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CHAPTER XX
THE SPINE
NO. 9A.--SPINAL TROUBLE
Female, born June 21, 1899, 5:30 A.M.
This horoscope is the figure of a young woman who is the daughter of wealthy parents, as shown by the sun, which is ruler of the second house, trine to Jupiter. We will first consider the mental caliber, as that is the prime consideration in dealing with anyone. The sun is in the twelfth house showing that the spirit in a certain sense is imprisoned. The sun is in conjunction with the Dragon's Tail, which has a saturnine influence and tends to further obstruct. These conditions rob life of its joy and fill the soul with melancholy and fear, gloomy forebodings, and thoughts of impending evil. Mars square to the moon, which is the life ruler, shows
rebellion against this condition. The square of Mars to Venus, however, adds to the tendencies which rob life of its satisfaction. The trine of the sun to Jupiter and the sextile of Mars to the sun, Mercury, and Jupiter are mitigating influences which give some light and life to this poor soul's existence. The comforts procured through the wealth of parents as indicated by these aspects help to make life more tolerable than it would otherwise be.
With regard to the health denoted in this figure, we find in the first
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 9A ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Pisces 21 SUN: Gemini 29:49 SATURN: Sagitt. 19:40R ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Aries 27 MOON: Sagitt. 1:16 URANUS: Sagitt. 5:03R ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Gemini 7 MERCURY: Cancer 7:48 NEPTUNE: Gemini 24:42 ]
[ ASCENDANT: Cancer 12:12 VENUS: Gemini 6:33 DRAGON'S HEAD: ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Leo 1 MARS: Virgo 2:59 Sagitt. 29:24 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Leo 24 JUPITER: Scorpio 0:22R DRAGON'S TAIL: ]
[ Gemini 29:24 ]
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place Cancer, a weak sign, on the Ascendant. Four planets are posited in the twelfth house, which in this case denotes confinement upon a sick bed. Saturn, in the sixth house, which has to do with health, is a sufficient
indication that this will be a life of suffering. Saturn, the principal significator in this respect, shows that the ailments will be deep-seated and chronic. The moon, which is the peculiar significator of health in a woman's horoscope, is within six degrees of the sixth house cusp, adding its
testimony in the same direction. Mars square to the moon near the sixth house renders the native liable to operations. The sun conjunction the
saturnine Dragon's Tail in the twelfth house makes such operations exceedingly dangerous for she has not the vitality wherewith to withstand and recuperate. Moreover, the sun in 1914 had progressed within orb of a parallel to Saturn at birth. Thus the native had at that time less vitality than she had had in earlier years. As the moon came into opposition to Saturn in thesixth house in October, 1913, we may well conceive that the condition at that time became critical.
Mars governs the muscles and the motor segment of the spinal cord. He is square to the moon, which governs the sympathetic nerves, and also square to Uranus, which causes spasmodic movements. Thus it is evident that the nerves are affected and that the young lady has no dependable control over her limbs. Neptune governs the spinal canal, and it is opposite Saturn, the planet of obstruction. This configuration occurs in the signs of Gemini and Sagittarius, and in the sixth and the twelfth houses. It is therefore evident that there is trouble in the spine--obstruction, as denoted by
Saturn.
The obstruction will be found in the region indicated by the conjunction of Neptune, Sun, and Dragon's Tail in 24 to 29 of Gemini, namely, the dorsal region. The doctors have been unable to diagnose this case, and sad to say, it is incurable by any physical means. There is only one method, namely, the dilation of the spinal canal by repeated manipulations FROM WITHIN of the materialized fingers of the Invisible Helpers. As the young woman has not applied to us for healing, we are sorry to say that we cannot touch her case; but were it submitted to us, we should advise a healer having Scorpio rising and with Saturn neither in Cancer nor in Sagittarius, letting the healer put himself under the direction of the Elder Brothers, who would then do the work.
NO. 9B.--SPINAL TROUBLE
Male, born February 1, 1918, at 12:30 A.M.
