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CHAPTER XXV
THE NERVES
NO. 14A--B: NERVOUS BREAKDOWN AND PARALYSIS
In order to illustrate to the student why the same disease will leave different after-effects we will use two horoscopes. These two charts prove the claim which we have always made that there is no more perfect way of diagnosing the disease of a patient, nothing more reliable, than astro-diagnosis.
Both patients have called upon the Invisible Helpers for healing, and both have been sufferers from that dread disease which has taken so many lives all over the world and has claimed more victims than did the world war, the disease which the doctors call influenza, or for short, the "flu."
NO. 14A
Male, born June 3rd, 1855, 2:00 A.M.
Here we have the ambitious, fiery sign of Aries on the Ascendant, with the sun in the restless, nervous sign of Gemini in the house of finances, in conjunction with the persevering, tactful, thrifty, grasping Saturn. The ruler of the horoscope, Mars, is in the last degrees of Taurus, square to Jupiter. Jupiter has great love for finance. He likes it and therefore can
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 14A ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Capricorn 10 SUN: Gemini 12:05 SATURN: Gemini 18:25 ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Aquarius 2 MOON: Capricorn 17:41 URANUS: Taurus 18:15 ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Pisces 2 MERCURY: Cancer 2:58 NEPTUNE: Pisces 18:07 ]
[ ASCENDANT: Aries 20:05 VENUS: Cancer 21:51 DRAGON'S HEAD: ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Taurus 26 MARS: Taurus 29:32 Taurus 11:23 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Gemini 20 JUPITER: Pisces 2:04 DRAGON'S TAIL: ]
[ Scorpio 11:23 ]
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do great things with it. He is large and benevolent in all his ways. We find that this man had a great desire for wealth, and after having had
influenza he put such a strain upon his physical body in order to gain wealth that he brought about a nervous condition from which he is now suffering.
He has the restless moon in the Midheaven trine to the irresponsible and
inventive Uranus, giving a great desire for speculation and to engage in get-rich-quick schemes. But Neptune, the planet dealing with large
corporations and speculation, is square to the sun and Saturn in the 2nd house, showing that he has always been speculating with large corporations and
always losing.
Venus in Cancer in the 4th house in opposition to the moon in the Midheaven gives an extravagant, frivoulous, slothful, and dissolute condition in the home, indicating that money is wasted and used very foolishly, giving the native even greater desire to make money. He sacrificed his
vitality for the almighty dollar. Being a telegraph operator, he used the brain and the fingers tips to excess, which caused inadequate nutrition of the nervous system. The result was a complete nervous breakdown.
NO. 14B
Male, born April 15, 1865, 8:22 A.M.
With the nervous sign Gemini rising and the restless, unconventional Uranus on the Ascendant in opposition to Jupiter, ruler of the arterial blood, this man was an easy prey to pneumonia, as the capillaries of the lungs were contracted, which made oxygenation spasmodic.
The sun, the life giver, we find in the 11th house in Aries, in opposition to the retrograde Saturn in Libra. Saturn is in his exaltation in
Libra and very powerful. We would ordinarily look for the greatest trouble in the corresponding part of the body. This man would some time have suffered with renal disorder as the body was very sluggish and charged with impurities and the kidneys had not been eliminating properly for a number of years. He has always been a hearty enter. With Mars in Cancer square to Neptune, he has been very immoderate and abnormal in the indulgence of his appetite, also too fond of liquids.
The planets frequently work in opposites. In this case we find that the sign Aries is the seat of the principal trouble. This man was paralyzed after the effects of pneumonia were overcome.
We can see the difference between these two men. 14A is more able to overcome disease, having the fiery, ambitious sign of Aries on the Ascendant. He has better circulation for he has Mercury and Jupiter trine.
14B has the restless, emotional Uranus in Gemini on the Ascendant badly afflicted, and it is very difficult for him to remain quiet and calm; his emotions constantly carry him to excesses and extremes. Both should be put
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 14B ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Aquarius 27 SUN: Aries 25:45 SATURN: Libra 27:07R ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Aries 0 MOON: Sagitt. 16:09 URANUS: Gemini 26:16 ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Taurus 11 MERCURY: Taurus 14:49 NEPTUNE: Aries 8:42 ]
[ ASCENDANT: Gemini 21:49 VENUS: Taurus 25:41 DRAGON'S HEAD: ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Cancer 13 MARS: Cancer 8:12 Scorpio 0:32 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Leo 3 JUPITER: Sagitt. 29:00R DRAGON'S TAIL: ]
[ Taurus 0:32 ]
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on a strict diet, for they have indulged too freely in the good things of the table. It should consist principally of vegetables, including raw
onions, parsley, and celery.
