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CHAPTER XIX
SEX
SEX AND THROAT
NO. 8A--B.
We are told in the ROSICRUCIAN COSMO-CONCEPTION, page 269, that when the Ego entered into possession of its vehicles, it became necessary to use part of the creative force for the building of the brain and the larynx. The latter was originally a part of the sex organ. The larynx was built while the dense body was yet bent together in the bag-like shape which is still the form of the human embryo. As the dense body straightened and became
upright, part of the creative organ remained with the upper part of the dense body and later became the larynx.
It is always possible to make the lesson stronger by using two horoscopes. In this case we will begin with the horoscope numbered 8A, which is that of man born April 22nd, 1881, at 2 P.M.
The common sign of Virgo is on the Ascendant and common signs on all the angles. In this horoscope we will show the law of the vicious circle, which the doctors are so interested in and which is so baffling, and how this law proves the truth of the statement quoted from the COSMO-CONCEPTION.
We have Saturn, the sun, and Jupiter in conjunction, and Saturn and Jupiter are parallel to the moon. Neptune is in conjunction with Venus and both
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 8A ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Gemini 3 SUN: Taurus 2:30 SATURN: Taurus 2:07 ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Cancer 10 MOON: Aquarius 17:31 URANUS: Virgo 9:54R ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Leo 13 MERCURY: Aries 9:07 NEPTUNE: Taurus 13:34 ]
[ ASCENDANT: Virgo 9:10 VENUS: Taurus 19:07R ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Libra 1 MARS: Pisces 14:41 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Libra 29 JUPITER: Taurus 2:33 ]
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are square the moon. All these planets except the moon are in Taurus, the sign which has rule over the throat.
We find the planet of impulse, Uranus, retrograde on the Ascendant in Virgo and in opposition to Mars. These planets are in common signs and in angles. Thus they are strong by house position but placed in weak-willed signs. Uranus and Mars give the desire for pleasure and the gratification of the senses. Mars is sextile to Venus and Neptune in Taurus, a sign which
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[ BIRTHCHART NO. 8B [FLAT CHART] ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Capricorn SUN: Scorpio 19:52 SATURN: Scorpio 11:11 ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Aquarius MOON: Virgo 23:19 URANUS: Scorpio 20:15 ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Pisces MERCURY: Scorpio 0:57 NEPTUNE: Gemini 17:24R ]
[ ASCENDANT: Aries VENUS: Libra 4:24 ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Taurus MARS: Scorpio 9:25 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Gemini JUPITER: Leo 8:52 ]
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makes one apt to drift along the same path, Taurus ruling the sense of taste. Neptune and Venus in Taurus, square to the moon in Aquarius, would lead to the habit of drink and also to irregular association with women friends, for the moon is the ruler of the house of friends, the 11th.
We find no planets in Scorpio, the sign which rules the generative
organs, but Uranus afflicted by Mars gives a tendency to venereal diseases. Syphilis was the net result. Therefore we may see that Taurus which rules the throat and larynx, here expresses itself through the opposite point of the vicious circle of the fixed signs, namely Scorpio, ruler of the generative organs. The moon in Aquarius, the third point of the circle, is also a contributing factor in the situation.
In the second case we will use a plain figure, as the hour of birth is lacking. This is the horoscope, numbered 8B, of a woman born November 12th, 1895.
In this figure we find Mercury, Mars, Saturn, the sun, and Uranus all in the sign of Scorpio, which has rule over the generative organs, with Saturn and Mars in conjunction and square to Jupiter. The sun and Uranus are also in conjunction with each other and the sun is parallel to Jupiter.
This woman had her tonsils removed at puberty. The tonsils are ruled by Taurus. Due to Mars in conjunction with Saturn, and the sun in conjunction with Uranus in the sign of Scorpio, she unfortunately yielded to the vicious practice of abortion, which so weakened the functions of the generative
organs that removal of the ovarian tubes was necessary. Here again we see the vicious circle of the fixed signs in operation, Taurus and Scorpio being the points affected.
We may see by comparison of these two horoscopes how the generative organs and the throat are closely in sympathy with each other and that abuses of the function of one of them often express themselves through impaired functioning of the opposite organ.
NO. 8C.--SEX
Female, born November 24, 1909, hour of birth not known.
