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                                   PART II

                          DIAGNOSIS FROM HOROSCOPES


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                                 CHAPTER XI

                        NO. 1--A LESSON IN DIRECTING

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 [                             BIRTH CHART NO.1:                          ]
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 [ MIDHEAVEN: Aries 29     SUN: Aquarius 8:08        SATURN: Scorpio 0:10 ]
 [ 11TH HOUSE: Gemini 5    MOON: Aquarius 16:27      URANUS: Gemini 26:0  ]
 [ 12TH HOUSE: Cancer 10   MERCURY: Capricorn 13:44  NEPTUNE: Aries 6:05  ]
 [ ASCENDANT: Leo 10:31    VENUS: Pisces 22:34       DRAGON'S HEAD:       ]     
 [ 2ND HOUSE: Virgo 2      MARS: Gemini 4:28                 Scorpio 4:40 ]
 [ 3RD HOUSE: Virgo 27     JUPITER: Sagittarius 20:52  DRAGON'S TAIL:     ]
 [                                                         Taurus 4:40    ]
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Female, born January 27, 1865, 5:15 P.M.

   Instead of using this horoscope for the diagnosis of disease, we will use
it to illustrate the art of directing, and judging the crisis and the  dura-
tion of the disease.


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   We find the fixed sign of Leo on the Ascendant,  with the cardinal  signs
of Aries and Libra on the 10th and 4th cusps respectively;  the fixed  signs
of  Taurus and Scorpio intercepted.   In this horoscope we have two  rulers;
the  ruler of the Ascendant,  the sun,  which is in the sign of its fall  in
Aquarius and near the cusp of the 7th house; and the dynamic Mars,  which is
the  ruler  of the 10th house,  placed on the cusp of the 11th  house  in  a
critical  degree of the sign of Gemini.  Mars is sextile to Neptune  in  the
9th house and trine to the sun in the 6th house.   Therefore we may look  to
the sun and Mars as having the greatest influence on the life of this woman.

   Now  let us find the afflictions which were responsible for the  sickness
which  overtook  her.   We find Jupiter, which has rule  over  the  arterial
blood,  in  its own sign of Sagittarius in the 5th house,  square  to  Venus
which rules the venous circulation,  and which is exalted in the watery sign
of Pisces in the 8th house.   Jupiter is in opposition to Uranus in the sign
of Gemini and the 11th house.  Venus is also square to Uranus.   Now what do
these afflictions from the common signs indicate?  We have had similar indi-
cations  in the horoscopes of those who were afflicted with tuberculosis  of
the  lungs.   Venus  and Jupiter both so strong by  sign  and  afflicted  by
Uranus,  this  last named planet being in Gemini,  which has rule  over  the
lungs, would naturally interfere with oxygenation, also giving a tendency to
coughs and colds.


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   On January 21,  1909, this woman contracted a heavy cold which culminated
in double pneumonia.  The adjusted calculation date (calculated as taught on
page 470, THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS) is August 16, 1864.

   We will now progress the planets from August 16, 1908,  which corresponds
to their places in the ephemeris on March 12, 1865.   By adding the distance
which the principal planets move in 5 months,  we find that in January  1909
the progressed sun was in 22-22 of Pisces;  the moon was in 27-28 of  Virgo;
Mars was in 21 degrees of Gemini; Jupiter in 27-19 of Sagittarius;  Venus in
7-50 of Taurus; Mercury in 17-16 of Pisces.

   Now to judge the kind of sickness we must see what aspects were made  be-
tween the progressed and radical planets bearing on the organic weakness  of
the lungs and poor circulation of the blood as shown in the radix.  We first
look for the afflictions of the planets in common signs,  and find that  the
sun had progressed to the conjunction of the radical Venus in Pisces,  which
made a square to the radical Jupiter.  Mars had progressed to the opposition
of the radical Jupiter, and was square to the progressed sun.   We also find
that  the  progressed moon was square to the radical Uranus in the  sign  of
Gemini, indicating the lungs.

   The  above aspects of the progressed planets to the radical were  a  very
severe affliction and especially since they were from the common signs.

   There are three points to be taken into consideration in reading a  horo-
scope; the radical chart is as the fact of the clock; the progressed planets


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are the hour hand; and the daily transits and the daily transits and the new
and  full  moons may be compared to the minute hand which  tells  the  exact
time.   The progressed aspects alone will not act; there must be an exciting
factor.   The transits act as the match that lights the fuse,  and the tran-
siting moon with its aspects and its lunations is the time marker.

   On January 21,  1909,  we find that the moon was in conjunction with  the
sun, and this was a new moon in the sign of Aquarius in square aspect to the
radical  Saturn,  which is in the fourth house in  Scorpio.   This  lunation
marked the day when the woman first contracted the cold which culminated  in
pneumonia.   Saturn at birth is square to the radical sun,  and the lunation
naturally strengthened this affliction.   This of itself would not have  af-
fected  the lungs,  but we find the progressed sun in conjunction  with  the
radical Venus in the 8th house and in the watery sign of Pisces.   Venus  is
the most adversely situated planet in the horoscope; it is in its exaltation
in Pisces, but is afflicted by a square of Jupiter and Uranus at birth.  The
radical  Jupiter is receiving assistance from the sextile of the  moon,  and
Uranus has a trine from Saturn,  which will ameliorate the evil of these two
planets,  but Venus is afflicted from both sides and without a  single  good
aspect to offset the evil.   We also find that Venus had progressed to  7-50
of  Taurus in the tenth house and had reached a square of the  radical  sun.
The  double affliction of the sun,  the effect of which is of a hot and  in-
flammatory  nature,  was in this case responsible for the inflammation which


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took place in the capillaries of the lungs.

   But the question may be asked, Why should this inflammation take place in
the lungs?   Why not in the throat or the feet where the afflicting  planets
are  found?   Mars,  which is another hot and inflammatory planet  had  pro-
gressed  to 21-00 degrees of Gemini and was then squaring the radical  Venus
and progressed sun.  Mars, therefore, was the focusing point of the disease.

   We  have previously stated that the moon is the time marker of a  disease
and also marks the crisis.   We therefore go to the beginning when the  cold
was contracted and watch when the moon came to a square to the place of  the
lunation, which was at midnight of Jan. 27, 1909, seven days later.  Medical
science counts its critical days by 7, 14, and 21.   The moon has particular
influence over man, and marks the time when recovery is apt to take place.

   Let  us follow the transiting moon on her journey and see her  influence.
On the 25th she reached the conjunction of the radical Venus and  progressed
sun,  also  the opposition to the progressed moon,  which was  in  27-28  of
Virgo.   This did not bring any great change,  but on the night of the  27th
and  the  early  morning of the 28th when the transiting  moon  reached  the
square  of  the preceding lunation,  a conjunction with the  Midheaven,  the
Dragon's Tail,  and the progressed Venus, also an opposition to the  radical
Saturn, death was very close.  At 1 A.M. of the 28th the woman passed out of


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the body.   She was able to see herself lying on the bed, and was fully con-
scious that death was near when the cries of the nurse who shook her brought
her back to life.

   The  length of an illness may be known by the signs in which the  planets
which  caused the illness are found.   If in fixed signs,  the  recovery  is
slow;  in cardinal signs,  the illness is very severe but quickly over.   In
all cases it is well to look to the radical aspects of Mars and the sun.  If
these  planets are well situated and aspected as in the case of this  woman,
(Mars trine to the sun) and if fixed signs are on the angles it is an  indi-
cation that the patient will win out,  where many under similar  afflictions
would go to the grave.


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                                 CHAPTER XII

                                  THE EARS

                          NO. 1A.--EARS AND NERVES

   Female, born June 1, 1884, 11: 45 A.M.

         "It matters not how strait the gate,
         How charged with punishments the scroll,
         I am the master of my fate;
         I am the captain of my soul."

   Well may Henley say that man is the captain of his soul.  When we look at
this horoscope,  we read the message in the planets that this soul had  pre-
pared a wide gate for itself and that the Path should be smooth and full  of
sunshine,  for  we find twenty-four good and but eight evil  aspects.   This
from an astrologer's point of view should bring good health and happiness.

   We  find the common and earthy sign of Virgo on the Ascendant,  with  the
moon  and Uranus in conjunction in the first house,  forming a sextile  with
Venus and a trine with Mercury,  which latter is the ruler of the  Ascendant
and  Midheaven;  also  a trine to the higher octave of Mercury, the mystical


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Neptune.   This will give a degree of intellectuality.  This woman should be
attracted to the study of dietetics and interested in humanitarian work, for
the humanitarian and  advanced  Uranus,  which  is so prominent in the first

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 [                          BIRTH CHART NO. 1A:                           ]
 [                                                                        ]
 [ MIDHEAVEN: Gemini 8      SUN: Gemini 11:28       SATURN: Gemini 13:18  ]
 [ 11TH HOUSE: Cancer 13    MOON: Virgo 22:34       URANUS: Virgo 24:00   ]
 [ 12TH HOUSE: Leo 15       MERCURY: Taurus 22:51   NEPTUNE: Taurus 21:34 ]
 [ ASCENDANT: Virgo 11:58   VENUS: Cancer 22:17                           ]
 [ 2ND HOUSE: Libra 5       MARS: Leo 28:23                               ]
 [ 3RD HOUSE: Scorpio 4     JUPITER: Leo 1:46                             ]
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house  and in conjunction with the moon, is ruler of the sixth  house  which
governs the common people, the laboring classes.

   The  common and earthy sign of Virgo gives a tendency to drift along  the
path of least resistance.  The people under this sign are not keen to battle
with the tide but prefer to drift and are prone to  become  victims of their


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physical ailments.   In the case of this woman we find Mars,  the planet  of
dynamic  energy,  posited in Leo in the 12th house,  that  of  self-undoing.
When Mars is in the fixed and fiery sign of Leo,  its influence for good  or
evil is much greater than elsewhere.   We find in this case that Mars is the
chief afflicter, being square and parallel to the life ruler,  Mercury,  and
square  to its higher octave,  Neptune.  But why should this  affliction  be
considered  important  when  there are so many good aspects  to  offset  it?
People with Mars in Leo may be likened to a keg of powder:   they are apt to
go  off  at  any moment,  especially when Mercury  and  its  higher  octave,
Neptune,  are square to Mars and in the fixed sign of Taurus.  These aspects
give an ungovernable temper and indicate one who would hold resentment.

