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                    [           BY MAX HEINDEL           ]
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                    [        AUGUSTA FOSS HEINDEL        ]
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                A TREATISE ON MEDICAL ASTROLOGY AND DIAGNOSIS
                         FROM THE HOROSCOPE AND HAND




                         THE ROSCICRUCIAN FELLOWSHIP
                         INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
                               MOUNT ECCLESIA
                                P.O. BOX 713
                      OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA, 92054, USA




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                                  FOREWARD

   Of the thirty years devoted by the undersigned to research and the  study
of astrology and astro-daignosis,  a large part was spent with Max  Heindel,
first as co-student and companion and later as his wife.   A portion of  the
astro-diagnosis  in  this  book have been taken from  Mr.  Heindel's  former
monthly  lessons to esoteric students,  and this fact together with our  as-
sociation  in astrological research in the reason why this volume  goes  out
under both our names, even though he passed into the larger life in 1919.

   This book may differ in a few instances from other books which deal  with
the science of diagnosis from the planets.  The authors of this volume, how-
ever,  have had opportunities such as few other writers on this subject have
had.   The Rosicrucian Fellowship,  of which they were the founders,  has  a
very  successful healing department.   A description of the method  used  in
this department may be found on page 440.   Of the thousands of patients who
have  written to us for healing since the department started,  each one  has
sent in data describing the disease from which he suffered, its symptoms and
peculiarities,  the doctor's diagnosis,  etc.  This information was in every
case carefully compared with the patient's horoscope, and a  detailed  study


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made  of  both.   The most striking as well as typical cases  were  used  as
monthly  lessons  for the esoteric students of the Fellowship.   From  these
lessons we have chosen the best to print in this book.   At no time have  we
diagnosed direct to the patient.   His horoscope,  however,  has given us  a
wonderful key to the disease from which he was suffering and its causes, and
it has been used as a guide in giving advice regarding diet, exercise, envi-
ronment, and similar matters.

   We  do not claim that this book is the last word on the subject,  neither
do  we claim that it is infallible.  The knowledge which we have  gained  by
years of unceasing labor we are sharing with the world.   We give it freely,
and if others can add to it, we shall rejoice.
                                                     --Augusta Foss Heindel.


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                                INTRODUCTION

   Astro-diagnosis is the science and art of obtaining scientific  knowledge
regarding  disease and its causes as shown by the planets,  as well  as  the
means of overcoming it.  This new science of diagnosis and healing is slowly
permeating the medical world.   It is a science which will not set aside the
old  school  of medicine and diagnosis,  but it is an addition  to  the  old
school   The latter,  we feel,  will in time accept this newer  method.   At
present  many physicians are willing to cooperate with the newer schools  of
osteopathy,  nature-cure,  chiropractic, etc., and these open-minded men are
ready to accept a more advanced method of diagnosis when it has been  demon-
strated to them as reliable.

   Depending entirely upon outward symptoms in locating disease and  relying
wholly  upon the action of medicine have cost millions of lives in the  ages
past.   But man is now becoming too enlightened,  too broadminded  to  stick
stubbornly  to old methods which have been proved by many mistakes,  by  the
sacrifice  of many lives,  to be inadequate.   Medical science with its  im-
proved instruments,  the X-ray, iri-diagnosis, blood tests,  etc.,  has made
great strides toward better methods of diagnosis.   But the time is not  far
hence when it will be generally conceded that to know in advance where human


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chain is weakest,  to understand by the science of the stars where the prac-
titioner may look for trouble,  is by far the best way.   Doctors will  then
arrive  very quickly at the cause of disease,  and they will also know  what
methods  will  be best to effect a cure.  When they can use the key  to  the
soul,  the horoscope, they will find the treatment to which the patient will
respond.  They will also know the character of the patient, whether his will
is weak,  and whether he is negative or emotional.  They will then be guided
in their methods of treatment according to the information thus obtained.

   Disease  may be classed under two heads,  latent and active.   "Symptoms"
give  indication  of disease which is in process of  materializing.   Latent
tendencies  to disease are shown by the planetary afflictions in  the  horo-
scope of birth.  In some instances these tendencies may remain latent during
the entire life because the native has lived in such a manner that no strain
was  put on the body which would give the planets a chance to develop  their
latent  weakness.   If there is a weak link in a chain but no strain is  put
upon it,  the chain will remain whole.  So in the case of planetary  afflic-
tions, they too may remain latent.  But let the native abuse his body and at
once these weak spots will appear.   This gives us the second class of  dis-
ease,  the active type.   When the planetary aspects have been stirred  into
action and disease has appeared, the progressed planetary positions give the
diagnostician the key to it.

   When the medical  men,  the  scientists,  the  occult scientists, and the


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astrologers have reached a friendly understanding,  when the budding discov-
eries  and the broader thoughts of man are no longer at variance  with  each
other,  then humanity will know that the terrors and the pain of the operat-
ing  room are things of the past.   Then buoyant health will be  universally
enjoyed, for mankind will be taught how to live in order to avoid suffering.
The  doctors will be just as anxious to keep people well as they now are  to
help them to recover from disease.   The time is not far hence,  we believe,
when the government will feel the necessity of paying doctors a yearly  sal-
ary to teach the people how to avoid the pitfalls which lead to disease.


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                              TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreward ...........................................................3
Introduction........................................................5

                                   PART I.
Chapter I.
   The Anatomical and Physiological Properties
         of the Signs..............................................15
Chapter II.--Rulership and Qualities:
   Anatomy and Physiology Correlated to the
         Zodiac....................................................27
   Pathological Qualities of the Signs.............................28
   Physiological Afflictions of the Signs..........................29
   Anatomy and Physiology Correlated to the
         Planets...................................................30
   Pathological Qualities of the Planets...........................31
   Astrological Affinities of the Sense Organs.....................32
Chapter III.
   Sympathy and Antipathy..........................................33


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Chapter IV.
   The Science of Right Living.....................................37
Chapter V.
   The Mentality...................................................40
Chapter VI.

   The Sixth House Influences......................................43
Chapter VII.
   Preliminary Steps in Diagnosing.................................46
Chapter VIII.
   Hints and Helps for the Healer..................................50
Chapter IX.
   Aphorisms.......................................................54
Chapter X.
   Diagnosing from the Hands and Finger Nails......................61

                                  PART II.
                          Diagnosis From Horoscopes

Chapter XI.
   A Lesson in Directing...........................................70


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Chapter XII.--The Ears.
   1A.--Ears and Nerves............................................76
   1B.--The Ears...................................................80
   1C.--The Ears--Abscesses in Frontal Bone........................85
Chapter XIII.--The Ears
   2A.--The Eyes...................................................88
   2B: 2B.--The Eyes...............................................92
   2C.--The Eyes...................................................97
   2D.--Eye Trouble...............................................100
   2E: 2F.--The Eyes..............................................104
   2G.--The Eyes..................................................109
   2H.--"    "....................................................113
Chapter XIV.--The Throat
   3A: B.--Tonsils, Adenoids......................................116
   3C.--Throat and Tonsils........................................122
   3D.--Goitre; Tonsils...........................................126
   3E.--Goitre....................................................130
   3F.--The Vocal Organs..........................................134
   3G.--Loss of Speech............................................138
Chapter XV.--The Lungs.
   4A.-- Tuberculosis.............................................142
   4B.--    ".....................................................145
   4C.--    ".....................................................148
Chapter XVI.--The Heart.
   5A.--The Heart.................................................152


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   5B.--Heart; Kidneys............................................156
   5C.--The Heart.................................................159
   5D.-- "   "....................................................163
   5E.-- "   "....................................................166
Chapter XVII.--The Stomach.
   6A.--Stomach Trouble and Tuberculosis..........................170
   6B.--Stomach Trouble and Inflammation of Kidneys...............174
   6C.--The Pylorus...............................................176
   6D.--Stomach and Kidney Trouble................................180
Chapter XVIII.__The Kidneys
   7A.--The Kidneys...............................................183
   7B.--The Kidneys and Mastoiditis...............................187
   7C.--General Breakdown.........................................191
   7D.--Renal Calculi.............................................195
   7E.--Renal Circulation.........................................198
   7F.--Bladder Trouble...........................................201
   7G.--Diabetes..................................................204
   7H.--   "......................................................207
Chapter XIX.--Sex
   8A: B.--Sex and Throat.........................................211
   8C.--Sex.......................................................215
   8D: E.--Gonorrhea..............................................221

   8F.--Veneral Disease...........................................226
   8G.--   "      "...............................................230
   8H.--Uterine Trouble...........................................234


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   8I.--Childbirth................................................238
   8J.--Abortion..................................................241
Chapter XX.--The Spine.
   9A.--Spinal Trouble............................................245
   9B.--   "    ".................................................249
   9C.--Tuberculosis of the Spine.................................253
   9D.: E.--Inability to Walk.....................................257
Chapter XXI.--The Liver and Gall Bladder.
   10A.--The Liver................................................262
   10B.--Gallstones...............................................266
   10C: D.--Gallstones............................................269
Chapter XXII.--The Circulation
   11A.--Palpitation of the Heart.................................274
   11B.--Sluggish Circulation and Cataracts.......................278
   11D.--Varicose Veins...........................................282
   11E.--Restricted Circulation...................................286
   11F.--Pernicious Anemia........................................289
   11G.--Rheumatism and Impure Blood..............................293
   11H: I.--Rheumatism............................................297
Chapter XXIII.--Leprosy
   12A: B.--Leprosy...............................................301
Chapter XXIV.--Paralysis
   13A.--Paralysis................................................308
   13B.--Paralysis and Hardening of the Arteries..................311



