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                                 THE STOMACH:

                  NO. 6A.--STOMACH TROUBLE AND TUBERCULOSIS:

   In the  diagnosis  of disease by the science of the stars it is sometimes
most difficult to know in what direction the afflictions may work.   For in-
stance,  we have so often written of the sinister effects of Saturn in  Can-
cer,  the sign which has rule over the stomach.   When he afflicts  in  this
sign  he robs the stomach of its gastric juice,  which is necessary for  the
digestion of the food.  Saturn in this place has also a tendency to create a
desire for unhealthful foods and leads to the excessive use of cream, sugar,
desserts, etc.  But in this lesson and the next we will endeavor to show how
Saturn  when placed in the opposite sign,  Capricorn--in which Saturn is  at
home and where his influence is much more subtle and malevolent than when he
is in the sign of Cancer--has similar effects.

   We will use two horoscopes by which we will show the effects of Saturn in
Capricorn  whereby  diseases are produced of vastly different  natures.   We
will  first use horoscope 6A, which is that of a man born February 19, 1902,
3:00 P.M.

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   We find Saturn in 23:21 of Capricorn in the 6th house which has rule over
the health.  Saturn is in opposition to the moon.  This last named planet is
in its own sign of Cancer, the sign ruling the stomach.  The moon is also in
opposition  to  Jupiter.  When  Jupiter  has  any  connection  with signs or

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[                            BIRTHCHART NO. 6A                             ]
[                                                                          ]
[ MIDHEAVEN: Aries 17      SUN: Pisces 0:23         SATURN: Capricorn 23:21]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Taurus 22    MOON: Cancer 27:17       URANUS: Sagitt. 20:44  ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Gemini 27    MERCURY: Aquarius 28:09R NEPTUNE: Gemini 28:47R ]
[ ASCENDANT: Cancer 28:12  VENUS: Aquarius 22:19R   DRAGON'S HEAD:         ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Leo 20        MARS: Pisces 8:40                  Scorpio 7:53 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Virgo 16      JUPITER: Aquarius 2:53   DRAGON'S TAIL:         ]
[                                                           Taurus 7:53    ]
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planets which rule the appetite, he creates a desire for food in large quan-
tities.  Whatever Jupiter does must be on a big scale; with the moon and Ju-
piter in opposition we may look for the gourmand.

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   With  Saturn afflicted in Capricorn the gastric juice of the  stomach  is
sluggish, and we may expect trouble in the digestion of the food.

   If  the stomach is filled with an excess of rich food,  the man will  re-
ceive  nourishment  from only that part which the stomach can  digest.   The
blood is carried to the lungs to be oxygenated.   Oxygenation is to the body
what the draft is to the stove.   If we shut off the draft,  we smother  and
kill the fire,  and so it is in the body.  If man stops breathing,  he dies.
In shallow breathing the lungs are not able to supply sufficient oxygen  for
warmth and energy, and they do not exhale all the carbon dioxide.

   In  this horoscope we find Neptune in Gemini.   Gemini has rule over  the
lungs.   Neptune is on the cusp of the 12th house in opposition to Uranus in
the 5th house in Sagittarius.   Uranus and Neptune when afflicted indicate a
nervous, cramping, spasmodic action.  Neptune here indicates that the capil-
laries of the lungs were incapable of taking the amount of oxygen  necessary
to oxygenate the blood.   Consequently the carbon dioxide formed faster than
the lungs were able to exhale it.   The result was that poison was stored up
in  the system.   The nerve cells became weak and sluggish,  and  little  by
little  the body became lowered in resistive power;  the weakest  organ  was
then unable to keep up with its work.   The bellows of the body,  the lungs,
in the case of this man were unable to inhale enough air to burn up the poi-
sons.  The result was the lungs became diseased and tuberculosis set in.

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   People with planets afflicted in common signs are frequently  susceptible
to tuberculosis.   With the sun and Mars in conjunction in Pisces,  and with
Uranus  in  Sagittarius in opposition to Neptune in  Gemini--Pisces,  Sagit-
tarius,  and Gemini being common signs--the lungs as a consequence attracted
the impurities.   hence we can see that Saturn in either Cancer or Capricorn
may be the direct cause of disease which expresses itself in another sign.

   Three years ago this man began to suffer with stomach trouble,  which has
now been followed by tuberculosis of the lungs,  a disease which had its be-
ginning in wrong eating.   It can at this stage be cured by a very carefully
chosen diet of raw vegetables and fruits and very little protein.

   We will in our next lesson take up Horoscope 6B, which has Saturn in Cap-
ricorn, but which has its outcome in a quite different disease.

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                                   NO. 6B:

                 STOMACH TROUBLE AND INFLAMMATION OF KIDNEYS:

   Horoscope 6B is that of a man born February 26, 1871, 4 P.M.

   This will be a continuation of the lesson on the effect of Saturn in Cap-
ricorn, showing how this planet may express its evil side through the planet
which it aspects adversely.

   We find Saturn,  the planet of obstruction,  in the sign of Capricorn,  a
cardinal  sign.   Signs of the like nature,  especially the cardinal  signs,
have an affinity for one another and respond to afflictions more readily  on
that account.   In this horoscope Saturn is in Capricorn,  square to Mars in
Libra,  both cardinal signs.   Libra rules the kidneys and the little  ducts
leading from the kidneys to the bladder,  the ureters.   Where we find  Mars
afflicted  we may look for heat and excessive action.   Saturn in  Capricorn
gives  tendencies  similar  to those which  he  gives  in  Cancer--perverted
tastes,  desire  for strange and unnatural foods,  and a liking  for  sugar,
pastries, etc.

   Saturn in Capricorn also obstructs the flow of the gastric juices in  the
stomach,  hence we can see why people with an afflicted Saturn in tropic  or
cardinal signs,  namely, Capricorn or Cancer, are often afflicted with indi-
gestion, rheumatism, uric acid deposits, etc.  When we find the inflammatory
Mars in the cardinal sign of Libra, square to  Saturn  in  Capricorn, we may

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expect  that the poisonous elements which are left undigested to ferment  in
the  stomach will lodge in the kidneys,  creating highly acid  urine,  which
causes inflammation in the kidneys and ureters.

