Select Distributors, Inc.; Pacific Asset Management LLC (a Delaware Limited Liability Company); Confederation Life Insurance and Annuity Company (a Georgia Company); a 17% ownership of Scottish Annuity & Life Holdings, Ltd. [(a Cayman Islands Holding Company) abbreviated structure]; a 95% ownership of Grayhawk Golf Holdings, LLC (a Delaware Limited Liability Company), and its subsidiary Grayhawk Golf L.L.C. (an Arizona Limited Liability Company); a 67% ownership of Pacific Mezzanine Associates, L.L.C. (a Delaware Limited Liability Company) and its subsidiary Pacific Mezzanine Investors, L.L.C., (a Delaware Limited Liability Company) who is the sole general partner of the PMI Mezzanine Fund, L.P. (a Delaware Limited Partnership). Subsidiaries of Pacific Asset Management LLC are: a 21% ownership of Carson-Pacific LLC (a Delaware Limited Liability Company); PMRealty Advisors Inc.; a non-managing membership interest in Allianz-PacLife Partners LLC (a Delaware Limited Liability Company); and Pacific Financial Products Inc. (a Delaware Corporation). Allianz-PacLife Partners LLC and Pacific Financial Products, Inc., own the Class E units of Allianz Dresdner Asset Management of America L.P. (a Delaware Limited Partnership). Subsidiaries of Pacific Select Distributors, Inc., include: Associated Financial Group, Inc., Mutual Service Corporation (a Michigan Corporation), United Planners’ Group, Inc. (an Arizona Corporation), and a 45% ownership of Waterstone Financial Group, Inc. (an Illinois Corporation). Subsidiaries of Associated Financial Group, Inc., are Associated Planners Investment Advisory, Inc., Associated Securities Corp., West Coast Realty Management, Inc., Associated Planners Securities Corporation of Nevada, Inc. (a Nevada Corporation), and West Coast Realty Advisors, Inc. Subsidiaries of Mutual Service Corporation are Advisors’ Mutual Service Center, Inc. (a Michigan Corporation) and Contemporary Financial Solutions, Inc. (a Delaware Corporation). United Planners’ Group, Inc. is the general partner and holds an approximate 45% general partnership interest in United Planners’ Financial Services of America (an Arizona Limited Partnership). Subsidiaries of United Planners’ Financial Services of America are UPFSA Insurance Agency of Arizona, Inc. (an Arizona Corporation), UPFSA Insurance Agency of California, Inc., United Planners Insurance Agency of Massachusetts, Inc. (a Massachusetts Corporation), and United Planners Insurance Agency of Oklahoma, Inc. (an Oklahoma Corporation). All corporations are 100% owned unless otherwise indicated. All entities are California corporations unless otherwise indicated.

Pacific Life hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless PSD and its officers and directors, and employees for any expenses (including legal expenses), losses, claims, damages, or liabilities incurred by reason of any untrue or alleged untrue statement or representation of a material fact or any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated to make other statements not misleading, if made in reliance on any prospectus, registration statement, post-effective amendment thereof, or sales materials supplied or approved by Pacific Life or the Separate Account. Pacific Life shall reimburse each such person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, liability, damage, or claim. However, in no case shall Pacific Life be required to indemnify for any expenses, losses, claims, damages, or liabilities which have resulted from the willful misfeasance, bad faith, negligence, misconduct, or wrongful act of PSD.

PSD hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Pacific Life, its officers, directors, and employees, and the Separate Account for any expenses, losses, claims, damages, or liabilities arising out of or based upon any of the following in connection with the offer or sale of the contracts: (1) except for such statements made in reliance on any prospectus, registration statement or sales material supplied or approved by Pacific Life or the Separate Account, any untrue or alleged untrue statement or representation is made; (2) any failure to deliver a currently effective prospectus; (3) the use of any unauthorized sales literature by any officer, employee or agent of PSD or Broker; (4) any willful misfeasance, bad faith, negligence, misconduct or wrongful act. PSD shall reimburse each such person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, liability, damage, or claim.

