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Frank C. Clifford (born 13 April 1973) is a writer, columnist, teacher and a consultant in astrology and palmistry based in London.[2]
Early Life
Named after his father Frank Clifford, and the Irish revolutionary James Connolly, Frank is the son of an Irish union Socialist who later became a well-respected personal injury solicitor. According to his book, 'Palmistry 4 Today', after an unusual early education at a Hindu Secondary School (from age 9 to 12) and being inspired by his mother to visit various astrologers and psychics.
Astrology & Palmistry
From the age of 16, Clifford taught himself astrology and took up palmistry a year later. He wrote and self-published his first book (a collection of astrological data and profiles) at the age of 23.
An astrologer and palmist since 1989, Frank Clifford began data collecting with Lois Rodden, contributing to and editing her magazine Data News and book Profiles of Women (1995). Frank's first book, British Entertainers: The Astrological Profiles, was published in 1997 and updated in 2003. Frank's database of celebrity data is on the Solar Fire program as The Clifford Data Compendium (1997, 2000, 2012) and on Astro-Databank. In 2009, he produced The Astrologer's Book of Charts, an eclectic collection of 150 horoscopes and worksheets of the famous for students and astrologers.
Back in 1996 he founded Flare Publications, and since then Clifford has edited and published two dozen books on astrology and palmistry, including Astrology in the Year Zero by Garry Phillipson, The Contemporary Astrologer's Handbook by Sue Tompkins, and a revised edition of The Twelve Houses by Howard Sasportas. Flare focuses on handling e-books and translation rights for its list and for other astrologers.
Columnist for magazines & journals
Frank has combined his work as a consultant astrologer with that of Sun sign columnist for magazines such as Marie Claire (UK), Quick and Simple (Hearst, US), the celebrity weekly Reveal (UK) for three years, and the family monthly, Candis, for twelve years (UK). He has also been profiled in various broadsheets and tabloids, and has been featured regularly on TV and radio. Frank counts his columns in The Astrological Journal ('Horoscope Snapshots'), the ISAR Journal ('Data Compendium') and The Mountain Astrologer ('Horoscope Detective') as his favourite regular writing projects.
Frank is also a well known palmist and consultant (with The Guardian newspaper dubbing him the 'palm reader to the stars'), and his book Palmistry 4 Today (published in five languages) is considered the modern textbook on the subject. Frank's other book on palmistry, Palm Reading (Hamlyn, 2003), is a unique guide with profiles on love, work and personality for each part of the hand. Cards of these profiles were published in 2007. The book was revised in 2012 as The Frank Guide to Palmistry. Every year Frank organizes the Palmistry Conference in London, which brings together some of the top hand analysts in the country.
Teacher, Lecturer and Principal of the London School of Astrology
Back in 2004, Frank took over running the London School of Astrology and organizes certificate and diploma classes, seminars and residential courses in astrology and palmistry. Considered the students' choice for studying astrology in the UK, the LSA prides itself on hosting seminars and classes by some of the world's most accomplished astrologers. Frank has also set up an annual Astrology Student Conference and the occasional Astrology and Music Conference. He has lectured in Europe, Asia, Australia and the USA, and for some years was a regular guest tutor on a psychology course at the London Metropolitan University.
Recent astrology books include Solar Arc Directions (2011) and Getting to the Heart of Your Chart (2012) by Frank, and in 2012 Flare published volumes by Faye Cossar (Using Astrology to Create a Vocational Profile) and Richard Swatton (From Symbol to Substance: Training the Astrological Intuition), and a revised edition of Pamela Crane's The Draconic Chart. Frank's long-awaited books, The Midheaven: Spotlight on Success and Humour in the Horoscope: The Astrology of Comedy, will follow in 2012-13. Frank has also steered two book projects, Astrology: The New Generation and New Voices in Astrology, both of which featured essays from upcoming, previously unpublished astrologers.