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 [                         BIRTHCHART NO. 6B                              ]
 [                                                                        ]
 [ MIDHEAVEN: Taurus 9    SUN: Pisces 7:55         SATURN: Capricorn 7:47 ]
 [ 11TH HOUSE: Gemini 15  MOON: Gemini 2:18        URANUS: Cancer 22:58   ]
 [ 12TH HOUSE: Cancer 19  MERCURY: Aquarius 15:54  NEPTUNE: Aries 19:57   ]
 [ ASCENDANT: Leo 17:40   VENUS: Pisces 27:07                             ]
 [ 2ND HOUSE: Virgo 10    MARS: Libra 6:13R                               ]
 [ 3RD HOUSE: Libra 7     JUPITER: Gemini 16:50                           ]
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   In  this horoscope we find the moon in Gemini,  square to the sun in  Pi-
sces.   Gemini and Pisces, being common signs, here obstruct the oxygenation
of the blood and interfere with its purification,  hence more impurities are
sent to the kidneys from this source.  Thus  we  may  see  the similarity of

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causes in this horoscope and horoscope 6A,  although the results are not the
same.

   This man should be placed on a milk diet for several weeks, and after the
kidneys have been purified by this system of flushing,  he should  eliminate
all highly seasoned and most starchy foods from his diet.

                             NO.6C--THE PYLORUS:

   Female, born March 29, 1909, 1:30 P.M.

   We find that this girl has a very bright mind,  with Mercury,  the mental
planet  in sextile aspect to the quick-witted and active planets,  Mars  and
Uranus, in the sign of Capricorn which gives stability and balance, bringing
the  saturnine influence to bear upon the impulse and quick wit of the  last
two planets.  Mercury is also making a trine to the moon which is in its own
sign of Cancer.  But we find much that is dangerous in this active mentality
should the parents allow this child to take up the dangerous fads of  mystic
writing such as the planchette, ouija board, etc.  Saturn in the sign of the
head, Aries, in square aspect to the mystical planet Neptune,  Neptune being

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in conjunction with the moon,  and the moon in opposition to Uranus and mars
from the 12th to the 6th house, show that some time in life,  if the parents
are not careful this girl may suffer through insanity or spirit obsession.

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 [                         BIRTHCHART NO. 6C                             ]
 [                                                                       ]
 [ MIDHEAVEN: Taurus 1    SUN: Aries 8:33        SATURN: Aries 12:27     ]
 [ 11TH HOUSE: Gemini 9   MOON: Cancer 22:18     URANUS: Capricorn 20:46 ]
 [ 12TH HOUSE: Cancer 15  MERCURY: Pisces 17:58  NEPTUNE: Cancer 14:19   ]
 [ ASCENDANT: Leo 14:48   VENUS: Aries 0:52      DRAGON'S HEAD:          ]
 [ 2ND HOUSE: Virgo 4     MARS: Capricorn 22:41           Gemini 20:28   ]
 [ 3RD HOUSE: Virgo 29    JUPITER: Virgo 6:10R   DRAGON'S TAIL:          ]
 [                                                      Sagitt. 20:28    ]
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   This  horoscope has another affliction which makes it a very  interesting
figure for diagnosis.   The moon is in the sign of Cancer,  the stomach,  in
opposition to the inflammatory Mars and the nervous and  contracting  Uranus

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which  has  a tendency to disturb digestion and create gas in  the  stomach,
also inflammation of the mucous membrane.  Uranus is airy,  the moon watery,
Mars fiery.   In order to illustrate the effect of these three planets  upon
one another,  we kindle a fire,  allow a strong breeze to blow upon it,  and
after it is in full blaze pour water upon it;  this will describe to a  cer-
tain extent the effect of these three planets when acting upon the  stomach.
Every  bit  of food that was taken into the stomach created  a  disturbance.
This  child  rarely tasted food without having great distress,  nausea,  and
vomiting;  nothing could be retained in the stomach.   She was afflicted  in
this  manner even from birth.   At the age of eight years she  was  operated
upon  by  the doctors,  who diagnosed her trouble as being  in  the  cardiac
orifice, saying that this was too small.  But the patient received no relief
from this operation.

   If  the physician could only have reasoned that the vomiting and  distur-
bance when food was in the stomach could not have been caused by a defect in
the  entrance of the stomach but by another cause deeper down in the  organ!
Astrology tells us that Saturn in square to Neptune indicates  malformation,
undersize.   if these two planets had been in the first pat of the  sign  of
Cancer  or the last degrees of Gemini,  it would have indicated the  cardiac
orifice,  but we find that the moon is in 22 degrees of Cancer, showing that
it was nearer the lower part of the organ.   Mars and Uranus indicate invol-
untary muscular action.  Mars, when afflicting the moon, shows  nausea,  and

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Uranus,  when afflicting the moon, causes contraction.   Thus we see indica-
tions  that  there were involuntary muscular action  and  contraction  which
caused nausea.   But why should the food be thrown back out of the  stomach?
as the child could retain nothing.  We find an undersized pylorus, an under-
sized outlet.  After the food was in the stomach it could not be passed into
the  intestines in the proper manner, and there being also insufficient  mu-
cous membrane,  there was faulty digestion.  Naturally vomiting would be the
result.

   In  such  a case it would have been difficult to cure  this  young  woman
without an operation, but instead of operating upon the cardiac orifice, the
doctors should have observed the pylorus and watched the action in this part
of the stomach.

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                     NO. 6D.--STOMACH AND KIDNEY TROUBLE:

   Female, born January 23, 1886, 4:00 A.M.

   A  number  of operations have been performed in the abdominal  region  of
this patient, and she has gone from one doctor to another until now she is a
physical and mental wreck.

   When we trace these effects back to their primal cause, we come to Saturn
in Cancer, the sign which rules the stomach.  It is our experience that most
people  who have Saturn in this position are mincers and peculiar  in  their
choice of food.   Saturn in this horoscope is square to Jupiter,  the planet
of self-indulgence, and to Uranus, the planet of spasmodic and irregular ac-
tion.   Thus Saturn causes this person to indulge unduly her desire for good
things to eat.