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   13C.--Facial Paralysis.........................................315
   13D: E.--Paralysis.............................................319
   13F.--Infantile Paralysis......................................323
   13G.--Rickets and Tetany.......................................327
Chapter XXV.--THE NERVES.
   14A: B.--Nervous Breakdown and Paralysis.......................330
   14C: D.--Defective Walk........................................335
   14E.--Exaggerated Hysteria.....................................340
   14F.--Obstruction of the Pneumogastric Nerve...................343
Chapter XXVI.--The Bones.
   15A.--Injury to Femur..........................................347
   15B.--Arthritic Muscular Atrophy...............................350
   15C.--Ostemyelitis--Inflammation of Marrow of Bone.............354
Chapter XXVII.--Spirit Control
   16A.--Spirit Control...........................................358
   16B.--Obsession; Tonsils.......................................362
Chapter XXVIII.--The Ductless Glands.
   17A: B.--Thyroid Gland Trouble.................................366
   17C.--The Thymus Gland.........................................371
   17D.--The Adrenals.............................................375
Chapter XXIX.--Special Conditions.
   18A.--Deficiency in Lymph......................................380
   18B.--Polypi and Kidney Trouble................................384


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   18C.--Pyorrhea.................................................387
   18D.--Auto Intoxication........................................391
   18E.--Peritonitis..............................................394
   18F.--Arterio-Sclerosis........................................398
   18G.--Typhoid and Spinal Trouble...............................402
   18H.--Narcotics; Cigarettes....................................406
Chapter XXX.--Insanity

   19A.--A Mental Case............................................410
   19B.--Insanity.................................................414
   19C.--Insanity, Obsession, and Tuberculosis....................417
Chapter XXXI.--Asthma
   20A.--Asthma...................................................421
   20B.--Asthma,; Morphine Addiction..............................424
   20C: D: E.--Asthma.............................................428
Chapter XXXII.--Cancer
   21A.--Cancer...................................................433
   21B.--Cancer...................................................436
Chapter XXXIII.--Rosicrucian Healing.
   How the Rosicrucians Heal the Sick.............................440



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                                  CHAPTER I

                 THE ANATOMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES
                                OF THE SIGNS

                                    ARIES

   When Aries,  which has rule over the head, is on the Ascendant, we have a
person  whose  actions are impulsive and aggressive.   He  acts  and  speaks
quickly.  An excess of life force is generated by these people.  This is in-
tensified when the dynamic Mars, which is the ruler of Aries, is also in Ar-
ies  on  the Ascendant,  or when the life-giving sun is there.   When  these
planets add their vital energies to the Ascendant,  we have a person who  is
very  apt to dissipate his forces.  people who express Aries  very  strongly
are apt to be quick of temper of an explosive kind, but will not hold spite.
Those with Aries on the Ascendant, or with the sun or Mars there,  are quick
to anger but also ready to forgive.

   Aries rules the head,  the cerebral hemispheres of the brain,  the  upper
jaw,  the eyes,  and the face.  The nose,  however,  is ruled by the martial
sign of Scorpio.


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    Aries is hot, dry, and inflammatory.  Aries people with a slight cold or
disturbance  of health may have a very high temperature.   In illness  their
fever will often be from three to four degrees higher than that of the  per-
sons born uder the watery of airy signs.   Under planetary afflictions these
people are subject to brain fever, dizziness, nosebleed, neuralgia,  inflam-
mation  of  the cerebral hemispheres,  and diseases of the brain  and  face.
They frequently suffer from a rush of blood to the head.

   The  will  of the patient plays a great part in the success  of  healing.
People under positive signs are most likely to respond,  for they make  per-
sonal  effort  to help the healer, while negative-sign people are  prone  to
follow  the line of least resistance and to be neglectful in  following  the
instructions of the healer.

                                   TAURUS

   Taurus has rule over the region of the neck,  the ears,  palate,  larynx,
tonsils, thyroid gland, lower jaw, occipital region, cerebellum, atlas,  and
cervical vertebrae,  vocal chords, carotid arteries,  jugular vein,  and the
pharynx.

   The  Taurian  is very stubborn and tenacious.   Taurus being  a  negative
sign, when a Taurian contracts a disease, he holds on to it tenaciously.  He
has great fear of sickness, and on account of this fear he makes a poor doc-
tor or nurse, whereas the Arian, being under Aires which is a positive sign,
will go into a sick room without fear and quickly throw off the disease.  If


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you have a patient who has Taurus rising or the sun in Taurus, never let him
think he is much ill,  for his fear of sickness will often bring on a  spell
of it.   The Taurian has a tendency to take on flesh in middle life.   Being
short and thickest as a rule, he becomes very fleshy about the neck and base
of the skull.   This has a tendency to cause the swelling of glands, tonsil-
litis, quinsy, and various diseases of the organs of the neck; also polypi.

                                   GEMINI

   Gemini has rule over the arms, hands, shoulders, lungs, thymus gland, up-
per ribs,  trachea,  bronchi,  capillaries, breath,  and oxygenation of  the
blood.

   The  Gemini person is subject to nervous troubles.   Gemini being one  of
the common signs, a person born with this sign rising is often very careless
of  his health and habits,  and on this account we find more tubercular  pa-
tients among Gemini people than among people of any one of the other  eleven
signs.   Gemini being classed among the positive signs,  the  Gemini  person
can,  if he is given the least bit of help, often throw off a disease.   The
diseases to which Gemini is most subject are pulmonary troubles, bronchitis,
asthma, pneumonia, consumption, pleurisy, and nervous disorders.

                                   CANCER

   When  we  have  a horoscope to diagnose for one who has  the  watery  and
negative Cancer rising, we may look for one who is low in vitality; one  who


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is very timid yet loath to follow the advice of others.   Cancer people  are
apt  to  do the opposite from that which they are advised to do.   They  are
also full of suspicion,  and on account of lack of faith in others they  are
difficult to reach; but when their faith has once been established, they are
most loyal and ready to cooperate.  A little praise or appreciation will of-
ten win them over.   They are unduly sensitive,  and when hurt do not forget
it readily.  When the sun is in this watery sign, the native has more vital-
ity than when it is rising, for the sun is the giver of life and energy.

   Cancer has rule over the stomach, diaphragm,  the mammae,  upper lobes of
the liver,  thoracic duct, eumification, peristalsis, the pancreas,  gastric
vein, and the serum of the blood.

   The  afflictions which may be classed under the sign of Cancer are  indi-
gestion,  hiccough,  flatulency,  dropsy, and sclerosis.   Cancer people are
very fond of food and are usually hearty eaters.   Consequently they are of-
ten afflicted with diseases which originate in wrong diet;  especially do we
find this so with the people have Saturn in Cancer.   This planet has a  re-
stricting influence,  and wherever he is found he robs the corresponding or-
gan of its fluids.  When in Cancer he gives a desire for pastry and sweets.

                                     LEO

   When  we have to deal with a patient with Leo on the Ascendant,  we  have
one with great vital energy, one who will  not  readily  succumb to disease.


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The Leo usually puts up a brave fight to overcome without calling upon  oth-
ers for help,  but when he gives up,  he is usually very sick;  he  recovers
rapidly from illness,  however.   His pride will not permit him as a rule to
become a charge upon others.  Being a positive sign the greatest handicap to
the Leo is impulse.  He feels he must do everything with a very great amount
of energy, which is detrimental to the health of the parts of the body ruled
by  this vital sign:   the heart,  aorta,  vena cava,  dorsal region of  the
spine, and the spinal cord.

   The  sun,  which is the life giver,  rules this sign of Leo and also  has
rule  over the vital etheric fluid coming through the spleen,  which is  the
gateway of the solar forces.   Through the spleen the sign of Leo draws  its
strength largely.   We find those born with this sign rising very vital  and
full of force,  especially if the sun is also in Leo; but by the destructive
use  of their surplus energy they are often afflicted with heart trouble  of
various  kinds,  also spinal troubles.  They suffer frequently with  distur-
bance of the spleen,  which has an effect upon the activities of the  blood,
causing  an excess of white blood corpuscles,  which are destroyers and  not
policemen of the blood stream as medical science claims.


                                    VIRGO

   Virgo is a feminine and negative sign,  the second of the earthy triplic-
ity, and has less power of resistance that the fixed sign of Leo.  Virgo may
stand considerable strain, however, being of a nervous and wiry temperament;


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still when the Virgoan gives up, he finds it very hard to rise and shake off
an illness.   Being of a negative disposition he is apt to let circumstances
rule  him,  and does not assert his will power to overcome.   Virgo  is  the
natural sixth house sign, the house which has rule over sickness; hence when
Virgo people once get into the clutches of sickness,  they are apt to become
chronic invalids.  Therefore though such people make excellent nurses,  they
should be advised against this vocation and avoid sick rooms and  hospitals,
for  they are like sponges and every ready to take on the disease  of  their
patients.

