CHAPTER XXIX.

THE LAW OF CORRESPONDENCES

IT IS said in the Bible that God made man in His
likeness, and from hoary antiquity seers and sages
have noted a correspondence between the macrocosm,
the great world, and the microcosm, the little world,
or man. This is again expressed in the hermetic
axion which is the master-key to all mysteries: "As
above, so below." Therefore we may note that the
various parts of the human body are correlated to
different divisions of the vaulted arch of heaven with
the marching orbs that move through it. As the
creative forces within the womb act upon the ovum
and gradually build the fostus, so also the stellar
rays from the macrocosmic body of mother nature are
active upon man. It is their activity which we note
in the process of evolution whereby that which is
now man has come up through the lower kingdoms
to his present stage of completion, and it is by the
same rays that he will gradually evolve to the divine
stature where he will indeed be like the Father in
Heaven, consequently we may note the correspond-
ences between the signs and planets and the different
divisions of the human body as follows :
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THE LAW OF CORRESPONDENCES 541

PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF THE TWELVE SIGNS

Aries rules the head, the cerebral hemispheres,
the various organs within the head, and the eyes,
but the nose is under the rulership of Scorpio.
Thus any affliction in Aries will react upon
the head, producing headaches, neuralgia, coma
and trance conditions, diseases of the brain and
cerebral hemispheres.

Taurus rules the neck, throat, palate, larynx and
tonsils, lower jaw, ears, and occipital region.
The cerebellum is also under the rule of Taurus,
so are the atlas and cervical vertebrae, the car-
otid arteries, jugular veins, and other minor
blood vessels.

The diseases to which this region is subject
are goitre, diphtheria, croup and apoplexy. As
each sign always reacts upon the opposite, af-
fliction,s in Taurus may also produce venereal
diseases, constipation, or irregular menses.

Gemini rules the arms and hands, shoulders,
lungs, and the thymus gland, also the upper ribs,
therefore afflictions in Gemini cause pulmonary
diseases, pneumonia, pleurisy, bronchitis, asthma
and inflammation of the pericardium.

Cancer rules the oesophagus, stomach, diaphragm,
and lower lobes of the lungs, the mammae, lac-
teals, upper lobes of liver, and thoracic duct.

542 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS

hence afflictions in Cancer produce indigestion,
gas on the stomach, cough, hiccough, dropsy,
gloom, hypochondria, hysteria, gall stones, and
jaundice.

SI Leo rules the heart, the dorsal region of the spine,
the spinal cord, and the aorta, therefore the af-
flictions in Leo cause regurgitation, palpitation,
faintings, aneurism, spinal meningitis, and curv-
ature of the spine, also arterio-sclerosis and an-
gina pectoris, hyperaemia, anaemia and hydrsemia.

TTg Virgo rules the abdominal region, the large and
small intestines, the lower lobes of the liver, the
pancreas and spleen, therefore afflictions in
Virgo produce peritonitis, tapeworm, malnutri-
tion, interference with the absorption of the
chyle, typhoid fever, cholera, and appendicitis.

=^= Libra rules the kidneys, the suprarenals, the lum-
bar region of the spine, the vasomotor system
and the skin, hence afflictions in Libra produce
polyuria, or suppression of the urine, inflamma-
tion of the ureters which connect the kidneys
with the bladder, Bright 's disease, malnutrition,
lumbago, eczema and other skin diseases.

TH, Scorpio rules the bladder, urethra, and genital
organs in general. Also the rectum and the de-
scending colon, the sigmoid flexure, the prostate
gland, and also the nasal bones, hence afflictions

PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF THE SIGNS 543

in Scorpio produce nasal catarrh, adenoids, and
polypi, diseases of the womb and ovaries, various
venereal diseases, stricture, and enlargement of
the prostate gland, irregularities of the menses,
leucorrhoea, rupture, renal stones and gravel.

/ Sagittarius rules the hips and thighs, the femur,
ilium, the coccygeal and sacral regions of the
spine, the iliac arteries and veins, sciatic nerves,
hence afflictions to Sagittarius produce locomotor
ataxia, sciatica, rheumatism, and hip diseases.
Furthermore, as each sign has an influence upon
its opposite, afflictions in Sagittarius may also
cause pulmonary troubles. It is also noteworthy
that broken bones are caused by this sign.

Itf Capricorn governs the skin and the knees, but it
has also a reflex action on the stomach, which is
governed by the opposite sign Cancer. Hence
afflictions in Capricorn produce eczema and other
skin diseases, erysipelas, leprosy, and digestive
disturbances.

£? Aquarius rules the ankles, the limbs from the
knees to the ankles, and has also a reflex action
on its opposite sign Leo, hence afflictions in
Aquarius produce varicose veins, sprained an-
kles, irregularities of the heart action and
dropsy.

544 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS

^ Pisces rules the feet and toes. It also has a reflex
effect on the abdominal region governed by the
opposite sign, Virgo, hence afflictions in this sign
indicate trouble and deformities of the feet, in-
testinal diseases and dropsy. It also produces a
desire for drink and drugs which may bring
about delirium tremens. Consumption is some-
times found to be a secondary result of cold in
the feet contracted by an afflicted Pisces.

PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF THE SUN

The Sun rules in the very first place the vital
fluid which is specialized through the spleen, trans-
ferred to the solar plexus, and thence distributed over
the whole body. This vital fluid is invisible to ordi-
nary humanity, but to those gifted with the spiritual
sight it appears as a rose-colored fluid which is like
the electricity in the wires of a telephone or telegraph
system. When the wires designed to carry electricity
are minus the electric fluid they are dead and the
telephone or telegraph instruments do not respond.
Similarly, when for some reason the invisible vital
fluid ceases to flow through any part of the human
organism in sufficient quantity, that part of the body
will not perform its proper function, and therefore
disease results, continuing until the obstruction has
been removed and the path cleared for the vital fluid
On that account an afflicted Sun always causes disease,
particularly in a male horoscope, and in a female

PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF THE SUN 545

nativity the Moon, which is the collector of solar
forces, takes the same office or function. The heart
and the pons varolii, or vital knot, situated in the
brain, are the principal parts of the body ruled by
the Sun. When the Sun is well aspected in Leo or
Aries radiant health may be looked for. But on the
other hand, when he is afflicted he produces the vari-
ous ailments according to the sign wherein he is
placed at the time. These disabilities may be set
down as follows:

O T The Sun afflicted in Aries, the sign which rules
the head, gives a tendency to aphasia or loss of
identity, brain fever, cerebral haemorrhage, and
meningitis, cerebral anaemia or congestion of the
blood, faintings and headaches.

0 8 The Sun afflicted in Taurus gives a tendency
to quinsy, diphtheria, and polypus of the nose.
In the Pleiades (Taurus 29°), eye trouble.

O n The Sun in Gemini gives a tendency to pleurisy,
bronchitis, and hyperemia of the lungs.

0 55 The Sun afflicted in Cancer gives a tendency to
anemia, dropsy, dyspepsia, and gastric fever.

QSl The Sun afflicted in Leo gives a tendency to
palpitation of the heart, backache, and spinal
afflictions. In the Ascelli (Leo 6°), eye trouble.

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OTH2 The Sun afflicted in Virgo gives a tendency to
interference with the assimilation and peritonitis,,
typhoid fever, and dysentery.

0=2= The Sun afflicted in Libra gives a tendency to
Bright 's disease and eruptions of the skin
through overheated blood, for Saturn rules the
skin and Libra is his exaltation sign.

O fll The Sun afflicted in Scorpio gives a tendency to
renal calculus, genito-urinary and menstrual dis-
turbances, uterine and ovarian affections.

O J The Sun afflicted in Sagittarius gives a tend-
ency to sciatica, paralysis of the limb.s and pul-
monary diseases. If the Sun is in Antares
(Sagittarius 8°) and afflicted by one or more
of the malefics there is danger of disease of the
eyes.

QV3 The Sun afflicted in Capricorn gives a tendency
to rheumatism, skin diseases, and digestive trou-
bles.

O^r The Sun afflicted in Aquarius gives a tendency
to varicose veins, dropsy, palpitation of the
heart, and poor circulation.

O X. The Sun afflicted in Pisces gives a tendency to
perspiration of the feet, also intestinal troubles,,
typhoid fever, et cetera.

PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF VENUS 547
PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF VENUS

On account of her rulership of Taurus and Libra,.
Venus is responsible for a number of affections of
the throat and kidneys, also maladies due to gas-
tronomical indiscretions, lack of exercise, sedentary
habits, poor circulation of the venous blood, excess
of amorous indulgence and dissolute living, hence she
brings obesity, tumors, cysts, poor circulation, vene-
real diseases, tonsilitis, and various other disorders.
Her general effect when placed in the twelve signs
may be classed as follows :

9 T Venus afflicted in Aries gives a tendency to
catarrh in the head, mucus, and, by reflex ac-
tion in Libra congestion of the kidneys.

$ 8 Venus afflicted in Taurus gives a tendency to-
mumps, headaches affecting the occipital region,
goitre, tonsilitis, and glandular swellings of the
throat. By reflex action in Scorpio this also'
brings venereal diseases or other troubles p&-
culiar to the genitals.

$ n Venus afflicted in Gemini gives a tendency to
corrupt blood, pulmonary inefficiency, whitlows.,
warts, and dropsy.

$ 55 Venus afflicted in Cancer gives a tendency to'
distended stomach, gastric tumor, and nausea.

$ <<rt Venus afflicted in Leo gives a tendency to spinal
affections, backache and enlarged heart.

548 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS

$ 1TE Venus afflicted in Virgo gives a tendency to
weakened peristaltic action of the intestines, tu-
mors and tapeworm, worms in children.

$ === Venus afflicted in Libra gives a tendency to
uremia and polyuria; by reflex action in Aries,
headaches.

9 TT], Venus afflicted in Scorpio gives a tendency to
varicocele, venereal diseases, uterine prolapsis or
tumors, painful menstruation and other female
complaints, and by reflex action in Taurus, throat
affections.

$ / Venus afflicted in Sagittarius gives a tendency
to tumors and kindred diseases in the hips, and,
by reflex action in Gemini, bronchial and pul-
monary affections.

3 VS Venus afflicted in Capricorn gives a tendency
to gout in the limbs, and, by reflex action in
Cancer, digestive troubles, nausea and vomiting.

5 £? Venus afflicted in Aquarius gives a tendency to
varicose veins, and, by reflex action in Leo, heart
trouble.

t £ ^ Venus afflicted in Pisces gives a tendency to
tender feet, bunions, chilblains, gout, and, by
reflex action in Virgo, abdominal tumors and
intestinal disorders.

PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF MERCURY 549
PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF MERCURY

Mercury rules Gemini and Virgo, therefore his
afflictions manifest in diseases related to these signs,
as bronchitis, pulmonary and respiratory troubles.
He also rules the right cerebral hemisphere, the mo-
tor segment of the spinal cord, and the vocal cords,
hence locomotor, nervous and vocal disorders are also
among his manifestations; so is deafness. The fol-
lowing effects may be noted when he is afflicted in
the twelve signs :

S T Mercury afflicted in Aries gives a tendency to
brain fever, nervous headache, vertigo, neural-
gia, and, by reflex action in Libra, nervous dis-
orders of the kidneys, and lumbago.

5 b Mercury afflicted in Taurus gives a tendency to
stuttering, hoarseness and deafness, and by re-
flex action in Scorpio, nervous affections of the
genito-urinary system.

. £ n Mercury afflicted in Gemini gives a tendency to
gout in head, arms, and shoulders, bronchitis
asthma, asphyxiation, pleurisy, and, by reflex
action in Sagittarius, nervous pains in the hips.

S 25 Mercury afflicted in Cancer gives a tendency to
nervous indigestion, phlegm, flatulence, and
drunkenness.

9 SI Mercury afflicted in Leo gives a tendency to pain
in the back, fainting, and palpitation of the heart.

550 s THE MESSAGE OF' THE STARS

$ TlR Mercury afflicted in Virgo gives a tendency to
flatulence, wind colic, short breath, and nervous
debility.

,3 ^ Mercury afflicted in Libra gives a tendency to
suppression of urine, renal paroxysms, lumbago,
and, by reflex action in Aries, vertigo, nervous
headaches and eye trouble.

!$ TT\, Mercury afflicted in Scorpio gives a tendency to
pains in bladder and genitals, menstrual trouble,
and, by reflex action in Taurus, stuttering or
hoarseness and deafness.

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!?2 j? Mercury afflicted in Sagittarius gives a tendency
.' to pain in the hips and thighs. By reflex action
in Gemini, cough, asthma and pleurisy.

!$ Itf Mercury afflicted in Capricorn gives a tendency
to rheumatism, especially in the knees; pains in
the back, skin diseases, melancholy; by reflex ac-
tion in Cancer, nervous indigestion, flatulence.

i$ £? Mercury afflicted in Aquarius gives a tendency
to shooting or gnawing pains in the whole body,
varicose veins, corrupt blood and, by reflex action
in Leo, palpitation, and neuralgia of the heart.

!3 X. Mercury afflicted in Pisces gives a tendency to
gout in the feet, or they are tender and subject
to cramp, or, by reflex action in Virgo, a gen-
eral weakness, lassitude, worry, and sometimes
tuberculosis, deafness.

PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF MERCURY 551
PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF THE MOON

The Moon rules the oesophagus and stomach, the
uterus and ovaries, the lymphatics and the sympa-
thetic nervous system, the synovial fluid. When af-
flicted she produces dropsical and menstrual trou-
bles, uterine and ovarian afflictions, dyspepsia, eye
trouble, and lunacy, according to the sign, house
and nature of the afflicting planet. She has particu-
lar rule over the mother during pregnancy.

D T The Moon afflicted in Aries gives a tendency to
insomnia, headache, lethargy, and weak eyes.

D 8 The Moon afflicted in Taurus gives a tendency
to sore throat, and if in Taurus 29° with the
Pleiades and afflicted by Saturn, Mars, Uranus,
or Neptune, eye trouble results; by reflex action
in Scorpio, menstrual or other trouble with the
genitals.

D n The Moon afflicted in Gemini gives a tendency
to catarrh of the lungs, asthma, bronchitis and
pneumonia, rheumatism in the arms and shoul-
ders.

D z The Moon afflicted in Cancer gives a tendency
to cancer of the stomach, dropsy, obesity, bloat-
ing, digestive troubles, and epilepsy.

J> SI The Moon afflicted in Leo gives a tendency to
backache, disturbed circulation, convulsions, and
heart trouble ; if in Leo 6°, eye trouble.

552 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS

D l\% The Moon afflicted in Virgo gives a tendency to
disorders in the bowels, abdominal tumors, dysen-
tery, and peritonitis.

5 =2= The Moon afflicted in Libra gives a tendency to
Bright 's diseai>e, abcess of the kidneys, uraemia;
by reflex action in Aries, headache or insomnia.

D nx The Moon afflicted in Scorpio gives a tendency
to disturbed menses, bladder troubles, hydrocele,
and other genito-urinary disturbances; by reflex
action in Taurus, throat troubles.

D t The Moon afflicted in Sagittarius gives a tend-
ency to blood affections, hip disease, and, some-
times, a broken femur; by reflex action in Gem-
ini, asthma.

D VS The Moon afflicted in Capricorn gives a tend-
ency to articular rheumatism, lack of synovial
fluid, eruptions of the skin, and, by reflex action
in Cancer, digestive troubles.

D £? The Moon afflicted in Aquarius gives a tend-
ency to varicose veins, ulcers of the leg, dropsy,
and, by reflex action in Leo, hysteria, fainting,
and heart trouble.

D ^ The Moon afflicted in Pisces gives a tendency to
drink, drug habits, tender feet, and, by reflex
action in Virgo, abdominal disorders of various
kinds.

PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF SATURN 553
PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF SATURN

Saturn is the planet of obstruction, crystalliza-
tion and atrophy. By his action the circulation or
passage of bodily fluids, such as the blood, lymph, or
urine, are impeded, and by this stagnation waste ma-
terials are retained instead of being eliminated. Thus
they form various deposits in the body, building the
skeleton, which is constructive, hardening the ar-
teries and articulations, which is destructive. Saturn
rules the gall bladder, where he forms the painful
gallstones, and by virtue of his exaltation power in
Libra he crystallizes the renal stones and gravel
which cause such suffering to those who have these
concretions. By retention of the urea he causes the
painful rheumatism and gout which often manifest
in deformity of the joints that so often disfigure
and disable the sufferers therefrom. He rules the
pneumogastric nerve, and by his restrictive action
through that medium he may at any moment slow
down the heart action, stop digestion, suppress the
urine and stool under the emotions of fear and worry
generated by him. Thus he has the power to bring
every bodily function to a standstill.

Saturn also rules the teeth and the skin. By his
action the teeth decay and cause malnutrition,
the synovial membranes are hardened, making the
spine and limbs rigid ; he makes the skin tough as the
years go by. Saturn is at home in Capricorn, and
by his reflex action in Cancer he interferes with the

554 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS

peristaltic action which is necessary to supply the
body with food ; he then causes antiperistalsis, or
vomiting. His general activities in the body are de-
structive and tend to end, £he life, of the, organism.

Saturn generally hurts by falls, bruises, and
colds. He predisposes to chronic and deep-seated ail-
ments, and his victims are difficult to reach because
he imbues them with fear, worry, and pessimism, so
that they refuse to believe in the possibility of a cure
and cannot be induced to take a cheerful look on life.

The presence of Saturn in any part of the horo-
scope constitutes an affliction in itself, therefore we
may note the following effects in the twelve signs,
whether he is aspected by squares, oppositions, trines
or sextiles, but naturally his effects are somewhat
more inimical when in evil aspect.

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T? T Saturn in Aries gives a tendency to headache,
colds, catarrh, deafness, and chills, cerebral
anaemia, dental decay, tartar, faintings, and, by
reflex action in Libra, renal disorders.

T? b Saturn in Taurus gives a tendency to phlegm,
diphtheria, quinsy, mumps, croup, decay of the
lower teeth, choking, and by reflex action in Scor-
pio, stricture, constipation and similar disorders.

T? n Saturn in Gemini gives a tendency to rheum-
atic pains in shoulders and arms, bronchitis, pul-
monary consumption, asthma, and, by reflex ac-
tion in Sagittarius, sciatica and hip diseases.

PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF SATURN 555

i? z Saturn in Cancer gives a tendency to pyorrhoea,
dyspepsia, gastric ulcer and cancer, nausea and
belching, scurvy > jaundice, gallstones, anaemia,
and stricture of the oesophagus.

T? SI Saturn in Leo gives a tendency to curvature of
the spine, muscular inefficiency of the heart,
weak back, arterio-sclerosis, and sclerosis of the
spinal cord.

T? TT# Saturn in Virgo gives a tendency to weakened
peristalsis of the intestines, abated absorption of
chyle, obstruction of the ileum caecum and trans-
verse colon, appendicitis.

T? =£= Saturn in Libra gives a tendency to locomotor
ataxia, renal stones, gravel and sand, Bright 's
disease, suppression of urine, malnutrition, and,
by reflex action in Aries, headache, toothache,
and other disorders of the head.

T? TTL Saturn in Scorpio gives a tendency to sterility,
suppression of the menses, stricture, constipa-
tion, haemorrhoids and, by reflex action in Tau-
rus, nasal catarrh, hoarseness, phlegm, and other
throat affections.

T? t Saturn in Sagittarius gives a tendency to con-
tusions of the hips and thighs, sciatica, gout, and
hip disease; by reflex action in Gemini, bron-
chitis, tuberculosis, and other Gemini affections.

556 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS

!? VS Saturn in Capricorn gives a tendency to articu-
lar rheumatism, eczema, erysipelas, and other
diseases of the skin; by reflex action in Cancer,
jaundice, gallstones, and dyspepsia.

> £? Saturn in Aquarius gives a tendency to weak
ankles, easily sprained, and, by reflex action in
Leo, curvature of the spine, sclerosis and other
affections of the heart, back and arteries.

T? X. Saturn in Pisces gives a tendency to cold feet,
rheumatism and bunions, also tuberculosis due
to cold and wet feet, and, by reflex action in
Virgo, dropsy.

PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF JUPITER

The liver is the great center of the Jupiterian
activity ; there he forms glycogen from the waste
products of the portal blood-stream. The great cen-
tral vortex of the desire body is also in the liver, and
when an extra effort is to be made, Mars draws upon
the glycogen storehouse of Jupiter for fuel. Saturn
too is active in the liver, forming the gall, urea, and
uric acid.

It is somewhat difficult for the average student
to segregate and combine the varied functions of this
organ, but if we bear in mind that Cancer is the ex-
altation sign of Jupiter and the opposite sign Cap-
ricorn is the home of Saturn and the exaltation sign
of Mars, we shall more readily understand that the

PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF JUPITER 557

great benefic, Jupiter, endeavors to store in the liver
the glycogen so necessary to the bodily activity. This,
Mars, the opposing exaltation ruler, recklessly scat-
ters by expenditure of muscular energy, and he is
aided and abetted in his destructive activities by Sat-
urn, who produces gall and urea which he deposits
during the muscular work as uric acid in the various
parts of the body where it manifests as gout and
rheumatism. Saturn also makes the liver torpid and
causes constipation.