We will here illustrate how it is possible to diagnose a disease correctly from a flat figure. It is, however, impossible to predict the exact time of crises or to judge the strength of the will of the patient, for those with a common sign on the Ascendant some times become hopeless invalids if planetary aspects are also weak, while one with fixed signs on the angles (especially with the vital sun sign Leo ascending), even if the
planets are weak, will often through the determination and will power of the fixed signs overcome adverse conditions. The Taurians, however, although under a fixed sign, sometimes allow fear to throw them into a chronic condition of ill health which with the fixed and stolid nature of this sign it is very difficult to overcome.
In this lesson we shall deal largely with the ductless glands, upon which science has spent so much time, though it has been unable as yet to arrive at a full understanding of these little organs. We will deal particularly with the thyroid gland, which is under the rule of Mercury and in which
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 8C [FLAT CHART] ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Capricorn SUN: Sagitt. 1:35 SATURN: Aries 16:57R ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Aquarius MOON: Aries 22:00 URANUS: Capricorn 18:31 ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Pisces MERCURY: Scorpio 26:39 NEPTUNE: Cancer 19:04R ]
[ ASCENDANT: Aries VENUS: Capricorn 18:37 DRAGON'S HEAD: ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Taurus MARS: Aries 1:11 Gemini 7:45 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Gemini JUPITER: Libra 8:24 DRAGON'S TAIL: ]
[ Sagitt. 7:45 ]
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science is greatly interested, the thyroid glands of goats and monkeys having been grafted into men to rejuvenate them.
In the above horoscope we find Saturn, the planet of obstruction and crystallization and ruler of the pneumogastric nerve, in conjunction with the moon, which rules the uterus, ovaries, and sympathetic nervous system. Venus, the planet ruling the sign of Taurus, the throat, also rules the
thymus gland, the organ through which the child receives the parental blood necessary to build the body. This gland has especially to do with the
development of the reproductive organs. At puberty the thymus gland atrophies, and its work is then continued by the pituitary body, ruled by Uranus, which is the higher octave of Venus. In this girl's horoscope we find the planets Venus and Uranus in conjunction, square to Saturn and the moon, and in opposition to the planet Neptune, which has rule over the
pineal gland and which is the higher octave of Mercury. Scientists have
observed that the pineal gland has some connection with the mind. Dr. J. S. Lankford stated in THE NEW YORK MEDICAL JOURNAL some time ago that "the
pineal gland, which is at the base of the brain, is a partly glandular and partly nervous structure, and is known to be the center of all sensation and emotion; at the same time it rules and directs all the activities of the whole system of ductless glands and the vegetative nervous system, thereby governing all the functions of organic life. It also serves as a communicating center between the brain and the other organs."
Now, where we find the planets which have rule over the nervous system and the brain in square and opposition, what can we expect but that abuse of one kind or another will cause bodily disturbance! In the case of this young girl, whose guardians called upon our Healing Department for help, she had for some years been afflicted with the secret sex habit, of which the guardians were unaware until apprised through our diagnosis. The venous circulation is obstructed by the conjunction of Venus and Uranus. The
latter planet, according to THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS (page 573), "is responsible for strange and abnormal growths which produce...freaks of nature." The thymus gland in this case has an abnormal growth caused by the conjunction of Venus with Uranus, which created too much blood for the development of the generative organs in childhood. This in turn created a disturbance in the parts of the body ruled by this gland.
We are told by the doctors that the pineal gland (under Neptune) rules and directs all the ductless glands. Max Heindel has been alone in his claim that Neptune is the higher octave of Mercury, the latter planet having rule over the thyroid gland. Other astrologers have claimed that Neptune is the higher octave of Venus. But science corroborates our contention that the pineal gland has rule over the mentality. The COSMO-CONCEPTION states that this was at first an organ of sensation and orientation, and that when it began to withdraw into the head, the division of the sexes began to take place and the brain and larynx were developed.
