Medical Astrology: Concepts and Case Studies

What is Medical Astrology

The four elements, Fire, Water, Earth and Air play a major part in medical classical astrology. These elements are the basic building-blocks of the whole cosmos, of which of course, our bodies are a part. Fire and Water, Earth and Air strongly influence all physical processes and therefore medical astrology always talks in terms of elements. The main parts of the medical consultation, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment can only be formulated and understood in these terms.

This is also the golden key which opens the treasure chest of medical astrology. Medical astrology consists of two parts: the astrological and the medical. By formulating in terms of elements these two parts are brought together as a matter of course, and because we can define everything in the cosmos in terms of Fire, Air, Water and Earth, there is no divide between the medical and the astrological components.

In the case of medicine, astrologers assigned signs of the zodiac to rule over parts of the body, planets to rule over organs and systems, and planets to rule over diseases and drugs. Thus the whole system is one of observation and interpretation based upon a complex system of given rulership’s.

Taking the Signs first, they are connected in this way with the body

Aries : Head and face, the eyes.
Taurus : The neck, ears, throat, larynx, tonsils.
Gemini : The arms, shoulders, muscles and bones in these, the lungs (including the trachea and bronchi), and the hands.
Cancer : Stomach, breasts, solar plexus, diaphragm, upper part of the liver.
Leo : The heart, spine and spinal parts.
Virgo : The intestines, alimentary canal, lower part of the liver.
Libra : Kidneys, loins, appendix, lumbar vertebrae and the skin generally.
Scorpio : The organs of reproduction, bladder, gall, colon and rectum.
Sagittarius : The hips, thighs and the sciatic nerves.
Capricorn : The knees, joints of the body and the hair.
Aquarius : The lower leg (calves and ankles), the teeth and the circulation of the blood.
Pisces : The feet and toes.

Horary Question Case Study

Illness
Q) Why do I have a stinging pain when urinating and needs to go so frequently?
Sat – 25th Jan 2014 – (Approx. 10:00am) Shiraz – Iran

The H1 of the patient is , whose owner is .  is currently in  in H7. The owner of  is  (Depositor), who is the root of the illness.  is also the owner of H2, which is a sign of eating/consumption. The sign of H2  which is cold and dry, yet its owner is cold and wet, which is currently residing in , which is also cold and dry. Therefore, the food that the patient eats is extremely cold and dry. Thus, a high amount of soda has been consumed. The soda by itself is a reason for the illness.

 in  is in detriment in H7 opposite the ⊖ of the patient is a sign that the patient caused illness
to himself.

Q) Why do I have a stinging pain when urinating and needs to go so frequently?

With inappropriate intake of food.  and ♄ are both general significations of illness.  in the cardinal sign of leadership () and in detriment. Both are signs of an acute illness.  is hot and dry, and in , which is the sign of kidneys, and since  is Dam (blood) sign, the infection is in the blood which will cause fever.

If you observe,  is □ , so the infection will cause damage to the kidneys. However, you saw that the soda that was consumed via the food, caused illness, and soda is cold. Why than do we have a hot illness?
The reason is that the patient has had high blood pressure for many years. This is one of the reasons for the heat in kidneys. The high blood pressure with the entry of  in  a blood sign,
presents itself in the form of the illness.
In addition, the ☉ is in another blood sign , which is a fixed sign, and the detriment of ☉, which is another sign of blood pressure.
The entry of  into  shows the effect of the old high blood pressure. Therefore, the second reason for the cause of the illness is found.

You observed that  was the house of the food of the patient, and a fixed sign. It is a sign of an inappropriate consumption that has been going on for years. It is clear that a few weeks after the question,  will go from a cardinal sign into a fixed sign, from  into .  is hot and dry and  cold and wet,  due to being in opposition to , the situation will get worse. Since  is a fixed sign, the illness shall become chronic.

♄ in  is a general sign of the illness. ♄ is a soda planet. It is a sign of tightness and blockage.  is a sign of the depository system. Therefore ♄ in  is a sign of the tightening of the ureter and
constipation. Since the patient was older than 55 years of age, the tightening of the ureter could be due to the increase in the benign cancer cells of the prostate.

The patient suffered from constipation and ureter from the past. This is a sign that our explanation was correct, and that  which is a sign of kidneys was □ with , which is a revelation of extreme damage.  is also in 14° , therefore under the influence of ♄, and ♄ is in 22° , which is the sign of detriment of . Therefore, ♄ has caused damage to , and since  is in retrograde this incident happened in the past.

If you look back approximately 2 weeks prior to the question of patient,  was ⚹ ♄, and unfortunately in that time  was ☌ ☉, therefore both ♄ (tightness or ureter) and ☉ (blood
pressure), caused damage to kidneys.

♄ is the planet that shows chronic illnesses. It shows an old sign of blood pressure, which caused chronic damage to kidneys, that now presents itself in the form of a urine infection.

☾ is a planet that shows illness. The planet that the ☾ is parting from is a sign of illness. ☾ in H8 is in .  is a fixed sign, and the reason of the age/chronic illness is H8 and the depository system. In this ☾ in  in H8 is a sign of a chronic illness in the depository system, which is that pain and stinging in the depository system and enlarging of prostate. The ☾ is parting from , the house of food , and a sign of kidneys, and another indicator of the illness in kidneys. It also shows the food of the patient plays a role in the illness.

☉, ♄ and ☾ all in fixed signs, and  will shortly enter too. These are all signs of a chronic illness.

In short, the patient has had blood pressure for many years. The enlarging of the prostate and constipation, and an unhealthy soda food, and lately an infection and stinging sensation when urinating, and damage to the kidneys.