Jupiter rules the adrenals and arterial circula-
tion, hence his afflictions cause formation of adipose
tissue, fatty degeneration of muscles, tumors, and
morbid growths, enlargement of organs, waste of
sugar and albumen as in diabetes and kindred dis-
eases. Blood-poisoning, hyperaemia and apoplexy are
due to afflictions of Jupiter.

The following effects may be noted when Jupiter
is afflicted in the twelve signs:

U T Jupiter afflicted in Aries gives a tendency to
dizziness, cerebral congestion, sleepiness, throm-
bus, fainting, ulcerated gums of upper jaw, and,
by reflex action in Libra, diabetes and depres-
sion due to lack of adrenal secretion.

11 b Jupiter afflicted in Taurus gives a tendency to
gourmandize, hence plethora and apoplexy, ring-
worm and carbuncles follow ; also ulcerated gums
of mandible ; by reflex action in Scorpio, catarrh
of the nose and nose-bleed.

558 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS

If n Jupiter afflicted in Gemini gives a tendency to
pleurisy, blood affections, congestion of the
lungs, pulmonary apoplexy; by reflex action in
Sagittarius, broken bones, gout and rheumatism
in hips and thighs.

H £o Jupiter afflicted in Cancer gives a tendency to
gourmandize, causing dilation of the stomach,
dyspepsia, liver complaints, jaundice, and
drop.sy ; by reflex action in Capricorn, which
rules the skin, pimples and similar eruptions.

if Si Jupiter afflicted in Leo gives a tendency to apo-
plexy and fatty degeneration of the heart, the
valve action is weakened, the circulation sluggish
at times and at other times there is palpitation
and feverish conditions; by reflex action in
Aquarius, swollen ankles.

UTf% Jupiter afflicted in Virgo gives a tendency to
enlarged liver, often ulcerated, jaundice.

if === Jupiter afflicted in Libra gives a tendency to
melancholy due to diminished adrenal secretion,
renal abcess, diabetes, skin eruptions due to slug-
gish action of kidneys; by reflex action in Aries*
congestion of brain, coma and vertigo.

i£fl\ Jupiter afflicted in Scorpio gives a tendency to
enlarged prostate gland, uterine tumors, urethral
abcess, dropsy, hydrgemia, excess of urates and
strangury; by reflex action in Taurus, apoplexy
and nose-bleed.

PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF JUPITER 559

U J: Jupiter afflicted in Sagittarius gives a tend-
ency to rheumatism and gout ; by reflex action in
Gemini, pulmonary apoplexy and corrupt blood

UV3 Jupiter afflicted in Capricorn gives a tendency
to various skin diseases, and, by reflex action in
Cancer > digestive ailments, dropsy, jaundice, and
fatty degeneration of the liver.

U£? Jupiter afflicted in Aquarius gives a tendency
to milk-leg, swollen ankles, and, by reflex action
in Leo, apoplexy and palpitation.

U X. Jupiter afflicted in Pisces gives a tendency to
swollen, perspiring feet, and, by reflex action in
Virgo, enlarged liver, abdominal tumors, jaun-
dice, and diseased intestines.

PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF MARS

The ancient Egyptian sages called Cancer the
sphere of the soul, and when the mystic Sun of life
goes through this moist, fruitful lunar sign the seed-
atom of the ego.'s physical body is planted. While
the embryonic body grows unconsciously as a plant
grows, the mystic Sun of life passes through Leo,
Virgo, and Libra. In the fourth month of gestation
it passes through the second of the watery signs,
Scorpio. Then the spirit dies to its heavenly home
and is immured in its earthly prisonhouse by Mars,
who chains it with the silver cord and thus brings

560 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS

about the quickening. Then the Sun of life proceeds
through Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and when
after the nine months have been completed it has
passed through the last of the watery signs, Pisces,
the floodgates of the womb are opened and the ego
launched upon the sea of life under the auspices of
the martial sign Aries, where the giver of life, the
Sun, is exalted.

During the gestatory period Mars has given to
the body iron, especially in the form of haemoglobin,
and with the first breath oxidation of this substance
commences to produce the heat so necessary to life
and consciousness. This operation is continued all
through life, and thus to the Martian ray falls the
important task of supplementing the Sun in the
maintenance of the vital spark until the mystic Sun
of life has completed its circle and reached the sign
where the quickening took place. Then Scorpio gives
the body its death-sting, Mars and his friend Saturn
cut the silver cord, and the freed soul soars as an
eagle into the empyrean seeking the celestial spheres
which are its true home. Therefore Scorpio is sym-
bolized both by a scorpion and an eagle.

On account of his mission as aide to the Sun in
the maintenance of life, Mars ever aims to cleanse
the body of filth and waste accumulation so that the
fire's of life may burn brightly, hence, when the gour-
mandizing habits of Jupiter and Venus have clogged
the system, or the obstructive tendencies of Saturn
have poisoned the body by stoppage of elimination,

PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF MARS 561

Mars lights the fire of fever and inflammation to
burn out the refuse and give the system a new lease
of life and energy. Thus many of the pathogenic
effects of Mars aim at a constructive end.