Dr. Lankford further states that the large amount of sugar consumed by humanity overdevelops and overstimulates the pineal gland. The truth of this has been shown in our experience with cases in which Neptune was afflicted and especially where the afflictions were such that the patient had to overcome unnatural sex desires. These patients invariably were heavy sugar eaters. Sugar in excess as well as liquor is a false stimulant and excites the ductless glands, which when overstimulated are responsible for sex degeneracy. This young girl by years of abuse had dissipated the vital fluids that were necessary to help build the brain, and consequently at the age of eleven she was afflicted with epilepsy, which is a disease caused by abnormality of one of the ductless glands. The doctors could not find the cause and wished to remove the tonsils. When there is an abnormal exercise of the sex function or unexpressed unnatural desires, the throat, and especially the tonsils and the larynx, are often enlarged and swollen. Oh, what a pity that all surgeons and the doctors of all schools do not have a knowledge of diagnosis by the wonderful science of astrology to combine with their own science!
In order to help a case such as the one under consideration it is first necessary to remove the cause, which is to help this poor girl overcome her unnatural desires. The diet must be changed; all highly seasoned food,
condiments, eggs, and especially sugar, must be eliminated, and the vegetables which contain elements that work directly upon the nervous system should be used, such as celery, onions, parsley, lettuce, et cetera. This body should be kept clean by bathing and dry rubbing, and plenty of exercise in the fresh air and sunshine should be taken. It will be difficult at the girl's present age to build up the brain, which is very undeveloped. Young people who have dissipated their vital fluids between the ages of seven and
fourteen when the creative force should be used for the development of the brain will seldom be very bright mentally. The physical body, however, can be built up, and if the habit is overcome before the age of twenty-one, there is hope that by careful living the brain can be developed, giving an average mentality.
NO.8D--E: GONORRHEA
Female, born July 30, 1896, hour not known.
Two horoscopes will be used in this lesson in an endeavor to illustrate how the planets show when disease may be the result of breaking the laws of nature in former lives, and how the seeds that have been sown by past sins will bring their fruits in this life.
The first horoscope is that of a woman whose hour of birth is not known. Nor is it necessary for diagnosis in a horoscope with planets so strangely grouped and in the fixed signs. We will set the figure with Aries on the Ascendant. We find Mercury, sun, Venus, Jupiter, and the Dragon's Tail all in the fifth sign, Leo, which represents the pleasures of the native. We find Mars in Taurus in its detriment, the sign in which this planet of dynamic energy shows its most evil tendencies. This planet is afflicted by
the opposition of the licentious Uranus and the obstructive Saturn. These last named planets are in conjunction and in the fixed sign of Scorpio. These three malefic planets, Mars, Uranus, and Saturn are also square to the planets in Leo.
Here we find a very heavy debt of destiny. In the Rosicrucian teachings we are told that we lay the foundation in this life upon which we shall build the structure of future lives. This woman in her previous life had developed a very powerful desire nature, which in this embodiment was very hard to keep under control. Venus in conjunction with the sun and Jupiter
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 8D [FLAT CHART] ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Capricorn SUN: Leo 7:44 SATURN: Scorpio 12:38 ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Aquarius MOON: Aries 12:53 URANUS: Scorpio 20:28R ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Pisces MERCURY: Leo 6:24 NEPTUNE: Gemini 19:34 ]
[ ASCENDANT: Aries VENUS: Leo 13:34 DRAGON'S HEAD: ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Taurus MARS: Taurus 19:36 Aquarius 25:09 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Gemini JUPITER: Leo 17:15 DRAGON'S TAIL: ]
[ Leo 25:09 ]
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and square to Uranus and Saturn in the sign of Scorpio, also Mars, the planet which has rule over the desires, square to Venus and Jupiter, all lead to free love and clandestine attachments, with the result that this poor woman has contracted that dread disease, gonorrhea, which has resulted in tuberculosis of the pelvic and hip bones.
Now planets impel but they do not compel. This woman by her former living had attracted to herself these planetary afflictions, but she was not impelled to respond to their weakness, for we find the moon well aspected, making a sextile to Neptune and a trine to Jupiter, Venus, sun, and Mercury. Neptune is also sextile to Venus and Jupiter. If the woman had used her will and followed the desire to live right which naturally must have come to her from time to time, she could have transmuted this seeming evil into good. But the path of sensual pleasure was so much broader and so alluring, while the upward path meant self-surrender!
NO. 8E.
Male, born August 13, 1920, 1:18 A.M.
