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                                 CHAPTER XV

                                  THE LUNGS

                            NO. 4A.--TUBERCULOSIS

   THE horoscope here shown is that of a well-to-do man who spoiled his life
by excesses of all kinds.  He was born on August 28, 1881, at 11 P.M.

   In the first place we find Jupiter, the planet of opulence,  in the  12th
house,  that of sorrow,  trouble,  and self-undoing,  sextile to Venus,  the
planet of attraction, in Cancer, the sign ruling the stomach, and in the 2nd
house, that of finance.  This accounts for the native's business instinct in
money matters as well as his desire for rich and unhealthful foods; in part,
too,  for his fatal weakness for the opposite sex.  The moon square to Venus
from the fifth house,  the house of pleasures, also Mars,  the planet of dy-
namic  energy,  conjunct the saturnine Dragon's Tail,  and  both  square  to
Uranus,  the  planet of unconventionality and clandestine  attachments,  are
other strong testimonies in the latter direction.  Furthermore, Saturn,  the
planet  of  obstruction,  in  the 12th house, that of sorrow, in conjunction


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with Neptune,  the planet of underhandedness, in Taurus,  which is the oppo-
site of Scorpio,  the sign governing the sex organs,  shows trouble in  that
region and also in the throat.

   As  a  whole  this  horoscope  shows  all  manner  of  excesses,   and  a

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 [                            BIRTH CHART NO. 4A                          ]
 [                                                                        ]
 [ MIDHEAVEN: Aquarius 16   SUN: Virgo 5:57        SATURN: Taurus 12.25R  ]
 [ 11TH HOUSE: Pisces 15    MOON: Libra 21:28      URANUS: Virgo 13:39    ]
 [ 12TH HOUSE: Aries 26     MERCURY: Virgo 3:50    NEPTUNE: Taurus 16:34R ]
 [ ASCENDANT: Gemini 11:32  VENUS: Cancer 25:28    DRAGON'S HEAD:         ]
 [ 2ND HOUSE: Cancer 4      MARS: Gemini 15:49              Sagitt. 13:52 ]
 [ 3RD HOUSE: Cancer 24     JUPITER: Taurus 25:45  DRAGON'S TAIL:         ]
 [                                                        Gemini 13:32    ]
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consequent  clogging up of the system.  Venus in Cancer,  the latter  ruling
the stomach,  gives a love of good things to eat,  and especially to  drink.
Its  square to the moon in the sign Libra,  ruling the kidneys,  shows  that
there   was   a   very   bad   condition   there   preventing   proper elim-


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ination.   The  conjunction  of  Saturn,  the  planet  of  obstruction, with
Neptune in the sign Taurus, this sign having  a  reflex  action  in Scorpio,
resulted  in painful hemorrhoids.   Mars,  the  planet  of  dynamic  energy,
conjoined with the saturnine Dragon's  Tail  in  Gemini, the sign ruling the
lungs, square to Uranus, the planet of spasmodic  action,  shows  a tendency
to coughs and weakness of the lungs, which finally destroyed the life.

   This horoscope is a lesson on the ravages of excess and indulgence of the
lower  nature,  and  astrologers may use it for the  purpose  of  convincing
people  who  are on the downward path that the way of  the  transgressor  is
hard, and that our sins will surely find us out.

   By  the  exercise of will power,  at least a great deal  of  the  trouble
indicated might have been avoided.  Toward the last the man realized that he
was going down and wanted help, but he was too weak to cease from his indul-
gences.   Consequently he yielded to the tendencies shown in his  horoscope,
and became the victim of tuberculosis and a number of complications.


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                            NO. 4B.--TUBERCULOSIS

   Female, born June 16, 1884, 8:30 A.M.

   Suffering from tuberculosis is shown very plainly by this horoscope,  for
Saturn,  the planet of obstruction and crystallization,  is in  Gemini,  the
sign  which  rules the lungs.   Although he is unaspected he  always  has  a
malefic  bodily influence in whatever part of the chart he is  placed.   His
obstructive  and  hardening tendencies clog and crystallize  the  lungs  and
would  be inimical even if he were not supported by evil aspects.   We  find
that the sun,  which is the giver of life, is also in Gemini,  square to the
moon, which is the particular significator of health in a woman's horoscope.
The  moon is placed in the 8th house,  the house of death,  in  pisces,  the
twelfth sign, ruling confinement in hospitals and kindred institutions.  The
sun is also square to the spasmodic Uranus,  and Uranus is in opposition  to
the moon.   This will produce the cough and the hemorrhage which are part of
the symptoms of tuberculosis.

   Leo,  the strong solar sign, is rising, and Jupiter,  the planet of opti-
mism and joviality,  is therein sextile to Mercury, the planet of reason and
mind.   We  may also note that all the angles are occupied by  fixed  signs.
These  conditions show that in the first place the constitution was  a  good
one,  that  the  native  had  to  begin with a strong, vigorous nature and a


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jovial  sunny and friendly disposition.   Had this horoscope been set up  in
childhood's  days so that one could have worked with the native ad  counter-
acted  the tendencies to tuberculosis,  the chances are that she would  have
entirely  outgrown  this  tendency.  As  it  is,  however,  the  squares and

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  [                        BIRTH CHART NO. 4B                           ]
  [                                                                     ]
  [ MIDHEAVEN: Taurus 5    SUN: Gemini 25:54      SATURN: Gemini 15:16  ]
  [ 11TH HOUSE: Gemini 11  MOON: Pisces 27:42     URANUS: Virgo 24:07   ]
  [ 12TH HOUSE: Cancer 15  MERCURY: Gemini 3:16   NEPTUNE: Taurus 22:05 ]
  [ ASCENDANT: Leo 14:36   VENUS: Cancer 27:59                          ]
  [ 2ND HOUSE: Virgo 6     MARS: Virgo 6:16                             ]
  [ 3RD HOUSE: Libra 3     JUPITER: Leo 4:35                            ]
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oppositions  of the sun, moon, and Uranus taken  together  with  the  moon's
placement in the 8th house and the 12th house sign  show  that  this case is
likely   to  terminate  fatally.    The  best  that  can  be  done  for  the


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patient   now   is   to   make   her   suffering   as   ittle  as  possible.
The magnetic force of an Aries person whose Saturn is not in any of the  de-
grees  encompassed by the 6th house of the patient's horoscope would  be  of
great help to her, and milk just fresh from the cow would do a great deal to
keep up her vitality as it is filled with the healthy animal ether.


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                            NO. 4.C--TUBERCULOSIS

   Male, born December 1, 1883, 3:51 A.M.

   BY mistake this chart was first set up so that Leo occupied the Ascendant
end the sun was in the fifth house.  The planets show the affliction no mat-
ter what sign rises,  but a glance showed the figure to be erroneous because
the sun cannot be in the fifth house at four o'clock in the morning.   So we
had it calculated again,  with the result that we find Saturn in the  eighth
house instead of in the eleventh and the sun in the second house instead  of
the  fifth.   This makes a great deal of difference in the strength  of  the
symptoms.   We would advise students that whenever they are given  a  figure
for  judgment it is wise precaution always to look at the place of  the  sun
and  notice  if its location in the horoscope corresponds  with  its  actual
place in the sky at the time of day when the birth took place.   If it  does
not,  that is evidence that the horoscope has been incorrectly set up and is
therefore  unfit to be used as a basis of judgment.   We are all  liable  to
make  mistakes in our calculations but this hint will undoubtedly help  stu-
dents to avoid this particular mistake.

   The subject of this horoscope is suffering from tuberculosis,  a  disease
neither necessarily serious nor fatal.  The student of  Astro-Diagnosis  has


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special facilities for judging how deeply the disease is rooted by the posi-
tions and aspects of the afflicting planets.  Saturn, the planet of obstruc-
tion,  in Gemini, the sign which rules the lungs, shows the tendency to cold
in  the lungs and also hardening such as occurs in tuberculosis.   But  this
testimony   would   not   have  been  so  dangerous  if  it  had  come  from

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[                            BIRTH CHART NO. 4C                           ]
[                                                                         ]
[ MIDHEAVEN: Leo 7        SUN: Sagitt. 8:37        SATURN: Gemini 6:27R   ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Virgo 11    MOON: Sagitt. 23:40      URANUS: Virgo 27:40    ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Libra 8     MERCURY: Sagitt. 11:22   NEPTUNE: Taurus 19:09R ]
[ ASCENDANT: Libra 28:33  VENUS: Sagitt. 26:35                            ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Scorpio 26   MARS: Leo 19:05                                 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Sagitt. 29   JUPITER: Leo 4:23R                              ]
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the position shown in the  erroneously  cast  figure where Saturn was placed
in  the  eleventh  house,  instead  of its  position  in  the true horoscope
where he is in the eighth house,  denoting  the  manner of death.


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   Mercury,  the ruler of Gemini, is in opposition to Saturn,  and so is the
life-giving sun.   We may also note that the moon,  which governs the  tidal
air  in  the lungs,  is in conjunction with Venus,  which rules  the  venous
blood,  and is square to Uranus.   All these are signs which show that there
is comparatively little hope of escape for this patient from the dread  dis-
ease until death looses the silver cord and frees him from the body.

   You will notice that the last degrees of Libra are rising so that the na-
tive has really more of the impulsive Scorpio characteristics than those  of
Libra.  Mars, ruler of Scorpio, in Leo adds to his energy and makes him fond
of swaggering and showing off, prodigal of his vitality.  Mars trine Mercury
in  Sagittarius  shows an inclination for sport and  probably  overexertion,
which  may  have  been  responsible  for  the  first  breakdown  about   the
twenty-eighth  year  when  the progressed moon was over  the  place  of  the
radical moon and Venus,  or the year preceding when it was in opposition  to
Saturn.

   It  would  be extreme cruelty to tell the patient that  there  is  little
hope,  of  course,  and  no aspirant to invisible  helpership  would  be  so
thoughtless, but would strive to make his lot as easy as possible during the
remaining  time,  though realizing that whatever measures were  taken  would
only palliate but not cure.   Meanwhile, it should be made clear to the per-
son that there is a spiritual reason for disease and that occult  investiga-
tions have established the fact that a materialistic conception of life in a


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previous  embodiment is a fruitful source of just such a condition  as  this
one,  for by the thought that death ends all, the materialist gradually puts
himself out of tune with all activities in the spiritual world.  When he en-
ters the Second Heaven where the archetypes of new bodies are built, he puts
all his crystallizing thoughts into the new vehicle,  which is then born un-
der the hardening rays of Saturn,  who in some way obstructs the life-giving
sun.   If such a patient can be taught to believe this and become a  devoted
Christian, he will be saved a similar fate in a future life.


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                                 CHAPTER XVI

                                  THE HEART

                             NO. 5A.--THE HEART

   Female, born October 16, 1907, 2:00 P.M.

   Aquarius,  a fixed and airy sign, is on the Ascendant.   The fiery planet
Mars  is just above the cusp in the 12th house,  and the plastic and  watery
moon is in the same sign in the first house.   This gave this young woman  a
very  strange  nature,  for there is a great  difference  between  the  tem-
peraments given by the moon and Mars.  Mars on the Ascendant afflicted by  a
parallel to the ruler,  the impulsive Uranus,  gave the native a very impul-
sive nature.  It indicates one who would fly into a fit of rage at the least
provacation.  The two natures given by Mars and the moon were continually at
war with each other,  the one impulsive, energetic,  dynamic,  and the other
restless,  plastic, and changeable.  The moon, however, is trine to the sun,
which gave a soft, peaceable, kindly nature, directly opposed to the martial
temperament.  The restless, critical Mercury is placed near the Midheaven in


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the martial sign of Scorpio; this added to the temper.

