Astrology Classics

The Astrological Physician

4 articles

The Astrological Physician
Jupiter’s Role in Illness: A Seventeenth-Century Astrological Diagnosis by Zodiac Sign
An exploration of how Jupiter’s hot and moist qualities were once thought to govern blood-related ailments and diseases of the liver and lungs. The text details how different zodiac placements of Jupiter were interpreted as indicating specific conditions—from head swellings in Aries to dropsy in Cancer and Pisces—reflecting the era’s practice of linking bodily symptoms and treatments to astrological positions.
The Astrological Physician
Lunar Cycles and the Judgment of Critical Days in Early Modern Medicine
A historical exposition of how physicians once determined the turning points of a disease by observing the Moon's position and aspects relative to its place at the onset of illness, including rules for identifying critical and judicial days and the astrological conditions that were thought to signal danger or recovery.
The Astrological Physician
Reading Witchcraft in the Stars: Astrological Diagnosis of Enchantment
A historical astrological guide outlines how to judge whether an illness stems from witchcraft by examining the lord of the twelfth house, its aspects to the ascendant or its lord, and other planetary configurations. It also provides rules for identifying the suspected witch by describing the lord of the twelfth house and its house placement.
The Astrological Physician
Saturn's Role in Illness: A Traditional Astrological View of Disease by Zodiac Sign
An exploration of how Saturn's cold, dry nature was historically tied to particular ailments, from melancholy and gout to quartan fevers, with the specific condition varying according to the planet's zodiacal placement.

The Astrological Physician

Jupiter’s Role in Illness: A Seventeenth-Century Astrological Diagnosis by Zodiac Sign

Lunar Cycles and the Judgment of Critical Days in Early Modern Medicine

Reading Witchcraft in the Stars: Astrological Diagnosis of Enchantment

Saturn's Role in Illness: A Traditional Astrological View of Disease by Zodiac Sign