CHAPTER XXXII

CANCER

NO. 21A.-CANCER

   Female, born July 14, 1897, 4:00 P.M.

   Sagittarius, a common sign, is on the Ascendant, and the life ruler,  Ju-piter  is in the 9th house in the sign of Virgo;  Jupiter is also square  to the Ascendant.  People with common signs on the four angles rarely make suf-ficient effort to surmount the obstacles of life,  and when we also find the afflicting planets in these common signs,  and the sun in the watery sign of Cancer  an in the 8th house,  we have as in the case of this woman  one  who would rather be an invalid than make the effort to keep the body in  health, and we can see how weak the effort will be to overcome.

   First,  people  with  the sun and moon in Cancer are very  fond  of  good things to eat,  and when the moon is also trine to Venus this enhances their love for food and there is a tendency to overeat.   Let us see what will  be the result.

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 [                           BIRTH CHART NO. 21A                          ]

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 [ MIDHEAVEN: Virgo 22      SUN: Cancer 22:37      SATURN: Scorpio 24:17R ]

 [ 11TH HOUSE: Libra 22     MOON: Aquarius 1:48    URANUS: Scorpio 25:10R ]

 [ 12TH HOUSE: Scorpio 16   MERCURY: Cancer 21:22  NEPTUNE: Gemini 21:13  ]

 [ ASCENDANT: Sagitt. 4:48  VENUS: Gemini 7:09                            ]

 [ 2ND HOUSE: Capricorn 8   MARS: Virgo 3:49                              ]

 [ 3RD HOUSE: Aquarius 15   JUPITER: Virgo 8:20                           ]

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We find the planet Venus,  which has rule over the venous blood,  in  the sign of Gemini, and in the 7th house, square to the inflammatory Mars and to Jupiter.  Jupiter, which has rule over the arterial blood, is afflicted by a conjunction  of Mars,  hence the circulation is very much obstructed,  espe-cially as Jupiter is in the sign of Virgo, which has rule over the small in-testine.   When the patient eats very heartily (especially as Cancer  people are  very fond  of  starches),  with  the  obstructed  circulation  and  the disturbed assimilation of food in the small intestine what may we expect but that the bowels are filled with putrid matter.  Fermentation set in, causing derangement of the entire circulatory system.   Saturn,  the obstructor,  in conjunctionn  with Uranus in the sign of Scorpio,  which has rule  over  the rectum,  and in the 12th house, the house of self-undoing, also the house of hidden things,  is an indication that the young woman had formed secret hab-its which caused much irritation to the organs of elimination and which  had their result in causing cancer of the rectum.

   She was ailing for a long time with dreadful pains across the lower  bow-els and at the lower end of the spinal column.   The question may be  asked, Is  there not a cure for this dread disease of cancer?   Yes,  when  in  its first stages, it may be cured by eliminating all food for a few days, drink-ing  only pure,  distilled water flavored with lemon juice,  and giving  the bowels  a  thorough  cleansing  with  high  enemas.   Then  start  with  the mono-diet,  continuing this for three weeks if the patient is able to  stand it,  but not to exceed three weeks.  The patient should eat nothing but car-rots.   This vegetable may be prepared in various ways to make it palatable, grinding it and drinking the juice,  baking or steaming it or making it into salads  flavored with a little olive oil and lemon.   The carrot has a  pro-nounced  healing effect,  especially when used as a poultice,  and it has  a wonderful healing power for ulcer and cancerous growths.

NO. 21B.--CANCER

   Male,  born December 14, 1857.  Place and hour of birth unknown, but from personal  appearance and traits of character we have placed  Sagittarius  on the Ascendant.  Planets' positions for noon, G.M.T.

   THE doctors had told this man that he had cancer, and nothing could shake his belief that he would some day pass out with the dread disease.   He kept up  his letters to the Healing Department regularly for several months,  but they were always filled with doubt of our methods and discouragement regard-ing the future.  He also rebelled at the restrictions in diet, claiming that he was too weak and sick to live without his daily beefsteak and fried pota-toes.

