The horoscope here shown is that of a well-to-do man who spoiled his
life by excesses of all kinds. He was born on August 28, 1881, at 11 P.M.
In the first place we find Jupiter, the planet of opulence, in the
12th house, that of sorrow, trouble, and self-undoing, sextile to Venus,
the planet of attraction, in Cancer, the sign ruling the stomach, and in the
2nd house, that of finance. This accounts for the native's business instinct
in money matters as well as his desire for rich and unhealthful foods; in
part, too, for his fatal weakness for the opposite sex. The Moon square to
Venus from the fifth house, the house of pleasures, also Mars, the planet of
dynamic energy, conjunct the saturnine Dragon's Tail, and both square to
Uranus, the planet of unconventionality and clandestine attachments, are
other strong testimonies in the latter direction. Furthermore, Saturn, the
planet of obstruction, in the 12th house, that of sorrow, in conjunction
with Neptune, the planet of underhandedness, in Taurus, which is the
opposite of Scorpio, the sign governing the sex organs, shows trouble in
that region and also in the throat.
As a whole this horoscope shows all manner of excesses, and
a —
Birth Chart No. 4A
— consequent clogging up of the system. Venus in Cancer, the latter
ruling the stomach, gives a love of good things to eat, and especially to
drink. Its square to the Moon in the sign Libra, ruling the kidneys, shows
that there was a very bad condition there preventing proper
elimination. The conjunction of Saturn, the planet of obstruction,
with Neptune in the sign Taurus, this sign having a reflex action in
Scorpio, resulted in painful hemorrhoids. Mars, the planet of dynamic
energy, conjoined with the saturnine Dragon's Tail in Gemini, the sign
ruling the lungs, square to Uranus, the planet of spasmodic action, shows a
tendency to coughs and weakness of the lungs, which finally destroyed the
life.
This horoscope is a lesson on the ravages of excess and indulgence of
the lower nature, and astrologers may use it for the purpose of
convincing people who are on the downward path that the way of the
transgressor is hard, and that our sins will surely find us out.
By the exercise of will power, at least a great deal of the trouble
indicated might have been avoided. Toward the last the man realized that he
was going down and wanted help, but he was too weak to cease from his
indulgences. Consequently he yielded to the tendencies shown in his
horoscope, and became the victim of tuberculosis and a number of
complications.
Suffering from tuberculosis is shown very plainly by this horoscope,
for Saturn, the planet of obstruction and crystallization, is in Gemini,
the sign which rules the lungs. Although he is unaspected he always has
a malefic bodily influence in whatever part of the chart he is placed. His
obstructive and hardening tendencies clog and crystallize the lungs and
would be inimical even if he were not supported by evil aspects. We find
that the Sun, which is the giver of life, is also in Gemini, square to the
Moon, which is the particular significator of health in a woman's horoscope.
The Moon is placed in the 8th house, the house of death, in Pisces, the
twelfth sign, ruling confinement in hospitals and kindred institutions. The
Sun is also square to the spasmodic Uranus, and Uranus is in opposition to
the Moon. This will produce the cough and the hemorrhage which are part of
the symptoms of tuberculosis.
Leo, the strong solar sign, is rising, and Jupiter, the planet of
optimism and joviality, is therein sextile to Mercury, the planet of reason
and mind. We may also note that all the angles are occupied by fixed
signs. These conditions show that in the first place the constitution was a
good one, that the native had to begin with a strong, vigorous nature
and a jovial sunny and friendly disposition. Had this horoscope been set up
in childhood's days so that one could have worked with the native ad
counteracted the tendencies to tuberculosis, the chances are that she would
have entirely outgrown this tendency. As it is, however, the squares
and —
Birth Chart No. 4B
— oppositions of the Sun, Moon, and Uranus taken together with the
Moon's placement in the 8th house and the 12th house sign show that this
case is likely to terminate fatally. The best that can be done
for the patient now is to make her suffering as little as
possible. The magnetic force of an Aries person whose Saturn is not in any of
the degrees encompassed by the 6th house of the patient's horoscope would
be of great help to her, and milk just fresh from the cow would do a great
deal to keep up her vitality as it is filled with the healthy animal ether.
By mistake this chart was first set up so that Leo occupied the
Ascendant end the Sun was in the fifth house. The planets show the affliction
no matter what sign rises, but a glance showed the figure to be erroneous
because the Sun cannot be in the fifth house at four o'clock in the morning.
So we had it calculated again, with the result that we find Saturn in the
eighth house instead of in the eleventh and the Sun in the second house
instead of the fifth. This makes a great deal of difference in the
strength of the symptoms. We would advise students that whenever they are
given a figure for judgment it is wise precaution always to look at the
place of the Sun and notice if its location in the horoscope corresponds
with its actual place in the sky at the time of day when the birth took
place. If it does not, that is evidence that the horoscope has been
incorrectly set up and is therefore unfit to be used as a basis of judgment.
We are all liable to make mistakes in our calculations but this hint will
undoubtedly help students to avoid this particular mistake.
The subject of this horoscope is suffering from tuberculosis, a
disease neither necessarily serious nor fatal. The student of Astro-Diagnosis has special facilities for judging how deeply the disease is rooted
by the positions and aspects of the afflicting planets. Saturn, the planet of
obstruction, in Gemini, the sign which rules the lungs, shows the tendency to
cold in the lungs and also hardening such as occurs in tuberculosis. But
this testimony would not have been so dangerous if it had come
from —
Birth Chart No. 4C
— the position shown in the erroneously cast figure where Saturn was
placed in the eleventh house, instead of its position in the true
horoscope where he is in the eighth house, denoting the manner of death.
Mercury, the ruler of Gemini, is in opposition to Saturn, and so is
the life-giving Sun. We may also note that the Moon, which governs the
tidal air in the lungs, is in conjunction with Venus, which rules the
venous blood, and is square to Uranus. All these are signs which show that
there is comparatively little hope of escape for this patient from the dread
disease until death looses the silver cord and frees him from the body.
You will notice that the last degrees of Libra are rising so that the
native has really more of the impulsive Scorpio characteristics than those of
Libra. Mars, ruler of Scorpio, in Leo adds to his energy and makes him fond
of swaggering and showing off, prodigal of his vitality. Mars trine Mercury
in Sagittarius shows an inclination for sport and probably overexertion,
which may have been responsible for the first breakdown about the
twenty-eighth year when the progressed Moon was over the place of the
radical Moon and Venus, or the year preceding when it was in opposition to
Saturn.
It would be extreme cruelty to tell the patient that there is
little hope, of course, and no aspirant to invisible helpership would
be so thoughtless, but would strive to make his lot as easy as possible
during the remaining time, though realizing that whatever measures were
taken would only palliate but not cure. Meanwhile, it should be made clear
to the person that there is a spiritual reason for disease and that esoteric
investigations have established the fact that a materialistic conception of
life in a previous embodiment is a fruitful source of just such a condition
as this one, for by the thought that death ends all, the materialist
gradually puts himself out of tune with all activities in the spiritual world.
When he enters the Second Heaven where the archetypes of new bodies are built,
he puts all his crystallizing thoughts into the new vehicle, which is then
born under the hardening rays of Saturn, who in some way obstructs the life-
giving Sun. If such a patient can be taught to believe this and become a
devoted Christian, he will be saved a similar fate in a future life.
Aquarius, a fixed and airy sign, is on the Ascendant. The fiery
planet Mars is just above the cusp in the 12th house, and the plastic and
watery Moon is in the same sign in the first house. This gave this young
woman a very strange nature, for there is a great difference between
the temperaments given by the Moon and Mars. Mars on the Ascendant afflicted
by a parallel to the ruler, the impulsive Uranus, gave the native a very
impulsive nature. It indicates one who would fly into a fit of rage at the
least provocation. The two natures given by Mars and the Moon were
continually at war with each other, the one impulsive, energetic, dynamic,
and the other restless, plastic, and changeable. The Moon, however, is trine
to the Sun, which gave a soft, peaceable, kindly nature, directly opposed to
the martial temperament. The restless, critical Mercury is placed near the
Midheaven in the martial sign of Scorpio; this added to the temper.