   Uranus and Jupiter in the sign Libra, which rules the kidneys,  square to
Saturn,  the  planet of obstruction,  show that after the  system  has  been
filled  with  food which it cannot assimilate,  the kidneys  are  unable  to
eliminate the waste products.   Thus there is a general clogging of the sys-
tem  with  toxins and poisons of all kinds.   Then the hot  and  fiery  Mars
placed in Virgo,  the sign ruling the intestines, lights the fire of inflam-
mation  in order to cleanse the system.  As the native's will power  is  not
particularly strong on account of the weak sign Sagittarius rising,  she  is
easily persuaded to undergo operations rather than undertake a reform in her
ways of living which would bring about an amelioration of her condition even
at this late hour.

   If  is  very sad to say that this is the case with a great  many  people.
They are sometimes  ready  to  admit  being  gluttons when the fact is shown

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[                            BIRTH CHART NO. 6D:                           ]
[                                                                          ]
[ MIDHEAVEN: Libra 2       SUN: Aquarius 3:20       SATURN: Cancer 2:46R   ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Scorpio 0    MOON: Virgo 16:15        URANUS: Libra 7:39R    ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Scorpio 22   MERCURY: Capricorn 13:22 NEPTUNE: Taurus 22:48R ]
[ ASCENDANT: Sagitt. 9:45  VENUS: Pisces 7:32       DRAGON'S HEAD:         ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Capricorn 14  MARS: Virgo 25:12                 Virgo 18:43   ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Aquarius 25   JUPITER: Libra 5:59R     DRAGON'S TAIL:         ]
[                                                          Pisces 18:43    ]
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them, but in most cases they think they are models of self-control as far as
the  appetite  is concerned even when they admit that they  are  eating  the
wrong food.  We have had a number of cases,  however,  where  they  admitted

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this but claimed absolute inability to overcome the fault and curb their ap-
petite.   The person whose horoscope we are considering was not exception to
the  general rule,  and therefore all our efforts to aid her were  in  vain.
She would not even expend the energy necessary to keep up the weekly letters
required of patients.  In such cases there is of course nothing to do but to
leave the patient to his own resources until he learns his lesson--if not in
this life, then in some other one.

                                 THE KIDNEYS:

                            NO. 7A.--THE KIDNEYS:

   Male, born March 14, 1892.

   THE horoscope which we will use here is a flat figure.  The hour of birth
is  not known,  but in astro-diagnosis it is not necessary that we have  the
hour  of birth unless we are looking for a crisis.   We must then take  into
consideration the exact degree of the progressed moon and its aspects,  also
the  transiting planets;  but the natural tendencies as to  temperament  and
morals, also the organic weaknesses are shown by the radical planets,  which
give  the astrologer they key to the health of the native,  although if  one
has the rising sign to show the will and the strength it is a help.  Certain
signs  such as Aries,  Gemini,  Leo, Libra,  and Aquarius will overcome  and
fight off a disease where most of the feminine signs,  especially Taurus and
Virgo  have  not the will power to rise above physical conditions.   Of  the
common  signs the sign of Gemini is the best able to control  physical  ail-
ments.

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   In  this horoscope we find the sun,  the life-giver,  in the  common  and
negative sign of Pisces.  The sun is afflicted by an opposition and parallel
of the destructive Saturn.   Here we have at the beginning an indication  of
low  vitality.  Jupiter,  the  ruler of Pisces  and  having  rule  over  the

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   [                     BIRTHCHART NO. 7A  [FLAT CHART]                ]
   [                                                                    ]
   [ MIDHEAVEN: Capricorn  SUN: Pisces 24:23      SATURN: Virgo 26:58R  ]
   [ 11TH HOUSE: Aquarius  MOON: Libra 4:55       URANUS: Scorpio 5:53R ]
   [ 12TH HOUSE: Pisces    MERCURY: Aries 2:19    NEPTUNE: Gemini 6:28  ]
   [ ASCENDANT: Aries      VENUS: Taurus 5:02                           ]
   [ 2ND HOUSE: Taurus     MARS: Capricorn 0:29                         ]
   [ 3RD HOUSE: Gemini     JUPITER: Pisces 29:24                        ]
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arterial blood is in its own sign in conjunction with the sun and in opposi-
tion  to Saturn.   This opposition tends to lower the vitality,  for if  the
blood stream is stagnant, the entire body must suffer.   We find Venus,  the
planet  having rule over the venous blood, in its own home in  Taurus  where
this planet is strong.  Venus is afflicted by the opposition and parallel of
Uranus.  This will increase the ill effects of Jupiter and the sun afflicted
by  Saturn.   With the afflicting influence of Saturn from Virgo,  the  sign
which has rule over the small intestines,  we may expect impaired  assimila-
tion of food.

   We  find  the moon in opposition and parallel to Jupiter  and  square  to
Mars.  These aspects coupled with Venus in Taurus in opposition to Uranus in
Scorpio would indicate that sensual pleasures have ruled this young man  and
that  his health was quickly shattered.  Uranus in Scorpio in opposition  to
Venus  indicates indiscretion regarding the sacred generative function,  and
at  the age of sixteen when the progressed moon had reached the  conjunction
of  Venus and the opposition of Uranus,  he contracted the dread disease  of
syphilis.   Although later seemingly cured, yet the powerful compounds  such
as those of mercury and the various remedies used by medical science to com-
bat this disease left their destructive influence in the blood, and tubercu-
losis of the kidneys set in.   This is shown by the moon in the sign of  Li-
bra,  ruling  the kidneys,  square to Mars,  in opposition and  parallel  to
Jupiter, and in opposition to Mercury.

   This young man entered the medical profession.   Later he was operated on
and had one of his kidneys removed, which was found to be hollow.   The doc-
tors diagnosed his condition as tuberculosis of the kidneys.