   Virgo  rules the abdominal region,  intestines,  the lower lobes  of  the
liver, the spleen, the duodenum, and the sympathetic nervous system.

   The  afflictions which may be classed under the sign of Virgo are  deter-
mined largely by the planets which may be afflicted in this sign.  Cramps in
the intestines, wind, colic, malnutrition, diarrhea, constipation, peritoni-
tis,  cholera, dysentery, worms, catarrh of the bowels, and appendicitis may
result from afflictions in Virgo.

                                    LIBRA

   Libra is one of the signs wherein the sun is weak.  The sun is symbolized
by  Sampson,  who is minus his strength,  for Delilah,  who is the  feminine
Virgo,  has shorn him of his power, which was in his hair,  representing the
sun's  rays.  As  the  sun  enters  Libra, it  changes  from  north to south


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declination; and as Libra is the sign of Saturn's exaltation, the sun's rays
at this point,  the crossing of the equator,  are weakest.   Libra people on
this  account are not always able to rise above physical conditions.   Their
moods waver like the symbol which represents the sign,  the scales.   At one
time Librans are up in the seventh heaven of happiness and optimism,  but at
the  least mental disturbance they may drop to the very bottom of  pessimism
and despair.   Idealism is well developed in the Libran.  The Libran patient
should,  if possible,  never be discouraged in whatever he has set his heart
upon doing, for shatter his ideals and down goes one side of the scales into
the very deepest discouragement, which often causes ill health.   The Libran
should cultivate equilibrium.

   Physiologically  this sign rules the kidneys,  the lumbar region  of  the
spine,  the skin,  the ureters, which are the tiny ducts running between the
kidneys and the bladder,  and the vaso-motor system.   The afflictions  from
with  the  Libran is most likely to suffer are Brights's  disease,  lumbago,
disturbed urine.   The disease depends greatly upon the planets  afflicting:
if  Saturn,  there  is a scarcity of urine;  if  Jupiter,  an  excess,  etc.
Nephritis,  eczema,  and diabetes are also diseases from which the Libran is
likely to suffer.

                                   SCORPIO

   The martial,  watery sign of Scorpio is one of the least understood signs
of  the  entire  twelve.  Scorpio  produces  a number of types.  Usually the


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Scorpio person is of a secretive, timid,  retiring nature,  one who does not
talk of his affairs.   But there is another type of Scorpio who is ready  to
argue at "the drop of the hat," holding our for his point, and he can become
very cruel.  He usually has an explosive temper, which may, if the horoscope
has afflictions, undermine the health.  The greatest danger to the health of
the Scorpio, however, comes from the generative organs and the ducts through
which the excretions of the body pass, such as the urethra (the small  canal
through  which  the urine passes from the bladder outward)  and  the  colon,
including the anus.

   The bladder,  the sigmoid flexure,  prostate gland,  pubic bone,  the red
coloring matter of the blood, and the nasal bones are also under the rule of
Scorpio.

   People  born under this sign make good healers,  surgeons,  doctors,  and
nurses.   But there is often a cruel and tyrannical streak in  the  Scorpio,
and the desire nature is strong, sometimes sensual.  Low desires often bring
excesses,  which may cause the following diseases, expressing themselves ac-
cording  to  the  planets and the  afflicting  aspects:   syphilis,  hernia,
scurvy,  fistula,  piles,  inflammation and falling  of  the  womb,  uterine
troubles, stricture of the prostrate gland, and nasal catarrh.

                                 SAGITTARIUS

   The  Sagittarian is usually the most gentle and easily cured of  all  pa-
tients, for with his frank and kindly nature  he  is  most trusting and ever


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ready to follow all the instructions of the healer; but he will also respond
to every negative suggestion.  The healer may have given constructive advice
and left the patient feeling encouraged,  but should one of his many friends
(for  the Sagittarian is usually very popular and good mixer  and  therefore
attracts many friends to him) suggest sickness or tell him that he is  look-
ing bad or give him some other remedy to follow he is very apt to accept the
suggestion.  The result is that he often retards his recovery.  Therefore it
is  necessary  for the Sagittarian patient to be placed under  the  care  of
someone who will protect him from adverse suggestions.

   Sagittarius  rules the region of the body directly surrounding the  hips,
the  sacral  region of the spine, the coccygeal vertebrae,  the  femur,  the
ilium, the iliac arteries, the sciatic nerves, and the ischium.

   The Sagittarian diseases are locomotor ataxia, sciatica, rheumatism,  and
hip disease.

                                  CAPRICORN

   The  sign of Capricorn is an earthy sign and ruled by the planet  Saturn.
Capricorn people do not yield to disease very readily.   They are of a wiry,
persistent, and stolid nature, and will suffer considerable pain before they
will succumb to illness.   But once they have given in to sickness then they
are  just as slow and stubborn in holding on to it.   They sometimes  become
hypochondriacs,  and the healer must use most diplomatic methods to break up
the crystallized condition with which these Saturnian  people  clothe  them-


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selves.   The most unfortunate part of it is that if a Capricorn who  is  in
this  mental and physical state is aware that anyone is endeavoring to  help
him, he will resist help and close up against the friend who thus approaches
him.   Capricorn  people ae super-sensitive and very retiring.   They  often
form habits of entertaining gloom and despondency,  which have a deteriorat-
ing effect upon the health.

   The sign of Capricorn has rule over the knees, the skin, the joints,  and
the hair.  The skin of a Capricorn person is often sallow and dry.

   The disease to which Capricorn is subject are exzema, syphilis,  leprosy;
also dislocation of the bones.


                                  AQUARIUS

   The fixed and airy sign of Aquarius is under the rule of two planets, the
melancholy,  fearful, and overanxious Saturn, which is ordinarily termed the
planet of obstruction,  and the impulsive,  heedless,  emotional,  and  hys-
terical Uranus.  While Aquarius is a fixed sign which endows the native with
a strong will,  still when the Aquarian is afflicted by adverse aspects  be-
tween  certain planets,  especially Saturn or Uranus when they are  strongly
placed  in the horoscope,  he is prone to develop extreme gloom,  pessimism,
and  sensitiveness,  or  he is rash and responds to  the  emotional  Uranus.
These varying moods frequently result in ill health,  which too often  takes
the form of nervousness.  Aquarius being a mental and airy sign, its natives


[PAGE 25]                                            PROPERTIES OF THE SIGNS

are  wiry and ambitious,  and are prone to overdo.   They can never  measure
their strength until the body is strained to its very limit,  therefore when
they do give up they are usually in a critical state; but they will give the
healer every opportunity to help them, for they are ever ready to cooperate.

   Physiologically the sign of Aquarius rules the lower limbs and ankles.

   The diseases with which the Aquarian may be afflicted are varicose veins,
swelling of the legs, and nervous diseases of various kinds.  One indication
that  the Aquarian has when the nerves begin to get weak is  extreme  sensi-
tiveness of the skin.  There is a crawling sensation felt all over the body,
as if little insects were crawling on the skin.

                                   PISCES

   Pisces is a watery and common sign, and the people born under it are of a
lymphatic  and negative nature very fond of luxuries,  which too often  lead
them to seek a life of ease;  in later life they are prone to take on an ex-
cess of soft,  flabby flesh,  which leads to ill health.   The Pisces people
respond very readily to suggestions, whether they are good or evil, and they
will  also respond just as quickly to the influence of the healer.   Do  not
allow  anyone who is of a too sympathetic nature to visit the Piscean  while
he is ill.   Of the oversympathetic type there are too many in the world to-
day,  who  think  it  a  social  duty  to  call  upon every sick friends and


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encourage the ailing one to talk about his disease,  and then extend to him,
oh, so much sympathy!  The Piscean person will enjoy the visit of the sympa-
thizer,  but  when the latter has gone, he usually has a  relapse  and  must
quickly send for the doctor or healer.  He should be placed in a very cheer-
ful room, with a cheerful attendant, and a sign on the door, "No sympathetic
visitors allowed."

   The Piscean is prone to drift into the habit of drink and the use of nar-
cotics,  especially if we find an affliction of the moon and Neptune in  the
horoscope.

   Pisces rules the feet, the toes, and the fibrin of the blood.  On account
of their fondness for good food and an easy life Piscean people are  subject
to gout and the swelling of the feet.



[PAGE 27]                                 ASTRO DIAGNOSIS A GUIDE TO HEALING

                                 CHAPTER II

                          RULERSHIPS AND QUALITIES
               ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY CORRELATED TO THE ZODIAC

ARIES-Brain, cerebral hemispheres, cranium, eyes, face, upper jaw, internal
   carotid arteries.
TAURUS-Neck, throat, palate, larynx, tonsils, lower jaw, ears, occipital
   region, cerebellum, atlas, axis, external carotid arteries, jugular
   veins, pharynx, thyroid gland, cervical vertebrae.
GEMINI-Shoulders, arms, hands, upper ribs, lungs, trachea, bronchi,
   capillaries, breath, oxygenation of blood.
CANCER-stomach, esophagus, diaphragm, the mammae, lacteals, upper lobes of
   liver, thoracic duct, pancreas, serum of blood, peristalisis of the
   stomach, chymification.
LEO-Heart, dorsal region of spine, spinal cord, aorta, superior
   and inferior vena cava.
VIRGO-Abdominal region, large and small intestines, lower lobe of liver,
   spleen, duodenum, chylification, peristalsis of the bowels.