Planets when situated in angles and in fixed signs, as are several
in this horoscope, have a larger orb than otherwise, and we give eight
degrees or a little more to the major planets in such cases. We would
consider —
Birth Chart No. 5A
— Jupiter here to be in opposition to Mars. Venus is in square aspect
to Mars, and Mercury is parallel to Venus and square to Jupiter. With
Venus ruling the venous blood and Jupiter the arterial blood, both being
afflicted by Mars and Jupiter by Mercury also, this young woman
suffered from restricted circulation, especially due to the fact that the
afflictions are all from fixed signs and angles, which affected the action
of the heart. With her high-strung, nervous temperament and uncontrolled
fits of temper she precipitated an attack of heart trouble each time she
permitted herself to be ruled by this emotion.
There are also indications of in harmony in the home, for we find
the rulers of the 10th and 4th houses, Venus and Mars, in square aspect.
Mars is also the ruler of the 3rd house, which stands for sisters and
brothers. The above aspect would indicate that this young girl was greatly
domineered by those in the home, and being of a very impulsive and dominant
nature herself, this provoked much display of temper, which was very
injurious to the health of one with the above planetary configurations.
In 1917 the progressed Sun reached the square to the radical Mars,
while the progressed Mars was in conjunction with the Ascendant. The result
was that a chronic condition of heart trouble set in which slowly led to
dropsy, for restricted heart action frequently bring about other
complications. The doctors, unfortunately, were unable to diagnose the
disease correctly, and she was treated for Bright's disease. In 1921 the
progressed Moon reached the opposition to its radical place at birth. This
opposition usually marks the beginning of puberty, and is sometimes a
critical period for young girls, especially when Venus and Jupiter are both
afflicted. When the Moon passed through Leo, the sign of the heart, while
making the opposition to its radical place, it aggravated the dropsy, for the
Moon in Leo or Aquarius has a tendency to cause dropsy in a patient suffering
with heart trouble.
Uranus, the planet of impulse and the higher octave of Venus, which
also has an influence over the circulatory system, is in opposition to Neptune
in Cancer, the sign ruling the stomach. Neptune is in the 6th house,
health; this would indicate that there was trouble with the digestive organs
and an abnormal desire for indigestible food.
The young woman's parents called upon Headquarters for healing after
the doctors had given her up. They were told that the case was hopeless;
she passed out three weeks after she was put on our healing list. The case
was an incurable one when it reached our hands. She died in February, 1921.
We may here see how powerful afflictions are and how difficult to over
some when they are from fixed signs and in the angles. This was truly a debt
of destiny which this soul was called upon to pay, and it was beyond the
power of the Invisible Helpers.
Male, born October 25, 1862, at 5:20 A.M.
We will use here the horoscope of a man with Libra on the Ascendant
and cardinal signs on all the angles. The planet of obstruction, Saturn, is
exalted in Libra, and is placed in the twelfth house. Saturn is in opposition
to Mars and Neptune. Mars and Neptune are in conjunction and parallel with
each other. We have here three malefic planets, one in the 12th house, ruling
hospitals, and two in the 6th house, the house of sickness. The twelfth and
the sixth houses are very dangerous positions for planets afflicting each
other by opposition.
Saturn in Libra, when afflicted, causes obstruction of the renal
secretions, and lack of these secretions disturbs the chemical laboratory of
the kidneys. Poisons are thrown off by the blood after it passes through
the renal arteries to the kidneys, where it is purified and undergoes a
thorough filtering process, leaving its poisons such as urea, phosphoric
acid, sulphuric acid, potash, lime, and other refuse matter which it has
taken from the food.
If the kidneys are healthy, these organs receive enough water from
the flood to dissolve these poisonous secretions, which are then washed out
from the kidneys as urine. But in a case such as we have for our
diagnosis, where Saturn is afflicted in Libra, this washing out is not
fully accomplished. The kidneys retain some of these poisonous secretions,
which become hardened mineral matter. In course of time a hardening process
develops and the kidneys refuse to function properly. The result is that
the —
Birth Chart No. 5B
— blood is not purified, and this mineral matter is lodged in the blood
vessels, which become clogged, and the circulation becomes impaired.
The eyes are closely allied with the kidneys, and when the latter
organs are sluggish and filled with mineral matter, the eyesight becomes
impaired.
People with Mars in Aries have a desire to drink much liquid, as in
the case of this man, who was afflicted with an unquenchable thirst. As
the kidneys were not able to extract the excess water from the blood, this
liquid, which was not eliminated through the skin, remained in the blood,
and in time the man suffered from palpitation of the heart and dropsy. his
case was diagnosed by the doctors as heart disease. People suffering with
this affliction have very scanty and very highly colored urine.
If a case of this kind is taken in time, the kidneys can be flushed
and the poisons eliminated by a proper diet. String beans, carrots,
asparagus, and tomatoes are most helpful in stimulating the kidneys and
assisting in the elimination of water. Onions are astringents, and where
there is an excess of urine, the onion will regulate it. Therefore it is
very necessary that the vegetables be properly chosen to work against and not
with the disease.
"We shape, ourselves, the joy or fear
Of which the coming life is made,
And fill our Futures' atmosphere
With sunshine or with shade.
We weave with colors all our own
The tissues of the Life to be,
And in the field of Destiny
We reap as we have sown.
"Still shall the soul around it call
The shadows which it gathered here,
And, painted on the eternal wall,
The past shall reappear.
Think ye the notes of holy song
On Milton's tuneful ear have died?
Think ye that Raphael's angel throng
Has vanished from his side?
On, no! we live our life again;
Or warmly touched, or coldly dim,
The pictures of the past remain —
Man's work shall follow him!" — Whittier.
Well may we say of the soul whose destiny we read through this
mystic scroll that his work in the past followed him. He hewed a path for
himself, and chose one that was rough and rocky. His was the path of a
leader of men, for he had the sign of Leo on the Ascendant, with the Moon in
conjunction with Mars and the Ascendant and sextile to the ruler, the Sun. He
also —
Birth Chart No. 5C
— had fixed signs on the four angles and five planets therein. This is
the sign of a strong soul, a man who will never lean on anyone, but who will
be a doer, a lifter; as such he spent his life. This was a man who carried
his cross willingly and who bore the stripes of the cruelties of the
world uncomplainingly. One with such signs on the angles and with the
planets as strongly placed as in this horoscope and afflicting one another
surely finds his life full of lessons, and many responsibilities are placed
upon him.
In his home he was most unhappy, as we see from Mercury in
conjunction with the Dragon's Tail in Scorpio in the 4th house. This
indicates that the wife was a nagger and a scold. Mercury in Scorpio shows
that the wife would never permit the husband to have a moment's peace. Then
we find Saturn in Cancer. Cancer is the natural fourth house sign. Saturn
is square to Venus, again indicating a masterful and discordant marriage
partner. With Jupiter in the seventh house, in opposition to the Moon and
mars and square to Uranus, marriage and partnership are shown to be
accompanied by many trials and much opposition.
In spite of all this we find that this man achieved quite a fortune,
did a big work, and made many friends. He was a leader in Masonry, where he
did many kind acts, helping the widow and orphan generously with his money.
He was deeply interested in prison work and also in esoteric studies. Neptune
in Pisces, sextile to Uranus, shows his interest in esotericism, but both
these planets are retrograde, which brought him all kinds of restrictions. He
was never free to follow his higher ideals.
With his many crosses, hard work, and disappointments he developed
heart trouble of a very serious nature, and for years he used heart
stimulants so as to keep at his work. He never allowed his physical
sufferings to interfere with his business, however, which was of a very
responsible nature, with many branches scattered over a large pat of
America; also he had many men under him. With leakage of the valves of the
heart and in spite of the resulting suffering he lived to the ripe old age of
seventy years. We may see from this that the will can be used to overcome
and that man is truly the master of his fate. Had this man had Virgo on
the Ascendant or some other sign less strong than Leo, together with the
afflictions from fixed signs, he would have become a confirmed invalid or
have passed out as a young man. Hence we may see that "the wise man rules his
stars; the fool is ruled by them."
Our first concern when diagnosing this horoscope is to ascertain the
mental caliber of the patient. Jupiter placed in the house of the higher
mind and Mars near the cusp of the house of the lower mind are in
opposition, also square to the Sun and Mercury, a fact which stamps the native
as a pessimist of an irritable nature. This is accentuated by the
opposition of mercury to Neptune, the lower mind being out of tune with all
spiritual concepts. Saturn square Venus prevents the native from seeing the
beauty of life. As these adverse testimonies are only counterbalanced by
the Moon sextile Mercury and the Sun, and trine Neptune, we may conclude
that this person is in a sad state and needs all the help and cheer it is
possible to bring him. We are afraid that even the best efforts will
avail little against such a barrier of pessimism as he has built around
himself.