   Planets  when situated in angles and in fixed signs,  as are  several  in
this horoscope,  have a larger orb than otherwise, and we give eight degrees
or  a  little  more  to  the major planets in such cases.  We would consider

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[                           BIRTH CHART 5A                                 ]
[                                                                          ]
[ MIDHEAVEN: Scorpio 26     SUN: Libra 22:23        SATURN: Pisces 21:59R  ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Sagitt. 19    MOON: Aquarius 25:07    URANUS: Capricorn 9:03 ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Capricorn 11  MERCURY: Scorpio 15:46  NEPTUNE: Cancer 14:53  ]
[ ASCENDANT: Aquarius 7:14  VENUS: Scorpio 0:48                            ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Pisces 21      MARS: Aquarius 1:57                            ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Aries 28       JUPITER: Leo 10:28                             ]
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Jupiter  here  to be in opposition to Mars.   Venus is in square  aspect  to
Mars,  and Mercury is parallel to Venus and square to Jupiter.   With  Venus
ruling the venous blood and Jupiter the arterial blood, both being afflicted
by  Mars  and  Jupiter  by  Mercury  also,  this  young  woman suffered from


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restricted circulation,  especially due to the fact that the afflictions are
all  from fixed signs and angles,  which affected the action of  the  heart.
With  her high-strung,  nervous temperament and uncontrolled fits of  temper
she precipitated an attack of heart trouble each time she permitted  herself
to be ruled by this emotion.

   There  are also indications of in harmony in the home,  for we  find  the
rulers of the 10th and 4th houses, Venus and Mars,  in square aspect.   Mars
is also the ruler of the 3rd house,  which stands for sisters and  brothers.
The above aspect would indicate that this young girl was greatly  domineered
by those in the home, and being of a very impulsive and dominant nature her-
self,  this provoked much display of temper, which was very injurious to the
health of one with the above planetary configurations.

   In 1917 the progressed sun reached the square to the radical Mars,  while
the progressed Mars was in conjunction with the Ascendant.   The result  was
that a chronic condition of heart trouble set in which slowly led to dropsy,
for restricted heart action frequently bring about other complications.  The
doctors,  unfortunately, were unable to diagnose the disease correctly,  and
she  was treated for Bright's disease.  In 1921 the progressed moon  reached
the opposition to its radical place at birth.  This opposition usually marks
the  beginning  of puberty,  and is sometimes a critical  period  for  young
girls, especially when Venus and Jupiter are both afflicted.  When  the moon


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passed through Leo,  the sign of the heart,  while making the opposition  to
its radical place, it aggravated the dropsy, for the moon in Leo or Aquarius
has a tendency to cause dropsy in a patient suffering with heart trouble.

   Uranus,  the planet of impulse and the higher octave of Venus, which also
has an influence over the circulatory system, is in opposition to Neptune in
Cancer,  th sign ruling the stomach.   Neptune is in the 6th house,  health;
this would indicate that there was trouble with the digestive organs and  an
abnormal desire for indigestible food.

   The young woman's parents called upon Headquarters for healing after  the
doctors  had given her up.   They were told that the case was hopeless;  she
passed out three weeks after she was put on our healing list.   The case was
an incurable one when it reached our hands.  She died in February, 1921.  We
may  here  see how powerful afflictions are and how difficult to  over  some
when they are from fixed signs and in the angles.   This was truly a debt of
destiny which this soul was called upon to pay,  and it was beyond the power
of the Invisible Helpers.


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                           NO. 5B.--HEART; KIDNEYS

   Male, born October 25, 1862, at 5:20 A.M.

   WE  will use here the horoscope of a man with Libra on the Ascendant  and
cardinal signs on all the angles.  The planet of obstruction, Saturn, is ex-
alted in Libra, and is placed in the twelfth house.  Saturn is in opposition
to Mars and Neptune.   Mars and Neptune are in conjunction and parallel with
each other.  We have here three malefic planets, one in the 12th house, rul-
ing hospitals, and two in the 6th house, the house of sickness.  The twelfth
and  the  sixth houses are very dangerous positions for  planets  afflicting
each other by opposition.

   Saturn in Libra,  when afflicted,  causes obstruction of the renal secre-
tions,  and lack of these secretions disturbs the chemical laboratory of the
kidneys.   Poisons are thrown off by the blood after it passes  through  the
renal arteries to the kidneys, where it is purified and undergoes a thorough
filtering  process,  leaving  its poisons such  as  urea,  phosphoric  acid,
sulphuric acid,  potash,  lime,  and other refuse matter which it has  taken
from the food.

   If  the kidneys are healthy,  these organs receive enough water from  the
flood to dissolve these poisonous secretions, which are then washed out from
the  kidneys  as  urine.  But  in  a case such as we have for our diagnosis,


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where  Saturn is afflicted in Libra,  this washing out is not  fully  accom-
plished.   The kidneys retain some of these poisonous secretions,  which be-
come hardened mineral matter.   In course of time a hardening process devel-
ops  and  the  kidneys  refuse to function properly.  The result is that the

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 [                            BIRTH CHART 5B                              ]
 [                                                                        ]
 [ MIDHEAVEN: Cancer 22    SUN: Scorpio 1:47       SATURN: Libra 0:18     ]
 [ 11TH HOUSE: Leo 23      MOON: Sagitt. 1:04      URANUS: Gemini 20:24R  ]
 [ 12TH HOUSE: Virgo 24    MERCURY: Scorpio 6:24R  NEPTUNE: Aries 1:42R   ]
 [ ASCENDANT: Libra 21:57  VENUS: Libra 20:17      DRAGON'S HEAD:         ]
 [ 2ND HOUSE: Scorpio 21   MARS: Aries 7:41R                Sagitt. 18:20 ]
 [ 3RD HOUSE: Sagitt. 21   JUPITER: Libra 13:02    DRAGON'S TAIL:         ]
 [                                                        Gemini 18:20    ]
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blood is not purified,  and this mineral matter is lodged in the blood  ves-
sels, which become clogged, and the circulation becomes impaired.

   The eyes are closely  allied with the kidneys, and when the latter organs


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are sluggish and filled with mineral matter, the eyesight becomes impaired.

   People with Mars in Aries have a desire to drink much liquid,  as in  the
case  of this man,  who was afflicted with an unquenchable thirst.   As  the
kidneys were not able to extract the excess water from the blood,  this liq-
uid,  which was not eliminated through the skin, remained in the blood,  and
in time the man suffered from palpitation of the heart and dropsy.  his case
was diagnosed by the doctors as heart disease.   People suffering with  this
affliction have very scanty and very highly colored urine.

   If a case of this kind is taken in time,  the kidneys can be flushed  and
the poisons eliminated by a proper diet.  String beans, carrots,  asparagus,
and  tomatoes are most helpful in stimulating the kidneys and  assisting  in
the elimination of water.  Onions are astringents, and where there is an ex-
cess of urine,  the onion will regulate it.   Therefore it is very necessary
that the vegetables be properly chosen to work against and not with the dis-
ease.


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                             NO. 5C.--THE HEART.

   Male, born October 6th, 1855, 1:00 A.M.

   "We shape, ourselves, the joy or fear
   Of which the coming life is made,
   And fill our Futures' atmosphere
   With sunshine or with shade.
   We weave with colors all our own
   The tissues of the Life to be,
   And in the field of Destiny
   We reap as we have sown.

   "Still shall the soul around it call
   The shadows which it gathered here,
   And, painted on the eternal wall,
   The past shall reappear.
   Think ye the notes of holy song
   On Milton's tuneful ear have died?

   Think ye that Raphael's angel throng
   Has vanished from his side?
   On, no! we live our life again;
   Or warmly touched, or coldly dim,
   The pictures of the past remain--
   Man's work shall follow him!"    --Whittier.

   Well  may  we say of the soul whose destiny we read through  this  mystic
scroll that his work in the past followed him.  He hewed a path for himself,
and chose one that was rough and rocky.  His  was  the  path  of a leader of


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men,  for he had the sign of Leo on the Ascendant, with the moon in conjunc-
tion with Mars and the Ascendant and sextile to the ruler, the sun.  He also

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[                           BIRTH CHART NO. 5C                            ]
[                                                                         ]
[ MIDHEAVEN: Taurus 1    SUN: Libra 12:26          SATURN: Cancer 0:01    ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Gemini 7   MOON: Leo 18:49           URANUS: Taurus 20:14R  ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Cancer 12  MERCURY: Scorpio 6:51     NEPTUNE: Pisces 16:06R ]
[ ASCENDANT: Leo 11:34   VENUS: Libra 4:22R        DRAGON'S HEAD:         ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Virgo 3     MARS: Leo 21:46                    Taurus 4:42   ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Virgo 29    JUPITER: Aquarius 23:01R  DRAGON'S TAIL:         ]
[                                                         Taurus 4:42     ]
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had  fixed signs on the four angles and five planets therein.   This is  the
sign of a strong soul, a man who will never lean on anyone,  but who will be
a doer, a lifter; as such he spent his life.  This was a man who carried his
cross  willingly  and  who bore the stripes of the cruelties  of  the  world
uncomplainingly.  One with such signs on the angles  and with the planets as


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strongly placed as in this horoscope and afflicting one another surely finds
his life full of lessons, and many responsibilities are placed upon him.

   In  his home he was most unhappy, as we see from Mercury  in  conjunction
with the Dragon's Tail in Scorpio in the 4th house.  This indicates that the
wife was a nagger and a scold.  Mercury in Scorpio shows that the wife would
never permit the husband to have a moment's peace.   Then we find Saturn  in
Cancer.   Cancer is the natural fourth house sign.   Saturn is square to Ve-
nus, again indicating a masterful and discordant marriage partner.  With Ju-
piter in the seventh house, in opposition to the moon and mars and square to
Uranus,  marriage and partnership are shown to be accompanied by many trials
and much opposition.

   In spite of all this we find that this man achieved quite a fortune,  did
a big work, and made many friends.  He was a leader in Masonry, where he did
many kind acts, helping the widow and orphan generously with his money.   He
was deeply interested in prison work and also in occult studies.  Neptune in
Pisces,  sextile to Uranus, shows his interest in occultism,  but both these
planets are retrograde, which brought him all kinds of restrictions.  He was
never free to follow his higher ideals.

   With his many crosses,  hard work, and disappointments he developed heart
trouble of a very serious nature,  and for years he used heart stimulants so
as  to  keep  at  his  work.  He  never  allowed  his physical sufferings to


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interfere with his business,  however,  which was of a very responsible  na-
ture,  with many branches scattered over a large pat of America; also he had
many men under him.  With leakage of the valves of the heart and in spite of
the  resulting suffering he lived to the ripe old age of seventy years.   We
may  see  from this that the will can be used to overcome and  that  man  is
truly  the master of his fate.   Had this man had Virgo on the Ascendant  or
some  other sign less strong than Leo,  together with the  afflictions  from
fixed signs,  he would have become a confirmed invalid or have passed out as
a young man.  Hence we may see that "the wise man rules his stars;  the fool
is ruled by them."


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                           NO. 5D.--HEART DISEASE

   Male, born September 12, 1858, 8:15 A.M.


   OUR first concern when diagnosing this horoscope is to ascertain the men-
tal caliber of the patient.   Jupiter placed in the house of the higher mind
and  Mars  near the cusp of the house of the lower mind are  in  opposition,
also square to the sun and Mercury, a fact which stamps the native as a pes-
simist  of an irritable nature.   This is accentuated by the  opposition  of
mercury to Neptune, the lower mind being out of tune with all spiritual con-
cepts.   Saturn square Venus prevents the native from seeing the  beauty  of
life.   As  these adverse testimonies are only counterbalanced by  the  moon
sextile Mercury and the sun,  and trine Neptune,  we may conclude that  this
person is in a sad state and needs all the help and cheer it is possible  to
bring  him.   We  are afraid that even the best efforts  will  avail  little
against such a barrier of pessimism as he has built around himself.