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LIBRA-Kidneys, adrenals, lumbar region, skin, ureters, vasomotor system.
SCORPIO-Bladder, urethra, genitals, descending colon, prostate gland,
   sigmoid flexure, nasal bone, pubic bone, red coloring matter in blood.
SAGITTARIUS-Hips, thighs, femus, ilium, cocygeal vertebrae, sacral region,
   sciatic nerves, ischium.
CAPRICORN-Skin, knees, joints, hair.
AQUARIUS-Lower limbs, ankles.
PISCES-Feet, toes, fibrin of blood.

                                    -----


                     PATHOLOGICAL QUALITIES OF THE SIGNS

ARIES-Energy, forcefulness, excesses; heat, dryness, inflammation.
TAURUS-Stubbornness, brooding, uncontrolled anger, luxuriousness.
GEMINI-Negativeness, restlessness, nervousness.
CANCER-Lack of vitality, tenacity, unforgiveness, distrustfulness.
LEO-Inpulse, arrogance, fixity, vitality, ardor.
VIRGO-Selfishness, criticism, lack of sympathy, chastity.
LIBRA-Self-centeredness, sensitiveness, melancholy, jealousy.
SCORPIO-Tyranny, destructiveness, worrisomeness, reproduction.


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SAGITTARIUS-Restlessness, venturesomeness, accidents.
CAPRICORN-Limitation, deliberation, crystallization, dryness.
AQUARIUS-Gloom, endurance, nervousness; super-sensitiveness
PISCES-Sensitiveness, lack of vitality, indolence, secretiveness.

                                    -----

                   PHYSIOLOGICAL AFFLICTIONS OF THE SIGNS

ARIES-Neuralgia, insomnia, cerebral congestion, brain fever, baldness,
   headache, dizziness, eye affections, toothache, gumboils.
TAURUS-Goitre, diptheria, laryngitis, tonsillitis, croup, polypi, quinsy,
   glandular swelling of throat, apoplexy.
GEMINI-Bronchitis, asthma, pneumonia, consumption, pleurisy, corrupted
   blood, nervous trouble, anemia.
CANCER-Indigestion, dipsomania, gastric catarrh, hiccough, flatulency,
   dropsy, sclerosis.
LEO-Heart disease, angina pectoris, locomotor ataxia, hyperaemia, spinal
   disease, spinal meningitis, fevers.
VIRGO-Peritonitis, malnutrition, dysentery, colic, constipation, diarrhea,
   cholera, typhoid, appendicitis, tapeworm


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LIBRA-Bright's disease, lumbago, suppression of urine, nephritis,
   diabetes, renal calculi, uraemia.
SCORPIO-Syphilis, rupture, gravel, scurby, fistula, piles, diseases of the
   womb or uterus, urethral stricture, prostatic stricture, nasal catarrh,
   disease of nasal mucous membrane and nasal cartilage.
SAGITTARIUS-Locomotor ataxia, sciatica, lumbago, rheumatism, hip disease,
   accidents to thighs.
CAPRICORN-Eczema, erysipelas, leprosy, dislocation of bones, weak knees.
AQUARIUS-Varicose veins, swollen ankles, leg ache, nervous diseases,
   sensitive skin.
PISCES-Bunions, gout, deformed feet and toes, tumors, dropsy.

                                    -----

                      ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY CORRELATED
                               TO THE PLANETS

SUN-Vital fluid, spleen, distribution of heat, pons varolii, oxygen, heart.
VENUS-Throat, kidneys, thymus gland, venous circulation.
MERCURY-Nerves, bronchial tubes, pulmonary circulation, thyroid gland, right


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   cerebral hemisphere, cerebro-spinal system, sensory nerves, vital fluid
   in nerves, vocal cords, ears, sight, tongue, all sense perception,
   breath.
MOON-Oesophagus, uterus, ovaries, lymphatics, sympathetic nervous system
   synovial fluid, alimentary canal, lymph, chyle, nerve sheaths.
SATURN-Gall bladder, pnsymogastric or vagus nerve, teeth, skin, joints,
   ligaments, sigmoid flexure.
JUPITER-Liver, glycogen, suprarenals, arterial circulation, fibrin of blood,
   disposition of fats.
MARS-Iron in blood, red coloring matter in blood, genitals, motor nerves,
   left cerebral hemisphere, muscular movements, desire body, rectum.
URANUS-Ethers, eyes, pituitary body, gases.
NEPTUNE-Pineal gland, spinal canal, nerve fiber.

                                    -----

                    PATHOLOGICAL QUALITIES OF THE PLANETS

SUN-Hot, dry, vital, constructive, expansive, tonic.
VENUS-Warn, lymphatic, relaxing, sedentary.
MERCURY-Cold, dry, nervous.
MOON-Moist, cold, nutritive, receptive, collective, fluidic.
SATURN-Cold, dry, chronic, contracting, crystallizing, binding, restricting,
   centripetal, obstructive.


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JUPITER-Warn, moist, nourishing, expansive, corpulent, gourmandizing.
MARS-Hot, dry, inflammatory, energetic, eruptive, excessive, violent,
   positive.
URANUS-Dry, spasmodic, electric, explosive, convulsive, disorganizing.
NEPTUNE-Comatose, shrinking, stunting, restricting, constricting.

                                    -----

                 ASTROLOGICAL AFFINITIES OF THE SENSE ORGANS

EYES-Aries, Uranus, sun, moon, Ascelli, Antares, Pleiades.
EARS-Taurus, Mercury.
NOSE-Scorpio.

TONGUE-Taurus, Mercury.


[PAGE 33]                                             SYMPATHY AND ANTIPATHY

                                 CHAPTER III

                           SYMPATHY AND ANTIPATHY

   Pythagoras taught that the solar system is one mighty musical instrument,
that the twelve signs of the zodiac may be compared to the semitones of  the
chromatic scale, and that the planets constitute the seven white keys of the
cosmic key board.   Each sign responds to a certain tone;  some tones  blend
and are harmonious,  while others clash.  As we find disharmony and conflict
between  certain notes of a piano and between certain strings of a harp,  so
do we find similar inharmony between various signs of the zodiac and various
planets in their effect on man.


     ARIES                  TAURUS            GEMINI             CANCER
      /\                      /\                /\                 /\
     /  \                    /  \              /  \               /  \
    /    \                  /    \            /    \             /    \
LEO----SAGITTARIUS    VIRGO---CAPRICORN   LIBRA---AQUARIUS   SCORPIO--PISCES


   The symbol of the trine is the triangle.   In astrology the trine is con-
sidered harmonious and benefic.   Then we have the signs which represent the
four elements, forming the fiery, earthy, airy, and watery triangles.

   The fiery and airy signs are in harmony with each other,  and  the earthy


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and watery triplicities are friendly; but the fiery and watery will not har-
monize,  neither  will  the earthy and the fiery signs.   Planets  in  these
various  groups of signs will express the same sympathy or antipathy as  the
signs themselves.   The sign triplicities express themselves through harmony
in the temperaments and personalities of people,  while the squares  express
their afflictions through physical discomforts.

   Disease is really a lack of harmony between the spirit and the  personal-
ity,  a conflict between the lower and the higher man.   The trines or  tri-
plicities  act  as  peacemakers,  while the squares  and  oppositions  place
limitations upon the spirit.  The latter pair bring the lessons which are to
be  learned.   They exact payment of the debts of destiny from a person  for
the mistakes made and the selfishness expressed in past lives.   The squares
and oppositions are most vital in their action.  The squares operate through
three groups of signs which constitute--

                            THE VICIOUS CIRCLE

         HEAD                     THROAT                        LUNGS
         ARIES                    TAURUS                        GEMINI 
          |                         |                             |
          |                         |      CALVES                 |
STOMACH---|------KNEES     HEART----|------ANKLES     INTESTINES -|-----FEET
CANCER    |    CAPRICORN    LEO     |      AQUARIUS     VIRGO     |   PISCES
          |                         |                             |
       LIBRA                     SCORPIO                      SAGITTARIUS
      KIDNEYS                   GENITALS                     HIPS, THIGHS
      LUMBAR                      NOSE


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   Doctors have for years been studying the strange sympathy between differ-
ent  parts of the body which they have found manifested in the  diseases  of
various patients.   When they find a disease in one organ,  they are in  the
habit  of looking for the cause in another organ which is in  sympathy  with
the first.   For instance,  in glaucoma or certain kinds of eye trouble they
have invariably found that the real cause or seat of the trouble was in  the
stomach or the kidneys.   In certain types of throat trouble and in goitre a
weakened heart has frequently been found to be the cause.

   The  four  points  of the circle of the cardinal  or  equinoctial  signs,
namely, Aries the eyes, Libra the kidneys, Cancer the stomach, and Capricorn
the knees, are closely in sympathy with one another, and trouble in one will
frequently manifest in one of the other signs of this circle.  For instance,
if we find Saturn in the sign of its fall, Cancer, and afflicted,  digestive
troubles ensue and invariably the kidneys will be disturbed; sometimes stiff
knee joints are the result.   Eye troubles are frequently developed as a re-
sult of wrong eating.   People with Saturn in Cancer are extremists in their
selection of food.  They have strange likes and dislikes.