We have here the horoscope of a boy who has fixed signs on all four angles and the martial sign of Scorpio on the Ascendant. Our first thought when looking at a horoscope for the diagnosis of disease is to find if there is strength of will so that the patient will be able to give the needed
assistance to the healer, for if he has persistence to fight for his life, if he will follow the instructions given by the healer, then the healer has some cooperation and the task is not so heavy. The task is doubly hard, however, in the case of a patient who has Saturn elevated in the 10th house, conjunction with Midheaven, square the Ascendant, and with the stubborn sign of Scorpio on the Ascendant. To effect a cure against the stubborn will of such a patient might truly be classed under the head of miracles.
As a rule we look to the strongest malefic planet when diagnosing from the horoscope. Here we find the obstructing and restricting Saturn in
conjunction with the Midheaven, also conjunction and parallel Neptune and in opposition to the life-giving sun. Saturn is in the sign of the sun, Leo, and the sun is in Saturn's sign, Aquarius. When planets are in mutual
reception, i.e., have exchanged signs, as we find Saturn and the sun in this horoscope, and especially when they are also in angles and fixed signs, then we may expect a most stubborn and deep-seated cause of disease.
We are told on page 619 of THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS that Leo rules the spinal cord, and on page 566 of the same book that Neptune rules the spinal
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 9B ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Leo 10 SUN: Aquarius 11:34 SATURN: Leo 11:02R ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Virgo 13 MOON: Libra 7:26 URANUS: Aquarius 23:02 ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Libra 11 MERCURY: Capricorn 17:41 NEPTUNE: Leo 5:33R ]
[ ASCENDANT: Scorpio 3:25 VENUS: Aquarius 25:25R ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Sagitt. 2 MARS: Libra 3:02 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Capricorn 5 JUPITER: Gemini 1:32 ]
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canal. In this horoscope we find 10 degrees of Leo occupying the cusp of the 10th house and the life-giving sun in opposition to Neptune, Saturn, and the Midheaven. Can we find a more pronounced affliction than this, especially with Leo ruling the spinal column and Neptune the spinal canal, the latter of which is filled with the spinal spirit fire, the life of the Father?
When we find this spirit fire obstructed by Saturn and the sun, we may conclude that this affliction is the result of serious wrongs committed in previous lives. The wasting of the vital fluids, the abuse of the generative faculty, is a sin against the Holy Ghost and brings to the Ego the most severe punishment, as in the case of this boy who was drawn to parents who were fit instruments to give him a body which would cause the spirit to suffer for past sins. And what a pitiful future faces him! He has never walked nor talked. He must be fed, and he has positively no use of his body whatever.
The question may be asked, Is there any hope for this boy? Yes, to a certain degree. The planet of reason, however, is weakly aspected by only a semi-sextile to the sun and Uranus: therefore we may expect little help from this quarter of the horoscope. But Mars, which is the ruler of the
Ascendant and the sixth house, both ruling the health, is the strongest and best aspected planet in the horoscope. Mars is in the 11th house in Libra, in conjunction with the moon, trine to Jupiter; and we may also say that Mars is sextile to Saturn although seemingly out of orb, for Saturn is
retrograding and therefore throwing his influence towards Mars. Also we may expect that Mars will receive some help from the life giving sun, the sun's orb being larger than that of other planets.
When a patient has fixed signs on the four angles and a well aspected
Mars, he will make a greater effort to overcome than one who has not these influences. This boy should be placed in the home of a nurse who has Scorpio or Aries on the Ascendant, and away from the parents, for the home,
under the rule of the Father, is no place for him. With this change and proper care he might be able to gain at least partial control of his body and be able to walk and feed himself; but he will never be very bright
mentally, and will always to some extent be a charge to his parents.
NO. 9C.--TUBERCULOSIS OF THE SPINE
Female, born March 17, 1889, 7:04 A.M.
The fiery and martial sign of Aries is on the Ascendant, with Mars, the ruler of the horoscope, in its own sign in the 1st house, giving great
energy and impulse. Mars also in opposition to the erratic Uranus will make this young woman unable to use moderation in anything. But she will be like a skyrocket which is sent with great force into the air; as soon as it has spent its energy it falls back to earth dull and lifeless. With the life-giving sun, the ruler of the 6th house, sickness, in the negative and watery sign of Pisces, and posited in the 12th house in opposition to the watery moon which is in the house of sickness and in the earthy and common sign of Virgo, this woman has not sufficient vitality to keep up with the impulse of the double fiery influence on the Ascendant and is soon depleted in strength.