   We find Venus, the planet ruling the appetite, the palate,  and the plea-
sures of the table, in the 11th house, friends, in the sign of Cancer,  gov-
erning the stomach.  Venus is sextile to Mercury and Neptune,  both of which
are placed in the home of Venus, the sign ruling the throat, Taurus.   Venus
is also sextile to the moon, the ruler of Cancer, and to Uranus, the natural
ruler  of the 11th house.   These aspects and positions indicate  that  this
woman  was blessed (or shall we in this case term it afflicted?)  with  many
friends who invited her to many dinners, and she was ever ready to  respond,
for  with  the  moon and Uranus in conjunction in the first  house  she  was
naturally  of  a  restless  nature  and  ready  to go whenever an invitation


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arrived.   A sextile between Venus in Cancer and the moon gives  desire  for
rich  pastries and sweets,  consequently her stomach was much abused by  ex-
cesses.   Also her nervous system was shattered by fits of anger.   Thus the
vagus or pneumogastric nerve was weakened.

   This cranial nerve, which has its origin in the fourth ventricle, plays a
prominent part in the functions of the physical body.   Its branches  extend
to  the  ear,  throat,  heart,  lungs,  and  liver,  and  it  surrounds  the
oesophagus,  the  tube  through which the food passes after  it  leaves  the
mouth,  with a network of little nerves.  Its branches also surround a large
part  of  the stomach.   An excess of food which dilated and  distended  the
stomach,  brought about by the impacts of the moon and Uranus on the  Ascen-
dant,  and  the temper of Mars square Mercury undermined this  poor  woman's
health so that she became a chronic invalid.

   The  sun is in a common sign near the Midheaven and afflicted by  a  con-
junction  with Saturn in the Mercurial sign of Gemini.   Mercury,  the  life
ruler,  has rule over the hearing.   We naturally look to the place occupied
by the strongest planet for the affliction.   This woman was afflicted  with
deafness in both ears,  for one branch of the vagus nerve rules the  auricle
of the ear.  She also suffered from a constant pain under her right shoulder
blade, indicating liver trouble, and she was abnormally nervous.

   Here  we may see how man may be his own executioner as indicated in  this
horoscope.  The ruler of the house of death, the  eighth house, is afflicted


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in the house of self-undoing, the twelfth.  The only remedy for a patient of
this  type is to eliminate all sweets and pastries,  cut down the supply  of
food to one-half, and learn to be still, to relax.

                              NO. 1B--THE EARS

   This woman was born on June 22, 1881, at noon.  We find the Venusian sign
of Libra on the Ascendant and the sun on the cusp of the Midheaven.  This is
the most powerfully situated planet and therefore the life ruler.   The  sun
is sextile to Mars.  In THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS, page 164, we are told that
a  good aspect between these two fiery planets strengthens the  constitution
and  makes the person able to perform hard tasks and produces  a  superabun-
dance of vital energy.  As the sun is accidentally dignified by being placed
in the 10th house and on the cusp of the Midheaven,  the native should  have
an  abundance  of will and energy to overcome almost any disease.   This  we
will touch upon later.

   We  find  here  a  very strange combination of  planets,  a  blending  of
benefics and malefics, all clustered in the 8th  house and in the fixed sign


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of Taurus, ruling the region of the throat and neck.

   We find Mars in Taurus,  the sign of Venus where he is in his  detriment,
in conjunction with Saturn; this strengthens the malefic tendencies of

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 [                         BIRTH CHART NO. 1B                            ]
 [                                                                       ]
 [ MIDHEAVEN: Cancer 1     SUN: Cancer 1:08        SATURN: Taurus 9:13   ]
 [ 11TH HOUSE: Leo 6       MOON: Taurus 15:06      URANUS: Virgo 10:13   ]
 [ 12TH HOUSE: Virgo 6     MERCURY: Cancer 26:03   NEPTUNE: Taurus 15:42 ]
 [  ASCENDANT: Libra 0:47   VENUS: Taurus 17:21                          ]
 [ 2ND HOUSE: Libra 25     MARS: Taurus 0:31                             ]
 [ 3RD HOUSE: Scorpio 25   JUPITER: Taurus 16:24                         ]
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Mars.   Some may question the conjunction of Mars 0-31 and Saturn 9-13 as we
have heretofore given six degrees as the orb of the minor planets, but there
are exceptions to this rule.  Where we find a cluster of planets placed in a
sign in which their evil tendencies are strong, especially when  in  a fixed


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and also a bestial sign,  then the orbs of those planets are greater,  their
influence  is stronger.   Now,  with Saturn's evil enhanced by  the  martial
rays,  Saturn will have a strong influence for evil when he is placed within
orb of a conjunction with the moon and Neptune.

   We  look  for the physical trouble from the above  four  planets.   These
placed in Taurus, the sign ruling the neck, also the glands, nerves, and ar-
teries  within this region of the body which Saturn is afflicting,  indicate
atrophy  or obstruction.   Saturn's influence on Neptune and the moon  would
cause a contraction of the nerves.   We find Jupiter and Venus also in  con-
junction  with the moon and Neptune and therefore indirectly  influenced  by
the orb of the afflicting Saturn.  So we may conclude that this entire group
of six planets situated in the fixed sign of Taurus and in the 8th house  is
under affliction.

   Jupiter  rules the arterial blood,  and Venus the venous blood.   Neptune
and the moon on account of the conjunction with Saturn may be termed malefic
and  will restrict the circulation in the carotid artery and interfere  with
the  various tubes that carry air and fluid to the ear,  for the  moon  also
rules the white fluids or body oil.   As a result of the restriction of  the
various fluids, the semi-circular canals of the inner ear are lacking in the
liquid known as endolymph.  This liquid acts upon the nerves that run to the
three canals as the acid acts upon the copper plates in an electric battery.
Where this endolymph is lacking, the equilibrium of the  body  is disturbed,



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and,  as in the case of this young woman,  people so afflicted can not  walk
without pitching forward.

   With  the obstructed circulation of both arterial and venous  blood,  she
has also suffered with spasmodic torticollis,  the twisting of the  cervical
muscles.  The square of Mercury to Mars would give this nervous contraction.

   The  trouble developed in the fall of 1914 when the progressed  moon  had
reached a conjunction with the radical Mercury, the transiting Uranus was in
8 degrees of Aquarius making a square to Saturn,  and the transiting  Saturn
was  in conjunction with the radical sun in the Midheaven.   These  transits
excited  the affliction of the progressed moon,  and naturally  the  nervous
system was disturbed.

   It has been said in our astrological diagnosis in the past that the  con-
junction  of Saturn and Neptune in Scorpio or Taurus may cause  malformation
of the generative organs,  and in THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS a case was  given
proving this.   The affliction of planets often works in squares and opposi-
tions.   In this case all the planets are in Taurus,  which rules the larynx
and  throat and is the sign opposite to Scorpio,  ruling the generative  or-
gans.   Here we find the cause of a disturbance which to some extent  helped
to  bring about the physical trouble.  There was an abnormal  and  unnatural
sex desire which,  not finding expression,  excited the flow of blood to the
throat, and this being obstructed caused a disturbance.


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   Now regarding the sextile of the sun and Mars and the trine of Uranus  to
the various afflicted planets in Taurus,  were it not for these good aspects
this young lady would not have grown to womanhood,  for great trouble  would
have arisen during puberty.  But the life-giving sun, so powerfully situated
in the Midheaven,  sextile to Mars, and also within orb of a sextile to Sat-
urn, saved her much trouble during this period.

   If  she could come under th care of an experienced osteopathic  physician
who  understands  proper manipulations,  this together with a  careful  diet
would enable her to overcome her physical afflictions.


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                  NO. 1C.--EARS, ABSCESSES IN FRONTAL BONE

   Female, born December 30th, 1864, at 9:30 P.M.

   In  this  horoscope we will continue with afflictions found  in  cardinal
signs.   While they may be in different signs of the cardinal group, yet the
effect is similar in all.

   In this lesson we have the horoscope of a woman with Virgo on the  Ascen-
dant  and  common signs on the angles.   Two prominent planets,  Uranus  and
Mars,  are in or near the 10th house.   While they are retrograde and not in
conjunction,  still they are parallel to each other and parallel to the sun.
Mars being in conjunction with the midheaven, sextile to Neptune,  and trine
to the moon,  gives great enthusiasm.  Whatever this woman attempts to do is
done under impulse and with great force.   With Mars and Uranus so prominent
and  the sun in Capricorn she feels that she must rule at any cost.   Should
she be denied this privilege,  she would become very resentful and  revenge-
ful.

   With Saturn in its sign of exaltation,  Libra,  square to Mercury in  the
Saturnian  sign  of Capricorn,  we meet the vicious circle of  the  cardinal
signs.   The sun in Capricorn afflicted by a square of Neptune, both in car-
dinal signs,  together with the parallel of the nervous and excitable Uranus
to the hot and inflammable Mars has caused a succession of abscesses in  the


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frontal bone,  resulting in partial deafness in both ears.  Here we find the
previously mentioned circle culminating in the ears.   The writer has  found
numerous cases of partial deafness resulting  from  an  afflicted Mercury in

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[                          BIRTH CHART NO. 1C                              ]   
[                                                                          ]
[ MIDHEAVEN: Gemini 4     SUN: Capricorn 9:44       SATURN: Libra 29:03    ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Cancer 10   MOON: Aquarius 9:09       URANUS: Gemini 27:01 R ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Leo 12      MERCURY: Capricorn 25:20 R   NEPTUNE: Aries 5:36 ]
[ ASCENDANT: Virgo 8:33   VENUS: Aquarius 19:52                            ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Libra 3      MARS: Gemini 1:44 R                              ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Scorpio 0    JUPITER: Sagittarius 15:7                        ] 
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Capricorn,  conjunction, square, or opposition Saturn especially when Saturn
was in a cardinal sign.