   Regarding the disease to which he is subject,  the cold hand of Saturn in
leo shows us the obstructed heart action, and the consequent sluggish circu-
lation is designated by the square of Saturn to Venus and the square of  the
sun  and Mercury to Jupiter,  for Jupiter and Venus govern the arterial  and
venous  circulations respectively.   Uranus sextile Saturn produces a  spas-
modic action felt as a fluttering of the heart;  and being posited in Gemini


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he also imparts a spasmodic motion to the lungs,  making it at times  diffi-
cult for the patient to breathe, though the condition is not so well defined
as  in  asthma.  The  affliction  of  the  sun  and  Mercury  in  Virgo  op-

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 [                           BIRTH CHART NO. 5D                          ]
 [                                                                       ]
 [ MIDHEAVEN: Cancer 23    SUN: Virgo 19:34       SATURN: Leo 7:59       ]
 [ 11TH HOUSE: Leo 26      MOON: Scorpio 20:18    URANUS: Gemini 3:31    ]
 [ 12TH HOUSE: Virgo 26    MERCURY: Virgo 24:05R  NEPTUNE: Pisces 23:55R ]
 [ ASCENDANT: Libra 19:37  VENUS: Scorpio 4:50                           ]
 [ 2ND HOUSE: Scorpio 17   MARS: Sagitt. 17:07                           ]
 [ 3RD HOUSE: Sagitt. 19   JUPITER: Gemini 20:22                         ]
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position  Neptune  indicates intestinal trouble.  The affliction of the  sun
and Mercury by Jupiter and Mars from the houses of travel,  also the opposi-
tion  of the last named planets, show a predisposition to  accidents,  espe-
cially when on a journey.  With this phase of the  indications  we  are not,


[PAGE 165]                                                         THE HEART

however, concerned at the present time.

   We may bend our efforts to accelerate the action of the heart and promote
impaired digestion in order to give the person relief and a brighter outlook
upon life.   As Saturn controls the pneumogastric nerve, his presence in Leo
shows us that this is the principal set of the trouble, for his nerve inhib-
its the heart action and acts also upon other vital organs.  It is difficult
to reach this nerve in an efficient manner when we are clothed in our  dense
bodies.   But the conscientious Rosicrucian health adjuster has other  means
at his disposal, for his Obligation to himself taken before the Elder Broth-
ers enables him to work upon his patients during the hours when his body  is
sleeping.   And he is taught how he may materialize fingers inside the  body
of the ailing and thus give the needed help to remove obstructions, growths,
etc.; yes, even to adjust displaced bones.  We receive many letters at Head-
quarters  from patients who sense the presence of the Invisible Helpers  and
the withdrawal of hands from their bodies at the moment when they awake.

   The  best method to treat such a case as this would be for the healer  to
thoroughly  impress upon his or her mind where the seat of the malady is  to
be found,  physiologically and astrologically.   Then after retrospection in
the evening say,  "Now,  I will go to help my patient under the direction of
the Elder Brothers," letting that be the last waking thought.

   The healer best fitted to take charge  of  this  case  would be one whose


[PAGE 166]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

rising  sign is in harmony with Libra.   Aquarius would be the first  choice
and  Gemini the second.   It is further required that he or she  should  not
have Saturn in Libra or Pisces.


                             NO. 5E.--THE HEART.

   Female, born September 18, 1854, 10:00 A.M.

   HERE we have a horoscope with the energetic, active,  and aggressive sign
of Scorpio on the Ascendant,  with the life ruler,  Mars,  in the 1st  house
within  orb  of the Ascendant and in its own sign,  where a planet  has  the
greatest power either for good or evil.  In the case of this woman this mar-
tial energy is dissipated and not kept under control, for the planet Mars is
in  opposition to the erratic and impulsive Uranus which is posited  in  the
7th house in the fixed sign of Taurus where it is in its fall and  therefore
apt to show its evil side.  The combined influence of Mars and Uranus,  both
being planets of impulse,  acts like a fire fanned by the wind which has got
beyond control.

   We find the water moon near the Midheaven in the hot,  fiery,  and  fixed
sign of Leo, and this planet is in square aspect to both  the  above planets


[PAGE 167]                                                         THE HEART

of impulse.  Fire in contact with water generates steam.  This affliction of
the  planets of fire to the watery and emotional moon has a  similar  effect
upon the mind of this woman.  Mars in Scorpio afflicted and on the Ascendant

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
[                         BIRTHCHART NO. 5E                               ]
[                                                                         ]
[ MIDHEAVEN: Leo 23        SUN: Virgo 25:06        SATURN: Gemini 15:48   ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Virgo 26     MOON: Leo 10:03         URANUS: Taurus 16:26R  ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Libra 20     MERCURY: Libra 0:04     NEPTUNE: Pisces 14:18R ]
[ ASCENDANT: Scorpio 6:30  VENUS: Virgo 3:34                              ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Sagitt. 5     MARS: Scorpio 14:20                            ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Capricorn 11  JUPITER: Capricorn 17:43                       ]
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------

gives an uncontrolled temper,  showing a woman who would fly into a rage  at
the  least provocation and this anger is apt to be directed toward the  mar-
riage partner.  If we place a kettle of water on a fire which is kept fanned
into a red heat, in time the  water  boils  down,  the  bottom of the kettle


[PAGE 168]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

becomes dry and burns out.  In this state we find this woman.  For years she
has  created such a nervous and emotional environment about her in her  home
that the poor heart has been burned and scorched,  for the moon afflicted in
Leo indicates that the heart has been under a great strain.   The result  is
that  in the year 1916 when the progressed moon reached the  conjunction  of
the radical Mars in the 1st house and later the opposition of Uranus in  the
7th  house (indicating the husband), domestic relations reached  a  critical
point.  With the progressed Venus, Mercury, sun, and moon all transiting the
1st house and in the martial sign of Scorpio,  the resulting fiery  emotions
were too much for the body,  and the poor woman lost all control of herself.
She wanted to cry all the time, she could not digest her food, and would of-
ten swoon away with heart trouble.

   There is, however, another cause for this physical break.  We find a won-
derfully  strong  and well fortified Neptune in its own sign  of  Pisces  in
theoccult  4th house,  in sextile to Jupiter and Uranus and trine  to  Mars.
These  aspects,  especially  the sextile between  the  two  occult  planets,
Neptune  and Uranus,  ordinarily give a strong desire for development  along
mystical lines and would cause one to develop rapidly.   But Neptune is mak-
ing a square to Saturn, and Uranus is square to the moon.   Evil aspects be-
tween planets as well as good will bring development but the development  is
of a different nature.


[PAGE 169]                                                         THE HEART

   As we have often stated in our lessons,  anger and evil emotions are much
more  injurious to a person who is endeavoring to live the higher life  than
if he were content to drift and be of the earth earthy.  Each time that this
woman gave way to her anger she set in motion a counter-clockwise vibration,
a  fire  that burned up the spiritual life that had been awakened,  and  the
poor body could not stand the strain.  She cannot long continue placing this
strain  upon the heart,  for with the squares and opposition of Mars,  moon,
and Uranus from angles and fixed signs,  the heart will not be able to stand
the strain and death may be very sudden.


[PAGE 170]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

                                CHAPTER XVII

                                 THE STOMACH

                  NO. 6A.--STOMACH TROUBLE AND TUBERCULOSIS

   In the  diagnosis  of disease by the science of the stars it is sometimes
most difficult to know in what direction the afflictions may work.   For in-
stance,  we have so often written of the sinister effects of Saturn in  Can-
cer,  the sign which has rule over the stomach.   When he afflicts  in  this
sign  he robs the stomach of its gastric juice,  which is necessary for  the
digestion of the food.  Saturn in this place has also a tendency to create a
desire for unhealthful foods and leads to the excessive use of cream, sugar,
desserts, etc.  But in this lesson and the next we will endeavor to show how
Saturn  when placed in the opposite sign,  Capricorn--in which Saturn is  at
home and where his influence is much more subtle and malevolent than when he
is in the sign of Cancer--has similar effects.

   We will use two horoscopes by which we will show the effects of Saturn in
Capricorn  whereby  diseases are produced of vastly different  natures.   We
will  first use horoscope 6A, which is that of a man born February 19, 1902,
3:00 P.M.


[PAGE 171]                                                       THE STOMACH

   We find Saturn in 23-21 of Capricorn in the 6th house which has rule over
the health.  Saturn is in opposition to the moon.  This last named planet is
in its own sign of Cancer, the sign ruling the stomach.  The moon is also in
opposition  to  Jupiter.  When  Jupiter  has  any  connection  with signs or

 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
[                            BIRTHCHART NO. 6A                             ]
[                                                                          ]
[ MIDHEAVEN: Aries 17      SUN: Pisces 0:23         SATURN: Capricorn 23:21]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Taurus 22    MOON: Cancer 27:17       URANUS: Sagitt. 20:44  ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Gemini 27    MERCURY: Aquarius 28:09R NEPTUNE: Gemini 28:47R ]
[ ASCENDANT: Cancer 28:12  VENUS: Aquarius 22:19R   DRAGON'S HEAD:         ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Leo 20        MARS: Pisces 8:40                  Scorpio 7:53 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Virgo 16      JUPITER: Aquarius 2:53   DRAGON'S TAIL:         ]
[                                                           Taurus 7:53    ]
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------  

planets which rule the appetite, he creates a desire for food in large quan-
tities.  Whatever Jupiter does must be on a big scale; with the moon and Ju-
piter in opposition we may look for the gourmand.


[PAGE 172]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

   With  Saturn afflicted in Capricorn the gastric juice of the  stomach  is
sluggish, and we may expect trouble in the digestion of the food.

   If  the stomach is filled with an excess of rich food,  the man will  re-
ceive  nourishment  from only that part which the stomach can  digest.   The
blood is carried to the lungs to be oxygenated.   Oxygenation is to the body
what the draft is to the stove.   If we shut off the draft,  we smother  and
kill the fire,  and so it is in the body.  If man stops breathing,  he dies.
In shallow breathing the lungs are not able to supply sufficient oxygen  for
warmth and energy, and they do not exhale all the carbon dioxide.

   In  this horoscope we find Neptune in Gemini.   Gemini has rule over  the
lungs.   Neptune is on the cusp of the 12th house in opposition to Uranus in
the 5th house in Sagittarius.   Uranus and Neptune when afflicted indicate a
nervous, cramping, spasmodic action.  Neptune here indicates that the capil-
laries of the lungs were incapable of taking the amount of oxygen  necessary
to oxygenate the blood.   Consequently the carbon dioxide formed faster than
the lungs were able to exhale it.   The result was that poison was stored up
in  the system.   The nerve cells became weak and sluggish,  and  little  by
little  the body became lowered in resistive power;  the weakest  organ  was
then unable to keep up with its work.   The bellows of the body,  the lungs,
in the case of this man were unable to inhale enough air to burn up the poi-
sons.  The result was the lungs became diseased and tuberculosis set in.


[PAGE 173]                                                       THE STOMACH

   People with planets afflicted in common signs are frequently  susceptible
to tuberculosis.   With the sun and Mars in conjunction in Pisces,  and with
Uranus  in  Sagittarius in opposition to Neptune in  Gemini--Pisces,  Sagit-
tarius,  and Gemini being common signs--the lungs as a consequence attracted
the impurities.   hence we can see that Saturn in either Cancer or Capricorn
may be the direct cause of disease which expresses itself in another sign.

   Three years ago this man began to suffer with stomach trouble,  which has
now been followed by tuberculosis of the lungs,  a disease which had its be-
ginning in wrong eating.   It can at this stage be cured by a very carefully
chosen diet of raw vegetables and fruits and very little protein.

   We will in our next lesson take up Horoscope 6B, which has Saturn in Cap-
ricorn, but which has its outcome in a quite different disease.


[PAGE 174]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

                                   NO. 6B.

                 STOMACH TROUBLE AND INFLAMMATION OF KIDNEYS

   Horoscope 6B is that of a man born February 26, 1871, 4 P.M.

   This will be a continuation of the lesson on the effect of Saturn in Cap-
ricorn, showing how this planet may express its evil side through the planet
which it aspects adversely.