14A is suffering from a complete nervous breakdown, while 14B isparalyzed.
NO. 14C--D: DEFECTIVE WALK
A pair of most interestingly similar charts, both in aspects and symptoms, will now be considered. We will first take figure No. 14C, that of a boy born November 25, 1899, 0:30 A.M.
We find the vacillating and negative moon in the 12th house near the
Ascendant, as the ruler of the horoscope. This planet is square to the sun and Uranus. These last two planets are in conjunction in Sagittarius, the sign which has rule over the hips, the sacral region of the spine, and the coccygeal region. Sagittarius also has rule over the iliac arteries and veins, sciatic nerves, and locomotor muscles in hips and thighs. We also find Mars in this sign of the hips, in conjunction with Venus, Mercury, and Saturn. Venus rules the venous blood, and wherever this planet is placed and afflicted, the circulation in that part of the body is impeded. Mars burns up while Saturn restricts, contracts, and dries up. So we find that the circulation is interfered with by these two afflicting planets, and as Mercury rules the nerves we might expect that this boy would suffer from
restrictions in the region of the hips. Neptune, the higher octave of Mercury, works upon the nervous system and rules the spinal canal. In this
horoscope Neptune is placed in the 10th house in an angle where his power is greater than when placed in a cadent or succeedent house. We also find him in the sign of Mercury (Gemini) which rules the upper spinal nerves. As Neptune is in opposition to Venus, Mercury, and Saturn, and parallel with Saturn, Mars, and Uranus, through this planet which has so many aspects and the greater number of them afflictions, we can locate the seat of the
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 14C ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Gemini 12 SUN: Sagitt. 2:53 SATURN: Sagitt. 23:26 ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Cancer 16 MOON: Virgo 3:45 URANUS: Sagitt. 7:58 ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Leo 17 MERCURY: Sagitt. 22:01 NEPTUNE: Gemini 26:14R ]
[ ASCENDANT: Virgo 14:09 VENUS: Sagitt. 20:40 DRAGON'S HEAD: ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Libra 9 MARS: Sagitt. 16:09 Sagitt. 21:05 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Scorpio 9 JUPITER: Scorpio 23:26 DRAGON'S TAIL: ]
[ Gemini 21:05 ]
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trouble--obstruction in the nervous system and spinal fluids.
This boy has never been able to walk without staggering like a drunken man. Gemini being the sign of speech, and Mercury the planet ruling speech, Neptune in Gemini has prevented his from learning to use the faculty of speech. With the moon, the life ruler, afflicted in Virgo (the moon having rule over the white fluids of the body, and Mercury, the small intestine), it will be doubtful whether this young man can overcome these afflictions, for a negative sign is rising and the afflictions from angles are stronger than the will of the patient.
NO. 14D
The second figure, that of a young man born March 17, 1900, 1:00 A.M., has the energetic sign of Sagittarius on the Ascendant with Jupiter, the life ruler, in its own sign in the 12th house, in conjunction with the nervous and erratic Uranus, which is co-ruler of the horoscope. These two planets are also in conjunction with the Dragon's Head with is of a Jupiterian nature. They are afflicted by a square of Mars, from the sign Pisces, also a parallel of Neptune and Saturn. With these afflictions of Jupiter ruling the arterial blood, in the two Jupiterian signs, Sagittarius (hips) and Pisces (the feet), what may we expect but that the arterial blood would be obstructed in the limbs? As the action of Uranus is spasmodic, it shows that at certain times only does this young man suffer with cramping of the motor nerves. But we find Saturn, the planet of obstruction, strong in its own sign of Capricorn, ruling the knees, afflicted by the square of the moon from near the Midheaven, also by the square of Mercury in Aries. As the joints of the body are largely ruled by the sign Capricorn, especially when Saturn is placed in this sign and afflicted, we may expect a lack of power in and control of the lower part of the body.
