Author: MARCOS PATCHETT
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Medical Astrology: Age Old, not New Age; A Herbalist’s Tale
Medical astrology is old. Perhaps – in some form – as old as medicine itself. Historically, and prehistorically, divination was used alongside medicine as an integral part of holistic approaches to treatment. Illness was perceived as a form of imbalance subject to redress, just as environmental or social disasters were, and all were subject to…
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The astrology of Mars in Cancer
As of mid-June 2017, Mars is transiting through the astrological sign of Cancer. Cancer is the sign of Mars’ fall, a position which, in traditional astrology, signifies difficulties – a planet feels weak and struggles to express itself in the sign of its fall, which may give rise to over-compensation or dysfunctional behaviours. In the…
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Humours, seasons and cycles – the Elements in traditional astrology
The four Elements of Greek philosophy, Earth, Air, Fire and Water, are best known to astrologers as the Triplicities, the groups of three zodiac signs assigned to each Element. The Elements were conceived of as the materials which came together to form the building blocks of all matter, not in the contemporary sense of atoms…