Regarding the disease to which he is subject, the cold hand of Saturn
in Leo shows us the obstructed heart action, and the consequent sluggish
circulation is designated by the square of Saturn to Venus and the square of
the Sun and Mercury to Jupiter, for Jupiter and Venus govern the arterial
and venous circulations respectively. Uranus sextile Saturn produces a
spasmodic action felt as a fluttering of the heart; and being posited in
Gemini he also imparts a spasmodic motion to the lungs, making it at times
difficult for the patient to breathe, though the condition is not so well
defined as in asthma. The affliction of the Sun and Mercury in
Virgo —
Birth Chart No. 5D
— opposition Neptune indicates intestinal trouble. The affliction of the
Sun and Mercury by Jupiter and Mars from the houses of travel, also the
opposition of the last named planets, show a predisposition to accidents,
especially when on a journey. With this phase of the indications we are
not, however, concerned at the present time.
We may bend our efforts to accelerate the action of the heart and
promote impaired digestion in order to give the person relief and a brighter
outlook upon life. As Saturn controls the pneumogastric nerve, his presence
in Leo shows us that this is the principal set of the trouble, for his nerve
inhibits the heart action and acts also upon other vital organs. It is
difficult to reach this nerve in an efficient manner when we are clothed in
our dense bodies. But the conscientious Rosicrucian health adjuster has
other means at his disposal, for his Obligation to himself taken before the
Elder Brothers enables him to work upon his patients during the hours when his
body is sleeping. And he is taught how he may materialize fingers inside
the body of the ailing and thus give the needed help to remove obstructions,
growths, etc.; yes, even to adjust displaced bones. We receive many letters
at Headquarters from patients who sense the presence of the Invisible Helpers
and the withdrawal of hands from their bodies at the moment when they awake.
The best method to treat such a case as this would be for the healer
to thoroughly impress upon his or her mind where the seat of the malady is
to be found, physiologically and astrologically. Then after retrospection
in the evening say, "Now, I will go to help my patient under the direction
of the Elder Brothers," letting that be the last waking thought.
The healer best fitted to take charge of this case would be one
whose rising sign is in harmony with Libra. Aquarius would be the first
choice and Gemini the second. It is further required that he or she should
not have Saturn in Libra or Pisces.
Here we have a horoscope with the energetic, active, and aggressive
sign of Scorpio on the Ascendant, with the life ruler, Mars, in the 1st
house within orb of the Ascendant and in its own sign, where a planet has
the greatest power either for good or evil. In the case of this woman this
martial energy is dissipated and not kept under control, for the planet Mars
is in opposition to the erratic and impulsive Uranus which is posited in
the 7th house in the fixed sign of Taurus where it is in its fall and
therefore apt to show its evil side. The combined influence of Mars and
Uranus, both being planets of impulse, acts like a fire fanned by the wind
which has got beyond control.
We find the water Moon near the Midheaven in the hot, fiery, and
fixed sign of Leo, and this planet is in square aspect to both the above
planets of impulse. Fire in contact with water generates steam. This
affliction of the planets of fire to the watery and emotional Moon has a
similar effect upon the mind of this woman. Mars in Scorpio afflicted and on
the Ascendant —
Birth Chart No. 5E
— gives an uncontrolled temper, showing a woman who would fly into a rage
at the least provocation and this anger is apt to be directed toward the
marriage partner. If we place a kettle of water on a fire which is kept
fanned into a red heat, in time the water boils down, the bottom of the
kettle becomes dry and burns out. In this state we find this woman. For
years she has created such a nervous and emotional environment about her in
her home that the poor heart has been burned and scorched, for the Moon
afflicted in Leo indicates that the heart has been under a great strain. The
result is that in the year 1916 when the progressed Moon reached the
conjunction of the radical Mars in the 1st house and later the opposition of
Uranus in the 7th house (indicating the husband), domestic relations reached
a critical point. With the progressed Venus, Mercury, Sun, and Moon all
transiting the 1st house and in the martial sign of Scorpio, the resulting
fiery emotions were too much for the body, and the poor woman lost all
control of herself. She wanted to cry all the time, she could not digest her
food, and would often swoon away with heart trouble.
There is, however, another cause for this physical break. We find a
wonderfully strong and well fortified Neptune in its own sign of Pisces
in the esoteric 4th house, in sextile to Jupiter and Uranus and trine to
Mars. These aspects, especially the sextile between the two esoteric
planets, Neptune and Uranus, ordinarily give a strong desire for development
along mystical lines and would cause one to develop rapidly. But Neptune is
making a square to Saturn, and Uranus is square to the Moon. Evil aspects
between planets as well as good will bring development but the development is
of a different nature.
As we have often stated in our lessons, anger and evil emotions are
much more injurious to a person who is endeavoring to live the higher life
than if he were content to drift and be of the earth earthy. Each time that
this woman gave way to her anger she set in motion a counter-clockwise
vibration, a fire that burned up the spiritual life that had been awakened,
and the poor body could not stand the strain. She cannot long continue
placing this strain upon the heart, for with the squares and opposition of
Mars, Moon, and Uranus from angles and fixed signs, the heart will not be
able to stand the strain and death may be very sudden.
In the diagnosis of disease by the science of the stars it is
sometimes most difficult to know in what direction the afflictions may work.
For instance, we have so often written of the sinister effects of Saturn in
Cancer, the sign which has rule over the stomach. When he afflicts in
this sign he robs the stomach of its gastric juice, which is necessary for
the digestion of the food. Saturn in this place has also a tendency to create
a desire for unhealthful foods and leads to the excessive use of cream, sugar,
desserts, etc. But in this lesson and the next we will endeavor to show how
Saturn when placed in the opposite sign, Capricorn — in which Saturn is at
home and where his influence is much more subtle and malevolent than when he
is in the sign of Cancer — has similar effects.
We will use two horoscopes by which we will show the effects of Saturn
in Capricorn whereby diseases are produced of vastly different natures.
We will first use horoscope 6A, which is that of a man born February 19,
1902, 3:00 P.M.
We find Saturn in 23-21 of Capricorn in the 6th house which has rule
over the health. Saturn is in opposition to the Moon. This last named planet
is in its own sign of Cancer, the sign ruling the stomach. The Moon is also
in opposition to Jupiter. When Jupiter has any connection with signs
or —
Birth Chart No. 6A
— planets which rule the appetite, he creates a desire for food in large
quantities. Whatever Jupiter does must be on a big scale; with the Moon and
Jupiter in opposition we may look for the gourmand.
With Saturn afflicted in Capricorn the gastric juice of the stomach
is sluggish, and we may expect trouble in the digestion of the food.
If the stomach is filled with an excess of rich food, the man will
receive nourishment from only that part which the stomach can digest. The
blood is carried to the lungs to be oxygenated. Oxygenation is to the body
what the draft is to the stove. If we shut off the draft, we smother and
kill the fire, and so it is in the body. If man stops breathing, he dies.
In shallow breathing the lungs are not able to supply sufficient oxygen for
warmth and energy, and they do not exhale all the carbon dioxide.
In this horoscope we find Neptune in Gemini. Gemini has rule over
the lungs. Neptune is on the cusp of the 12th house in opposition to Uranus
in the 5th house in Sagittarius. Uranus and Neptune when afflicted indicate
a nervous, cramping, spasmodic action. Neptune here indicates that the
capillaries of the lungs were incapable of taking the amount of oxygen
necessary to oxygenate the blood. Consequently the carbon dioxide formed
faster than the lungs were able to exhale it. The result was that poison was
stored up in the system. The nerve cells became weak and sluggish, and
little by little the body became lowered in resistive power; the weakest
organ was then unable to keep up with its work. The bellows of the body,
the lungs, in the case of this man were unable to inhale enough air to burn up
the poisons. The result was the lungs became diseased and tuberculosis set
in.
People with planets afflicted in common signs are frequently
susceptible to tuberculosis. With the Sun and Mars in conjunction in Pisces,
and with Uranus in Sagittarius in opposition to Neptune in Gemini — Pisces,
Sagittarius, and Gemini being common signs — the lungs as a consequence
attracted the impurities. hence we can see that Saturn in either Cancer or
Capricorn may be the direct cause of disease which expresses itself in another
sign.