   The second vicious circle is that of the fixed signs:  Taurus the throat;
Scorpio the generative organs, rectum, urethra, and nose;  Leo the heart and
spine;  Aquarius the legs, below the knees.  When the organs of voice or the
tonsils are operated upon in childhood there will be disturbances at puberty
and later troubles in childbirth.  Great  sympathy  is found between the sex


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organs  and the organs of speech.   The removal of parts of the  sex  organs
causes  change of voice,  the male voice becoming feminine,  and the  female
voice  masculine.   Valvular heart trouble often causes the swelling of  the
ankles.

   The  third  group of squares we find composed of the  common  or  mutable
signs,  corresponding to the cadent houses.  The 6th house,  which is corre-
lated to Virgo, and the 12th house, correlated to Pisces, are especially vi-
tal  in the horoscope,  for they are respectively the house of sickness  and
the  house  of confinement and hospitals.   We find great  sympathy  between
these two signs and houses.   Common signs are the most productive of  sick-
ness,  and more hopeless invalids are found among common-sign people than in
any other group for the reason that their will power is not overly strong.

   Two  common  signs  are ruled by Mercury,  which has  dominion  over  the
breath,  nerves,  and sense perception;  and one by Jupiter,  which has rule
over  the  fibrin  of the blood, the arterial circulation,  and  the  liver.
Gemini  rules  the lungs,  and through these organs the blood  is  oxidized.
Virgo has rule over the intestines, sympathetic nervous system,  and spleen.
How  often  we hear the remark,  "I caught cold (or pneumonia)  due  to  wet
feet,"  involving Gemini and Pisces.   Many more examples could be cited  of
the action of the vicious circles.


[PAGE 37]                                        THE SCIENCE OF RIGHT LIVING

                                 CHAPTER IV

                         THE SCIENCE OF RIGHT LIVING


   In  the previous chapters we studied the properties of the signs  of  the
zodiac,  and had the anatomical groupings so arranged as to make it easy for
the student of astro-diagnosis to study them.   It is very necessary that he
become  familiar  with the basic properties of the signs as well as  of  the
planets.   It is impossible to make any headway in the art of  diagnosing  a
chart  unless the student has considerable knowledge of the zodiac  and  the
properties  of the signs and planets.   He should also  familiarize  himself
with the science of progression.  All these different phases he will have to
make use of before he can become proficient in diagnosis so that he may tell
what certain positions, aspects, and planets indicate.  It is essential that
he understand the temperament and character of the patient before he can re-
ally be sure of his diagnosis of disease.

   To find the key to a disease and the reason why a man or woman has become
an invalid, whether the disease is organic, and whether the patient has bro-
ken the laws of nature, is just as necessary as the  diagnosis  itself. What


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is  the good of knowing what kind of a disease is shown in the horoscope  if
you  cannot show the patient where he is breaking the laws of nature?   Dis-
ease  in ninety-five cases out of every hundred is due to wrong  methods  of
living,  and to be able to point these out to the patient leads to the cure.
First, you must remove the cause, and then the cure will follow as a natural
result.

   The secret of the success of the progressive doctor lies in the fact that
he will never,  if he can possibly avoid it, diagnose the disease to his pa-
tient directly.   He will only give advice and prescribe,  and sometimes  he
may give a hint regarding the cause of disease; he will also give directions
as  to food and methods of living, and tell why the patient  should  discon-
tinue  certain habits.   From this diplomatic handling of the patient  comes
the doctor's greatest success.   He will never express a discouraging  word.
He  never robs the patient of his hope, and when he leaves the home  of  the
patient, he leaves with a smile and an encouraging word.

   There are exceptions, however, for there are doctors, and they are not in
the  minority by any means,  who are posing under the name of physician  but
who  will predict death or the necessity of operations of various kinds  be-
fore  they have really and truly diagnosed the disease.   Under the care  of
such  a physician the poor patient is frequently doomed,  for the  one  from
whom he has expected relief has really robbed him of hope.  So  we  want  to


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impress  it  very strongly upon our students that NEVER at any  time  should
they  predict  death;  also never at any time tell the patient that  he  has
heart  trouble,  that he is in danger of insanity,  or that he is  afflicted
with  the dread disease of tuberculosis; from such statements he  would  get
the thought of fear.   Fear is usually worse in its effect upon the mind  of
the negative one than the disease itself.  Ninety patients out of every hun-
dred are ill because of wrong and dangerous methods of eating,  ill  because
of fear, or ill because of the lack of will power to resist temptations;  in
fact, all disease is the result of ignorant violation of the laws of nature.
This  may not have occurred in this life alone.   It may have  been  brought
over from a life previous, and thus the patient has latent weaknesses.

   So we may realize that to be of real help in the healing of the sick  the
healer  or  the diagnostician must have sufficient knowledge to be  able  to
give  the  suffering one instruction in right living.   Our  advice  to  the
reader  would be to study carefully and memorize if possible the lessons  in
astro-diagnosis  which have just preceded; also to familiarize himself  with
the properties of the various foods and their combinations,  for you may ex-
pect  if you tell a patient to change his diet that he will ask you what  he
should eat.  One may see from all these considerations how very necessary it
is to get a sane and safe knowledge of the science of right living.


[PAGE 40]                                                    ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

                                  CHAPTER V

                                THE MENTALITY

   Our  first thought when judging the mental qualities of a patient  is  to
find  the position of Mercury.   First note the sign in which it is  placed,
then the house,  and thirdly the aspects which this planet of reason is mak-
ing.

   To  save time and space in these lessons we will not give the effects  of
Mercury in the different signs of the zodiac,  but will refer the reader  to
THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS,  pages 201 to 207, also pages 549,  550,  where he
will find the basic qualities of Mercury in the twelve signs.   These should
be studied very carefully,  and this study will give a foundation upon which
to base the judgment.

   The next planet to consider is the moon.   If there is a good aspect  be-
tween the moon and Mercury,  especially if these two planets are well placed
in  the angles and in signs in which they can express their best  qualities,
we  may  expect the patient will be able to cooperate with the  healer.   If
Mercury,  however,  is conjunct Saturn,  we find a mind which  is  stubborn,
slow,  and  subject  to  melancholia.  When  Mercury  is trine or sextile to


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Saturn, a well balanced mind with good reasoning qualities will develop, and
a  retentive memory is shown.   When Mars or Uranus is in  conjunction  with
Mercury,  the  patient is of a high-strung,  emotional,  erratic  type  with
little control over the mind;  but should Mars or Uranus be sextile or trine
to Mercury, it will have a tendency to quicken the mental faculties,  giving
impulse.   If we find Mercury or the moon afflicted by Neptune,  the mind is
inclined toward unhealthy and unnatural conditions, obsession, religious ma-
nia, mediumship, drink, or drugs.  Observe the house and sign in which these
planets are placed to find how they tend to express themselves.  Neptune be-
ing the higher octave of Mercury,  this planet has a strong influence on the
higher mind.   Neptune when afflicted by Uranus or the moon gives tendencies
towards  undesirable experiences in psychism.  When Neptune is afflicted  by
Mars,  especially when it is in conjunction with this fiery planet,  the na-
tive  is often tempted to use hypnotism or black magic upon others,  and  is
himself  prone  to become the victim of those who unscrupulously  use  these
dreadful practices on others.

   When  the mental afflictions are in the eighth or the twelfth house  they
have  a  more subtle influence than elsewhere.   Afflictions in  the  eighth
house  may give the mind suicidal tendencies,  but if in the  twelfth  house
being the house of self-undoing, hospitals, prisons and insane asylums, they
may cause confinement in some institution.


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   We  wish  to impress it very firmly upon the mind of the  reader,  never,
never at any time to base a diagnosis on only one or two aspects, but always
upon the entire horoscope.   To illustrate the dangers of superficial  judg-
ment we will take the horoscope of a man who had Mercury in Capricorn in the
sixth  house,  making only one aspect which was a weak  square  to  Neptune.
Judging  the horoscope quickly one would say that he had a  dull  mentality,
but as a boy he stood at the head of his class.  In spelling and mathematics
he was very bright.  As a man he has reached a high status among his associ-
ates.  He is a leader in a line of work which requires executive ability and
a keen mentality.  To illustrate our point we will note what the other plan-
ets indicated.   He had seven planets in airy signs,  five planets in mental
signs,  the moon and Neptune both well aspected and in angles,  the sun  and
moon in fixed signs, and fixed and cardinal signs on the four angles.   When
summing up the entire horoscope we can well see why this man reached such  a
high position in mental work with a weak Mercury.   So we want to impress it
firmly upon our readers to use their reasoning powers before giving a  judg-
ment on a horoscope, whether it is for mental, moral, spiritual, or physical
qualities.


[PAGE 43]                                         THE SIXTH HOUSE INFLUENCES

                                 CHAPTER VI

                         THE SIXTH HOUSE INFLUENCES

   After  we have carefully studied the mental qualities of our  patient  we
must try to find the strength of the will.  The Ascendant as a rule gives us
a  key to will and to the mentality.  Now we will see what bearing  the  6th
house has on the matter.   The 6th house is the house of sickness,  and very
often gives the key to the patient's condition.   We therefore first look to
the ruler of this house to see what it indicates,  in what sign and house it
is placed,  and what the nature of the sign is and what part of the body  is
ruled by it.   Next we must see what planets are aspecting the ruler of this
house of sickness.

