Robert Currey
{{Short description|British astrologer (b. 1955)}}
{{for|the mayor of Nashville, Tennessee|Robert Brownlee Currey}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2011}}
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| occupation = Astrologer
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| awards = Lifetime Achievement, Kolkata, India 2016
Charles Harvey award, Astrological Association of Great Britain 2017
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Robert Currey (born 24 September 1955){{cite book |last=Moseley |first=Charles |title=Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage |edition=107th |volume=3 |page=3771 |place=Delaware |publisher=Burke's Peerage Genealogical Books |year=2003}} is a British astrologer and entrepreneur.{{cite news|last=Bullmore|first=Harry|date=14 Feb 2025|title=I went on my first wellness retreat, and it wasn’t what I expected at all|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/health-and-fitness/isle-of-man-wellness-retreat-b2696904.html|publisher=Independent Digital News & Media Ltd}}
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.{{cite book |last=Grist |first=Alice |title=The High Heeled Guide to Enlightenment |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=FsCTCzkHbAYC&pg=PA270 270–271] |publisher=John Hunt Publishing |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-84694-221-1}} This gained an international reputation due to Currey's pioneering development of computerised astrological reports,{{cite book |last=Collin |first=Patricia|year=1996 |title=Psychic New York: A Guide to Astrologers, Tarot Readers, Psychics, Palmists & Numerologists |publisher=City & Company |isbn=978-1-885492-28-9 |page=77 |quote=It's called the Equinox chart [...] prepared while you wait. This electronic age approach was developed by a team of esteemed astrologers headed by English astrologer Robert Curry.}} and developed a global reach through subsequent outlets in the US and Australia.{{cite book |last1=Adams |first1=Jessica|last2=Glisic |first2=Jelina|last3=Paul |first3=Anthea|year=2004 |title=21st Century Goddess: The Modern Girl's Guide to the Universe |publisher=Corgi |isbn=978-0552150712 |page=58}} As an astrologer Currey specialises in astrocartography - a form of locational astrology in which he was certified by the technique's promoter, Jim Lewis.{{cite web |url=http://www.continuumacg.net/practs.html |title=Certified Astro*Carto*Graphy Practitioners |last=Cunningham |first=Donna |website=Continuum |publisher=The Jim Lewis Slayden Foundation |year=1995}}
In 2021, Currey became editor of Correlation, the Astrological Association of Great Britain's biannual Journal of Research into Astrology.{{cite web |url=http://www.correlationjournal.com |title=Home: Editorial Approach |website=Correlation |publisher=The Astrological Association of Great Britain |date=n.d.}}
Media
Currey has been consulted on and appeared in various televised documentaries which feature astrology. These include Strictly Supernatural for the Discovery Channel,{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4059558/|title=Strictly Supernatural.Tarot and Astrology Episode 1997|year=1997}} The New Age for Channel 4,{{cite book |title=Best of British Men |editor-first=Martin |editor-last=Miller |publisher=Bath Press |year=1993 |page=268 |quote=Robert Currey and Equinox have been featured extensively on television, including Channel 4's series The New Age. |isbn=0-9518631-1-8}} and Solar Empire for Discovery TV.{{cn|date=January 2024}}
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, India.{{cite magazine |title=Sharon Knight and Robert Currey receive awards at the KIA Conference in Kolkata, India |magazine=The Astrological Journal |date=March–April 2016 |volume=58 |number=2 |page=26 |url=http://www.astrologicalassociation.com/pdfs/TOC/16-03.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313072438/http://www.astrologicalassociation.com/pdfs/TOC/16-03.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-13 |url-status=dead}} Currey won the Charles Harvey award for exceptional service to astrology from the Astrological Association of Great Britain in 2017.{{cite web |last=Currey |first=Robert |title=Twelve Logical Fallacies Every Astrologer Should Know |website=The Organization for Professional Astrologers |quote=Robert Currey awarded the Charles Harvey Award for Exceptional Service to Astrology (2017) |date=September 2017 |url=https://www.opaastrology.org/publications/articles/165-twelve-logical-fallacies-every-astrologer-should-know |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206190348/https://opaastrology.org/publications/articles/165-twelve-logical-fallacies-every-astrologer-should-know |archive-date=2018-02-06 |url-status=dead}}
Contributions
- "Foreword" in {{cite book |title=The Ultimate Birthday Book: Revealing the Secrets of Each Day of the Year |first=Clare |last=Gibson |year=2001 |place=New York |publisher=Barnes & Noble Books |isbn=978-0-760-71102-6}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://www.equinoxastrology.com/}}
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