Christine Ruf (Germany)

Christine Ruf (1952 - 2006) lived in the Netherlands and Germany. She was a psychologist and psychoanalyst, and - with her Geminian curiosity - was interested in Astrology for many years. She was fascinated by Liz Greene's linguistic and astrological persuasiveness. From 1988 onwards, she practiced as a self-employed psychotherapist and made it her business to include a combination of astrological and psychoanalytical knowledge in her therapeutic work. From 1998, she worked as a free-lance translator of astrological books and articles (English-German and Dutch-German). Some years ago, she became ill with Cancer to which she succumbed in January 2006. Christine Ruf translated texts for Astrodienst almost until the end.

Christine Ruf translated the following texts together with Brigitte Talke for Astrodienst:

• Career and Vocation
• Astrotext Portrait, Youth, Love, Partner and Forecast
• Astrology for Lovers
• The oracle and the family curse
• The sungod and the astrological Sun
• Wounding and the will to live
• The Generation gap

Brigitte Talke (Germany)

Brigitte Talke (born 13 February 1948) also lives in Germany after having spent five years in the Netherlands. She is a psychological counsellor (SPH) and hypnosis therapist. She runs meditation courses for women, and has produced two CDs of guided meditation together with a Dutch New Age composer. She has been studying astrology for several years and offers astrological counselling and lectures in her own practice near Cologne. Together with Christine Ruf, she works as a free-lance translator of astrological books and articles (English-German and Dutch-German).

Brigitte Talke has translated the following texts together with Christine Ruf for Astrodienst:

• Career and Vocation
• Astrotext Portrait, Youth, Love, Partner and Forecast
• Astrology for Lovers
• The oracle and the family curse
• The sungod and the astrological Sun
• Wounding and the will to live
• The Generation gap

Klaus Köhler (Germany)

Klaus Köhler has translated for Astrodienst:

• Child's Horoscope
• Relationship Horoscope
• Liz Greene: Barriers and Boundaries
• Liz Greene: Neptune (parts)
• Chiron transits for the Daily Horoscope / Horoscope Calendar (parts)
• Mapping the Psyche

Besides, he has edited the following texts:

• Liz Greene: Neptune
• Richard Tarnas: Prometheus, the Awakener
• Daily Horoscope / Horoscope Calendar

You can contact Klaus Köhler by .

Pascal Aubin (France)

Pascal Aubin was born in Paris (where he still lives) on September 10, 1961. He has been a professional translator since 1994, and has translated a number of crime novels, art books and illustrated books, including three of David Day's books about J.R.R. Tolkien.
He has had an interest in psychology and astrology since he was 19, and was a freelance consulting astrologer for a while in 1988-1989. He is considering turning back to astrology as a profession since he discovered how Liz Greene and others make use of astrology from a jungian viewpoint. He can be contacted by

Pascal Aubin has translated for Astrodienst:

• The Eternal Triangle
• Transits and Progressions
• Astrology and Computer - Interview with Liz Greene
• AstroClick Portrait, Love, Travel
• Astrotext compact: Portrait, Youth, Love
• Love Horoscope
• and he is our translator in charge of the maintenance of the French version of astro.com.

Pascal has also edited the French versions of the following horoscopes:

• Psychologial Horoscope Analysis
• Relationship Horoscope

Ghislaine Delorme (Mexico / Canada)

Ghislaine Delorme (November 8, 1946, Montreal) graduated in humanities. She is a certified translator, specialised in texts dealing with law, astrology, architecture and technology. In parallel to her activities as a translator, Ghislaine was a journalist in entertainment for a large daily for several years. Since the late 1990s, she roams the world to expand her horizons and to write about her travels.
Ghislaine has been a practicing astrologer since 1970. She is an enthusiastic fan of Liz Greene. She currently lives in Cancun, Mexico and can be contacted by

Ghislaine Delorme has translated for Astrodienst:

• Career and Vocation
• Yearly Horoscope Analysis
• Long-term Perspectives
• Short Reports: Personal Portrait, Children and Young People, Love, and Partner
• Astrotext Partner
• History of Astrology
• Postmodern Astrology
• The Composite Chart
• The Terrorist Attack on the USA
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
• and the original French version of astro.com

Nina Joffé (France)

Nina Joffé has created her own company "Milieu du ciel" in 1995 where she offers teaching and consultation. She invites people she appreciates to shaire their knowledge in astrology with her students. She also used to organise seminars in Paris with Liz Greene, Stephen Arroyo, Melanie Reinhardt, Karen Hamaker-Zondag and Lynn Bell, but now she concentrates more on small units and workshops. Nina has been interested in astrology since her adolescence.
She can be contacted by

Nina Joffé has translated for Astrodienst:

• Transits of the Year
• Personal Horoscope Calendar

Véronique Mancini (Italy)

Véronique Mancini was born in Paris on may 30, 1975. She has a degree in Literature, she lived in London for a few years and more recently, she has been living near Rome.
Astrology is her main passion (probably due to her moon in aquarius) but she also likes Tarots, psychology and yoga.
Véronique can be contacted by

Véronique Mancini has translated for Astrodienst:

• Astrology with Tarot
• How to find your vocation in the horoscope
• The astrological garden
• Astrological Chart Rectification

Christophe Kruppa (France)

Christophe Kruppa has translated for Astrodienst:

• Astrology and Psychology
• First Steps in Astrology

Danielle Dupuis (Canada)

Danielle Dupuis has translated for Astrodienst:

• Chiron, Pholus & Co.
• Lilith - the Black Moon
• Precession and Zodiac

Ahmed Djouder (France)

Ahmed Djouder has translated for Astrodienst:

• Persona Charts
• Astrology for Lovers

Beba Marantz (Switzerland)

Beba Marantz has translated for Astrodienst:

• Sungod Apollon

Nicholas Palffy

Nicholas Palffy has translated for Astrodienst:

• Wounding and the Will to Live

Silvia Pannone (Netherlands/Italy)

Silvia Pannone (April 1964) has worked as a chief secretary for 18 years, where translations were part of her daily routine. In 1997 she moved from Italy to the Netherlands to study psychological astrology at a professional institute, where she graduated in 2000. As she deeply appreciated Liz Greene's astrological approach and vast knowledge, she decided, in the same year, to go for the core and began a three-year course at the Centre of Psychological Astrology in London. In 2002 she started working from home as a free lance translator and as a professional astrologer. Silvia lives in the Netherlands and you can contact her by

Silvia Pannone has translated for Astrodienst:

• Love Horoscope
• Short reports: Portrait, Love
• Astrotext compact: Portrait, Youth, Love, Partner
• and she is our translator in charge of the maintenance of the Italian version of astro.com.

Mara Corazzari (Germany)

Mara Corazzari (Pisces with Libra Ascendant, born in 1958 in Ferrara) studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna and worked several years as a free-lance painter in Italy. At the same time she gave courses in Hatha Yoga. In 1986, she moved to Germany, where she has been working as a free-lance translator (Italian-German, mainly for medium-sized enterprises) and graphics designer. Apart from that, she is very interested in Yoga and spiritual growth, Jungian Astrology and Psychology, oriental culture, art and philosophy.
In 1986, she discovered Astrodienst in Zürich and has been an enthusiastic follower ever since.
She can be contacted by

Mara Corazzari has translated (from German) for Astrodienst:

• Pluto - no longer a planet?
• Das innere Kind (The inner child)

Manuela Romeggio (Italy)

Manuela Romeggio (Aries, ascendant Cancer, Moon in Leo) lives in Milan where she works as an IT instructor and tutor.
She studied Humanities and has been interested in Junghian psychology for years. She started studying astrology in 2004 with Lidia Fassio. She loves reading (classic novels, mystery, political and historical essays), music, classic American movies and tv series.
Manuela can be contacted by

Manuela Romeggio has translated for Astrodienst:

• Mapping the Psyche

Barbara Colella (Italy)

I live near Venice where I was born on October the 30th, 1976. After graduating in Translation and Interpretation I specialized in Technical-Scientific Translation, English and Spanish languages. I?ve always been keen on astrology, I think it to be an incredible tool for inner enrichment, though it is not always given the serious consideration it deserves. I?m trying to develop my knowledge through Italian and foreign books and web sites. I?m especially into karmic and predictive astrology. I?ve recently realized I could combine my linguistic studies with my passion for astrology, contributing in such way not only to the spread of astrological issues but also to my spiritual and human growth.
Barbara can be contacted by

Barbara Colella has translated for Astrodienst:

• Astrology with Tarot

Francesca Furino (Italy)

Francesca Furino is 32 years old, and lives and works in Rome, her city of birth.
As Libra, ASC. Scorpio, She' s always had the insight to run a path of deepening human aspects.
She obtained the Degree in Translation and Interpretation from English and Spanish at the University, while studying Astrology with passion, since She was a child. Also, trying to apply both languages to each astrological issue as an innovative key of interpretation.
For this reason, a psychological approach is the most used to capture such aspects of the reality considered "invisible". She's also deepened Karmic astrology, directly related to previous experiences and lives, and astrology applied to medicine with an alternative approach to the study of one's inner self and spirit.
Francesca may be contacted by

Francesca Furino has translated for Astrodienst:

• The Oracle and the Family Curse

Paola Mastrorilli (Italy)

Paola was born on September the 16th, in 1976 in Bari where she lives for the moment. She has a degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures with a specialization in English and Russian languages. Since she was a child Paola has passionately loved anything that is closely related to esotericism and astrology and this is the reason why she has been working with some astrological and esoteric web sites for some years as a writer or as a translator. Two of them are www.specchiomagico.net and www.auraweb.it. She is trying to blend her deep love for astrology and esotericism with the enlightening course of humanistic and linguistic studies by which she has learned to enrich a spiritual and professional trip around the world. As a passionate explorer of human soul, she does not believe in coincidences and considers astrology as a useful tool to cast light on personal affairs and interpersonal relations.
You can contact her by

Paola Mastrorilli has translated for Astrodienst:

• Interview with Liz Greene (Astrology and Computer)
• Sungod Apollon
• Transits and Progressions (The Horoscope in Manifestation)
• Harmonic Horoscopes

Beatrice Castelli (Italy)

Beatrice Castelli has translated for Astrodienst:

• The Composite Chart
• Astrology for Lovers

Gioia Gottini (Italy)

Gioia Gottini (05.05.1972) has been studying astrology since she was 18, and thinks Astro.com is by far the best site for astrology lovers. She lives in Torino, where she's currently working on her dissertation on American Studies, based on the Psychedelic Era of the Sixties. She also teaches astrology to beginners. Among her interests are traveling, North American literature, foreign languages and alternative music. Being a vegan, she's totally into organic food and likes to experiment with the vegan recipes she finds on the web. Her approach to astrology is mainly psychological. She's very proud of her Moon in Aquarius. Gioia can be contacted by

Gioia Gottini has translated for Astrodienst:

• Short report Children and Young People
• Short report Partner

Nicoletta de Simone (Italy)

Nicoletta de Simone has translated for Astrodienst:

• The Eternal Triangle

Viola Verde (Italy)

Viola Verde has translated for Astrodienst:

• Wounding and the Will to Live
• First Steps in Astrology

Carolina Popolani (Italy)

Carolina Popolani has translated for Astrodienst:

• Astrology and Psychology

Adriano Dido Rivano (Italy)

Adriano Dido Rivano has translated for Astrodienst:

• Persona Charts

Alessio Bazzani (Italy)

Alessio Bazzani has translated for Astrodienst:

• Vocation in the Horoscope

Margriet de Graaf TEXT-PROJECT /ASTROVISTA (Netherlands)