   Let  us suppose that Aquarius is on the cusp of the 6th house.   Then  we
would look for the two planets, Uranus and Saturn, which have rule over this
sign.   Naturally  they will have rule over the health of the patient  to  a
very great extent.   Now, suppose that Uranus is in the sign of Virgo and on
the  Ascendant,  as we find it in the horoscope of a man who was born  April
22nd,  1881, at 2 P.M.  Uranus rising gives the key to the nature,  which is
one of great impulse.  The co-ruler of the 6th house is  Saturn.  We find in


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the  greater number of horoscopes that Saturn is the afflicter.   He is  the
taskmaster that brings to man the needed lessons.   Saturn in the  horoscope
which we have under consideration is in Taurus, intercepted in the 9th house
and in conjunction with the sun and Jupiter.  Saturn is not in this case the
worst afflicter.

   We now consider the planets which may be in the 6th house.   Here we find
the vacillating moon in Aquarius and square to Venus and Neptune.   The lat-
ter  two planets are in the sign of Taurus in the 9th house.   Here we  have
the whole trouble.  The moon and Venus are both feminine,  indicating women;
the moon is the ruler of the 11th house,  and thus represents women friends,
who  tempted and caused this man to respond to the Uranus-Mars impulse.   So
we may look for trouble through overindulgence of the desires, which are in-
dicated by the planets in Taurus and by Mars,  the latter ruling the sign of
Scorpio,  which governs sex.   Hence we may expect that wine and women  will
bring this man to his undoing.

   Note  that  Mercury is in the 8th house,  and aspected very weakly  by  a
semi-sextile of Saturn,  the sun,  Jupiter,  and Neptune.   Mercury in Aries
works  under  impulse.   It being practically unaspected in  this  sign  and
Uranus  being  in opposition to Mars indicate a lack of  forethought.   With
these  conditions and having a common sign on the Ascendant this man  was  a
perfect slave to his passions and desires.  Here we may see what the,  Virgo
Ascendant with Uranus in conjunction shows  regarding  the  will.  A decided


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lack of will power is indicated.  With Virgo,  the natural 6th house sign on
the Ascendant, and the sun in Taurus, this man was an easy victim of disease
for both Virgo and Taurus have a decided fear of sickness.

   We must never base our diagnosis on one or two afflictions,  but we  must
study all the signs and planets very carefully.   Some horoscopes show  very
plainly  what is the matter,  and at a glance we can see from a few  aspects
what the disease may be.   But other horoscopes hide the symptoms,  just  as
the doctor often finds it to be the case with his patients.   Some tell  him
at once where the disease is,  while others are a puzzle and the disease may
be difficult to locate.   Therefore the astrologer must study and reason  to
be very sure that he has the correct diagnosis.


[PAGE 46]                                                    ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

                                 CHAPTER VII

                       PRELIMINARY STEPS IN DIAGNOSING

   We  are  now  ready to begin the real work of reading  and  diagnosing  a
chart.   First we must know what the rising sign indicates,  for by this  we
get the key to the patient's disposition.   The Ascendant indicates the gen-
eral  nature  of the planetary baptism which a man received  at  birth,  and
which will influence him all through this physical life.   According to  the
stamp of the stellar forces at birth will a man's tendencies be.   Remember,
we  do not say fate,  but TENDENCIES,  for man has the power within  him  to
change  to  a very great extent the influences that are shown in  the  horo-
scope.   We must admit that the horoscope is the result of his  past  living
and that it indicates a certain probable destiny.  If he allows the stars to
rule him, why then he becomes the victim of fate; but the wise man is he who
rules his stars.

   The Ascendant indicates the general characteristics and tendencies  which
are latent within a man.  Therefore this should be the starting point of our
diagnosis.   Then  we must see how the four angles are represented.   If  we
find common signs, namely, Gemini, Virgo,  Sagittarius, and  Pisces  on  the


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cusps,  we have a patient who will respond quickly to suggestions, and while
he  will listen to the healer and may seemingly try to cooperate  with  him,
still  on account of his wavering tendencies, or let us say the weakness  of
will of the common sign person,  he is prone to forget to follow directions.
One's instructions must be repeated often or the common sign patient is  apt
to forget them.

   If the Ascendant and the four angles,  however,  are occupied by the four
cardinal signs,  namely, Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn, you may expect
cooperation from your patient;  but if Aries is on the Ascendant,  you  must
let him think that he is doing the work himself.  Never order an Arian to do
anything, but diplomatically ask him if he does not think so and so would be
good for him, for Aries dislikes to follow the dictates of another.  When he
does follow your instructions, however, he will do it with great force,  and
impulsively.   We sometimes hear of people who follow the doctor's orders to
the extent that they will take a whole box of pills at one dose.  Well, such
is the Aries patient.   He must have results quickly or he will lose his in-
terest.   The cardinal sign people as a rule are willing to  cooperate  with
the healer, and they will also make every effort to overcome disease.

   The fixed sign people,  namely,  those under Taurus,  Leo,  Scorpio,  and
Aquarius,  are creatures of habit; that is, they are so fixed that when they
get  into a rut,  or if they form a habit,  they are very difficult for  the
healer  to handle.  This habit, which may be  at  the  very  bottom  of  the


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trouble  and have caused the disease,  they hold on to with  tenacity.   The
fixed  sign people have great determination, and when once they are  aroused
they  cooperate  fully with the healer.  Taurus and Scorpio  people  may  at
times display a stubborn nature which is hard to combat,  and they are  also
so  full of fear that the healer must be very careful of his suggestions  in
their presence.  He must always be optimistic and give suggestions of hope.

   The  healer  should be familiar with the temperament and  disposition  of
each  sign,  and realize that if the ruler of the sign is  afflicted  or  if
malefic planets are in the sign, the response will be very different than it
will when the best sign of the sign is expressed.  Remember, the unafflicted
magnanimous,  jovial, and loving Leo is a very different person from the af-
flicted blustering, bragging, quarrelsome, stubborn Leo.  Similarly,  we may
find two sides to each sign.   Let us study the signs and their rulers  very
carefully.  Note also very carefully what aspects the ruler of the Ascendant
makes, for this plant is usually the life ruler and has a great influence on
the life of the native.

   The  next step is to study the mind,  for if the mentality is  weak,  the
healer  finds his work most difficult.   In the mind of man lies  the  power
which  may be used to control disease.   A strong and well aspected  Mercury
will guide a man into a safe and sane path of living,  and such a person  is
not prone  to succumb to disease.  But the afflicted Mercury often leads man


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into temptations,  and if the desire nature is strong and the mind weak,  we
may  expect  that the patient will not have the will to cooperate  with  the
healer.   Hence we may say that the healer must study the chart  very  care-
fully in order to trace the latent tendencies of his patient.   When he  has
traced them, he is able to get to the first cause.  Remember,  everything in
life  has a first cause,  and to get an understanding of a case we  must  go
back to the beginning.


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                                CHAPTER VIII

                       HINTS AND HELPS FOR THE HEALER

   1.--NEVER,  NEVER  predict the time of death to your  patient.   Let  the
reader repeat this injunction so as to impress it firmly upon his mind.   If
you predict DEATH to a patient,  YOU may become his executioner,  and before
your  God you will be held accountable for a great wrong.   There is an  old
adage which says,  "While there's life, there's HOPE."  No matter how strong
the affliction may be in the horoscope, sometimes Divine Providence may lend
a hand, and very serious periods may be passed with the proper help.

   2.--The LAW does not permit a layman to diagnose disease for others; only
the licensed physician may do this.

   3.--The wise healer will NEVER discuss disease with his patient, nor will
he ever diagnose to the patient.  He will keep his knowledge for his own use
in healing.

   4.--At all times keep the patient's mind,  if possible,  from thoughts of
disease,  and  before  leaving give him some pleasant thought  to  help  him
along.  Laugh  and  joke  with  him;  always  leave  him  with  a smile, for


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cheerfulness is half the cure.

   5.--Refrain from asking him the question, "How do you feel?"   This has a
tendency to throw his thoughts back to his physical body,  which in  illness
is  a good thing for him to forget.   Let your first words of  greeting  be,
"What a beautiful day!   I am glad to see you."   Any greeting is good  that
will bring cheer, and help the sufferer to forget his pain.

   5A.--Never discuss the patient's horoscope with him;  if he insists  how-
ever, then give him encouraging hints only, but NEVER tell him of an impend-
ing crisis.

   6.--Sick  people often have a morbid desire to probe into the future,  to
know of any impending crisis or of possible death,  especially if they  have
some knowledge of astrology.   The healer should request the patient to dis-
continue  the study of his own horoscope while he is under his care;  other-
wise  he  will find that many adverse suggestions obtained from  such  study
will appear in the mind of the patient, which will hinder the healing.

   6A.--There are lines of force running between the two poles of a  magnet,
and there is in all nature a positive and negative side.   The human body is
a  most  powerful magnet expressing both the positive and the  negative  as-
pects.  When a man is ill, he expressed the negative side of his nature, and
therefore the healer should (and will if he is the right healer) express the
opposite aspect, namely the positive.  When this is done, the  patient  will


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respond quickly,  and the healing will be successful.   Therefore it is very
necessary that the healer express positiveness and cheerfulness in the sick-
room.

