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CHAPTER XII
THE EARS
NO. 1A.--EARS AND NERVES
Female, born June 1, 1884, 11: 45 A.M.
"It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate;
I am the captain of my soul."
Well may Henley say that man is the captain of his soul. When we look at this horoscope, we read the message in the planets that this soul had
prepared a wide gate for itself and that the Path should be smooth and full of sunshine, for we find twenty-four good and but eight evil aspects. This from an astrologer's point of view should bring good health and happiness.
We find the common and earthy sign of Virgo on the Ascendant, with the moon and Uranus in conjunction in the first house, forming a sextile with Venus and a trine with Mercury, which latter is the ruler of the Ascendant and Midheaven; also a trine to the higher octave of Mercury, the mystical
Neptune. This will give a degree of intellectuality. This woman should be attracted to the study of dietetics and interested in humanitarian work, for the humanitarian and advanced Uranus, which is so prominent in the first
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 1A: ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Gemini 8 SUN: Gemini 11:28 SATURN: Gemini 13:18 ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Cancer 13 MOON: Virgo 22:34 URANUS: Virgo 24:00 ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Leo 15 MERCURY: Taurus 22:51 NEPTUNE: Taurus 21:34 ]
[ ASCENDANT: Virgo 11:58 VENUS: Cancer 22:17 ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Libra 5 MARS: Leo 28:23 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Scorpio 4 JUPITER: Leo 1:46 ]
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house and in conjunction with the moon, is ruler of the sixth house which governs the common people, the laboring classes.
The common and earthy sign of Virgo gives a tendency to drift along the path of least resistance. The people under this sign are not keen to battle with the tide but prefer to drift and are prone to become victims of their physical ailments. In the case of this woman we find Mars, the planet of dynamic energy, posited in Leo in the 12th house, that of self-undoing. When Mars is in the fixed and fiery sign of Leo, its influence for good or evil is much greater than elsewhere. We find in this case that Mars is the chief afflicter, being square and parallel to the life ruler, Mercury, and square to its higher octave, Neptune. But why should this affliction be considered important when there are so many good aspects to offset it? People with Mars in Leo may be likened to a keg of powder: they are apt to go off at any moment, especially when Mercury and its higher octave, Neptune, are square to Mars and in the fixed sign of Taurus. These aspects give an ungovernable temper and indicate one who would hold resentment.
We find Venus, the planet ruling the appetite, the palate, and the
pleasures of the table, in the 11th house, friends, in the sign of Cancer, governing the stomach. Venus is sextile to Mercury and Neptune, both of which are placed in the home of Venus, the sign ruling the throat, Taurus. Venus is also sextile to the moon, the ruler of Cancer, and to Uranus, the natural ruler of the 11th house. These aspects and positions indicate that this woman was blessed (or shall we in this case term it afflicted?) with many
friends who invited her to many dinners, and she was ever ready to respond, for with the moon and Uranus in conjunction in the first house she was naturally of a restless nature and ready to go whenever an invitation arrived. A sextile between Venus in Cancer and the moon gives desire for rich pastries and sweets, consequently her stomach was much abused by
excesses. Also her nervous system was shattered by fits of anger. Thus the vagus or pneumogastric nerve was weakened.
This cranial nerve, which has its origin in the fourth ventricle, plays a prominent part in the functions of the physical body. Its branches extend to the ear, throat, heart, lungs, and liver, and it surrounds the oesophagus, the tube through which the food passes after it leaves the mouth, with a network of little nerves. Its branches also surround a large part of the stomach. An excess of food which dilated and distended the stomach, brought about by the impacts of the moon and Uranus on the Ascendant, and the temper of Mars square Mercury undermined this poor woman's health so that she became a chronic invalid.
The sun is in a common sign near the Midheaven and afflicted by a
conjunction with Saturn in the Mercurial sign of Gemini. Mercury, the life ruler, has rule over the hearing. We naturally look to the place occupied by the strongest planet for the affliction. This woman was afflicted with deafness in both ears, for one branch of the vagus nerve rules the auricle of the ear. She also suffered from a constant pain under her right shoulder blade, indicating liver trouble, and she was abnormally nervous.