Working with the Media
Since then, his media work has ranged from working with Universal Studios and casting directors, to giving an astrological perspective on Little Britain for Channel 5 and being employed by The Sun to locate the whereabouts of the then-missing Saddam Hussein. He has been profiled in The Daily Express, The Daily Mirror, Good Health and The Guardian.[2] Frank's TV appearances have included interviews on Open House with Gloria Hunniford (Channel 5), The Russell Grant Show (Sky One), Dating the Enemy (ITV), plus interviews and phone-ins on numerous BBC radio stations. In April 2007, Frank was seen on Sunshine, a behind-the-scenes documentary on the Danny Boyle film. In July 2009, he contributed to the BBC Radio 4 show The Inconstant Moon written and narrated by Jeanette Winterson.
Works
- Editor: Profiles of Women by Lois Rodden, published by Data News Press, 1995 ISBN 0-9633716-3-0
- Author: British Entertainers: the Astrological Profiles (1st Edition), published by Flare Publications, 1997 ISBN 978-0-9530261-0-4
- Author: British Entertainers: the Astrological Profiles (2nd Edition), published by Flare Publications, 1997 ISBN 978-0-9530261-1-1
- Editor/Publisher: The Essentials of Hand Analysis, published by Flare Publications, 1999 ISBN 978-0-9530261-7-3
- Editor/Publisher: Shorthand of the Soul: the Quotable Horoscope by David Hayward, published by Flare Publications, 1999 ISBN 978-0-9530261-2-8
- Editor/Publisher: The Sun Sign Reader by Joan Revill, published by Flare Publications, 2000 ISBN 978-0-9530261-3-5
- Editor/Publisher: The Draconic Chart by Pamela Crane, published by Flare Publications, 2000 ISBN 978-0-9530261-4-2
- Author: Venus: Your Key to Love (with Anna Stuart), published by Flare Publications, 2000 ISBN 978-0-9530261-5-9
- Author: Mars: Your Burning Desires (with Anna Stuart), published by Flare Publications, 2000 ISBN 978-0-9530261-6-6
- Editor/Publisher: Astrology in the Year Zero by Garry Phillipson, published by Flare Publications, 2000 ISBN 978-0-9530261-9-7
- Author: Palmistry 4 Today, published by Rider/Random House, 2002 ISBN 978-0-7126-1584-6
- Author: British Entertainers: the Astrological Profiles (3rd Edition), published by Flare Publications, 2003 ISBN 978-1-903353-01-1
- Author: Palm Reading, published by Hamlyn, 2004 ISBN 978-0-600-60971-1
- Editor/Publisher: Jupiter and Mercury: An A to Z by Paul Wright, published by Flare Publications, 2006 ISBN 978-1-903353-00-4
- Editor/Publisher: The Contemporary Astrologer's Handbook by Sue Tompkins, published by Flare Publications, 2007 ISBN 978-1-903353-02-8
- Editor/Publisher: The Twelve Houses by Howard Sasportas, published by Flare Publications, 2007 ISBN 978-1-903353-04-2
- Author: The Astrologer's Book of Charts (Softcover), published by Flare Publications, 2009 ISBN 978-1-903353-08-0
- Author: The Astrologer's Book of Charts (Hardcover), published by Flare Publications, 2009 ISBN 978-1-903353-18-9
- Author: Palmistry 4 Today (US edition with Diploma Course, softcover), published by Flare Publications, 2009 ISBN 978-1-903353-06-6
Sources and biographical information
- First Article on Palmistry
- Second Article on Palmistry
- Flare Publications
- London School of Astrology
- Open House with Gloria Hunniford
- Astrology Student Conference
References
- ^ Reviews of the 44th Annual Conference: Surviving 2012 "It was announced that the APAE schools had voted Frank to be the 2012 recipient of the Charles Harvey Award for Excellent Service to Astrology."
- ^ a b Brignall, Miles, Sixty Seconds in Palmistry Frank Clifford, astrologer, author and palm reader to the stars, talks to Miles Brignall (6 July 2002), Guardian.co.uk
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Biography of Charles Harvey, astrologer, teacher and author.
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Jim Lewis, astrologer and pioneeer of Astro*Carto*Graphy.
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Zane Stein, astrologer and centaur specialist.
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Biography of researcher into astrology Michel Gauquelin written by Professor Hans Eysenck.
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Astrology & Science
What is the basis of Astrology?
Galileo's Telescope
Problems with testing Astrology
Why Magic is a poor substitute for science
Carlson/CSICOP Double Blind Test
How Astrology became an academic outcast.
