STA: School of Traditional Astrology
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Meet the tutors

Meet the tutors


Deborah Houlding

Deborah Houlding

Deborah Houlding, founder and Principal of the STA School, is based in Nottinghamshire, UK, and has worked as an astrological consultant since the late 1980s. After qualifying as a horary practitioner, she initially worked as a tutor on Olivia Barclay's QHP correspondence course. She acted as Horary Editor for the Astrological Association of Great Britain'sJournal, and Editor of The Traditional Astrologer magazine (1993 to 2000). Her articles on horary have been translated into many languages and have appeared in numerous magazines and journals. She is currently an associate editor for The Mountain Astrologer magazine, which presented her serialised "Introduction to Horary Astrology" in 2013. Deborah also hosts the astrology website Skyscript (www.skyscript.co.uk).

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Tienka Atema

Tienka Atema

Tienka, who is fluent in English and Dutch, runs her own astrological practice in Bilthoven, Holland. Tienka initially trained as a nurse, specialising in Intensive Care, before developing her interest in astrology in 1992. She completed the five-year Vocational Psychological Astrology course of Karen Hamaker's foundation, Achernar, before pursuing Classical Studies in Horary and Advanced Classical Studies in Horary with Lee Lehman. She has also completed four years' training in Jungian Psychology and Special Symbols atStchting Odrerir, the Medieval Practitioner's Diploma and Diploma in Fixed Stars at Astro-Logos and the course in Medieval Astrology offered by Astro Mundi in Australia.

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Eve Dembowski

Eve Dembowski

Eve Dembowski runs her astrological practice in Melbourne, Australia. She has trained as a musician, flower essence therapist and astrologer. She was one of the founding members of the Flower Essence Foundation of Australasia, (serving as its president in 1999-2000); and in 2009 and 2010 she was one of the conveners of the Regulus Traditional Astrology Conference, held in Australia.

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Wade Caves

Wade Caves

Wade Caves, based in San Francisco, USA, is an astrological consultant, speaker and educator specializing in horary, electional and classical astrological technique. Wade was certified with honors from the Mayo School of Astrology in London, and is well versed in both traditional and modern psychological methods of chart delineation. Wade's passion and focus is not only in understanding the historical and philosophical origins of astrological symbolism, but finding new and reliable ways to put this information to good practical use in a consultation setting. He is the editor and annotator of the 300th anniversary edition of William Lilly's History of his Life and Times (Rubedo Press, 2015).

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Angela Cornish

Angela Cornish

Angela Cornish is well known to many through her past roles as Administrator for the Urania Trust, Honorary Secretary to the Astrological Association of Great Britain and founder of the Nottingham Astrological Society. She has practised and taught astrology in classes, talks and workshops for many years in England and, more recently, on-line.

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Jupiter Lai

Jupiter Lai

Jupiter, a practicing astrologer based in Hong Kong, is active in teaching astrology in Hong Kong, China and Malaysia. She is the co-founder, along with Rod Chang, of the Academy of Astrology, which was founded in 2008 with the aim of promoting Western Astrology to Chinese speakers. Jupiter lectures on a wide range of astrological subjects, from natal to mundane astrology, and also incorporates Chinese astrology, I-Ching and Feng Shui into her own astrological practice. Through the work of the Academy, Jupiter has helped to introduce many international speakers to Asia, where they have shared their astrological insights to local students.

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STA

The School of Traditional Astrology is a full member of the Advisory Panel on Astrological Education (APAE).
STA courses are endorsed by the APAE and approved by the Association of Professional Astrologers International (APAI).