   He passed out at the age of  twenty-eight.  When he reached that year, we

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note  that the progressed moon had finished its cycle and had again  reached
its place at birth in Libra,  and the progressed Jupiter had reached the op-
position  to the radical and progressed moon.   The time when the  moon  has
made  the circle of the whole horoscope and reached its place at birth is  a
critical time, and frequently when the moon is afflicted in the radical fig-
ure,  this  is a time of illness and one in which the native is  faced  with
many trials.

                      NO. 7B.--KIDNEYS AND MASTOIDITIS:

   Male, born May 8th, 1865, at 1:45 A.M.

   This horoscope has the fixed sign of Aquarius on the Ascendant,  with the
sun  in the fixed sing of Taurus and in conjunction with Venus and  Mercury.
The  sun is also sextile to Mars.  Jupiter,  the planet of opulence and  be-
nevolence, is in the 10th house in its own sign of Sagittarius.  These posi-
tions  and aspects of the sun and Jupiter indicate one who is a great  lover
of humanity, a man who is very generous financially and very ready to go out
of his way for others,  even sacrificing his own comfort if he finds  anyone
whom he can relieve of suffering or shield from harm.   But we find Jupiter,
Mercury, Venus, and Saturn all retrograde.  This indicates that the man will
find  difficulty  in realizing his ideals and in doing as much good  as  his
heart  dictates,  for  retrograde planets indicate  latent  talents,  possi-
bilities, and opportunities.

   Ability  for earning money is very marked.   This man is also  a  liberal
spender,  having  Venus in its own sign,  and house--Taurus and  the  second
house--in  conjunction with the sun and sextile to Mars.   Whatever he  does
must be done on a large and generous scale.   He is a good entertainer  also
and a good liver, for the sun, Venus, and Mercury in Taurus, sextile to Mars
in  Cancer,  and Taurus ruling the palate, give a desire for good things  to
eat and  plenty of them.  Likewise does Mars in Cancer, sextile to Venus and

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the sun, desire rich, highly seasoned foods and in large quantities.

   With Mars in the 5th house this man loves to share with his friends.  But
while  this  generosity may have been good for others and he has made people

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[                             BIRTH CHART NO. 7B                           ]
[                                                                          ]
[ MIDHEAVEN: Sagitt. 13      SUN: Taurus 17:26        SATURN: Libra 25:27R ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Capricorn 2    MOON: Libra 16:25        URANUS: Gemini 27:16 ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Capricorn 24   MERCURY: Taurus 10:14R   NEPTUNE: Aries 9:30  ]
[ ASCENDANT: Aquarius 26:12  VENUS: Taurus 17:28R     DRAGON'S HEAD:       ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Aries 19        MARS: Cancer 20:36                Libra 29:19 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Taurus 20       JUPITER: Sagitt. 28:11R  DRAGON'S TAIL:       ]
[                                                             Aries 29:19  ]
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happy by tickling their palates,  the result has been disastrous to himself.
His  health  could not withstand the onslaughts made upon the body  by  high
living.

   To  find  in  what  part  of  the  body the damage done by excess of food

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will show,  we look for the strongest afflictions.   We find Mars in Cancer,
ruling the stomach,  square to the moon and Saturn, which are in the sign of
Libra,  Libra having rule over the kidneys.  We also find Saturn in conjunc-
tion with and parallel to the moon.   The moon rules the white fluids of the
body and the lymph.  Saturn being the afflicter would as a result resist the
free  flow  of these fluids.   As Jupiter,  the planet ruling  the  arterial
blood,  is in its own sign of Sagittarius, near the Midheaven, in opposition
to  the nervous,  excitable,  and spasmodic Uranus in the Mercurial sign  of
Gemini,  and as Mars is parallel to both Jupiter and Uranus,  we find an ob-
structed arterial circulation with the lymphatic circulation also impaired.

   When the man is continually breaking the laws of health by excessive eat-
ing,  we may expect that the break must come some time.   In 1906 while  the
progressed sun was in conjunction with the radical Uranus in Gemini and  the
progressed  moon was making a square to Mars and an opposition to  both  the
moon  and Saturn radical,  this man was taken down with a severe  attack  of
pneumonia.  In 1907 the progressed sun reached the opposition to the radical
Jupiter.   This was followed in 1912 by the progressed moon  in  conjunction
with the radical Mars in Cancer.   During that same year the progressed moon
afflicted by square its own place at birth and the radical Saturn,  both  in
Libra.  This brought on a severe attack  of  kidney trouble and constriction
in the ureters,  which interfered with the waste water passing from the kid-
neys to the bladder.

   At the age of thirteen,  when the progressed moon had reached the sign of
Aries,  and during its transit through this sign,  it came to a  conjunction
with  the radical Neptune,  an opposition to the radical moon and Saturn,  a
square to Mars,  and a conjunction with the Dragon's Tail.   This brought on
trouble with the ears and continual headaches and earaches.   When the  moon
reached  the  conjunction with the radical Mercury and the  retrograde  pro-
gressed Venus in Taurus,  inflammation of the mastoid cells developed.   The
doctors  operated  on the mastoid bone twice,  draining the  pus  which  had
formed  in  the mastoid cavity.   These operations left the patient  with  a
chronic headache and impaired nerves.

   If this man had been taught that he should eat to live instead of  living
to eat he might have been saved much suffering.

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                         NO. 7C--GENERAL BREAKDOWN:

   Female, born April 19, 1888, 4:30 P.M.

   Judging the mind first as usual,  we find that Mercury is in  conjunction
with Venus and trine to the moon and Jupiter in fiery signs.   Thus all  the
three  significators of mind may be said to be in trine.   Jupiter is  in  a
measure  concerned  in the mental makeup because he is ruler  of  the  ninth
sign,  Sagittarius,  and  from him come the benevolent  impulses  which  are
gradually lifting humanity from savagery through civilization to sainthood.

   It is at once apparent that we have here a person of unusually fine  men-
tality.   Even the conjunction of Saturn with the moon is  very  beneficial,
for  as we have often said before, the nature of Saturn is obstruction,  and
when  he  lays his restraining hand upon Mercury or the moon,  it  helps  to
steady the flighty mind and gives power of concentration.  At the same time,
of course,  there is a tendency to melancholy connected with any of the  as-
pects of Saturn to the significators of mind.  Therefore it may be said that
those who have the greatest and deepest minds are usually of a sad  disposi-
tion.

