Nicholas Campion


Nicholas Campion 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 and 2004.

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, 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.
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