MELANIE JOY, PRESIDENT
It’s rare that passions become professions, but for Melanie, she thanks her lucky stars that her love of astrology has turned into a thriving astrological practice. Having studied astrology for nearly two decades and practiced for 11 years (and counting!), Melanie is a Certified Astrologer and Teacher through the Canadian Association for Astrological Education (CAAE). For Melanie, astrology is both art and science, combining a deep appreciation of ourselves, others and our inescapable life cycles, with tried and true interpretive methods. Melanie specializes in the astrology of seventeenth-century astrologer Morin de Villefranche, rectification, and solar returns, and is a much sought-after speaker, having delivered numerous lectures to astrological organizations throughout Canada and the U.S. In previous lives, Melanie was a College Writing Instructor, Career Advice Writer, Communications Specialist, and singer-songwriter. Astrology Niagara is her baby, and she is over the Moon with the incredible team now assembled to take this organization to the next level.
BRENDA, TREASURER
Blame a four-decade-long love affair with astrology on an eighth-house stellium! Brenda certainly does after unlocking the secrets of her natal chart in her early twenties. With prominent water placements, Brenda has all the signatures of a psychic medium, spiritual teacher and empath. Recently, Brenda completed Level 2 of the Canadian Association for Astrological Education (CAAE). A natural-born detective with Mercury in Scorpio in the eighth, Brenda can’t avoid digging deep to help friends, family, and clients find answers to their most pressing spiritual questions. Brenda lives in Niagara Falls with her husband Mike. They have four adult children, nine grandchildren, and two fur babies.
JULIANA, SOCIAL ADMINISTRATOR
First drawn to divination in her early teens, Juliana has studied various oracular arts, learning to throw the I Ching or to read the celestial map of the stars through astrology. She credits her first professional astrological consultation with putting her on a path of formal astrological studies after finding that astrology provided her with the answers she sought and the tools that she needed to deal with a decade-long personality crisis. A Leo rising with a rolling Leo stellium, creative self-expression is Juliana’s oxygen, while music, visual arts, design, and writing are food for her soul. When not reading philosophy, psychology, history, and quantum physics texts, Juliana is a creative, down-to-business Capricorn-Moon, pursuing a dynamic sales career in digital media and advertising.
KRYS, STAR SCRIBE
Krys often jokes that her ninth-house Gemini Moon is both a gift and an affliction. The perennial restlessness this signature imparts has opened new and unpredictable vistas, but, as Krys will readily acknowledge, she has yet to come to terms with the concept of time and the constraints it imposes on pursuing her myriad passions! Krys is a certified Hellenistic astrologer with a penchant for applying ancient techniques to modern living. She often quotes Dorotheus or Valens while blogging about the trials of twenty-first-century living. (Not-so-shockingly, we share many concerns in common with the ancients!) If you’re reading any of Astrology Niagara’s social media posts on monthly lunations, ingresses, or upcoming transits, chances are Krys wrote them – our resident copywriter and “star scribe.”
ROSE, EVENTS/PROJECTS COORDINATOR
We all have our astrology origin stories — those people, books, or classes that seize our attention and capture our imagination and send us down a rabbit hole of lifelong astrological learning. For Rose, a friend was responsible for igniting her astrological interest after suggesting she have a professional reading. This eye-opening experience confirmed that Rose absolutely had to study the science of the stars. This peppy Gemini ascendant and sun is all about communication and connecting, while a moon in Pisces makes creativity, intuition and artistry essential to integrate in all aspects of Rose’s life. Rose currently resides in the town of Pelham, where she enjoys walking and appreciating all the beauty of nature that surrounds her.
GÜLİZAR, WEB ADMINISTRATOR
Have you ever met someone with the star of Hermes on the ascendant who wasn’t a lifelong learner? In Gülizar’s case, this Mercurial love affair took her down the path of astrology. They say that destiny is written in the stars, and for Gülizar, when Uranus conjoined her ascendant and opposed its natal place in a telltale midlife transit, she traded in her well-heeled career for one of astrological adventure. Gülizar recently completed a three-year astrology program and is currently studying Karmic and Uranian astrology, the latter of which she credits for her love of asteroids and myth. She is married with two wonderful children charts!).