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 14D ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Libra 11 SUN: Pisces 26:12 SATURN: Capricorn 4:24 ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Scorpio 8 MOON: Libra 5:39 URANUS: Sagitt. 12:29 ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Sagitt. 0 MERCURY: Aries 8:57R NEPTUNE: Gemini 24:15 ]
[ ASCENDANT: Sagitt. 19:22 VENUS: Taurus 7:34 DRAGON'S HEAD: ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Capricorn 25 MARS: Pisces 12:51 Sagitt. 15:09 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Pisces 5 JUPITER: Sagitt. 10:41 DRAGON'S TAIL: ]
[ Gemini 15:09 ]
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We find Neptune, the planet ruling the spinal canal and the spinal spirit fire, square to the life-giving sun. This aspect acts upon the body as a disconnected wire would upon a telephone; there would be no response. The vital fluids cannot flow freely through the spinal column; and the upper and lower part of the body may be likened to two disconnected wires. This boy, like the first one, could not walk without the support of crutches; but this affliction was very slight until he reached the age of seven years when the progressed moon reached the conjunction of the radical Saturn; then he lost entire control of his limbs.
We are told in Galatians, 6th chapter, 7th verse, that whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. The question might be asked, "How could these poor young men he held responsible for something that came upon them as babes?" We are told that this life is not all, that we have lived many lives, and that we are born to parent with whom we have made ties in previous lives. They are the instruments through which we are to receive our lessons. As we look into the lives of these poor souls we see this exemplified. They have been attracted to parents who could give them certain bodies, the archetype of which they themselves were the builders. We note in Horoscope No. 14C that Neptune is in the 10th house, opposition Saturn, Venus, and Mercury in the 4th house, indicating lewdness and drunkeness of both parents; while in No. 14D the moon is afflicted in the 9th house by an opposition of Mercury, and Saturn in square to both Mercury and moon, indicating a drunken father and a nervous and neuresthenic mother.
May the poor boys born into these miserably afflicted bodies learn their lessons, as afflictions are to the soul what fire is to gold--a refiner. Surely the experiences in this life will bring them much purification and soul growth.
NO. 14E--EXAGGERATED HYSTERIA
Female, born December 5th, 1873, 8:45 P.M.
This horoscope has the positive, vital, and fixed sign of Leo on the
Ascendant, with the ruler, the sun, in the fifth house in Sagittarius. The moon and Saturn are very strong in their own home signs. Saturn, the planet of obstruction, is in Capricorn in the sixth house, the house of sickness. We usually look to such a planet and its position for the key to the trouble. Saturn is square to the retrograde planet Neptune, which is in conjunction with the Midheaven and in the impulsive sign of Aries. Neptune is the higher octave of Mercury; it is in the ninth house, ruling the higher mind. In such a case we may expect to find brain storms or some abnormal mental trouble.
The moon is in its own sign, Cancer, square to Jupiter. Therefore the native can expect little help from the moon, and so we must look to the planet Mercury to see if the mind is to receive assistance to overcome the square of Neptune to Saturn. Mercury is retrograde, which makes its influence latent, and in the sign of its fall, the common and negative sign of Sagittarius. Mercury, however, while weak by sign and retrograde, is helped by a sextile of Jupiter and by one of Saturn. This will save the native from insanity.
Uranus, the planet of impulse, is retrograde and in the impulsive sign of Leo, in conjunction with the Ascendant and in opposition to the fiery Mars. Mars and Uranus are in angles, the first and seventh houses, and have a
tendency to cause spells of temper and spasmodic emotions. This causes irregularity of the action of the heart.
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 14E ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Aries 28 SUN: Sagitt. 14:04 SATURN: Capricorn 29:34 ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Gemini 5 MOON: Cancer 7:23 URANUS: Leo 10:25R ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Cancer 10 MERCURY: Sagitt. 2.20R NEPTUNE: Aries 26:04R ]
[ ASCENDANT: Leo 9:47 VENUS: Scorpio 25:03 ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Virgo 0 MARS: Aquarius 9:52 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Virgo 26 JUPITER: Virgo 29:15 ]
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Neptune in Aries square to Saturn causes the mind to become very selfish, adn from childhood this native has demanded that others grant her every wish. She would throw herself into a spasm in order to get what she wanted from her parents. This habit grew upon her, and when she reached the age of menopause, she had no control whatever over her emotions. The doctors diagnosed her case as exaggerated hysteria.
