Archetypical ASTROMEDICINE & ITS SYMPTOMs
Astro medicine has deep roots in esoteric history, especially in the alchemical/hermetic traditions
Astrology is based on the hermetic principle of "as above, so below, as within, so without". The "above" would refer to the constellations in the sky at the moment of birth, and the "below" to the human being born at that very moment in that very place. The synchronicities between the macrocosm "up there" and the microcosm "down here" play out on all levels of existence. It is therefore only (astro-) logical that all the symptoms experienced by a human being have their correlation in the individual's horoscope.
Simply put, you - or anyone - will never experience a symptom in your body or soul that is not symbolically represented in your horoscope. This doesn't mean that you are predestined - or even that it is inevitable - that you will 'get' certain types of illnesses. As with everything else in Potential Astrology, whether or not a constellation-potential in your chart appears as a symptom in the body-soul system of your being, depends 111 % on the level at which you are living your potential (or not)* .If a potential is stashed away in the shadows (i.e. unconsciously expressed) of your underworld, there is a high probability that it will eventually manifest as a somatic or psychological symptom. The ulterior motive of the symptomatic expression is always the same: to awaken the individual, to make him/her aware of his/her neglect of the potential - and hopefully to inspire him/her to consciously grant the potential the attention it deserves ** The more a potential is voluntarily integrated, expressed, lifted out of the underworld onto the stage of life, the more a symptom will retreat - for the simple reason that it has done its job, and is in consequence “out of work”.
Below, I am sharing my work-in-progress, collected over the last 30 years of work with clients and students, about the astro-medicinal correlations between the 12 astrological archetypes (or: primary potentials) and some of their most typical symptomatic forms they tend to take. Because astrology is often misused as a kind of superficial encyclopedia, I cannot emphasize it often enough: the list below is meant to primarily serve as an impulse for self-reflection.
Many - perhaps most - symptoms are actually a combination of different archetypes. Fibromyalgia, for example, has a clear Capricorn tonality (something is stuck, stiffening, blocked - psychologically often: a misunderstood response to something from the family system's past) and a clear Aries element (inflammation of the tissue).
My suggestion is to always look at each symptom - whether it's your own or someone else's - with open eyes and a beginners mind(set) . No one can really know a priori. Only when you go “in process”, look closer, go deeper and circle around the symptom from all possible angles - symbolic, clinical, mythological, psychological, astrological, via constellation, inner journey - do you have a chance to understand the meaning of the symptom.
Aries:
enerChi system
energy diseases (burn-out)
forehead (with head through the wall)
penis (the archetypal masculine)
teeth (predator/bite)
nails (sharp)
arteries (red = blood)
gallbladder (corrosive)
all types of inflammation
Taurus:
the neck (bull-neck)
the broad (supporting) musculature
thyroid gland
the mouth (>food)
sensory organs
weight thematics
nose
obesity
Diabetes (Venus = Love = sugar)
Gemini
Communication organs
hands, fingers
arms
windpipe
bronchi
lungs
nerve pathways, nervous system
tongue
Cancer
Female diseases
menstrual cycle
stomach symptoms (stomach ache, ulcers, etc.)
breasts (breast cancer)
ovaries
(female) hormones, estrogen
placenta
mucous membrane
menopause symptoms
Leo
To be centered in one’s core Self, creates beautiful ripples
heart & vascular disease
eyes (=like the sun)
solar plexus
hair (lion's mane)
thorax
leukemia
genitals (“pro-creative”)
bloodstream/circulation
blood pressure
Skin cancer (combination with Capricorn/house as boundary)
burn-out
Anemic/anemia
blood poisoning
Virgo
small intestine
digestive system
most intestinal symptoms
bore-out
all types of fears/phobias
seizures
all symptoms that have to do with something being too cramped, too tight
myopia
compulsive washing
Libra
kidneys
veins (word comes from Venus)
equilibrium organs
all type of imbalances (f x Vertigo)
Diabetes (Venus = Love = sugar)
Venereal disease (=venereal comes from Venus)
Headaches (over-thinking pro´s and con´s)
Scorpio
Bladder
rectum/anus
genitals/ genitalia
prostate
fungus
abuse
hooked
autoaggression diseases/ autoimmune
Eating disorders: Bulimia & anorexia
suicide
self-harm
parasites
Tick bite/borrelia
witches' breasts (combo with Capricorn)
(the reason why we find so many symptoms gathered in the Scorpio field is that Scorpio is, in a way, the zodiac's dustbins, where many of the shadows are dumped)
Sagittarius
Cancer
all growth issues (tumor)
liver
thighs
metabolism
gunshot (or arrow, haha) wounds
burn-out
Capricorn
back
legs
skeleton
teeth
knee
rheumatic/arthritic (everything that “stiffens”)
fibromyalgia
lower back
skin (border)
immune system/defense system
calcification
Aquarius
An Aquarius-or a neurologist- would have said: it is all in your brain!
nervous system
brain
Neurological disease
Nerve disease
Tics, twitch
nervousness
Tourrette's
Asperger's
ADHD
Disabilities
Down syndrome
stuttering
Parkinson's disease
Alzheimer's disease
meningitis
concussion
accidents (jinx)
Pisces
feet (> under the feet, foot zones for everything!)
hormone system
lymphatic system
ethereal “body”
alcoholism
autism
Drug abuse (especially those who ”
paralysis
all “wasting-away”/disintegration diseases (Multiple Sclerosis etc)
Hypochondria
substance abuse issue(s)
*See: The 7 Levels of the 12 Archetypes
** it is worthy of your attention by the mere fact that you are born with it