Here we may see how man may be his own executioner as indicated in this horoscope. The ruler of the house of death, the eighth house, is afflicted in the house of self-undoing, the twelfth. The only remedy for a patient of this type is to eliminate all sweets and pastries, cut down the supply of food to one-half, and learn to be still, to relax.
NO. 1B--THE EARS
This woman was born on June 22, 1881, at noon. We find the Venusian sign of Libra on the Ascendant and the sun on the cusp of the Midheaven. This is the most powerfully situated planet and therefore the life ruler. The sun is sextile to Mars. In THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS, page 164, we are told that a good aspect between these two fiery planets strengthens the constitution and makes the person able to perform hard tasks and produces a superabun dance of vital energy. As the sun is accidentally dignified by being placed in the 10th house and on the cusp of the Midheaven, the native should have an abundance of will and energy to overcome almost any disease. This we will touch upon later.
We find here a very strange combination of planets, a blending of benefics and malefics, all clustered in the 8th house and in the fixed sign of Taurus, ruling the region of the throat and neck.
We find Mars in Taurus, the sign of Venus where he is in his detriment, in conjunction with Saturn; this strengthens the malefic tendencies of
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 1B ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Cancer 1 SUN: Cancer 1:08 SATURN: Taurus 9:13 ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Leo 6 MOON: Taurus 15:06 URANUS: Virgo 10:13 ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Virgo 6 MERCURY: Cancer 26:03 NEPTUNE: Taurus 15:42 ]
[ ASCENDANT: Libra 0:47 VENUS: Taurus 17:21 ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Libra 25 MARS: Taurus 0:31 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Scorpio 25 JUPITER: Taurus 16:24 ]
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Mars. Some may question the conjunction of Mars 0-31 and Saturn 9-13 as we have heretofore given six degrees as the orb of the minor planets, but there are exceptions to this rule. Where we find a cluster of planets placed in a sign in which their evil tendencies are strong, especially when in a fixed and also a bestial sign, then the orbs of those planets are greater, their influence is stronger. Now, with Saturn's evil enhanced by the martial rays, Saturn will have a strong influence for evil when he is placed within orb of a conjunction with the moon and Neptune.
We look for the physical trouble from the above four planets. These placed in Taurus, the sign ruling the neck, also the glands, nerves, and arteries within this region of the body which Saturn is afflicting, indicate atrophy or obstruction. Saturn's influence on Neptune and the moon would cause a contraction of the nerves. We find Jupiter and Venus also in
conjunction with the moon and Neptune and therefore indirectly influenced by the orb of the afflicting Saturn. So we may conclude that this entire group of six planets situated in the fixed sign of Taurus and in the 8th house is under affliction.
Jupiter rules the arterial blood, and Venus the venous blood. Neptune and the moon on account of the conjunction with Saturn may be termed malefic and will restrict the circulation in the carotid artery and interfere with the various tubes that carry air and fluid to the ear, for the moon also rules the white fluids or body oil. As a result of the restriction of the various fluids, the semi-circular canals of the inner ear are lacking in the liquid known as endolymph. This liquid acts upon the nerves that run to the three canals as the acid acts upon the copper plates in an electric battery. Where this endolymph is lacking, the equilibrium of the body is disturbed, and, as in the case of this young woman, people so afflicted can not walk without pitching forward.
With the obstructed circulation of both arterial and venous blood, she has also suffered with spasmodic torticollis, the twisting of the cervical muscles. The square of Mercury to Mars would give this nervous contraction.
The trouble developed in the fall of 1914 when the progressed moon had reached a conjunction with the radical Mercury, the transiting Uranus was in 8 degrees of Aquarius making a square to Saturn, and the transiting Saturn was in conjunction with the radical sun in the Midheaven. These transits excited the affliction of the progressed moon, and naturally the nervous
system was disturbed.
