A pendulum, a cup of tea and an open astrology notebook on a wooden table, with a garden and waterfall through the window

About Cora

My grandmother kept a small pendulum on a nail by her kitchen window. I can still see it catching the light while she made tea. She talked about the planets the way other people talk about the weather, and would say that Mercury was up to something again and carry on stirring. Nobody ever sat me down and taught me any of this. I picked it up at her table, the way you pick up a language at home.

I live a short walk from a small waterfall now, and that is where much of my work gets done, along with a garden bench and my own kitchen table. I don't have a shop or a reading room. I have a notebook and a cup of tea that has usually gone cold.

I keep a notebook of my own readings and write down what actually happened, because it is easy to remember only the parts you hoped for. Some of my readings are right and some are not. I like that. The charts and worksheets in my books came out of those afternoons.

When I write a book, I try to explain things the way my grandmother explained them to me: plainly, and with plenty of time to try it yourself. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do, wherever your own quiet place turns out to be.

Cora