Hindu Predictive Astrology Part 27: Medical Astrology
Medicine is a branch of astrology. Planetary configurations emanate energies that, when not in harmony with the individual, bring about physical and mental disturbances. By ascertaining these beforehand, adequate provision can be made to arrest or minimise such evil influences.
Part 27 of 31 • Specialised Branches • Covers: Book Chapter XXIX — Medical Astrology
Signs → Body Organs (Three Layers)
| Sign | General Organ | Specific Part | Internal Organ |
|---|---|---|---|
| ♈ Aries | Head | Face | Brain, nerve centres |
| ♉ Taurus | Face | Neck, throat | Gullet, cerebellum |
| ♊ Gemini | Chest | Upper arm, throat | Lungs, breath, nerve fibres |
| ♋ Cancer | Heart | Breast, epigastric, elbow | Stomach |
| ♌ Leo | Belly | Back, forearm | Heart, blood, liver |
| ♍ Virgo | Waist | Hands, abdomen | Bowels, solar plexus |
| ♎ Libra | Lower belly | Lumbar region, loins | Kidneys |
| ♏ Scorpio | Sexual organ | Generative/urinary, anus | Excretory system, bladder |
| ♐ Sagittarius | Two thighs | Hips | Arterial system |
| ♑ Capricorn | Two knees | Epidermis | Bones, joints |
| ♒ Aquarius | Buttock | Legs, ankles | Blood circulation, eyes, breath |
| ♓ Pisces | Feet | Toes | Lymphatic system |
Evil planets in a sign → deformity/weakness in that organ. Benefics → beauty and health.
Constitutional Types by Element
🔥 Fire (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius)
Control vitality. Head, face, heart, back, hips, thighs.
🌍 Earth (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn)
Control bones and flesh. Throat, bowels, neck.
💨 Air (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius)
Govern breath. Lungs, kidneys, blood.
💧 Water (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces)
Govern human blood. Stomach, excretory, lymphatic systems.
Diseases by Sign
| ♈ | Brain derangement, headache, fevers (ague, malaria, sleeping sickness), apoplexy, insomnia, eye troubles, pyorrhoea |
| ♉ | Obesity, abscesses, swellings in the neck, goitre |
| ♊ | Consumption, pneumonia, rheumatism, asthma |
| ♋ | Dropsy, smallpox, flatulency, cancer |
| ♌ | Digestive troubles, dyspepsia, diabetes, locomotor ataxia, fainting |
| ♍ | Constipation, arthritis, anus troubles, venereal complaints |
| ♎ | Bright's disease, lumbago, nephritis, renal calculi |
| ♏ | Fistula, ulcers, nervous troubles, haemorrhoids, rectal affection |
| ♐ | Gout, paralysis, sudden fits, hip troubles |
| ♑ | Cutaneous troubles, leprosy, leucoderma, toothache, elephantiasis |
| ♒ | Nervous diseases, spasmodic eruptions |
| ♓ | Consumption, tuberculosis, mucous troubles, tumours |
Virgo, the 6th from Aries, is the sign of disease. It represents the solar plexus — a group of 12 ganglia corresponding to the 12 zodiacal divisions. When Virgo is badly afflicted by malefics, the whole world suffers from ill-health. The Sun entering Virgo every year renders public health to suffer from digestive and intestinal troubles. Mind has a tremendous influence on health, and Virgo governs this mind-body connection.
Planets → Body Parts & Diseases
| Planet | Humour / Organs | Diseases |
|---|---|---|
| ☉ Sun | Bile; heart, brain, head, eye, bone; cerebellum, blood, lungs, stomach, ovaries | Heart disease, appendicitis, fistula, inflammatory complaints |
| ☽ Moon | Blood; breast, saliva, womb, lymphatic/glandular systems; pericardium, veins | Genito-urinary derangements, colic, bronchial catarrh, dropsy, tumours, insanity, defective eyesight |
| ♂ Mars | Bile; ears, nose, forehead, muscular tissues; cerebral hemispheres | Lung inflammation, haemoptysis, consumption, typhoid, enteric fever, infectious diseases |
| ☿ Mercury | Bile+Wind; abdomen, tongue, lungs, nerve centres; nerves, breath, air cells | Nasal disorders, speech impediments, brain/nervous disorders, asthma, bronchitis, delirium, neuralgia |
| ♃ Jupiter | Phlegm; blood, thighs, kidneys, fat, arterial system; arteries, veins, pleura | Apoplexy, pleurisy, degeneration, piles, tumours, diabetes |
| ♀ Venus | Phlegm+Wind; ovaries, eyes, generative system, semen; kidneys, aorta, skin | Suppression of urine, eye discharge, cutaneous eruptions, throat diseases, venereal complaints |
| ♄ Saturn | Wind; feet, knees, marrow, secretive system; spleen, upper stomach, endocardium, ribs, bones | Cold, catarrh, rheumatism, consumption, bronchitis, asthma, gout, constipation, Bright's disease |
Specific Disease Combinations (14–32)
Key Takeaways
- Three layers of sign-body mapping provide progressively finer diagnostic detail
General organs → specific body parts → internal organs/anatomical structures. - Elements determine constitutional vulnerability: Fire = vitality, Earth = bones/flesh, Air = breath, Water = blood
Disease in a sign affects ALL organs governed by signs of the same element. - Virgo is the master sign of disease — when afflicted, widespread illness follows
The solar plexus (12 ganglia = 12 zodiacal divisions) operates through Virgo. Mind-body connection. - The 6th house is the primary diagnostic house
Examine occupants, lord, aspects, navamsa. Sun = physical; Moon = mental. Malefics = continuous illness. - 19 specific disease combinations enable precise diagnosis from leprosy to baldness
Each specifies exact planetary positions. Diseases manifest during relevant Dasa/Bhukti periods.
In Part 28, we study Female Horoscopy — special combinations for women: marriage, widowhood, Rajayogas, and the astrological significance of first menses.
Based on
Hindu Predictive Astrology
by B.V. Raman | First published 1938 | UBS Publishers' Distributors Ltd.