   It is not necessary,  however,  that these afflicted planets should cause
deafness.   The  planets  impel,  they  excite.  But wisdom is ever a friend


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which saves;  man has but to learn to know himself.  If he would be as zeal-
ous  in understanding the functions of his own physical body as he is  those
of his radio or automobile,  then when planetary afflictions became known to
him and the symptoms appeared in the physical body,  he would at once set to
work  to conquer them just as he would go about repairing the  mechanism  of
his machine,  oiling it, and cleaning it.  For instance,  if congestion were
felt in the neck or ears, there would most likely be some discomfort experi-
enced before any damage was done.  Then a slight manipulation should be made
about the ears and the frontal bone,  up and down the jugular vein,  th back
of the neck,  and wherever the fingers can find sore spots on and about  the
cranium.   Frequently  a  towel wrung out of hot water will  relax  the  re-
stricted  nerve centers in head and neck and regulate the blood flow to  and
from the brain.  This will keep the congestion down, and all serious trouble
may be avoided.


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                                CHAPTER XIII

                                  THE EYES

                            NO. 2A.--EYE TROUBLE

   Male, born March 21, 1847, between 1:00 and 2:00 A.M.

   We usually judge the appearance of the native by the ruler of the  Ascen-
dant and the planets on or near the Ascendant,  also by the positions of the
sun and moon and their aspects.   In this case we find there are two rulers,
Capricorn being intercepted in the 1st house.  One of the rulers, the planet
Jupiter,  is in its detriment in the sign of Gemini,  making a square aspect
to  the co-ruler Saturn,  showing that these two planets are very active  in
affecting  the personal appearance and also the personality.   Saturn has  a
tendency  to darken the eyes and hair and to make the body and the  features
small.   This  man  has  the  physical  appearance  of  a  Capricornian,  is
thin-featured and small of body,  and very nervous and restless.   It is al-
ways necessary to study the temperament of the patient in order to know  how
to deal with him, as it often gives a clue  to the cause of disease and also


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helps to guide us in giving advice.

   We find that the man,  Uranus,  Mercury, and Venus are all in the martial
and  energetic sign of Aries,  with the sun making a sextile to Jupiter  and
Mars.  The  last  named  planet  is  intercepted  in  the  1st  house in the

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 [                            BIRTH CHART NO. 2A                          ]
 [                                                                        ]
 [ MIDHEAVEN: Libra 22        SUN: Taurus 0:02        SATURN: Pisces 6:32 ]
 [ 11TH HOUSE: Scorpio 18     MOON: Taurus 29:50      URANUS: Aries 13:26 ]
 [ 12TH HOUSE: Sagitt. 9      MERCURY: Aries 15:21    NEPTUNE:            ]
 [ ASCENDANT: Sagitt. 29:04   VENUS: Aries 22:47          Aquarius 29:12  ]
 [ 2ND HOUSE: Aquarius 7      MARS: Capricorn 27:34   DRAGON'S HEAD:      ]
 [ 3RD HOUSE: Pisces 18       JUPITER: Gemini 10:18       Libra 20:01     ]
 [                                                    DRAGON'S TAIL:      ]
 [                                                        Aries 20:01     ]
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saturnine  sign of Capricorn and is making a square to Venus and a trine  to
the  moon.   Mars thus placed in the first house gives a very  materialistic
state  of  mind.  This  man  would  sacrifice his health in the pursuance of


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success in worldly matters.   He craves riches, and worries and becomes very
restless when material matters do not prospect.  This would in time, if con-
tinued, undermine his health and cause him to suffer from nervous disease.

   Neptune in the sign of Aquarius in square aspect to the moon in the  wor-
risome and pessimistic sign of Taurus in the 5th house, the house of invest-
ments,  indicates that he expends much energy in speculation.  It is plainly
indicated  that  he has a tendency to become entangled with  large  corpora-
tions.   He wrote to Headquarters several times endeavoring to get us to ad-
vise him regarding his speculations,  but was told repeatedly that this  was
against our teachings.  During the war he invested his all in a large corpo-
ration which was building a submarine boat in which it hoped to interest the
government;  but the corporation did not succeed in this, and in consequence
he lost heavily.  We find that Saturn in the 2nd house in the watery sign of
Pisces,  square to Jupiter in Gemini;  also the watery planet Neptune is  in
the last degree of Aquarius in the 2nd house,  square to the watery moon  in
the 5th house and the second sign,  Taurus,  all indicating speculation  and
loss.

   Worry  over financial loss aggravated the eye trouble from which  he  had
suffered for a number of years.  He has been an incessant reader and has put
a heavy strain on his eyes.   The mental disturbance over his financial loss
weakened the nervous system,  causing him to lose the sight of one eye.   We
find the moon in 29 degrees of Taurus conjunction the Pleiades and square to


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Neptune;  Jupiter is in 10 degrees of Gemini in the 6th house, that of sick-
ness,  in opposition to the fixed star Antares,  which is situated in 8  de-
grees  of Sagittarius;  also Jupiter is making a square to  the  obstructing
Saturn, all indicating eye trouble.

   We find Mars square to Venus and trine to the moon in Taurus.   This  man
has in the past been fond of the "flesh pots of Egypt,"  and has gone to ex-
cess in drink and good things to eat.  The result is constipation and inter-
nal  hemorrhoids.   We note that with Jupiter square to Saturn he  has  also
suffered  from obstructed arterial circulation.   Due to the amount of  food
consumed  in the past the poor body has been unable to bear the strain.   At
present  he is fearing the loss of the second eye,  which if he is not  more
careful in his diet and mode of living may be the case.

   This man would be a very hard patient to heal,  as Mars in Capricorn near
the  Ascendant is a most stubborn influence;  he will not take  advice  from
anyone.   It would take great persuasion and diplomacy to get him to  follow
the advice of the healer.


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                            NO. 2B--BX:  THE EYES

   The  Rosicrucian method of healing is not only one of faith,  but  it  is
faith joined with common sense.   We recognize disease,  we acknowledge that
it  is caused by breaking the laws of nature.   Sometimes there is  lack  of
will.   The horoscopes that we will herewith diagnose will show how one  can
overcome  where another will succumb to almost the same astrological  condi-
tions.

                                    NO 2B

   Female, born December 1, 1862.

   Application for healing was made by this woman during the winter of 1918,
to assist her during an operation for the removal of cataracts on both eyes.
She had been under the care of the doctor for a number of months.   He  con-
cluded  that the cataracts had reached a stage where they could  be  removed
with safety,  but the woman felt that she desired the assistance of our  In-
visible Helpers during this trying period.  She had previously heard of  the
wonderful success of our healers from friends who had been benefited.

   There were a number of good aspects in the horoscope,  which always  make
for safety,  especially Mars trine the sun,  which gives great  recuperative
power.  In  looking  for  the  afflictions we find Mercury opposition to the


[PAGE 93]                                                           THE EYES

Pleiades  in  Taurus,  and  the sun and Venus  conjoined  to  Antares.   The
Pleiades  and Antares are fixed stars which have direct influence  over  the
eyesight;  especially is this true when they are afflicting the sun and Mer-
cury.

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 [                     BIRTH CHART NO. 2B [FLAT CHART]                    ]
 [                                                                        ]
 [ MIDHEAVEN: Capricorn   SUN: Sagitt. 9:05        SATURN: Libra 3:49     ]
 [ 11TH HOUSE: Aquarius   MOON: Aries 15:47        URANUS: Gemini 19:07 R ]
 [ 12TH HOUSE: Pisces     MERCURY: Scorpio 27:24   NEPTUNE: Aries 1:08 R  ]
 [ ASCENDANT: Aries       VENUS: Sagitt. 6:49      DRAGON'S HEAD:         ]
 [ 2ND HOUSE: Taurus      MARS: Aries 10:54               Sagitt. 16:22   ]
 [ 3RD HOUSE: Gemini      JUPITER: Libra 20:17     DRAGON'S TAIL:         ]
 [                                                      Gemini 16:22      ]
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------

   Much  of this woman's trouble is due to the afflictions which we find  in
the cardinal signs,  Aries and Libra,  the latter of which has rule over the
kidneys.   Jupiter is conjoined to the restricting Saturn which is strong in
Libra, its sign of exaltation, and these two  planets,  namely,  Jupiter and


[PAGE 94]                                                    ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

Saturn,  are in opposition to Neptune in Aries, while Mars is also strong in
Aries,  being conjoined the moon.   These are danger signals,  showing  that
through  wrong living (moon conjoined Mars stimulates the appetite) she  has
undermined  her  health by wrong choice of foods and by  eating  to  excess.
These practices have filled the kidneys with poisons,  and when the  kidneys
suffer  the eyes go wrong,  for the eyesight is frequently impaired  through
the  kidneys.   However,  cataracts are usually due to an excess of  sweets,
creams,  and very rich foods, and the afflictions in Libra are prone to send
these impurities to the eyes.   But since Mars is in good aspect to the  sun
and Venus, and the sun and Venus are in conjunction, this woman has overcome
the obstacles and been cured, passing successfully through the operation for
removal of cataracts.

                                  NO. 2BX.

   Female, born April 9, 1851.

   The chart for this case is the same as 11B,  page 279.   We here give the
outcome  of  this case in 1919,  and earlier stage of which in 1915  is  de-
scribed in No. 11B.

   This is the case of a woman afflicted similarly to the one in No. 2B, but
the reverse condition is found as regards the aspects of the planets.  Noth-
ing but adverse aspects exist with the exception of one, Mars trine  to  the


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moon.   We find the sun, the life giver, in the sign Aries,  restricted by a
conjunction  of  Saturn and in opposition to Jupiter,  ruling  the  arterial
blood,  placed in the sign Libra, ruling the kidneys.   These three  planets
are also square to the moon in Cancer,  the stomach.   Here we find the kid-
neys (the janitor),  the stomach, (the cook), and the head of the home,  Ar-
ies,  all afflicted,  careless, and not doing their work.  How can a home be
kept clean and fit to live in if all the workers are on a strike?   The dust
will  accumulate,  an naturally the tenant will be very  uncomfortable.   We
find the stove full of ashes;  it will not burn,  and the smoke is  escaping
through the doors and windows instead of through the chimney.

   In this horoscope we find the same indications as in No. 2B.  The kidneys
have not been eliminating properly,  and an abundance of food has been  con-
sumed which has not been properly digested.   Naturally the body has  become
overcharged with poisons, which must find an outlet.  We again find that the
weakest place is the head and eyes.   When this woman called upon us she had
been  operated  on by a doctor who claimed that it was necessary  to  remove
both eyeballs as they had become diseased.   The operation had already  been
performed upon one of them, which affected the sight of the other.   The re-
sult  was that our healing was not successful.   We were able,  however,  to
help  the  patient greatly in the matter of her stomach trouble,  it  having
seemed almost impossible for her to digest her food.   But in her  horoscope
we find little encouragement.  Mars evidently did not  give  the  assistance


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necessary.  Mercury, the sun and moon are all afflicted.  The native had not
the  strength of will or mentality to assist nature in a cure of her  blind-
ness as we find Mercury square the moon and conjunction Saturn.