Bias masquerading as scepticism
Percy Seymour's Scientific Proof of Astrology
A lack of a known mechanism
Was Kepler an astrologer or sceptic or both?
Carlson/CSICOP Double Blind Test
How Astrology became an academic outcast.
Bias masquerading as scepticism
Percy Seymour's Scientific Proof of Astrology
A lack of a known mechanism
Was Kepler an astrologer or sceptic or both?
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Frank C. Clifford (born 13 April 1973) is a writer, columnist, teacher and a consultant in astrology and palmistry based in London.[2]
Early Life
Named after his father Frank Clifford, and the Irish revolutionary James Connolly, Frank is the son of an Irish union Socialist who later became a well-respected personal injury solicitor. According to his book, 'Palmistry 4 Today', after an unusual early education at a Hindu Secondary School (from age 9 to 12) and being inspired by his mother to visit various astrologers and psychics.
Astrology & Palmistry
From the age of 16, Clifford taught himself astrology and took up palmistry a year later. He wrote and self-published his first book (a collection of astrological data and profiles) at the age of 23.
An astrologer and palmist since 1989, Frank Clifford began data collecting with Lois Rodden, contributing to and editing her magazine Data News and book Profiles of Women (1995). Frank's first book, British Entertainers: The Astrological Profiles, was published in 1997 and updated in 2003. Frank's database of celebrity data is on the Solar Fire program as The Clifford Data Compendium (1997, 2000, 2012) and on Astro-Databank. In 2009, he produced The Astrologer's Book of Charts, an eclectic collection of 150 horoscopes and worksheets of the famous for students and astrologers.Back in 1996 he founded Flare Publications, and since then Clifford has edited and published two dozen books on astrology and palmistry, including Astrology in the Year Zero by Garry Phillipson, The Contemporary Astrologer's Handbook by Sue Tompkins, and a revised edition of The Twelve Houses by Howard Sasportas. Flare focuses on handling e-books and translation rights for its list and for other astrologers.
Columnist for magazines & journals
Frank has combined his work as a consultant astrologer with that of Sun sign columnist for magazines such as Marie Claire (UK), Quick and Simple (Hearst, US), the celebrity weekly Reveal (UK) for three years, and the family monthly, Candis, for twelve years (UK). He has also been profiled in various broadsheets and tabloids, and has been featured regularly on TV and radio. Frank counts his columns in The Astrological Journal ('Horoscope Snapshots'), the ISAR Journal ('Data Compendium') and The Mountain Astrologer ('Horoscope Detective') as his favourite regular writing projects.
Frank is also a well known palmist and consultant (with The Guardian newspaper dubbing him the 'palm reader to the stars'), and his book Palmistry 4 Today (published in five languages) is considered the modern textbook on the subject. Frank's other book on palmistry, Palm Reading (Hamlyn, 2003), is a unique guide with profiles on love, work and personality for each part of the hand. Cards of these profiles were published in 2007. The book was revised in 2012 as The Frank Guide to Palmistry. Every year Frank organizes the Palmistry Conference in London, which brings together some of the top hand analysts in the country.
Teacher, Lecturer and Principal of the London School of Astrology
Back in 2004, Frank took over running the London School of Astrology and organizes certificate and diploma classes, seminars and residential courses in astrology and palmistry. Considered the students' choice for studying astrology in the UK, the LSA prides itself on hosting seminars and classes by some of the world's most accomplished astrologers. Frank has also set up an annual Astrology Student Conference and the occasional Astrology and Music Conference. He has lectured in Europe, Asia, Australia and the USA, and for some years was a regular guest tutor on a psychology course at the London Metropolitan University.
Recent astrology books include Solar Arc Directions (2011) and Getting to the Heart of Your Chart (2012) by Frank, and in 2012 Flare published volumes by Faye Cossar (Using Astrology to Create a Vocational Profile) and Richard Swatton (From Symbol to Substance: Training the Astrological Intuition), and a revised edition of Pamela Crane's The Draconic Chart. Frank's long-awaited books, The Midheaven: Spotlight on Success and Humour in the Horoscope: The Astrology of Comedy, will follow in 2012-13. Frank has also steered two book projects, Astrology: The New Generation and New Voices in Astrology, both of which featured essays from upcoming, previously unpublished astrologers.