Three years ago this man began to suffer with stomach trouble, which
has now been followed by tuberculosis of the lungs, a disease which had its
beginning in wrong eating. It can at this stage be cured by a very carefully
chosen diet of raw vegetables and fruits and very little protein.
We will in our next lesson take up Horoscope 6B, which has Saturn in
Capricorn, but which has its outcome in a quite different disease.
Horoscope 6B is that of a man born February 26, 1871, 4 P.M.
This will be a continuation of the lesson on the effect of Saturn in
Capricorn, showing how this planet may express its evil side through the
planet which it aspects adversely.
We find Saturn, the planet of obstruction, in the sign of Capricorn,
a cardinal sign. Signs of the like nature, especially the cardinal signs,
have an affinity for one another and respond to afflictions more readily on
that account. In this horoscope Saturn is in Capricorn, square to Mars in
Libra, both cardinal signs. Libra rules the kidneys and the little ducts
leading from the kidneys to the bladder, the ureters. Where we find Mars
afflicted we may look for heat and excessive action. Saturn in Capricorn
gives tendencies similar to those which he gives in Cancer — perverted
tastes, desire for strange and unnatural foods, and a liking for sugar,
pastries, etc.
Saturn in Capricorn also obstructs the flow of the gastric juices in
the stomach, hence we can see why people with an afflicted Saturn in tropic
or cardinal signs, namely, Capricorn or Cancer, are often afflicted with
indigestion, rheumatism, uric acid deposits, etc. When we find the
inflammatory Mars in the cardinal sign of Libra, square to Saturn in
Capricorn, we may expect that the poisonous elements which are left
undigested to ferment in the stomach will lodge in the kidneys, creating
highly acid urine, which causes inflammation in the kidneys and ureters.
Birth Chart No. 6B
In this horoscope we find the Moon in Gemini, square to the Sun in
Pisces. Gemini and Pisces, being common signs, here obstruct the oxygenation
of the blood and interfere with its purification, hence more impurities are
sent to the kidneys from this source. Thus we may see the similarity of
causes in this horoscope and horoscope 6A, although the results are not the
same.
This man should be placed on a milk diet for several weeks, and after
the kidneys have been purified by this system of flushing, he should
eliminate all highly seasoned and most starchy foods from his diet.
We find that this girl has a very bright mind, with Mercury, the
mental planet in sextile aspect to the quick-witted and active planets, Mars
and Uranus, in the sign of Capricorn which gives stability and balance,
bringing the saturnine influence to bear upon the impulse and quick wit of
the last two planets. Mercury is also making a trine to the Moon which is in
its own sign of Cancer. But we find much that is dangerous in this active
mentality should the parents allow this child to take up the dangerous fads of
mystic writing such as the planchette, ouija board, etc. Saturn in the sign
of the head, Aries, in square aspect to the mystical planet Neptune, Neptune
being in conjunction with the Moon, and the Moon in opposition to Uranus and
mars from the 12th to the 6th house, show that some time in life, if the
parents are not careful this girl may suffer through insanity or spirit
obsession.
Birth Chart No. 6C
This horoscope has another affliction which makes it a very
interesting figure for diagnosis. The Moon is in the sign of Cancer, the
stomach, in opposition to the inflammatory Mars and the nervous and
contracting Uranus which has a tendency to disturb digestion and create gas
in the stomach, also inflammation of the mucous membrane. Uranus is airy,
the Moon watery, Mars fiery. In order to illustrate the effect of these
three planets upon one another, we kindle a fire, allow a strong breeze to
blow upon it, and after it is in full blaze pour water upon it; this will
describe to a certain extent the effect of these three planets when acting
upon the stomach. Every bit of food that was taken into the stomach created
a disturbance. This child rarely tasted food without having great distress,
nausea, and vomiting; nothing could be retained in the stomach. She was
afflicted in this manner even from birth. At the age of eight years she
was operated upon by the doctors, who diagnosed her trouble as being in
the cardiac orifice, saying that this was too small. But the patient
received no relief from this operation.
If the physician could only have reasoned that the vomiting and
disturbance when food was in the stomach could not have been caused by a
defect in the entrance of the stomach but by another cause deeper down in the
organ! Astrology tells us that Saturn in square to Neptune indicates
malformation, undersize. if these two planets had been in the first pat of
the sign of Cancer or the last degrees of Gemini, it would have indicated
the cardiac orifice, but we find that the Moon is in 22 degrees of Cancer,
showing that it was nearer the lower part of the organ. Mars and Uranus
indicate involuntary muscular action. Mars, when afflicting the Moon, shows
nausea, and Uranus, when afflicting the Moon, causes contraction. Thus we
see indications that there were involuntary muscular action and
contraction which caused nausea. But why should the food be thrown back out
of the stomach? as the child could retain nothing. We find an undersized
pylorus, an undersized outlet. After the food was in the stomach it could not
be passed into the intestines in the proper manner, and there being also
insufficient mucous membrane, there was faulty digestion. Naturally
vomiting would be the result.
In such a case it would have been difficult to cure this young
woman without an operation, but instead of operating upon the cardiac orifice,
the doctors should have observed the pylorus and watched the action in this
part of the stomach.
A number of operations have been performed in the abdominal region
of this patient, and she has gone from one doctor to another until now she is
a physical and mental wreck.
When we trace these effects back to their primal cause, we come to
Saturn in Cancer, the sign which rules the stomach. It is our experience that
most people who have Saturn in this position are mincers and peculiar in
their choice of food. Saturn in this horoscope is square to Jupiter, the
planet of self-indulgence, and to Uranus, the planet of spasmodic and
irregular action. Thus Saturn causes this person to indulge unduly her
desire for good things to eat.
Uranus and Jupiter in the sign Libra, which rules the kidneys, square
to Saturn, the planet of obstruction, show that after the system has
been filled with food which it cannot assimilate, the kidneys are unable
to eliminate the waste products. Thus there is a general clogging of the
system with toxins and poisons of all kinds. Then the hot and fiery
Mars placed in Virgo, the sign ruling the intestines, lights the fire of
inflammation in order to cleanse the system. As the native's will power is
not particularly strong on account of the weak sign Sagittarius rising, she
is easily persuaded to undergo operations rather than undertake a reform in
her ways of living which would bring about an amelioration of her condition
even at this late hour.
If is very sad to say that this is the case with a great many
people. They are sometimes ready to admit being gluttons when the fact is
shown —
Birth Chart No. 6D
— them, but in most cases they think they are models of self-control as far
as the appetite is concerned even when they admit that they are eating
the wrong food. We have had a number of cases, however, where they
admitted this but claimed absolute inability to overcome the fault and curb
their appetite. The person whose horoscope we are considering was not
exception to the general rule, and therefore all our efforts to aid her were
in vain. She would not even expend the energy necessary to keep up the weekly
letters required of patients. In such cases there is of course nothing to do
but to leave the patient to his own resources until he learns his lesson — if
not in this life, then in some other one.
The horoscope which we will use here is a flat figure. The hour of
birth is not known, but in astro-diagnosis it is not necessary that we have
the hour of birth unless we are looking for a crisis. We must then take
into consideration the exact degree of the progressed Moon and its aspects,
also the transiting planets; but the natural tendencies as to temperament
and morals, also the organic weaknesses are shown by the radical planets,
which give the astrologer they key to the health of the native, although if
one has the rising sign to show the will and the strength it is a help.
Certain signs such as Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, and Aquarius will
overcome and fight off a disease where most of the feminine signs,
especially Taurus and Virgo have not the will power to rise above physical
conditions. Of the common signs the sign of Gemini is the best able to
control physical ailments.
In this horoscope we find the Sun, the life-giver, in the common
and negative sign of Pisces. The Sun is afflicted by an opposition and
parallel of the destructive Saturn. Here we have at the beginning an
indication of low vitality. Jupiter, the ruler of Pisces and having
rule over the —
Birth Chart No. 7A
— arterial blood is in its own sign in conjunction with the Sun and in
opposition to Saturn. This opposition tends to lower the vitality, for if
the blood stream is stagnant, the entire body must suffer. We find Venus,
the planet having rule over the venous blood, in its own home in Taurus
where this planet is strong. Venus is afflicted by the opposition and
parallel of Uranus. This will increase the ill effects of Jupiter and the Sun
afflicted by Saturn. With the afflicting influence of Saturn from Virgo,
the sign which has rule over the small intestines, we may expect impaired
assimilation of food.