   In order to help such patients it is necessary first to remove the  cause
of the disease.  We must advise them to live so that the kidneys will be pu-
rified.   An entire change of diet is necessary; tea, coffee, meat,  and all
starchy foods must be eliminated.   Nine patients out of ten will respond to
healing  very  quickly as soon as you give them a sane  and  rational  diet.
Teach  them  how  to live,  and the work of the Invisible  Helpers  will  be
greatly reinforced.


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                              NO. 2C.--THE EYES

   Female, born June 13, 1873, 11:55 P.M.

   First we judge the mind,  by the aspects and position of Mercury and  the
moon.  We find that Mercury is in conjunction with the sun, but not so close
as to be combust; therefore he is in a very good position.  We also see that
he is sextile to Jupiter and Neptune and trine to Mars.  This gives the mind
considerable energy and brightness and creates an optimistic nature.  On the
other  hand we find the moon in conjunction with the planet of  obstruction,
Saturn, and square to Venus, which is a testimony in the opposite direction.
Saturn  is square to Neptune and Uranus is square to Mars.   Thus  all  four
malefics are afflicting one another, and there can never be any great cheer-
fulness  where  this is the case unless the person can  learn  through  phi-
losophy or religion to seek a peace that is above earthly understanding.  At
the same time it must be understood that all the good aspects in the present
case  will help to give the native occasional periods of optimism  and  joy,
which will break the periods of gloom and despondency.

   We find that there are common signs on the angles,  which is a  testimony
of  a flexible character,  difficult to rouse from sickness or trouble  into
which the native may fall.  The moon in conjunction with Saturn in Aquarius,
the sign which governs the ankles and lower parts of the limbs, is  evidence


[PAGE 98]                                                    ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

of a poor circulation; and Uranus in Leo, the sign of the heart,  in opposi-
tion to the  moon  and  Saturn  shows  that  there  is  a fluttering of that

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[                            BIRTH CHART NO. 2C                            ]
[                                                                          ]
[ MIDHEAVEN: Sagitt. 22     SUN: Gemini 23:08      SATURN: Aquarius 1:52 R ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Capricorn 13  MOON: Aquarius 6:48    URANUS: Leo 3:38        ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Aquarius 7    MERCURY: Gemini 28:58  NEPTUNE: Aries 28:00    ]
[ ASCENDANT: Pisces 14:34   VENUS: Taurus 12:32                            ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Taurus 1       MARS: Libra 28:13                              ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Gemini 0       JUPITER: Leo 26:05                             ]
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------

organ.   This condition is much aggravated by the aforementioned  square  of
the four malefics.

   Saturn rules the pneumogastric nerve;  if you count four degrees  forward
from the position of Neptune to make the exact square with Saturn,  you will
find that the point thus reached falls in Taurus,  which  governs  the lower


[PAGE 99]                                                           THE EYES

part of the head and the neck.   This shows that there is pressure upon  the
pneumogastric nerve where it leaves the head.   If this could be relieved by
an osteopathic treatment,  much good could be done for this person.   On the
other hand, the square of Saturn to Mars in the last degrees of Libra (which
works also upon the first degrees of Scorpio),  shows that there is  trouble
with  the  elimination of the urine, a restriction of  account  of  scalding
urine  and bleeding piles,  for Mars afflicted always causes heat and  erup-
tion.

   But the worst affliction in this person's life arises from the fact  that
Uranus is in the nebulous spot of the zodiac called Ascelli,  which is  cen-
tered in Leo 6.   Uranus being there an in opposition to Saturn and the moon
causes  blindness,  which sad to say cannot be cured by any physical  means,
for the afflictions which come from the fixed signs usually indicate a  des-
tiny which we have made for ourselves in past lives and which is now "ripe."
All that we can do for this person is to endeavor to make her as cheerful as
possible under that affliction.

   With respect to the poor circulation and the faulty elimination of  waste
products  a great deal can be done by osteopathic treatments and the  proper
kind of food.   She should avoid all condiments and stimulating foods  which
heat  the  urine,  and she should be taught to walk for exercise  so  as  to
strengthen the circulation in the body.

   There are many people who have been afflicted with blindness yet who have


[PAGE 100]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

made their mark in the world.   "WHAT MAN HAS DONE,  MAN CAN DO."   By  con-
stantly stimulating her to effort she may be roused from the lethargy  indi-
cated  by the common signs on the angles so that she will cease to feel  her
condition as she does at the present time.


                            NO. 2D.--EYE TROUBLE

   Male, born February 11, 1918, 3:45 A.M.

   If the poor child whose horoscope we are about to diagnose had lived,  he
might well have said, "I could have been the master of my fate,  but instead
I have become a slave."   Freedom of will depends upon the limitations which
the soul has placed for itself in its former lives.   It may have placed ob-
stacles in its way by wrong use of knowledge or by breaking the laws of  na-
ture in some way.   Man was made in the likeness of God and God gave him do-
minion over the lower kingdoms.   Therefore he has no one to interfere  with
his freedom of will; he is absolute master of his destiny.

   Now,  if this is so,  why do we find so many who are born with  misshapen
and  deformed  bodies  or  whose  lives have been so unfortunate?  Sometimes


[PAGE 101]                                                          THE EYES

through  accidents as wee babes they are made to suffer during the  rest  of
their earth life.   A cause set going in one life has its effect in  another
embodiment.  If it were not so, if the law of  cause  and  effect  were  not

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[                            BIRTH CHART NO. 2D                            ]
[                                                                          ]
[ MIDHEAVEN: Libra 18       SUN: Aquarius 21:51     SATURN: Leo 10:14 R    ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Scorpio 14    MOON: Aquarius 21:03    URANUS: Aquarius 23:37 ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Sagitt. 4     MERCURY: Aquarius 1:25R NEPTUNE: Leo 5:16 R    ]
[ ASCENDANT: Sagitt. 21:06  VENUS: Aquarius 19:38   DRAGON'S HEAD:         ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Capricorn 29   MARS: Libra 2:42 R              Sagitt. 28:50  ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Pisces 13      JUPITER: Gemini 1:54                           ]
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------

established beyond a doubt, would not God, whom we know is an all-loving Fa-
ther,  be very cruel and unjust?   Could we love and worship such a  tyrant?
But  He  has made man a little lower than the angels and has offered  him  a
crown of glory.  This crown is not given for the asking, however;  man  must


[PAGE 102]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

earn it by a life of purity and unselfishness.


   Now let us see what fate we may find in this babe's horoscope:

   We find Sagittarius rising, with Venus, moon, sun, and Uranus all in con-
junction  in the advanced sign of Aquarius,  intercepted in the  2nd  house,
sextile to the Ascendant.   Also the Dragon's Head, which is of a Jupiterian
nature,  is in conjunction with the Ascendant.   This would have  given  the
little fellow a most beautiful and charming personality.  With Mars near the
Midheaven, trine to Mercury, which is in the mental sign of Aquarius, he was
very bright mentally.

   At eleven months of age he could stand alone.  On July 12,  1919,  at the
age of 17 months, he fell from a balcony, but no serious symptoms developed.
At that time we find the transiting moon and Mars square to the radical Mars
in  the Midheaven;  this is a very strong indication of accident.   On  July
14th  and 15th the boy began to get drowsy,  and could not keep food in  his
stomach,  for on that day the transiting moon was in Aquarius, making an op-
position to Saturn and Neptune in the eighth house in Leo.   On the  morning
of the 16th he was taken with convulsions,  the transiting moon having  just
passed  a  conjunction with Venus,  moon,  sun,  and  Uranus.   Uranus  when
afflicted  causes convulsions.   At the third convulsion the child lost  his
eyesight,  for the transiting Mercury had reached an opposition to the plan-
ets  in  Aquarius,  (especially the lights, the sun  and  the  moon),  which
brought on total blindness, as indicated in the radical chart by Neptune  in


[PAGE 103]                                                          THE EYES

conjunction with fixed stars, the Ascelli, and also in conjunction with Sat-
urn.   On the fifth day of his illness he became unconscious, lost his hear-
ing  and  the control of his tongue,  and the head was drawn back  over  the
spine.   A number of the most noted doctors were consulted,  but none  could
diagnose the case.   They operated on the head and spine,  however,  and the
operations failed.

   Now,  from the astrological diagnosis what do we find?  Neptune rules the
spinal canal,  that channel of spiritual fire from which all life  emanates.
Saturn,  the planet of obstruction,  the chastener,  is found in conjunction
with this occult planet,  which also has rule over the pineal gland  through
which the spiritual faculties first become awakened.  Abuse of the spiritual
powers in former lives brings about physical infirmities.   From birth  this
boy's spine was affected,  the spinal fluid obstructed,  and total blindness
unavoidable.  It is a known fact to astrologers that a child born at the new
or  the  full of the moon,  if not supported strongly  by  benefics,  rarely
lives.   This child was born when the sun and moon were in exact conjunction
with the benefic Venus,  and Mars,  the planet of energy,  was elevated near
the cusp of the 10th house, trine to Jupiter and Mercury.  These benefic as-
pects made it possible for this babe to live for a short time.   We have not
the  exact date of the child's death.  The last letter we received from  the
parents stated that he was very low on November 6th, and was not expected to


[PAGE 104]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

live.  We find on November 14th, 1919, the transiting sun making a square to
the  cluster of planets in Aquarius, and the transiting moon in  conjunction
with  the afflicting planets in Leo and making an opposition to the  planets
in Aquarius.   It would be almost impossible for the babe to pass these  af-
flictions, and death, no doubt, occurred at that time.

                                  THE EYES

   We will here give a lesson on the effect of Saturn, the obstructor,  when
in the last decanate of Aquarius.   The writer has observed that many  cases
of  eye trouble may be traced to Saturn when he is posited between the  24th
and the 30th degrees of Aquarius,  and especially does this affect the sight
of the left eye.

                                   NO. 2E.


   Female, born August 19, 1905.