The second horoscope is that of a young boy born with the dread disease with which the woman in case No. 8D was afflicted. The boy's poor little body at birth was covered with sores, and in the early part of November of the birth year this poor soul passed out under great suffering.
Now as regards the man who does not understand and believe in rebirth and the law of consequence this last case would be apt to disturb his faith in God, who to him might appear cruel and unjust to have visited this suffering upon an innocent babe. But when the occultist who has a knowledge of
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 8E ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Pisces 10 SUN: Leo 20:18 SATURN: Virgo 11:50 ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Aries 14 MOON: Leo 9:46 URANUS: Pisces 4:14R ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Taurus 25 MERCURY: Leo 1:48 NEPTUNE: Leo 11:37 ]
[ ASCENDANT: Cancer 2:37 VENUS: Virgo 1:30 ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Cancer 23 MARS: Scorpio 16:26 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Leo 14 JUPITER: Leo 27:01 ]
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astrology seeks an answer to this seeming injustice, he finds Uranus in
Pisces, the 12th house sign of self-undoing, near the Midheaven and in opposition to Saturn, which is in the 4th house. These two planets represent the parents and show that this soul had sinned in its previous lives in such a manner as to be attracted to parents who were afflicted with the above disease.
We also find Mars in the sign of Scorpio, square to Neptune, sun, and moon, which are in the fixed sign of Leo, the natural 5th house sign of pleasure. This soul had passed out of its former embodiment in a manner very similar to that of the woman with the first horoscope. The parents were only the instruments through which it received its lesson.
How strangely the threads of life cross one another, weaving in and out with the threads of other persons' lives we have wronged, and who then must be the means through which we learn our lessons.
"The mills of God grind slowly,
But they grind exceeding small."
NO. 8F.--VENEREAL DISEASE
Male, born April 5, 1896, 4:00 A.M.
Pisces, a watery and negative sign, is on the Ascendant, and the ruler, Jupiter, is in another watery sign, Cancer, 29-18. Planets that are in the last three degrees of a sign are not as helpful and active as when they are less advanced in the sign. They act in the same manner as a ball thrown with force; by the time it reaches its destination it has to some extent lost its speed, and the greater the distance it travels the less its force. So we find that planets situated in the last three degrees of a sign partake partly of the sign in which they are placed and also of the one following, giving a mixed vibration; therefore they express the nature of two signs. In this horoscope Jupiter is in the 5th house, pleasures, and trine to Mercury, the planet of reason, which is in the impulsive and martial sign of Aries. The moon, the ruler of the 5th house is in the 11th house, ruling friends in the sign of its fall, Capricorn, and in sextile to the planet of love and pleasure, Venus. When this last named planet is on the Ascendant the native is very apt to drift into the pleasure-loving path, the path of the senses. He is easily influenced by attention and flattery from the
opposite sex. In this case, the moon, a feminine planet, in the house of friends, indicates that this young man's women friends will have the strongest influence in his life. Venus, another feminine planet, on the
Ascendant, afflicted by a square of Neptune, the co-ruler of the Ascendant and the higher octave of Mercury, situated in the mercurial sign of Gemini in the 4th house, indicates that his women friends will lead him into paths of
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 8F ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Sagitt. 14 SUN: Aries 16:05 SATURN: Scorpio 17:56R ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Capricorn 6 MOON: Capricorn 20:15 URANUS: Scorpio 23:55R ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Aquarius 1 MERCURY: Aries 3:09 NEPTUNE: Gemini 15:44 ]
[ ASCENDANT: Pisces 3:27 VENUS: Pisces 21:03 DRAGON'S HEAD: ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Aries 17 MARS: Aquarius 24:54 Pisces 1:30 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Taurus 19 JUPITER: Cancer 29:18 DRAGON'S TAIL: ]
[ Virgo 1:30 ]
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the senses and may destroy his love for the home, for Venus is also trine to the restless and romantic Uranus and the materialistic Saturn. These last named planets are retrograde and in the martial sign of Scorpio, governing sex. Mars, the planet of passion, is in the fixed sign of Aquarius, in the 12th house, that of self-undoing, and in square aspect to Uranus and Saturn. Saturn and Mars are in mutual reception strengthening the good or evil of these planets.