Pacific Life and PSD agree to indemnify and hold harmless Selling Broker-Dealer and General Agent, their officers, directors, agents and employees, against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which they may become subject under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise

out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated or necessary to make the statements made not misleading in the registration statement for the Contracts or for the shares of Pacific Select Fund (the “Fund”) filed pursuant to the 1933 Act, or any prospectus included as a part thereof, as from time to time amended and supplemented, or in any advertisement or sales literature approved in writing by Pacific Life and PSD pursuant to Section IV.E. Of this Agreement.

Selling Broker-Dealer and General Agent agree to indemnify and hold harmless Pacific Life, the Fund and PSD, their officers, directors, agents and employees, against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which they may become subject under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (a) any oral or written misrepresentation by Selling Broker- Dealer or General Agent or their officers, directors, employees or agents unless such misrepresentation is contained in the registration statement for the Contracts or Fund shares, any prospectus included as a part thereof, as from time to time amended and supplemented, or any advertisement or sales literature approved in writing by Pacific Life and PSD pursuant to Section IV.E. of this Agreement, (b) the failure of Selling Broker-Dealer or General Agent or their officers, directors, employees or agents to comply with any applicable provisions of this Agreement or (c) claims by Sub-agents or employees of General Agent or Selling Broker-Dealer for payments of compensation or remuneration of any type. Selling Broker-Dealer and General Agent will reimburse Pacific Life or PSD or any director, officer, agent or employee of either entity for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by Pacific Life, PSD, or such officer, director, agent or employee in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claims, damages, liability or action. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which Broker-Dealer may otherwise have.

The accounts, books and other documents required to be maintained by Registrant pursuant to Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules under that section will be maintained by Pacific Life at 700 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, California 92660.

(a) The Registrant and its Depositor are relying upon American Council of Life Insurance, SEC No-Action Letter, SEC Ref. No. 1P-6-88 (November 28, 1988) with respect to annuity contracts offered as funding vehicles for retirement plans meeting the requirements of Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, and the provisions of paragraphs (1)-(4) of this letter have been complied with.

(b) The Registrant and its Depositor are relying upon Rule 6c-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 with respect to annuity contracts offered as funding vehicles to participants in the Texas Optional Retirement Program, and the provisions of Paragraphs (a)-(d) of the Rule have been complied with.

(c) REPRESENTATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 26(f) OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940: Pacific Life Insurance Company and Registrant represent that the fees and charges to be deducted under the Variable Annuity Contract (“Contract”) described in the prospectus contained in this registration statement are, in the aggregate, reasonable in relation to the services rendered, the expenses expected to be incurred, and the risks assumed in connection with the Contract.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets the requirements of Securities Act Rule 485(b) for effectiveness of this Registration Statement and has caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to the Registration Statement on Form N-5 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized in the City of Newport Beach, and the State of California on this 27th day of June, 2003.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

(Powers Of Attorney are contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 of the Registration Statement filed on Form N-4 for Separate Account A, File No. 333-53040, Accession No. 0001017062-02-000784 filed on April 30, 2002, as Exhibit 15.)

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933		x
Pre-Effective Amendment No. __		¨
Post-Effective Amendment No. 6		x

¨		immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
x		on July 1, 2003 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
¨		60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) (1) of Rule 485
¨		on ___________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485

