Horoscopes appear in numerous magazines and newspapers and are even more
prevalent with the influx of the Internet. It is not uncommon for people
to read these horoscopes and try to take the advice personally and apply
it to their own lives. Even some public skeptics can occasionally be
caught taking a glance at the horoscopes and secretly thinking about how
the information applies to their life. While horoscopes can offer
advice on a wide cache of life events, everything from love life to
picking lottery numbers, one area in which they present much advice is
that of the health of the person with a particular zodiac sign.
A long
time ago, I happened across such a magazine article that was
specifically about medicinal astrology. When I compared the information
for the health problems it discussed for my present and future to what I
knew of my own health, I was quite surprised at the accuracy of the
explanations and predictions pertaining to my sign. I was well aware of
my own health strengths and weaknesses, and the horoscope directly
correlated with the condition of my present health and the likelihood of
my future health. Since then, I have continued my exploration of astro-medicine.
The
arrangement of planets during the moment of the birth of a child
specifies predisposition to disease that can arise at moving planets
through sensitive areas of Natal cards during his/her lifetime. In
astrology, there is a rule that says, "Stars assume, but do not force."
Therefore, it is important to remember that influence of planets on the
health of a person can always be weakened by self-discipline, a correct
diet and appropriate thoughts. Until now, traditional medicine has dealt
only with diagnostics and treatment of illnesses after signs of disease
presented and the patient visit a doctor because he/she is already sick.
During our time, however, a growing number of doctors silently use
astrology in the diagnostics of some diseases. These doctors know that
in cases of serious diseases, early astrological diagnostics can define
border between a life and death.
For a
more detailed analysis and advice in specific cases, it is important to
seek an expert in a medical astrology. Modern medicine recognizes that
people differ from each other in their need for biochemical salts, food
components and vitamins. Since ancient times, astrologists have believed
that the accessory of the person to one or another sign on the zodiac
assumes the consumption of the certain foodstuffs and whether the lack
thereof is inherent in the given sign. However, it is well known that
the right diet itself des not protect from an indisposition. The
emotional or sensitive party of a life plays an important role in
occurrence and also in the development of physical deviations.
In the
next article, I shall try to give a brief characteristic to each sign of
zodiac and the subsequent need for their relative vital elements for the
maintenance of health in a good condition. Also, I shall give a list of
products that will help provide a person with these elements. I strongly
advise, however, that signs of disease should not be neglected. Should
these signs arise, it is important to seek consultation from a carefully
chosen doctor rather than engaging in self-diagnostics and treatment.
Orbital
moving of the sun and planets, acting on and against each other, lead to
constant variations of magnetic interface. Scientists have found that
the quantity of admissions to mental clinics increases as a result of
sharp fluctuations of a magnetic field of the Earth. Invisible
deviations of a geomagnetic field can be reflected in the condition of
nervous system of a person, changing an electromagnetic field of a human
body, which is deemed to be created by the brain and spinal column.
Scientific research experiments confirm that our blood is, in fact,
influenced by the Sun, the Moon and probably other space objects. For
instance, cases of bleeding become frequent during the period of the
full Moon. Since the time of Claudio Ptolomeo, astrologists have been
speaking about these facts. In the interview for The New York
Times, Professor Reeves says, "Someone speaks that they do not see,
how the astrology can work, but nobody has proved the opposite."
In spite of all the research, no one can
specifically and accurately ascertain when roads of an astrology and
medicine come together. Some of the occults believe that priests-doctors
of the disappeared continent Atlantis treated all illnesses as
disconnections between a human body and heavenly influence. Historians
say that roots of astrological medicine started in the times of ancient
Chaldea, where stars and planets were regularly investigated for the
first time and data about the movements of the stars was stored.
Scientists of early Mesopotamia observed interrelations between heavenly
objects and the occurrence of various diseases in individuals and at
epidemic levels. Astrology, medicine and religion were the uniform
doctrine before the First Dynasty of Chaldea. Healers-astrologists
prescribed the procedures and medicines according to the position of
stars, integrating the horoscope of the patient and even the doctor.
This knowledge was carefully protected and only known to a narrow circle
of priests, which would explain why so many of their investigations,
case studies and findings have been lost among the centuries.
Even still, from Mesopotamia and Egypt,
"Chaldean science," including medical astrology, moved out to a
worldwide audience, reaching its perfection in Greece and moving forward
even to our modern-day. Hippocrates (460-370 B.C.), “the father of
medicine,” was the first doctor to use astrology in his description of
illnesses. In the days of the rule of Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus (27
B.C.-14 A.D.), Roman researcher Marcus Maniluis (fl. 1st
century A.D.), scribed the treatise, Astronomicon, a Latin
didactic poem in five books, in which he stated the theory of the
zodiac’s person. The poet writes with passion about his Stoic beliefs
and shows humor in his character sketches of persons born under
particular stars. According to this theory, each body as a whole and
each anatomic part of a human body is under the influence of one of
signs on the zodiac. So, the human head is ruled by Oven, the neck by
Taurus, etc., and so on. After the fall of the Roman Empire, interest in
astrology fell off.
In
spite of the fact that many interpreters of the Talmud suggest that
astrology is in opposition to the laws of Israel (because angels-rebels
taught it), many Jewish men practiced astrology. According to Jewish
treatises, Abraham, the father of ancient Jews, being a Chaldean person,
carried an engraved astrological shield on his breast, on which each
person could decipher the future. Ancient writers pointed out that all
kings of the East and the West gathered every morning at the door of
this great patriarch for his advice.
Since
the times of Babylon and Egypt, Jews have kept knowledge of astrology in
their confidential doctrines. Astrology in the Middle Ages re-blossomed
due, in large part, to the works of the Jewish scientists of the
Alexandria School. Many works on astrology have been deeply penetrated
by the Jewish mysticism. Thus, astrology, once again, was presented to
Medieval Europe. Faculties of astrology have been founded at
universities in Cordoba and Toledo, in which students from every part of
the continent studied the science of the stars. Astrology was recognized
in all countries, classes, and trades and by leading minds of the Europe
of that period. It was blossoming time for astrology. Not only
researchers, but also kings, Popes and the titled persons became
adherents of astrology. When Catherine de’ Medici (1519-1589) arrived to
France as the wife of Henry II (1519-1559), she brought with her a staff
of leading astrologists of Florence. She never made any decision without
their advice. Among Ekaterina’s consults was Michel dе Nostredame
(1503-1566), the doctor-astrologist who successfully treated victims of
a plague in 1546. He was a Jew who converted into Christianity. Later,
he became known for his predictions under the Latin form of his name,
“Nostradamus.”
Doctors
and surgeons of that time left countless works on the themes of astro-medicine.
These works are not only priceless by their content, but also because
they provide vital information about the medical properties of many
herbs. Unfortunately, because of the continuation of the blind biases of
traditional researchers, this literature is not accessible to many
modern students. Manuscripts and books are under lock-and-key in library
archives of the European museums, at universities and in the Vatican. At
the end of 18 centuries, use of astrology in diagnostics and treatments
has vanished from the practice of traditional medicine, in spite of its
proven history of success. It has all but disappeared, publicly, at
least.
Astrology would demand that if a doctor will not familiarize him/herself
with the horoscope of their patient before treatment, it would be
necessary in most cases to investigate that of the doctor. To learn when
and where the doctor was born is not necessarily so easy, but it can
agree with your rational promptings. Experts of astro-medicine tell us
that if there is no star harmony between the patients and the doctor,
recovery can be incomplete or, in some cases, will not occur at all. In
such cases it is necessary careful choose another doctor.
Copyright © Rachel Madorsky.
