Pisces, a watery and negative sign, is on the Ascendant, and the
ruler, Jupiter, is in another watery sign, Cancer, 29-18. Planets that are
in the last three degrees of a sign are not as helpful and active as when they
are less advanced in the sign. They act in the same manner as a ball
thrown with force; by the time it reaches its destination it has to some
extent lost its speed, and the greater the distance it travels the less its
force. So we find that planets situated in the last three degrees of a sign
partake partly of the sign in which they are placed and also of the one
following, giving a mixed vibration; therefore they express the nature of
two signs. In this horoscope Jupiter is in the 5th house, pleasures, and
trine to Mercury, the planet of reason, which is in the impulsive and
martial sign of Aries. The Moon, the ruler of the 5th house is in the 11th
house, ruling friends in the sign of its fall, Capricorn, and in sextile to
the planet of love and pleasure, Venus. When this last named planet is on
the Ascendant the native is very apt to drift into the pleasure-loving path,
the path of the senses. He is easily influenced by attention and flattery
from the opposite sex. In this case, the Moon, a feminine planet, in the
house of friends, indicates that this young man's women friends will
have the strongest influence in his life. Venus, another feminine planet, on
the Ascendant, afflicted by a square of Neptune, the co-ruler of the Ascendant
and the higher octave of Mercury, situated in the mercurial sign of Gemini
in the 4th house, indicates that his women friends will lead him into paths
of —
Birth Chart No. 8F
— the senses and may destroy his love for the home, for Venus is also trine
to the restless and romantic Uranus and the materialistic Saturn. These
last named planets are retrograde and in the martial sign of Scorpio,
governing sex. Mars, the planet of passion, is in the fixed sign of
Aquarius, in the 12th house, that of self-undoing, and in square aspect to
Uranus and Saturn. Saturn and Mars are in mutual reception strengthening the
good or evil of these planets.
What do we find? It happens that this poor young man's weakness and
love for women have attracted licentious and free-love companions, and the
result is venereal disease which has poisoned the blood. An with Venus, the
planet ruling the venous circulation, on the Ascendant and afflicted by the
watery planet Neptune in the sign of the lungs, Gemini, quick consumption is
the result.
In February, 1919, the progressed Moon reached the conjunction of
the radical Saturn, which brought on the lung disease. In July, five
months later, when the man called upon Headquarters for healing, he was
already in an advanced stage of galloping consumption. The following month,
August, the Moon made a square to the inflammatory Mars, which brought on
hemorrhages.
Here we an see the influences of the planets, their causes and
effects. The relatives of this young man did not understand why he should
have contracted this disease of the lungs which worked so rapidly and was
so destructive. With the affliction from watery signs, the soil was well
prepared for the seeds which were sown through dissipation and
thoughtlessness.
A case of this kind is very difficult to heal, for with the negative
Pisces on the Ascendant, and Saturn and Uranus, the planets indicating
impulse, yes, even stubbornness, in conjunction in Scorpio and square to
Mars, all in fixed signs, it is very hard to guide such a person into safe
channels. And we find both the lights afflicted, the Moon in the saturnine
sign of Capricorn, showing determination and stubbornness, square to the Sun
in the impulsive sign of Mars. Hence this young man would not listen to
reason. He would do as he pleased regardless of caution and advice. A life
in the open air with careful diet and pure surroundings would be the only
cure; if he would listen to reason and adopt it he might get well.
Leo is on the Ascendant, and Jupiter is just above the cusp of the
first house, making a square aspect to Saturn and Mercury in the sign of
Scorpio. The Moon in Taurus, its exaltation sign, is in the 10th house and in
opposition to Uranus, which is also posited in its exaltation sign, Scorpio,
ruling the generative organs. The Moon so strongly situated will have
the greatest influence over the young man's life and health. Being in
opposition to the licentious Uranus, it will make him very free and
unconventional in his love affairs, and he will be attracted to women of a low
type. With the afflicted Jupiter ruling the arterial blood, and with
Neptune in Gemini in the 11th house, the house of friends, in square aspect
to Venus, which has rule over the venous blood, this young man is apt to be
led into association with undesirable women friends. As a matter of fact
they are responsible for his contracting a severe case of syphilis which
poisoned the blood.
In 1914 we find the progressed Sun in the first degree of Scorpio,
and the progressed Moon in the sign Aquarius forming an opposition to the
Ascendant and the radical Jupiter in Leo. It is also coming up to a square
of the radical Saturn, Mercury, and Uranus in Scorpio. In this same year
two new Moons afflicted the three latter planets. The one on January 26th
fell in five degrees of Aquarius in opposition to Jupiter and square to
Saturn and Mercury. On April 25th the new Moon fell in four degrees of
Taurus, square to Jupiter and opposition Saturn and Mercury. This was the
time when —
Birth Chart No. 8G
— the venereal disease was contracted.
In 1918 the Sun by progression formed a square to the radical Jupiter
in Leo, and in 1919 a conjunction with Saturn in Scorpio. In the latter
year, however, the progressed Moon trined the Ascendant, and on May 29,
1919, an eclipse of the Sun in seven degrees of Gemini sextiled the Ascendant.
