Medical astrology
Medical astrology refers to the use of astrology in the field of medicine by fortune tellers. Ancient astrology associates body parts with the sun sign and is suggestive of the disorders or ailments associated with the sun sign. The following gives a list of the sun signs and the body parts that are connected with them.
| • | Aries: head, brain, face and eyes |
| • | Taurus - throat, thyroid, neck, gland and vocal passage |
| • | Gemini - arms, shoulders, lungs, hands, brain and nervous disorders |
| • | Cancer - breasts, chests, stomach,food pipe |
| • | Leo – upper back, heart, spine and spinal column |
| • | Virgo - digestive system including speen and the nervous system |
| • | Libra - kidneys, buttocks, skin and the lumbar region, |
| • | Scorpio - sexual organs and in general, the reproductive system and the excretory system consisting of bowels, rectum etc |
| • | Sagittarius – nerves, hips, liver, thighs |
| • | Capricorn- knees, joints, skeletal system |
| • | Aquarius- ankles and the feet and the circulatory system |
| • | Pisces – adipose tissues, toes and feet, lymphatic system. |
Besides these, since the above zodiac signs are associated with a planet known as the ruling planet, fortune tellers tend to associate even the ruling planet with certain sections of the body.
| • | Sun: Heart, general well being of the health and spine |
| • | Moon: digestive system, lymphatic system and female sex organs |
| • | Mercury: associated with the five senses, brains, hands and the nervous system |
| • | Venus: throat, kidney, thymus gland, ovaries and the sense of touch |
| • | Mars: muscles, sense of smell, adrenal glands and sense of taste |
| • | Jupiter: liver, feet, thighs and the pituitary gland |
| • | Saturn: skin, knees, bones spleen and teeth |
| • | Uranus: neural activity |
| • | Pluto: metabolism and pancreas |
Fortune tellers tell the client as to which part of the body they are likey to expect problems by examining their birth chart and the position occupied by the planets in that chart. To state a simple example, a person who is born under the sign of capricorn will most likey suffer from problems asscoiated with the skin and knees as compared to others for the skin and knees belong to this particular sign of the zodiac.