John Addey (astrologer) - Astrological Work

Astrological Work

During the ten years immediately after the war, Addey became keenly aware that astrology was an outcast from the scientific mainstream of modern thought not only because of the prejudices of orthodoxy, but also because of the disinclination of astrologers to use the empiric and rational tools being refined by post-enlightenment scientists of all kinds. For this reason Addey was a prime mover (with Firebrace) in the founding of the Astrological Association of Great Britain in 1958: he was the Association’s first Secretary, and, on the resignation of its President Brigadier Roy Firebrace in 1961, became its second President, holding the office until 1973, at which point he became the Association’s Patron. He edited the organisation’s magazine, The Astrological Journal from 1962 to 1972, and was the prime mover in establishing the Association’s annual conferences. One further contribution to organised astrology should also be mentioned – he founded the Urania Trust as a registered education charity in 1970.