These vibrations no doubt saved the young man's life during the adverse
aspects of the progressed Sun.
In 1921 the progressed Sun came into conjunction with the radical
Mercury. On April 22nd the full Moon eclipse fell in two degrees of
Scorpio opposing the transiting Sun and Venus. At the same time the
transiting Mars was within orb of a conjunction with the radical Moon and in
opposition to Uranus. In the spring of that year the young man submitted to
an operation for an abscess under th diaphragm, which after being opened was
a very long time in discharging, necessitating a drain tube. The doctors
claimed that the pus was from the lungs, but the patient denied ever having
had trouble with these organs. The horoscope shows, however, that the
doctors' diagnosis was correct, for Neptune in Gemini, ruling the lungs,
afflicted by a square of Venus from the common and earthy sign of Virgo,
would obstruct the delivery of the venous blood to the lungs, causing poor
oxygenation. With the blood stream polluted by the dread disease of syphilis
and with both the arterial blood (ruled by Jupiter) and the venous blood
(ruled by Venus) obstructed, the weakest organ, the lungs, would naturally
receive the poison generated in the blood.
After the patient had somewhat recovered from the operation he
returned home. On April 25th, he was taken back to the hospital (that was
three days after the total eclipse of the Moon in Scorpio) with what at
first was termed a case of mumps. The throat, jaw, and larynx were very
much swollen and inflamed. This condition was later diagnosed by some of the
doctors as actinomycosis, an infectious, chronic disease of cattle,
sometimes transferred to man. But there was a difference of opinion among
the doctors. Some held that the disease was cancer.
As the Moon is the most heavily afflicted planet in the natal
chart, naturally when by progression in 1922 it reached the opposition of
the radical Saturn and Mercury and the square to Jupiter from the 10th house
and the sign of Taurus, the disease reached a stage where the body could
no longer rid itself of the poisons which had been stored up during
eight years. There were two new Moons in 1922 which helped to bring about
the crisis. On January 27th the new Moon fell in Aquarius, seven degrees
and eighteen minutes, opposing the radical Jupiter and square to the
radical Saturn and Mercury. On April 27th the new Moon fell in six degrees
and nine minutes of Taurus, square to Jupiter and in opposition to Saturn
and Mercury. All these afflictions were from or reacted upon the signs of
Taurus and Scorpio. The tonsils, the larynx, and the throat therefore
received much of the pus generated in the body. The result was death.
Had this young man, after he contracted the disease, lived a life of
abstinence from rich foods, tobacco, meat, liquor, etc., he might have
overcome it and perhaps have lived for a number of years. But the poisons
which were lodged principally in the lungs were increased by more impurities
generated through ignorance of diet.
Capricorn, the Saturnian sign of the cardinal quadruplicity, is on
the Ascendant, and the ruler, Saturn, is in the 4th house, that of the home,
in the determined, stubborn, persistent sign of Taurus, making a square to
the life-giving Sun, in the fixed sign of Leo ruling the heart. This has a
tendency to obstruct the life forces. The vitality is low, the heart
action sluggish, especially as we find Jupiter, the planet ruling the arterial
circulation, afflicted by the conjunction of the fiery Mars. This is a
latent condition which will give the native much greater trouble after she
has reached the period of menopause. Her restricted heart action will then
be more troublesome than before.
When she called upon Headquarters for healing in the early part of
1914, the progressed Moon had reached the opposition to the afflicted planets
in the 4th house in Taurus. The doctor who had been treating her for
catarrh of the stomach and nervousness failed to benefit her. She was very
skeptical and did not believe in spiritual healing, but friends who had
been by —
Birth Chart No. 8H
— the Invisible Helpers persuaded her to write to Headquarters for
diagnosis. She did not ask for healing, but only wanted to know what was
the matter with her physically, stating that the doctor could not understand
the cause of her general poor health.
In our diagnosis we told her that she had not developed normally.
With the obstructing Saturn conjunction Neptune in the sign of the
throat, trouble was indicated at puberty, also restricted menses, adenoids,
and inflamed tonsils. This had a reflex action in the opposite sign of
Scorpio, which rules the generative organs, showing that these organs had
never become fully developed. Neptune has this tendency when afflicted,
especially in the sign of Taurus or Scorpio and in conjunction with or
opposition to Saturn. Then the generative organs are underdeveloped, and
childbirth becomes very severe and painful. This woman had four children,
and at each birth her life was despaired of. The result was uterine trouble.
A tendency to catarrh of the small intestine is also indicated, for
we have the Moon, the ruler of the sign Cancer, the stomach, placed in the
sign Virgo, the small intestines, conjunct the spasmodic Uranus, showing
that there was spasmodic action of the intestines and that the food was not
properly assimilated. This aspect also interfered with the digestion of food
in the stomach, as the Moon is the ruler of that organ; this was aggravated
by a square of the Moon to Venus.