   7.--When a man is ill, his power of resistance is at its lowest ebb,  and
he is very sensitive to influences from without.   At that time the currents
of the vital body are turned inward,  and he is apt to attract thoughts  and
magnetism  from  others which if negative will have an adverse  effect  upon
him.   When a man is in good health,  the vital body ethers radiate  outward
and thereby keep out negative elements, also throw out impurities.

   8.--When one is ill, his power of resistance is low, and at that time the
vibrations of the healer have a grater effect than at other times;  his  in-
fluence  is  therefore powerful either for good or evil.   If  the  healer's
thoughts are not pure,  if his life is not clean,  then his influence on the
patient  is not good.   Therefore it is most necessary that the healer  LIVE
THE LIFE of purity, otherwise he can do more harm than good.

   9.--If  the healer's Saturn is on the Ascendant or in the sixth house  of
the patient, he will have little success in helping the latter.

   10.--A healer with the sun in Scorpio or with Scorpio on the Ascendant is
usually successful.

   11.--The sun in fiery signs gives good healing power, also greater  power


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over the diseases of those signs than is possessed by others.

   12.--People  born  with common signs on the angles or with the sun  in  a
common  sign make the best nurses;  they have power to soothe the sick,  and
they bring a quieting influence into the sick room.

   13.--When Saturn is the afflicter,  the skin is often very dry,  and  the
vitality low.  Rub the skin briskly with rough bath gloves to stimulate cir-
culation.

   14.--People  with  Virgo on the Ascendant or with the sun in  Virgo  make
good nurses.

   15.--To calm a patient who has an afflicted Mars,  it is well to choose a
Saturn hour.

   16.--People  with Saturn in the sixth house rarely make a success in  the
art of healing.

   17.--When the patient is suffering with nervous trouble,  but Mars is not
afflicted,  it is well to use a sun or a Mars hour for manipulations or min-
istrations.

   18.--When the moon is increasing in light,  namely,  between the new  and
the full, stimulants have the greatest effect and sedatives the least.

   19.--When the moon is conjunction Saturn, stimulants have very little ef-
fect; but should the moon be conjoined to Mars, especially if Mars is strong
in the horoscope or is in the sign of Aries,  then the healer should be most
careful in administering stimulants.


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                                 CHAPTER IX

                                  APHORISMS

   1.--The moon may be regarded as the giver and the taker of life; that is,
the  moon acts as a medium in carrying the life forces from the sun  to  the
earth and man, and the moon forces also eventually produce death.

   2.--When the moon is full, the tides are higher,  the bones are fuller of
marrow,  and oysters are fuller than at any other time.   The temperature is
then also highest in fevers.

   3.--During the first half of life, particularly in childhood the moon has
greatest rule,  and during the latter half of life the sun has the strongest
influence.

   4.--The moon has great influence over insane people,  that is,  lunatics,
and over hysterical,  epileptic, and nervous patients.   These patients feel
the changes of the moon very greatly; especially are they very restless dur-
ing the full of the moon.   They should never sleep with the moon shining on
them.

   5.--At the new of the moon the material forces are weakest.   The  period
of the waning moon,  namely between the full and the new,  is strongest  for
spiritual work, for at that time the influence of the sun is greatest.


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   6.--Do not perform an operation when the moon is in the sign which  rules
the part of the body to be operated upon.   Ptolemy says,  "Pierce not  with
iron  that part of the body which may be governed by the sign  actually  oc-
cupied by the moon."

   7.--Operations performed at the exact change of the moon are rarely  suc-
cessful.  Choose the time for an operation when the moon is waxing or, as it
is commonly termed,  the light of the moon.   Do not operate when the sun is
in the sign which rules the part of the body to be cut.

   8.--The moon revolves around the zodiac in about twenty-eight days.  Dis-
ease reaches a turning point every seven days.   Starting from the place  of
the moon at the beginning of the illness,  a change may be expected in seven
days  (the  square),  on the fourteenth day (the  opposition),  and  on  the
twenty-first day (another square).

   9.--The moon rules acute disease, the sun chronic.

   10.--It  is well to watch the squares and the opposition of the  moon  to
the transiting sun, Mars, and Saturn when operating.

   11.--The  moon has greatest rule over the health of the woman  while  the
sun influences the health of the man.

   12.--From the new to the full moon stimulants produce the most effect and
sedatives  are the weakest;  decrease the dose of the one and  increase  the
other.


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   13.--When the increasing moon is in good aspect to the radical Jupiter or
Venus,  cardiac stimulation produces most lasting results.   Palpitation  is
most efficiently treated when the moon is decreasing and aspecting the above
planets favorably.   Apply heart stimulants with extreme care when the  moon
is  evilly aspected to these planets and especially when it is dark or  wan-
ing.

   14.--Good aspects to the radical moon from the transiting Jupiter and Ve-
nus are very helpful.

   15.   Saturn when placed in the sixth house of the horoscope at birth has
a tendency to lower the vitality.

   16.--The  sign in which the sun is at birth is a very vital  locality  in
the horoscope, its influence varying according as it is cardinal, fixed,  or
common.   Also the house containing the sun, be it cadent, succedent,  or an
angle  is important.   From the strength of the sun you may often judge  the
response which you will get from your patient.

   17.--Benefic aspects between the radical sun and Mars give great vitality
and resistance to disease.   An evil aspect between the Sun and Mars is bet-
ter from a health standpoint than no aspect at all.

   18.--Aspects to the Ascendant and the Midheaven are often unreliable  un-
less you are absolutely sure of the minute of birth,  and as clocks are fre-
quently off time and there is much confusion in regard to different kinds of
time, these two points should be used with great discretion.


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   19.--Planets that are in critical degrees (See Simplified Scientific  As-
trology,  page 81) have a greater influence either for good or evil than  in
other degrees.

   20.--Certain  fixed  stars have a powerful influence on  disease.   Espe-
cially should the three following nebular spots be watched:   the  Pleiades,
29 degrees of Taurus;  Ascelli, 6 degrees of Leo; and Antares,  8 degrees of
Sagittarius.

   21.--A  child with no aspect between the sun and Mars is subject to  many
child's diseases.

   22.--A  patient with many planets in airy signs requires more air in  the
sleeping apartment than others do; planets in fiery signs incline one to re-
quire much sunlight;  and people with planets in watery or earthy signs suf-
fer from too much sunlight.

   23.--With fixed signs on the angles and afflictions in common signs,  the
native  overcomes disease;  when common signs are on the angles and the  af-
flictions in fixed signs, he is more apt to succumb to disease.

   24.--A well aspected sun when in the sign of Aries or Leo gives great vi-
tality and an ability to throw off disease.

   25.--When people with Aries rising or the sun or Mars in the sign of  Ar-
ies at birth are ill, their temperature rises much higher than that of other
patients,  and they suffer much more quickly from fever, for there is a ten-
dency of the blood to rush to the head and to the skin.

   26.--An  affliction  between the Sun and Saturn or a square  between  the
moon and the sun gives low vitality.  When  this  condition  is found in the


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horoscope  it is well during illness to watch the progressed moon in  aspect
to these afflicted plants,  and also especially the transits of the new  and
full moons.

   27.--Retrograde planets give very little help in disease.   Regardless of
whether  they are in good or evil aspect,  their influence is  latent  until
they turn direct; then we may look for their awakened influence.

   28.--Planets when they turn from retrograde to direct are slow in motion.
Their influence while in this slow motion is not as vital nor as powerful as
when they are swiftly moving.

   29.--Planets are strong when in signs of their own nature,  also when  in
aspect to planets which are in compatible signs.

   30.--When the hour of birth is not known a fairly accurate diagnosis  may
be  obtained  by using a flat chart, i.e.,  by placing Aries  on  the  first
house, Taurus on the second, Gemini on the third, etc.

   31.--Saturn's influence is contracting, while Mars' is loosening.

   32.--The  sun  rules  the vital fluid which is  specialized  through  the
spleen.   When the sun is afflicted at birth disease frequently occurs  when
progressions of the planets afflict the sun.

   33.--When the radical sun or moon is within orb of the Pleiades in 29 de-
grees of Taurus, the Ascelli in Leo 6, or Antares in Sagittarius 8,  trouble
with the eyes is indicated, especially if Saturn, Mars, or Uranus is also at
one of these spots.


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   34.--Mercury in the twelfth house, afflicted by the sun,  Saturn,  Uranus
or Mars, also Mercury in Capricorn, the house of Saturn, when afflicted by a
malefic will affect the hearing.

   35.--Watch  the malefic planets when they are placed in either the  sixth
or  the twelfth house,  the sixth being the house which has rule over  sick-
ness, and the twelfth having rule over hospitals and places of confinement.

   36.--It  is necessary to observe the antipathy between certain signs  and
planets.   For instance,  the fiery Mars may be posited in the water Pisces,
or the cold,  earthy Saturn in the fiery sign of Aries.  When a planet is in
the sign of its detriment, it may especially become a menace to health.

   37.--The  place where Saturn is found in the horoscope is most likely  to
be a weak place in the physical body, the place most easily affected by dis-
ease.