What do we find? It happens that this poor young man's weakness and love for women have attracted licentious and free-love companions, and the result is venereal disease which has poisoned the blood. An with Venus, the planet ruling the venous circulation, on the Ascendant and afflicted by the watery planet Neptune in the sign of the lungs, Gemini, quick consumption is the result.
In February, 1919, the progressed moon reached the conjunction of the radical Saturn, which brought on the lung disease. In July, five months later, when the man called upon Headquarters for healing, he was already in an advanced stage of galloping consumption. The following month, August, the moon made a square to the inflammatory Mars, which brought on hemorrhages.
Here we an see the influences of the planets, their causes and effects. The relatives of this young man did not understand why he should have
contracted this disease of the lungs which worked so rapidly and was so
destructive. With the affliction from watery signs, the soil was well
prepared for the seeds which were sown through dissipation and thoughtlessness.
A case of this kind is very difficult to heal, for with the negative
Pisces on the Ascendant, and Saturn and Uranus, the planets indicating impulse, yes, even stubbornness, in conjunction in Scorpio and square to Mars, all in fixed signs, it is very hard to guide such a person into safe channels. And we find both the lights afflicted, the moon in the saturnine sign of Capricorn, showing determination and stubbornness, square to the sun in the impulsive sign of Mars. Hence this young man would not listen to reason. He would do as he pleased regardless of caution and advice. A life in the open air with careful diet and pure surroundings would be the only cure; if he would listen to reason and adopt it he might get well.
NO. 8G--VENEREAL DISEASE
Male, born October 6, 1895.
Leo is on the Ascendant, and Jupiter is just above the cusp of the first house, making a square aspect to Saturn and Mercury in the sign of Scorpio. The moon in Taurus, its exaltation sign, is in the 10th house and in opposition to Uranus, which is also posited in its exaltation sign, Scorpio, ruling the generative organs. The moon so strongly situated will have the greatest influence over the young man's life and health. Being in opposition to the licentious Uranus, it will make him very free and unconventional in his love affairs, and he will be attracted to women of a low type. With the afflicted Jupiter ruling the arterial blood, and with Neptune in Gemini in the 11th house, the house of friends, in square aspect to Venus, which has rule over the venous blood, this young man is apt to be led into association with undesirable women friends. As a matter of fact they are
responsible for his contracting a severe case of syphilis which poisoned the
blood.
In 1914 we find the progressed sun in the first degree of Scorpio, and the progressed moon in the sign Aquarius forming an opposition to the Ascendant and the radical Jupiter in Leo. It is also coming up to a square of the radical Saturn, Mercury, and Uranus in Scorpio. In this same year two new moons afflicted the three latter planets. The one on January 26th fell in five degrees of Aquarius in opposition to Jupiter and square to Saturn and Mercury. On April 25th the new moon fell in four degrees of Taurus, square to Jupiter and opposition Saturn and Mercury. This was the time when
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 8G ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Aries 16 SUN: Libra 13:28 SATURN: Scorpio 6:53 ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Taurus 28 MOON: Taurus 17:56 URANUS: Scorpio 18:02 ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Cancer 10 MERCURY: Scorpio 8:21 NEPTUNE: Gemini 18:01R ]
[ ASCENDANT: Leo 10:25 VENUS: Virgo 18:12R DRAGON'S HEAD: ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Leo 26 MARS: Libra 14:54 Pisces 11:06 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Virgo 16 JUPITER: Leo 5:26 DRAGON'S TAIL: ]
[ Virgo 11:06 ]
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the venereal disease was contracted.
In 1918 the sun by progression formed a square to the radical Jupiter in Leo, and in 1919 a conjunction with Saturn in Scorpio. In the latter year, however, the progressed moon trined the Ascendant, and on May 29, 1919, an eclipse of the sun in seven degrees of Gemini sextiled the Ascendant. These vibrations no doubt saved the young man's life during the adverse aspects of the progressed sun.
