my interest in "the stars" was sparked in childhood during family camping trips to pristine Moreton Island (off the east coast of Australia) where we slept on beaches under livid but brilliant night skies. The constellations and planètes-étoiles simply fascinated me more than anything else in nature. However, indications of my destiny had already been handed to me. I was born with a star in the centre of each palm (a five-pointed asterisk in the right hand & a seven-pointed one in the left one). These stars are located on my "life lines" between my "head lines" and "heart lines." Interpreting the meanings of the stars has thus become an enduring passion...

While mostly self-taught as an Astrologer, I was very fortunate to have been mentored by well-known American Astrologer, data collector, & writer, Lois Rodden (1928-2003), during her last few years. Her books had partly inspired me to become a data collector in the first place. My area of specialty is, of course, charts for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) folk. Yet I also collect the birth data to make astrology charts for well-known Australians & New Zealanders, etc. My data has been published in Lois Rodden's Astrodatabank software & website (see my Ian Thorpe & Bishop Gene Robinson charts), and in Frank Clifford's British Entertainers: The Astrological Profiles books, and also in other collections.

what's in my future?

Besides work on my Master of Philosophy degree and websites, I am currently writing a book on Queer Astrology for the new millennium ("the Queerennium"?!). My ground-breaking book will present an analysis of at least one thousand star charts of well-known GLBT folk (& events), and other prominent people who have contributed to GLBT culture.