CHAPTER III

SYMPATHY AND ANTIPATHY

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

     ARIES                  TAURUS            GEMINI             CANCER

      /\                      /\                /\                 /\

     /  \                    /  \              /  \               /  \

    /    \                  /    \            /    \             /    \

LEO----SAGITTARIUS    VIRGO---CAPRICORN   LIBRA---AQUARIUS   SCORPIO--PISCES

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

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

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

                            THE VICIOUS CIRCLE

         HEAD                     THROAT                        LUNGS

         ARIES                    TAURUS                        GEMINI

          |                         |                             |

          |                         |      CALVES                 |

STOMACH---|------KNEES     HEART----|------ANKLES     INTESTINES -|-----FEET

CANCER    |    CAPRICORN    LEO     |      AQUARIUS     VIRGO     |   PISCES

          |                         |                             |

       LIBRA                     SCORPIO                      SAGITTARIUS

      KIDNEYS                   GENITALS                     HIPS, THIGHS

      LUMBAR                      NOSE

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

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

   The second vicious circle is that of the fixed signs:  Taurus the throat; Scorpio the generative organs, rectum, urethra, and nose;  Leo the heart and spine;  Aquarius the legs, below the knees.  When the organs of voice or the tonsils are operated upon in childhood there will be disturbances at puberty and later troubles in childbirth.  Great  sympathy  is found between the sex organs  and the organs of speech.   The removal of parts of the  sex  organs causes  change of voice,  the male voice becoming feminine,  and the  female voice  masculine.   Valvular heart trouble often causes the swelling of  the ankles.

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

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