Uranus in conjunction with the ruler of the 7th house, the Moon,
shows inharmony in marriage. The husband as indicated by this aspect is of a
very nervous, irritable nature, fond of drink (Venus square Moon). A
separation is shown. This woman acknowledged that she had had trouble with
her husband, that he had left her suddenly, and stated that she was
compelled to support her four children. One with Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter,
and Mars in Taurus afflicting one another has a tendency to be critical and
severe in the home, but at the same time of a very frugal, hardworking
nature, not saving oneself but always working beyond one's physical strength.
Due to the conditions noted this woman had become a broken-down,
nervous wreck, with severe uterine trouble and catarrh of the stomach and
intestines. She was not able to do a full day's work. Inside of two
months, however, through the aid of the Invisible Helpers she was able to take
a position, and she became a healthy, happy woman. We advised a rational,
careful diet, eliminating all liquids with meals, for one with the
planetary conditions noted likes to drink a great deal during meals. This
is often dangerous to one with poor assimilation, and where there is a lack
of digestive fluids in the stomach and intestines.
It is evident from the figure that the native is of a very nervous,
restless temperament, for Mercury, the planet which rules the mind and
the nerves, is in conjunction with its higher octave, Neptune; this makes
her very high-strung. Then we find Saturn, the planet of obstruction,
conjoined with the life-giving Sun in the mercurial sign Gemini. This
diminishes the vital solar life currents which feed the nerves, so that
instead of assimilating a great among such as is necessary to feed the
nerves of a high-strung person, she gets less than the normal amount and
therefore is "on edge" and run down. Add to this that Mars, the planet of
passion, is square Mercury, the planet of mind, which makes her temper very
short, and that the Moon, ruler of the imaginative mind, is square Venus, the
planet of love, and you will understand that this person is very unhappy and
always out of patience with her condition and environment.
Her trouble is due to the after effects of childbirth. The
astrological figure gives a very good description of the case. Mercury
is conjunct Neptune in the fifth house, which governs children, indicating
an abnormal condition. The planet of parturition, the Moon, is in mutual
reception with and square to Venus. Mars in the eighth house, which
indicates the manner of death, is square to Mercury in the fifth house,
ruling children, which shows the use of instruments, loss of blood, and a
great shock to the nervous system in childbirth. She must have been near
the door of death at that time. But while Saturn conjunct the Sun saps the
life forces, he also —
Birth Chart No. 8I
— imparts a tenacity of life. Such people, unfortunately for them, do not
die quickly; they linger in their agony, an almost unbearable burden to
themselves and other who must perforce live with them. No one is more to
be pitied. But the long years of invalidism shown by Saturn conjoined with
the Sun in the sixth house, must be necessary to impart to the soul some
quality it lacks and has refused to cultivate in other and easier ways,
otherwise our Father in Heaven would never have taken such strenuous means
to teach her the lesson.
From the healer's standpoint a case with Saturn and the Sun conjoined
in the sixth house is almost, if not quite, hopeless, especially if there is
a fixed sign on the cusp, for the patient will be antagonistic, skeptical, and
recalcitrant to such an extent that he may more than neutralize all efforts
to aid nature in restoring harmony. The principal work should be directed
to cultivate in this patient a right understanding of the spiritual cause of
her condition. If she can be brought to pray for light to see the lesson
and for a chance to correct her mistake, whether in a past life or the
present one, the changed attitude of mind will cause a change in her
condition so that either a cure will be effected or a speedier release found
in death.
In the meantime such a person should be given food that will supply
ether to feed the nerves. Milk, warm and fresh from the cow, has this in
abundance, and so have uncooked vegetables. Under th Law of Compatibility
a healer with Aries or Leo rising whose Saturn is not in Gemini, would be best
for this person.
Sagittarius is on the Ascendant in this chart. In (click/touch here) of The Message of the Stars it states that this sign produces two distinct
classes, the high and lofty type which aims its arrow at the stars, and
the type which responds to the animal instincts and indulges the animal
desires. The latter type will not think of the future. Like a child it will
enjoy itself to the fullest, living only from day to day, never laying aside
anything for a rainy day. Give such a person a million dollars and he will
become a pauper in spite of it. His greatest enemies are his own appetites.
In the horoscope which we have under consideration we find the ruler,
Jupiter, in the sign of his fall, Capricorn, in the first house. Jupiter is
also conjunct the fiery Mars in its exaltation sign of Capricorn. This
gives Mars greater power for evil than otherwise. Planets have a reflex
action and often affect the signs opposite them, as in this case where the sign Cancer receives the effects of Mars conjunct Jupiter. These planets
denote bulk, and when affecting the sign of Cancer the person is apt to make a
god of his stomach. His food must be of the very best, rich and highly
seasoned.
The ruler of Cancer, the Moon, is afflicted in the fixed sign
Scorpio (which has rule over the generative organs) by a conjunction of Saturn
and a square of Venus and the Sun. The Moon is the planet of fertilization,
of impregnation, and when found in the sign of Scorpio in a woman's
horoscope it is an indication that she will be apt to have several children.