In 1921 the progressed sun came into conjunction with the radical Mercury. On April 22nd the full moon eclipse fell in two degrees of Scorpio opposing the transiting sun and Venus. At the same time the transiting Mars was within orb of a conjunction with the radical moon and in opposition to Uranus. In the spring of that year the young man submitted to an operation for an abscess under th diaphragm, which after being opened was a very long time in discharging, necessitating a drain tube. The doctors claimed that the pus was from the lungs, but the patient denied ever having had trouble with these organs. The horoscope shows, however, that the doctors' diagnosis was correct, for Neptune in Gemini, ruling the lungs, afflicted by a square of Venus from the common and earthy sign of Virgo, would obstruct the delivery of the venous blood to the lungs, causing poor oxygenation. With the blood stream polluted by the dread disease of syphilis and with both the arterial blood (ruled by Jupiter) and the venous blood (ruled by Venus)
obstructed, the weakest organ, the lungs, would naturally receive the poison generated in the blood.
After the patient had somewhat recovered from the operation he returned home. On April 25th, he was taken back to the hospital (that was three days after the total eclipse of the moon in Scorpio) with what at first was termed a case of mumps. The throat, jaw, and larynx were very much swollen and inflamed. This condition was later diagnosed by some of the doctors as
actinomycosis, an infectious, chronic disease of cattle, sometimes
transferred to man. But there was a difference of opinion among the doctors. Some held that the disease was cancer.
As the moon is the most heavily afflicted planet in the natal chart, naturally when by progression in 1922 it reached the opposition of the radical Saturn and Mercury and the square to Jupiter from the 10th house and the sign of Taurus, the disease reached a stage where the body could no longer rid itself of the poisons which had been stored up during eight years. There were two new moons in 1922 which helped to bring about the crisis. On January 27th the new moon fell in Aquarius, seven degrees and eighteen minutes, opposing the radical Jupiter and square to the radical Saturn and Mercury. On April 27th the new moon fell in six degrees and nine minutes of Taurus, square to Jupiter and in opposition to Saturn and Mercury. All these afflictions were from or reacted upon the signs of Taurus and Scorpio. The tonsils, the larynx, and the throat therefore received much of the pus generated in the body. The result was death.
Had this young man, after he contracted the disease, lived a life of abstinence from rich foods, tobacco, meat, liquor, etc., he might have overcome it and perhaps have lived for a number of years. But the poisons which were lodged principally in the lungs were increased by more impurities generated through ignorance of diet.
NO. 8H.--UTERINE TROUBLE
Female, born July 29, 1881, 6:00 P.M.
Capricorn, the Saturnian sign of the cardinal quadruplicity, is on the Ascendant, and the ruler, Saturn, is in the 4th house, that of the home, in the determined, stubborn, persistent sign of Taurus, making a square to the life-giving sun, in the fixed sign of Leo ruling the heart. This has a
tendency to obstruct the life forces. The vitality is low, the heart action sluggish, especially as we find Jupiter, the planet ruling the arterial
circulation, afflicted by the conjunction of the fiery Mars. This is a latent condition which will give the native much greater trouble after she has reached the period of menopause. Her restricted heart action will then be more troublesome than before.
When she called upon Headquarters for healing in the early part of 1914, the progressed moon had reached the opposition to the afflicted planets in the 4th house in Taurus. The doctor who had been treating her for catarrh of the stomach and nervousness failed to benefit her. She was very skeptical and did not believe in spiritual healing, but friends who had been by
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 8H ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Scorpio 10 SUN: Leo 6:55 SATURN: Taurus 11:53 ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Sagitt. 4 MOON: Virgo 18:33 URANUS: Virgo 11:53 ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Sagitt. 27 MERCURY: Cancer 20:49 NEPTUNE: Taurus 16:29 ]
[ ASCENDANT: Capricorn 20:10 VENUS: Gemini 22:12 DRAGON'S HEAD: ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Pisces 0 MARS: Taurus 26:48 Sagitt. 15:28 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Aries 9 JUPITER: Taurus 22:51 DRAGON'S TAIL: ]
[ Gemini 15:28 ]
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the Invisible helpers persuaded her to write to Headquarters for diagnosis. She did not ask for healing, but only wanted to know what was the matter with her physically, stating that the doctor could not understand the cause of her general poor health.
In our diagnosis we told her that she had not developed normally. With the obstructing Saturn conjunction Neptune in the sign of the throat, trouble was indicated at puberty, also restricted menses, adenoids, and
inflamed tonsils. This had a reflex action in the opposite sign of Scorpio, which rules the generative organs, showing that these organs had never
become fully developed. Neptune has this tendency when afflicted, especially in the sign of Taurus or Scorpio and in conjunction with or opposition to Saturn. Then the generative organs are underdeveloped, and childbirth
becomes very severe and painful. This woman had four children, and at each birth her life was despaired of. The result was uterine trouble.