   We find Saturn,  the planet of obstruction,  in the sign of Capricorn,  a
cardinal  sign.   Signs of the like nature,  especially the cardinal  signs,
have an affinity for one another and respond to afflictions more readily  on
that account.   In this horoscope Saturn is in Capricorn,  square to Mars in
Libra,  both cardinal signs.   Libra rules the kidneys and the little  ducts
leading from the kidneys to the bladder,  the ureters.   Where we find  Mars
afflicted  we may look for heat and excessive action.   Saturn in  Capricorn
gives  tendencies  similar  to those which  he  gives  in  Cancer--perverted
tastes,  desire  for strange and unnatural foods,  and a liking  for  sugar,
pastries, etc.

   Saturn in Capricorn also obstructs the flow of the gastric juices in  the
stomach,  hence we can see why people with an afflicted Saturn in tropic  or
cardinal signs,  namely, Capricorn or Cancer, are often afflicted with indi-
gestion, rheumatism, uric acid deposits, etc.  When we find the inflammatory
Mars in the cardinal sign of Libra, square to  Saturn  in  Capricorn, we may


[PAGE 175]                                                       THE STOMACH

expect  that the poisonous elements which are left undigested to ferment  in
the  stomach will lodge in the kidneys,  creating highly acid  urine,  which
causes inflammation in the kidneys and ureters.

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 [                         BIRTHCHART NO. 6B                              ]
 [                                                                        ]
 [ MIDHEAVEN: Taurus 9    SUN: Pisces 7:55         SATURN: Capricorn 7:47 ]
 [ 11TH HOUSE: Gemini 15  MOON: Gemini 2:18        URANUS: Cancer 22:58   ]
 [ 12TH HOUSE: Cancer 19  MERCURY: Aquarius 15:54  NEPTUNE: Aries 19:57   ]
 [ ASCENDANT: Leo 17:40   VENUS: Pisces 27:07                             ]
 [ 2ND HOUSE: Virgo 10    MARS: Libra 6:13R                               ]
 [ 3RD HOUSE: Libra 7     JUPITER: Gemini 16:50                           ]
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------   

   In  this horoscope we find the moon in Gemini,  square to the sun in  Pi-
sces.   Gemini and Pisces, being common signs, here obstruct the oxygenation
of the blood and interfere with its purification,  hence more impurities are
sent to the kidneys from this source.  Thus  we  may  see  the similarity of


[PAGE 176]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

causes in this horoscope and horoscope 6A,  although the results are not the
same.

   This man should be placed on a milk diet for several weeks, and after the
kidneys have been purified by this system of flushing,  he should  eliminate
all highly seasoned and most starchy foods from his diet.


                             NO 6C.--THE PYLORUS

   Female, born March 29, 1909, 1:30 P.M.

   We find that this girl has a very bright mind,  with Mercury,  the mental
planet  in sextile aspect to the quick-witted and active planets,  Mars  and
Uranus, in the sign of Capricorn which gives stability and balance, bringing
the  saturnine influence to bear upon the impulse and quick wit of the  last
two planets.  Mercury is also making a trine to the moon which is in its own
sign of Cancer.  But we find much that is dangerous in this active mentality
should the parents allow this child to take up the dangerous fads of  mystic
writing such as the planchette, ouija board, etc.  Saturn in the sign of the
head, Aries, in square aspect to the mystical planet Neptune,  Neptune being


[PAGE 177]                                                       THE STOMACH

in conjunction with the moon,  and the moon in opposition to Uranus and mars
from the 12th to the 6th house, show that some time in life,  if the parents
are not careful this girl may suffer through insanity or spirit obsession.

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 [                         BIRTHCHART NO. 6C                             ]
 [                                                                       ]
 [ MIDHEAVEN: Taurus 1    SUN: Aries 8:33        SATURN: Aries 12:27     ]
 [ 11TH HOUSE: Gemini 9   MOON: Cancer 22:18     URANUS: Capricorn 20:46 ]
 [ 12TH HOUSE: Cancer 15  MERCURY: Pisces 17:58  NEPTUNE: Cancer 14:19   ]
 [ ASCENDANT: Leo 14:48   VENUS: Aries 0:52      DRAGON'S HEAD:          ]
 [ 2ND HOUSE: Virgo 4     MARS: Capricorn 22:41           Gemini 20:28   ]
 [ 3RD HOUSE: Virgo 29    JUPITER: Virgo 6:10R   DRAGON'S TAIL:          ]
 [                                                      Sagitt. 20:28    ]
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

   This  horoscope has another affliction which makes it a very  interesting
figure for diagnosis.   The moon is in the sign of Cancer,  the stomach,  in
opposition to the inflammatory Mars and the nervous and  contracting  Uranus


[PAGE 178]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

which  has  a tendency to disturb digestion and create gas in  the  stomach,
also inflammation of the mucous membrane.  Uranus is airy,  the moon watery,
Mars fiery.   In order to illustrate the effect of these three planets  upon
one another,  we kindle a fire,  allow a strong breeze to blow upon it,  and
after it is in full blaze pour water upon it;  this will describe to a  cer-
tain extent the effect of these three planets when acting upon the  stomach.
Every  bit  of food that was taken into the stomach created  a  disturbance.
This  child  rarely tasted food without having great distress,  nausea,  and
vomiting;  nothing could be retained in the stomach.   She was afflicted  in
this  manner even from birth.   At the age of eight years she  was  operated
upon  by  the doctors,  who diagnosed her trouble as being  in  the  cardiac
orifice, saying that this was too small.  But the patient received no relief
from this operation.

   If  the physician could only have reasoned that the vomiting and  distur-
bance when food was in the stomach could not have been caused by a defect in
the  entrance of the stomach but by another cause deeper down in the  organ!
Astrology tells us that Saturn in square to Neptune indicates  malformation,
undersize.   if these two planets had been in the first pat of the  sign  of
Cancer  or the last degrees of Gemini,  it would have indicated the  cardiac
orifice,  but we find that the moon is in 22 degrees of Cancer, showing that
it was nearer the lower part of the organ.   Mars and Uranus indicate invol-
untary muscular action.  Mars, when afflicting the moon, shows  nausea,  and


[PAGE 179]                                                       THE STOMACH

Uranus,  when afflicting the moon, causes contraction.   Thus we see indica-
tions  that  there were involuntary muscular action  and  contraction  which
caused nausea.   But why should the food be thrown back out of the  stomach?
as the child could retain nothing.  We find an undersized pylorus, an under-
sized outlet.  After the food was in the stomach it could not be passed into
the  intestines in the proper manner, and there being also insufficient  mu-
cous membrane,  there was faulty digestion.  Naturally vomiting would be the
result.

   In  such  a case it would have been difficult to cure  this  young  woman
without an operation, but instead of operating upon the cardiac orifice, the
doctors should have observed the pylorus and watched the action in this part
of the stomach.


[PAGE 180]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

                     NO. 6D.--STOMACH AND KIDNEY TROUBLE

   Female, born January 23, 1886, 4:00 A.M.

   A  number  of operations have been performed in the abdominal  region  of
this patient, and she has gone from one doctor to another until now she is a
physical and mental wreck.

   When we trace these effects back to their primal cause, we come to Saturn
in Cancer, the sign which rules the stomach.  It is our experience that most
people  who have Saturn in this position are mincers and peculiar  in  their
choice of food.   Saturn in this horoscope is square to Jupiter,  the planet
of self-indulgence, and to Uranus, the planet of spasmodic and irregular ac-
tion.   Thus Saturn causes this person to indulge unduly her desire for good
things to eat.

   Uranus and Jupiter in the sign Libra, which rules the kidneys,  square to
Saturn,  the  planet of obstruction,  show that after the  system  has  been
filled  with  food which it cannot assimilate,  the kidneys  are  unable  to
eliminate the waste products.   Thus there is a general clogging of the sys-
tem  with  toxins and poisons of all kinds.   Then the hot  and  fiery  Mars
placed in Virgo,  the sign ruling the intestines, lights the fire of inflam-
mation  in order to cleanse the system.  As the native's will power  is  not
particularly strong on account of the weak sign Sagittarius rising,  she  is
easily persuaded to undergo operations rather than undertake a reform in her
ways of living which would bring about an amelioration of her condition even
at this late hour.

   If  is  very sad to say that this is the case with a great  many  people.
They are sometimes  ready  to  admit  being  gluttons when the fact is shown

 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
[                            BIRTH CHART NO. 6D:                           ]
[                                                                          ]
[ MIDHEAVEN: Libra 2       SUN: Aquarius 3:20       SATURN: Cancer 2:46R   ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Scorpio 0    MOON: Virgo 16:15        URANUS: Libra 7:39R    ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Scorpio 22   MERCURY: Capricorn 13:22 NEPTUNE: Taurus 22:48R ]
[ ASCENDANT: Sagitt. 9:45  VENUS: Pisces 7:32       DRAGON'S HEAD:         ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Capricorn 14  MARS: Virgo 25:12                 Virgo 18:43   ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Aquarius 25   JUPITER: Libra 5:59R     DRAGON'S TAIL:         ]
[                                                          Pisces 18:43    ]
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------

them, but in most cases they think they are models of self-control as far as
the  appetite  is concerned even when they admit that they  are  eating  the
wrong food.  We have had a number of cases,  however,  where  they  admitted


[PAGE 182]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

this but claimed absolute inability to overcome the fault and curb their ap-
petite.   The person whose horoscope we are considering was not exception to
the  general rule,  and therefore all our efforts to aid her were  in  vain.
She would not even expend the energy necessary to keep up the weekly letters
required of patients.  In such cases there is of course nothing to do but to
leave the patient to his own resources until he learns his lesson--if not in
this life, then in some other one.


[PAGE 183]                                                       THE KIDNEYS

                                CHAPTER XVIII

                                 THE KIDNEYS

                            NO. 7A.--THE KIDNEYS

   Male, born March 14, 1892.

   THE horoscope which we will use here is a flat figure.  The hour of birth
is  not known,  but in astro-diagnosis it is not necessary that we have  the
hour  of birth unless we are looking for a crisis.   We must then take  into
consideration the exact degree of the progressed moon and its aspects,  also
the  transiting planets;  but the natural tendencies as to  temperament  and
morals, also the organic weaknesses are shown by the radical planets,  which
give  the astrologer they key to the health of the native,  although if  one
has the rising sign to show the will and the strength it is a help.  Certain
signs  such as Aries,  Gemini,  Leo, Libra,  and Aquarius will overcome  and
fight off a disease where most of the feminine signs,  especially Taurus and
Virgo  have  not the will power to rise above physical conditions.   Of  the
common  signs the sign of Gemini is the best able to control  physical  ail-
ments.


[PAGE 184]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

   In  this horoscope we find the sun,  the life-giver,  in the  common  and
negative sign of Pisces.  The sun is afflicted by an opposition and parallel
of the destructive Saturn.   Here we have at the beginning an indication  of
low  vitality.  Jupiter,  the  ruler of Pisces  and  having  rule  over  the

    -------------------------------------------------------------------- 
   [                     BIRTHCHART NO. 7A  [FLAT CHART]                ]
   [                                                                    ]
   [ MIDHEAVEN: Capricorn  SUN: Pisces 24:23      SATURN: Virgo 26:58R  ]
   [ 11TH HOUSE: Aquarius  MOON: Libra 4:55       URANUS: Scorpio 5:53R ]
   [ 12TH HOUSE: Pisces    MERCURY: Aries 2:19    NEPTUNE: Gemini 6:28  ]
   [ ASCENDANT: Aries      VENUS: Taurus 5:02                           ]
   [ 2ND HOUSE: Taurus     MARS: Capricorn 0:29                         ]
   [ 3RD HOUSE: Gemini     JUPITER: Pisces 29:24                        ]
    --------------------------------------------------------------------  

arterial blood is in its own sign in conjunction with the sun and in opposi-
tion  to Saturn.   This opposition tends to lower the vitality,  for if  the
blood stream is stagnant, the entire body must suffer.   We find Venus,  the
planet  having rule over the venous blood, in its own home in  Taurus  where
this planet is strong.  Venus is afflicted by the opposition and parallel of
Uranus.  This will increase the ill effects of Jupiter and the sun afflicted
by  Saturn.   With the afflicting influence of Saturn from Virgo,  the  sign
which has rule over the small intestines,  we may expect impaired  assimila-
tion of food.

