Robert Currey (born 24 September 1955) is a British astrologer and entrepreneur.
Career
In 1981 Currey founded the astrological company Equinox and in 1989 The Astrology Shop in Covent Garden, the first prime location store to be dedicated to astrology, which became a well-known London haunt for astrology enthusiasts. This gained an international reputation due to Currey's pioneering development of computerised astrological reports, and developed a global reach through subsequent outlets in the US and Australia. As an astrologer Currey specialises in
astrocartography
Locational astrology (sometimes referred to as astrocartography or astrogeography) is any of various types of astrology that factor in specific locations of the Earth. The different types also carry a range of astrological techniques.
Astrogeogra ...
- a form of locational astrology in which he was certified by the technique's promoter,
Jim Lewis.
In 2021, Currey became editor of ''Correlation'', the
Astrological Association of Great Britain's biannual Journal of Research into Astrology.
Media
Currey has been consulted on and appeared in various televised documentaries which feature astrology. These include ''Strictly Supernatural'' for the
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel, known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery, is an American cable channel that is best known for its ongoing reality television shows and promotion of pseudoscience.
It init ...
, ''The New Age'' for
Channel 4
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,
and ''Solar Empire'' for Discovery TV.
In 2016, he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement award at the 26th International Conference organized by the Institute of Vedic Culture and Krishnamurti Institute of Astrology,
Kolkata
Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...
, India.
Currey won the Charles Harvey award for exceptional service to astrology from the
Astrological Association of Great Britain in 2017.
Contributions
*"Foreword" in
References
External links
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Living people
1955 births
People educated at Eton College
British astrologers
21st-century astrologers