We find the Moon in opposition and parallel to Jupiter and square
to Mars. These aspects coupled with Venus in Taurus in opposition to Uranus
in Scorpio would indicate that sensual pleasures have ruled this young man
and that his health was quickly shattered. Uranus in Scorpio in opposition
to Venus indicates indiscretion regarding the sacred generative function,
and at the age of sixteen when the progressed Moon had reached the
conjunction of Venus and the opposition of Uranus, he contracted the dread
disease of syphilis. Although later seemingly cured, yet the powerful
compounds such as those of mercury and the various remedies used by medical
science to combat this disease left their destructive influence in the blood,
and tuberculosis of the kidneys set in. This is shown by the Moon in the
sign of Libra, ruling the kidneys, square to Mars, in opposition and
parallel to Jupiter, and in opposition to Mercury.
This young man entered the medical profession. Later he was operated
on and had one of his kidneys removed, which was found to be hollow. The
doctors diagnosed his condition as tuberculosis of the kidneys.
He passed out at the age of twenty-eight. When he reached that year,
we note that the progressed Moon had finished its cycle and had again
reached its place at birth in Libra, and the progressed Jupiter had reached
the opposition to the radical and progressed Moon. The time when the Moon
has made the circle of the whole horoscope and reached its place at birth is
a critical time, and frequently when the Moon is afflicted in the radical
figure, this is a time of illness and one in which the native is faced
with many trials.
This horoscope has the fixed sign of Aquarius on the Ascendant, with
the Sun in the fixed sing of Taurus and in conjunction with Venus and
Mercury. The Sun is also sextile to Mars. Jupiter, the planet of opulence
and benevolence, is in the 10th house in its own sign of Sagittarius. These
positions and aspects of the Sun and Jupiter indicate one who is a great
lover of humanity, a man who is very generous financially and very ready to go
out of his way for others, even sacrificing his own comfort if he finds
anyone whom he can relieve of suffering or shield from harm. But we find
Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, and Saturn all retrograde. This indicates that the
man will find difficulty in realizing his ideals and in doing as much good
as his heart dictates, for retrograde planets indicate latent talents,
possibilities, and opportunities.
Ability for earning money is very marked. This man is also a
liberal spender, having Venus in its own sign, and house — Taurus and the
second house — in conjunction with the Sun and sextile to Mars. Whatever he
does must be done on a large and generous scale. He is a good entertainer
also and a good liver, for the Sun, Venus, and Mercury in Taurus, sextile to
Mars in Cancer, and Taurus ruling the palate, give a desire for good things
to eat and plenty of them. Likewise does Mars in Cancer, sextile to Venus
and the Sun, desire rich, highly seasoned foods and in large quantities.
With Mars in the 5th house this man loves to share with his friends.
But while this generosity may have been good for others and he has made
people —
Birth Chart No. 7B
— happy by tickling their palates, the result has been disastrous to
himself. His health could not withstand the onslaughts made upon the body
by high living.
To find in what part of the body the damage done by excess of
food will show, we look for the strongest afflictions. We find Mars in
Cancer, ruling the stomach, square to the Moon and Saturn, which are in the
sign of Libra, Libra having rule over the kidneys. We also find Saturn in
conjunction with and parallel to the Moon. The Moon rules the white fluids
of the body and the lymph. Saturn being the afflicter would as a result
resist the free flow of these fluids. As Jupiter, the planet ruling the
arterial blood, is in its own sign of Sagittarius, near the Midheaven, in
opposition to the nervous, excitable, and spasmodic Uranus in the Mercurial
sign of Gemini, and as Mars is parallel to both Jupiter and Uranus, we find
an obstructed arterial circulation with the lymphatic circulation also
impaired.
When the man is continually breaking the laws of health by excessive
eating, we may expect that the break must come some time. In 1906 while
the progressed Sun was in conjunction with the radical Uranus in Gemini and
the progressed Moon was making a square to Mars and an opposition to both
the Moon and Saturn radical, this man was taken down with a severe attack
of pneumonia. In 1907 the progressed Sun reached the opposition to the
radical Jupiter. This was followed in 1912 by the progressed Moon in
conjunction with the radical Mars in Cancer. During that same year the
progressed Moon afflicted by square its own place at birth and the radical
Saturn, both in Libra. This brought on a severe attack of kidney trouble
and constriction in the ureters, which interfered with the waste water
passing from the kidneys to the bladder.
At the age of thirteen, when the progressed Moon had reached the sign
of Aries, and during its transit through this sign, it came to a
conjunction with the radical Neptune, an opposition to the radical Moon and
Saturn, a square to Mars, and a conjunction with the Dragon's Tail. This
brought on trouble with the ears and continual headaches and earaches. When
the Moon reached the conjunction with the radical Mercury and the
retrograde progressed Venus in Taurus, inflammation of the mastoid cells
developed. The doctors operated on the mastoid bone twice, draining the
pus which had formed in the mastoid cavity. These operations left the
patient with a chronic headache and impaired nerves.
If this man had been taught that he should eat to live instead of
living to eat he might have been saved much suffering.
Judging the mind first as usual, we find that Mercury is in
conjunction with Venus and trine to the Moon and Jupiter in fiery signs.
Thus all the three significators of mind may be said to be in trine.
Jupiter is in a measure concerned in the mental makeup because he is ruler
of the ninth sign, Sagittarius, and from him come the benevolent
impulses which are gradually lifting humanity from savagery through
civilization to sainthood.
It is at once apparent that we have here a person of unusually fine
mentality. Even the conjunction of Saturn with the Moon is very
beneficial, for as we have often said before, the nature of Saturn is
obstruction, and when he lays his restraining hand upon Mercury or the
Moon, it helps to steady the flighty mind and gives power of concentration.
At the same time, of course, there is a tendency to melancholy connected with
any of the aspects of Saturn to the significators of mind. Therefore it may
be said that those who have the greatest and deepest minds are usually of a
sad disposition.
This woman is not of a deliberative nature, however. She does not
moan her days away over the sorrows and sufferings of the world for there
are cardinal signs upon the angles and Mars is conjunction Uranus in the
first house. This gives here a very impulsive and restless nature. She has
the mind to see where reforms are needed, but the nature of her effort to
carry out these reforms depends upon her station in life, with which we are
not acquainted. If she had been born into a broad environment where
wealth, —
Birth Chart No. 7C
— position, and influence were at her command, she would have been a
powerful factor, felt in a wide sphere; but if she was born in a financially
cramped environment, she would be correspondingly hampered by its
circumstances. However, no matter where she is her influence is bound to be
felt, and she will endeavor to revolutionize things with the inevitable
result that she will wear herself out in her efforts for improvement.
As a chain always breaks at the point where the weakest link is found,
so it is also with the human life. Uranus, the planet of spasmodic,
uncontrolled action is in opposition to Mercury, the planet which governs
the cerebro-spinal system, showing that there will be a nervous breakdown
whenever great strain is put upon the body. Saturn, the planet of
obstruction, is in conjunction with the Moon in the sign that governs the
heart, Leo, and it is square to the Sun, ruler of Leo. Thus it is evident
that the heart action is very poor and there is an inability to specialize
the vital force from the Sun, also a poor circulation. In fact, the chart
shows the possibility of a condition which can only be described as a
general breakdown from overwork and nervous tension, affecting every organ
in the body, for Uranus and Mars in Libra will interfere with the action of
the kidneys, the Sun afflicted in Taurus will act upon the throat, and the
rectal elimination, governed by Scorpio, will be interfered with. This
condition has finally materialized.
It is almost needless to say that in such a case as this, absolute
rest, mental and physical, is necessary, preferably on a diet of fruits, for
it is very detrimental to force food into a system that is in such a shape as
this one. An Aquarian nurse whose Saturn is not in Libra or Pisces would
have a quieting and beneficial influence. But even though relief is given
and a cure effected, persons with this nature and temperament are bound to
work themselves to death some time sooner or later. Nothing that one can say
or do to educate them to the fact that they should take things quietly in
order that they may last will have any effect, for the spasmodic urge of
Uranus and the dynamic energy of Mars on the Ascendant will outweigh any
consideration because there are cardinal signs on the angles. This woman is
bound to work even if she knew that she would drop dead the next minute.
There is no doubt, however, that she is bound to benefit very much in soul
growth even if the body is destroyed in the process.