   We  find  the moon in opposition and parallel to Jupiter  and  square  to
Mars.  These aspects coupled with Venus in Taurus in opposition to Uranus in
Scorpio would indicate that sensual pleasures have ruled this young man  and
that  his health was quickly shattered.  Uranus in Scorpio in opposition  to
Venus  indicates indiscretion regarding the sacred generative function,  and
at  the age of sixteen when the progressed moon had reached the  conjunction
of  Venus and the opposition of Uranus,  he contracted the dread disease  of
syphilis.   Although later seemingly cured, yet the powerful compounds  such
as those of mercury and the various remedies used by medical science to com-
bat this disease left their destructive influence in the blood, and tubercu-
losis of the kidneys set in.   This is shown by the moon in the sign of  Li-
bra,  ruling  the kidneys,  square to Mars,  in opposition and  parallel  to
Jupiter, and in opposition to Mercury.

   This young man entered the medical profession.   Later he was operated on
and had one of his kidneys removed, which was found to be hollow.   The doc-
tors diagnosed his condition as tuberculosis of the kidneys.

   He passed out at the age of  twenty-eight.  When he reached that year, we


[PAGE 186]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

note  that the progressed moon had finished its cycle and had again  reached
its place at birth in Libra,  and the progressed Jupiter had reached the op-
position  to the radical and progressed moon.   The time when the  moon  has
made  the circle of the whole horoscope and reached its place at birth is  a
critical time, and frequently when the moon is afflicted in the radical fig-
ure,  this  is a time of illness and one in which the native is  faced  with
many trials.


[PAGE 187]                                                       THE KIDNEYS

                      NO. 7B.--KIDNEYS AND MASTOIDITIS

   Male, born May 8th, 1865, at 1:45 A.M.

   This horoscope has the fixed sign of Aquarius on the Ascendant,  with the
sun  in the fixed sing of Taurus and in conjunction with Venus and  Mercury.
The  sun is also sextile to Mars.  Jupiter,  the planet of opulence and  be-
nevolence, is in the 10th house in its own sign of Sagittarius.  These posi-
tions  and aspects of the sun and Jupiter indicate one who is a great  lover
of humanity, a man who is very generous financially and very ready to go out
of his way for others,  even sacrificing his own comfort if he finds  anyone
whom he can relieve of suffering or shield from harm.   But we find Jupiter,
Mercury, Venus, and Saturn all retrograde.  This indicates that the man will
find  difficulty  in realizing his ideals and in doing as much good  as  his
heart  dictates,  for  retrograde planets indicate  latent  talents,  possi-
bilities, and opportunities.

   Ability  for earning money is very marked.   This man is also  a  liberal
spender,  having  Venus in its own sign,  and house--Taurus and  the  second
house--in  conjunction with the sun and sextile to Mars.   Whatever he  does
must be done on a large and generous scale.   He is a good entertainer  also
and a good liver, for the sun, Venus, and Mercury in Taurus, sextile to Mars
in  Cancer,  and Taurus ruling the palate, give a desire for good things  to
eat and  plenty of them.  Likewise does Mars in Cancer, sextile to Venus and


[PAGE 188]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

the sun, desire rich, highly seasoned foods and in large quantities.

   With Mars in the 5th house this man loves to share with his friends.  But
while  this  generosity may have been good for others and he has made people

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[                             BIRTH CHART NO. 7B                           ]
[                                                                          ]
[ MIDHEAVEN: Sagitt. 13      SUN: Taurus 17:26        SATURN: Libra 25:27R ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Capricorn 2    MOON: Libra 16:25        URANUS: Gemini 27:16 ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Capricorn 24   MERCURY: Taurus 10:14R   NEPTUNE: Aries 9:30  ]
[ ASCENDANT: Aquarius 26:12  VENUS: Taurus 17:28R     DRAGON'S HEAD:       ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Aries 19        MARS: Cancer 20:36                Libra 29:19 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Taurus 20       JUPITER: Sagitt. 28:11R  DRAGON'S TAIL:       ]
[                                                             Aries 29:19  ]
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happy by tickling their palates,  the result has been disastrous to himself.
His  health  could not withstand the onslaughts made upon the body  by  high
living.

   To  find  in  what  part  of  the  body the damage done by excess of food


[PAGE 189]                                                       THE KIDNEYS

will show,  we look for the strongest afflictions.   We find Mars in Cancer,
ruling the stomach,  square to the moon and Saturn, which are in the sign of
Libra,  Libra having rule over the kidneys.  We also find Saturn in conjunc-
tion with and parallel to the moon.   The moon rules the white fluids of the
body and the lymph.  Saturn being the afflicter would as a result resist the
free  flow  of these fluids.   As Jupiter,  the planet ruling  the  arterial
blood,  is in its own sign of Sagittarius, near the Midheaven, in opposition
to  the nervous,  excitable,  and spasmodic Uranus in the Mercurial sign  of
Gemini,  and as Mars is parallel to both Jupiter and Uranus,  we find an ob-
structed arterial circulation with the lymphatic circulation also impaired.

   When the man is continually breaking the laws of health by excessive eat-
ing,  we may expect that the break must come some time.   In 1906 while  the
progressed sun was in conjunction with the radical Uranus in Gemini and  the
progressed  moon was making a square to Mars and an opposition to  both  the
moon  and Saturn radical,  this man was taken down with a severe  attack  of
pneumonia.  In 1907 the progressed sun reached the opposition to the radical
Jupiter.   This was followed in 1912 by the progressed moon  in  conjunction
with the radical Mars in Cancer.   During that same year the progressed moon
afflicted by square its own place at birth and the radical Saturn,  both  in
Libra.  This brought on a severe attack  of  kidney trouble and constriction


[PAGE 190]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

in the ureters,  which interfered with the waste water passing from the kid-
neys to the bladder.

   At the age of thirteen,  when the progressed moon had reached the sign of
Aries,  and during its transit through this sign,  it came to a  conjunction
with  the radical Neptune,  an opposition to the radical moon and Saturn,  a
square to Mars,  and a conjunction with the Dragon's Tail.   This brought on
trouble with the ears and continual headaches and earaches.   When the  moon
reached  the  conjunction with the radical Mercury and the  retrograde  pro-
gressed Venus in Taurus,  inflammation of the mastoid cells developed.   The
doctors  operated  on the mastoid bone twice,  draining the  pus  which  had
formed  in  the mastoid cavity.   These operations left the patient  with  a
chronic headache and impaired nerves.

   If this man had been taught that he should eat to live instead of  living
to eat he might have been saved much suffering.


[PAGE 191]                                                       THE KIDNEYS

                         NO. 7C.--GENERAL BREAKDOWN

   Female, born April 19, 1888, 4:30 P.M.

   Judging the mind first as usual,  we find that Mercury is in  conjunction
with Venus and trine to the moon and Jupiter in fiery signs.   Thus all  the
three  significators of mind may be said to be in trine.   Jupiter is  in  a
measure  concerned  in the mental makeup because he is ruler  of  the  ninth
sign,  Sagittarius,  and  from him come the benevolent  impulses  which  are
gradually lifting humanity from savagery through civilization to sainthood.

   It is at once apparent that we have here a person of unusually fine  men-
tality.   Even the conjunction of Saturn with the moon is  very  beneficial,
for  as we have often said before, the nature of Saturn is obstruction,  and
when  he  lays his restraining hand upon Mercury or the moon,  it  helps  to
steady the flighty mind and gives power of concentration.  At the same time,
of course,  there is a tendency to melancholy connected with any of the  as-
pects of Saturn to the significators of mind.  Therefore it may be said that
those who have the greatest and deepest minds are usually of a sad  disposi-
tion.

   This woman is not of a deliberative nature,  however.   She does not moan
her  days  away over the sorrows and sufferings of the world for  there  are
cardinal  signs  upon the angles and Mars is conjunction Uranus in the first


[PAGE 192]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

house.   This gives here a very impulsive and restless nature.   She has the
mind to see where reforms are needed,  but the nature of her effort to carry
out  these reforms depends upon her station in life,  with which we are  not
acquainted.  If  she  had  been  born into a broad environment where wealth,

   ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  [                         BIRTH CHART NO. 7C                           ]
  [                                                                      ]
  [ MIDHEAVEN: Cancer 5    SUN: Taurus 0:14        SATURN: Cancer 29:57  ]
  [ 11TH HOUSE: Leo 8      MOON: Leo 5:36          URANUS: Libra 14:34R  ]
  [ 12TH HOUSE: Virgo 9    MERCURY: Aries 9:44     NEPTUNE: Taurus 28:39 ]
  [ ASCENDANT: Libra 4:21  VENUS: Aries 8:14       DRAGON'S HEAD:        ]
  [ 2ND HOUSE: Scorpio 1   MARS: Libra 18:28R               Leo 5:27     ]
  [ 3RD HOUSE: Sagitt. 1   JUPITER: Sagitt. 5:06R  DRAGON'S TAIL:        ]
  [                                                       Aquarius 5:27  ]
   ----------------------------------------------------------------------

position,  and influence were at her command, she would have been a powerful
factor,  felt in a wide sphere; but if she was born in a financially cramped
environment,  she  would  be  correspondingly hampered by its circumstances.


[PAGE 193]                                                       THE KIDNEYS

However,  no matter where she is her influence is bound to be felt,  and she
will  endeavor to revolutionize things with the inevitable result  that  she
will wear herself out in her efforts for improvement.

   As a chain always breaks at the point where the weakest link is found, so
it  is also with the human life.   Uranus,  the planet of spasmodic,  uncon-
trolled  action is in opposition to Mercury,  the planet which  governs  the
cerebro-spinal system,  showing that there will be a nervous breakdown when-
ever great strain is put upon the body.  Saturn,  the planet of obstruction,
is in conjunction with the moon in the sign that governs the heart, Leo, and
it is square to the sun,  ruler of Leo.   Thus it is evident that the  heart
action is very poor and there is an inability to specialize the vital  force
from the sun,  also a poor circulation.  In fact,  the chart shows the  pos-
sibility  of a condition which can only be described as a general  breakdown
from  overwork and nervous tension,  affecting every organ in the body,  for
Uranus and Mars in Libra will interfere with the action of the kidneys,  the
sun  afflicted in Taurus will act upon the throat,  and the rectal  elimina-
tion,  governed by Scorpio, will be interfered with.  This condition has fi-
nally materialized.

   It is almost needless to say that in such a case as this,  absolute rest,
mental and physical, is necessary, preferably on a diet of fruits, for it is
very detrimental to force food into a system that is in such a shape as this
one.   An Aquarian nurse whose Saturn is not in Libra or Pisces would have a
quieting and beneficial influence.  But  even  though  relief is given and a


[PAGE 194]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

cure  effected,  persons with this nature and temperament are bound to  work
themselves to death some time sooner or later.   Nothing that one can say or
do to educate them to the fact that they should take things quietly in order
that  they may last will have any effect,  for the spasmodic urge of  Uranus
and the dynamic energy of Mars on the Ascendant will outweigh any  consider-
ation because there are cardinal signs on the angles.   This woman is  bound
to work even if she knew that she would drop dead the next minute.  There is
no  doubt,  however,  that she is bound to benefit very much in soul  growth
even if the body is destroyed in the process.


[PAGE 195]                                                       THE KIDNEYS

                           NO. 7D.--RENAL CALCULI

   Male, born September 21, 1863, noon.

