Wendy Stacey is an internationally respected astrologer whose career spans nearly four decades of teaching, research, leadership, and professional service. Born late in the day on 3 August 1968 in Invercargill, the southernmost city of New Zealand, and of both Māori and English descent, Wendy enjoyed a semi‑rural upbringing before moving to Christchurch at the age of 19. It was there that she first encountered astrology, beginning a lifelong professional journey.

Wendy commenced formal astrological study in 1987 with the Christchurch School of Astrological Studies. By the age of 22, she had completed her training alongside an adult teaching qualification from the College of Education and was subsequently recruited as the youngest teacher at the Christchurch School of Astrology. In 1993, she spoke at an Astrology New Zealand conference, marking the start of her long‑standing engagement in professional education and public discourse.

Alongside astrology, Wendy pursued studies in accounting and social sciences, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1995. She worked within chartered accountancy and held senior roles on large‑scale financial and management projects, largely within New Zealand government departments. During this period, she advised on and helped implement changes to national legislation on three separate occasions, supporting First Nations policy in the areas of housing, employment, and immigration. This work would later inform her interest in mundane and financial astrology and ethics in astrological education.

In the early 1990s, Wendy lived in Auckland, where she established an astrological practice, taught beginner and intermediate evening classes, and explored astrological approaches within business contexts, while continuing to undertake significant project contracts.

In 1995, Wendy moved to the UK to pursue postgraduate study. This was delayed when she accepted a financial management position with a blue‑chip company in London. Within 24 hours of arriving, she met her future husband, whom she married a year later; together they have two daughters. Alongside raising a family, Wendy continued teaching astrology through a range of London colleges, including Chiswick Adult Education Centre, Greenford Community Centre, Southall College, Harrow Adult Education Centre, and Ealing Tertiary College, while also running an IT company and property development business with her husband.

In 1998, Wendy undertook further professional training with the Faculty of Astrological Studies for two years before transferring to and graduating from the London School of Astrology, where she later taught for 14 years. In August 1999, she began voluntary service with the Astrological Association (AA) as Treasurer and subsequently served as Chair from 2002 to 2025. During this period of leadership, she organised the Association’s annual UK conference each year, contributed consistently to raising professional standards, supported all branches of astrology, expanded awareness of astrological education, and broadened opportunities for both emerging and established speakers. Wendy became President of the Astrological Association in 2025. The AA, now a registered charity, publishes four leading journals: The Astrological Journal, Stellar, Correlation, and The Astrology Medicine Newsletter.

Alongside her professional leadership, Wendy continued her academic development, enrolling in the MA programme in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology at Bath Spa University College. She graduated in 2003 as part of the programme’s first cohort and, since 2021, has served as a tutor on the same MA programme—now based at the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, where she teaches on the Foundations and Researching Cultural Cosmologies modules.

In addition to her broader work, Wendy has maintained a long‑standing research interest in medical astrology. Since 1992, she has researched childbirth practices, examining the sociological and astrological implications of birth dates and recorded birth times. Her work was published in the MIDIRS Midwifery Digest in 2019 and has been presented at Southampton University, Coventry University, Bath University, and for the British Sociological Association, as well as at numerous astrological conferences worldwide. Her research has also been featured on astro.com and The Astrology Podcast. Since 2024, Wendy has also been working on revisiting and retesting the Hans J Eysenck data on Personality and astrological birth sign characteristics through the University of Wales, Trinity St David.

Wendy has contributed extensively to grass‑roots astrological education. She served as a voluntary beginner’s tutor for the Astrological Lodge of London from 2007 to 2010 and, in 2006, co‑founded the Buckinghamshire Astrology Group, which she hosted for six years. In June 2007, she became Principal of The Mayo School of Astrology, a prominent UK‑based distance‑learning school founded in 1973 by Jeff Mayo, now with thousands of students and graduates worldwide. Wendy fully updated the school’s syllabus in 2007 and led its transition into online learning in 2008, making it the first UK astrology school to spearhead virtual classes. That same year, she launched the annual Astrology Student Conference (ASC) for the Mayo School, in partnership with the London School of Astrology.

In 2021, Wendy led the Astrological Association’s first hybrid conference. She continues to represent both the Astrological Association and the Mayo School of Astrology on the Advisory Panel on Astrological Education (APAE), having previously represented the London School of Astrology from 2001 to 2007. The APAE works to monitor and safeguard standards in astrological teaching in the UK and to promote high‑quality astrological education.

Wendy is a prolific writer and researcher, having authored over 50 articles for The Astrological Journal, including a long‑running student column. She has also been published in Stellar, The Mountain Astrologer, The Career Astrologer and The Evolving Astrologer, with many articles featured on astro.com and translated for European, Turkish, and South American publications. In 2012, she delivered the prestigious Carter Memorial Lecture, which formed the basis of her book Uranus Square Pluto. She is also the author of Consulting with Astrology and has contributed chapters to The New Generation, OPA’s The Professional Practice of Astrology (2015; 2nd ed. 2025), and Bitcoin (2018). Several further books are currently nearing completion.

Wendy has been interviewed extensively across print, radio, and television. Her analysis of the 2011 royal wedding, published by the Associated Press, was syndicated to over 3,000 news outlets worldwide. She has also appeared in Hello! magazine (Turkey, 2019), on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour (2020), and on numerous UK, New Zealand, and Canadian radio programmes. Her television appearances include ABC News and Good Morning America in March 2011, reaching over five million viewers, as well as broadcasts in Greece, Turkey, and France. She has also delivered lectures and a masterclass for The Astrology Hub.

In 2014, Wendy received the Charles Harvey Award for Exceptional Service to Astrology, awarded by UK astrology organisations and schools. In 2021, she became a board member of the International Association for Ethics in Astrology (IAEA), where she promoted ethical practice and chaired the Education Subcommittee. She subsequently co‑chaired ethics awareness and diversity training for CAPISAR in 2022 and 2024. Wendy delivered a mentorship programme for OPA from 2022 to 2026, served as a judge for Kepler College’s Astrologers Toastmasters Showcase from 2024 to 2026, and in 2026 acted as a panellist, advisor, and Special Interest Research Group (SIRG) leader for NCGR.

Wendy has delivered lectures and workshops internationally on natal, psychological, mundane, and research‑based astrology across the UK, USA, New Zealand, Mexico, Turkey, Greece, Portugal, Poland, Norway, Serbia, and Germany, as well as online for audiences in Canada, Australia, Taiwan, China, and Japan. She has lectured for institutions including Astrology University and wrote a mundane astrology course for the International Academy of Astrology in 2021.

In April 2020, Wendy founded The Current Climate, a fortnightly online forum created in response to the COVID‑19 pandemic, bringing astrologers and the wider public together to explore current affairs through an astrological lens. With over a thousand participants registered, the forum continues to meet every second Thursday evening.

Wendy has maintained an international consultancy practice for nearly four decades and is a Fellow of the Association of Professional Astrologers. She remains deeply engaged in the astrological community as a teacher, consultant, writer, academic, researcher, volunteer, media astrologer, and event organiser. She regards astrology as a lifelong apprenticeship and strongly advocates for ethical practice, continued education, and professional awareness, finding her work with students and clients both meaningful and deeply rewarding.