In this horoscope Saturn is in conjunction with Mars and Venus.
Neptune is in opposition to all three, and the Moon is square Saturn and
Venus. Mars, the planet of impulse, causes the native to see red on the
slightest provocation, and were he left alone there would be absolutely no
chance of restraining him save by putting him in a straight-jacket,
particularly as the Sun is square Uranus, which would intensify the
impulsiveness and obliterate reason. But the saturnine ray is
sufficiently effectual to wet-blanket most of the erratic tendencies for he
is in the sign of his exaltation, Libra, and highly elevated.
Mercury in conjunction with Jupiter, both elevated and in trine
to Uranus, shows us that there is a wholesome, kindly, and religious side
to the mind. From Mars comes the readiness to take offense even where no
reasonable ground for it exists; Saturn will cause the native to brood over
injuries whether they be real or fancied; but Jupiter will endeavor to instill
charity and judgment. It is apparent, however, that the forces which tend
to accentuate the evil side of the nature are the strongest and that it is a
hard and uphill fight for the higher nature.
Saturn in the first part of Libra, the sign ruling the kidneys, acts
in such a manner that the secretion of urine is obstructed. Mars there
causes inflammation. The conjunction of Saturn with Venus, the latter
governing the venous circulation, reveals the fact that the branch of the
portal system which conducts the blood from the kidneys is obstructed, and
the square —
Birth Chart No. 7D
— of Saturn to the Moon diminishes the amount of urine secreted. Neptune
in opposition to Saturn shows clearly a mental cause, irritability and
worry, interfering with nerve action. Thus renal calculi are formed, and
the person is subject to one of the most painful maladies imaginable.
To help a person of this nature we must invoke the aid of Jupiter
and Mercury trine Uranus. Mars is the great energizer that impels to
action, but Saturn in conjunction puts a damper on him, and the native becomes
indolent, averse to the exercise generally enjoyed by the Sagittarians. We
must therefore wake the native up to the urgent necessity for exercise and
plenty of it. The Moon in Capricorn acts in the opposite sign, Cancer,
ruling the stomach, and because it squares Saturn in Libra, the sign of the
kidneys, it interferes with the secretion of urine. Hence the necessity for
the regulation of the diet. Nothing of an irritating or unduly stimulating
nature should be eaten.
The best healer for this person would be one who has Leo rising, as
that is in harmony with Sagittarius. Aries is second choice for the reason
that an Arian may be too rough and arouse antagonism without so intending.
Neither should have Saturn in Sagittarius or Taurus, these being on the
cusps of the patient's first and sixth houses respectively.
In judging the case presented in this horoscope our first care, as
usual, is to find out what sort of mental quality this person has, for
always we must remember that the mind is the maker of the body. Therefore
the wisest doctors now use harmless pills and helpful suggestions.
Mercury and the Moon, the two particular significators in respect
to mind, are in opposition. The Moon is also in opposition to the Sun,
Jupiter, and Uranus. Mars is square to the Sun, Moon, Jupiter, Mercury,
and Uranus. Thus the person is extremely erratic, vacillating, and torn
between different purposes. There is only one redeeming feature, namely,
Saturn trine the Moon and sextile Jupiter. Were it not for these aspects,
which steady the mind, the native would likely have gone insane. Take now in
conjunction with the foregoing remarks the fact that four common signs are
on the angles and you will understand that she is extremely difficult to
handle mentally. She is one of those unfortunate weaklings afflicted with a
wishbone instead of a backbone. The Sun square Mars makes her impulsive,
also the adverse aspects from cardinal signs give a certain surplus energy
which manifests as impulse. But she lacks the persistence to carry out her
impetuous designs.
The affliction of Jupiter indicates faulty circulation, and naturally
we judge the presence of Saturn in Aquarius as an indication of obstruction
in that place, for the diseases to which the human body is heir are found
in the weakest spot, and Saturn usually marks this. Aquarius governs the
lower —
Birth Chart No. 7E
— limbs, and the presence of Saturn there shows us that the obstruction of
the circulation is at work in that region. Moreover, Mars has progressed to
the conjunction of Saturn in Aquarius, and both are in the twelfth house,
the house which indicates confinement. Therefore we may judge that the
person is afflicted with a severe case of impeded circulation, and it is no
surprise to learn that her legs are numb and cold, that she cannot use
them properly, and that she is confined to her bed on that account.
The Moon in Libra, which rules the kidneys, and her opposition to
Jupiter shows that the renal circulation is out of order, and the presence
of so many planets in Aries, which governs the head, is a sure indication
that there is a riot of conflicting forces there. Thus because of the
afflictions of these planets we have a case of sleeplessness, extreme
nervousness, and the irritability given by Uranus. The blood runs riot in the
upper part of the body, and there is too little in the lower.
As the native is well along in years there is not much to build
upon, but an effort should nevertheless be made to stimulate the kidneys. The
secretion of urine is often totally stopped by the opposition of Uranus,
Mercury, and Jupiter to the Moon in Libra. This leaves deposits of poison
in the system, and as long as these are not eliminated the person will
be weighted down by a heavy and sluggish feeling which makes the body seem
as if it were made of lead. Great care should be taken to soothe and calm
this woman as every bit of anger or irritability makes elimination more
difficult and causes more poison to collect in the system. A healer who has
Scorpio rising and who does not have Saturn in Aquarius, Pisces, or Leo would
have a beneficial effect.
When we note that the Moon and Mercury, which are significators of
the mind, are squaring each other from fixed signs, it is at once evident
that this patient will be rather set in her opinions and on that account
difficult to handle. A person with Leo or Aries rising whose Saturn is not
in Gemini would probably have the best success in making her obey orders.
Saturn, the planet of obstruction, in Cancer, the sign which rules the
stomach, shows that the digestion is poor, and his square to the Sun,
Jupiter, and Venus placed in the sign Libra, which rules the kidneys,
indicates that there is difficulty in the removal of the waste material
through these organs. The Sun being close to the cusp of Scorpio, the sign
which rules the rectum, further accentuates the trouble of elimination,
showing that the person is subject to constipation.
It should be noted that when the significator of bladder trouble is
in the fore part of the sign Libra, the difficulty will usually be found in
the kidneys themselves, but if in the latter part of Libra, the bladder will
be affected. Thus, following out this line of judgment we may know that as
of the Sun is in 28 degrees of Libra, the trouble will be found more in
the bladder than in the kidneys. The square of the Moon to Mercury in
Scorpio shows that there is nervous trouble in the rectal region.
Altogether the various signs and aspects which we have enumerated show that
this person is suffering from constipation and bladder trouble.
Birth Chart No. 7F
This is not all. We find Mars, the planet of surgery, conjunction
Antares. When one of the malefics is placed near the nebulous spot Antares,
Sagittarius 8, and either of the lights are afflicted, trouble with the eyes
is quite certain to result. In this horoscope both the Sun and Moon are
afflicted, one by a square of Saturn, the other by a square of Mercury. We
may therefore judge that this woman will have trouble with her eyes, and as
Mars is placed in the twelfth house, which rules confinement in hospitals or
kindred places, it is evident that she is facing a grave danger from that
source.
It is also plain from the horoscope that Saturn in Cancer is at the
root of all the trouble by obstructing the digestion, and if we can once
convince the patient that right living is the key to health, it may not be
too late to restore the tone of the system. It will probably be very
difficult to so convince her on account of her fixed mental attitude indicated
by the square of the Moon and Mercury in fixed signs.
A diet of coarse food consisting of whole wheat bread and
vegetables which have a great deal of fiber in them will be necessary to
stimulate the peristaltic action of the bowels. Asparagus and other foods
which act on the kidneys, with plenty of lettuce and spinach, which are
full of iron, will help to tone the system up so that in time elimination
will become normal and then the eyes will grow better.
The patient in this case is suffering from diabetes, a disease in
which the food is turned to sugar in excess of the requirements of the body,
and this product is eliminated in the urine. Here we find Jupiter on the
Ascendant in the sign Libra, which governs the kidneys, conjunction and
parallel Uranus, and square the Sun and Saturn, the latter in the sign Cancer,
which rules the stomach. We also find that the Sun is square the Moon in
Libra, and parallel and opposition Saturn. Thus it is very evident that the
stomach and kidneys are the weakest links in the chain of the body, and
therefore we may look for disease in these organs.
