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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 dynamic 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 with Neptune, the planet of underhandedness, in Taurus, which is the opposite 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 ]
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[ 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 elimination. 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 indulgences. Consequently he yielded to the tendencies shown in his horoscope, and became the victim of tuberculosis and a number of complications.
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 optimism 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 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
counteracted 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 ]
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[ 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 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
degrees 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.
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
matter 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 students 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 special facilities for judging how deeply the disease is rooted by the positions and aspects of the afflicting planets. Saturn, the planet of obstruction, 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 ]
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[ 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.
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 disease 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 native 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
helper ship 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
person that there is a spiritual reason for disease and that occult investigations have established the fact that a materialistic conception of life in a 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
enters 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
under 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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