Medical Astrology and Herbalism

Medical Astrology, traditionally known as Iatromathematis, is an ancient system of astrology, one of many branches of astrology.

Just as the ancient Orient and Asia had Traditional Chinese Medicine and Auyvedic medicine, ancient Europe had the sophisticated system of Traditional Western Astrology and Astrological Herbalsim. However, astrology in general underpins both the western and eastern traditional healthcare systems.

Anatomy, physiology, pathology and aetiology of the human body, and therapuetic herbs, are placed in association with of the celestial heavens; luminaries, wandering stars, astrological signs and fixed stars along with the earthly seasons and the five elements of fire, air, water, earth and aether.

Herbs, massage, and other treatments can be organised at the best astrological times to maximise benefit wanted and to avoid unhelpful influence. This can be especially useful for fertility treatments, dental or other organised surgery, which can be planned to the most suitable times to avoid associated complications such as extended healing times. This obviously exempts emergency treatments and first aid necessities.

‘…he therefore who would understsand the mysteries of healing, must look as high as the stars’ Nicholas Culpeper.

‘The medicine must be prepared in the stars and the stars become the medicine for it is they that complete the work of the physician’ Paracelsus

‘It is clearly evident that most events of a widespread nature draw their causes from the enveloping heavens.’ Ptolemy.

‘We are born at a given moment, in a given place, and like vintage years of wine, we have the qualities of the year and the seasons in which we are born.’ Carl Jung.

‘The basic meaning of the horoscope is that, by mapping out the positions of the planets and their relations to one another (aspects), together with the distribution of the signs of the zodiac at the cardinal points, it gives a picture first of the psychic and then of the physical constitution of the individual. It represents, in essence, a system of original and fundamental qualities in a person’s character, and can therefore be regarded as an equivalent of the individual psyche.‘ Carl Jung.

‘The star vault of the sky is in reality the open book of cosmic projection, which is reflected in the mythologies, i.e. the archetypes. In this vision, astrology and alchemy, the two classic functions of the psychology of the collective unconscious, join hands.‘ Carl Jung.