It has been said in our astrological diagnosis in the past that the
conjunction of Saturn and Neptune in Scorpio or Taurus may cause malformation of the generative organs, and in THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS a case was given proving this. The affliction of planets often works in squares and oppositions. In this case all the planets are in Taurus, which rules the larynx and throat and is the sign opposite to Scorpio, ruling the generative
organs. Here we find the cause of a disturbance which to some extent helped to bring about the physical trouble. There was an abnormal and unnatural sex desire which, not finding expression, excited the flow of blood to the throat, and this being obstructed caused a disturbance.
Now regarding the sextile of the sun and Mars and the trine of Uranus to the various afflicted planets in Taurus, were it not for these good aspects this young lady would not have grown to womanhood, for great trouble would have arisen during puberty. But the life-giving sun, so powerfully situated in the Midheaven, sextile to Mars, and also within orb of a sextile to
Saturn, saved her much trouble during this period.
If she could come under th care of an experienced osteopathic physician who understands proper manipulations, this together with a careful diet would enable her to overcome her physical afflictions.
NO. 1C.--EARS, ABSCESSES IN FRONTAL BONE
Female, born December 30th, 1864, at 9:30 P.M.
In this horoscope we will continue with afflictions found in cardinal signs. While they may be in different signs of the cardinal group, yet the effect is similar in all.
In this lesson we have the horoscope of a woman with Virgo on the Ascendant and common signs on the angles. Two prominent planets, Uranus and Mars, are in or near the 10th house. While they are retrograde and not in conjunction, still they are parallel to each other and parallel to the sun. Mars being in conjunction with the midheaven, sextile to Neptune, and trine to the moon, gives great enthusiasm. Whatever this woman attempts to do is done under impulse and with great force. With Mars and Uranus so prominent and the sun in Capricorn she feels that she must rule at any cost. Should she be denied this privilege, she would become very resentful and
revenge
ful.
With Saturn in its sign of exaltation, Libra, square to Mercury in the Saturnian sign of Capricorn, we meet the vicious circle of the cardinal signs. The sun in Capricorn afflicted by a square of Neptune, both in
cardinal signs, together with the parallel of the nervous and excitable Uranus to the hot and inflammable Mars has caused a succession of abscesses in the frontal bone, resulting in partial deafness in both ears. Here we find the previously mentioned circle culminating in the ears. The writer has found numerous cases of partial deafness resulting from an afflicted Mercury in
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 1C ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Gemini 4 SUN: Capricorn 9:44 SATURN: Libra 29:03 ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Cancer 10 MOON: Aquarius 9:09 URANUS: Gemini 27:01 R ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Leo 12 MERCURY: Capricorn 25:20 R NEPTUNE: Aries 5:36 ]
[ ASCENDANT: Virgo 8:33 VENUS: Aquarius 19:52 ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Libra 3 MARS: Gemini 1:44 R ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Scorpio 0 JUPITER: Sagittarius 15:7 ]
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Capricorn, conjunction, square, or opposition Saturn especially when Saturn was in a cardinal sign.
It is not necessary, however, that these afflicted planets should cause deafness. The planets impel, they excite. But wisdom is ever a friend which saves; man has but to learn to know himself. If he would be as
zealous in understanding the functions of his own physical body as he is those of his radio or automobile, then when planetary afflictions became known to him and the symptoms appeared in the physical body, he would at once set to work to conquer them just as he would go about repairing the mechanism of his machine, oiling it, and cleaning it. For instance, if congestion were felt in the neck or ears, there would most likely be some discomfort experienced before any damage was done. Then a slight manipulation should be made about the ears and the frontal bone, up and down the jugular vein, th back of the neck, and wherever the fingers can find sore spots on and about the cranium. Frequently a towel wrung out of hot water will relax the
restricted nerve centers in head and neck and regulate the blood flow to and from the brain. This will keep the congestion down, and all serious trouble may be avoided.
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