A tendency to catarrh of the small intestine is also indicated, for we have the moon, the ruler of the sign Cancer, the stomach, placed in the sign Virgo, the small intestines, conjunct the spasmodic Uranus, showing that there was spasmodic action of the intestines and that the food was not
properly assimilated. This aspect also interfered with the digestion of food in the stomach, as the moon is the ruler of that organ; this was aggravated by a square of the moon to Venus.
Uranus in conjunction with the ruler of the 7th house, the moon, shows inharmony in marriage. The husband as indicated by this aspect is of a very nervous, irritable nature, fond of drink (Venus square moon). A separation is shown. This woman acknowledged that she had had trouble with her husband, that he had left her suddenly, and stated that she was compelled to support her four children. One with Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter, and Mars in Taurus afflicting one another has a tendency to be critical and severe in the home, but at the same time of a very frugal, hardworking nature, not saving oneself but always working beyond one's physical strength.
Due to the conditions noted this woman had become a broken-down, nervous wreck, with severe uterine trouble and catarrh of the stomach and intestines. She was not able to do a full day's work. Inside of two months, however, through the aid of the Invisible Helpers she was able to take a position, and she became a healthy, happy woman. We advised a rational,
careful diet, eliminating all liquids with meals, for one with the planetary conditions noted likes to drink a great deal during meals. This is often dangerous to one with poor assimilation, and where there is a lack of digestive fluids in the stomach and intestines.
NO. 8I.--CHILDBIRTH
Female, born June 3rd, 1884, 9:00 P.M.
It is evident from the figure that the native is of a very nervous,
restless temperament, for Mercury, the planet which rules the mind and the nerves, is in conjunction with its higher octave, Neptune; this makes her very high-strung. Then we find Saturn, the planet of obstruction, conjoined with the life-giving sun in the mercurial sign Gemini. This diminishes the vital solar life currents which feed the nerves, so that instead of
assimilating a great among such as is necessary to feed the nerves of a high-strung person, she gets less than the normal amount and therefore is "on edge" and run down. Add to this that Mars, the planet of passion, is square Mercury, the planet of mind, which makes her temper very short, and that the moon, ruler of the imaginative mind, is square Venus, the planet of love, and you will understand that this person is very unhappy and always out of patience with her condition and environment.
Her trouble is due to the after effects of childbirth. The astrological figure gives a very good description of the case. Mercury is conjunct Neptune in the fifth house, which governs children, indicating an abnormal condition. The planet of parturition, the moon, is in mutual reception with and square to Venus. Mars in the eighth house, which indicates the manner of death, is square to Mercury in the fifth house, ruling children, which shows the use of instruments, loss of blood, and a great shock to the nervous system in childbirth. She must have been near the door of death at that time. But while Saturn conjunct the sun saps the life forces, he also
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 8I ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Libra 10 SUN: Gemini 13:51 SATURN: Gemini 13:41 ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Scorpio 9 MOON: Libra 22:24 URANUS: Virgo 24:00 ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Sagitt. 3 MERCURY: Taurus 23:29 NEPTUNE: Taurus 21:40 ]
[ ASCENDANT: Sagitt. 25:11 VENUS: Cancer 23:39 ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Capricorn 29 MARS: Leo 29:39 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Pisces 5 JUPITER: Leo 2:18 ]
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imparts a tenacity of life. Such people, unfortunately for them, do not die quickly; they linger in their agony, an almost unbearable burden to
themselves and other who must perforce live with them. No one is more to be pitied. But the long years of invalidism shown by Saturn conjoined with the sun in the sixth house, must be necessary to impart to the soul some quality it lacks and has refused to cultivate in other and easier ways, otherwise our Father in Heaven would never have taken such strenuous means to teach her the lesson.