Jupiter afflicted and on the Ascendant denotes one who is too fond
of good things to eat, a glutton. The conjunction with Uranus tells us
that this person is not satisfied with quantity alone but desires her food to
be superfine in quality and to be excessively seasoned. Saturn, the planet
of obstruction, being in Cancer, the sign governing the stomach,
interferes with digestion. Consequently the food cannot be entirely
assimilated, and some of it must be expurgated from the system or it will
cause a clogged and poisoned condition. Jupiter has rule over the liver,
where the sugar usually required in the economy of the body is manufactured
but he is sorely afflicted by a square of Saturn and the Sun. Consequently
this activity is abnormal, and as Jupiter is placed in the sign of the
kidneys, Libra, he allows the sugar to slip out in the urine, thus giving
rise to the symptoms which we diagnose as diabetes. There is also a
throat affliction because —
Birth Chart No. 7G
— Neptune is in Taurus, the sign that governs the throat, afflicting
Venus, the ruler of Taurus.
When we look to the inner causes of this disease in our endeavor to
find a remedy we note that Saturn is elevated and afflicting the Sun and
Jupiter. This makes the person morose and irritable, given to looking upon
the dark side of life and to finding fault with everything and everybody.
The ductless glands are centers of important spiritual activity. An
afflicted Neptune in Taurus and an afflicted Uranus in Libra interfere with
the activities of the thyroid gland and the adrenals.
Before such a person can be really cured she must experience some kind
of a shock or be taken into an entirely new environment and more
cheerful surroundings. A healer with Gemini or Aquarius rising whose Saturn
is not in Pisces would probably have the most beneficial effect.
The horoscope of this woman has the sign of Libra on the Ascendant,
with cardinal signs on the four angles, and Leo intercepted in the 10th
house. These are all signs of strong feeling. The cardinal signs are the
favorites of the universe, for the Sun's entrance into these four signs marks
the four seasons. People with the cardinal signs on the angles feel more
keenly, live more intensely, and as a result suffer more than others.
The ascending sign of our patient is that of Libra, with Jupiter
retrograde on the Ascendant. Jupiter is parallel to the Sun, but its being
retrograde naturally weakens the effects of this planet. We find Jupiter
in the latter degrees of Libra, a Venusian sign, and Venus and the Sun in
the Jupiterian sign of Pisces; usually under such conditions the body taken
on an abundance of flesh after middle life. This woman was of immense
size, weighing over two hundred pounds, which is indicated by the above
positions, also by Jupiter on the Ascendant and Mars in Taurus sextile to
Venus in Pisces. Venus being in the fifth house, this woman found great
pleasure in good things to eat and wanted her food in large quantities.
This naturally caused her to put on much flesh.
Neptune, the planet of mysteries, representing hidden or esoteric things
is in Aries in the 6th house, sextile to the Moon. The 6th house rules
labor and the 10th house the vocation. The Moon is the ruler of the 10th
house, and together with Neptune indicates the vocation which this woman
would choose. It is thus clearly indicated that she was a professional
medium.
Birth Chart No. 7H
She was reported to be a very good one, which is shown by the Moon
sextile to Neptune and trine to Saturn, the 6th, 8th, and 12th houses
being involved. Uranus being trine to Mercury, she would seek reasons for
spiritualistic phenomena, also because Mercury is in the intellectual
sign of Aquarius. Uranus is in the mercurial sign of Gemini, a sign of
intellectuality, and Uranus and Mercury are therefore in mutual reception,
which is conducive to much sympathy between these two planets. What is meant
by "mutual reception" is that these planets have exchanged signs; Uranus is
in Mercury's sign, and Mercury is in the Uranian sign. These two planets as
a result have a strong influence on the life of the native. This woman
conducted classes in spiritualism and gave spiritualistic readings.
We find Venus and the Sun in Pisces in the 5th house, the house of
pleasure. Venus is sextile to Mars and has a weak square to Uranus. This
was clearly expressed in the woman's life, for she lived with a man whom she
introduced as her husband but to whom she had never been married. This man
was represented by the Sun and Venus in Pisces and by Venus sextile to Mars
and in weak square to Uranus. The man was large, red-haired, and fond of
drink. He depended upon this woman entirely for his support, and they both
lived to eat, and to make merry upon the money which she earned as a medium.
This kind of a life may do for a while, but there comes a time when nature
rebels, when the vital organs refuse to stand the strain any longer, as in
this case.
When the progressed Venus reached a conjunction with Mars in Taurus
and the progressed Moon was in Aquarius, making a square to Mars radical and
to Venus progressed, the strain which the woman had placed on her body by
her riotous living found a weak spot in the kidneys, for the chain is only
as strong as its weakest link. Saturn usually shows the spot where the
weakness is apt to show itself. We find in this case Saturn in Libra in
opposition and parallel to Neptune. This woman called upon headquarters when
she was suffering very greatly from diabetes. It was, however, very
difficult for her to follow the diet laid down for her as she was accustomed
to the richest foods, which were taken in large quantities.
We are told in the Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception,(click/touch here), that when
the Ego entered into possession of its vehicles, it became necessary to use
part of the creative force for the building of the brain and the larynx.
The latter was originally a part of the sex organ. The larynx was built
while the dense body was yet bent together in the bag-like shape which is
still the form of the human embryo. As the dense body straightened and became
upright, part of the creative organ remained with the upper part of the dense
body and later became the larynx.
It is always possible to make the lesson stronger by using two
horoscopes. In this case we will begin with the horoscope numbered 8A, which
is that of man born April 22nd, 1881, at 2 P.M.
The common sign of Virgo is on the Ascendant and common signs on all
the angles. In this horoscope we will show the law of the vicious circle,
which the doctors are so interested in and which is so baffling, and how this
law proves the truth of the statement quoted from the Cosmo-Conception.
We have Saturn, the Sun, and Jupiter in conjunction, and Saturn and
Jupiter are parallel to the Moon. Neptune is in conjunction with Venus and
both —
Birth Chart No. 8A
— are square the Moon. All these planets except the Moon are in Taurus,
the sign which has rule over the throat.
We find the planet of impulse, Uranus, retrograde on the Ascendant
in Virgo and in opposition to Mars. These planets are in common signs and
in angles. Thus they are strong by house position but placed in weak-
willed signs. Uranus and Mars give the desire for pleasure and the
gratification of the senses. Mars is sextile to Venus and Neptune in Taurus,
a sign which —
Birth Chart No. 8B
— makes one apt to drift along the same path, Taurus ruling the sense
of taste. Neptune and Venus in Taurus, square to the Moon in Aquarius,
would lead to the habit of drink and also to irregular association with
women friends, for the Moon is the ruler of the house of friends, the 11th.
We find no planets in Scorpio, the sign which rules the generative
organs, but Uranus afflicted by Mars gives a tendency to venereal diseases.
Syphilis was the net result. Therefore we may see that Taurus which rules
the throat and larynx, here expresses itself through the opposite point of
the vicious circle of the fixed signs, namely Scorpio, ruler of the
generative organs. The Moon in Aquarius, the third point of the circle,
is also a contributing factor in the situation.
In the second case we will use a plain figure, as the hour of birth
is lacking. This is the horoscope, numbered 8B, of a woman born November
12th, 1895.
In this figure we find Mercury, Mars, Saturn, the Sun, and Uranus all
in the sign of Scorpio, which has rule over the generative organs, with
Saturn and Mars in conjunction and square to Jupiter. The Sun and Uranus are
also in conjunction with each other and the Sun is parallel to Jupiter.
This woman had her tonsils removed at puberty. The tonsils are ruled
by Taurus. Due to Mars in conjunction with Saturn, and the Sun in
conjunction with Uranus in the sign of Scorpio, she unfortunately yielded to
the vicious practice of abortion, which so weakened the functions of the
generative organs that removal of the ovarian tubes was necessary. Here again
we see the vicious circle of the fixed signs in operation, Taurus and Scorpio
being the points affected.
We may see by comparison of these two horoscopes how the
generative organs and the throat are closely in sympathy with each other
and that abuses of the function of one of them often express themselves
through impaired functioning of the opposite organ.
Female, born November 24, 1909, hour of birth not known.