But Mars not only aids the vital process of the
life-giving Sun, who is exaltation ruler of Aries; he
is himself exaltation ruler of Capricorn, where Sat-
urn, the planet of death, holds sway, and between
those two thieves the Sun, the Lord of Life, is cru-
cified, suffers and dies, while they part his physical
garment. The role of Saturn in this process has been
described in the appropriate chapter, and of Mars
it may be said that by his recklessness he predisposes
to accidents by burning, scalding, wounds, or gun-
shot. He rules the genitals through Scorpio, and de-
pletes the vitality and causes genital disorders by
passional excesses, haemorrhage, rupture of blood ves-
sels. Excessive menses and haemorrhoids show his
activities in the blood ; hernia and contagious diseases
are also manifestations of the martian ray. As Mars
is a malefic, his presence in any sign or house con-
stitutes an affliction in itself, regardless of his aspects,
but naturally his pathogenic effects are worse when
he is aspected by square or opposition than when he
is fortified by sextile or trine.

His effects in the twelve signs may be more spe-
cifically stated as follows:

$ T Mars in Aries gives a tendency to sunstroke,
cerebral haemorrhages or congestion, inflamma-

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tion of the brain, brain fever and delirium, shoot-
ing pains in the head, insomnia, and wounds in
the head ; by reflex action in Libra, inflammation
of the kidneys, renal haemorrhage and renal cal-
culi.

$ 8 Mars in Taurus gives a tendency to mumps, en-
larged or inflamed tonsils, suffocation, adenoids,
diphtheria, polypus and nose-bleed, goitre, in-
flammation of the larynx; by reflex action in
Scorpio, excessive menstrual flow, scalding urine,
venereal ulcers, enlargement of the prostate
gland and strangury.

$ n Mars in Gemini gives a tendency to haemorrhage
of the lungs, pneumonia, bronchitis, cough,
wounds or fractures of hands, arms, and collar-
bone; by reflex action in Sagittarius, fractured
femur, and sciatica.

$ £E Mars in Cancer gives a tendency to milk-fever,
inflammation, ulceratlon and haemorrhage of the
stomach, dyspepsia.

$ Si Mars in Leo gives a tendency to muscular
rheumatism in the back, overheating of the blood,
enlargement of the heart and palpitation, pain
in the heart, suffocation and fainting (angina
pectoris), inflammation of the pericardium.

$ irg Mars in Virgo gives a tendency to typhoid, in-
flammation of the bowels, peritonitis, worms,

PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF MARS 565-

diarrhoea, cholera, and ventral hernia, appen-
dicitis.

$ =0= Mars in Libra gives a tendency to inflammation
of the kidneys, excess of urine, hasmorrhage of
the kidneys and renal stones; by reflex action in
Aries, brain-fever, sunstroke, pains in the head.

$ n\. Mars in Scorpio gives a tendency to excessive
menses, scalding urine, gravel, pand, and renal
stones, inflammation and ulceration of the
ovaries and uterus, also of the vagina and ure-
thra, varicocele, enlargement of the prostate
gland, stricture and strangury, venereal ulcers
and haemorrhoids ; by reflex action in Taurus,
inflamed tonsils or larynx and nose-bleed.

$ t Mars in Sagittarius gives a tendency to fracture
or dislocation of the femur, sciatica, and ulcers
of the thighs; by reflex action in Gemini, pneu-
monia, bronchitis and cough.

$ V3 Mars in Capricorn gives a tendency to carbun-
cles, erysipelas, smallpox, chickenpox, measles,
pimples, itch and other eruptive or inflammatory
skin diseases; by reflex action in Cancer, dys-
pepsia and ulcerated stomach.

$ £? Mars in Aquarius gives a tendency to varicose
veins, fracture of the leg and blood-poisoning;
by reflex action in Leo, heartstroke, overheated
blood, fainting and palpitation.

564 THE MESSAGE OF THE STABS

£ X Mars in Pisces gives a tendency to deformities
of the feet, or accidents to them, corns, bunions
and perspiring feet; by reflex action in Virgo,
ventral hernia, inflammation of the bowels and
diarrhoea.

PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF URANUS

Uranus rules the ether which is the medium by
\vhieh the light rays are transmitted, hence he has
considerable influence over the eyes and is responsi-
ble, when afflicting the Sun or Moon, for various
diseases of the eyes, or even blindness. This is es-
pecially the case when the Sun or Moon is placed in
the Pleiades (Taurus 29°), or the Ascelli (Leo 6°)
or Antares (Sagittarius 8°).

Modern astrologers have not yet had time to tab-
ulate the full effects of Uranus in all the signs,
and as for the pathogenic effects still less is known,
Lut he is said to be exalted in Scorpio and our own
experience seems to indicate that Uranus has a very
marked evil influence on the sex which is ruled by
this sign, producing most deep-seated venereal dis-
eases. By reflex action or affliction to planets in
Taurus (ruled by Venus) where the organ of co-
ordinated action is located, he produces erratic move-
ments, as seen in St. Vitus dance, contortions, spasms,
tetanus, cramps, hiccough and hysteria.

As ruler of the ether and gases he is responsible
for injury and shock by electricity which travels

PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF URANUS 565

through the ether. Nitrogen, a gas, is the base of
a number of compounds whose characteristic Uranian.
instability makes them highly explosive, and Uranus
is thus responsible for such deaths and injuries as
occur on that account, especially if placed in the
Eighth House.