From the healer's standpoint a case with Saturn and the sun conjoined in the sixth house is almost, if not quite, hopeless, especially if there is a fixed sign on the cusp, for the patient will be antagonistic, skeptical, and recalcitrant to such an extent that he may more than neutralize all efforts to aid nature in restoring harmony. The principal work should be directed to cultivate in this patient a right understanding of the spiritual cause of her condition. If she can be brought to pray for light to see the lesson and for a chance to correct her mistake, whether in a past life or the present one, the changed attitude of mind will cause a change in her condition so that either a cure will be effected or a speedier release found in death.
In the meantime such a person should be given food that will supply ether to feed the nerves. Milk, warm and fresh from the cow, has this in abundance, and so have uncooked vegetables. Under th Law of Compatibility a healer with Aries or Leo rising whose Saturn is not in Gemini, would be best for this person.
NO. 8J.--ABORTION
Female, born February 7, 1866, 3:30 A.M.
Sagittarius is on the Ascendant in this chart. On page 133 of THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS it states that this sign produces two distinct classes, the high and lofty type which aims its arrow at the stars, and the type which responds to the animal instincts and indulges the animal desires. The latter type will not think of the future. Like a child it will enjoy itself to the fullest, living only from day to day, never laying aside anything for a rainy day. Give such a person a million dollars and he will become a pauper in spite of it. His greatest enemies are his own appetites.
In the horoscope which we have under consideration we find the ruler, Jupiter, in the sign of his fall, Capricorn, in the first house. Jupiter is also conjunct the fiery Mars in its exaltation sign of Capricorn. This gives Mars greater power for evil than otherwise. Planets have a reflex
action and often affect the signs opposite them, as in this case where the sign Cancer receives the effects of Mars conjunct Jupiter. These planets denote bulk, and when affecting the sign of Cancer the person is apt to make
a god of his stomach. His food must be of the very best, rich and highly seasoned.
The ruler of Cancer, the moon, is afflicted in the fixed sign Scorpio (which has rule over the generative organs) by a conjunction of Saturn and a square of Venus and the sun. The moon is the planet of fertilization, of impregnation, and when found in the sign of Scorpio in a woman's horoscope it is an indication that she will be apt to have several children. But when
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 8J ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Libra 11 SUN: Aquarius 18:28 SATURN: Scorpio 12:12 ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Scorpio 9 MOON: Scorpio 14:02 URANUS: Cancer 0:16R ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Sagitt. 0 MERCURY: Aquarius 2:52 NEPTUNE: Aries 8:30 ]
[ ASCENDANT: Sagitt. 20:42 VENUS: Aquarius 13:54 DRAGON'S HEAD: ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Capricorn 26 MARS: Capricorn 23:44 Libra 14:45 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Pisces JUPITER: Capricorn 18:59 DRAGON'S TAIL: ]
[ Aries 14:45 ]
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the planet of obstruction, Saturn, is also in this sign and afflicted, the organs of generation are sometimes undersized, as in the case of this woman. During the birth of her first and only child she was three days in labor, suffering greatly. This left her with a great fear of childbirth, led her to resort to abortion, the most dangerous and vicious of practices. Due to the moon in Scorpio conception was frequent, and the native's great fear caused her to employ means which destroyed the foetus. In th eyes of God she became a murderess. The continued abuse later enveloped into a most dangerous case of blood poisoning, which left her broken in health, a
confirmed invalid.
Because of the rich food in which she had for years indulged, her system was overcharged with poisons, and since Venus, which has rule over the venous blood, and Jupiter, the arterial, were both afflicted, all the impurities were attracted to that part of the body where these planets were
located, Capricorn and Aquarius. Sluggishness of the body is always found in the parts corresponding to the signs in which Venus and Jupiter are afflicted. There the ash is usually deposited. This woman was unable to walk for five years before her death, which occurred in February, 1920. We have not been able to ascertain the exact day of her death. We find the
progressed moon in February making a square to the radical Venus. The
progressed aspects alone, however, would not cause death. We must look for the exciting planets, the transits. The full moon on February 4th fell in 14 degrees and 16 minutes of Leo in opposition to the radical Venus and sun and square to the radical Saturn and moon. These aspects, we think, were
responsible for the native's demise.
How wonderfully accurate is diagnosis by the planets! Each time this woman passed through a severe illness, which was quite frequently, her relatives would report that it was a case of peritonitis. We find, however, no affliction to the small intestines, but very severe afflictions to the generative organs.
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