A. T. Mann

Alden Taylor Mann
Alden Taylor Mann
	Mann in 2016
Born	Alden Taylor Mann IV; August 18, 1943 (age 80); Auburn, New York
Alma mater	Cornell University
Occupation(s)	Astrologer, author, architect and designer
Children	Ptolemy Mann
Website	www.atmann.net

Alden Taylor (Tad) Mann, (born August 18, 1943, in

sacred architecture, human sexuality

and gardens.

Architecture

Mann graduated from the

The Architects' Collaborative (TAC) European office in Rome

.

In 1970, Mann and Stuart Cohen as principal designers at Gruzen & Partners Architects won a Progressive Architecture Magazine Design Awards Citation for "Low Income Public Housing for Queens, New York" (January 1970, pp. 98–99), Annual Awards Issue.

Astrology

Mann has written many astrology books based on the concept of a

G. I. Gurdjieff, P. D. Ouspensky and Rodney Collin

, and contributing to an application of astrology called Life Time Astrology.

Mann lived in

UK Astrological Association in London

, and the Unicorn School of Astro-psychology and the Scandinavian Astrologi Skole in Copenhagen.

Mann is one of the more prolific astrological authors, and he designed and illustrated most of his own books. From 1973 to 1980, Mann was a founding partner of Phenomenon Publications in London, and co-wrote, designed and illustrated The Phenomenon Book of Calendars that were published in the UK and US yearly for eight years. He wrote The Round Art: The Astrology of Time and Space (1979), Life Time Astrology (1984), The Divine Plot: Astrology and Reincarnation (1986), The Future of Astrology (1988) collection of essays by important astrologers, Astrology and the Art of Healing (1989) and A New Vision of Astrology (2002).

Mann also designed, painted and wrote The Mandala Astrological Tarot (1987), published by Harper & Row San Francisco, and Elements of the Tarot (1995). He wrote Sacred Architecture (1993) and Sacred Sexuality (1995) with the author and master of

ICOGRADA Design Hall of Fame.^[1]

Mann now lives and works in Ithaca, New York, has worked in the past with Mystic Fire Video, particularly as editor and voiceover for the Dalai Lama's Kalachakra Tantra Teachings (2009). His current book Sacred Landscapes with photographs by Lynn Davis was published by Sterling Publishers in New York. Mann also writes for the online Oracular Masters Series at the website tarot.com, particularly about his Mandala Astrological Tarot, as well as a Reincarnation Report, an Astro Location Feng Shui report, and the Solar Return report.