J# 8 Uranus in Taurus gives a tendency to dimin-
ished pituitary secretion and consequent abnor-
mal growth.

*& n Uranus in Gemini gives a tendency to spas-
modic asthma, colds, and a dry, hard cough.

J# 5> Uranus in Cancer gives a tendency to hiccough,
produced by the erratic action of the diaphragm,
also a hard, dry stomach cough and cramp of
the stomach, gas and flatulence.

V SI Uranus in Leo gives a tendency to palpitation,
spasmodic heart action, spinal meningitis and
infantile paralysis ; by reflex action from Aqua-
rius similar effects are now observable.

Uranus in Virgo gives a tendency to flatulence,
and abdominal cramps.

Uranus in Libra gives a tendency to intermit-
tent action of the kidneys and venereal eruptions,
of the skin ; by reflex action in Aries, sudden and
violent headaches, shooting pains in the head, and
hallucinations.

566 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS

J# n\ Uranus • in Scorpio gives a tendency to miscar-
riages, abortions, and venereal diseases, and in
the Fifth House he causes painful and difficult
parturition, generally involving the use of in-
struments and often the infant is severely or
fatally injured or stillborn.

^ V3 Uranus in Capricorn usually works by reflex
action in Cancer, but as the children with this
configuration are still young (this is written in
1918) the full effects are as yet unknown.

PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF NEPTUNE

Neptune, the octave of Mercury, works princi-
pally upon the nervous system (ruled by Mercury)
and at times produces frenzy where the person is
beside himself on account of religious or other ex-
citement. At other times he produces lethargy, coma,
•catalepsy, trance or mediumship, where the bodily
energies are in abeyance while the psychic powers
.are in a state of hyperactivity. He rules the spinal
canal, which is filled with ether during life. (It is
true that surgeons tap it and draw out a fluid, but
they may also draw water from a steam boiler be-
cause the steam condenses to water). This luminous
gas is called tlie spinal spirit fire by occultists, and
t>y vibrating the pineal gland, also ruled by Neptune,
spiritual sight is produced, but it depends upon the
rate and pitch of these vibrations what the person
sees. By prayer, concentration and meditation, a

PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF NEPTUNE 567

state of religious ecstacy may be produced where he
sees the celestial hosts, or if a lower rate of super-
normal vibration is produced by drink or drugs he
sees demoniac shapes as related by sufferers of de-
lirium, which is due to Neptune, especially in the
watery sign Pisces. The pathogenic influence of Nep-
tune is most evil in the Sixth House (or the sixth
sign, Virgo) indicating disease, or in the Twelfth
House (or the twelfth sign, Pisces) which governs
sorrow, trouble and self-undoing. If these two
houses are occupied by Taurus and Scorpio, the signs
ruling the throat and genitals, there is an abnormal
and perverted passional desire which gives a tend-
ency to self-abuse and perversion of a still worse
nature. The mind, ruled by Mercury, the lower oc-
tave of Neptune, is morbid in its brooding upon un-
savory subjects, and parents with children having
Neptune in the Sixth or Twelfth Houses will do
well to watch them carefully, especially if Neptune
is in opposition to Uranus and Saturn in orb: that
covers a number of those who are now, in 1918,
reaching puberty, for Neptune has been going
through the psychic sign Cancer while Uranus was
in the opposite sign Capricorn.

We have found that Neptune square Saturn and
Jupiter brought incurable insanity; Neptune con-
junction Mars in Aries, square Uranus and the Moon
in Cancer caused temporary insanity of a periodic
nature; Neptune conjunction Moon square Uranus
caused spirit control. We have also seen many other

568 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS

indications, but the full effects of Neptune have not
yet been systematically observed. We are working
to that end, however, and hope in future years to
be able to present a fairly full tabulation.

THF DUCTLESS GLANDS
Their Role and Riders

It is well known to the esoteric astrologer that
the human body has an immense period of evolu-
tion behind it and that this splendid organism is the
result of a slow process of gradual upbuilding which
is still continuing and will make each generation bet-
ter than the previous until in some far distant future
it shall have reached a stage of completion of which
we cannot even dream. It is also understood by the
deeper students that in addition to the physical body
man has finer vehicles which are not yet seen by the
great majority of human beings, though all have
within them latent a sixth sense whereby they will
in time cognize these finer sheaths of the soul. The
occultist speaks of these finer vehicles as the vital
body, made of ether, and the desire body, made of
desire stuff, the material whence we draw our feel-
ings and emotions, and with the addition of the
sheath of mind and the physical body these complete
what may be termed the personality which is the
evanescent part distinct from the immortal spirt that
uses these vehicles for its expression. These finer
vehicles interpenetrate the dense physical body as air

THE DUCTLESS GLANDS 569

permeates water and have particular dominion over
certain parts thereof, because the physical body itself
is a crystallization of these finer vehicles in the same
manner and upon the same principle that the soft
fluids of a snail's body gradually crystallize into the
hard and flinty shell which it carries upon iljs back.
For the purpose of this dissertation we may say
broadly that the softer parts of our bodies which we
commonly call flesh may be divided into two kinds,
glands and muscles. The vital body was statted in
the Sun Period. Crystallization from this time on in
that vehicle has developed what we now call glands
and to this day they and the blood are the special
manifestations of the vital body within the physical
vehicle, and therefore the glands as a whole may be
said to be under the rule of the life-giving Sun and
the great benefic, Jupiter. For it is the function of
the vital body to build and restore the tone of the
muscles when tense and tired by the work imposed
upon them by the restless desire body which was
started in the Moon Period, and the muscles are there-
fore ruled by the wandering Moon, which is the pres-
ent vantage point of the angels, the humanity of the
Moon Period, and the impulsive and turbulent Mars,
where the so-called 'Fallen Angels,' the Lucifer spir-
its, dwell. That is to say as a whole, for the student
must carefully note that individual glands and par-
ticular groups of muscles are under the rulership of
other planets as well. It is as rwhen we say that all
who live within the United States of America are

570 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS

citizens of that country, but some are subject to the
laws of California, others to those of Maine.

