Academy for Astrological Medicine

Since 1991, Lise has studied with leading herbalists throughout the United States and has practiced professionally since completing an apprenticeship with Matthew Wood in 1994. Lise is one of only 200 herbalists nationwide to have been approved as a Registered Herbalist, denoting professional level membership in the American Herbalist Guild. The Guild, which assures a standard of excellence for practitioners through a peer review membership process, is the largest professional botanical medicine organization in the United States. In 1997, Lise began training herbal students through her (nearly) year-long program, Three Seasons of Herbal Wisdom. For almost three decades this program has encouraged students with all levels of knowledge to put their learning to use as professional and community herbalists. In 2023, Lise launched her own online school on the Teachable platform. 2024 was the inaugural year of Three Seasons being offered to an online cohort. Lise holds a Bachelors Degree from Macalester College and in 2008 graduated with a Masters in Science in Herbalism from the Scottish School of Herbal Medicine, through the University of Wales, the highest level of academic training available in the profession. In Fall 2010 Lise was appointed to the academic faculty of St. Catherine University. As adjunct professor, she taught the Herbology course for the Master of Arts Holistic Health Studies Program until 2016. Since 2010 Lise has also been co-teaching a Botanical Medicine course at the University of Minnesota, now open to all University students, through the Center of Spirituality and Healing, formerly as part of the School of Nursing curriculum for the Doctorate of Nursing Practice. In her practice, Lise focuses on the nutritional and healing powers of local plants which she gathers and prepares to supply her apothecary. She maintains her practice in South Minneapolis and is available for private consultations. You can find Lise's online offerings at herbalist-lise-wolff.teachable.com

Judith Hill is an award winning author of fourteen books including the classics: Medical Astrology, A Guide to Planetary Pathology, The Astrological Body Types, Vocational Astrology (winner of the 1999 American Federation of Astrologers, Inc. “Best Book Award”) and The Lunar Nodes: Your Key to Excellent Chart Interpretation. She produced The Renaissance Medicine Conferences and created the course Medical Astrology 101© and the Medical Astrology in Action: Let’s Read Charts!© and Astrological Herbalism Decoded©. Hill was possibly the first to introduce Western Medical Astrology to Szechuan, China. She is a Chartered Herbalist with Dominion Herbal College. Hill documented the natal and transit health influences of the Lunar Nodes and the medical impact of eclipses by sign and conjunct natal planets and created the first polarity based nodal eclipse calendar. She published Medical Astrology for Health Practitioners and Medical Astrology in Action: The Transits of Health. An internationally recognized researcher, Hill published significant statistical research on astro-genetics and astro-seismology and has served as the Educational Director for the San Francisco NCGR; and as the private assistant to the great physicist Arthur Young at The Institute of the Study of Consciousness and advisor/designer for Joan Margalith for her pioneering Infinity radio show. Since then, Judith has been a lecturer at various, including Kepler College and she has also been a guest on various podcasts.