But when —
Birth Chart No. 8J
— the planet of obstruction, Saturn, is also in this sign and afflicted,
the organs of generation are sometimes undersized, as in the case of this
woman. During the birth of her first and only child she was three days in
labor, suffering greatly. This left her with a great fear of childbirth,
led her to resort to abortion, the most dangerous and vicious of practices.
Due to the Moon in Scorpio conception was frequent, and the native's great
fear caused her to employ means which destroyed the fetus. In th eyes of
God she became a murderess. The continued abuse later enveloped into a
most dangerous case of blood poisoning, which left her broken in health, a
confirmed invalid.
Because of the rich food in which she had for years indulged, her
system was overcharged with poisons, and since Venus, which has rule over
the venous blood, and Jupiter, the arterial, were both afflicted, all the
impurities were attracted to that part of the body where these planets were
located, Capricorn and Aquarius. Sluggishness of the body is always found in
the parts corresponding to the signs in which Venus and Jupiter are
afflicted. There the ash is usually deposited. This woman was unable to walk
for five years before her death, which occurred in February, 1920. We have
not been able to ascertain the exact day of her death. We find the
progressed Moon in February making a square to the radical Venus. The
progressed aspects alone, however, would not cause death. We must look for
the exciting planets, the transits. The full Moon on February 4th fell in
14 degrees and 16 minutes of Leo in opposition to the radical Venus and Sun
and square to the radical Saturn and Moon. These aspects, we think, were
responsible for the native's demise.
How wonderfully accurate is diagnosis by the planets! Each time
this woman passed through a severe illness, which was quite frequently,
her relatives would report that it was a case of peritonitis. We find,
however, no affliction to the small intestines, but very severe afflictions
to the generative organs.
This horoscope is the figure of a young woman who is the daughter
of wealthy parents, as shown by the Sun, which is ruler of the second
house, trine to Jupiter. We will first consider the mental caliber, as that
is the prime consideration in dealing with anyone. The Sun is in the twelfth
house showing that the spirit in a certain sense is imprisoned. The Sun is
in conjunction with the Dragon's Tail, which has a saturnine influence
and tends to further obstruct. These conditions rob life of its joy and
fill the soul with melancholy and fear, gloomy forebodings, and thoughts of
impending evil. Mars square to the Moon, which is the life ruler, shows
rebellion against this condition. The square of Mars to Venus, however, adds
to the tendencies which rob life of its satisfaction. The trine of the Sun
to Jupiter and the sextile of Mars to the Sun, Mercury, and Jupiter are
mitigating influences which give some light and life to this poor soul's
existence. The comforts procured through the wealth of parents as indicated
by these aspects help to make life more tolerable than it would otherwise
be.
With regard to the health denoted in this figure, we find in the first —
Birth Chart No. 9A
— place Cancer, a weak sign, on the Ascendant. Four planets are posited
in the twelfth house, which in this case denotes confinement upon a sick
bed. Saturn, in the sixth house, which has to do with health, is a sufficient
indication that this will be a life of suffering. Saturn, the principal
significator in this respect, shows that the ailments will be deep-seated
and chronic. The Moon, which is the peculiar significator of health in a
woman's horoscope, is within six degrees of the sixth house cusp, adding its
testimony in the same direction. Mars square to the Moon near the sixth
house renders the native liable to operations. The Sun conjunction the
saturnine Dragon's Tail in the twelfth house makes such operations
exceedingly dangerous for she has not the vitality wherewith to withstand and
recuperate. Moreover, the Sun in 1914 had progressed within orb of a
parallel to Saturn at birth. Thus the native had at that time less vitality
than she had had in earlier years. As the Moon came into opposition to
Saturn in the sixth house in October, 1913, we may well conceive that the
condition at that time became critical.
Mars governs the muscles and the motor segment of the spinal cord. He
is square to the Moon, which governs the sympathetic nerves, and also square
to Uranus, which causes spasmodic movements. Thus it is evident that
the nerves are affected and that the young lady has no dependable control
over her limbs. Neptune governs the spinal canal, and it is opposite Saturn,
the planet of obstruction. This configuration occurs in the signs of Gemini
and Sagittarius, and in the sixth and the twelfth houses. It is
therefore evident that there is trouble in the spine — obstruction, as denoted
by Saturn.
The obstruction will be found in the region indicated by the
conjunction of Neptune, Sun, and Dragon's Tail in 24 to 29 of Gemini, namely,
the dorsal region. The doctors have been unable to diagnose this case, and
sad to say, it is incurable by any physical means. There is only one
method, namely, the dilation of the spinal canal by repeated manipulations
from within of the materialized fingers of the Invisible Helpers. As the
young woman has not applied to us for healing, we are sorry to say that we
cannot touch her case; but were it submitted to us, we should advise a healer
having Scorpio rising and with Saturn neither in Cancer nor in Sagittarius,
letting the healer put himself under the direction of the Elder Brothers, who
would then do the work.