Margriet de Graaf, 13 october 1956 (Libra, Monkey), 's-Hertogenbosch, NL.
"My passion for astrology lit up in 1982. Ever since I’m an keen researcher of spiritual subjects, though astrology remains my favourite. I assembled a colourful archive with piles of charts of friends, family and clients. My chart shows Uranus in house X, so my career path made some surprising u-turns. Love for language however, Dutch and English, has been useful in every episode of my professional life; in the music industry, for TV- and film productions, as a copywriter, journalist, PR manager and nowadays as a translator. Writing - in all kinds of formats - is the key in my varied vocation. My text agency http://www.text-project.nl has been active since 2002. I write for magazines, a.o. sun sign columns and articles on spirituality health and wellness, and translate the work of others. My astro-vision can be found on http://www.astrovista.nl. More information, please me."

Margriet de Graaf works as an external cooperator for Astrodienst since 2004. She has translated for Liz Greene, Robert Hand, John Townley and Robert Pelletier. She is our current translator in charge of the maintenance of the Dutch version of astro.com.

Margriet de Graaf has translated for Astrodienst:

• Career and Vocation
• The Oracle and the Family Curse
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
• Sungod Apollon
• The Generation Gap
• Love Horoscope
• Short reports: Portrait, Youth, Love, Partner
• Astrotext compact: Portrait, Youth, Love, Partner

Jorinde Brokke (France)

Jorinde was born (31/05/56) and grew up in the Netherlands; since 1975 she has lived – except for some periods of travelling and studying – in a wonderful hamlet in a French mountain area. She felt very early that an infinite variety of interpretations of the world and life were possible, and searching for elementary connections between different perspectives has always fascinated her. Whether or not by means of formal training, she studied a diversity of subjects (astronomy, astrology, psychology, Buddhism, ecology, economy, politics, literature…). When near thirty, she began a study (western) philosophy, in Montpellier, and this not only gave her the feeling of finally being "at home" in a world of thinking, but also, thanks to the structured, logical approach, gave her a better hold on knowledge and experiences gained earlier. To make a living (as a single mother of 3 children, one of them still at home), she followed a secretarial training course (French and English), and subsequently started translating (French and English into Dutch), a profession she has practised (again) full time since 2002.
Jorinde can be contacted by

Jorinde Brokke has translated for Astrodienst:

• Yearly Horoscope Analysis
• Long-Term Perspectives

Frederik De Vos (Belgium)

Frederik De Vos (April 10, 1980) was born in Peru and lived in Gabon, Belgium and Japan (just one year). He is married to a Filipina and now lives in Leuven (Belgium). At a young age, he liked to write stories and he lived in fantasy worlds. Later he realized the real world is even more amazing than fantasy. Even though he is an engineer by formation, he keeps his interests in less tangible matters alive. He will always be fascinated by the connections between diverse topics and he will always be in search for a deeper knowledge of the inner and outer worlds and how they relate. Frederik also translates technical texts professionally.

Frederik De Vos has translated for Astrodienst:

• First Steps in Astrology
• Further Reading list

Marta Rosas (Brazil/Ireland/Spain)

A former professor of ESP, Translation Theory & Practice, Terminology and Literary Translation, Marta Rosas (January 17, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil) is an experienced free-lance translator and interpreter who has published extensively. She holds a BA in Arts and an MA in Applied Linguistics, as well as post-grad diplomas in Comparative Literature and Translation Studies. A Ph.D. dissertation on the Translation of Humour (Universitat Rovira i Virgili) is on the way. Her latest works include inglês.com.textos para informática and A tradução de humor: transcriando piadas. Now based in Barcelona, she has worked in Dublin, and can be reached by . In 1992 she translated her first of Liz Greene's wonderful analyses and became a fan.

