Special Interest Research Groups

Panelists

Somewhat of a Renaissance Man, Franco is an astrologer, a mechanical engineer by day, musician, a painter, into fitness, omnimancer, and energy worker.   

He has spoken at various Astrology conferences in North America, Italy and India.  He has been published in various publications, including The Mountain Astrologer, Dell Horoscope, the Well Being Journal and Frank Clifford’s Book of Music Horoscopes. 

He is the co-director of Alphee Lavoie’s Astrological Investigators, a research group that sets out to verify or discover astrological phenomena. 

Reach out to him at www.soulbody.ca.

Wendy Stacey is the principal of the international Mayo School and President of the Astrological Association UK.

She is the author of ‘Consulting with Astrology’ (2012) and ‘Uranus Square Pluto’ (2012). She has contributed to ‘The New Generation’ (2012), ‘The Professional Astrologer’ (2016) and ‘Bitcoin’ (2018).

In 2014 Wendy received the Charles Harvey award for ‘Exceptional Service to Astrology’.

Wendy is also a tutor on the MA Cultural Astronomy and Astrology course at the University of Wales teaching on the ‘Foundations’ and ‘Researching Contemporary Cosmologies’ modules.

She has a background teaching research methods, psychology, and sociology. Her lifelong research on changing birth times continues and has been published in the ‘Astrological Journal’ (2010), which can also be found on astro.com and a more sociological paper on the same subject was published in the ‘Midwifery Digest’ (2019).

She is currently revisiting the Eysenck and Mayo data and examining their findings on extraversion and introversion.

Email: wendy@mayoastrology.com  website: wendy@wendystacey.com

Didem Can is a professional astrologer based in İstanbul, where she established her practice following a 23-year career in advertising.

She holds the professional certification of C.A., NCGR-PAA Level IV.

As the founder of the Galactic Center School of Astrology in İstanbul, she teaches and mentors students while actively engaging in astrological research.

Guided by a commitment to advancing the field through verified and tested knowledge, her work integrates both traditional foundations and contemporary perspectives in astrology.

Contact: info@galaktikmerkez.istanbul | didemcandc@yahoo.com

Alphee Lavoie, Professional Astrologer, Ncgr Level IV C.A., Counseling and Rectification. NCGR research director for 12 years.

For over 60 years Alphee Lavoie has earned the title of Master Astrologer making his living from his skill as a successful, full time counseling astrologer. He has lectured at every UAC, Ncgr, AFA, Noel Tyl Conferences and world wide major conferences.

Alphee’s authored five best selling horary books and wrote a monthly horary column in Dell Horoscope for over 29 years.

In 1977 he opened his astrology school. He founded AIR Software in1982 which offers 17 pieces of innovative, award winning astrological and astro-financial software. In 1990 Alphee achieved world renown in Financial Astrology, appearing on Bloomberg Magazine and CNN TV.

In 2002 he organized the Astro Investigators research group with the intention to present scientifically derived findings for practical application. (www.astroinvestigators.com)

www.alphee.com , Email: alphee@alphee.com Air Software, 115 Caya Avenue, West Hartford, Ct 06110 1 800 659 1247, 1 860 232 6521

Manda Selva, LCSW, C.A. NCGR-PAA, is the Research Director of NCGR. She practices astrology and psychotherapy in the San Francisco Bay Area. Aided by her educational background in science, she is passionate about applying evidence-based methods in her practice and pursuing astrological research. She does astrological consulting, has presented in NCGR and ISAR, and has taught locally and through webinars.

Judith founded 'The Academy for Astrological Medicine' and is an award winning author of fourteen books including classics: Medical Astrology, A Guide to Planetary Pathology; and The Astrological Body Types.

She is a Chartered Herbalist with Dominion Herbal College, and faculty at Kepler College and MWIH.

An internationally recognized researcher, Hill internationally published significant statistical research on both astrogenetics and astroseismology; has served as Educational Director for the SF NCGR; and as the private assistant to the significant physicist Arthur M. Young. Hill successfully matched five biographies to natal charts in an NCGR sponsored skeptic's challenge in 1989