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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
instance, we have so often written of the sinister effects of Saturn in
Cancer, 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.
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
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[ BIRTHCHART NO. 6A ]
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[ 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 ]
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planets which rule the appetite, he creates a desire for food in large quantities. Whatever Jupiter does must be on a big scale; with the moon and Jupiter in opposition we may look for the gourmand.
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
receive 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 capillaries 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
poisons. The result was the lungs became diseased and tuberculosis set in.
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, Sagittarius, 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
beginning 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
Capricorn, but which has its outcome in a quite different disease.
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
Capricorn, 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 indigestion, rheumatism, uric acid deposits, etc. When we find the inflammatory Mars in the cardinal sign of Libra, square to Saturn in Capricorn, we may 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.
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[ BIRTHCHART NO. 6B ]
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[ 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 ]
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In this horoscope we find the moon in Gemini, square to the sun in
Pisces. 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 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 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.
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[ BIRTHCHART NO. 6C ]
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[ 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 ]
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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 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 certain 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 disturbance 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 involuntary muscular action. Mars, when afflicting the moon, shows nausea, and
Uranus, when afflicting the moon, causes contraction. Thus we see
indications 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
undersized 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 mucous 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.
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
action. 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
system 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 inflammation 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
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 6D: ]
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[ 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 ]
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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 this but claimed absolute inability to overcome the fault and curb their appetite. 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.
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