Prior to my astrological life, I was an undergraduate and postgraduate at the London School of Economics and Political Science, in receipt of a scholarship from the Social Science Research Council. I subsequently undertook independent research into classical, Arabic and mediaeval astrological knowledge/practice, whilst pursuing a career as a freelance astrological consultant/columnist for UK and European publications. I graduated with Diplomas from the Faculty of Astrological Studies (D F Astrol S), and the Qualifying Horary Practitioner (QHP). In 2001 I inherited the QHP from Olivia Barclay and continue to enjoy teaching and mentoring students worldwide. In 2007 I was assisted by a grant from the Urania Trust for writing Horary Astrology Re-Examined: The Possibility or Impossibility of the Matter Propounded, published in 2009 by Wessex Astrologer. A further grant was awarded in 2014 for studying an MA in History at Exeter University, where I graduated with distinction in 2016. I am currently a PhD student in receipt of a doctoral studentship from the Wellcome Trust, supervised by Professor Jonathan Barry and Dr Peter Elmer. My thesis is entitled: ‘Astrology is higher and nobler than medicine and every physician should be an astrologer’: The Astrological Figure and the ‘Prognostical part of Physick’ c. 1580-1700.