   38.--The  Lucifer  spirits from Mars aid in maintaining the heat  of  the
blood by dissolving the iron,  a Mars metal,  and enabling the blood to  at-
tract oxygen, a sun element.

   39.--A patient with the planet Mercury in square aspect to Saturn is  apt
to suffer from gloom.   A cheerful,  sunny room should be chosen,  with rose
colored walls.

   40.--The  sign  of Leo on the Ascendant with the sun  in  its  exaltation
sign, Aries, gives abundant vitality and the power to throw off disease.


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   41.--If  a disease is caused by an affliction of Mars,  we may  look  for
help when the progressed moon reaches a good aspect of Venus.  When the dis-
ease is of a Saturnian nature, we may expect the greatest help when the moon
aspects Jupiter.   Note the symbol of Venus, the higher octave of Mars,  and
that of Jupiter, the higher octave of Saturn; in each case the latter symbol
is the inversion of the former.

   42.--If  the moon is in conjunction with Saturn at the beginning of  dis-
ease, we may expect that the disease will be of long duration.

   43.--Disease  related  to the moon is of an acute nature and  may  change
within twenty-eight days, but when the disease is related to the sun,  it is
of a more chronic nature and likely to be of longer duration and more  stub-
born in resisting treatment.


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                                  CHAPTER X

                 DIAGNOSING FROM THE HANDS AND FINGER NAILS

   The astrologer often finds himself at a great disadvantage in his reading
and  diagnosing  in that the patient is frequently mistaken in the  hour  of
birth or is not able to give any time.  Also in seven out of every ten cases
in  which  the  native  thinks he has the right  time,  the  horoscope  when
corrected  by events or rectified is found to be wrong in  this  particular.
People are constantly coming to the Rosicrucian Headquarters with horoscopes
which they have erected or have had some professional astrologer set up, and
in numerous cases in which they have been positive they had the correct time
of  birth the rising sign does not tally with their personal appearance  and
temperament.

   In  one instance a woman claimed to have Pisces rising,  but when we  met
her personally we at once concluded that she had the first degrees of  Aries
on the Ascendant for she had red hair a decided ram's profile,  a  prominent
Roman nose,  and full lips,  which if you read THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS  you
will find tally with Aries.   Another woman came to Headquarters claiming to
have Leo on the Ascendant, but she had a slender little body,  a  long  face


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with  decidedly  receding  chin,  long slender  conical  fingers,  and  long
nails--a  perfect picture of Virgo.   One case came to our notice of an  ex-
tremely tall woman.  The hour of birth she gave brought Taurus on the Ascen-
dant,  but her personal appearance was very similar to that of Gemini.   The
horoscope had many planets in the signs indicating height:   the sun,  Jupi-
ter,  Mercury,  and Neptune were in Gemini, and the moon and Venus in Aries.
This would


                                  DIAGRAM A:
                    TWELVE DISTINCT TYPE OF FINGER NAILS


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give her length of arm and upper body.   At first appearance we doubted  her
rising sign of Taurus, but when we examined her finger nails they were found
to be the perfect Taurian type.   Taurus was also indicated by the heavy jaw
and full neck.  A Gemini person's nails are small and the neck slender.

   Diagram  A will give the reader a key to the pure types of finger  nails,
correlated to the signs of the zodiac.   Horoscopes with many planets in one
sign will change the nails.  In the time the student will be able  by  using

                           DIAGRAM: FINGER NAILS


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this  chart to detect the characteristics of any type.   Note how the  types
harmonize.  Fixed sign nails are broad, showing great persistence and deter-
mination.   The signs ruled by Venus, Taurus and Libra,  give a more rounded
nail; the fingers are well shaped and long, and the mount of Venus, which is
at  the base of the thumb is quite rounded and full.   We could  write  much
more on the hands and their characteristics as compared with the  horoscope,
but  as this chapter is especially written to help in the diagnosis of  dis-
ease, we will confine ourselves largely to this matter.

   It  is not very difficult to detect diseases which are latent.   For  in-
stance, look at Diagram No. 1.  We see a large, broad nail.  This is similar
to the pure Leo type.  With heart trouble latent, as in case No.  5A,  where
the impulsive Mars is on the Ascendant, square to Venus indicating poor cir-
culation  and a weak heart,  we will find that the little half-moons at  the
base of the nail are blue in color,  and the lines in the palms of the hands
are also blue.   When heart trouble has developed to a chronic stage and  is
deep-seated,  we find the nails ridged lengthwise as in Diagram No.  1,  and
the corners turned upward away from the flesh as in Diagram No. 2.   A horo-
scope  which  will illustrate this case may be found in THE MESSAGE  OF  THE
STARS, figure 3 on page 625.

   The  nail shown in Diagram No.  3 is characteristic of cases such as  No.
10A.   The nail which indicates liver trouble is usually large in  size  but
longer than No. 1 or 2.  The nail wedges into the flesh on the sides, and is


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usually of a yellowish tint.  The lines of the palm are also yellow.  Remem-
ber when looking into the palm of the hand that the color of the lines is  a
valuable  clue to the health of the patient.   If in good health  the  lines
should be of a soft pin;  if the blood is impoverished,  the lines are  pale
and white;  if the patient is feverish,  the lines are red;  if the liver is
out of order,  they are yellow; and if the heart action is wrong,  the color
is blue.

   In Diagram No. 4, we have a nail which is generally found on the hands of
people who have common or watery signs on the angles.   Many planets in com-
mon  or watery signs produce what is called the psychic type.   People  with
long,  slender, clawlike fingers and nails are supersensitive and lacking in
strength and vitality.  This type of nail is often found on the hands of the
idle  rich,  women who nurse a lap dog instead of a child and always have  a
box of chocolates at their side.  Long, slender, well shaped hands and nails
belong to the psychic type, and when the nails are ridged lengthwise and the
color of the nail is pale,  it is an indication of a tendency to weakness of
the lungs.  People with long, slender nails are usually susceptible to colds
and coughs.

   Nail No.  5 belongs to the nervous person who is intellectually  inclined
and prone to overdo.

   Diagram No. 6 is that of a nail which indicates the person who frequently
bites  his nails.   It shows one who has little control over his temper  and
whose feelings are very easily hurt.  Such people are always carrying a chip


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on their shoulder and always looking for slights.

                        DIAGRAM B: THE THUMB

   A well balanced thumb indicates ability to control the emotions,  includ-
ing  anger.  but where the thumb is short and the end of it  is  club-shaped
with a short nail, there is no control whatever over anger and things easily
turn red before the eyes.

                                  DIAGRAM B

   The thumb is a wonderful indicator of character,  and must be taken  into
consideration when diagnosing from the hand.   In Diagram B we see that  the
mount of Venus and the thumb are both a little too heavy.  This is a typical


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Taurian thumb with the mount of Venus very large,  indicating a very  strong
desire nature.   The thumb is short and thick,  showing a lack of will power
to rule the desires.  When the thumb is long and well shaped, it is an indi-
cation of high ideals and the will to carry them out.

   In  a well proportioned thumb the first phalanx should occupy  two-fifths
and the second phalanx three-fifths of the length of the thumb.   The tip of
the  thumb should reach the middle joint of the first finger.   A very  long
thumb indicates that a person is obstinate, headstrong; a very short one in-
dicates lack of logic and a constant changing from one thing to another.  If
the thumb is very thick throughout its entire length, the desires and tastes
are more or less coarse and primitive, and the person is lacking in tack and
refinement.   If the thumb is very wide, especially at the tip, it indicates
one who "sees red" easily, often one who has an ungovernable temper; it also
indicates stubbornness.  The patient who has a normally developed thumb will
carry out the physician's orders.

   If  the  first phalanx of the thumb is very long and the  second  one  is
short, it indicates one who is reckless and whose actions are not controlled
by reason.   If the first phalanx is short and the second very long it indi-
cates a talker,  but not a doer.  Such a person is mistrustful of  everybody
and lacks self-control.

   The  mount of Luna is located on the little finger side of the  palm  and
extends from about the middle of the palm to the wrist.  When large and full
it  indicates  excessive  emotion  and  imaginations,   but   when  properly


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proportioned  it gives a well balanced mind.  It is this mount of  the  moon
and  lines found upon it which give the diagnostician a clue to  mental  af-
flictions and designate the lunar person.


                      INDICATIONS FROM THE FINGER NAILS

   Long,  slender nails curving inward toward the flesh:  scrofulous and im-
pure blood, weakness of the lungs, and throat trouble.

   White spots on the nails:  anaemia, impoverished blood, nervousness.

   Long nails, thin and brittle:  weak vitality, negativeness, timidity.

   Black or blue spots on the half moons:  poison in blood,  obstructed cir-
culation,  or  restricted heart action.   The shape of the nails  should  be
taken into consideration before making a decision; see diagrams on page 63.

   Well rounded and clear cut half moons on nails indicate good circulation;
if pale pink, they indicate health; if dark blue, see page 64 for meaning.

   Nails whose top surface is concave indicate spinal weakness.

   Patients who have long smooth hands, the flesh soft and smooth,  the fin-
gers flexible, the nails white in color, and especially when the nails wedge
tightly into the side of the finger and the wedge portion is colored, may be
said  to have been BORN TIRED.   They will make little attempt to  help  the
healer;  they  would prefer to have the Invisible Helpers to  the  work  for
them.



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