Talk – https://talk.vonabisw.de/Astrologen3/Dunn.mp4
Bitchute – https://www.bitchute.com/channel/RLNyT9ETWzwa
Rumble – https://rumble.com/c/c-496224?e9s=src_v1_cbl
Odysee – https://odysee.com/@BTGH:4
Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/@astrotalk-traditionelleast5306/videos
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Homepage
Qualifying Horary Practitioner (QHP) – https://qhpastrology.co.uk
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558733390114
An interview with Barbara Dunn – https://astrologyandlife.blogspot.com/2015/04/an-interview-with-barbara-dunn.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com – https://www.uraniatrust.org/celebrated-astrologers/william-lilly – https://www.uraniatrust.org/celebrated-astrologers
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Dr Barbara Dunn
She grew up in a family of publishers: her father was author, editor, publisher and distributor of Cornish local history, maritime and tourist books, pamphlets and maps. Her academic background was primarily Geography/Economics, but she developed an interest in A. L. Rowse’s work on the astrologer Simon Forman and subsequently pursued research into astrology. Having been a student and Head Tutor of the Qualifying Horary Practitioner (QHP), She subsequently inherited the QHP from Olivia Barclay in 2001. The QHP teaches horary astrology (interrogational astrology) to students world-wide through correspondence and zoom. The QHP is suitable for English, Greek, Italian and German speaking students.
Education
London School of Economics and Political Science
1980 BA (Hons) Geography/Economics.
PhD funded by Social Science Research Council (SSRC) (not completed)
University of Exeter
2014-2016 MA History (distinction).
2016-2019 PhD in the History of Medicine funded by the Wellcome Trust.
2025 She is currently writing a monograph for Springer Nature on early modern ‘medical astrology’ c. 1580-1700, also funded by the Wellcome Trust.
Work History
Freelance astrological consultant and columnist for national/international titles:
1991-1996: Cosmopolitan (UK/Greece); Best; Today Newspaper, Woman’s Own and many more.
1996-1999: Specialist astronomical tables for Jonathan Cainer (Daily Mail); New Woman.
1997-2004: Ghost writer for Justin Toper (The Sun/Daily Mirror/Sunday Mirror).
2004-2007: Ghost writer for Daily Mirror/Sunday Mirror.
2007-2013: Sunday Mirror. – https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Celebrities%2Bask%2Bme%2Bto%2Bpredict%2Btheir%2Bfutures.%2BNow%2BI%2Bwill%2Bdo%2Bthe%2Bsame…-a0173084328?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Literary Agent
1995-1998 Simon Trewin, Sheiland Associates, 52 Doughty Street, London, WC1N 2LS
Publications
Barbara Dunn and Archie Dunlop, Love, Life & Destiny (Penguin, 1994)
Barbara Dunn and Archie Dunlop, Sex, Stars & Seduction (Penguin, 1996)
Astrology through History: Interpreting the Stars from Ancient Mesopotamia to the Present
Barbara Dunn, Horary Astrology Re-Examined: The Possibility or Impossibility of the Matter Propounded (Wessex Astrologer, 2009). Two entries in: William Burns, Astrology through History: Interpreting the Stars from Ancient Mesopotamia to the Present (ABC-CLIO
Background & education
Barbara Dunn studied at the London School of Economics (LSE) where she held a scholarship from the Social Science Research Council.
She obtained the Diploma from the Faculty of Astrological Studies in 1988. wessexastrologer.com+1
In 1990 she earned the Qualifying Horary Practitioner (QHP) credential.
In 2016 she graduated with distinction from the University of Exeter (MA in History) and she was awarded a doctoral studentship from the Wellcome Trust for research into early-modern astrological-medical practice circa 1580-1700.
Professional role & specialization
Barbara Dunn is principally known as a specialist in traditional astrology, especially the branch known as horary astrology (which answers specific questions by casting a chart for the moment the question is understood). She is Principal of the training body Qualifying Horary Practitioner (QHP), established originally by Olivia Barclay in 1984, and took over QHP’s direction in 2001.
Her consultancy practice covers horary, natal, electional and medical astrology. She is listed in the directory of the Association of Professional Astrologers International (APAI). professionalastrologers.co.uk+1
Publications & contributions
Among her major works is the book Horary Astrology Re‑Examined: The Possibility or the Impossibility of the Matter Propounded (published 2009) in which she examines how the methods of ancient/medieval astrologers for evaluating charts can still be applied today. Lehmanns
She has contributed articles to journals and professional publications, especially in the context of early-modern astrological-medical practice.
Research focus & interest
Her doctoral research, funded by the Wellcome Trust, explores how astrology and astrological figures (horoscopes) were used by physician-astrologers in England c. 1580-1700—how charts were constructed, how diagnosis and prognosis were formed, and how the ‘prognostical part of physick’ functioned. – https://wellcome.org/research-funding/funding-portfolio/funded-grants/astrology-higher-and-nobler-medicine-and-every?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Seminars, Courses & Teaching
Dr Dunn serves as Principal of the correspondence course Qualifying Horary Practitioner (QHP) (established 1984) which offers Certificate and Diploma levels in traditional (especially horary) astrology. apae.org.uk+2qhpastrology.co.uk+2
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Copyright
Volker H. Schendel only has the right to publish the respective conversation uncut and unedited on freely accessible video platforms (i.e. no paywalls) and on his homepages. – My guest has the right to shorten, edit or add to the mp4 file as she wishes and to publish it on her websites and video-platforms according to her liking.