Leftover notes from our last podcast episode

At the Astrological Integration podcast, my podcast partner Roshni Sharma Fleming and I casually talk about topics that combine healing and astrology and besides agreeing on some talking points we never really know where it’s going which makes it so genuine.  

Last month, we were joined by the lovely Sharon Ann Rose for our episode on Female Wellness and you can listen to it here.

In preparation though, I do research the topics and I have some leftover notes that would have burst our time frame last month.  I don’t want to withhold these as they may be useful for astrologically inclined readers.

Our birthchart holds valuable information about how we live out our feminine side, including our capacity to love, our needs in love, who and what we tend to attract, our emotional side, sense of safety, and motherhood, as well as information about health and wellness. 

Venus and the Moon are associated with women in general, but also with the above key factors that (except motherhood) equally apply to men’s birthcharts.

However, the spotlight is on women’s wellness today and the following are some astrological factors that provide valuable information about the mental, emotional, and bodily condition of a woman when interpreted by sign and house, and in aspect with other points and planets in the chart.

Personality

Women and the Asteroids:

• Chiron: Herbalist, teacher; one’s master wound that can serve as a catalyst for healing others
• Ceres: Matriarch, Mother Earth, the Crone, caretaker; nourishing
• Juno: The married woman, wife
• Pallas Athena: The brave daughter; powerful, industrious, independent
• Vesta: Late marriage, the initiated; pure, fiery

The Elements

• Fire: Action-driven, fast, bold, honest
• Earth: Slow & methodical, sensual, loyal
• Air: Social, mental, talkative, witty
• Water: Empathic, emotional, caring

Modalities

• Cardinal: Do-er, action-driven, taking initiative
• Fixed: Likes to maintain status quo, doesn’t like change
• Mutable: Flexible, adaptable

Temperament (Humoral Theory)

• Sanguine (Air)
• Choleric (Fire)
• Phlegmatic (Water)
• Melancholic (Earth)

Temperament/body type (Ayurvedic Doshas)

• Vata (Air)
• Pitta (Fire)
• Kapha (Water/Earth)

The Body

1^st House (Ascendant) = The body, the Self, individuality.

6^th house = Health-related habits, service to body

Arabic Parts (or Lots)

These are calculated points involving the Ascendant and a planet.  Fortune (Lunar) signifies bodily wellbeing and Good Luck, while Spirit (Solar) is more mental and action-oriented. Other lots can be calculated, such as Sickness, Energy, Sex, Cancer, Surgery, Death, Harmony, Marriage, etc.)

Planetary rulership and the body (Tucker, UK, 1896 – 1981)

• Sun: Heart
• Moon: Glands, lymphatic system, breasts, stomach
• Mercury: Brain, nervous system, lungs, locomotion, arms, hands
• Venus: Kidneys
• Mars: Muscles, head, eyes
• Jupiter: Liver, pancreas, thighs
• Saturn: Bones, teeth, skin
• Uranus: Parasympathetic nervous system, psychosomatic diseases
• Neptune: Poisons
• Pluto: Reproductive organs (not mentioned by Tucker)

Dis-ease & sickness

You can calculate a Decumbiture chart for the moment when you feel that you are getting sick (Horary chart for when one gives in, lays down). Nicholas Culpeper (1616 – 1654) developed a Moon crisis technique.  He looked at the Moon’s transit over the Decumbiture chart for timing the start of therapy or cure. Culpeper was a Botanist, Physician, and Astrologer; and the author of Astrological Judgement of Diseases.  In a Decumbiture chart, Saturn and the 8^th house traditionally represent death.  Mars means more acute issues while Saturn signifies chronic health challenges.

Iatromancy is another (non-astrological) form of judging disease that is performed by a Physician-Seer (shaman).

Now you are equipped to explore your own birthchart! 

If you don’t already have your birthchart, you can get it for free at Astro.com. Have fun discovering yourself!

For an in-depth birthchart interpretation and forecast please get in touch with me.  Readings are ca. 1.5 hours long and you can schedule it here or email me.  Please provide your location, date, and time of birth.