We have here the horoscope of a boy who has fixed signs on all
four angles and the martial sign of Scorpio on the Ascendant. Our first
thought when looking at a horoscope for the diagnosis of disease is to find if
there is strength of will so that the patient will be able to give the needed
assistance to the healer, for if he has persistence to fight for his life, if
he will follow the instructions given by the healer, then the healer has
some cooperation and the task is not so heavy. The task is doubly hard,
however, in the case of a patient who has Saturn elevated in the 10th house,
conjunction with Midheaven, square the Ascendant, and with the stubborn sign
of Scorpio on the Ascendant. To effect a cure against the stubborn will of
such a patient might truly be classed under the head of miracles.
As a rule we look to the strongest malefic planet when diagnosing
from the horoscope. Here we find the obstructing and restricting Saturn in
conjunction with the Midheaven, also conjunction and parallel Neptune and
in opposition to the life-giving Sun. Saturn is in the sign of the Sun,
Leo, and the Sun is in Saturn's sign, Aquarius. When planets are in mutual
reception, i.e., have exchanged signs, as we find Saturn and the Sun in this
horoscope, and especially when they are also in angles and fixed signs, then
we may expect a most stubborn and deep-seated cause of disease.
— canal. In this horoscope we find 10 degrees of Leo occupying the cusp
of the 10th house and the life-giving Sun in opposition to Neptune, Saturn,
and the Midheaven. Can we find a more pronounced affliction than
this, especially with Leo ruling the spinal column and Neptune the spinal
canal, the latter of which is filled with the spinal spirit fire, the life of
the Father?
When we find this spirit fire obstructed by Saturn and the Sun, we
may conclude that this affliction is the result of serious wrongs committed
in previous lives. The wasting of the vital fluids, the abuse of the
generative faculty, is a sin against the Holy Ghost and brings to the Ego
the most severe punishment, as in the case of this boy who was drawn to
parents who were fit instruments to give him a body which would cause the
spirit to suffer for past sins. And what a pitiful future faces him! He
has never walked nor talked. He must be fed, and he has positively no use of
his body whatever.
The question may be asked, Is there any hope for this boy? Yes, to
a certain degree. The planet of reason, however, is weakly aspected by only a
semi-sextile to the Sun and Uranus: therefore we may expect little help
from this quarter of the horoscope. But Mars, which is the ruler of the
Ascendant and the sixth house, both ruling the health, is the strongest and
best aspected planet in the horoscope. Mars is in the 11th house in Libra,
in conjunction with the Moon, trine to Jupiter; and we may also say that
Mars is sextile to Saturn although seemingly out of orb, for Saturn is
retrograding and therefore throwing his influence towards Mars. Also we
may expect that Mars will receive some help from the life giving Sun, the
Sun's orb being larger than that of other planets.
When a patient has fixed signs on the four angles and a well
aspected Mars, he will make a greater effort to overcome than one who has not
these influences. This boy should be placed in the home of a nurse who has
Scorpio or Aries on the Ascendant, and away from the parents, for the home,
under the rule of the Father, is no place for him. With this change and
proper care he might be able to gain at least partial control of his body
and be able to walk and feed himself; but he will never be very bright
mentally, and will always to some extent be a charge to his parents.
The fiery and martial sign of Aries is on the Ascendant, with Mars,
the ruler of the horoscope, in its own sign in the 1st house, giving great
energy and impulse. Mars also in opposition to the erratic Uranus will make
this young woman unable to use moderation in anything. But she will be like a
skyrocket which is sent with great force into the air; as soon as it has
spent its energy it falls back to earth dull and lifeless. With the
life-giving Sun, the ruler of the 6th house, sickness, in the negative and
watery sign of Pisces, and posited in the 12th house in opposition to the
watery Moon which is in the house of sickness and in the earthy and common
sign of Virgo, this woman has not sufficient vitality to keep up with the
impulse of the double fiery influence on the Ascendant and is soon depleted
in strength.
Mercury is sextile to Mars from the mental and fixed sign of
Aquarius. This makes the native very quick and active mentally, but whatever
she becomes interested in she takes up with such force that the nervous
system suffers. This is increased by Mercury square to its higher octave,
Neptune, in Taurus.
The Sun afflicted and intercepted in the 12th house in Pisces, would
indicate a very unhappy and restricted life in early childhood. And as the
Moon, ruler of the 4th house, the home and the mother, is afflicted, it
would indicate that much of the restriction will come from this direction.
We are told in the Rosicrucian teachings that we are building the
archetype in this life of the body we shall inhabit in a future life,
and —
Birth Chart No. 9C
— that we are attracted to the parents who are physically, mentally, and
morally able to supply us with such a body. In this case this young girl
was attracted to a mother who was selfish and neurasthenic, for the
afflicted Moon in Virgo in the 6th house would represent the mother. The
Moon also afflicts the small intestines, giving poor assimilation of food,
which lowers the vitality. We find Saturn, the ruler of the 10th house,
representing the Father, square to Venus in her own sign of Taurus, ruling the
throat and palate, which indicates that the Father was fond of the wine cup; he
was, in fact, a drunkard. This would corroborate the indications, shown by
the afflicted Sun above the Ascendant, of a hard life with many privations
in childhood.
