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Astrology for the Millions (Llewellyn's Classics of Astrology Library)

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Astrology for the Millions is the book you need to have if you are pretty much convinced that all astrology is pure bunkum.

Used in conjunction with HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT (Lewi's other extant title) this book will reveal to you whether astrology has anything to tell you that you want to know.

In the early 1970's I started learning astrology with the Grant Lewi titles. Yes, they're simplistic, and yes they're out of date, and yes the new editions have lost something in translation, BUT - Lewi's approach can convince your friends you are not wasting your time fooling around with this stuff.

The amazing thing about these two books is that, despite the simplifications, they produce astonishingly accurate results.

I have just used Lewi's explanation of the Saturn Cycle which is presented in ASTROLOGY FOR THE MILLIONS in an essay "Astrology for Writers" on simegen.com aimed at convincing writing students to explore the potentials of this powerful tool in fiction writing. Thirty years, and I can't put this book down. I'm glad I bought it in hardcover to begin with!

I still have the charts I made out thirty years ago, following the directions in the book and using the chart forms the book provides for spotting the crucial years when transits co-incide. The results match the results of the Matrix Software I currently use, but I STILL read those charts on myself.

I recommend all the Grant Lewi titles to my writing students and my astrology students, but especially to those who are both.

Grant Lewi was a genius. The only problem I have with this book is that his "Queen's English" has been Americanized both in this book and his other book "Heaven Knows What." On that account, I feel that some of his original interpretations has been slightly distorted.

Being familiar with the original editions, I have easily spotted numerous "politically correct" editing, some cases of "gender neutralizing" over parts of his natural style, and insertions of some phrases that are suspiciously "New Agey" in character.

On the whole, my first recommendation is to find the old editions. But, if that is not an option then this edition is still a brilliant work on astrology.

This book will teach you planets in signs in a very clear, concise manner. Grant Lewi has a talent for telling you the bad things in your chart in a way thats very easy to accept. And he's very eloquent when he is explaining the good things.

However, its interpretation does fail on occasion. For example, in your horoscope if you have Mars or Venus conjoined to Neptune or Uranus, chances are his interpretations of your Mars and Venus placements won't hit the mark with you. This book deals almost exclusively with "planets in signs" and only briefly touches on their interaction and affect on each other. For that, you have to get his book "Heaven Knows What."

In short, if you purchase this book and "Heaven Knows What," you will soon realize that many, many other astrology books are using them as a reference and a source. Studying these two book will place you well on your way to becoming an astrologer. It was how I initially learned and will easily lay the groundwork for more advanced study.

My favorite astrology book ever. I have the older hardback version with a 1940s copyright as well as the current version. Regardless of the copyrighted date the book is the best. The current version brings in examples of recent celebrities and politicians to help the reader understand traits and characteristics. Even though the writing style has been updated, it does not, in any way, make the book any less valuable. This is a fantastic book for beginners and intermediates to help develop and improve their chart delineation skills. If, after reading this book, a person can not create a logical and cohesive chart reading, then that person is just not trying very hard to learn astrology!

This book, along with Lewi's "Heaven Knows What," are examples of works by someone who has perfect mastery of his field--analogous to Euclid's writings on mathematics. You simply cannot get a better feel for chart interpretation from any other source than Grant Lewi. This book deals with planets in signs, while "Heaven Know What" covers planets in aspect, along with interpretations of every Sun-Moon combination.

A work of genius and subtle depth .He writes well : broad,concise,exact and yet open for reflection with a phenomenal depth of understanding of people and astrology.His transit interpretations from my own experience are spot on.He wasn't pandering to the rich or famous but genuinely concerned to liberate man from the treadmill of personal folly. An inspired work that only perfect sincerity can deliver.
This book will stand when most others have fallen away.

This is an excellent astrology book for the person who wants a little more in depth understanding of the signs and the meaning of the planets and moon in the natal chart. The in depth coverage and ease of use of tables enable the beginner to do accurate natal reading, and to progress the chart into the present. You will be amazed at how close the book is to the happenings in your life and the lives of the people you know well.
If you are a person who has wondered why people are different. Or if you have begun to catagorize people into groups that fit the astrological profiles, you will be astonished, not only that your profiles are correct but that the birthdays work. The book takes you on the next step to understand human psychology in a way that Freud dismissed, but Isaac Newton accepted with the pragmatic enthusiasm of a practical observer of natural events.

I'm a big fan of Grant Lewi. I consider him the best author of astrology books all-time. Alan Leo is good but a bit out-dated. Evangeline Adams the same. Lewi doesn't miss a beat through the decades. His interpretations of planets in signs is very unique and informative. His short sun sign descriptions are the best I've ever seen, but too short. I wish he wrote a nice long chapter on each, but instead all he did was a page and a few relevant quotes.

Grant Lewi was a genius when it comes to astrology. This book should be on the shelf of all astrology students. Easy to read/use.

Astrology for the millions should be one of your first basic books if you want to study astrology. And you do not need a computer to have your chart drawn. The book contains all the tables you need so you can go ahead. Not only the descriptions of the planets through the signs are revealing, the planetary phases (obscure period, periods of public rise, consolidation etc...) and transiting phases are a must know. In astrology for the millions you will find information you will not find easily in other books. So hasten you to get your copy of this one !

After buying, reading and finally discarting a ton of books on Astrology, card and hand reading, Nostradamus, you-name-it: the best way to take control of your life is to steer away from this kind of quackery. There is no such thing as destiny. If you believe in destiny and it being writen somewhere and predictable you'll live a slave of such archaic notion and people like these.

If Grant Lewi has ANY proof that there is any truth to Astrology, he should contact James Randi and claim his $1 million prize. It should be so easy. One has to wonder why hasn't he done so already...