   In this horoscope Saturn is in conjunction with Mars and Venus.   Neptune
is  in  opposition to all three,  and the moon is square Saturn  and  Venus.
Mars,  the planet of impulse,  causes the native to see red on the slightest
provocation,  and were he left alone there would be absolutely no chance  of
restraining  him save by putting him in a straight-jacket,  particularly  as
the sun is square Uranus, which would intensify the impulsiveness and oblit-
erate  reason.    But  the  saturnine  ray  is  sufficiently  effectual   to
wet-blanket most of the erratic tendencies for he is in the sign of his  ex-
altation, Libra, and highly elevated.

   Mercury  in  conjunction  with Jupiter,  both elevated and  in  trine  to
Uranus,  shows us that there is a wholesome,  kindly,  and religious side to
the mind.   From Mars comes the readiness to take offense even where no rea-
sonable ground for it exists; Saturn will cause the native to brood over in-
juries whether they be real or fancied; but Jupiter will endeavor to instill
charity and judgment.   It is apparent, however,  that the forces which tend
to accentuate the evil side of the nature are the strongest and that it is a
hard and uphill fight for the higher nature.

   Saturn in the first part of Libra, the sign ruling  the  kidneys, acts in


[PAGE 196]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

such a manner that the secretion of urine is obstructed.   Mars there causes
inflammation.   The conjunction of Saturn with Venus,  the latter  governing
the venous circulation,  reveals the fact that the branch of the portal sys-
tem which conducts the blood from the kidneys is obstructed,  and the square

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 [                            BIRTH CHART NO. 7D                         ]
 [                                                                       ]
 [ MIDHEAVEN: Libra 0        SUN: Virgo 28:14       SATURN: Libra 7:17   ]
 [ 11TH HOUSE: Libra 29      MOON: Capricorn 13:47  URANUS: Gemini 25:06 ]
 [ 12TH HOUSE: Scorpio 21    MERCURY: Libra 23:51   NEPTUNE: Aries 4:54R ]
 [ ASCENDANT: Sagitt. 10:17  VENUS: Libra 9:20R                          ]
 [ 2ND HOUSE: Capricorn 14   MARS: Libra 1:55                            ]
 [ 3RD HOUSE: Aquarius 23    JUPITER: Libra 29:14                        ]
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------      

of Saturn to the moon diminishes the amount of urine secreted.   Neptune  in
opposition to Saturn shows clearly a mental cause,  irritability and  worry,
interfering with nerve action.  Thus  renal  calculi  are  formed,  and  the


[PAGE 197]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

person is subject to one of the most painful maladies imaginable.

   To  help  a person of this nature we must invoke the aid of  Jupiter  and
Mercury  trine Uranus.   Mars is the great energizer that impels to  action,
but Saturn in conjunction puts a damper on him, and the native becomes indo-
lent, averse to the exercise generally enjoyed by the Sagittarians.  We must
therefore wake the native up to the urgent necessity for exercise and plenty
of it.  The moon in Capricorn acts in the opposite sign, Cancer,  ruling the
stomach, and because it squares Saturn in Libra, the sign of the kidneys, it
interferes with the secretion of urine.  Hence the necessity for the regula-
tion  of the diet.   Nothing of an irritating or unduly  stimulating  nature
should be eaten.

   The best healer for this person would be one who has Leo rising,  as that
is in harmony with Sagittarius.   Aries is second choice for the reason that
an Arian may be too rough and arouse antagonism without so intending.   Nei-
ther should have Saturn in Sagittarius or Taurus,  these being on the  cusps
of the patient's first and sixth houses respectively.


[PAGE 198]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

                         NO. 7E.--RENAL CIRCULATION

   Female, born March 24, 1845, 5:06 A.M.

   In judging the case presented in this horoscope our first care, as usual,
is  to find out what sort of mental quality this person has,  for always  we
must remember that the mind is the maker of the body.   Therefore the wisest
doctors now use harmless pills and helpful suggestions.

   Mercury  and  the moon,  the two particular significators in  respect  to
mind,  are in opposition.  The moon is also in opposition to the sun,  Jupi-
ter,  and Uranus.  Mars is square to the sun, moon,  Jupiter,  Mercury,  and
Uranus.  Thus the person is extremely erratic, vacillating, and torn between
different  purposes.   There is only one redeeming feature,  namely,  Saturn
trine  the moon and sextile Jupiter.   Were it not for these aspects,  which
steady the mind, the native would likely have gone insane.  Take now in con-
junction  with the foregoing remarks the fact that four common signs are  on
the angles and you will understand that she is extremely difficult to handle
mentally.   She is one of those unfortunate weaklings afflicted with a wish-
bone instead of a backbone.   The sun square Mars makes her impulsive,  also
the adverse aspects from cardinal signs give a certain surplus energy  which
manifests  as impulse.   But she lacks the persistence to carry out her  im-
petuous designs.


[PAGE 199]                                                       THE KIDNEYS

   The affliction of Jupiter indicates faulty circulation,  and naturally we
judge the presence of Saturn in Aquarius as an indication of obstruction  in
that  place,  for the diseases to which the human body is heir are found  in
the weakest spot, and Saturn usually marks this.  Aquarius governs the lower

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[                              BIRTH CHART NO. 7E                         ]
[                                                                         ]
[ MIDHEAVEN: Sagitt. 19     SUN: Aries 3:39       SATURN: Aquarius 15:39  ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Capricorn 10  MOON: Libra 10:57     URANUS: Aries 6:07      ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Aquarius 4    MERCURY: Aries 5:17   NEPTUNE: Aquarius 24:52 ]
[ ASCENDANT: Pisces 9:24    VENUS: Pisces 19:56                           ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Aries 26       MARS: Capricorn 9:41                          ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Taurus 26      JUPITER: Aries 13:45                          ]
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------

limbs, and the presence of Saturn there shows us that the obstruction of the
circulation is at work in that region.  Moreover, Mars has progressed to the
conjunction  of Saturn in Aquarius,  and both are in the twelfth house,  the
house which indicates confinement.  Therefore we may  judge  that the person


[PAGE 200]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

is  afflicted with a severe case of impeded circulation,  and it is no  sur-
prise  to learn that her legs are numb and cold,  that she cannot  use  them
properly, and that she is confined to her bed on that account.

   The moon in Libra, which rules the kidneys, and her opposition to Jupiter
shows  that the renal circulation is out of order,  and the presence  of  so
many  planets in Aries,  which governs the head,  is a sure indication  that
there  is a riot of conflicting forces there.   Thus because of the  afflic-
tions of these planets we have a case of sleeplessness, extreme nervousness,
and the irritability given by Uranus.  The blood runs riot in the upper part
of the body, and there is too little in the lower.

   As  that native is well along in years there is not much to  build  upon,
but an effort should nevertheless be made to stimulate the kidneys.  The se-
cretion of urine is often totally stopped by the opposition of Uranus,  Mer-
cury,  and Jupiter to the moon in Libra.   This leaves deposits of poison in
the  system,  and  as long as these are not eliminated the  person  will  be
weighted  down by a heavy and sluggish feeling which makes the body seem  as
if it were made of lead.  Great care should be taken to soothe and calm this
woman as every bit of anger or irritability makes elimination more difficult
and causes more poison to collect in the system.   A healer who has  Scorpio
rising and who does not have Saturn in Aquarius, Pisces, or Leo would have a
beneficial effect.


[PAGE 201]                                                       THE KIDNEYS

                          NO. 7F.--BLADDER TROUBLE

   Female, born October 21, 1886, 11:00 A.M.

   When  we note that the moon and Mercury,  which are significators of  the
mind,  are squaring each other from fixed signs,  it is at once evident that
this  patient will be rather set in her opinions and on that account  diffi-
cult  to handle.   A person with Leo or Aries rising whose Saturn is not  in
Gemini would probably have the best success in making her obey orders.  Sat-
urn, the planet of obstruction, in Cancer, the sign which rules the stomach,
shows that the digestion is poor,  and his square to the sun,  Jupiter,  and
Venus  placed  in the sign Libra, which rules the  kidneys,  indicates  that
there  is difficulty in the removal of the waste material through these  or-
gans.   The sun being close to the cusp of Scorpio, the sign which rules the
rectum,  further accentuates the trouble of elimination,  showing  that  the
person is subject to constipation.

   It  should be noted that when the significator of bladder trouble  is  in
the fore part of the sign Libra, the difficulty will usually be found in the
kidneys themselves,  but if in the latter part of Libra, the bladder will be
affected.   Thus, following out this line of judgment we may know that as of
the  sun  is in 28 degrees of Libra, the trouble will be found more  in  the
bladder than in the kidneys.  The square of the moon to Mercury  in  Scorpio


[PAGE 202]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

shows  that there is nervous trouble in the rectal region.   Altogether  the
various signs and aspects which we have enumerated show that this person  is
suffering from constipation and bladder trouble.

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[                             BIRTH CHART NO. 7F                           ]
[                                                                          ]
[ MIDHEAVEN: Libra 16       SUN: Libra 28:13        SATURN: Cancer 22:22   ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Scorpio 12    MOON: Leo 12:32         URANUS: Libra 9:22     ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Sagitt. 4     MERCURY: Scorpio 13:16  NEPTUNE: Taurus 27:11R ]
[ ASCENDANT: Sagitt. 24:04  VENUS: Libra 17:38                             ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Aquarius 1     MARS: Sagitt. 11:33                            ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Pisces 11      JUPITER: Libra 18:53                           ]
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------

   This is not all.   We find Mars,  the planet of surgery,  conjunction An-
tares.   When one of the malefics is placed near the nebulous spot  Antares,
Sagittarius 8, and either of the lights are afflicted, trouble with the eyes
is quite certain to result.  In this horoscope both  the  sun  and  moon are


[PAGE 203]                                                       THE KIDNEYS

afflicted, one by a square of Saturn, the other by a square of Mercury.   We
may therefore judge that this woman will have trouble with her eyes,  and as
Mars is placed in the twelfth house, which rules confinement in hospitals or
kindred  places,  it is evident that she is facing a grave danger from  that
source.

   It is also plain from the horoscope that Saturn in Cancer is at the  root
of all the trouble by obstructing the digestion, and if we can once convince
the patient that right living is the key to health,  it may not be too  late
to restore the tone of the system.  It will probably be very difficult to so
convince her on account of her fixed mental attitude indicated by th  square
of the moon and Mercury in fixed signs.

   A  diet  of coarse food consisting of whole wheat  bread  and  vegetables
which have a great deal of fibre in them will be necessary to stimulate  the
peristaltic  action of the bowels.   Asparagus and other foods which act  on
the  kidneys,  with plenty of lettuce and spinach,  which are full of  iron,
will help to tone the system up so that in time elimination will become nor-
mal and then the eyes will grow better.


[PAGE 204]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

                              NO. 7G.--DIABETES

   Female, born December 28, 1885, 11:55 P.M.

   The patient in this case is suffering from diabetes,  a disease in  which
the  food is turned to sugar in excess of the requirements of the body,  and
this product is eliminated in the urine.  Here we find Jupiter on the Ascen-
dant in the sign Libra, which governs the kidneys,  conjunction and parallel
Uranus, and square the sun and Saturn, the latter in the sign Cancer,  which
rules the stomach.   We also find that the sun is square the moon in  Libra,
and parallel and opposition Saturn.   Thus it is very evident that the stom-
ach and kidneys are the weakest links in the chain of the body,  and  there-
fore we may look for disease in these organs.

