Astrology for the Millions

by Grant Lewi, R.S. Raman, R.S. Raman

Book Overview

Originally published 1940 by Doubleday, Doran & Co., then by Grant Lewi 1950, then by Llewellyn 1969. This edition, completely reset for paperback, contains the complete text of the hard cover edition. Case studies of astrology (Hitler, Mussolini, Napoleon) with instructions on how to cast your own horoscope.

• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: 0553110888
• ISBN13: 9780553110883
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Bantam Books
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Astrology For The Millions

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.

For the Millions and Millions

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!

A must own for every beginner in Astrology

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.

I have to agree with the other reviewers

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.

Grant Lewi is the genius of Astrology. Easy to read, too!

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.