Mercury is sextile to Mars from the mental and fixed sign of Aquarius. This makes the native very quick and active mentally, but whatever she
becomes interested in she takes up with such force that the nervous system suffers. This is increased by Mercury square to its higher octave, Neptune, in Taurus.
The sun afflicted and intercepted in the 12th house in Pisces, would
indicate a very unhappy and restricted life in early childhood. And as the moon, ruler of the 4th house, the home and the mother, is afflicted, it would indicate that much of the restriction will come from this direction.
We are told in the Rosicrucian teachings that we are building the archetype in this life of the body we shall inhabit in a future life, and
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 9C ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Capricorn 5 SUN: Pisces 27:06 SATURN: Leo 14:07R ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Capricorn 26 MOON: Virgo 27:23 URANUS: Libra 20:55R ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Aquarius 24 MERCURY: Aquarius 29:52 NEPTUNE: Taurus 29:54 ]
[ ASCENDANT: Aries 10:11 VENUS: Taurus 10:10 DRAGON'S HEAD: ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Taurus 20 MARS: Aries 21:18 Cancer 17:52 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Gemini 15 JUPITER: Capricorn 6:03 DRAGON'S TAIL: ]
[ Capricorn 17:52 ]
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that we are attracted to the parents who are physically, mentally, and morally able to supply us with such a body. In this case this young girl was attracted to a mother who was selfish and neurasthenic, for the afflicted moon in Virgo in the 6th house would represent the mother. The moon also afflicts the small intestines, giving poor assimilation of food, which
lowers the vitality. We find Saturn, the ruler of the 10th house, representing the Father, square to Venus in her own sign of Taurus, ruling the throat and palate, which indicates that the Father was fond of the winecup; he was, in fact, a drunkard. This would corroborate the indications, shown by the afflicted sun above the Ascendant, of a hard life with many privations in childhood.
Now let us see how the afflictions between Saturn and Venus would affect the health. As Leo is the sign ruling the heart and the spinal cord,
Saturn, the restricter, when placed in this sign, square to Venus which rules the venous blood, causes a restricted circulation. It is stated in THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS, page 555, that Saturn in Leo gives a tendency to curva
ture and disease of the spine. The physical body is the crystallized counterpart of the finer vehicles. The vital body holds the physical atoms together. This vital body, which is ruled by the sun, surrounds and
interpenetrates the physical. If the sun in a person's horoscope is afflicted, the vital fluid is obstructed and the vital body becomes diseased, as this invisible force gains its entrance through the spleen which is also ruled by the sun. Therefore, we can readily see that the vital fluids were
obstructed from childhood.
This young woman's case was diagnosed by the doctors as tubercular disease of the spine, Potts' disease. In December of 1918 and January 1919 she had severe attacks of inflammation of the spine and has had several spinal operations.
It will be very difficult to heal this patient on account of her great impulsiveness and the wasting of vitality. With sun and moon afflicted in the 6th and 12th houses, she will dissipate her strength and will rebel at restraint.
She has Venus in the 1st house in Taurus, trine to Jupiter on the cusp of the Midheaven. This with Neptune in Taurus sextile to the sun should give wonderful musical ability and the faculty of writing and improvising music. The impaired physical body and consequent suffering will soften the nature and bring out the spiritual side. Neptune is making a trine to the moon as a result of which this girl could develop talent for the inspirational and spiritual side of music which would bring wonderful soul growth. This soul will make greater spiritual progress in this one life of suffering that she could in three ordinary lives with perfect health.
NO. 9D--E: INABILITY TO WALK
Male, born January 18, 1919, 12 Noon.