   This woman is not of a deliberative nature,  however.   She does not moan
her  days  away over the sorrows and sufferings of the world for  there  are
cardinal  signs  upon the angles and Mars is conjunction Uranus in the first

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house.   This gives here a very impulsive and restless nature.   She has the
mind to see where reforms are needed,  but the nature of her effort to carry
out  these reforms depends upon her station in life,  with which we are  not
acquainted.  If  she  had  been  born into a broad environment where wealth,

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  [                         BIRTH CHART NO. 7C                           ]
  [                                                                      ]
  [ MIDHEAVEN: Cancer 5    SUN: Taurus 0:14        SATURN: Cancer 29:57  ]
  [ 11TH HOUSE: Leo 8      MOON: Leo 5:36          URANUS: Libra 14:34R  ]
  [ 12TH HOUSE: Virgo 9    MERCURY: Aries 9:44     NEPTUNE: Taurus 28:39 ]
  [ ASCENDANT: Libra 4:21  VENUS: Aries 8:14       DRAGON'S HEAD:        ]
  [ 2ND HOUSE: Scorpio 1   MARS: Libra 18:28R               Leo 5:27     ]
  [ 3RD HOUSE: Sagitt. 1   JUPITER: Sagitt. 5:06R  DRAGON'S TAIL:        ]
  [                                                       Aquarius 5:27  ]
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position,  and influence were at her command, she would have been a powerful
factor,  felt in a wide sphere; but if she was born in a financially cramped
environment,  she  would  be  correspondingly hampered by its circumstances.

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However,  no matter where she is her influence is bound to be felt,  and she
will  endeavor to revolutionize things with the inevitable result  that  she
will wear herself out in her efforts for improvement.

   As a chain always breaks at the point where the weakest link is found, so
it  is also with the human life.   Uranus,  the planet of spasmodic,  uncon-
trolled  action is in opposition to Mercury,  the planet which  governs  the
cerebro-spinal system,  showing that there will be a nervous breakdown when-
ever great strain is put upon the body.  Saturn,  the planet of obstruction,
is in conjunction with the moon in the sign that governs the heart, Leo, and
it is square to the sun,  ruler of Leo.   Thus it is evident that the  heart
action is very poor and there is an inability to specialize the vital  force
from the sun,  also a poor circulation.  In fact,  the chart shows the  pos-
sibility  of a condition which can only be described as a general  breakdown
from  overwork and nervous tension,  affecting every organ in the body,  for
Uranus and Mars in Libra will interfere with the action of the kidneys,  the
sun  afflicted in Taurus will act upon the throat,  and the rectal  elimina-
tion,  governed by Scorpio, will be interfered with.  This condition has fi-
nally materialized.

   It is almost needless to say that in such a case as this,  absolute rest,
mental and physical, is necessary, preferably on a diet of fruits, for it is
very detrimental to force food into a system that is in such a shape as this
one.   An Aquarian nurse whose Saturn is not in Libra or Pisces would have a
quieting and beneficial influence.  But  even  though  relief is given and a

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cure  effected,  persons with this nature and temperament are bound to  work
themselves to death some time sooner or later.   Nothing that one can say or
do to educate them to the fact that they should take things quietly in order
that  they may last will have any effect,  for the spasmodic urge of  Uranus
and the dynamic energy of Mars on the Ascendant will outweigh any  consider-
ation because there are cardinal signs on the angles.   This woman is  bound
to work even if she knew that she would drop dead the next minute.  There is
no  doubt,  however,  that she is bound to benefit very much in soul  growth
even if the body is destroyed in the process.

                           NO. 7D.--RENAL CALCULI:

   Male, born September 21, 1863, noon.

   In this horoscope Saturn is in conjunction with Mars and Venus.   Neptune
is  in  opposition to all three,  and the moon is square Saturn  and  Venus.
Mars,  the planet of impulse,  causes the native to see red on the slightest
provocation,  and were he left alone there would be absolutely no chance  of
restraining  him save by putting him in a straight-jacket,  particularly  as
the sun is square Uranus, which would intensify the impulsiveness and oblit-
erate  reason.    But  the  saturnine  ray  is  sufficiently  effectual   to
wet-blanket most of the erratic tendencies for he is in the sign of his  ex-
altation, Libra, and highly elevated.

   Mercury  in  conjunction  with Jupiter,  both elevated and  in  trine  to
Uranus,  shows us that there is a wholesome,  kindly,  and religious side to
the mind.   From Mars comes the readiness to take offense even where no rea-
sonable ground for it exists; Saturn will cause the native to brood over in-
juries whether they be real or fancied; but Jupiter will endeavor to instill
charity and judgment.   It is apparent, however,  that the forces which tend
to accentuate the evil side of the nature are the strongest and that it is a
hard and uphill fight for the higher nature.

   Saturn in the first part of Libra, the sign ruling  the  kidneys, acts in

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such a manner that the secretion of urine is obstructed.   Mars there causes
inflammation.   The conjunction of Saturn with Venus,  the latter  governing
the venous circulation,  reveals the fact that the branch of the portal sys-
tem which conducts the blood from the kidneys is obstructed,  and the square

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 [ MIDHEAVEN: Libra 0        SUN: Virgo 28:14       SATURN: Libra 7:17   ]
 [ 11TH HOUSE: Libra 29      MOON: Capricorn 13:47  URANUS: Gemini 25:06 ]
 [ 12TH HOUSE: Scorpio 21    MERCURY: Libra 23:51   NEPTUNE: Aries 4:54R ]
 [ ASCENDANT: Sagitt. 10:17  VENUS: Libra 9:20R                          ]
 [ 2ND HOUSE: Capricorn 14   MARS: Libra 1:55                            ]
 [ 3RD HOUSE: Aquarius 23    JUPITER: Libra 29:14                        ]
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of Saturn to the moon diminishes the amount of urine secreted.   Neptune  in
opposition to Saturn shows clearly a mental cause,  irritability and  worry,
interfering with nerve action.  Thus  renal  calculi  are  formed,  and  the

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person is subject to one of the most painful maladies imaginable.