Since then, Marta Rosas has translated for Astrodienst:

• Psychological Horoscope Analysis
• Relationship Horoscope
• Child's Horoscope
• Career and Vocation
• Transits of the Year
• Personal Daily Horoscope
• Love Horoscope
• Short reports: Portrait, Love, Partner, Forecast
• Astrotext compact: Portrait, Love, Young People, Forecast, Partner

Suzana Marc / Biarnesa (Brazil)

Suzana Marc was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Her full name is Maria Suzana Marc Amoretti. Suzana lived in France for five years, where she prepared and earned her Doctorate degree. Her passion for languages and literature has led her to write several articles, including her doctoral thesis in 1995, Le mode d'emploi ergonomique: Discours d'instruction, her Master's dissertation in Comparative Literature, L'image de l'étranger au tournant du siècle and her DEA, Écriture et Carnaval. Suzana is a professional translator since 1980. She has translated a number of articles and manuals, including a book of cognitive science. Subsequently, her interest in translation manifested in her contribution at BIARNESA Translations ( www.biarnesa.com ). In parallel to her activities as a translator, Suzana Marc is a researcher, being one of the world’s leading researchers in categorization process and conceptual maps. In 2002 Suzana founded the LEAD SEMIÓTICA to research Semiotics and Cognitive Sciences to apply it to Distance Learning Courses ( www.leadsemiotica.net ). This research aims to discover the rules, the symbolic representations and the cognitive general principles underlying the computer scenarios of learning, being engaged in the study of cultural semiotics, traditional knowledges and covering the subfields of linguistics as well as interfaces with philosophy, speech science and technology, computer science and artificial intelligence, visual perception, categorization process and cognition. Besides, Suzana has great interest in Astrology and she wishes to contribute to the diffusion of important advances in astrology through her translations.
Suzana Marc can be contacted by

Suzana Marc has translated for Astrodienst:

• Computer Astrology with Artificial Intelligence - Interview with Dr. Alois Treindl

Virgínia Albuquerque Otten (Portugal)

Virgínia Albuquerque Otten was born on July the 10th, 1976, in Lisbon, Portugal.
After living in The Netherlands for five years, where she learned the Dutch language intensively and joined the Art Academy, she came close to people from all over the world who, to her surprise, were very alike. That increased her interest for the human mind and its several ways of expressing itself.
Nowadays she dedicates her time to her son Miguel (2002), yoga, art exhibitions and, after discovering www.astro.com, the study of Astrology with the astrologers Helena Avelar e Luís Ribeiro in the Escola de Astrologia Integrada, in Lisbon. She can be contacted by

Virgínia Albuquerque Otten has translated for Astrodienst:

• Astrology and Psychology
• Chiron, Pholus & Co.
• The Composite Chart

Margarida Pereira (Portugal)

Margarida Pereira (03/08/1960) has a degree in IT and worked in the field for 15 years. Later when she felt she wanted to be closer to people than to machines she moved to the Healthcare sector as an Advertising Manager for press and Internet. She started a self-discovering and spiritual path in 1993 and she is interested in Yoga (she is a yoga instructor), Tai Chi, Shiatsu Massage, Astrology, Tarot and Psychology, but above all, she is deeply interested in the Human Nature, thrilled to understand what moves people and what makes them do good or bad things, what makes them laugh or cry. She loves nature and animals, traveling and meeting people from different cultures. She loves gardening, growing vegetables, vegetarian meals, cooking, studying different religions and exploring the world.
She can be reached by

Margarida Pereira has translated for Astrodienst:

• Introduction to Astrology
• Contact page

Daniela de Oliveira (Brazil)

Daniela de Oliveira has translated for Astrodienst:

• Astrotext Youth
• Short Horoscope Children and Young People
• Astrology for Lovers

Dora Alexandre (Portugal)

Dora Alexandre has translated for Astrodienst:

• Astrology and Computer - Interview with Liz Greene
• Where in the World?
• First Steps in Astrology

Maria-Fernanda Alves Guimarães (Brazil)

Maria-Fernanda Alves Guimarães has translated for Astrodienst:

• Lilith - the Black Moon
• Harmonics

Paula Peixoto de Carvalho

Paula Peixoto de Carvalho has translated for Astrodienst:

• The Eternal Triangle