Welcome to my
website. I am a Traditional Astrologer, My website does not
offer you weekly or daily forecasts for your sun sign, neither
will it offer you counselling or magic formulae for improving
your life. Instead, hopefully you will gain some understanding
of astrology and its long venerable history. There is far more
to astrology than the sun sign astrology found in most
newspapers and magazines.
I first became
interested in sun sign astrology around the age of 16,
when I was given a copy of Linda Goodman’s Sun Signs.
For many years, I thought that was what astrology was all
about, the twelve sun signs. My ability to tell people
their sun sign at parties was a great way to get free
drinks! Then in the best tradition of all good stories, I met a
‘proper’ astrologer who asked me for my birth data and proceeded
to tell me certain things that had happened in my past. I
couldn’t understand how she knew these things and it was
from her that I learnt there was more to astrology than sun
signs.
I decided to investigate the matter
further and became intrigued and then hooked. Hooked on the
history of astrology, which stretches back to the earliest
written records that are extant today. I joined evening
classes and started studying with the Faculty of Astrology and
gained both my certificate and Intermediate Diploma. I was in
the throes of completing my full Diploma but felt something was
lacking. Astrology no longer excited me. It seemed to be so
vague; everything seemed to centre around Jung, psychology and
counselling. There was no mention of the history or the short
concise manner in which the ancient astrologers wrote. Just as
I was about to give up my studies I was put in touch with a
wonderful lady, the late Olivia Barclay, who had set up a course
to teach Traditional astrology. At last I had found the missing
link.
I immediately
began studying with Olivia for the Qualified Horary
Practitioners Diploma and passed some months later. I
went on to become one of her course tutors. I was already
teaching astrology at adult education classes in London and
began writing articles for various astrological magazines.
I joined a group
of astrologers in London who were involved in translating
ancient Latin texts, the ARHAT group. Through these very
learned astrologers, I became more interested in the history and
the older traditions of astrology and now combine both “modern”
and traditional techniques in my work. In 2004 I gained my
Masters Degree at Bath Spa University in Cultural Astronomy and
Astrology. My dissertation was on the use of astrology in
medicine during the 16th and 17th
centuries. This furthered my interest in the ancient art of
astrology and also in medicine. I then studied herbalism and
gained my Diploma in Phytotherapy. (SAC. Dip. (Master Herbalist
Phytotheraphy).
My work covers
all aspects of life and astrology. Thanks to the power of the
internet I have clients from around the world and was invited to
spend a very happy month in the Middle East working for various
people and businesses. I have worked as a “ghost writer” for
well known media astrologers, written phone line scripts and was
the astrologer for HERE! magazine for several
years. I also wrote one-off articles for the Daily Mirror, as
well as writing for various local monthly publications. I
certainly enjoy writing sun sign astrology and look for
ways to inform the public that there is so much more to
astrology than just the Sun being in a certain zodiacal sign, at
a certain time of the year.
For more
information about me and where I can be contacted, please click
on my biography page. The different types of astrology I offer
are listed on the services page and a brief overview of
astrology can be found by clicking on What is astrology?
