Summer School 2024 Tutors
The wonderful Summer School tutors of 2024. Each one brings a wealth of knowledge, experience, and passion to the table, eager to ignite your journey of astrology. Check back soon for the tutors that will be at Summer School 2025.
Toby Aldren
DFAstrolSis a Faculty tutor for both online classes and distance learning via email. He gained his Diploma in 2013, joined the tutor team in 2017, and become Head Tutor in November 2024. Toby has been an educator throughout his career and he also works as a musician. He lives with his husband and a very pampered border collie in the remote community of Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia, on Canada's west coast.
ITZIAR AZKONA
DFAstrolSis a Faculty tutor. She studied Sociology and Politics and has an MSc from the University of Surrey in Social Research Methods. Since 2000, when she discovered astrology, she has followed a path of studying and practicing astrology in depth, especially since enrolling with the Faculty. In her commitment to astrology, Itziar actively serves in some voluntary roles: she represents the International Society for Astrological Research (ISAR) as a Global Director in Spain, and she is one of the editors of Revista Stellium, the main astrological emagazine in Spanish. Professionally, she teaches and facilitates personal initiations through astrology.
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.
Dr Frances Clynes
DFAstrolSis the current President of the Faculty of Astrological Studies and Online Learning Manager as well as being a distance learning and online tutor. She has been a practicing astrologer since 1987 and has lectured in Ireland, the UK and the US. Frances is also the Lead Tutor on the Astrology, History, Spirit and Soul module and the Dissertation module of the MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology in the Sophia Centre at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
Darby Costello
Hon DFAstrolSbegan learning astrology in the late 1960s in America. She began her practice in Southern Africa in the early 70s. Coming to England in the 80s, she began teaching at the Centre for Psychological Astrology (CPA) 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 very heart of her working life as an astrologer.
Cat Cox
DFAstrolSSis the former 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 since 2006 and is currently the Head of Exams. His interests include mythology, history, politics, art and literature. He enjoys exploring the potential of the larger asteroids to enrich his astrological practice and using mundane astrology to understand social and cultural change. He's also engaged in research into harmonics. He has a background in English language teaching, making him particularly interested in how astrologers can communicate effectively with their clients.
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 KÖNIG
is a consulting astrologer with over 35 years of practice in astrology and as 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 LÓPEZ
DFAstrolSis a licensed psychologist with a second degree in performing arts and an MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology from the Sophia Centre at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, where he received the 2023-24 Alumni Association Dissertation Prize. He is training to become a certified Jungian Analyst with the International Association of Analytical Psychology (IAAP). Alejo works as a consultant astrologer and psychologist, aiming to foster self-awareness. He believes astrology’s symbolic language enables deep dialogue with hidden aspects of the self, guiding individuals toward authentic self-discovery.
Clare Martin
DFAstrolSis a psychotherapist and has been a practicing astrologer, lecturer 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 and the meeting of opposites.
Dr Chris Mitchell
has a PhD on the topic of medieval astrology and is a tutor on the MA course in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. He is on the boards of the Astrological Association and the Association of Professional Astrologers International (APAI), and has given talks to groups and conferences in Europe and the US. He is the author of England's First Astrology Book, and was the joint recipient of the Charles Harvey Award for Exceptional Service to Astrology in 2021.
DEBORAH MORGAN
DFAstrolShas taught London Classes, modules at Summer School and is a distance learning and online tutor. She runs her own astrological practice based in Nottingham and specialises in using astrology for personal and business development work, using experiential techniques together with astrology to assist clients in moving forward towards their spiritual and temporal goals. Holding a B.A. (Hons) and certification from the School of Traditional Astrology as a Horary Practitioner she is keenly interested in the Western Mystery Tradition, literature and mythologies and their links with astrology.
Dr MATJAŽ REGOVEC
DFAstrolS (Margaret Hone Award)holds doctorates both in psychology & philosophy, and is an independent qualified Jungian psychoanalyst and a psychotherapist in private practice. He is the founder of the IPAL Institute in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 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 Imago Dei: An Image of God beyond Jung and Artificial Life, in addition to the forthcoming Cogito Alchymicum: The Alchemy of Symptoms, both pave the way for his developing model of integrative anthropology that includes the use of astrology as a symbolic cosmology.
GLÓRIA ROCA
DFAstrolSis a consultant astrologer and teacher. She studied astrology with the Faculty, esoteric astrology with Alan Oken, hermetic symbology in Barcelona, and horary astrology with the School of Traditional Astrology (STA). She obtained the Faculty Diploma in 2002, has been a Faculty tutor and Council member for 20 years, and she founded her own school in Barcelona in 2011: Aula Astrològica de Catalunya. Her particular fields of interest are psychological, archetypal and soul-centred astrology, and the astromapping techniques.
Lisa Stockley
DFAstrolShas been working with astrology for over 20 years, a journey which led to her gaining the Faculty Diploma in 2018. She serves on the Faculty Council and as Director of Studies, 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.
STEFANO STRACUZZI
DFAstrolSobtained the Faculty Diploma in 2022 and has been a distance learning tutor since 2023. He is particularly interested in mundane research, which includes studies on financial, political and social trends, as well as seismic events. He is the author of two books: The Cosmic Journey: Astrology Beyond the Self and Mundane Astrology: Outer Cycles Beyond Pluto. He is currently working on his MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.