Deborah Houlding

{{Short description|British astrologer}}

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Deborah Houlding (born 14 May 1962 in Mansfield) is an English author{{Cite book

| last = Houlding

| first = Deborah

| title = The Houses: Temples of the Sky

| publisher = The Wessex Astrologer Ltd.

| edition = 2

| year = 2006

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=msIch6wq-38C&q=deborah+houlding+astrologer&pg=PP1

| isbn = 190240520X

}}{{Cite book

| editor-last = Houlding

| editor-first = Deborah

| title = The Traditional Astrologer

| year = 2003

| isbn = 9781578591442

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=lmv4930JbY0C&q=deborah+houlding+astrologer&pg=PA820

}}{{Cite book

| last = Parker

| first = Julia

|author2=Derek Parker

| title = Astrology

| publisher = Doring Kindersley Limited

| year = 2007

| pages = [https://archive.org/details/astrology0000park/page/296 296]

| url = https://archive.org/details/astrology0000park

| url-access = registration

| isbn = 978-1-4053-2198-3

}} researcher, educator, and publisher who specializes in astrology. She has been referred to as "one of the UK's top astrologers".Sydney Omarr, Carol Tonsing

, {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BYXRYp933UcC&q=%22Deborah+Houlding%22

|title=Sydney Omarr's day-by-day astrological guide |isbn=9780451208897 |access-date= 2011-06-05|last1=Omarr |first1=Sydney |last2=Tonsing |first2=Carol |date=June 2003 }}, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated, 2003; p.126: "Interested in astrology? Deborah Houlding, one of the U.K.'s top astrologers has gathered some of the finest European talent on this super web site." She wrote The Houses: Temples of the Sky. (Ascella, 1996) and created the Skyscript website.Pankaj, S., {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vWTJSTZE9DcC&q=skyscript+Houlding&pg=PA83

|title=The World of Internet |year=1994 |isbn=9788176484596 |access-date= 2011-06-05

}}, APH Publishing, 2009; p.83. {{ISBN|8176484598}}, 9788176484596 Houlding has been awarded by the Astrological Associations of Great Britain,{{cite news

|title= Charles Harvey Award for Exceptional Service to Astrology

|newspaper= The Astrological Association of Great Britain

|quote= The recipient is chosen by the participating organisations in the Advisory Panel for Astrological Education (APAE).

|year= 2010

|url= http://www.astrologicalassociation.com/pages/about/harvey-award.php

|access-date= 2012-10-13

}} Romania,{{cite news

|title=Honorary Member of the Astrological Association of Romania

|newspaper=The Astrological Association of Romania. Related Article in December 2011 edition of Romanian woman's magazine

|year=2011

|url=http://www.aar.org.ro/ro-membri.php?membru=deborah-houlding

|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121221135450/http://www.aar.org.ro/ro-membri.php?membru=deborah-houlding

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=2012-12-21

|access-date=2012-10-13

}}{{cite web |url=http://www.skyscript.co.uk/deb/Avantaje.pdf |title=Eu nu spun oamenilor vitorul, ci încercsa-i ghidez |lang=ro |publisher=avantaje |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720143358/http://www.skyscript.co.uk/deb/Avantaje.pdf |archive-date=2019-07-20 |url-status=live}} and others.{{cite news

|title= Jayavidya International Astrology Award

|newspaper= The Astrological Association of Romania

|quote= International Award 2012 was awarded to Deborah Houlding and Dante Valente on the first day of the Fourth International Conference on Astrology in Perugia.

|year= 2012

|url= http://www.jayavidya.org/jayavidyainternationalaward.html

|access-date= 2012-10-13

}}

Houlding's views about such subjects as the twin Gemini stars have been commented on in journals such as the Mountain Astrologer.{{cite web

|author= Mary Plumb

|title= The Twins Are Eclipsed

|newspaper= The Mountain Astrologer

|quote= Deborah Houlding makes a very interesting point on her wonderful site: "In a strange parallel to the Roman myth, Pollux has experienced an increase in luminosity

|date= 30 May 2011

|url= http://mountainastrologer.com/tma/the-twins-are-eclipsed

|access-date= 2011-06-04

}} She has written about the development of the zodiac{{cite web

|author= Deborah Houlding

|title= Features

|newspaper= The Mountain Astrologer

|quote= Heavenly Imprints: Development of the Zodiac and the Early Origins of Aries and Taurus by Deborah Houlding

|date= September 2003

|url= http://www.mountainastrologer.com/back_issues/bid/2003/0803.html

|access-date= 2011-06-04

|archive-date= 10 September 2011

|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110910102047/http://www.mountainastrologer.com/back_issues/bid/2003/0803.html

|url-status= dead

}} as well as the cycles of Venus.{{cite web

|author= Mary Plumb

|title= Thoughts on Venus

|newspaper= The Mountain Astrologer

|quote= Deborah Houlding wrote an amazing article in the Feb./March 2010 issue of TMA, wherein she explains the cycles of Venus in great detail.

|date= 18 October 2010

|url= http://mountainastrologer.com/tma/thoughts-on-venus

|access-date= 2011-06-04

}}{{cite web

|author= Deborah Houlding

|title= The Problem of the Houses

|newspaper= The Mountain Astrologer

|quote= The bewildering varieties of house division in astrology weave quite a tangled web! Deborah Houlding goes a long way toward unraveling this knot by describing how most of its strands (the house systems) are formulated

|date= August 2002

|url= http://www.mountainastrologer.com/back_issues/bid/2002/0802.html

|access-date= 2011-06-04

|archive-date= 11 March 2012

|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120311170647/http://www.mountainastrologer.com/back_issues/bid/2002/0802.html

|url-status= dead

}}{{cite web

|author= Deborah Houlding

|title= Libra the Scales

|newspaper= The Mountain Astrologer

|quote= Librans have a talent for impartiality - hence, they make perfect judges, referees, and diplomats. They search incessantly for beauty, harmony, and fairness, ...

|date= June 2005

|url= http://www.mountainastrologer.com/back_issues/bid/2005/0605.html

|access-date= 2011-06-04

|archive-date= 11 March 2012

|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120311170711/http://www.mountainastrologer.com/back_issues/bid/2005/0605.html

|url-status= dead

}} She was editor of The Traditional Astrologer magazine and is principal of the STA School of Traditional Horary Astrology, {{Cite web |title=STA School of Traditional Astrology |url=https://sta.co/ |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=sta.co}}and has spoken at conferences on astrological topics.{{cite news

|title=2010 Conference Speakers: Plenaries and Masterclasses

|newspaper=The Astrological Association of Great Britain

|quote=Deborah Houlding is past editor of The Traditional Astrologer magazine, author of The Houses: Temples of the Sky, principal of the STA School of Traditional Horary Astrology and creator of Skyscript: www.skyscript.co.uk

|year=2010

|url=http://www.astrologicalassociation.com/pages/conference/2010/speakers.php

|access-date=2011-05-24

|url-status=dead

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904143823/http://www.astrologicalassociation.com/pages/conference/2010/speakers.php

|archivedate=4 September 2011

}}