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Our Contributors
Tchenka Sunderland
Tchenka writes every year for our Moon Diary and Moon Calendar. We have known her for over twenty five years and she is a dear personal friend and inspiration in our lives. She has been the constant ‘Standing Stone of Saturnian Stability’ in Astrocal’s journey over the past 20 years.
“Thirty five years I’ve had my head in the stars! After years of consulting, teaching, broadcasting and writing, my current work involves in-depth study of nature’s seasonal processes, examining the physical properties of ruling planets, their metals and herbs, and looking more closely at the season’s traditional customs. A “perennial philosophy” has emerged that suggests that those characteristics endowed by our astrological inheritance are our own personal experience and expression of natural forces that operate all the time in this world Below. The birth chart then becomes a description of our fundamental “leaden” Nature and it becomes our life task to apply our consciousness towards manifesting its highest potential here on the earth – to be the gold!”
Tchenka
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2024 Contributors
8th Chaired Bard of Ynys Witrin, works in Glastonbury as Priestess, Bard and Wizard. Online school — Avalon Wizard Academy. www.wizardsofavalon.com
Teacher, counsellor and mental health social worker, with a special love of finding creative ways of exploring the birthchart.
A hedgerow-herbalist connecting with plants and the landscape of the Wye Valley through the seasons.
Artist and writer, who was once a ceremonial, ritual performance artist. She has made several major landscape journeys and now lives in the Hebrides. Her latest book is: The Gypsy Switch and Other Ritual Journeys www.jill-smith.co.uk
Paintings inspired by the ancient mysteries that are wrapped in the turning of the seasons, and the voice of The Goddess whispering through the mythical realms. www.paintingdreams.co.uk
Her whimsical paintings spring from the enchanted realm of the imagination, inspired by the mystical wilderness of rural Britain. www.EtherealEarth.co.uk
Unique and unusual paintings of creatures in oil on weathered wood and driftwood. www.tanyahinton.co.uk
His gestural and colourist work is predominantly inspired by the life and vitality of the river and landscape close to his studio. www.nickandrew.co.uk
Trained environmental scientist with an artist’s heart and a rambler’s gaze. She is rediscovering the delights of mono-printing.
Artist, illustrator and visual mischief maker. Inspired by nature, myth and magic, the land, the sea, stars, Moon and sky. www.beckmogart.com
Lives in West Lulworth, UK. There, she found her creativity and passion in working with warm bright colours using felts and wool. Instagram: carolinegrayson2
Artist. Greetings cards, prints, original work, commissions and lovely pet portraits in pencil. Facebook: Tamara Peirson Art
Chinese brush painter, encaustic artist, clairvoyant and healer living in Hampshire.
2025 Contributors
“As a lover of nature and the stars, I have been a navigator and explorer of patterns, cycles and stories for 45 years, weaving them into my astrology and timing advice for consultations, talks and writings”. www.ysanne.com
Astrologer, teacher, counsellor and mental health social worker, with a special love of finding creative ways of exploring the birthchart.
Growing up with an astrologer for a dad, she was immersed in astrology from a young age, but it was after his death that she studied formally and came to astrology to support her journey through her grief. www.jcainer.com
p.25, 119 One of the driving forces behind Astrocal who sometimes finds time to draw and paint for herself. www.astrocal.co.uk
p.155 Paintings inspired by the ancient mysteries that are wrapped in the turning of the seasons, and the voice of The Goddess whispering through the mythical realms. www.paintingdreams.co.uk
p.67 Trained environmental scientist with an artist’s heart and rambler’s gaze. Rediscovering the delights of mono-printing.
p.167 Artist inspired by her surroundings, magical Lulworth Cove, Dorset. Greeting cards, prints, original work, commissions. Instagram bellindawn
p.31, 129 Her paintings spring from the enchanted realm of the imagination, inspired by the mystical wilderness of rural Britain. www.etherealearth.co.uk
Notes pages. Our amazing friend who continually inspires us.
p.105 Inspired by walking the coastline and swimming in the sea that surrounds her home to be creative both with words and images. www.wildwriter.co.uk
p.79 Found her passion in working with warm bright colours using felts and wool by moving to the Dorset coast. Instagram carolinegrayson2
p.81 Unique and unusual paintings of creatures in oil on weathered wood and driftwood. www.tanyahinton.co.uk
p.43, 143 Creates fused glass art that captures the ever-changing energy and ambience of the coast. www.redbrickglass.co.uk
p.53 Artist & illustrator inspired by themes found in folklore and the magical tides of nature. www.geraldine-lambert-artist.com
p.107 Chinese brush painter, encaustic artist, clairvoyant and healer living in Hampshire.
p.93 Artist and writer, who was once a ceremonial, ritual performance artist. She has made several major landscape journeys and now lives in the Hebrides. Her latest book is: The Gypsy Switch and Other Ritual Journeys www.jill-smith.co.uk
p.163 Her paintings are whispers in reciprocal exchange for her gratitude for our precious Earth. www.jackieyeomans.com