   We will use a flat figure as the hour of birth is missing.   We find  the
sun in its own sign of Leo.  Saturn is retrograde in its own sign, Aquarius,
and Mars is in Scorpio, the sign in which it is able to  exercise  its  full


[PAGE 105]                                                          THE EYES

strength.   These three powerful planets are all in fixed signs and  in  op-
position or square to one another.  Here we find a debt of ripe destiny fac-
ing this soul which it was impossible to avoid.   At the age of twelve  this
girl was almost entirely blind.

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[                    BIRTH CHART NO. 2E  [FLAT CHART]                     ]
[                                                                         ]
[ MIDHEAVEN: Capriocorn 0  SUN: Leo 25:48         SATURN: Aquarius 29:48R ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Aquarius 0   MOON: Aries 14:40      URANUS: Capricorn 0:26R ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Pisces 0     MERCURY: Virgo 13:36R  NEPTUNE: Cancer 9:36    ]
[ ASCENDANT: Aries 0       VENUS: Cancer 14:41                            ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Taurus        MARS: Scorpio 28:43                            ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Gemini        JUPITER: Gemini 4:19                           ]
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------

   Now  let  us see if we cannot read the message of the stars and  see  why
this  dreadful affliction should come upon one so young.   What is the  debt
that she is called upon to pay?   Neptune,  the planet which rules spiritual
sight, is  exalted  in  the watery sign of Cancer.  This occult planet is in


[PAGE 106]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

opposition to Uranus,  which is retrograde and in the saturnine sign of Cap-
ricorn.   Uranus stands for clairvoyance and the unseen.   Capricorn is  the
natural 10th house sign of authority, that of one who rules.  The sun,  Sat-
urn, and Mars, all at home and in fixed and dominant signs and Mars parallel
to both Neptune and Uranus indicate that this poor soul in a previous  life,
and in a cruel and dominant manner while occupying a male body, used his oc-
cult  powers to enslave the opposite sex,  thereby causing many tears to  be
shed.   It is said, "The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding
small."   The  Lords of Destiny have brought this Ego,  who caused  so  many
tears to flow in a past life, into the weak body of this little girl,  whose
mother,  fearing childbirth, shed many tears while carrying her.  The result
was a tender, sensitive body with impaired eye sight.


[PAGE 107]                                                          THE EYES

                                   NO. 2F.

   Female, born January 31, 1876, 8:00 P.M.

   Here  we have Saturn in the 26th degree of Aquarius in  conjunction  with
Mercury  and  in  the  6th  house,  the  house ruling sickness.  The moon is

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[                            BIRTH CHART NO. 2F                           ]
[                                                                         ]
[ MIDHEAVEN: Gemini 12    SUN: Aquarius 11:38      SATURN: Aquarius 26:36 ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Cancer 16   MOON: Aries 16:47        URANUS: Leo 18:14R     ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Leo 18      MERCURY: Aquarius 29:17  NEPTUNE: Taurus 0:25   ]
[ ASCENDANT: Virgo 14:35  VENUS: Pisces 12:58                             ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Libra 9      MARS: Aries 11:00                               ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Scorpio 9    JUPITER: Scorpio 28:57                          ]
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------

parallel to and in conjunction with Mars in the sign of Aries.   This  indi-
cates emotion and impulse.   It shows one who does not reason but jumps into
things thoughtlessly and with fear.  Especially  is  fear  indicated when in


[PAGE 108]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

addition the sign of Virgo is rising.  Sometimes in such cases the resulting
acts of impulse rebound upon the native,  causing great suffering as in  the
case of this woman.   When she began to suffer with eye strain she permitted
the  doctors to operate on her eyes on two different occasions.   The  first
time  they  removed  the right eyeball, and the second  time  the  operation
destroyed the sight of the left eye.   From planetary indications,  with the
proper care and diet her eyesight might have been saved,  but  unfortunately
she did not hear of the Invisible Helpers until too late.

   We see that in the case of horoscope no. 2E,  the native was in the hands
of fate,  and she had to pass through the greater part of this life in dark-
ness, while in the second figure fear and excessive emotion precipitated to-
tal blindness.


[PAGE 109]                                                          THE EYES

                              NO. 2G.--THE EYES

   Female, born July 27, 1856, at 9:00 A.M.

   This woman has the feminine,  earthy, and common sign of Virgo on the As-
cendant.   We are taught in the COSMO-CONCEPTION that the Law of Consequence
works  in  harmony with the planets,  and that the spirit is born  into  the
physical world at that opportune time when these may operate in harmony with
each other.   The birth of the Ego is so timed by the Lords of Destiny  that
the horoscope,  which is the clock of destiny,  registers the kind of  debts
which  the  Ego has incurred in its previous lives and the time  when  these
debts come to fruition, when the harvest from the seeds which have been sown
must be garnered.

   However, the law of destiny is not a blind law, for it may be modified to
a certain degree in proportion to the strength of the will of the Ego.  When
fixed or cardinal signs are on the angles and the afflictions are from  com-
mon signs,  then the Ego is often able to modify the effect of planetary af-
flictions;  but when,  as for instance in the horoscope under consideration,
we  find a common sign on the Ascendant and the afflictions come from  fixed
signs, then it is very probable that the forces involved in the debt of des-
tiny are too powerful for the Ego and the Law must take its course.

   In this horoscope we find the sun strongly placed in  its  own sign, Leo,


[PAGE 110]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

which is a fixed sign, in conjunction with Venus, square to the inflammatory
Mars,  and parallel to Uranus.   The fiery planet, the sun,  is also in con-
junction with Ascellus,  a fixed star which is in 5-41 of Leo and has influ-
ence over the eyes.  We  find  Uranus  in  24-36  Taurus,  a  fixed sign, in

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 [                          BIRTH CHART NO. 2G                           ]
 [                                                                       ]
 [ MIDHEAVEN: Gemini 21    SUN: Leo 4:38          SATURN: Cancer 7:51    ]
 [ 11TH HOUSE: Cancer 25   MOON: Gemini 12:29     URANUS: Taurus 21:36   ]
 [ 12TH HOUSE: Leo 25      VENUS: Leo 6:32        NEPTUNE: Pisces 20:09R ]
 [ ASCENDANT: Virgo 22:10  MERCURY: Cancer 20:54                         ]
 [ 2ND HOUSE: Libra 18     MARS: Libra 27:59                             ]
 [ 3RD HOUSE: Scorpio 18   JUPITER: Aries 9:10                           ]
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

conjunction with the Pleiades,  a group of fixed stars which are in 28-41 of
Taurus, also having an afflicting influence upon the eyes.  We find the moon
prominently situated near the Midheaven in 12-29 of Gemini and in opposition


[PAGE 111]                                                          THE EYES

to  another fixed star,  Antares,  which is in 8 degrees and 27  minutes  of
Sagittarius.

   Here  we may read from the clock of destiny that blindness was likely  to
be the fate of this woman.   With the feminine,  earthy,  and common sign of
Virgo on the Ascendant and the afflictions from fixed signs,  what could  be
expected but that the will of this soul would not be strong enough to  over-
come.  Total blindness was the result.

   But what did she do to precipitate this?   We find Saturn,  the planet of
obstruction,  in the 10th house in the sign of its fall, Cancer,  and square
to Jupiter.   Saturn is most evil in this watery sign, the sign of the stom-
ach,  where he can undermine health by denying the stomach the fluids  which
are  so necessary for digestion.   In Cancer Saturn also perverts the  appe-
tite.   People with Saturn afflicted in Cancer have strange likes  and  dis-
likes regarding food and are most stubborn about it.  Even if they know that
too many chocolate creams and sodas and too much pie, cake,  etc.,  will un-
dermine their health, they will have them.  People with this affliction fre-
quently suffer from auto-intoxication.   The poison which is then  generated
by the stomach is mixed with the blood stream, and this very frequently pre-
cipitates blindness.

   We  find in this horoscope a well aspected Mercury,  which is sextile  to
Uranus  and the Ascendant and trine to Neptune,  indicating that the  native
had a keen desire for knowledge,  especially along occult lines, and did not


[PAGE 112]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

save her eyes,  but very likely read with poor light late at night,  perhaps
reading in bed, which is a most dangerous habit and which has caused many to
lose their eyesight.   But every cloud has its silver lining,  and  although
this poor woman has been totally blind for some years, yet she has developed
the sixth sense.   With Neptune sextile Uranus and trine Mercury,  she has a
wonderful development of the spiritual faculties, making it possible for her
to  leave  her body at will and she claims to be able to travel  to  far-off
planets.

   Had  these  afflicting planets and the Ascendant been  reversed,  with  a
fixed sign rising and the afflictions from common signs,  even though Saturn
had been in Cancer,  the will would have been strong enough to have saved at
least a degree of this woman's eyesight.

         "One ship sails east and another sails west
         With the self-same winds that blow.
         'Tis the set of the sail and not the gale
         Which determines the way they go."


[PAGE 113]                                                          THE EYES

                             NO. 2H.--THE EYES.

   Female, born June 28th, 1868.

   This horoscope is minus the hour of birth, therefore we are using a plain
figure with the planets copied from the Ephemeris for noon,  Greenwich  Mean
Time;  but from all indications we believe that this woman has the last part
of Cancer on the Ascendant.