We will here illustrate how it is possible to diagnose a disease
correctly from a flat figure. It is, however, impossible to predict the
exact time of crises or to judge the strength of the will of the patient,
for those with a common sign on the Ascendant some times become hopeless
invalids if planetary aspects are also weak, while one with fixed signs on
the angles (especially with the vital Sun sign Leo ascending), even if the
planets are weak, will often through the determination and will power of
the fixed signs overcome adverse conditions. The Taurians, however,
although under a fixed sign, sometimes allow fear to throw them into a chronic
condition of ill health which with the fixed and stolid nature of this sign it
is very difficult to overcome.
In this lesson we shall deal largely with the ductless glands, upon
which science has spent so much time, though it has been unable as yet to
arrive at a full understanding of these little organs. We will deal
particularly with the thyroid gland, which is under the rule of Mercury and
in which —
Birth Chart No. 8C
— science is greatly interested, the thyroid glands of goats and monkeys
having been grafted into men to rejuvenate them.
In the above horoscope we find Saturn, the planet of obstruction
and crystallization and ruler of the pneumogastric nerve, in conjunction
with the Moon, which rules the uterus, ovaries, and sympathetic nervous
system. Venus, the planet ruling the sign of Taurus, the throat, also rules
the thymus gland, the organ through which the child receives the parental
blood necessary to build the body. This gland has especially to do with the
development of the reproductive organs. At puberty the thymus gland
atrophies, and its work is then continued by the pituitary body, ruled
by Uranus, which is the higher octave of Venus. In this girl's horoscope
we find the planets Venus and Uranus in conjunction, square to Saturn and
the Moon, and in opposition to the planet Neptune, which has rule over the
pineal gland and which is the higher octave of Mercury. Scientists have
observed that the pineal gland has some connection with the mind. Dr. J. S.
Lankford stated in The New York Medical Journal some time ago that "the
pineal gland, which is at the base of the brain, is a partly glandular and
partly nervous structure, and is known to be the center of all sensation and
emotion; at the same time it rules and directs all the activities of the
whole system of ductless glands and the vegetative nervous system, thereby
governing all the functions of organic life. It also serves as a
communicating center between the brain and the other organs."
Now, where we find the planets which have rule over the nervous
system and the brain in square and opposition, what can we expect but that
abuse of one kind or another will cause bodily disturbance! In the case
of this young girl, whose guardians called upon our Healing Department for
help, she had for some years been afflicted with the secret sex habit, of
which the guardians were unaware until apprised through our diagnosis.
The venous circulation is obstructed by the conjunction of Venus and Uranus.
The latter planet, according to The Message of the Stars(click/touch here), "is
responsible for strange and abnormal growths which produce...freaks of
nature." The thymus gland in this case has an abnormal growth caused by the
conjunction of Venus with Uranus, which created too much blood for the
development of the generative organs in childhood. This in turn created a
disturbance in the parts of the body ruled by this gland.
We are told by the doctors that the pineal gland (under Neptune)
rules and directs all the ductless glands. Max Heindel has been alone in
his claim that Neptune is the higher octave of Mercury, the latter planet
having rule over the thyroid gland. Other astrologers have claimed that
Neptune is the higher octave of Venus. But science corroborates our
contention that the pineal gland has rule over the mentality. The Cosmo-Conception states that this was at first an organ of sensation and
orientation, and that when it began to withdraw into the head, the division
of the sexes began to take place and the brain and larynx were developed.
Dr. Lankford further states that the large amount of sugar consumed
by humanity overdevelops and overstimulates the pineal gland. The truth
of this has been shown in our experience with cases in which Neptune was
afflicted and especially where the afflictions were such that the patient had
to overcome unnatural sex desires. These patients invariably were heavy
sugar eaters. Sugar in excess as well as liquor is a false stimulant and
excites the ductless glands, which when overstimulated are responsible for
sex degeneracy. This young girl by years of abuse had dissipated the vital
fluids that were necessary to help build the brain, and consequently at the
age of eleven she was afflicted with epilepsy, which is a disease caused by
abnormality of one of the ductless glands. The doctors could not find the
cause and wished to remove the tonsils. When there is an abnormal exercise
of the sex function or unexpressed unnatural desires, the throat, and
especially the tonsils and the larynx, are often enlarged and swollen. Oh,
what a pity that all surgeons and the doctors of all schools do not have a
knowledge of diagnosis by the wonderful science of astrology to combine
with their own science!
In order to help a case such as the one under consideration it is
first necessary to remove the cause, which is to help this poor girl overcome
her unnatural desires. The diet must be changed; all highly seasoned food,
condiments, eggs, and especially sugar, must be eliminated, and the
vegetables which contain elements that work directly upon the nervous system
should be used, such as celery, onions, parsley, lettuce, et cetera. This
body should be kept clean by bathing and dry rubbing, and plenty of
exercise in the fresh air and sunshine should be taken. It will be difficult
at the girl's present age to build up the brain, which is very undeveloped.
Young people who have dissipated their vital fluids between the ages of seven
and fourteen when the creative force should be used for the development of
the brain will seldom be very bright mentally. The physical body, however,
can be built up, and if the habit is overcome before the age of twenty-one,
there is hope that by careful living the brain can be developed, giving an
average mentality.
Two horoscopes will be used in this lesson in an endeavor to
illustrate how the planets show when disease may be the result of breaking the
laws of nature in former lives, and how the seeds that have been sown by
past sins will bring their fruits in this life.
The first horoscope is that of a woman whose hour of birth is not
known. Nor is it necessary for diagnosis in a horoscope with planets so
strangely grouped and in the fixed signs. We will set the figure with Aries
on the Ascendant. We find Mercury, Sun, Venus, Jupiter, and the Dragon's
Tail all in the fifth sign, Leo, which represents the pleasures of the
native. We find Mars in Taurus in its detriment, the sign in which this
planet of dynamic energy shows its most evil tendencies. This planet is
afflicted by the opposition of the licentious Uranus and the obstructive
Saturn. These last named planets are in conjunction and in the fixed sign
of Scorpio. These three malefic planets, Mars, Uranus, and Saturn are also
square to the planets in Leo.
Here we find a very heavy debt of destiny. In the Rosicrucian
teachings we are told that we lay the foundation in this life upon which
we shall build the structure of future lives. This woman in her previous
life had developed a very powerful desire nature, which in this embodiment
was very hard to keep under control. Venus in conjunction with the Sun and
Jupiter —
Birth Chart No. 8D
— and square to Uranus and Saturn in the sign of Scorpio, also Mars,
the planet which has rule over the desires, square to Venus and Jupiter,
all lead to free love and clandestine attachments, with the result that
this poor woman has contracted that dread disease, gonorrhea, which has
resulted in tuberculosis of the pelvic and hip bones.
Now planets impel but they do not compel. This woman by her former
living had attracted to herself these planetary afflictions, but she was
not impelled to respond to their weakness, for we find the Moon well
aspected, making a sextile to Neptune and a trine to Jupiter, Venus, Sun, and
Mercury. Neptune is also sextile to Venus and Jupiter. If the woman had
used her will and followed the desire to live right which naturally must have
come to her from time to time, she could have transmuted this seeming evil
into good. But the path of sensual pleasure was so much broader and so
alluring, while the upward path meant self-surrender!
No. 8E
Male, born August 13, 1920, 1:18 A.M.
The second horoscope is that of a young boy born with the dread
disease with which the woman in case No. 8D was afflicted. The boy's poor
little body at birth was covered with sores, and in the early part of
November of the birth year this poor soul passed out under great suffering.
Now as regards the man who does not understand and believe in rebirth
and the law of consequence this last case would be apt to disturb his faith
in God, who to him might appear cruel and unjust to have visited this
suffering upon an innocent babe. But when the esotericist who has a
knowledge of —
Birth Chart No. 8E
— astrology seeks an answer to this seeming injustice, he finds Uranus in
Pisces, the 12th house sign of self-undoing, near the Midheaven and in
opposition to Saturn, which is in the 4th house. These two planets represent
the parents and show that this soul had sinned in its previous lives in such
a manner as to be attracted to parents who were afflicted with the above
disease.
We also find Mars in the sign of Scorpio, square to Neptune, Sun,
and Moon, which are in the fixed sign of Leo, the natural 5th house sign
of pleasure. This soul had passed out of its former embodiment in a
manner very similar to that of the woman with the first horoscope. The
parents were only the instruments through which it received its lesson.
How strangely the threads of life cross one another, weaving in and
out with the threads of other persons' lives we have wronged, and who then
must be the means through which we learn our lessons.
"The mills of God grind slowly,
But they grind exceeding small."
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