In this lesson we will try to show how a doctor, who can only observe from outward and physical signs and who depends for his diagnosis upon symptoms only, can err in his diagnosis, and how the science of astro-diagnosis proves that functional weakness is shown even at birth. "A chain is as strong as its weakest link," is a proverbial expression, and so it is with the physical body. We may go along smoothly for many years, seemingly in good health, when suddenly something goes wrong, a link begins to weaken; the strain which we have been putting on our physical body causes this weak place to give way.
This horoscope is that of a boy with the fixed sign of Taurus on the
Ascendant, and with the sun in Capricorn on the cusp of the Midheaven. The life-giving sun, however, makes only a semi-sextile to Mars and Uranus,
besides its conjunction with the Midheaven, therefore the boy cannot expect a great amount of help from this planet. We find Uranus in its own sign of Aquarius, elevated in the 11th house, in conjunction with and parallel to the dynamic Mars, and in opposition and parallel to the obstructive Saturn, which is in the fixed sign of Leo and in the 5th house. We also find the moon in the same sign, in conjunction with Saturn and in opposition to Mars and Uranus.
We are told in the THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS, page 555, that Saturn afflicted in Leo gives a tendency to spinal diseases and sclerosis of the spinal cord. The moon has rule over the synovial fluid, and with its affliction by Saturn, which has rule over the bony structures and the
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 9D ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Capricorn 25 SUN: Capricorn 27:37 SATURN: Leo 26:52R ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Aquarius 20 MOON: Leo 26:57 URANUS: Aquarius 26:01 ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Pisces 26 MERCURY: Capricorn 6:30 NEPTUNE: Leo 8:14R ]
[ ASCENDANT: Taurus 13:07 VENUS: Aquarius 10:56 ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Gemini 12 MARS: Aquarius 23:05 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Cancer 4 JUPITER: Cancer 8:38R ]
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ligaments, and with the moon and Saturn both in the sign of Leo, which has rule over the spinal column we may expect that the seat of the trouble will be found in this latter region. Saturn dries up and causes atrophy.
Therefore we may diagnose this case as a lack of synovial fluid to lubricate the vertebrae of the spine, also a loss of strength in the ligaments which
connect the spinal bones.
The result is that this child while healthy and well formed, seemingly in moderate health, still was unable to bear his weight on his legs. He would draw them up Each time that the nurse attempted to teach him to stand. This affliction, which comes from fixed signs, will be a most difficult one to overcome unless a miracle is performed through spiritual healing, although by patient manipulation with olive oil over the spinal region and a careful vegetarian diet the child may be helped to a very great extent.
NO. 9E.
Male, born December 13, 1868.
This horoscope leads to a very different diagnosis. Having no hour of birth we use a flat figure. We find in this case also the moon in
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 9E [FLAT CHART] ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Capricorn SUN: Sagitt. 21:49 SATURN: Sagitt. 9:47 ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Aquarius MOON: Sagitt. 15:06 URANUS: Cancer 16:19R ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Pisces MERCURY: Sagitt. 10:20 NEPTUNE: Aries 14:34R ]
[ ASCENDANT: Aries VENUS: Scorpio 16:43 ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Taurus MARS: Virgo 1:59 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Gemini JUPITER: Aries 4:39 ]
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conjunction with the obstructive Saturn, but in the sign of Sagittarius ruling the hops. Saturn is in conjunction with and parallel to Mercury, and square to Mars. In 1914, after a spell of typhoid fever, this man was unable to walk without crutches. He could not stand without swaying. The doctors believed this weakness to have its seat in the spinal cord, while astrology diagnoses it as a drying up of the synovial fluid of the hip joints. When the weight is put on the pelvic region by standing, stooping, or by any strained position, the pelvic bones slip out of position and in turn press on the sciatic nerve, which controls the sacral plexus and the limbs. A pressure on this nerve may cause what is termed paralysis of the lower limbs.
A case of this kind, however, is curable. A slight adjustment by an osteopathic physician or a chiropractor will eliminate the pressure upon the sciatic nerve. Here we may see what a vast difference there is between astro-diagnosis and medical diagnosis. The healer who has a knowledge of the planets and their effect upon the physical body may find a great
difference in cases which may have the same outward or physical symptoms. Also a knowledge of body adjustment is often very helpful.
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