Now let us see how the afflictions between Saturn and Venus would
affect the health. As Leo is the sign ruling the heart and the spinal cord,
Saturn, the restricter, when placed in this sign, square to Venus which
rules the venous blood, causes a restricted circulation. It is stated in The Message of the Stars, (click/touch here), that Saturn in Leo gives a tendency to
curvature and disease of the spine. The physical body is the crystallized
counterpart of the finer vehicles. The vital body holds the physical
atoms together. This vital body, which is ruled by the Sun, surrounds and
interpenetrates the physical. If the Sun in a person's horoscope is
afflicted, the vital fluid is obstructed and the vital body becomes diseased,
as this invisible force gains its entrance through the spleen which is also
ruled by the Sun. Therefore, we can readily see that the vital fluids
were obstructed from childhood.
This young woman's case was diagnosed by the doctors as tubercular
disease of the spine, Potts' disease. In December of 1918 and January 1919
she had severe attacks of inflammation of the spine and has had several
spinal operations.
It will be very difficult to heal this patient on account of her
great impulsiveness and the wasting of vitality. With Sun and Moon afflicted
in the 6th and 12th houses, she will dissipate her strength and will rebel
at restraint.
She has Venus in the 1st house in Taurus, trine to Jupiter on the cusp
of the Midheaven. This with Neptune in Taurus sextile to the Sun should
give wonderful musical ability and the faculty of writing and improvising
music. The impaired physical body and consequent suffering will soften the
nature and bring out the spiritual side. Neptune is making a trine to the
Moon as a result of which this girl could develop talent for the
inspirational and spiritual side of music which would bring wonderful soul
growth. This soul will make greater spiritual progress in this one life of
suffering that she could in three ordinary lives with perfect health.
In this lesson we will try to show how a doctor, who can only
observe from outward and physical signs and who depends for his diagnosis upon
symptoms only, can err in his diagnosis, and how the science of astro-diagnosis proves that functional weakness is shown even at birth. "A chain
is as strong as its weakest link," is a proverbial expression, and so it is
with the physical body. We may go along smoothly for many years, seemingly
in good health, when suddenly something goes wrong, a link begins to
weaken; the strain which we have been putting on our physical body causes this
weak place to give way.
This horoscope is that of a boy with the fixed sign of Taurus on the
Ascendant, and with the Sun in Capricorn on the cusp of the Midheaven. The
life-giving Sun, however, makes only a semi-sextile to Mars and Uranus,
besides its conjunction with the Midheaven, therefore the boy cannot expect a
great amount of help from this planet. We find Uranus in its own sign of
Aquarius, elevated in the 11th house, in conjunction with and parallel to
the dynamic Mars, and in opposition and parallel to the obstructive Saturn,
which is in the fixed sign of Leo and in the 5th house. We also find the
Moon in the same sign, in conjunction with Saturn and in opposition to Mars
and Uranus.
We are told in the The Message of the Stars,(click/touch here), that Saturn
afflicted in Leo gives a tendency to spinal diseases and sclerosis of the
spinal cord. The Moon has rule over the synovial fluid, and with its
affliction by Saturn, which has rule over the bony structures and
the —
Birth Chart No. 9D
— ligaments, and with the Moon and Saturn both in the sign of Leo, which
has rule over the spinal column we may expect that the seat of the trouble
will be found in this latter region. Saturn dries up and causes atrophy.
Therefore we may diagnose this case as a lack of synovial fluid to lubricate
the vertebrae of the spine, also a loss of strength in the ligaments which
connect the spinal bones.
The result is that this child while healthy and well formed, seemingly
in moderate health, still was unable to bear his weight on his legs. He
would draw them up Each time that the nurse attempted to teach him to stand.
This affliction, which comes from fixed signs, will be a most difficult one
to overcome unless a miracle is performed through spiritual healing,
although by patient manipulation with olive oil over the spinal region and a
careful vegetarian diet the child may be helped to a very great extent.
No. 9E
Male, born December 13, 1868.
This horoscope leads to a very different diagnosis. Having no hour of birth we use a flat figure. We find in this case also the Moon
in —
Birth Chart No. 9E
— conjunction with the obstructive Saturn, but in the sign of Sagittarius
ruling the hops. Saturn is in conjunction with and parallel to Mercury,
and square to Mars. In 1914, after a spell of typhoid fever, this man
was unable to walk without crutches. He could not stand without swaying.
The doctors believed this weakness to have its seat in the spinal cord,
while astrology diagnoses it as a drying up of the synovial fluid of the
hip joints. When the weight is put on the pelvic region by standing,
stooping, or by any strained position, the pelvic bones slip out of position
and in turn press on the sciatic nerve, which controls the sacral plexus
and the limbs. A pressure on this nerve may cause what is termed paralysis
of the lower limbs.
A case of this kind, however, is curable. A slight adjustment by an
osteopathic physician or a chiropractor will eliminate the pressure upon the
sciatic nerve. Here we may see what a vast difference there is between
astro-diagnosis and medical diagnosis. The healer who has a knowledge of
the planets and their effect upon the physical body may find a great
difference in cases which may have the same outward or physical symptoms.
