T. Pat Davis was a long time resident of Peoria, Illinois. Astrologer, teacher, lecturer and author, she was devoted to combining heliocentric astrology with the traditional astrological chart and wrote extensively about heliocentric astrology and its effect on mundane charts of public events while still showing a extra dimension in natal horoscopes.

She was an early proponent of standards of birth data and the proper sourcing of data. A thorough researcher, she published many articles in astrological publications including the Mercury Hour and the NCGR Journal. She was a member of the American Federation of Astrologers and conducted workshops at conventions.

T. Pat Davis was an American astrologer, teacher, lecturer and author, T.Pat was devoted to research, spending long hours in tireless study of the combination of heliocentric and geocentric astrology, taking the unconventional approach of combining the two. She wrote extensively about heliocentric and its effect on mundane charts of public events while still showing a extra dimension in natal horoscopes.

Her wide range of findings, thoroughly documented, were published in many articles with her first book Astrologer's Condensed Manual," in 1972. Sexual Assaults: Pre-Identifying Those Vulnerable was released in 1978. In 1991, Aquarius Workshops presented her with the Robert Jansky Award for Research and Leadership.

T.Pat was introduced to astrology in the late '30s and within a few years was arguing the merits of the study with her physics professor. She began to teach c. 1960 and had a counseling practice and bookstore which she closed in August 1984 to devote her entire emphasis on applied astrological research.

Her eclectic interests included retrograde and stationary planets, sexual assaults, missing kids, inventors, victims, criminals, financial markets, politics, degree areas and techniques. She was an early proponent of standards of birth data and the proper sourcing of data.

She and her husband, Jack, were long-time residents of Peoria, Illinois before retiring to Florida. Somewhat prickly as she aged, Pat was increasingly impatient with astrologers whose discipline was unprofessional and she began to turn more toward the calm beauty of tending her garden.

T. Pat wrote six books based on her extensive research. Mostly self-published, all are available through AstroAmerica.

BIRTH DATA: AstroDatabank gives the following information, rated A, from T. Pat's memory: Birth Date: 1/30/1927; Birth Time: 8:11:00 PM; Birth Place: Kansas City, KS. At 10:45 PM EST, 20th January 2001, she died in Orlando, Florida, from complications after an attack of congestive heart failure suffered approximately 29th Nov 2000. She died ten days short of her 74th birthday.

Pat Davis was president of the Illinois Federation of Astrologers, a central Illinois club active in the 1970's. I was a member of this club when she conducted discussion groups and invited speakers she felt could teach the members something new.

Pat told me on one occasion she was so frustrated with the membership because so many people had such a limited view of how important their study could be. She said she wanted to impress on everyone that we should think BIG and not limit ourselves or our mind to the local level.

I was also in a class for advanced astrology which Pat taught in the Peoria Science Observatory. She told us the story that in the Second World War she worked in an ammunition factory putting together explosives, and periodically something would go off and blow her over against a wall. She said they would pick themselves up and keep on working, and no one actually got injured. She later saw this as a message to her about Uranus energy which she needed to channel in a positive way.

Her first book became popular as somewhat of a fluke. There were no definitions of astrological terms and no manual relating the math of casting charts to the scientific methods in astronomy. Pat knew astronomy as well as she knew astrology. She volunteered to make a manual of about 35 pages and put it in a blue cardboard-cover booklet for the national convention. It became an instant hit. She said she devised her male-sounding name because she knew it would be accepted easier among The Powers That Be at the time. That little booklet made her name familiar throughout the United States and led to her being able to publish "real hard-back books" later.

Pat was a determined and brilliant researcher. She would call people all over the country to gather data for a new research idea, which she did me in 1974 when I told her I was writing to prisoners with felony convictions through the group sponsored by Edgar Cayce Foundation. I remember she questioned me intently about whether my birth dates and times for them were reliable.

Not having been in contact with her for quite a while, I was so sad to read of her passing when I received my American Federation of Astrologers newsletter today to find a memorial offer of all of her books in a set for $27.50. So thank you for including a memorial page for T. Patrick Davis on your site. It is nice to see her face again and to remember all of her intense convictions about the importance of this gift we have been given. I was 32 years old, and she said, "You will have this to study and enjoy for the rest of your life." As usual, Pat was right.

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CREDITS: The color photo of T. Pat Davis is from Pat Graf, and the black and white is a xerox from Mercury Hour. The border was derived from an image in the public domain from NASA found at Free Images.com. It will surprise no one to hear that our site is not certified or recognized by NASA, but NASA requires this disclaimer. Consider yourself advised. The constellation drawing is from Brandi Jasmine.