ARIES

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

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

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

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

TAURUS

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

   The  Taurian  is very stubborn and tenacious.   Taurus being  a  negative sign, when a Taurian contracts a disease, he holds on to it tenaciously.  He has great fear of sickness, and on account of this fear he makes a poor doctor or nurse, whereas the Arian, being under Aires which is a positive sign, will go into a sick room without fear and quickly throw off the disease.  If you have a patient who has Taurus rising or the sun in Taurus, never let him think he is much ill,  for his fear of sickness will often bring on a  spell of it.   The Taurian has a tendency to take on flesh in middle life.   Being short and thickest as a rule, he becomes very fleshy about the neck and base of the skull.   This has a tendency to cause the swelling of glands, tonsillitis, quinsy, and various diseases of the organs of the neck; also polypi.

GEMINI

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

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

CANCER

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

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

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

LEO

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

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

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

VIRGO

   Virgo is a feminine and negative sign,  the second of the earthy triplicity, and has less power of resistance that the fixed sign of Leo.  Virgo may stand considerable strain, however, being of a nervous and wiry temperament; still when the Virgoan gives up, he finds it very hard to rise and shake off an illness.   Being of a negative disposition he is apt to let circumstances rule  him,  and does not assert his will power to overcome.   Virgo  is  the natural sixth house sign, the house which has rule over sickness; hence when

Virgo people once get into the clutches of sickness,  they are apt to become chronic invalids.  Therefore though such people make excellent nurses,  they should be advised against this vocation and avoid sick rooms and  hospitals, for  they are like sponges and every ready to take on the disease  of  their patients.

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

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

LIBRA

   Libra is one of the signs wherein the sun is weak.  The sun is symbolized by  Sampson,  who is minus his strength,  for Delilah,  who is the  feminine Virgo,  has shorn him of his power, which was in his hair,  representing the sun's  rays.  As  the  sun  enters  Libra, it  changes  from  north to south declination; and as Libra is the sign of Saturn's exaltation, the sun's rays at this point,  the crossing of the equator,  are weakest.   Libra people on this  account are not always able to rise above physical conditions.   Their

moods waver like the symbol which represents the sign,  the scales.   At one time Librans are up in the seventh heaven of happiness and optimism,  but at the  least mental disturbance they may drop to the very bottom of  pessimism and despair.   Idealism is well developed in the Libran.  The Libran patient should,  if possible,  never be discouraged in whatever he has set his heart upon doing, for shatter his ideals and down goes one side of the scales into the very deepest discouragement, which often causes ill health.   The Libran should cultivate equilibrium.

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

likely to suffer.

SCORPIO

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

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

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

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

SAGITTARIUS

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

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

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

CAPRICORN

   The  sign of Capricorn is an earthy sign and ruled by the planet  Saturn. Capricorn people do not yield to disease very readily. They are of a wiry, persistent, and stolid nature, and will suffer considerable pain before they will succumb to illness.   But once they have given in to sickness then they are  just as slow and stubborn in holding on to it.   They sometimes  become hypochondriacs,  and the healer must use most diplomatic methods to break up the crystallized condition with which these Saturnian  people  clothe  themselves.   The most unfortunate part of it is that if a Capricorn who  is  in this  mental and physical state is aware that anyone is endeavoring to  help him, he will resist help and close up against the friend who thus approaches him.   Capricorn  people ae super-sensitive and very retiring.   They  often form habits of entertaining gloom and despondency,  which have a deteriorating effect upon the health.

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

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

AQUARIUS

   The fixed and airy sign of Aquarius is under the rule of two planets, the melancholy,  fearful, and overanxious Saturn, which is ordinarily termed the planet of obstruction,  and the impulsive,  heedless,  emotional,  and  hysterical Uranus.  While Aquarius is a fixed sign which endows the native with a strong will,  still when the Aquarian is afflicted by adverse aspects  between  certain planets,  especially Saturn or Uranus when they are  strongly placed  in the horoscope,  he is prone to develop extreme gloom,  pessimism, and  sensitiveness,  or  he is rash and responds to  the  emotional  Uranus. These varying moods frequently result in ill health,  which too often  takes the form of nervousness.  Aquarius being a mental and airy sign, its natives are  wiry and ambitious,  and are prone to overdo.   They can never  measure their strength until the body is strained to its very limit,  therefore when they do give up they are usually in a critical state; but they will give the healer every opportunity to help them, for they are ever ready to cooperate.

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

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

PISCES

   Pisces is a watery and common sign, and the people born under it are of a lymphatic  and negative nature very fond of luxuries,  which too often  lead them to seek a life of ease;  in later life they are prone to take on an excess of soft,  flabby flesh,  which leads to ill health.   The Pisces people respond very readily to suggestions, whether they are good or evil, and they will  also respond just as quickly to the influence of the healer.   Do  not allow  anyone who is of a too sympathetic nature to visit the Piscean  while he is ill.   Of the oversympathetic type there are too many in the world today,  who  think  it  a  social  duty  to  call  upon every sick friends and encourage the ailing one to talk about his disease,  and then extend to him, oh, so much sympathy!  The Piscean person will enjoy the visit of the sympathizer,  but  when the latter has gone, he usually has a  relapse  and  must quickly send for the doctor or healer.  He should be placed in a very cheerful room, with a cheerful attendant, and a sign on the door, "No sympathetic visitors allowed."

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

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