Alden Taylor (Tad) Mann, (born August 18, 1943, in Auburn, New York) is an American astrologer, writer, designer and artist who is known for his books and paintings on astrology and sacred architecture, human sexuality and gardens.

Mann graduated from the Cornell University College of Architecture in 1966 and worked as an architect for Gruzen & Partners, Davis Brody Associates, and Robert A. M. Stern in New York City and 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.

Mann is one of the more prolific astrological authors, and he designed and illustrated most of his own books.

[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).