   Later through the instrumentality of his son,  who was working in our of-fice  as stenographer,  this man with his wife rented a cottage on  a  tract which adjoined the Headquarters grounds.   In order to make it possible  for his father to partake of the health diet served in our dining hall,  the son applied for a job as gardener for his father.

   The first few weeks this poor man as a great trial to the cook.   When he failed to get what he demanded, he left the table hungry.  This lasted for a few days until hunger forced him to eat what was served.   His demands  were for two eggs fried in butter, a large bowl of soft, boiled mush with several teaspoons  of  sugar  and  plenty of cream, fried potatoes, white bread, and two or three cups of strong, black coffee with several teaspoons of sugar in each.   The sugar bowl was emptied at each meal. He greatly tried the  pa-tience  of  both  Mr. Heindel  and  myself.  But  the  young  son,  who  had supported  his father for a number of years was desperately anxious to  help us to help the latter.  After a few weeks the patient adjusted himself,  and immediately his health began to improve.   The eruptions on his face and his breast began slowly to disappear, and his general health and strength  began to return.

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[                           BIRTH CHART NO. 21B                           ]

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[ MIDHEAVEN: Virgo 27      SUN: Sagitt. 22:31       SATURN: Cancer 27:14R ]

[ 11TH HOUSE: Libra 26     MOON: Sagitt. 1:11       URANUS: Taurus 26:16R ]

[ 12TH HOUSE: Scorpio 19   MERCURY: Capricorn 6:16  NEPTUNE: Pisces 19:56 ]

[ ASCENDANT: Sagitt. 8:45  VENUS: Sagitt. 4:17      DRAGON'S HEAD:        ]

[ 2ND HOUSE: Capricorn 11  MARS: Libra 16:22               Pisces 22:26   ]

[ 3RD HOUSE: Aquarius 25   JUPITER: Taurus 6:25R    DRAGON'S TAIL:        ]

[                                                          Virgo 22:26    ]

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   During  the day it was observed that he was constantly eating candy;  his pockets were filled with this sweet.  Before coming to Headquarters he would eat one to two pounds of candy every day,  and thought it necessary to do so to keep up his strength.

   We note the conjunction of the moon and Venus just above the Ascendant in the negative sign of Sagittarius.   The moon and Venus conjoined,  no matter where they may be in the horoscope, give a desire for sweets, pastry, etc.

   In  this case we find Saturn posited in the sign of the stomach,  Cancer, and  retrograde  to a square aspect with Mars,  which is placed in  a  Venus sign.  this man had for years filled his body with an excess of starch, pro-tein,  and sugar.  With his afflicted progressed Saturn in Cancer he was not able  to  extract the vitamines from his food,  and he was in the  habit  of overeating and of bolting it.  Naturally the body stores up excess amount of food  taken.   His  stomach refused to digest such quantities  of  food,  or rather was too weak and lacking in the juices necessary in digestion.  There was also a large amount of waste matter which the organs of elimination were unable  to throw off.   Mars has rule over the rectum,  being the  ruler  of Scorpio  which governs this organ.   With Mars afflicted by the  obstructive progressed  Saturn we might expect that the man would suffer from  constipa-tion.

   With  all  this  ash  stored up in the body can we wonder that the system has to find some means of throwing out this poison?  The result was that the  skin of the nose, throat, face and breast (Mars ruling Aries the face, Scor-pio the bridge of the nose,  and Saturn in Cancer the breast) was used as  a dumping ground for the body waste.  After eight months of Mt.  Ecclesia diet this man moved back to the city with not a trace of cancer on his body;  all sores had entirely healed.   Mars sextile to the life-giving sun brought vi-tality.  Wherever a good aspect between these two planets is found, there is great hope of overcoming disease.

   Saturn in Cancer in the eighth house, the house of death, will eventually be  the case of the native's demise,  together with the moon and Venus in  a common sign and in the house of self-undoing.  In time his desire for sweets and rich food will probably lead to excesses which will be the cause of  his death.