   The sun is in conjunction with Uranus,  square to Jupiter,  Uranus  being
square  to Neptune,  while Jupiter is in conjunction with Neptune in  Aries.
If we take the rising sign to be Cancer,  this would bring the moon back  so
that  it  would be within orb of an opposition to Jupiter  and  Neptune  and
square to Uranus.   We have here a configuration of planets which  indicates
that excesses and emotions have ruled this woman to a very great extent, es-
pecially  as we find the planet of desires,  the hot tempered Mars,  in  its
fall in Taurus.  Mars when in Taurus has a tendency to express his evil side
and is prone to cause excesses in food and also in temper.   Now,  with Can-
cer,  the  sign ruling the stomach,  on the Ascendant and with  Uranus,  the
planet  of impulse,  in conjunction with the sun and square to  Jupiter  and
Neptune,  we have a woman who has very little self-control.  Excesses of all
kinds have filled her body with toxic matter.  The blood vessels have become
clogged and hardened.  When a woman  at the age of fifty-five who has had to


[PAGE 114]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

work hard to support herself and family gives away to anger,  and when as  a
result  the blood bounds through the hardened arteries bringing  an  unusual
rush of it to the head, we may expect trouble.  Let us see where this may be
found:

   ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  [                     BIRTH CHART NO. 2H  [FLAT CHART]                 ]
  [                                                                      ]
  [ MIDHEAVEN: CAPRICORN 0  SUN: Cancer 6:59       SATURN: Sagitt. 0:00R ]
  [ 11TH HOUSE: AQUARIUS 0  MOON: Libra 22:46      URANUS: Cancer 12:46  ]
  [ 12TH HOUSE: PISCES 0    MERCURY: Cancer 27:45  NEPTUNE: Aries 17:13  ]
  [ ASCENDANT: ARIES 0      VENUS: Leo 2:22R                             ]
  [ 2ND HOUSE: TAURUS 0     MARS: Taurus 27:55                           ]
  [ 3RD HOUSE: GEMINI 0     JUPITER: Aries 12:13                         ]
   ----------------------------------------------------------------------

   Mars  is  in  conjunction  with the group  of  fixed  stars,  called  the
Pleiades,  which have an evil effect upon the eyes.   With Mars in 27-55  of
Taurus in conjunction with fixed stars of a Mars-moon nature,  with the pro-
gressed sun within orb of a square to Mars, and with the  progressed  Saturn


[PAGE 115]                                                          THE EYES

retrograded back to the opposition of Mars, there is a tendency for the tem-
per to be aggravated, bringing trouble upon parts of the body which Mars af-
fects,--in this case the eyes.  Saturn has a hardening, ossifying, restrict-
ing influence upon the part of the body corresponding to his position in the
horoscope.  We find this planet in 0 degrees and 0 minutes of Sagittarius in
opposition  to  Mars radical.   With these afflictions we  may  expect  some
trouble with the eyes.

   In the early part of July, 1923, this woman developed what doctors called
retinitis  of the right eye,  which is an inflammation of the retina.   This
caused a rupture of one of the blood vessels accompanied by severe pains  in
the neck and shoulders.

   We would not,  however,  attribute all the damage to temper and  hardened
arteries,  for  the foundation of the trouble had been laid by  eye  strain.
This  woman was employed during the day as a chiropodist,  and at night  she
spent long hours in reading occultism and studying astrology.   She had  the
pernicious habit of reading with a bright light close to the eyes while  ly-
ing upon a couch or bed, thereby causing a strain of the muscles of the eye.
With Neptune in opposition to the moon and Uranus square to both Neptune and
the moon, there has been a desire to force development.  Intensive gazing at
bright objects,  such as crystals,  etc., which is ignorantly taught by some
occult  orders,  has a most destructive effect upon the eyes and has  caused
much eye trouble among occult students.


[PAGE 116]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

                                 CHAPTER XIV

                                 THE THROAT

                       NO. 3A.--B:  TONSILS--ADENOIDS

   Male, born March 20, 1911, 3:10 P.M.

   Figure No.  3A has Leo rising,  with the ruler,  the sun,  in conjunction
with and parallel to Mercury in the 8th house, and in the 12th house sign of
Pisces.   This position and aspect of the ruler would deplete  the  vitality
and create nervousness.   The boy would be easily disturbed and of a fretful
nature.  This would interfere with the assimilation of food in the small in-
testines,  for the conjunction of Mercury an the sun would have an effect in
the opposite sign of Virgo, the intestines.   But we find another affliction
which will have a much more evil effect upon the health.   Mars,  the planet
of dynamic energy,  also hot and fiery by nature, is posited in the airy and
nervous sign of Aquarius and in the 6th house,  ruling sickness.   Mars  af-
flicted  in this saturnine sign shows an evil side.   We find him square  to
the  obstructive  Saturn  in the 9th house and in the sign of Taurus, ruling


[PAGE 117]                                                        THE THROAT

the throat and the tonsils.   Wherever we find Saturn,  especially when  af-
flicted, we may expect restriction, crystallization, and lack of fluids, and
with  a square aspect to Mars, the planet causing fevers  and  inflammation,
what   can   we   expect   but   a   disturbed   condition  of  the  throat,

 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
[                           BIRTH CHART NO. 3A                             ]
[                                                                          ]
[ MIDHEAVEN: Taurus 17   SUN: Pisces 29:08        SATURN: Taurus 4:37      ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Gemini 23  MOON: Sagitt. 5:18       URANUS: Capricorn 28:31  ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Cancer 26  MERCURY: Pisces 29:30    NEPTUNE: Cancer 18:48R   ]
[ ASCENDANT: Leo 24:14   VENUS: Aries 26:14       DRAGONS' HEAD:           ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Virgo 17    MARS: Aquarius 5:06            Taurus 12:17       ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Libra 13    JUPITER: Scorpio 13:59R  DRAGON'S TAIL:           ]
[                                                     Scorpio 12:17        ]
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------

a  swelling  of  the  tonsils?  The  affliction  coming  from  fixed  signs,
and Mars being in the 6th house, sickness, the trouble will be somewhat dif-
ficult  to  overcome,  for this physical weakness was brought  over  from  a
former life in which the soul had broken the laws of nature.  A case of this


[PAGE 118]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

kind is often the result of abuses of the most sacred function of the  body,
that of the generative organs.  The results of abortions,  or abuses of like
nature,  are often brought back into the next embodiment producing  weakened
organs.

   This boy could be helped greatly by manipulation and massage to keep  the
circulation normal.   The Piscean sun, conjunction Mercury, requires a quiet
and harmonious environment which we fear he will not have.  Jupiter in Scor-
pio supplies good food and plenty of it which,  however,  he should not  in-
dulge  in to excess.   A simple vegetarian diet will be most  necessary  for
him.  Saturn in Taurus would indicate that one of the parents will be apt to
interfere with his freedom too much.  A Leo can be ruined by the "don'ts" of
a saturnine parent,  and the boy would suffer in health as a result of  this
restriction by one parent and overindulgence of the other.


[PAGE 119]                                                        THE THROAT

                                   NO. 3B

   Female, born May 22, 1915, 3:22 A.M.

   Horoscope No. 3B is that of a little girl who suffered from the same ill-
ness as in the case of 3A, vis.,  the swelling of tonsils,  adenoids,  etc.,
but with very different astrological afflictions.  This shows how invaluable
the  study of astrology would be to the physician in his diagnosis and  that
it  is absolutely dangerous to treat each case alike.   What will  heal  one
might be dangerous to another.

   Here  we  have another fixed sign on the Ascendant,  Taurus,  ruling  the
throat, with its ruler, Venus, near the cusp of the 1st house and sextile to
Saturn,  but square to Neptune and in conjunction with Mars.   The  symptoms
would  be very similar to those of 3A,  but the trouble is from a  different
source.

   We  find Saturn,  the planet of obstruction,  in the sign of Cancer,  the
stomach.   Although this planet is not afflicted, yet wherever he is placed,
or whatever organ he rules over, there we may find a lack of fluids.  Saturn
"dries up"  and when he is in Cancer the appetite is abnormal and  digestive
fluid  is lacking.   He craves the things that are detrimental  and  refuses
those which the body needs,  and is very apt to gourmandize when the  palate
is tickled with pie,  cake, candy, etc.  The result is that the body becomes
clogged  like a stream dammed up:   the material must find an  outlet  some-
where.  In this case Mars, the planet of  energy,  is  in  conjunction  with


[PAGE 120]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

Venus,  the planet ruling the venous blood.   This indicates the section  of
the body that will be affected.  The blood becomes impure,  causing swelling
and inflammation in the throat.  To manipulate  this  afflicted region would

 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
[                          BIRTH CHART NO. 3B                             ]
[                                                                         ]
[ MIDHEAVEN: Capricorn 18  SUN: Gemini 00:12      SATURN: Cancer 1:13     ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Aquarius 12  MOON: Virgo 2:30       URANUS: Aquarius 15:40R ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Pisces 15    MERCURY: Gemini 20:39  NEPTUNE: Cancer 28:09   ]
[ ASCENDANT: Taurus 2:10   VENUS: Taurus 0:19     DRAGON'S HEAD:          ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Gemini 3      MARS: Aries 27:11              Aquarius 21:35  ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Gemini 27     JUPITER: Pisces 23:32  DRAGON'S TAIL:          ]
[                                                       Leo 21:35         ]
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------

cause more inflammation.   The remedy here would be to discontinue all  food
for a day or two and give the girl only pineapple juice, putting the feet in
hot water with cold cloths on head and throat,  in order to draw the surplus
blood to the lower extremities.  This would give instant relief.


[PAGE 121]                                                        THE THROAT

   Can  we  wonder,  after comparing two horoscopes of this  kind,  why  the
medical man often fails in his treatment and feels that the only cure is the
removal  of  the inflamed parts?   If he could read the stellar  script,  he
would make few failures and would then not be so apt to ruin the life of the
child by an operation.   He little realizes that a removal of the tonsils or
an operation upon the throat interferes with the function of the  generative
organs.   A child who has been operated upon will suffer as a result when it
reaches puberty.   Painful menstruation and trouble in childbirth are likely
to  affect  the  life  of  the woman who has  been  thus  operated  upon  in
childhood.  Inflammation of the prostate gland in the man, and various other
physical weaknesses are often the result of an operation upon the throat.


[PAGE 122]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

                         NO. 3C.--THROAT AND TONSILS

   Male, born July 11th, 1882, 11:15 A.M.

   Here  is given the horoscope of a man with the cardinal sign of Libra  on
the Ascendant,  and the ruler,  Venus,  in the fixed sign of Leo in the 11th
house,  square and parallel to both the malefics,  Saturn and Neptune.   The
last  two planets we find in the fixed sign of Taurus and in the 8th  house.
This  at the start is a very serious affliction,  indicating that  this  man
came into life facing a heavy debt of destiny.

   Now  let  us see if we can find the cause of the condition and  why  this
soul  has been restricted even from birth.   Leo and Taurus are  both  fixed
signs, stubborn and immovable, therefore they are also the signs which bring
chronic and incurable illnesses;  and where the afflictions come from two of
the most subtle planets,  both slow in their motion, one may expect that the
disease  is of a nature which the soul has attracted to itself as a debt  of
destiny by the breaking of nature's laws in past lives,  and not so much  on
account of misdeeds in this embodiment.

   Planets often work in opposite signs.   Afflictions as in this horoscope,
in  the  fixed sign of Taurus governing the throat,  may have  been  brought
about by the abuse of the generative function (Scorpio) in one life, causing
a weakness of the throat or larynx in the next life, or vice versa.  The un-
necessary  removal  of  the female organs in one life may cause the Ego, who


[PAGE 123]                                                        THE THROAT

changes sex in each life, to be born in a male body with the afflicted plan-
ets in the opposite sign,  Taurus,  as in the case of this man who was  born
with underdeveloped organs of voice and throat.

   ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  [                         BIRTH CHART NO. 3C                           ]
  [                                                                      ]
  [ MIDHEAVEN: Cancer 8    SUN: Cancer 19:13      SATURN: Taurus 23:20   ]
  [ 11TH HOUSE: Leo 12     MOON: Gemini 7:05      URANUS: Virgo 15:30    ]
  [ 12TH HOUSE: Virgo 12   MERCURY: Cancer 2:23   NEPTUNE: Taurus 18:22  ] 
  [ ASCENDANT: Libra 6:37  VENUS: Leo 24:27       DRAGON'S HEAD:         ]
  [ 2ND HOUSE: Scorpio 2   MARS: Virgo 6:34                Scorpio 27:08 ]
  [ 3RD HOUSE: Sagitt. 3   JUPITER: Gemini 18:22  DRAGON'S TAIL:         ]
  [                                                      Taurus 27:08    ]
   ----------------------------------------------------------------------

   The  above statement does not mean that all women who have been  operated
on  will have these afflictions.   Often through childbirth,  or neglect  of
nurse or doctors,  the poor woman is forced to undergo an operation.   These
are conditions for which she is not held  accountable;  but  should  she  on


[PAGE 124]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

account  of  excesses or abortions have weakened the organs  of  sex,  which
would make it necessary for their removal,  such sins will bring their reac-
tion in restrictions of some kind,  usually of the throat which is under the
rule of Taurus, the opposite sign to Scorpio, which rules the generative or-
gans.   In fact the larynx and brain were developed in primitive man by  the
sacrifice of one half of the creative faculty.   Afflictions may not be  ac-
tive  in the body in childhood,  and with a knowledge of the planets  and  a
strict  adherence to the rules of right living,  man may pass  through  life
with but little inconvenience; but whenever the laws are broken, when abuses
are  allowed,  then it is that the afflicted parts give way,  for as  it  is
said, the chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

   We find the sun in Cancer,  which is the sign of the stomach,  sextile to
Neptune in Taurus,  the throat and palate,  also sextile to Uranus which  is
the ruler of the 5th house, the house of pleasures.  Venus is sextile to Ju-
piter.   All these facts show that this man has been very popular  with  his
women friends,  who have entertained him lavishly,  and the pleasures of the
table have helped in his undoing.

   The planet which helps to bring about physical ailments, the inflammatory
Mars, is in the sign of the intestines, Virgo, square to the moon in Gemini,
showing that the intestines suffered first from an excess of food and drink.
When the small intestines are inflamed, as they would be in this case,  they
are   unable   to   assimilate   food  properly.  This  inflammation  throws


[PAGE 125]                                                        THE THROAT

considerable  poison into the blood,  which seeks an outlet in  the  weakest
spot.   Saturn conjunct Neptune in Taurus indicates that the throat received
the poison.   This man has had his throat lanced twice for what the  doctors
termed quinsy, an inflammation of the tonsils.  He has had pieces taken from
the tonsils, showing that the blood was contaminated, causing suppuration in
the tonsils.


[PAGE 126]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

                          NO. 3D.--GOITRE--TONSILS

   Female, born August 12, 1911, 7:27 A.M.

   We  will consider here the horoscope of a girl with Virgo on  the  Ascen-
dant.   Virgo people have somewhat less resistance to disease than the aver-
age, especially when common signs occupy the four angles and Mercury and the
moon,  which rule the mentality,  are also in common signs and in opposition
to each other.   The three strongest planets, namely, the sun,  Saturn,  and
Mars, are in fixed signs.  We may expect that these planets will indicate in
what part of the body the disease will show itself.

   The sign of Taurus, we are told, in "THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS," page 541,
has rule over the neck, throat, tonsils,  the carotid arteries,  etc.   From
this  we  may infer that Taurus also has rule over the  veins  and  arteries
which serve the organs located in the throat;  likewise it has rule over the
lower  part of the occipital region of the jaw.   The arteries of the  human
body have their beginning in a common center.   The aorta is to the circula-
tory system what the trunk is to the tree.  All main arteries and veins have
a connection with the great human engine, the heart.   The aorta is the main
trunk  line,  from which many branches carry the blood to all parts  of  the
body, after which the veins carry it back to the heart.  These branches feed
the various parts of the body.  The  branch  in which we are most interested


[PAGE 127]                                                        THE THROAT

in this lesson is the carotid artery, from which branch off the thyroid  ar-
teries, two in number, the superior and the inferior.

   In this horoscope we have the inflammatory Mars in Taurus.   Mars focuses
heat,  and  wherever this planet is placed we find an  abundance  of  blood.
Mars here is in the sign ruling the neck and afflicted by the conjunction of

 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
[                          BIRTH CHART NO. 3D                             ]
[                                                                         ]
[ MIDHEAVEN: Gemini 13    SUN: Leo 18:22         SATURN: Taurus 19:50     ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Cancer 17   MOON: Pisces 12:48     URANUS: Capricorn 26:31R ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Leo 19      MERCURY: Virgo 15:04   NEPTUNE: Cancer 22:20    ]
[ ASCENDANT: Virgo 15:34  VENUS: Virgo 26:28                              ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Libra 10     MARS: Taurus 17:15                              ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Scorpio 9    JUPITER: Scorpio 7:01                           ]
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Saturn,  the planet of obstruction.   Saturn has a drying-up effect upon the
parts which he influences.   The effect of these two malefic planets may  be
pictured  by  filling  a  rubber tube with water and closing both ends, then


[PAGE 128]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

pinching  one end of the tube and forcing the water into the other end.   We
may  expect this to be the condition of the blood in the arteries and  veins
of this girl's neck.  Mars fills them full of blood, and Saturn with his re-
stricting  influence holds the blood in one part,  obstructing its flow  and
resulting in enlarged veins of the neck, goitre, swollen tonsils, etc.  Sat-
urn and Mars are afflicted by a square from the life-giving sun.  The sun is
strong in its own home, Leo, which rules the vena cava,  the aorta,  and the
heart.

   At the age of eleven years this young girl suffered with goitre and swol-
len  tonsils,  having  constant trouble with the throat and  a  tendency  to
coughs  and  colds.   One important fact will be found in the case  of  most
children  with a tendency to throat trouble,  namely,  that they formed  the
habit when tiny babies of breathing through the mouth.  In nine cases out of
ten  of children who are suffering with diseased tonsils and throat  afflic-
tions they have not been taught to breathe through the nose.  Parents should
at  all  times watch small children,  and if they show a tendency  to  mouth
breathing  while asleep,  they should be given a solid rubber nipple,  minus
the  opening.   This will force the breath through the nostrils and  thereby
save the child much suffering in later years.

   With the sun in Leo,  square to Saturn and Mars,  this girl has a  latent
tendency  to valvular heart trouble.   This may not develop until  later  in
life when the Mars-conjunction-Saturn-in-Taurus temper has been permitted to


[PAGE 129]                                                        THE THROAT

do its damage,  and Mercury in Virgo in opposition to the moon,  in the 12th
and 6th houses, the latter ruling the health, have made themselves felt.

   There is great hope in this horoscope,  however,  due to Saturn being  in
trine aspect to Mercury and sextile to the moon.  This will give balance and
also persistence to the mind,  which will help to stave off any illness  and
save the girl much suffering in later life.


[PAGE 130]                                                   ASTRO DIAGNOSIS

                               No. 3D.--GOITRE

Female, born June 14, 1853

   As  we  have no birth hour,  the signs are entered on the houses  in  nu-
merical  order so that Aries occupies the first house,  Taurus  the  second,
Gemini the third,  etc.  and the noon positions of the planets are used just
as they are given in the ephemeris.

   We will first note that the progressed position of the sun in 1916 is Leo
23-27, and that of Mercury is Leo 26-27, retrograde.

   The  aspects which particularly concern us are:   Moon parallel  Neptune,
square Jupiter, the sun and Mercury; Jupiter opposition the sun and Mercury;
Saturn parallel and conjunction Mars, squared by the progressed sun and Mer-
cury.

   We  will first acquaint ourselves with the condition of the mind of  this
woman.   Gemini and Sagittarius are the signs ruling mind.   Mercury is  es-
sentially dignified in Gemini, and Jupiter in Sagittarius.   The sun also is
favorably situated in the Mercurial sign Gemini.   So far so good,  but Mer-
cury, our significator of the mind, follows the sun and is too close to this
luminary; furthermore, Jupiter is in opposition to the sun and Mercury.  Add
to this that the moon, the other significator of the mind,  is square to Ju-
piter, the sun, and Mercury,  and  it will be apparent that the mental state

[PAGE 131]                                                        THE THROAT

of the native is not a very happy or auspicious one.

   Saturn  is in Taurus,  the sign of the throat.   He is the planet of  ob-
struction and has always an inimical influence on whatever part of the  body
he  occupies  by  sign.  We  may  therefore  judge  that  the throat will be

 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
[                     BIRTH CHART NO. 3E  [FLAT CHART]                    ]
[                                                                         ]
[ MIDHEAVEN: Capricorn 0  SUN: Gemini 23:16        SATURN: Taurus 25:27   ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Aquarius    MOON: Virgo 21:28        URANUS: Taurus 11:00   ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Pisces 0    MERCURY: Gemini 24:23    NEPTUNE: Pisces 13:44R ]
[ ASCENDANT: Aries 0      VENUS: Cancer 1:48                              ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Taurus 0     MARS: Taurus 23:25                              ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Gemini 0     JUPITER: Sagitt. 19:06R                         ]
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------

obstructed,  causing hoarseness of speech; and we may also be sure that Sat-
urn has an effect in the opposite sign Scorpio, which governs the generative
and eliminative organs.  Saturn is cold, clammy, and moist.  Mars is hot and


[PAGE 132]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

and dry.   He is posited in the sign Taurus,  closely conjoined and parallel
with Saturn,  giving a tendency to inflammation and swelling.  In the region
governed  by  the opposite sign he would produce scaling urine  and  copious
menses.

