Our Story
Astrocal began in 2004 in a tiny flat in Hove, East Sussex. The first Moon Calendar was conceived and designed during the time Tina was supposed to be writing her final dissertation for an MA in Digital Media – a fine distraction to put off starting to write!
We had both become bored of having the same Moon Calendar on our wall year after year and were looking for something different. We couldn’t find what we were looking for and so the design process began… We wanted to move away from the linear design to show the circularity of the solar and lunar cycles as well as to make it more astrological. After completing the design of our new Moon Calendar, we uploaded it to a webpage and to our delight we had fantastic feedback and lots of sales!
Since then, each year we’ve designed new products, slowly but surely creating a whole range. As the collection has grown so has the business side. We ended up living with boxes of stock and packaging in every room until we completely out-grew our flat.
We have been overwhelmed with how popular our diaries and calendars have become and have had interest and praise for their design from all over the world from Brazil to Japan to Australia. It is extremely satisfying to have such a positive response for products that we’ve designed ourselves.
We’ve now sold over 150,000 Moon Diaries and Calendars – absolutely out of this world!!!
We feel very proud of all the products we create, particularly our Astro Moon Diary as it brings together everything that we value in our lives including the celebration of cycles, astrology, astronomy, manifesting with the Moon, honouring nature, fire festivals, art, photography and creative writing. Many of our talented friends have contributed. We feel very blessed to have such inspiring people around us!
We also appreciate the support and endorsement that Jonathan Cainer gave us from the outset. We were very sad at his passing and he will forever be a part of Astrocal’s history…. We are now very happy to be forming a collaboration with Jon’s daughter, Jemima, who is a rising star in the astrological world. She writes and produces our New Moon Podcast and writes for our Astro Moon Diary. One of our long-term goals is to nurture and support the astrologers of the future so our collaboration with Jemima fits perfectly. She is an inspiration!
Astrology is steeped with wisdom and ancient history and we’re eternally grateful for the insights and support it has given us over the years. We’re honoured to have coordinated the Astrology Area at Glastonbury Festival for nearly 25 years. We’ve worked with many astrologers some of whom have become a part of our team at Astrocal and are now very dear friends.
Tchenka has written the astrology for our Astro Moon Diary and Calendar since they began. We are honoured to have her astrological words of wisdom to guide us through each year. She is our “solid standing stone of Saturnian stability” and is always there for us on so many levels.
We’re very fortunate to have formed a strong working relationship with Blackmore Printers in Dorset. Blackmore have been extremely professional and supportive in our expansion. We feel very strongly that it’s important to keep our printing not only in the UK, but local, and Blackmore are up the road from us. They are an award-winning printer with impressive green credentials who recycle 100% of their waste and are committed to achieving net zero this decade.
We now live in Dorset by the sea with our Cairn Terrier who takes us out walking every day, up the hills and along the beaches. We love to experience the turning of the seasons with the change in light, temperature and colour. Nature is our inspiration and we hope to inspire you with our creativity.
We would like to thank our customers for all their lovely feedback. Appreciation makes it all worthwhile!
May the Sun, Moon and planets guide you on your way.
Tina & Ceri
