Jim Lewis (astrologer)

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Jim Lewis
Born James Slayden
(1941-06-05)June 5, 1941
Yonkers, NY
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Residence San Francisco, CA
Nationality American
Occupation Astrologer
Known for Astro*Carto*Graphy
Awards Marc Edmund Jones Award (1978)
Regulus Award (1992)

Jim Lewis (born James Slayden, 5 June 1941 in Yonkers, NY was an astrologer, writer and entrepreneur. He is best known for pioneering the technique of Astrocartography.

Astro*Carto*Graphy

Locational astrology[1] is an old concept, but Lewis expanded a little-known field, using detailed maps and modern software. In 1979, Lewis published his first edition of his annual Sourcebook of Mundane Maps.[2] His theories were subsequently developed by other authors.[3]

Lewis eventually trademarked the term Astro*Carto*Graphy® (A*C*G). This registration is still maintained by the Astro*Carto*Graphy Living Trust.[4] A non-profit division of the Astro*Carto*Graphy Trust - Continuum - the Jim Slayden Lewis Foundation - lists over 20 book titles including those by Lewis that are either devoted to Astro*Carto*Graphy or where the technique features extensively.[5]

For his original work in developing and promoting the technique of Astrocartography, Lewis received the Marc Edmund Jones award in 1978[6] and the Regulus Award for discovery, innovation, and research at the United Astrology Congress in Washington, DC 1992.[7]

Lecturer & Teacher

Lewis regularly conducted seminars in which he trained students in Astro*Carto*Graphy techniques. He later went on to administer a certification exam. Candidates who passed his stringent qualifications were given a certificate as a professional Astro*Carto*Grapher. As of February 2008, Continuum list 88 certified practitioners around the world.[8]

Lewis lectured throughout the world. However, in his travels he was not immune to the negative potential on A*C*G’s ‘planetary power lines’. In the mid ‘80s he was struck by a vehicle while crossing Military Road, in Sydney, Australia on his Mars Ascending line.[9])

Selected publications

  • The Astro*Carto*Graphy Book of Maps- The Astrology of Relocation (1981) with Ariel Guttman. Llewellyn Publications; 1st edition ISBN 978-0875424347 Out of print
  • The Psychology of Astro*Carto*Graphy (Contemporary Astrology), (posthumous)(1997) with Kenneth Irving. Penguin Arkana ISBN 0-14-019512-2. Revised edition (Words and Things, 2012) ISBN 9780984428007.
  • The Future of Astrology (1985) Edited by A T Mann; A T Mann, Karen Hamaker-Zondag, Dane Rudhyar, Robert Hand, John Addey, Jim Lewis, Roger Elliot, Bruno & Louise Huber, Michel Gauquelin, Dennis Elwell, Layla Rael, Alan Oken. Allen & Unwin: London. ISBN 9781931044875 (Revised edition Cosimo, Inc. 2004) Chapter 9 by Jim Lewis. And the future will be nothing less than the flowering of our inwardness. pp. 115–130

See also

References

  1. Davis, Martin, From Here to There, An Astrologer’s Guide to Astromapping, (Wessex Astrologer, England, 2008) Ch1. History, p.2 ISBN 978-1-902405-27-8
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  5. Thompson, Angel Continuum Astro*Carto*Graphy® Literature and Distributors. Retrieved November 2012
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  8. Thompson, Angel Continuum - the Jim Slayden Lewis Foundation List of Certified Practitioners. Retrieved November 2012
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