I want to take a sabbatical from the food pyramid topics this week and get into some things I find more interesting. This blog is dedicated to bringing topics to light which have been misrepresented or understood incorrectly in some way - ranging anywhere from health topics to astrology. This week I want to combine the two - something classified as Medical Astrology.
I have been privileged to work for a man who has dedicated his life to educating himself and the public about various fields of knowledge - the foremost being natural health. True seekers of knowledge do not limit themselves to modern science or socially accepted ways of thought. Most of them look to the ancients, who have centuries of wisdom to glean from. Modern science can add to this knowledge, but to throw out ancient wisdom in order to consider our society modern and civilized is just foolishness.
Many people in our society are finally coming around to acknowledging that there really is something to the natural health field. It has grown by leaps and bounds over the last 12 years that I have been in this field.
Astrology is another story. If you claim to be into astrology, you are generally classified as one of those new age-y, non-religious, superstitious people who are into horoscopes and fortune-telling.
But look at history. In past centuries, those who practiced herbal medicine were considered witches, and many were burned at the stake. Their society had a mis-understanding of what herbal medicine was and were afraid of it. And maybe some of the herbal medicine 'witches' were actually into witch-craft as well, but that doesn't mean that there is something wrong with using herbs for medicine. Modern science is beginning to verify that herbs have medicinal properties that are effective against certain ailments. Thank goodness - since doctors have been making drugs from constituents they find in plants from the beginning!
So, just because there is a negative connotation associated with astrology does not mean that it is something to be feared, rejected, or labeled. The very fact that astrology has been around for thousands of years says something about its validity. Branches of knowledge that have no basis in truth cannot and will not survive for centuries. The problem has been the incorrect use of it, or the incorrect understanding of its uses. Pop astrology, with all of its weekly horoscopes, gives this branch of knowledge a bad name. Fortune-tellers who have used astrology to predict future events in a person's life have also given astrology a bad name.
Thank goodness for Dave Card and his desire to seek out a true understanding of astrology and for his courage to publish his findings! There are a couple of other authors out there who have also written about and published a true and pure form of using astrology which I will refer to at a future time.
Who doesn't look up at the stars and the planets and wonder what they are all up there in space for?? Even just the planets in our solar system. They appear to be pointless planets floating in space with no life on them and no purpose. Astronomy has not come up with any purposeful explanation for their existence. Religion has yet to give us many answers on this either. The only branch of science that gives us an understanding of the purpose of the planets is astrology - and once again, there are thousands of years of study in this field. Why don't we give ourselves a chance to take a look at the findings? I agree that a huge percentage of astrology books out there are no good. Thousands of years of access to this information has given many the chance to corrupt it. But there are some who understand how to use this branch of science in an enlightening, practical way.
But how is it possible for the planets to affect our lives, our psychology, or even our health? There are many things we don't understand but that doesn't mean that they don't work. Science of the past century has finally been explaining certain phenomenon to us that we had no way of explaining before. I think it is only a matter of time before science will understand the planet's effects on our psyche and our health and will be able to explain it to us scientifically. Yet, we all know the benefits of the sun in helping plants to grow and in helping our bodies make Vitamin D. We are all aware of the moon's effects on the tides, and even on people's emotions during the full moon. The sun and the moon are planets in the sky that have an effect on us, so why not the other planets??
The astrology that most are familiar with deals with your "Sign" based on the month you were born - Aries, Taurus, Gemini, etc. This is one branch of astrology, which I will touch on at a later time. It has the most corruption because of its past uses, but is still a pure science when brought into its correct light.
Dave Card has discovered a different form of astrology. An astrology based purely around the planets, rather than the zodiac. It uses the sun, moon, mars, mercury, jupiter, venus, and saturn. One planet for each day of the week. In this astrology, whatever day of the week you were born on determines your planet. If you were born on Sunday, your planet is the Sun. Monday, the Moon. Tuesday, Mars. Wednesday, Mercury. Thursday, Jupiter. Friday, Venus. And Saturday, Saturn. There is a diagram in Dave Card's book that helps you figure out which day of the week you were born on. By knowing your planet, you are given insight into personality traits, as well as certain organs/systems of the body that you are more likely to have issues with. For example, someone born on Monday, a Moon-type, will usually be more of the nurturing type, and possibly more emotional (or just moody if they are a man). Moon-types are learning to use their intuition. On a physical level, the Moon-types tend to have health issues in the stomach and nervous system, as well as hormonal imbalances. Each planetary day has pages of information describing the mind/body constitution for the person born on that day.
To take it further, you have a secondary planet based upon the time you were born. The 7 planets are split into 3-hour blocks, and whichever block you fall into will determine your secondary planet. The 2 planets together give a complete picture of the individual's mental/emotional/physical constitution.
Dave then takes you through alternative ways of dealing with your individual package. From counsel, to the use of homeopathics, herbs, essential oils, flower essences, and nutrition to help you live a life in balance for your type.
I have found Dave's method of Medical Astrology to be entirely accurate. It has given me answers to problems I have had nearly my entire life. Now understanding them as part of my constitutional package gives me the freedom to view them in a different light and treat them with the wisdom Dave gives in his book. What an awesome, non-invasive way to understand your own particular health issues, why you have them, and what to do for them.
Dave's book is called Seven Symbols of Healing and is available through Dave's Health & Nutrition, as well as Barne's & Noble.
http://www.daveshealth.com/daves/books-seminars/seven-symbols-of-healing.html
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Seven-Symbols-of-Healing-Body-Mind-Spirit/David-R-Card/e/9780974914435
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