   To  help  a person of this nature we must invoke the aid of  Jupiter  and
Mercury  trine Uranus.   Mars is the great energizer that impels to  action,
but Saturn in conjunction puts a damper on him, and the native becomes indo-
lent, averse to the exercise generally enjoyed by the Sagittarians.  We must
therefore wake the native up to the urgent necessity for exercise and plenty
of it.  The moon in Capricorn acts in the opposite sign, Cancer,  ruling the
stomach, and because it squares Saturn in Libra, the sign of the kidneys, it
interferes with the secretion of urine.  Hence the necessity for the regula-
tion  of the diet.   Nothing of an irritating or unduly  stimulating  nature
should be eaten.

   The best healer for this person would be one who has Leo rising,  as that
is in harmony with Sagittarius.   Aries is second choice for the reason that
an Arian may be too rough and arouse antagonism without so intending.   Nei-
ther should have Saturn in Sagittarius or Taurus,  these being on the  cusps
of the patient's first and sixth houses respectively.

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                         NO. 7E.--RENAL CIRCULATION:

   Female, born March 24, 1845, 5:06 A.M.

   In judging the case presented in this horoscope our first care, as usual,
is  to find out what sort of mental quality this person has,  for always  we
must remember that the mind is the maker of the body.   Therefore the wisest
doctors now use harmless pills and helpful suggestions.

   Mercury  and  the moon,  the two particular significators in  respect  to
mind,  are in opposition.  The moon is also in opposition to the sun,  Jupi-
ter,  and Uranus.  Mars is square to the sun, moon,  Jupiter,  Mercury,  and
Uranus.  Thus the person is extremely erratic, vacillating, and torn between
different  purposes.   There is only one redeeming feature,  namely,  Saturn
trine  the moon and sextile Jupiter.   Were it not for these aspects,  which
steady the mind, the native would likely have gone insane.  Take now in con-
junction  with the foregoing remarks the fact that four common signs are  on
the angles and you will understand that she is extremely difficult to handle
mentally.   She is one of those unfortunate weaklings afflicted with a wish-
bone instead of a backbone.   The sun square Mars makes her impulsive,  also
the adverse aspects from cardinal signs give a certain surplus energy  which
manifests  as impulse.   But she lacks the persistence to carry out her  im-
petuous designs.

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   The affliction of Jupiter indicates faulty circulation,  and naturally we
judge the presence of Saturn in Aquarius as an indication of obstruction  in
that  place,  for the diseases to which the human body is heir are found  in
the weakest spot, and Saturn usually marks this.  Aquarius governs the lower

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[                              BIRTH CHART NO. 7E                         ]
[                                                                         ]
[ MIDHEAVEN: Sagitt. 19     SUN: Aries 3:39       SATURN: Aquarius 15:39  ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Capricorn 10  MOON: Libra 10:57     URANUS: Aries 6:07      ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Aquarius 4    MERCURY: Aries 5:17   NEPTUNE: Aquarius 24:52 ]
[ ASCENDANT: Pisces 9:24    VENUS: Pisces 19:56                           ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Aries 26       MARS: Capricorn 9:41                          ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Taurus 26      JUPITER: Aries 13:45                          ]
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limbs, and the presence of Saturn there shows us that the obstruction of the
circulation is at work in that region.  Moreover, Mars has progressed to the
conjunction  of Saturn in Aquarius,  and both are in the twelfth house,  the
house which indicates confinement.  Therefore we may  judge  that the person

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is  afflicted with a severe case of impeded circulation,  and it is no  sur-
prise  to learn that her legs are numb and cold,  that she cannot  use  them
properly, and that she is confined to her bed on that account.

   The moon in Libra, which rules the kidneys, and her opposition to Jupiter
shows  that the renal circulation is out of order,  and the presence  of  so
many  planets in Aries,  which governs the head,  is a sure indication  that
there  is a riot of conflicting forces there.   Thus because of the  afflic-
tions of these planets we have a case of sleeplessness, extreme nervousness,
and the irritability given by Uranus.  The blood runs riot in the upper part
of the body, and there is too little in the lower.

   As  that native is well along in years there is not much to  build  upon,
but an effort should nevertheless be made to stimulate the kidneys.  The se-
cretion of urine is often totally stopped by the opposition of Uranus,  Mer-
cury,  and Jupiter to the moon in Libra.   This leaves deposits of poison in
the  system,  and  as long as these are not eliminated the  person  will  be
weighted  down by a heavy and sluggish feeling which makes the body seem  as
if it were made of lead.  Great care should be taken to soothe and calm this
woman as every bit of anger or irritability makes elimination more difficult
and causes more poison to collect in the system.   A healer who has  Scorpio
rising and who does not have Saturn in Aquarius, Pisces, or Leo would have a
beneficial effect.

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                          NO. 7F.--BLADDER TROUBLE:

   Female, born October 21, 1886, 11:00 A.M.

   When  we note that the moon and Mercury,  which are significators of  the
mind,  are squaring each other from fixed signs,  it is at once evident that
this  patient will be rather set in her opinions and on that account  diffi-
cult  to handle.   A person with Leo or Aries rising whose Saturn is not  in
Gemini would probably have the best success in making her obey orders.  Sat-
urn, the planet of obstruction, in Cancer, the sign which rules the stomach,
shows that the digestion is poor,  and his square to the sun,  Jupiter,  and
Venus  placed  in the sign Libra, which rules the  kidneys,  indicates  that
there  is difficulty in the removal of the waste material through these  or-
gans.   The sun being close to the cusp of Scorpio, the sign which rules the
rectum,  further accentuates the trouble of elimination,  showing  that  the
person is subject to constipation.

   It  should be noted that when the significator of bladder trouble  is  in
the fore part of the sign Libra, the difficulty will usually be found in the
kidneys themselves,  but if in the latter part of Libra, the bladder will be
affected.   Thus, following out this line of judgment we may know that as of
the  sun  is in 28 degrees of Libra, the trouble will be found more  in  the
bladder than in the kidneys.  The square of the moon to Mercury  in  Scorpio

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shows  that there is nervous trouble in the rectal region.   Altogether  the
various signs and aspects which we have enumerated show that this person  is
suffering from constipation and bladder trouble.