Also a knowledge of body adjustment is often very helpful.
This is the horoscope of a man with the fixed and fiery sign of Leo
on the Ascendant, and the obstructing Saturn in Leo in the 1st house.
Whenever Saturn is placed in an angle, a fixed sign, or near the
Ascendant, his influence is much more destructive than elsewhere, especially
when in the sign of Leo, which rules the heart. Then we may expect that the
person will be lacking in vitality. Especially so in the case of this man
as we find Saturn in square aspect to the dynamic Mars, and Mars in its
fall and near the cusp of the 10th house, where its destructive influence may
result in the greatest amount of damage, particularly as we find these two
afflicting and powerful planets in Leo and Taurus, two of the most powerful
signs in the horoscope. These planets are of opposite natures; Saturn is
cold and moist, while Mars is fiery, and dry. Consequently we may expect
that the body will suffer as a result.
The Sun, the ruler of the Ascendant, is posited in the 8th house, in
the negative sign of Pisces, square to the Moon. Here again we find an
indication of depleted energy and lack of vitality.
Now let us see how these afflictions work. The 10th house indicates the —
Birth Chart No. 10A
— the Father, and Mars afflicted by a square to Mercury and Saturn, and
in Taurus near the cusp of the Midheaven would indicate the death of the
Father by accident. At the age of twelve years when the Moon passed the
Midheaven and the conjunction of Mars, the Father was killed by the falling of
a tree, leaving the mother and three small children penniless. This forced
the eldest boy, whose horoscope we are delineating, to help earn the
wherewithal to live. He was placed as an assistant to a blacksmith in the
neighborhood, and was compelled at the growing age of twelve years to do a
man's work, wielding the heavy sledge hammer. As a result the valves of the
heart were not fully developed. For years he suffered, and Each time he
reached a state of financial success, his health would break, forcing him
to give up and change to another climate for relief. Some doctors
diagnosed his trouble as tuberculosis, others as asthma. He had all the
indications of asthma, but these spells would come and go. Each winter
while in the cold, eastern climate he spent some time in bed with pneumonia
or congestion of the lungs.
Here we see the effect of the affliction of Sun square Moon from the
two common signs of Pisces and Sagittarius. We find Mercury in the fixed
sign of Aquarius, in opposition to Saturn and square to Mars in Taurus,
the throat, which would give some tendency toward a nervous contraction of
the trachea.
Now we have found the afflicting planets indicating valvular
heart trouble and weak lungs, but the man died from an abscess of the
liver. Where do we find the indication of liver trouble? Mars in Taurus is
in his detriment. This planet is the strongest in the horoscope; in fact
Mars may be called the life ruler. When in the sign ruling the throat, it
gives a desire to tickle the palate and a thirst which often leads to strong
drink. In this case we find Mars sextile to the Sun and trine to Neptune.
Neptune governs and sometimes predisposes to the use of drugs. This had its
result in an abnormal desire for strong, black coffee. Instead of quenching
his thirst with water, this man would drink cold coffee and in large
quantities.
Mars in Taurus also gives an abnormal appetite, indicating one who
is apt to gourmandize. With the lowered vitality on account of the
affliction to the heart and poor oxygenation in the lungs, the native was
unable to do manual labor, thereby being unable to work off the excess of
food. Consequently the poor liver was worked over time and became a
receptacle for the poisons created by the excess of food which could not be
absorbed by the blood. Jupiter rules the liver; we find Jupiter in
conjunction with and parallel to Uranus in the 6th house, sickness, also
parallel to the Moon. Naturally the liver would be sluggish and easily
overtaxed.
If this man had lived normally, he could have reached a ripe old age
in spite of the planetary afflictions, for with Mars elevated and sextile
to the Sun, with the Moon sextile to Jupiter, and with fixed signs on
the angles there is no reason why he should have passed out at the
comparatively early period of middle life.
We will judge first the mental caliber so that we may be better able
to deal with our patient, for the basic quality and trend of the mind have
a great determining influence as to the way a person views sickness, and we
must be prepared to meet his ideas in such a manner that we inspire
confidence. Mercury rules the 3rd house, which governs the lower mind. Its
parallel to Saturn, the planet of obstruction, curbs this flighty
constituent of the personality and gives it depth, but this aspect also gives
a tendency to look at the dark side of things; pessimism and melancholy are
among its results. Mars in the mercurial sign of Virgo, square to Mercury,
makes the native cynical and quick to anger.
Saturn in Cancer, the sign of the stomach, shows us that digestion is
obstructed. His opposition to Venus and the square of both to Uranus in Libra
show that the venous circulation is also obstructed, particularly that of
the renal veins which carry the blood from the kidneys (Uranus in Libra),
and that part of the portal system which carries the blood from the stomach
(Saturn in Cancer), through the liver. Saturn rules the gall bladder, and
his position in Cancer, square Uranus in the sign of the kidneys (Libra),
shows the concretion of sediment in both of these organs. As brick is baked
clay, hardened by heat pent up in the kiln, so this sediment is burned into
gallstones and renal stones by the restraining action of Saturn when anger
is kindled by Mars. Inward impotent rage and vindictiveness which wait for
an opportunity to get even, the nursing of a grievance instead of letting —
Birth Chart No. 10B
— anger have vent and then forgetting it, harmful though that may be, are
the true cause of one of the most painful maladies to which flesh is heir.
