Pat Harris has been a practising consultant for over 25 years, having received her Faculty diploma in 1982. She was the FAS Public Relations Officer until 1998. She has a master’s degree and PhD in health psychology from the University of Southampton. Her research, partly sponsored by the FAS, focused on the links between astrology and successful fertility treatment outcome and was based on experiences with her clients over many years. She is editor of the AA research journal Correlation and runs the astrological research grants body, the RGCSA. She has written on the value of astrology in social sciences in both popular and academic journals and uses astrology to advise on stress management and to help improve quality of life for her clients.