Librans

There is a lot of talk about scales and balance when David Ferrie talks about Libras and Oswald. David Ferrie is an interesting character on his own, a devout believer in, well, anything. Astrology is no exception, so when he learned that Oswald's birthday was October 18 he immediately recognized  he was a Libra and decided he knew everything he needed to know about him. "He is well balanced, levelheaded, a sensible fellow respected by all. We have the negative Libran who is, let's say, somewhat unsteady and impulsive. Easily, easily, easily influenced. Poised to make the dangerous leap." (DeLillo, 315).  It surprisingly describes what we've seen of Oswald thus far very well. We've seen him several times heavily influenced by Marxist ideals and Trotsky, and his immediate buy-into the communist utopia of Russia. His impulsiveness is also evident. Oswald doesn't really stop and think, things through weighing the pros and cons against one another. Once he gets an idea, he just runs with it full speed, like his General Walker assassination plot, and moving to Russia.

All of these aspects of a Libra, plus his naivete, sets up Oswald to be the perfect candidate in the CIA's plot to take a shot at the president. He can be manipulated to do anything and won't have he good sense to stop and think about what he's doing, the things that could go wrong, and the consequences. Especially since the consequences turn out to be more than Oswald bargained for.