As the progressed sun neared the conjunction with the radical Mars and the opposition to the radical Uranus, heart trouble developed as a result of the strain which she had put upon her body all through life by these selfish spells. With Neptune in Aries, square to Saturn, she is lacking in mental control and allows the emotional Uranus and Mars to entirely rule her life.
Here is a case where the parents were much to blame by permitting her as a child to have her own way. If they had controlled her in these spells in the beginning, even though it had necessitated severe methods and caused the clashing of wills, it would have helped her to get mastery over the emotions. But as it is they permitted her to have her way, which has caused her untold suffering and may bring a fatal ending.
This is a case in which the patient precipitated her trouble through violent actions. There is no reason whatever for poor health with only three afflictions, namely, Saturn square Neptune and the Midheaven, Uranus in conjunction with the Ascendant and in opposition to Mars, and Jupiter square the moon; while there are 15 good aspects in the horoscope, including
the parallels and the sextile of the sun to Mars, and fixed and cardinal signs are on the angles. It may well be said that this woman is digging her own grave. Think of the archetype which she is laying the foundation for to be used in her next embodiment! Can it be wondered at that some souls are born with chronic and incurable diseases?
NO. 14F--OBSTRUCTION OF THE PNEUMOGASTRIC NERVE
Female, born April 4, 1915, 5 P.M.
In this horoscope we have the common sign of Virgo on the Ascendant,
common signs on the four angles, and the afflicting planets are posited in the common signs. As a rule planetary afflictions from these weaker signs are more easily overcome than from cardinal or fixed signs, but when the patient also has common signs on the four angles he will not make the effort necessary to overcome planetary conditions.
We find the sun in the martial and impulsive sign of Aries, sextile to Uranus. This latter planet is strong in its own sign of Aquarius. The moon is in the restless sign of Sagittarius, and the ruler of the Ascendant, Mercury, is in conjunction with the fiery and impulsive Mars. The positions of these various planets will give this child a most impulsive, restless, and ambitious nature, one which will keep her on the go constantly, and whatever she does will be done in a quick and impulsive manner. A lack of self-control is shown. She will eat hurriedly, failing to give proper
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 14F ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Gemini 27 SUN: Aries 14:10 SATURN: Gemini 26:42 ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Leo 3 MOON: Sagitt. 20:34 URANUS: Aquarius 14:49 ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Virgo 4 MERCURY: Pisces 20:54 NEPTUNE: Cancer 27:39R ]
[ ASCENDANT: Virgo 27:42 VENUS: Pisces 3:59 ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Libra 21 MARS: Pisces 20:48 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Scorpio 21 JUPITER: Pisces 14:20 ]
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attention to the mastication of her food. This hurry and impulse will have a bad effect, for Mercury ruling the nervous system, conjunction Mars and square to the moon and the destructive Saturn, will cause the nervous organization to become deranged each time that the native gives way to great excitement, anger, excesses in eating, or anything which might produce a strain on the nerves.
The moon has rule over the oesophagus and stomach, and Saturn, which is posited strongly in the Midheaven, has rule over the pneumogastric nerve. Saturn is in opposition to the moon, hence we may expect trouble from the branches of pneumogastric or vagus nerve. The two divisions of this great nerve, the oesophageal and the gastric branches, are obstructed in their functions by Saturn, and this interferes with peristaltic action. The
sluggish action of the oesophagus and the cardiac orifice cause the good to move too slowly through this tube before it reaches the stomach, and then it
remains too long a time in the stomach before it is digested, for Saturn causes a sluggish condition of these organs. This may result in great distress.
This girl suffered intensely with stomach trouble once every six or eight days, the time varying. These spells may be traced to the effect of the transiting moon as it passed through the common signs, forming the conjunction, opposition, or square of the planets in these signs. The moon transiting over its radical place in Sagittarius, over Mercury, Jupiter, and Mars in Pisces, and over Saturn in Gemini will bring these afflicted periods once a week.
The parents consulted a number of doctors, each one giving a differentdiagnosis. One physician was positive of cancer and wanted to operate.
Between these spells of stomach trouble the girl seemed to be in fairly good health.
In a case of this kind undue excitement and all excesses should beavoided, at the time of the moon's transits over the afflicted planets. Caution in the choice of food should be exercised. All coarse foods which are hard to digest should be avoided, and everything that is eaten should be well masticated before it enters the oesophageal tube.
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