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. 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 ==