This paper analyzes the use of fate,
coincidence, and accident in "Libra" as these topics serve to reinforce the book's titular
concern with astrology, as well as the affinity that the concept of astrologically-determined fate and
conspiracy theories have with each other. It traces the references to fate,
coincidence, and conspiracy in the novel, ultimately finding Oswald's sun sign, Libra, to be the generator of the events of the novel.