   Jupiter  afflicted  and on the Ascendant denotes one who is too  fond  of
good things to eat,  a glutton.   The conjunction with Uranus tells us  that
this person is not satisfied with quantity alone but desires her food to  be
superfine in quality and to be excessively seasoned.  Saturn,  the planet of
obstruction,  being in Cancer,  the sign governing the  stomach,  interferes
with digestion.   Consequently the food cannot be entirely assimilated,  and
some of it must be expurgated from the system or it will cause a clogged and
poisoned condition.   Jupiter has rule over the liver,  where the sugar usu-
ally  required in the economy of the body is manufactured but he  is  sorely
afflicted by a square of Saturn and the sun.  Consequently this  activity is


[PAGE 205]                                                       THE KIDNEYS

abnormal, and as Jupiter is placed in the sign of the kidneys, Libra, he al-
lows  the sugar to slip out in the urine,  thus giving rise to the  symptoms
which we diagnose as diabetes.  There is  also  a  throat affliction because

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 [                         BIRTH CHART NO. 7G                             ]
 [                                                                        ]
 [ MIDHEAVEN: Cancer 6    SUN: Capricorn 7:49      SATURN: Cancer 4:40R   ]
 [ 11TH HOUSE: Leo 10     MOON: Libra 17:46        URANUS: Libra 7:38     ]
 [ 12TH HOUSE: Virgo 10   MERCURY: Sagitt. 19:04R  NEPTUNE: Taurus 23:06R ]
 [ ASCENDANT: Libra 5:10  VENUS: Aquarius 23:20                           ]
 [ 2ND HOUSE: Scorpio 2   MARS: Virgo 21:06                               ]
 [ 3RD HOUSE: Sagitt. 2   JUPITER: Libra 5:15                             ]
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Neptune is in Taurus,  the sign that governs the throat,  afflicting  Venus,
the ruler of Taurus.

   When we look to the inner causes of this disease in our endeavor to  find
a remedy we note that Saturn is elevated and afflicting the sun and Jupiter.


[PAGE 206]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

This makes the person morose and irritable,  given to looking upon the  dark
side of life and to finding fault with everything and everybody.   The duct-
less  glands  are  centers of important spiritual  activity.   An  afflicted
Neptune  in Taurus and an afflicted Uranus in Libra interfere with  the  ac-
tivities of the thyroid gland and the adrenals.

   Before such a person can be really cured she must experience some kind of
a  shock  or  be taken into an entirely new environment  and  more  cheerful
surroundings.   A healer with Gemini or Aquarius rising whose Saturn is  not
in Pisces would probably have the most beneficial effect.


[PAGE 207]                                                       THE KIDNEYS

                              NO. 7H.--DIABETES

   Female, born February 24, 1863, at 9:50 P.M.

   The horoscope of this woman has the sign of Libra on the Ascendant,  with
cardinal  signs on the four angles,  and Leo intercepted in the 10th  house.
These are all signs of strong feeling.  The cardinal signs are the favorites
of the universe, for the sun's entrance into these four signs marks the four
seasons.   People  with the cardinal signs on the angles feel  more  keenly,
live more intensely, and as a result suffer more than others.

   The ascending sign of our patient is that of Libra,  with Jupiter  retro-
grade on the Ascendant.  Jupiter is parallel to the sun,  but its being ret-
rograde  naturally weakens the effects of this planet.   We find Jupiter  in
the latter degrees of Libra,  a Venusian sign,  and Venus and the sun in the
Jupiterian sign of Pisces;  usually under such conditions the body taken  on
an  abundance of flesh after middle life.   This woman was of immense  size,
weighing over two hundred pounds, which is indicated by the above positions,
also by Jupiter on the Ascendant and Mars in Taurus sextile to Venus in  Pi-
sces.   Venus being in the fifth house,  this woman found great pleasure  in
good things to eat and wanted her food in large quantities.   This naturally
caused her to put on much flesh.

   Neptune, the planet of mysteries, representing hidden or occult things is
in Aries in the 6th house, sextile to the moon.  The  6th  house rules labor


[PAGE 208]                                                   ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS

and the 10th house the vocation.   The moon is the ruler of the 10th  house,
and  together  with Neptune indicates the vocation which  this  woman  would
choose.  It is thus clearly indicated that she was a professional medium.

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  [                            BIRTH CHART NO. 7H                         ]
  [                                                                       ]
  [ MIDHEAVEN: Cancer 29    SUN: Pisces 6:05         SATURN: Libra 4:08R  ]
  [ 11TH HOUSE: Virgo 2     MOON: Gemini 2:00        URANUS: Gemini 16:42 ]
  [ 12TH HOUSE: Libra 1     MERCURY: Aquarius 12:29  NEPTUNE: Aries 2:32  ]
  [ ASCENDANT: Libra 24:20  VENUS: Pisces 24:17                           ]
  [ 2ND HOUSE: Scorpio 22   MARS: Taurus 22:46                            ]
  [ 3RD HOUSE: Sagitt. 24   JUPITER: Libra 27:03R                         ]
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------

She was reported to be a very good one,  which is shown by the moon  sextile
to  Neptune and trine to Saturn,  the 6th,  8th,  and 12th houses being  in-
volved.   Uranus being trine to Mercury, she would seek reasons for spiritu-
alistic phenomena, also because  Mercury  is  in  the  intellectual  sign of


[PAGE 209]                                                       THE KIDNEYS

Aquarius.   Uranus is in the mercurial sign of Gemini, a sign of intellectu-
ality,  and Uranus and Mercury are therefore in mutual reception,  which  is
conducive to much sympathy between these two planets.  What is meant by "mu-
tual  reception"  is that these planets have exchanged signs;  Uranus is  in
Mercury's sign,  and Mercury is in the Uranian sign.  These two planets as a
result have a strong influence on the life of the native.   This woman  con-
ducted classes in spiritualism and gave spiritualistic readings.

   We find Venus and the sun in Pisces in the 5th house,  the house of plea-
sure.   Venus is sextile to Mars and has a weak square to Uranus.   This was
clearly expressed in the woman's life, for she lived with a man whom she in-
troduced  as her husband but to whom she had never been married.   This  man
was represented by the sun and Venus in Pisces and by Venus sextile to  Mars
and in weak square to Uranus.   The man was large,  red-haired,  and fond of
drink.   He depended upon this woman entirely for his support, and they both
lived to eat, and to make merry upon the money which she earned as a medium.
This kind of a life may do for a while,  but there comes a time when  nature
rebels,  when the vital organs refuse to stand the strain any longer,  as in
this case.

   When  the progressed Venus reached a conjunction with Mars in Taurus  and
the progressed moon was in Aquarius,  making a square to Mars radical and to
Venus progressed, the strain which the woman had placed on her body  by  her


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riotous  living found a weak spot in the kidneys,  for the chain is only  as
strong as its weakest link.   Saturn usually shows the spot where the  weak-
ness is apt to show itself.  We find in this case Saturn in Libra in opposi-
tion and parallel to Neptune.   This woman called upon headquarters when she
was suffering very greatly from diabetes.  It was,  however,  very difficult
for  her to follow the diet laid down for her as she was accustomed  to  the
richest foods, which were taken in large quantities.



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                                 CHAPTER XIX

                                     SEX

                               SEX AND THROAT

                                 NO. 8A--B.

   We are told in the ROSICRUCIAN COSMO-CONCEPTION, page 269,  that when the
Ego entered into possession of its vehicles, it became necessary to use part
of  the  creative force for the building of the brain and the  larynx.   The
latter was originally a part of the sex organ.   The larynx was built  while
the  dense body was yet bent together in the bag-like shape which  is  still
the form of the human embryo.  As the dense body straightened and became up-
right,  part of the creative organ remained with the upper part of the dense
body and later became the larynx.

   It  is  always possible to make the lesson stronger by  using  two  horo-
scopes.  In this case we will begin with the horoscope numbered 8A, which is
that of man born April 22nd, 1881, at 2 P.M.

   The common sign of Virgo is on the Ascendant and common signs on all  the
angles.  In this horoscope we will show the law of the vicious circle, which
the doctors are so interested in and which is so baffling, and how this  law


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proves the truth of the statement quoted from the COSMO-CONCEPTION.

   We have Saturn, the sun, and Jupiter in conjunction, and Saturn and Jupi-
ter are parallel to the moon.  Neptune is in conjunction with Venus and both

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  [                         BIRTH CHART NO. 8A                         ]
  [                                                                    ]
  [ MIDHEAVEN: Gemini 3    SUN: Taurus 2:30      SATURN: Taurus 2:07   ]
  [ 11TH HOUSE: Cancer 10  MOON: Aquarius 17:31  URANUS: Virgo 9:54R   ]
  [ 12TH HOUSE: Leo 13     MERCURY: Aries 9:07   NEPTUNE: Taurus 13:34 ]
  [ ASCENDANT: Virgo 9:10  VENUS: Taurus 19:07R                        ]
  [ 2ND HOUSE: Libra 1     MARS: Pisces 14:41                          ]
  [ 3RD HOUSE: Libra 29    JUPITER: Taurus 2:33                        ]
   --------------------------------------------------------------------

are square the moon.   All these planets except the moon are in Taurus,  the
sign which has rule over the throat.

   We  find the planet of impulse, Uranus,  retrograde on the  Ascendant  in
Virgo and in opposition to Mars.  These planets  are  in common signs and in


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angles.   Thus they are strong by house position but placed  in  weak-willed
signs.   Uranus and Mars give the desire for pleasure and the  gratification
of the senses.  Mars is sextile to Venus and Neptune in Taurus, a sign which

   ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  [                    BIRTHCHART NO. 8B  [FLAT CHART]                   ]
  [                                                                      ]
  [ MIDHEAVEN: Capricorn  SUN: Scorpio 19:52     SATURN: Scorpio 11:11   ]
  [ 11TH HOUSE: Aquarius  MOON: Virgo 23:19      URANUS: Scorpio 20:15   ]
  [ 12TH HOUSE: Pisces    MERCURY: Scorpio 0:57  NEPTUNE: Gemini 17:24R  ]
  [ ASCENDANT: Aries      VENUS: Libra 4:24                              ]
  [ 2ND HOUSE: Taurus     MARS: Scorpio 9:25                             ]
  [ 3RD HOUSE: Gemini     JUPITER: Leo 8:52                              ]
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makes  one  apt to drift along the same path,  Taurus ruling  the  sense  of
taste.   Neptune and Venus in Taurus, square to the moon in Aquarius,  would
lead  to  the habit of drink and also to irregular  association  with  women
friends, for the moon is the ruler of the house of friends, the 11th.


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   We  find no planets in Scorpio,  the sign which rules the generative  or-
gans,  but Uranus afflicted by Mars gives a tendency to  venereal  diseases.
Syphilis was the net result.   Therefore we may see that Taurus which  rules
the throat and larynx,  here expresses itself through the opposite point  of
the  vicious circle of the fixed signs,  namely Scorpio,  ruler of the  gen-
erative  organs.   The moon in Aquarius,  the third point of the circle,  is
also a contributing factor in the situation.

   In  the second case we will use a plain figure,  as the hour of birth  is
lacking.  This is the horoscope, numbered 8B, of a woman born November 12th,
1895.

   In this figure we find Mercury, Mars, Saturn, the sun,  and Uranus all in
the sign of Scorpio, which has rule over the generative organs,  with Saturn
and Mars in conjunction and square to Jupiter.   The sun and Uranus are also
in conjunction with each other and the sun is parallel to Jupiter.

   This woman had her tonsils removed at puberty.   The tonsils are ruled by
Taurus.   Due to Mars in conjunction with Saturn, and the sun in conjunction
with Uranus in the sign of Scorpio, she unfortunately yielded to the vicious
practice of abortion,  which so weakened the functions of the generative or-
gans that removal of the ovarian tubes was necessary.  Here again we see the
vicious circle of the fixed signs in operation, Taurus and Scorpio being the
points affected.

   We may see by  comparison  of  these  two  horoscopes  how the generative


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organs  and  the  throat are closely in sympathy with each  other  and  that
abuses  of the function of one of them often express themselves through  im-
paired functioning of the opposite organ.


                                NO. 8C.--SEX

   Female, born November 24, 1909, hour of birth not known.

