The Diverse Astrological Approaches of W. J. Tucker – Philip Graves
June 1 @ 18:30 – 20:30 BST
18:30 Chart Discussion
19:00 Tea Break
19:30 The Diverse Astrological Approaches of W. J. Tucker – Philip Graves
A presentation of the astrological career and ideas of maverick British astrologer W. J. Tucker PhD, who studied and wrote on modern psychology, espoused unconventional scientific views on astrology at the same time as making an extensive study of Ptolemaic astrology, was a strong advocate of the use of the fixed stars, and liaised extensively with astrologers in continental Europe and the USA while remaining largely detached from the mainstream theosophically grounded British astrological scene of his time. The talk will include a chronologically presented overview of the thirty original books (of which at least two dozen on astrology) authored by Tucker that were first published between 1935 and 1971, and an account of the pioneering magazine Science and Astrology that he both edited and published from 1935 to 1936.
Philip Graves
Philip Graves is an independent scholar of the history of astrology who has lectured on historical astrological topics at four international conferences since 2017, and has had over 40 historically-focused essays published in astrological periodicals since 2016. His book ‘Technical and Planetary Developments in Astrology’ was published by Revelore Press in 2025. A student of astrology since 1995, Graves has built an extensive private library of international astrological literature, and has been instrumental in developing the International Astrology Library Online.