Working with the Media
Since then, his media work has ranged from working with Universal Studios and casting directors, to giving an astrological perspective on Little Britain for Channel 5 and being employed by The Sun to locate the whereabouts of the then-missing Saddam Hussein. He has been profiled in The Daily Express, The Daily Mirror, Good Health and The Guardian.[2] Frank's TV appearances have included interviews on Open House with Gloria Hunniford (Channel 5), The Russell Grant Show (Sky One), Dating the Enemy (ITV), plus interviews and phone-ins on numerous BBC radio stations. In April 2007, Frank was seen on Sunshine, a behind-the-scenes documentary on the Danny Boyle film. In July 2009, he contributed to the BBC Radio 4 show The Inconstant Moon written and narrated by Jeanette Winterson.
Works
- Editor: Profiles of Women by Lois Rodden, published by Data News Press, 1995 ISBN 0-9633716-3-0
- Author: British Entertainers: the Astrological Profiles (1st Edition), published by Flare Publications, 1997 ISBN 978-0-9530261-0-4
- Author: British Entertainers: the Astrological Profiles (2nd Edition), published by Flare Publications, 1997 ISBN 978-0-9530261-1-1
- Editor/Publisher: The Essentials of Hand Analysis, published by Flare Publications, 1999 ISBN 978-0-9530261-7-3
- Editor/Publisher: Shorthand of the Soul: the Quotable Horoscope by David Hayward, published by Flare Publications, 1999 ISBN 978-0-9530261-2-8
- Editor/Publisher: The Sun Sign Reader by Joan Revill, published by Flare Publications, 2000 ISBN 978-0-9530261-3-5
- Editor/Publisher: The Draconic Chart by Pamela Crane, published by Flare Publications, 2000 ISBN 978-0-9530261-4-2
- Author: Venus: Your Key to Love (with Anna Stuart), published by Flare Publications, 2000 ISBN 978-0-9530261-5-9
- Author: Mars: Your Burning Desires (with Anna Stuart), published by Flare Publications, 2000 ISBN 978-0-9530261-6-6
- Editor/Publisher: Astrology in the Year Zero by Garry Phillipson, published by Flare Publications, 2000 ISBN 978-0-9530261-9-7
- Author: Palmistry 4 Today, published by Rider/Random House, 2002 ISBN 978-0-7126-1584-6
- Author: British Entertainers: the Astrological Profiles (3rd Edition), published by Flare Publications, 2003 ISBN 978-1-903353-01-1
- Author: Palm Reading, published by Hamlyn, 2004 ISBN 978-0-600-60971-1
- Editor/Publisher: Jupiter and Mercury: An A to Z by Paul Wright, published by Flare Publications, 2006 ISBN 978-1-903353-00-4
- Editor/Publisher: The Contemporary Astrologer's Handbook by Sue Tompkins, published by Flare Publications, 2007 ISBN 978-1-903353-02-8
- Editor/Publisher: The Twelve Houses by Howard Sasportas, published by Flare Publications, 2007 ISBN 978-1-903353-04-2
- Author: The Astrologer's Book of Charts (Softcover), published by Flare Publications, 2009 ISBN 978-1-903353-08-0
- Author: The Astrologer's Book of Charts (Hardcover), published by Flare Publications, 2009 ISBN 978-1-903353-18-9
- Author: Palmistry 4 Today (US edition with Diploma Course, softcover), published by Flare Publications, 2009 ISBN 978-1-903353-06-6
Sources and biographical information
- First Article on Palmistry
- Second Article on Palmistry
- Flare Publications
- London School of Astrology
- Open House with Gloria Hunniford
- Astrology Student Conference
References
- ^ Reviews of the 44th Annual Conference: Surviving 2012 "It was announced that the APAE schools had voted Frank to be the 2012 recipient of the Charles Harvey Award for Excellent Service to Astrology."
- ^ a b Brignall, Miles, Sixty Seconds in Palmistry Frank Clifford, astrologer, author and palm reader to the stars, talks to Miles Brignall (6 July 2002), Guardian.co.uk