Item No.		Prospectus Heading
1.	Cover Page	Cover Page
2.	Definitions	TERMS USED IN THIS PROSPECTUS
3.	Synopsis	AN OVERVIEW OF PACIFIC ODYSSEY
4.	Condensed Financial Information	YOUR INVESTMENT OPTIONS — Variable Investment Option Performance; ADDITIONAL INFORMATION — Financial Statements
5.	General Description of Registrant, Depositor and Portfolio Companies	AN OVERVIEW OF PACIFIC ODYSSEY; YOUR INVESTMENT OPTIONS — Your Variable Investment Options; PACIFIC LIFE AND THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT — Pacific Life, — Separate Account A; ADDITIONAL INFORMATION — Voting Rights
6.	Deductions	AN OVERVIEW OF PACIFIC ODYSSEY; HOW YOUR INVESTMENTS ARE ALLOCATED — Transfers; CHARGES, FEES AND DEDUCTIONS; WITHDRAWALS — Optional Withdrawal
7.	General Description of Variable Annuity Contracts	AN OVERVIEW OF PACIFIC ODYSSEY; PURCHASING YOUR CONTRACT — How to Apply for your Contract; HOW YOUR INVESTMENTS ARE ALLOCATED; RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND OTHER PAYOUTS — Choosing Your Annuity Option, — Your Annuity Payments, — Death Benefits; ADDITIONAL INFORMATION — Voting Rights, — Changes to Your Contract, Changes to ALL Contracts, — Inquiries and Submitting Forms and Requests, — Timing of Payments and Transactions; TERMS USED IN THIS PROSPECTUS
8.	Annuity Period	RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND OTHER PAYOUTS
9.	Death Benefit	RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND OTHER PAYOUTS — Death Benefits
10.	Purchases and Contract Value	AN OVERVIEW OF PACIFIC ODYSSEY; PURCHASING YOUR CONTRACT; HOW YOUR INVESTMENTS ARE ALLOCATED; PACIFIC LIFE AND THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT — Pacific Life; THE GENERAL ACCOUNT — Withdrawals and Transfers
11.	Redemptions	AN OVERVIEW OF PACIFIC ODYSSEY; CHARGES, FEES AND DEDUCTIONS; WITHDRAWALS; ADDITIONAL INFORMATION — Timing of Payments and Transactions; THE GENERAL ACCOUNT — Withdrawals and Transfers
12.	Taxes	AN OVERVIEW OF PACIFIC ODYSSEY; CHARGES, FEES AND DEDUCTIONS — Premium Taxes; WITHDRAWALS — Optional Withdrawals, — Tax Consequences of Withdrawals; FEDERAL TAX STATUS
13.	Legal Proceedings	Not Applicable
14.	Table of Contents of the Statement of Additional Information	CONTENTS OF THE STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Item No.		Prospectus Heading
15.	Cover Page	Cover Page
16.	Table of Contents	TABLE OF CONTENTS
17.	General Information and History	Not Applicable
18.	Services	Not Applicable
19.	Purchase of Securities Being Offered	THE CONTRACTS AND THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT — Calculating Subaccount Unit Values, — Systematic Transfer Programs
20.	Underwriters	DISTRIBUTION OF THE CONTRACTS — Pacific Select Distributors, Inc.
21.	Calculation of Performance Data	PERFORMANCE
22.	Annuity Payments	THE CONTRACTS AND THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT — Variable Annuity Payment Amounts
23.	Financial Statements	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1.	(a)	Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Depositor authorizing establishment of Separate Account A and Memorandum establishing Separate Account A.¹
	(b)	Memorandum Establishing Two New Variable Accounts—Aggressive Equity and Emerging Markets Portfolios.¹
	(c)	Resolution of the Board of Directors of Pacific Life Insurance Company authorizing conformity to the terms of the current Bylaws.¹

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940		x
Amendment No. 75		x

10.		Independent Auditors’ Consent⁷
11.		Not applicable
12.		Not applicable
13.		Pacific Odyssey—Performance Calculations⁷
14.		Not applicable
15.		Powers of Attorney⁴
16.		Not applicable

Name and Address		Positions and Offices with Pacific Life

Thomas C. Sutton		Director, Chairman of the Board, and Chief Executive Officer
Glenn S. Schafer		Director and President
Khanh T. Tran		Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
David R. Carmichael		Director, Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Audrey L. Milfs		Director, Vice President and Corporate Secretary
Brian D. Klemens		Vice President and Treasurer
Edward R. Byrd		Vice President and Controller
Gerald W. Robinson		Executive Vice President

SEPARATE ACCOUNT A (Registrant)
By:		PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

By:
		Thomas C. Sutton* Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

By:		PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
		(Depositor)

By:
		Thomas C. Sutton* Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Signature	Title	Date

Thomas C. Sutton*	Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer	June 27, 2003

Glenn S. Schafer*	Director and President	June 27, 2003

Khanh T. Tran*	Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	June 27, 2003

David R. Carmichael*	Director, Senior Vice President and General Counsel	June 27, 2003

Audrey L. Milfs*	Director, Vice President and Corporate Secretary	June 27, 2003


Edward R. Byrd*	Vice President and Controller	June 27, 2003

Brian D. Klemens*	Vice President and Treasurer	June 27, 2003

Gerald W. Robinson*	Executive Vice President	June 27, 2003

approximately		9		Qualified
		75		Non Qualified