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Health by the Stars

by Sandra Rozhon

There are several things that can be picked out in a chart:

Personality
Perceptions
Health
Mental traits
Interaction with others (depending on the house)

It seems a good time to explore these a little at a time. Personality is one that probably most astrologers and astrologers-in-training are familiar with, but what of disease and health?

There is information to be found in a natal chart that will tell you a person's predisposition to certain health problems. I've confirmed a lot of these over the years, but there are still some questions in my mind about the relationship of some of the planets and certain conditions.

First of all, before I list the planets and problems associated with them, keep in mind that although the aspects might be in the natal chart, that does NOT mean that they are immediately in effect at birth. At some point in time, the transits or progressions or something has to trigger the aspects for the expected health problem to occur. And it may NEVER occur if you die from an accident before that triggering can take place. So as you read what follows, don't get yourself all in an uproar if you see some apparently awful health disaster in your chart.

I suspect that there are some other indicators that also determine just how serious of an effect that illness will have on the individual. I'd appreciate input from anybody else who already knows or suspects what it is. Could be the degree on the ascendant, or the longitude of the planets, or the signs in detriment or debility -- who knows? I don't pretend to. All I know is something helps to determine the difference between asthma and retardation, or excitability and brain damage, or lethargy and cancer.

Okay, so let's assume you have a chart for a person you do not know and you are trying to determine something about the health. Where do you look first?

Look to the ruling planet. That's the planet that rules the sign on the ascendant. If you are looking at an Aries ascendant, look at what is happening to Mars. If you are looking at a Taurus ascendant, look at Venus.

So what are we looking for? Aspects. Forget about signs for a moment and look at what planets are aspecting that ruling planet and what those aspects are.

Squares = Difficult and possibly incurable (strongest effect)
Oppositions = Difficult but there's some way to get around it or live with it
Conjunctions = Effect is noticeable but may not hamper the person's life
Minor aspects = Haven't studied them much but I suspect the semisextile (30 deg) may be difficult despite traditional astrology's teachings to the contrary.

Never make the mistake of not taking into consideration the combination of planets that are involved in an aspect to the ruling planet. Each will have some correspondence with the health problems.

I did not give much credit to the power of the inner planets, but recent charts that I've come up against seem to suggest that they can be just as devastating as the outer planets. Here's a rundown of some of the possible health problems one can have thanks to aspects from:

Planet	Affect
Pluto	(All things that are consuming) - Contagious disease Polio Paralysis Severe disability
Uranus	(All things that are strange) Genetic disorders :Lupus :Albino Irregular chromasomes Brain damage :Cerebral Palsy :Seizures :Epilepsy Deformities
Neptune	(All things that have no explanation) - Wasting disease Glandular imbalance Cancer (?) Lethargy Leukemia
Jupiter	(All things that enlarge)- Disease caused by excess Blood disorders :Varicose veins :Phlebitis :Circulation :Diabetes Obesity Enlarged heart
Saturn	(All things that diminish) - Chronic disease Skin conditions :Rashes :Leprosy Asthma Arthritis Allergies Bone diseases Gauntness Hearing Dwarfism
Mars	Inflamatory disease :Scarlet fever :Rheumatic fever :Yellow fever :Encephalitis
Venus	Viral infections Kidney disease Throat ailments
Mercury	Minor deformities (like Uranus but diminished in scope) Respiratory ailments Lung problems
Moon	Body fluids Hydrocephelus Edema Lymphatic ailments Poor constitution
Sun	Eye trouble :Blindness Heart ailments

When it comes to transits, it goes like this:

Transiting     Natal
Planet         Planet     Effect
----------     ------    -----------------------------------------------
  Moon*          Sun     Common Cold
  Mercury       ruler    Minor injuries / digestive problem
  Venus         ruler    Virus / sore throat / flu / laryngitis / injury by glass
  Mars          ruler    Fever / Headache / injury that pierces
  Jupiter       ruler    Swelling and infection / abscess 
  Saturn        ruler    Asthma attack / weight loss / stress / backache
  Uranus        ruler    Nervousness
  Neptune       ruler    Loss of energy / sleepiness / dizziness
  Pluto         ruler    Contagious (epidemic) disease ???

  * note:  This refers only to a Moon phase that aspects your natal Sun.  
           If it's not a Moon phase it  doesn't have an effect.  For example,
           if the first quarter Moon is at 27 degrees of Virgo it will square
           my Sun and I'll get a cold.  If the first quarter Moon is at 1 deg
           of Virgo, when the Moon moves past 27 degrees it will have no 
           effect.

I hope this gets you started on determining the susceptibility to various illnesses. Remember, a single aspect may not amount to much. It usually takes several planets and/or aspects to really bring on anything serious. A person might be able to fight off the effects of a single attack on his system, but when the aspects and/or planets gang up it's going to be harder to withstand the attack.

Most texts treat the 6th house as the house of health. I suspect that it really has more to do with your ability to handle health issues that are suggested by the 1st house.

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