   Thus  to inimical forces of opposite natures have been at war in the  re-
gion of the throat from birth on,  but the case did not become really  acute
until  1914.   Then the moon by progression reached the  opposition  of  the
radical  sun and Mercury,  and at the same time the sun by progression  came
within orb of a square to Saturn and Mars from the sign Leo,  which  governs
the  heart.   The  keynote of Saturn is obstruction,  and in  Taurus  he  is
particularly  powerful with respect to the heart action for he  governs  the
pneumogastric nerve which produces cardiac inhibition.   On the other  hand,
when  the dynamic energy of Mars is directed by a square to  the  progressed
sun in Leo violent palpitation is bound to be the effect.  Thus the enormous
range of heart action attendant upon exophthalmic goitre is produced in this
case.   We also find that Saturn is near a conjunction with the Peliades lo-
cated in Taurus 29,  and his square to the progressed sun has an effect upon
the eyes, which protrude in people affected with exophthalmic goitre.

   The  configurations  of the significators of  mind  previously  mentioned
couples  with the absence of radical squares and oppositions to  Saturn  and
Mars  indicate  that the basic cause of the patient's condition  is  mental.
The diagnosis is further confirmed by the fact that the  acute condition was


[PAGE 133]                                                        THE THROAT

brought  about by the above noted progressed positions of the sun  and  Mer-
cury.  As this affliction is from a fixed sign there is danger that the con-
dition may become chronic.   If the person,  however,  is placed in a quiet,
cheerful environment and if she can be taught to wean herself from her  mor-
bid  imagination,  there is a good chance of a permanent cure  being  accom-
plished when the sun gets out of orb of its square to Saturn and Mars,  par-
ticularly if the proper diet is adopted.


[PAGE 134]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

                          NO. 3F.--THE VOCAL ORGANS

                     Male, born May 30, 1919, 11:55 P.M.

                      "The tissue of the life to be
                      We weave with colors all our own,
                      And in the field of destiny
                      We reap as we have sown."
                                                         --WHITTIER

   This is truly so in the life of the soul whose horoscope we are to  study
here.

   With the fixed,  Saturnine sign of Aquarius on the Ascendant and the sec-
ond ruler of Aquarius, the inspirational and advanced Uranus, in Pisces, in-
tercepted in the first house, we may say that there are really two rulers of
this horoscope:   Saturn,  which is in its fall in the seventh house in Leo,
and Uranus, which is strong in the occult sign of Pisces in the first house.

   Planets in angles have a greater influence on the life of the native than
when  they are in cadent or succedent houses.   Planets which are  in  fixed
signs and afflicted also bring with them a debt of destiny, which is usually
most difficult to overcome.

   In this horoscope we find Mercury in the fixed sign of Taurus,  square to
the obstinate and obstructive planet, Saturn, which is in Leo, a fixed sign,
and in the seventh house angle.

   Saturn being one of the life rulers, though in the sign of its fall, will


[PAGE 135]                                                        THE THROAT

have the post powerful rule over the life,  and when Mercury and Saturn  are
afflicting  each other from bestial signs, namely,  Taurus and Leo,  we  may
look for an impediment in the speech.

 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
[                             BIRTH CHART NO. 3F                          ]
[                                                                         ]
[ MIDHEAVEN: Sagitt. 6       SUN: Gemini 8:48       SATURN: Leo 22:34     ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Sagitt. 25     MOON: Cancer 3:32      URANUS: Pisces 1:40   ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Capricorn 14   MERCURY: Taurus 25:44  NEPTUNE: Leo 7:01     ]
[ ASCENDANT: Aquarius 11:17  VENUS: Cancer 21:04    DRAGON'S HEAD:        ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Aries 7         MARS: Gemini 3:30               Sagitt. 3:46 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Taurus 13       JUPITER: Cancer 16:23  DRAGON'S TAIL:        ]
[                                                          Gemini 3:46    ]
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------

   This boy at the age of five years refused to talk.   He is able to speak,
but will do so only when the greatest persuasion is used.

   Doctors have operated on him twice for water on the brain but have failed
to  find anything wrong,  and what the effect of these operations  may  have
upon the organism in the future remains to be seen.  Up to the present time,


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however, the health of the boy has been normal.

   He will repeat only the sentences which are suggested to him,  but if the
parents are persistent they may in time help him to overcome his weakness.

   On page 154, in the COSMO-CONCEPTION we are told:  "What we are,  what we
have,  all our good qualities are the result of our own actions in the past.
What we lack in physical, moral, or mental excellence may yet be ours in the
future."

   This boy has truly taken up his life where he laid it down in a  previous
one.   The planets are the clock of destiny, which shows when each soul must
needs learn certain lessons,  when it must reap from the seeds which it  has
sown in its past lives.

   We  learn in the Rosicrucian teachings that we are in this life  here  on
earth  preparing to build the archetype of the body which we are to  use  in
our next life.  In the case of this poor soul as we look back into his past,
we  see where in his keen desire for spiritual development he  neglected  to
build his physical body by mortifying the flesh and neglected to use the or-
gans of speech,  being a member of a silent Brotherhood.   In which the life
was spent in silence and prayer.  In this extremely one-sided life he devel-
oped the spiritual faculties at the expense of the physical senses.

   We  see here the mystical Uranus is in the sign of Pisces,  in the  first
house, trine to the moon, which is in its own sign of Cancer.  Neptune,  an-
other spiritual planet, is parallel to Mercury and  sextile  to Mars and the


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sun,  indicating a soul who is highly developed along spiritual  lines,  but
one who is lacking in the ability to use his development in this life on ac-
count of the lack of desire to use the organs of speech.


   This child may,  however,  be assisted by the parents in developing  this
desire,  but it will require great patience, as the mentality, on account of
Mercury  square Saturn,  will be slow to respond,  and the boy will be  very
stubborn,  because  of this aspect being from fixed signs.   Mars,  however,
which is in the Mercurial sign of Gemini,  will lend its assistance in over-
coming the influence of Saturn to some extent.


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                         NO. 3G.--THE LOSS OF SPEECH
                Male, born December 19th, 1896, at 12:30 A.M.

   The  young man whose horoscope we will analyze here has the cardinal  and
airy  sign of Libra on the Ascendant.   Physically he expresses the sign  of
Libra,  being six feet in height,  splendidly developed and  with  beautiful
blue  eyes.   People with cardinal or fixed signs on the  angles  have  more
power of resistance than others.   The will is stronger than that of  common
signs.  In the case of this young man, however, we find an affliction active
before he reached the age where he could be of assistance to the healers.

   In  the  COSMO-CONCEPTION  we are told that in the  latter  part  of  the
Lemurian  Epoch man's body became upright,  this being necessary  before  he
would become an indwelling,  self-conscious being,  and certain changes then
had  to take place in the bodily structure in order that the Ego  might  ex-
press  itself  through its vehicles.   When the Ego entered within  its  ve-
hicles,  it  was necessary that part of the sex force be used to  build  the
brain and larynx, for it was destined that man should henceforth learn to do
his own thinking, and the voice was necessary that he might make himself un-
derstood and thereby communicate with others.  To accomplish this a part  of
his sex force had to be used.  So a part of the creative organ remained with
the  upper  portion  of  the  body,  and  was  gradually converted into what


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now  constitutes the brain and larynx.   Thus we may see that there must  of
necessity be a close connection between these organs, namely, the generative
organs, larynx, and brain.

   It is interesting to note through astrology  how this works out.  We find

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 [                         BIRTH CHART NO. 3G                            ]
 [                                                                       ]
 [ MIDHEAVEN: Cancer 5    SUN: Sagitt. 27:54       SATURN: Scorpio 25:54 ]
 [ 11TH HOUSE: Leo 9      MOON: Gemini 17:27       URANUS: Scorpio 26:48 ]
 [ 12TH HOUSE: Virgo 9    MERCURY: Capricorn 9:20  NEPTUNE: Gemini 18:40 ]
 [ ASCENDANT: Libra 4:09  VENUS: Aquarius 7:49                           ]
 [ 2ND HOUSE: Libra 29    MARS: Gemini 16:16R                            ]
 [ 3RD HOUSE: Sagitt. 0   JUPITER: Virgo 10:10                           ]
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Scorpio,  the sign ruling sex, in opposition to Taurus,  which has rule over
the  throat  and larynx.   Proof of the above close connection may  also  be
found  in  the boy whose voice changes at puberty; also in the woman who has


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had her ovaries removed and whose voice becomes deep and harsh.

   In the horoscope under consideration we find Saturn,  the planet of atro-
phy,  in the sign of Scorpio.  Saturn is in conjunction with Uranus.   These
two  planets  are unaspected save by the conjunction with each other  and  a
semi-sextile to the sun.  And this we must consider as a condition which had
its beginning in a past life.  When we find Uranus and Saturn in conjunction
in Scorpio and afflicted by other planets,  we look for perversion or abnor-
mal  sex expression.   But in reading these two planets we go into the  past
life for the abuses which have weakened the organs, causing the poor soul to
come  into this life with the larynx and brain each unable to function  nor-
mally.

   With  Saturn conjunction Uranus in Scorpio we may look for its effect  in
the opposite sign of Taurus,  the throat.  Saturn then has a tendency to re-
tard or restrict the secretion of the fluids of the glands or organs  within
the region of the neck,  for instance, the thyroid,  which is placed astride
the  windpipe at the front of the neck,  and which may truly be  called  the
balance necessary for the proper functioning of the mind.   The thyroid also
regulates all the other ductless glands, and every drop of blood in the cir-
culation  in  the upper part of the body passes back and forth  through  it.
Excesses  or  perversions of sex deplete the fluids of  the  thyroid  gland.
What  a telltale the human voice is!   How the misuse of sex will  make  the
male voice effeminate and the female voice masculine!


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   In  this horoscope we have the story of a man who at birth had  a  voice,
but after the age of four years he would not make a sound, nor has he spoken
a word since.   The organs ruling the voice in this case have been  weakened
by the dissipation of the sex fluids in a former life.  We find Neptune, the
higher octave of Mercury, the planet ruling the pineal gland,  in the mercu-
rial sign of Gemini,  in conjunction with the moon and Mars,  and in opposi-
tion  to  the sun.   Neptune has rule over the pineal gland and  the  spinal
spirit fire.   The brain in this case has remained childlike.  The young man
dresses himself but he will not speak, and he spends his entire  time  turn-
ing the leaves of books.

   Truly,  the spirit encased in this limited vehicle is learning  some  re-
markable lessons--lessons which are likely to bring it back in its next  em-
bodiment as a childlike, virtuous woman.

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