with their true selves, learn how planetary cycles affect their energy, unlock their hid-
den creative sides, release hurtful past experiences, and visualize images of beauty and
spirituality.
LEWI, GRANT
Grant Lewi was born June 8, 1902, in Albany, New York. He was educated at Hamil-
ton College and Columbia University. After graduating from Columbia, Lewi taught
English at Dartmouth, at the University of North Dakota, and at the University of
Delaware. He married Carolyn Wallace, daughter of astrologer Athene Gayle Wal-
lace, in 1926 and began to study astrology with his mother-in-law.
His first career choice was writing, but the economic pressures of the times
were difficult, and in 1934 he began working as a professional astrologer. Under the
pseudonym Oscar, he provided a short outline of his life in Astrology for the Millions.In
the late 1930s and 1940s, Lewi edited Horoscope Magazine.In 1950, he resigned in
order to begin his own magazine, the Astrologer.He moved to Arizona in the same
period and died July 14, 1951.
Lewi devised a unique approach to astrological interpretation based upon
equating house and sign indications. He also utilized certain psychological considera-
tions at a time when astrology was more event-oriented. He used transits exclusively
for predictive purposes. This approach was developed in his Astrology for the Millions
and some of his magazine articles. Lewi’s two major works, Astrology for the Millions
and Heaven Knows What,remain popular and have introduced countless numbers of
people to astrology. Lewi’s interpretations were so highly regarded that Matrix Astro-
logical Software devised a “Heaven Knows What” astrological report program based
on Lewi’s publications.
Sources:
Holden, James H., and Robert A. Hughes. Astrological Pioneers of America.Tempe, AZ: Ameri-
can Federation of Astrologers, 1988.
Lewi, William Grant II. Astrology for the Millions.New York: Doubleday, 1940.
———. Heaven Knows What.New York: Doubleday, 1935.
LIBRA
Libra, the seventh sign of the zodiac, is a cardinal air sign. It is a positive, masculine
sign, ruled by the planet Venus (some contemporary astrologers want to transfer ruler-
ship to several of the asteroids; others assert that an as-yet-undiscovered planet beyond
Pluto will rule Libra). Its symbol is the scales, which its glyph is said to represent. It
takes its name from the Latin word for “pound weight,” or “scales.” Libra is associated
with the lower back, buttocks, and kidneys, and individuals with a Libra sun sign are
susceptible to lower back and kidney problems. The key phrase for Libra is “I balance.”
Although many classical accounts say that the goddess Astraea was trans-
formed into the constellation Virgo, Astraea is more properly associated with Libra,
which is the next constellation in the zodiac. Older images of Libra represented the
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Libra