physical body. Conversely, if there’s a cardinal sin for Sagittarius, it is to
consciously, willingly allow yourself to be bored.
With your Sun in Sagittarius, freedom is the most precious arrow in
your quiver. You thrive on experience. Your heart beats faster at the
sight of a far horizon. Your life is a quest ... for adventure, for experi-
ence, ultimately, for meaning. The Gypsy, the Scholar, and the Philoso-
pher all play major roles in your interior existence ... and need to have
major input into your existential shopping list! There’s a Gypsy-like des-
tiny element in your life that presents you again and again with culture
shock, like travel or working with people from different backgrounds.
The Scholar manifests as your lifelong desire to learn, to break up your
mental routines. And you’ve been a Philosopher ever since you were
born—you popped out of your mother’s womb wondering, “Why am I
here?” (From “The Sky Within,” by Steven Forrest. Courtesy of Matrix
Software [http://thenewage.com] and Steven Forrest [http://www.
stevenforrest.com].)
Among its several natal programs, Matrix Software created a unique report
based on the published works of the early twentieth-century astrologer, Grant Lewi
(1901–1952). Lewi’s highly original delineations were recognized as creative and
insightful by his contemporaries. One measure of the appeal of his work is that his
books Astrology for the Millionsand Heaven Knows Whatare still in print. The follow-
ing is excerpted from the report program “Heaven Knows What”:
If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him. (Voltaire,
born in Sagittarius, November 21, 1694.)
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. (George
Santayana, born in Sagittarius, December 16, 1863.)
The miracles of the Church seem to me to rest not so much upon faces
or voices or healing power, coming suddenly near to us from afar, but
upon our perceptions being made finer, so that for a moment our eyes
can see and our ears hear what is there about us always. (Willa Cather,
born in Sagittarius, December 7, 1876.)
The expansion of the ego to the uttermost bounds of human thought,
experience and knowledge motivates the Sagittarian, who rushes out
eagerly to greet life, equipped with a radiant nature, abundant vitality
and a keen, alert mind eager for the fellowship of earth and willing to
extend his knowledge to last limits of heaven. The approach to life is
straightforward, for the aim is not subtle: it is to experience, to know,
to try, to adventure. As a result, the Sagittarian goes far, literally and
figuratively. He travels, either geographically or in thought, or both;
and however he travels he likes to go fast. If he finishes things at all, it
is because he is quick, not patient; life is too short for him to bother
with details, and he feels that he will learn more, see more, know more
if he goes more. He can thus be superficial, but is rarely shallow, for his
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