Toby Aldren
DFAstrolSToby is a Faculty tutor for both online classes and distance learning via email. He gained his Diploma in 2013 and joined the tutor team in 2017. Toby has been an educator throughout his career and he also works as a musician. Toby lives with his husband and two border collies in the remote community of Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia, on Canada's west coast.
Dr NICHOLAS CAMPION
Hon DFAstrolSis Programme Director of the distance-learning MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology and Associate Professor in Cosmology and Culture at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. His books include Mundane Astrology (with Michael Baigent and Charles Harvey), the definitive book on modern mundane astrology, the two-volume History of Western Astrology (Bloomsbury 2008-09) and Astrology and Cosmology in the World’s Religions (New York University Press, 2012).
Marielle Churaqui
DFAstrolSis a London-based astrologer who gained the Faculty Diploma in 2008 and an MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David in 2012. She is a tutor and the Treasurer of the Faculty. Her approach to astrology is inspired by Jungian ideas, particularly James Hillman’s concept of soul. She also teaches yoga, using yoga techniques to explore astrological themes.
Brian Clark
is the creator of the Astro*Synthesis distance learning program which has been shaped from his experience as an astrological student, counsellor and educator. He is the author of many student publications, articles and books. Brian has his MA in Classics and Archaeology from the University of Melbourne and has been honoured with lifetime membership from the state, national and professional astrological organizations in Australia.
Dr Frances Clynes
DFAstrolSis the Faculty’s Vice President, IT and Online Learning Manager and a distance learning and online tutor for the Faculty. She has been a practising astrologer since 1987 and has lectured in Ireland, the UK and the US. Frances is also the Lead Tutor on the Sky and Psyche module of the MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology in the Sophia Centre at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
Darby Costello
DFAstrolShas been an astrologer for more than half her life. She began teaching at the Centre for Psychological Astrology in 1988 and was soon teaching internationally. She has written several astrology books and received an MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology from Bath Spa University in 2006 and the Charles Harvey Award in 2013. Her consultation practice continues to be at the heart of her working life as an astrologer.
Cat Cox
DFAstrolSis the President and Head Tutor of the Faculty and has taught with the school since 2006. She gained her Diploma in 1996 and the MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology from Bath Spa University in 2007. Her interests in healing, Jungian and transpersonal psychology, goddess spirituality and the Western Mysteries, inform her approach to astrology, which includes the ways in which we work psychologically, experientially and ritually with symbols and with myth.
Mark Fountain
DFAstrolShas been a Faculty tutor and examiner since 2006. He has a background in language teaching, making him particularly interested in how astrologers can communicate effectively with their clients. He’s committed to helping students make their interpretations not only imaginative and creative, but also as clear and precise as possible. Mark’s other interests include mythology, using mundane astrology to understand social and cultural change, and exploring the potential of the asteroids to enrich astrological practice.
Stevi Gaydon
DFAstrolSis a Faculty tutor who teaches both online classes and by distance learning. She has run her astrological practice since gaining her Diploma in 2010. Her work with clients is informed by her background in training business people in negotiation and interpersonal skills as well as by her experience as a coach. Stevi has an MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
Lindsay Gladstone
DFAstrolSis a consultant astrologer. She is a former Faculty Head of Exams, tutor and Summer School Registrar. Enchanted by the mysteries of the divine, she observes the contemplative route of the heart/mind philosophies of medieval Middle Eastern mystics. Archaeology and the study of shamanic practices are her abiding passions. She holds an MA in Myth, Cosmology and the Sacred from Canterbury Christ Church University.
Christian Konig
is a consulting astrologer with over 35 years of practice in astrology and a psychotherapist (depth psychology, trauma-therapy) in Germany. He holds an MSc in Psychology and is a certified astrologer of the German Astrological Association. He specialises in the astrology of the fixed stars and psychological astrology. His passion is to bring the starry sky back to astrology: stars, constellations, and planets.
Alejo Lopez
DFAstrolSwas born in Argentina and moved to Europe aged 23. He holds a degree in the performing arts and another in psychology. He is currently training as a Jungian Analyst and is studying the MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. Alejo has studied mythology, shamanism and Kabbalah, and is particularly interested in finding sacred languages and techniques that help us to develop a dialogue with the divine.
Clare Martin
DFAstrolSis a psychotherapist and has been a practising astrologer and teacher since 1990. She was a tutor and supervisor at the Centre for Psychological Astrology, and President of the Faculty of Astrological Studies for nine years. She has written a three-volume introduction to psychological astrology: Mapping the Psyche and Alchemy: The Soul of Astrology. Her latest book, Star-Crossed, explores the astrology of personality theory.
Dr Chris Mitchell
has a PhD from the University of Leicester on the topic of medieval astrology, is a tutor on the MA Cultural Astronomy and Astrology course at the University of Wales, and holds the Diploma in Medieval Astrology from Astrologos. He has been actively involved in promoting and teaching astrology for twenty years, is on the boards of the Astrological Association and Association of Professional Astrologers International, and received the Charles Harvey Award in 2021
Dr Matjaž Regovec
DFAstrolSis a doctor of psychology, an independent qualified Jungian psychoanalyst and a psychotherapist in private practice. He is the founder of the Institute of Psychological Astrology and Psychoanalysis in Ljubljana, Slovenia (IPAL), and has supervised the Institute’s tutors since 1993. He holds online seminars in the IPAL method of psychoanalysis and philosophy for participants from all countries. His recent book COGITO CONIUNCTIONIS: the Four Dimensions of Human Perception, Action and Creation, paves the way for his forthcoming publication on Jung’s Red Book, based on many years’ research.
Melanie Reinhart
DFAstrolSis a patron of the Faculty of Astrological Studies and a prize-winning Diploma-holder. Astrology has been central to Melanie’s life since 1959 and she has been a professional astrologer since 1975, offering consultations, writing and teaching in the UK and abroad. She is also known for her original research on new celestial objects. Books include: Chiron and the Healing Journey; Saturn, Chiron and the Centaurs; and Incarnation. Melanie has a special interest in contemplative experience both as a healing process and also as a learning modality.
GLÒRIA ROCA
DFAstrolSis a consultant astrologer who has studied astrology with the Faculty, esoteric astrology with Alan Oken, and hermetic symbology in Barcelona. She obtained the Faculty Diploma in 2002. Since then, she has been a tutor at the Faculty, and was a Council member and the Head of Exams for several years. Since 2011, she has run her own school in Barcelona: Aula Astrològica de Catalunya. Her particular fields of interest are psychological astrology, soul-centred astrology and astromapping techniques.
Lisa Stockley
DFAstrolShas been working with astrology for over twenty years, a journey which led to her gaining the Faculty Diploma in 2018. She serves on the Faculty Council as well as tutoring London classes, online classes and by distance learning. She is especially interested in astrology as a spiritual practice and cultivates a deep connection with nature and the cycle of the seasons.
Carole Taylor
FFAstrol Shas been an astrologer for over twenty years, with client work and teaching at the heart of her practice. She is a former Faculty President, Summer School Organiser and Director of Studies, contributing extensively to the Faculty’s course material and founding the online classes programme. She holds an MA in Myth, Cosmology and the Sacred, and is a tutor on the Sophia Centre’s MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
Mónica Teixeira
DFAstrolShas been a Faculty tutor since 2017 and the Head of Exams since 2022. She holds an Informatics degree from the University of Lisbon and an International Certification in Coaching. She worked as a software engineer in the eHealth industry for twenty years. Since 2017, she has been fully dedicated to astrology and her greatest satisfaction is in helping people through astrological consultations.