About Traditional Medical Astrology

by felipe

Traditional Medical Astrology is a specific branch of Traditional Astrology which deals with the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of health issues. This is the astrology that was practiced widely in Europe until the 18th century when many doctors were also astrologers. (This astrology  has no relation to modern “Sun-Sign” astrology.)



An astrological chart is cast in order to map out the conditions of a living organism and determine whether there is an imbalance present and to what extent. Then the practitioner is able to accurately tell what course that imbalance is likely to take if nothing is done about it. Based on that information a treatment to restore balance can be devised.

The Four Elements


(Yellow Choler)
Hot and Dry

Cold and Moist

Hot and Moist

Cold and Dry


Various traits set traditional healing systems such as Medical Astrology apart from modern western medicine. The main one to be understood is that through a medical astrological chart two very distinct facets of a disease (humoral imbalance) can be accurately determined: the symptoms, that is — how the imbalance or disease manifests or appears to the observer AND the root cause which gave rise to the symptoms.

With that information in-hand, the practitioner devises a treatment to both minimize the uncomfortable, painful, or life threatening symptoms AND eradicate the root cause. Treatments that only address the symptoms are often able to suppress them, but since the root cause remains un-addressed the symptoms either return more strongly or new/different symptoms arise. Thus, the body begins to accumulate a collection of illnesses all chained to a central humoral imbalance that was never seen.

Take a heavy cold as an example:

The symptom can be an infection, inflammation or fever which is a clear picture of excess of  fire (yellow choler). The root cause however, in most cases, is an excess of water (phlegm) in the body.

How does modern western medicine address the cold? By killing the infection with antibiotics and reducing the fever. That is, it suppresses the symptoms; but along with that it hinders the body’s natural healing process. Thus the treatment is, in fact, hurting the body and not healing it in the long run. If that is done once or twice it is not much of a problem; but if that process is repeated every time one catches a heavy cold the immune system gets debilitated and a chronic snowball of symtoms begin with more and more colds in frequency, duration and strength.

The actual cure in reality involves raising the body’s temperature in order to dry it up and remove the excess of coldness and moisture (water) which caused the problem in the first place. This, by the way, the body knows how to do well on its own. The traditional healer would simply assist the process and provide means to reduce the symptomatic discomfort.


Treating the root cause of the illness is paramount in true healing. If that is not done, chronic diseases develop as aging progresses.

If you are interested in the astrological techniques and how this is done visit my study site on Traditional Medical Astrology at traditionalmedicalastrology.org.