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Astrology and Health:
Astrological Alchemy. The Astrology of Self-Transformation
Written by Robert Ayres
It is an ancient teaching that there is a fundamental connection between the stars and the well-being of the physical body. Manuscripts dating from 500 BC describe how to diagnose and treat illness based upon astrology. Hippocrates, the father of Western medicine, described the correspondence between the stars and planets with the organs and parts of the body.
Astrology had a significant influence on the art of healing from ancient times up through the 1600's. The study of the stars was considered an essential part of a physician's training. This celestial perspective on a person's health began to change in the 1700's as the modern scientific method increasingly grew in influence. Today astrological principles are again being investigated in the application, treatment and understanding of illness.
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The Hermetic axiom of "As above, so below" formed the metaphysical and philosophical basis for connecting the stars and the medical arts. It was understood that the body was the microcosm of the macrocosm of the starry universe. The signs of the zodiac and the planets were intimately involved in the creation and formation of the body.
The creative spiritual hierarchies that express through the signs and the planets constitute forces, principles, ideas and functions that are structured within the cosmos and the human body. In astrological terminology, the signs and the planets rule the various parts of the body and their functions. The wholeness which is the cosmos is replicated in the wholeness of the functioning of the body.
We must remember that the body is the vehicle for the indwelling soul and spirit to express through. The health and well-being of the body provide a strong foundation for a successful and fulfilling life. Listed briefly below are the traditional rulerships of the signs and planets with the corresponding parts of the body:
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The above is just a basic listing. Every part and function of the body has its astrological rulership, which results in our bodies being a miniature functioning cosmos of which we are the custodian.
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