Bernadette Brady holds a PhD from University of Wales Trinity Saint David, where she studied beliefs in fate in 20th- and 21st-century astrology. She also holds a master's degree in cultural astronomy and astrology from Bath Spa University, UK. In 2006, she received the prestigious Charles Harvey Award for 'exceptional service to astrology' from the Astrological Association of Great Britain, and the Regulus Award in Theory and Understanding in 2008 from the UAC in Denver. She is renowned for her innovative work in visual astrology, the role of fixed stars in Western astrology, and predictive astrology.