The trine of Jupiter and Neptune show the way of liberation
through appeal to the higher nature, for there is a basic benevolence that
may be invoked. Physical treatments can and must of course be given, but
however effective they may prove for the time being, they are merely
palliative, for until the patient changes his mental attitude there can be
no real cure. Continued inward rage will form new stones to take the
place of those eliminated or dissolved by the treatment. To thoroughly
impress this fact upon the patient is the first duty of the astro-therapeutic
health adjuster. The harm has been done in the present case, and cultivation
of serenity can only act to correct. But if a configuration like this is
noted in the horoscope of a child, we ought to warn the parents so that this
trait of nursing wrath may be eradicated ere it gets a hold on the growing
girl or boy. Prevention is always better than cure. It is not enough just
to help people to regain health; our aim should be to teach them how to live
in harmony with the laws of love and life that they may never be sick.
Until we thoroughly realize this and practice it we are missing the greatest
part of our privilege.
A person with Scorpio rising would be our first choice when selecting
a healer for this case; one with Taurus would come next. But neither may have
Saturn in the degrees of the signs included in the patient's 1st or 6th
houses. The treatments, both mental and physical, should be given in the
hour of the Sun. Large doses of olive oil or copious draughts of hot water
would be of great assistance.
No. 10C is the horoscope of a judge of the Supreme Court, whose hour
of birth we could not ascertain, but from events in his life we judge that
Capricorn would be on the cusp of the Ascendant. Although the writer never
met this man in person, yet from indications in the home he was born some
time near 9:30 or 10 P.M. This would place Jupiter and the Moon in or near
the Midheaven or the 9th house which would correspond with his character,
for from reports of friends he was a very efficient and just judge. He had
much inharmony in his home, which would be indicated by Saturn and Uranus in
Aries in the 4th house, describing the wife as nagging and erratic. Saturn is
square to Mars in Cancer in the 7th house, again showing inharmony and
quarreling with the marriage partner.
The Judge was also greatly troubled through the weakness of an only
son, who squandered his time in drink and immorality, spending his money on
the opposite sex. This is shown by the position of Venus in the 5th house,
governing children, also pleasures. Venus is very strong in the sign of
Taurus, which rules the palate and it is also sextile to Mars in Cancer,
ruling the stomach.
People with Capricorn rising and with the ruler, Saturn, afflicted have
a tendency always to see the dark side of life and to brood over it, and when
Saturn is square to Mars there is much temper but not of the explosive kind.
Capricorn people cannot as a rule forgive and forget. Suppressed —
Birth Chart No. 10C
— anger when continued for years will crystallize the bile in the gall
bladder, which will have a tendency to form into small stones, causing
intense pain while they are being eliminated. The Judge suffered from these
stones for nearly twenty years. About 1894 the progressed Saturn neared an
exact square to the radical Mars, which may have set the time for the
beginning of the forming of these stones. This patient passed into the
higher life on January 1, 1916, when the transiting Saturn had reached the
square to its own place at birth.
No. 10D
Female, born December 14, 1855, at 10 A.M.
This is the horoscope of a woman who has Capricorn on the Ascendant,
and the ruler, Saturn, is in the 5th house, square to the inflammatory Mars.
We have noted from a number of horoscopes in our files of patients who
have suffered from gallstones that they have had Saturn and Mars conjunction
or square. Saturn in this horoscope is in the house ruling children, the
5th, and square to Mars in the 8th. This woman's troubles were caused by
aggravations by the children of her husband's first marriage, the
stepchildren. Note how clearly this is shown by Mercury and the Sun in the
11th house, which rules stepchildren, square to Neptune, ruler of the 2nd
house. Anger and inharmony arose in her home on account of her husband's
finances, and as usual the Capricorn nature would not forget and forgive,
holding resentment within until she paid the penalty in 1903 when she had
the first attack of gallstones, followed by another attack fourteen years
later, about 1917. The progressed Moon was in Sagittarius in 1903 and in
Gemini in 1917. The exact time of the illness is not given, but the
opposition and the conjunction of the progressed Moon with Saturn will no
doubt register the exact time.
Birth Chart No. 10D
This disease is one of the most painful of afflictions. When the
stones pass from the gall bladder, pressing through the tiny gall duct which
leads into the duodenum, they often get partly through this duct but remain
wedged in, causing intense suffering. A very safe and often most beneficial
remedy is to have ready one-half cup of olive oil and the juice of one lemon.
Set the alarm clock to go off at 3 A.M.; at that time drink all of the oil
followed by the juice of the lemon. Refrain from eating breakfast, and
eat very little during the day. Repeat this for three nights in succession,
and the third morning take a cathartic. A tablespoon of Epsom salts has
been used by some with excellent results. If this does not eliminate the
gallstones, try the remedy again about two or three weeks later.
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