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 ''
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'' 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 ''
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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.
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.
Awards
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Marc Edmund Jones Award (1992)
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Career
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,. (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"."''
*Prix Georges Antares Award (1994)
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*Spica Award (1999)
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* Campion, Nicholas (2015). ''The Moral Philosophy of Space Travel: A Historical Review'', in Jai Galliot (ed.), Commercial Space Exploration: Ethics, Policy, Governance (Abingdon: Ashgate; London: Routledge 2016), pp. 9–22. .
* Campion, Nicholas (2015). ''The New Age in the Modern West: Counter-Culture, Utopia and Prophecy from the late Eighteenth Century to the Present Day''. London: Bloomsbury 2015. .
* Campion, Nicholas; Pimenta, F.; Ribeiro, N.; Silva, F.; Joaquinito, A.; Tirapicos, L. (2015). ''Stars and Stones: Voyages in Archaeoastronomy and Cultural Astronomy – a Meeting of Different Worlds''. Oxford: British Archaeology Reports. .
* Campion, Nicholas; Silva, Fabio (2015). ''Skyscapes: The Role and Importance of the Sky in Archaeology''. Oxford: Oxbow. .
* Campion, Nicholas; Greenbaum, Dorian (2016). ''Astrology in Time and Place: Cross-Cultural Currents in the History of Astrology''. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. .
* Campion, Nicholas; Rappenglück, Barbara; Rappenglück, Michael; Silva, Fabio (2016). ''Astronomy and Power: How Worlds are Structured''. Oxford: British Archaeology Reports. .
* Campion, Nicholas (2016). ''Archaeoastronomy and Calendar Cities in Daniel Brown (ed.)'', Modern Archaeoastronomy: From Material Culture to Cosmology, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 865, 2016, pp. 1–7.
* Campion, Nicholas (2016). ''Heavenly Discourses.'' Proceedings of the Heavenly Discourses Conference, University of Bristol, 14–16 October 2011. Lampeter: Sophia Centre Press. .
* Campion, Nicholas (2017). ''The Importance of Cosmology in Culture: Contexts and Consequences, in Abraao Jesse Capistrano de Souza'' (ed.), Cosmology, InTech Open, pp. 3–17. .
* Campion, Nicholas; Zahrt, Jennifer (2018). ''Astrology as Art: Representation and Practice''. Lampeter: Sophia Centre Press. .
* Campion, Nicholas;
Chris Impey, Impey, Chris (2018). ''Imagining Other Worlds: Explorations in Astronomy and Culture.'' Lampeter: Sophia Centre Press. .
* Campion, Nicholas (2020). ''The Harmony Debates: Exploring a Practical Philosophy for a Sustainable Future.'' Lampeter: Sophia Centre Press. .
References
External links
Staff page at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David
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1953 births
Living people
Academics of the University of Wales, Lampeter
Writers from Bristol
Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge
English astrological writers
20th-century British astrologers
21st-century astrologers