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[                             BIRTH CHART NO. 7F                           ]
[                                                                          ]
[ MIDHEAVEN: Libra 16       SUN: Libra 28:13        SATURN: Cancer 22:22   ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Scorpio 12    MOON: Leo 12:32         URANUS: Libra 9:22     ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Sagitt. 4     MERCURY: Scorpio 13:16  NEPTUNE: Taurus 27:11R ]
[ ASCENDANT: Sagitt. 24:04  VENUS: Libra 17:38                             ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Aquarius 1     MARS: Sagitt. 11:33                            ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Pisces 11      JUPITER: Libra 18:53                           ]
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   This is not all.   We find Mars,  the planet of surgery,  conjunction An-
tares.   When one of the malefics is placed near the nebulous spot  Antares,
Sagittarius 8, and either of the lights are afflicted, trouble with the eyes
is quite certain to result.  In this horoscope both  the  sun  and  moon are

[PAGE 1011]

afflicted, one by a square of Saturn, the other by a square of Mercury.   We
may therefore judge that this woman will have trouble with her eyes,  and as
Mars is placed in the twelfth house, which rules confinement in hospitals or
kindred  places,  it is evident that she is facing a grave danger from  that
source.

   It is also plain from the horoscope that Saturn in Cancer is at the  root
of all the trouble by obstructing the digestion, and if we can once convince
the patient that right living is the key to health,  it may not be too  late
to restore the tone of the system.  It will probably be very difficult to so
convince her on account of her fixed mental attitude indicated by th  square
of the moon and Mercury in fixed signs.

   A  diet  of coarse food consisting of whole wheat  bread  and  vegetables
which have a great deal of fibre in them will be necessary to stimulate  the
peristaltic  action of the bowels.   Asparagus and other foods which act  on
the  kidneys,  with plenty of lettuce and spinach,  which are full of  iron,
will help to tone the system up so that in time elimination will become nor-
mal and then the eyes will grow better.

[PAGE 1012]

                              NO. 7G.--DIABETES:

   Female, born December 28, 1885, 11:55 P.M.

   The patient in this case is suffering from diabetes,  a disease in  which
the  food is turned to sugar in excess of the requirements of the body,  and
this product is eliminated in the urine.  Here we find Jupiter on the Ascen-
dant in the sign Libra, which governs the kidneys,  conjunction and parallel
Uranus, and square the sun and Saturn, the latter in the sign Cancer,  which
rules the stomach.   We also find that the sun is square the moon in  Libra,
and parallel and opposition Saturn.   Thus it is very evident that the stom-
ach and kidneys are the weakest links in the chain of the body,  and  there-
fore we may look for disease in these organs.

   Jupiter  afflicted  and on the Ascendant denotes one who is too  fond  of
good things to eat,  a glutton.   The conjunction with Uranus tells us  that
this person is not satisfied with quantity alone but desires her food to  be
superfine in quality and to be excessively seasoned.  Saturn,  the planet of
obstruction,  being in Cancer,  the sign governing the  stomach,  interferes
with digestion.   Consequently the food cannot be entirely assimilated,  and
some of it must be expurgated from the system or it will cause a clogged and
poisoned condition.   Jupiter has rule over the liver,  where the sugar usu-
ally  required in the economy of the body is manufactured but he  is  sorely
afflicted by a square of Saturn and the sun.  Consequently this  activity is

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abnormal, and as Jupiter is placed in the sign of the kidneys, Libra, he al-
lows  the sugar to slip out in the urine,  thus giving rise to the  symptoms
which we diagnose as diabetes.  There is  also  a  throat affliction because

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 [ MIDHEAVEN: Cancer 6    SUN: Capricorn 7:49      SATURN: Cancer 4:40R   ]
 [ 11TH HOUSE: Leo 10     MOON: Libra 17:46        URANUS: Libra 7:38     ]
 [ 12TH HOUSE: Virgo 10   MERCURY: Sagitt. 19:04R  NEPTUNE: Taurus 23:06R ]
 [ ASCENDANT: Libra 5:10  VENUS: Aquarius 23:20                           ]
 [ 2ND HOUSE: Scorpio 2   MARS: Virgo 21:06                               ]
 [ 3RD HOUSE: Sagitt. 2   JUPITER: Libra 5:15                             ]
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Neptune is in Taurus,  the sign that governs the throat,  afflicting  Venus,
the ruler of Taurus.

   When we look to the inner causes of this disease in our endeavor to  find
a remedy we note that Saturn is elevated and afflicting the sun and Jupiter.

[PAGE 1014]

This makes the person morose and irritable,  given to looking upon the  dark
side of life and to finding fault with everything and everybody.   The duct-
less  glands  are  centers of important spiritual  activity.   An  afflicted
Neptune  in Taurus and an afflicted Uranus in Libra interfere with  the  ac-
tivities of the thyroid gland and the adrenals.

   Before such a person can be really cured she must experience some kind of
a  shock  or  be taken into an entirely new environment  and  more  cheerful
surroundings.   A healer with Gemini or Aquarius rising whose Saturn is  not
in Pisces would probably have the most beneficial effect.

                              NO. 7H.--DIABETES:

   Female, born February 24, 1863, at 9:50 P.M.

   The horoscope of this woman has the sign of Libra on the Ascendant,  with
cardinal  signs on the four angles,  and Leo intercepted in the 10th  house.
These are all signs of strong feeling.  The cardinal signs are the favorites
of the universe, for the sun's entrance into these four signs marks the four
seasons.   People  with the cardinal signs on the angles feel  more  keenly,
live more intensely, and as a result suffer more than others.

