Nicholas Campion (born 4 March 1953) is a British astrologer and historian of astrology and cultural astronomy. He is the author of a number of books and currently pursues an academic career.
Career
Astrology
Campion is a former
Daily Mail astrologer, where he took over from John Naylor, the son of R. H. Naylor, the first sun sign astrologer.
He was president of the Astrological Lodge of London from 1985 to 1987 and of the Astrological Association of Great Britain from 1994 to 1999.
He published a number of books on the practice of astrology between 1987 (
The Practical Astrologer) and 2004 (
The Book of World Horoscopes).
History of astrology and cultural astronomy
Concurrently with his activities as an astrologer Campion researched and published on the history of astrology and cultural astronomy. His book on millenarianism,
The Great Year (1994), was described by
Daily Telegraph journalist
Damian Thompson as "a monumental study of historical schemes".
In 1997 he founded the peer-reviewed journal
Culture and Cosmos.
Academica
Campion is Associate Professor in Cosmology and Culture, Director the Sophia Centre, Principal Lecturer in the Institute of Education and Humanities, and programme director of the MA programmes in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology, and Ecology and Spirituality, at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
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In 2019 he became the Director of the University's Harmony Institute and edited The Harmony Debates, a collection of forty-two papers on the philosophy and practice of Harmony.
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Awards
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Marc Edmund Jones Award (1992)
[ Mark Edmond Jones Award, 1992 for scholarly and innovative work for his The Book of World Horoscopes][ Beyond Belief? James Langton interviews Nicholas Campion, Robert Currey and Liz Greene,. (23 August 1992) Sunday Telegraph Review. "He (Campion) is accepted as a "serious" astrologer, a winner of the prestigious Marc Edmund Jones Award in Washington earlier this year for his work on "mundane astrology"."]
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Prix Georges Antares Award (1994)
[Lewis, James R. (2003) The Astrology Book: The Encyclopedia of Heavenly Influences, Visible Ink Press, MI, USA [3]]
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Spica Award (1999)
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Charles Harvey Prize (2002)
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Regulus Award (2002)
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Regulus Award (2012)
Bibliography
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Campion, Nicholas; Zahrt, Jennifer (2018). Astrology as Art: Representation and Practice. Lampeter: Sophia Centre Press. .
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Campion, Nicholas; Chris Impey (2018). Imagining Other Worlds: Explorations in Astronomy and Culture. Lampeter: Sophia Centre Press. .
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Campion, Nicholas (2020). The Harmony Debates: Exploring a Practical Philosophy for a Sustainable Future. Lampeter: Sophia Centre Press. .
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