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CHAPTER XXIII
LEPROSY
NO. 12A--B: LEPROSY
Male, born September 11, 1885, at 1:00 A.M.
The writer feels that horoscopes 12A and 12B, those of two brothers, will give students a most helpful lesson in the diagnosing of disease, and show that though the underlying causes and the outward appearances of both cases are of a similar nature, still these cases are entirely different when scientifically diagnosed.
In both cases the relatives called upon Headquarters for healing of the dread disease with which these brothers were afflicted.
In horoscope 12A we find the watery sign of Cancer on the Ascendant, with the obstructive Saturn near the cusp and square to Uranus in Libra. Here we have two planets which both by position and aspect indicate eruptive blood disease, and show the two stations where the poison is generated, namely, Cancer, the stomach, and Libra, the kidneys.
Saturn in Cancer interferes with the peristaltic action which is so necessary in the churning and the breaking up of food in the stomach. Saturn has a tendency also to dry up the body fluids, and when in Cancer, which is
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 12A ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Aries 6 SUN: Virgo 18:38 SATURN: Cancer 7:01 ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Taurus 9 MOON: Libra 19:28 URANUS: Libra 2:23 ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Gemini 10 MERCURY: Virgo 4:54R NEPTUNE: Taurus 25:33R ]
[ ASCENDANT: Cancer 9:26 VENUS: Libra 22:33 DRAGON'S HEAD: ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Leo 6 MARS: Cancer 26:31 Virgo 25:50 (?) ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Virgo 4 JUPITER: Virgo 16:52 DRAGON'S TAIL: ]
[ Aries 25:49 (?) ]
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the sign of its fall, this planet is weak and therefore most evil. Uranus is the higher octave of Venus, and as Venus rules the moral nature on the lower planes, so does Uranus rule or balance the morals on the higher planes. Uranus in the Venus sign of Libra afflicted by a square of Saturn would indicate that a lack of moral balance was largely responsible for the physical ailment of the patient.
Uranus has rule over the pituitary body or hypophysis. This little
organ, which is so wonderfully protected in a cradle-like bone within the brain, consists of two small lobes, the anterior and posterior. The
anterior lobe has rule over the sex or creative force and over nerve fibre, while the posterior lobe contributes to and controls the circulation of the fluids of the body, especially the renal circulation.
With Uranus is Libra, which has rule over the kidneys, square to the
obstructive Saturn and both in cardinal signs, also with the impulsive-cardinal signs on all the angles, we may expect excesses. With Mars, the planet of dynamic energy and impulse, in the first house in
Cancer, square to the planets of pleasure and self-indulgence, Venus and the Moon, (Venus being strongly situated in its own sign of Libra and the moon being the ruler of the Ascendant, square to its own house,) we may conclude that this man through his excessive desires indulged in sensual pleasure to such an extent that the functions of the pituitary body became impaired. As the pituitary body regulates the assimilation of food, and as Saturn and Mars are afflicted in the sign of the stomach, (Saturn in Cancer gives abnormal tastes and appetites, and Mars in Cancer indicates a gourmand) we may expect that this man would be apt to make a cesspool of his body.
With Venus and the moon in conjunction and square to Mars in Cancer on the Ascendant, and with Saturn on the cusp of the Ascendant, we may expect this person to be very untidy and careless. He is one who would neglect cleanliness of the body and of his surroundings, also the elimination of toxic poisons through the colon, kidneys, and skin. This would in time fill the body with poisons which would ultimately cause eruption.
The skin would become dry and dead, for the pituitary body with the
assistance of the thyroid gland feeds the skin. When these glands are tired and depleted by sensual excesses, the conditions of the skin as well as the general circulation of the body are impaired, dulling the mentality and causing the slowing up of energies of mind and body. In this case the
result was leprosy.
This dread disease first made its appearance after the Flood, when vegetation was scarce and Noah and his family were forced to revert to the use of meat for food. This together with excesses and degeneracy relating to the generative function was responsible for this disease being of such
common occurrence among the ancient Israelites and Egyptians. This ailment was classed as unclean, and those afflicted with it were ostracized and excluded from the church.
Truly it is a disease caused by unsanitary and unclean habits of living, and only those who, as in the case of this man, are gluttonous and careless in their personal habits are afflicted with it. We will use horoscope 12B to illustrate another phase of this disease.
NO. 12B.
Male, born March 19, 1896, at 7:50 P.M.
During the ancient Israelitic times the Jews looked upon leprosy as a peculiar disease sent to man by God. It was recognized as a mark of the displeasure of God for some great sin committed, and it was considered a
dreadful moral disease. The afflicted ones were separated from others by the priests, who used ceremonies of purification for the healing of those who had this unclean disorder.
We see in this horoscope indications of moral depravity and uncleanliness: We find Saturn retrograde in Scorpio, the sign which rules the secret parts, the generative organs. Saturn is square to Mars, which is in Aquarius, the home of Saturn. Uranus is also retrograde and in the sign of Scorpio. These three planets, Saturn, Uranus, and Mars, are in mutual
reception, that is, Mars is in a Saturn sign and Saturn and Uranus are in a Martian sign. Uranus is parallel to Mars and opposition the moon, both Uranus and the moon being in their exaltation signs and in angles and fixed signs. These planets are thus strong both by position and sign; therefore they are also most powerful in their afflictions. When Saturn afflicts Mars from Scorpio and Uranus afflicts Mars and the moon from this sign of sex, we may at once diagnose the case as venereal disease, but it was of such a
ma lignant nature that it was believed to be leprosy, for all outward symptoms indicated leprosy.
Certain forms of venereal disease go hand in hand with the dread disease
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 12B ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Cancer 23 SUN: Pisces 29:30 SATURN: Scorpio 18:43R ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Leo 23 MOON: Taurus 25:54 URANUS: Scorpio 24:21R ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Virgo 25 MERCURY: Pisces 5:56 NEPTUNE: Gemini 15:24 ]
[ ASCENDANT: Libra 25:28 VENUS: Pisces 0:30 DRAGON'S HEAD: ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Scorpio 26 MARS: Aquarius 12:12 Pisces 2:22 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Sagitt. 24 JUPITER: Cancer 29:08R DRAGON'S TAIL: ]
[ Virgo 2:22 ]
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of leprosy; when the blood stream is poisoned, the glandular system is also affected, which in turn interferes with the metabolism of the entire body.
The Jews in olden times used no medicine to cure this unclean disease. They claimed that it withered all desire for grace and spiritual life; therefore the only cure was prayer and spiritual purification.
In Matthew, 8th chapter, we find: "When he (Christ) was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And, behold, there came a leper and worshiped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth his hand and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. An immediately his leprosy was cleansed."
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