   The ascending sign of our patient is that of Libra,  with Jupiter  retro-
grade on the Ascendant.  Jupiter is parallel to the sun,  but its being ret-
rograde  naturally weakens the effects of this planet.   We find Jupiter  in
the latter degrees of Libra,  a Venusian sign,  and Venus and the sun in the
Jupiterian sign of Pisces;  usually under such conditions the body taken  on
an  abundance of flesh after middle life.   This woman was of immense  size,
weighing over two hundred pounds, which is indicated by the above positions,
also by Jupiter on the Ascendant and Mars in Taurus sextile to Venus in  Pi-
sces.   Venus being in the fifth house,  this woman found great pleasure  in
good things to eat and wanted her food in large quantities.   This naturally
caused her to put on much flesh.

   Neptune, the planet of mysteries, representing hidden or occult things is
in Aries in the 6th house, sextile to the moon.  The  6th  house rules labor

[PAGE 1015]

and the 10th house the vocation.   The moon is the ruler of the 10th  house,
and  together  with Neptune indicates the vocation which  this  woman  would
choose.  It is thus clearly indicated that she was a professional medium.

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  [                            BIRTH CHART NO. 7H                         ]
  [                                                                       ]
  [ MIDHEAVEN: Cancer 29    SUN: Pisces 6:05         SATURN: Libra 4:08R  ]
  [ 11TH HOUSE: Virgo 2     MOON: Gemini 2:00        URANUS: Gemini 16:42 ]
  [ 12TH HOUSE: Libra 1     MERCURY: Aquarius 12:29  NEPTUNE: Aries 2:32  ]
  [ ASCENDANT: Libra 24:20  VENUS: Pisces 24:17                           ]
  [ 2ND HOUSE: Scorpio 22   MARS: Taurus 22:46                            ]
  [ 3RD HOUSE: Sagitt. 24   JUPITER: Libra 27:03R                         ]
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She was reported to be a very good one,  which is shown by the moon  sextile
to  Neptune and trine to Saturn,  the 6th,  8th,  and 12th houses being  in-
volved.   Uranus being trine to Mercury, she would seek reasons for spiritu-
alistic phenomena, also because  Mercury  is  in  the  intellectual  sign of

[PAGE 1016]

Aquarius.   Uranus is in the mercurial sign of Gemini, a sign of intellectu-
ality,  and Uranus and Mercury are therefore in mutual reception,  which  is
conducive to much sympathy between these two planets.  What is meant by "mu-
tual  reception"  is that these planets have exchanged signs;  Uranus is  in
Mercury's sign,  and Mercury is in the Uranian sign.  These two planets as a
result have a strong influence on the life of the native.   This woman  con-
ducted classes in spiritualism and gave spiritualistic readings.

   We find Venus and the sun in Pisces in the 5th house,  the house of plea-
sure.   Venus is sextile to Mars and has a weak square to Uranus.   This was
clearly expressed in the woman's life, for she lived with a man whom she in-
troduced  as her husband but to whom she had never been married.   This  man
was represented by the sun and Venus in Pisces and by Venus sextile to  Mars
and in weak square to Uranus.   The man was large,  red-haired,  and fond of
drink.   He depended upon this woman entirely for his support, and they both
lived to eat, and to make merry upon the money which she earned as a medium.
This kind of a life may do for a while,  but there comes a time when  nature
rebels,  when the vital organs refuse to stand the strain any longer,  as in
this case.

   When  the progressed Venus reached a conjunction with Mars in Taurus  and
the progressed moon was in Aquarius,  making a square to Mars radical and to
Venus progressed, the strain which the woman had placed on her body  by  her

[PAGE 1017]

riotous  living found a weak spot in the kidneys,  for the chain is only  as
strong as its weakest link.   Saturn usually shows the spot where the  weak-
ness is apt to show itself.  We find in this case Saturn in Libra in opposi-
tion and parallel to Neptune.   This woman called upon headquarters when she
was suffering very greatly from diabetes.  It was,  however,  very difficult
for  her to follow the diet laid down for her as she was accustomed  to  the
richest foods, which were taken in large quantities.

                                     SEX:

                               SEX AND THROAT:

                                 NO. 8A--B:

    We  are  told  in  "The Rosicrucian  Cosmo-Conception"   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 up-
right,  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  horo-
scopes.  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

[PAGE 1018]

proves the truth of the statement quoted from the "Cosmo-Conception".

   We have Saturn, the sun, and Jupiter in conjunction, and Saturn and Jupi-
ter are parallel to the moon.  Neptune is in conjunction with Venus and both

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  [                         BIRTH CHART NO. 8A                         ]
  [                                                                    ]
  [ 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

[PAGE 1019]

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]                   ]
  [                                                                      ]
  [ 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.

[PAGE 1020]

   We  find no planets in Scorpio,  the sign which rules the generative  or-
gans,  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  gen-
erative  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 or-
gans 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

[PAGE 1021]

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  im-
paired 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  cor-
rectly 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  inva-
lids  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 plan-
ets  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 condi-
tion of ill health which with the fixed and stolid nature of this sign it is
very difficult to overcome.

[PAGE 1022]

   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 hav-
ing 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

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the moon,  which rules the uterus, ovaries,  and sympathetic nervous system.
Venus, the planet ruling the sign of Taurus, the throat, also rules the thy-
mus  gland,  the organ through which the child receives the  parental  blood
necessary to build the body.   This gland has especially to do with the  de-
velopment  of the reproductive organs.   At puberty the thymus  gland  atro-
phies,  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 pi-
neal gland and which is the higher octave of Mercury.   Scientists have  ob-
served 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  pi-
neal  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  communi-
cating 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

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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 lat-
ter planet,  according to  "The Message  of  the  Stars"   "is   responsible
sible  for strange and abnormal growths which produce...freaks  of  nature."
The thymus gland in this case has an abnormal growth caused by the  conjunc-
tion 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

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this  has been shown in our experience with cases in which Neptune  was  af-
flicted 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 espe-
cially 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 knowl-
edge  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, con-
diments,  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

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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  four-
teen 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  dy-
namic  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

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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

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in tuberculosis of the pelvic and hip bones.

   Now planets impel but they do not compel.   This woman by her former liv-
ing  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.

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   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 Pi-
sces, the 12th house sign of self-undoing, near the Midheaven and in opposi-
tion 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  dis-
ease.

   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."

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