Astrology 

& 

Magical Herbalism

Astrology and herbs can be used to promote health and wellbeing. Until the 17th century, Astrology and Herbal Medicine were practiced together. Subsequently, medicine became a science and not an art and the sacred was removed from medicine. 

Herbs are assigned to planets and have actions which represent one of the four temperaments, Choleric, Sanguine, Melancholic and Phlegmatic. Your Temperament can be calculated from your horoscope.

Sickness, and which herbs to take for minor ailments, are determined using the Decumbiture chart. Elisabeth will be using material from her book, 'Western Traditional Herbal Medicine.'

Elisabeth Brooke qualified as a herbalist in 1980. She studied Horary and Decumbiture with Maggie Hyde and Geoffrey Cornelius of the Company of Astrologers and counselling with Diana Whitmore and Piero Ferrucci at The Psychosynthesis and Education Trust

She has published 9 books, including: 

• As Above So Below - Traditional Western Herbal Medicine (2019), 

• Goddess Astrology (2022) 

• A Woman's Book of Herbs (1992, 2019).

Her practice is focused on preventative medicine, using temperaments, decumbiture charts, herbs and positive psychology. She lectures and teaches worldwide including at the Greek Island Summer School.

Her website is www.elisabethbrooke.com.

 To reserve a place please email:  birminghamastrology@gmail.com 

About Elizabeth

Elizabeth qualified as a Medical Herbalist in 1980 with the National Institute of Medical Herbalists, winning the Pharmacology prize. She ran a training clinic for herbal students on behalf on NIMH at Highgate Natural Health Centre 1980-2 and was a tutor at the School of Herbal Medicine Tunbridge Wells 1979-84, in Clinical Skills, Pathology and Pharmacology. She had a private herbal practice in London 1979-1989. She taught the first Adult Education evening class in Herbal Medicine in London in 1981 at the Chequer Centre Islington and devised and taught adult education in Herbal Medicine and Women’s Health at the City Lit, WEA and ILEA until 1989.

In 1989 Elizabeth worked with the Catholic Institute of International Relations, first in Nicaragua and then in The Dominican Republic, researching Traditional Medicine. She remained in the Dominican Republic until 1999 working with Traditional Medicine in Villa Mella and La Romana.

Elizabeth has taught workshops all over the world. Recently she ran workshops in Magical Herbalism and Astrology and Herbalism at the Radical Herb Gatherings 2015 and 2016 in England. She is a guest tutor at Heartwood School of Herbal Medicine and has lectured at the University of Westminster in Traditional Western Herbal Medicine.

Elizabeth trained as a Psychosynthesis counsellor with Diana Whitmore and Pierro  Ferucci, graduating in 1989. she has a private practice in counselling in London, specialising in working with creative professionals, including students and tutors from RADA.

Elizabeth studied and worked with Maggie Hyde and Geoffrey Cornelius of the Company of Astrologers from 1980-1989. She tutored in Medical Astrology for the Company and produced articles for their Magazine.

Elizabeth has  a BA (Hons,) in Classical Studies and is studying for a MA in Classics writing on the monstrous feminine in Greek mythology.