   We  will  here illustrate how it is possible to diagnose a  disease  cor-
rectly from a flat figure.  It is, however,  impossible to predict the exact
time  of  crises or to judge the strength of the will of  the  patient,  for
those  with a common sign on the Ascendant some times become hopeless  inva-
lids  if planetary aspects are also weak, while one with fixed signs on  the
angles (especially with the vital sun sign Leo ascending), even if the plan-
ets  are weak,  will often through the determination and will power  of  the
fixed signs overcome adverse conditions.   The Taurians,  however,  although
under a fixed sign, sometimes allow fear to throw them into a chronic condi-
tion of ill health which with the fixed and stolid nature of this sign it is
very difficult to overcome.


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   In this lesson we shall deal largely with the ductless glands, upon which
science has spent so much time,  though it has been unable as yet to  arrive
at a full understanding of these little organs.   We will deal  particularly
with the thyroid gland, which is under the rule  of  Mercury  and  in  which

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 [                       BIRTH CHART NO. 8C  [FLAT CHART]                ]
 [                                                                       ]
 [ MIDHEAVEN: Capricorn  SUN: Sagitt. 1:35       SATURN: Aries 16:57R    ]
 [ 11TH HOUSE: Aquarius  MOON: Aries 22:00       URANUS: Capricorn 18:31 ]
 [ 12TH HOUSE: Pisces    MERCURY: Scorpio 26:39  NEPTUNE: Cancer 19:04R  ]
 [ ASCENDANT: Aries      VENUS: Capricorn 18:37  DRAGON'S HEAD:          ]
 [ 2ND HOUSE: Taurus     MARS: Aries 1:11                 Gemini 7:45    ]
 [ 3RD HOUSE: Gemini     JUPITER: Libra 8:24     DRAGON'S TAIL:          ]
 [                                                       Sagitt. 7:45    ]
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science is greatly interested,  the thyroid glands of goats and monkeys hav-
ing been grafted into men to rejuvenate them.

   In  the  above horoscope we find Saturn,  the planet of  obstruction  and
crystallization and ruler of the pneumogastric  nerve,  in  conjunction with


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the moon,  which rules the uterus, ovaries,  and sympathetic nervous system.
Venus, the planet ruling the sign of Taurus, the throat, also rules the thy-
mus  gland,  the organ through which the child receives the  parental  blood
necessary to build the body.   This gland has especially to do with the  de-
velopment  of the reproductive organs.   At puberty the thymus  gland  atro-
phies,  and  its  work is then continued by the  pituitary  body,  ruled  by
Uranus,  which is the higher octave of Venus.   In this girl's horoscope  we
find the planets Venus and Uranus in conjunction,  square to Saturn and  the
moon,  and in opposition to the planet Neptune,  which has rule over the pi-
neal gland and which is the higher octave of Mercury.   Scientists have  ob-
served that the pineal gland has some connection with the mind.  Dr.  J.  S.
Lankford stated in THE NEW YORK MEDICAL JOURNAL some time ago that "the  pi-
neal  gland,  which is at the base of the brain,  is a partly glandular  and
partly nervous structure, and is known to be the center of all sensation and
emotion;  at  the same time it rules and directs all the activities  of  the
whole  system of ductless glands and the vegetative nervous system,  thereby
governing all the functions of organic life.   It also serves as a  communi-
cating center between the brain and the other organs."

   Now,  where we find the planets which have rule over the  nervous  system
and the brain in square and opposition, what can we expect but that abuse of
one  kind  or  another  will  cause bodily disturbance!  In the case of this


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young girl, whose guardians called upon our Healing Department for help, she
had  for some years been afflicted with the secret sex habit,  of which  the
guardians  were  unaware until apprised through our diagnosis.   The  venous
circulation is obstructed by the conjunction of Venus and Uranus.   The lat-
ter planet,  according to THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS (page 573),  "is  respon-
sible  for strange and abnormal growths which produce...freaks  of  nature."
The thymus gland in this case has an abnormal growth caused by the  conjunc-
tion of Venus with Uranus,  which created too much blood for the development
of  the generative organs in childhood.  This in turn created a  disturbance
in the parts of the body ruled by this gland.

   We  are told by the doctors that the pineal gland (under  Neptune)  rules
and  directs  all the ductless glands.   Max Heindel has been alone  in  his
claim that Neptune is the higher octave of Mercury, the latter planet having
rule over the thyroid gland.  Other astrologers have claimed that Neptune is
the  higher octave of Venus.   But science corroborates our contention  that
the pineal gland has rule over the mentality.   The COSMO-CONCEPTION  states
that this was at first an organ of sensation and orientation,  and that when
it began to withdraw into the head,  the division of the sexes began to take
place and the brain and larynx were developed.

   Dr.  Lankford further states that the large amount of sugar  consumed  by
humanity  overdevelops  and  overstimulates  the pineal gland.  The truth of


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this  has been shown in our experience with cases in which Neptune  was  af-
flicted and especially where the afflictions were such that the patient  had
to  overcome  unnatural sex desires.  These patients invariably  were  heavy
sugar  eaters.   Sugar in excess as well as liquor is a false stimulant  and
excites the ductless glands,  which when overstimulated are responsible  for
sex degeneracy.   This young girl by years of abuse had dissipated the vital
fluids that were necessary to help build the brain,  and consequently at the
age of eleven she was afflicted with epilepsy,  which is a disease caused by
abnormality of one of the ductless glands.   The doctors could not find  the
cause and wished to remove the tonsils.   When there is an abnormal exercise
of the sex function or unexpressed unnatural desires, the throat,  and espe-
cially the tonsils and the larynx, are often enlarged and swollen.  Oh, what
a pity that all surgeons and the doctors of all schools do not have a knowl-
edge  of  diagnosis by the wonderful science of astrology  to  combine  with
their own science!

   In  order to help a case such as the one under consideration it is  first
necessary to remove the cause,  which is to help this poor girl overcome her
unnatural desires.  The diet must be changed; all highly seasoned food, con-
diments,  eggs, and especially sugar, must be eliminated, and the vegetables
which contain elements that work directly upon the nervous system should  be
used, such as celery, onions, parsley, lettuce, et cetera.  This body should
be kept clean by bathing and dry rubbing,  and  plenty  of  exercise  in the


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fresh air and sunshine should be taken.  It will be difficult at the  girl's
present age to build up the brain, which is very undeveloped.   Young people
who  have dissipated their vital fluids between the ages of seven and  four-
teen when the creative force should be used for the development of the brain
will  seldom be very bright mentally.  The physical body,  however,  can  be
built up,  and if the habit is overcome before the age of twenty-one,  there
is hope that by careful living the brain can be developed, giving an average
mentality.


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                            NO.8D--E:  GONORRHEA

   Female, born July 30, 1896, hour not known.

   Two  horoscopes will be used in this lesson in an endeavor to  illustrate
how the planets show when disease may be the result of breaking the laws  of
nature in former lives,  and how the seeds that have been sown by past  sins
will bring their fruits in this life.

   The first horoscope is that of a woman whose hour of birth is not  known.
Nor  is it necessary for diagnosis in a horoscope with planets so  strangely
grouped  and in the fixed signs.   We will set the figure with Aries on  the
Ascendant.   We find Mercury, sun, Venus, Jupiter, and the Dragon's Tail all
in the fifth sign,  Leo,  which represents the pleasures of the native.   We
find Mars in Taurus in its detriment,  the sign in which this planet of  dy-
namic  energy shows its most evil tendencies.   This planet is afflicted  by
the  opposition of the licentious Uranus and the obstructive Saturn.   These
last  named  planets are in conjunction and in the fixed  sign  of  Scorpio.
These three malefic planets, Mars, Uranus, and Saturn are also square to the
planets in Leo.

   Here we find a very heavy debt of destiny.   In the Rosicrucian teachings
we  are  told  that  we  lay the foundation in this life upon which we shall


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build  the structure of future lives.   This woman in her previous life  had
developed  a very powerful desire nature, which in this embodiment was  very
hard to keep under control.  Venus  in  conjunction with the sun and Jupiter

    -------------------------------------------------------------------
   [                    BIRTH CHART NO. 8D  [FLAT CHART]               ]
   [                                                                   ]
   [ MIDHEAVEN: Capricorn  SUN: Leo 7:44       SATURN: Scorpio 12:38   ]
   [ 11TH HOUSE: Aquarius  MOON: Aries 12:53   URANUS: Scorpio 20:28R  ]
   [ 12TH HOUSE: Pisces    MERCURY: Leo 6:24   NEPTUNE: Gemini 19:34   ]
   [ ASCENDANT: Aries      VENUS: Leo 13:34    DRAGON'S HEAD:          ]
   [ 2ND HOUSE: Taurus     MARS: Taurus 19:36           Aquarius 25:09 ]
   [ 3RD HOUSE: Gemini     JUPITER: Leo 17:15  DRAGON'S TAIL:          ]
   [                                                  Leo 25:09        ]
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and  square  to  Uranus and Saturn in the sign of Scorpio,  also  Mars,  the
planet  which has rule over the desires,  square to Venus and  Jupiter,  all
lead  to free love and clandestine attachments,  with the result  that  this
poor woman has contracted that dread disease, gonorrhea,  which has resulted


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in tuberculosis of the pelvic and hip bones.

   Now planets impel but they do not compel.   This woman by her former liv-
ing  had attracted to herself these planetary afflictions,  but she was  not
impelled to respond to their weakness,  for we find the moon well  aspected,
making a sextile to Neptune and a trine to Jupiter, Venus, sun, and Mercury.
Neptune  is also sextile to Venus and Jupiter.   If the woman had  used  her
will and followed the desire to live right which naturally must have come to
her  from  time to time,  she could have transmuted this seeming  evil  into
good.  But the path of sensual pleasure was so much broader and so alluring,
while the upward path meant self-surrender!

                                   NO. 8E.

   Male, born August 13, 1920, 1:18 A.M.

   The  second horoscope is that of a young boy born with the dread  disease
with  which the woman in case No. 8D was afflicted.   The boy's poor  little
body at birth was covered with sores,  and in the early part of November  of
the birth year this poor soul passed out under great suffering.


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   Now as regards the man who does not understand and believe in rebirth and
the  law of consequence this last case would be apt to disturb his faith  in
God, who to him might appear cruel and unjust to have visited this suffering
upon  an  innocent  babe.  But  when  the  occultist  who has a knowledge of

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   [                          BIRTH CHART NO. 8E                       ]
   [                                                                   ]
   [ MIDHEAVEN: Pisces 10    SUN: Leo 20:18       SATURN: Virgo 11:50  ]
   [ 11TH HOUSE: Aries 14    MOON: Leo 9:46       URANUS: Pisces 4:14R ]
   [ 12TH HOUSE: Taurus 25   MERCURY: Leo 1:48    NEPTUNE: Leo 11:37   ]
   [ ASCENDANT: Cancer 2:37  VENUS: Virgo 1:30                         ]
   [ 2ND HOUSE: Cancer 23    MARS: Scorpio 16:26                       ]
   [ 3RD HOUSE: Leo 14       JUPITER: Leo 27:01                        ]
    -------------------------------------------------------------------

astrology seeks an answer to this seeming injustice,  he finds Uranus in Pi-
sces, the 12th house sign of self-undoing, near the Midheaven and in opposi-
tion to Saturn,  which is in the 4th house.  These two planets represent the
parents and show that this soul had sinned in its  previous  lives in such a


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manner as to be attracted to parents who were afflicted with the above  dis-
ease.

   We  also find Mars in the sign of Scorpio,  square to Neptune,  sun,  and
moon,  which  are in the fixed sign of Leo,  the natural 5th house  sign  of
pleasure.   This  soul had passed out of its former embodiment in  a  manner
very  similar  to that of the woman with the first horoscope.   The  parents
were only the instruments through which it received its lesson.

   How strangely the threads of life cross one another,  weaving in and  out
with the threads of other persons' lives we have wronged,  and who then must
be the means through which we learn our lessons.


         "The mills of God grind slowly,
         But they grind exceeding small."


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