We know the Hermetic axiom, "As above, so
below," which gives the master key to all mysteries,
and as there are upon the earth, the maerocosm, a
great many undiscovered places, so also in the micro-
cosm of the body do we find unknown countries that
are a closed book to the scientific explorers. Chief
among them has been a small group of the so-called
"ductless glands/ seven in number, namely:

The Pituitary Body, ruled by Uranus.
Q The Pineal Gland, ruled by Neptune.
The Thyroid Gland, ruled by Mercury.
The Thymus Gland, ruled by Venus.
The Spleen, ruled by the Sun.
The two Adrenals, ruled by Jupiter.

They have a great and particular interest for
occultists, and they may be termed in a certain sense
'the seven roses' upon the Cross of the body, for
they are intimately connected with the occult devel-
opment of humanity. Four of them, the Thymus
Gland, the Spleen and the two Adrenals, are con-
nected with the personality. The Pituitary Body and
the Pineal Gland are particularly correlated with the
spiritual side of our nature and the Thyroid Gland
forms the link between. The astrological rule over
these seven glands is as follows:

The Spleen is the entrance gate of the solar
forces specialized by each human being and circu-

THE DUCTLESS GLANDS 571

lated through the body as the vital fluid, without
which no being can live. This organ is therefore gov-
erned by the Sun. The two Adrenals are under the
rulership of Jupiter, the great benefic, and exert a
calming, quieting and soothing effect when the emo-
tional activities of the Moon and Mars or Saturn has
destroyed the poise. When the obstructive hand of
Saturn has awakened the melancholy emotions and
laid its restraint upon the heart, the Adrenals' secre-
tions are carried by the blood to the heart and acts
as a powerful stimulant in its effort to keep up the
circulation, while the Jovial optimism struggles
against the Saturnine worries or against the impulse
of Mars, which stir the desire body into turbulent
emotions of anger, rendering the muscles tense and
trembling with rage, dissipating the energy of the
system ; then the secretion of the Adrenals comes to
the rescue, releasing the glycogen of the liver in a
more abundant measure than usual to cope with the
emergency until the equipoise has been again at-
tained, and similarly during whatever other stress
or strain. It was the knowledge of this occult fact
that prompted the ancient astrologers to place the
kidneys under the rulership of Libra, the Balance,
and in order to avoid confusion of ideas we may say
the kidneys themselves play an important part in the
nutrition of the body, which is under the rulership
of Venus, the Lady of Libra, but Jupiter governs the
Adrenals, with which we are now particularly en-
gaged.

572 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS

Both Venus and her higher octave, Uranus, gov-
ern the functions of nutrition and growth, but in dif-
ferent ways and for different purposes. Therefore
Venus rules the Thymus Gland, which is the link
between the parents and the child until the latter has
reached puberty. This gland is located immediately
behind the sternum or breast bone ; it is largest in
ante-natal life and through childhood while growth
is excessive and rapid. During that time the vital
body of the child does its most effective work, for the
child is not then subject to the passions and emotions
generated by the desire body after that comes to birth
at or about the fourteenth year. But during the years
of growth the child cannot manufacture the red blood
corpuscles as does the adult, for the unborn, unor-
ganized desire body does not then act as an avenue
for the martian forces which assimilate the iron from
the food and transmute it into haemoglobin. To com-
pensate for this lack there is stored in the Thymus
Gland a spiritual esence drawn from the parents,
who are symbolized by Venus, the ruler, and with
this essence provided by the love of the parents the
child is able to accomplish the alchemistry of blood
temporarily until its desire body becomes dynamic-
ally active. Then the Thymus Gland atrophies and
it draws from its own desire body the necessary mar-
tian force. From that time, under normal conditions,
Uranus, the octave of Venus, and ruler of the Pitui-
tary Body, takes charge of the function of growth
and assimilation in the following manner :

THE DUCTLESS GLANDS 573

It i,s well known that all things, our food included,
radiate from themselves continuously small particles
which give an index of the thing whence they eman-
ate, its quality included. Thus when we lift the food
to our mouth a number of these invisible particles
enter the nose and by excitation of the olfactory tract
convey to us a knowledge of whether the food we are
about to take is suitable for this purpose or not, the
sense of smell warning us to discard such foods as
have a noxious odor, etc. But besides those particles
which attract or repel us from food by their action
up*on the alfactory tract through the sense of smell,
there are others which penetrate the sphenoid bone,
impinge upon the Pituitary Body and start the Ura-
nian alchemistry by which a secretion is formed and
injected into the blood. It also furthers assimilation
through the chemical ether, thus affecting the normal
growth and well-being of the body through life. Some-
times this Uranian influence of the Pituitary Body
is eccentric and therefore responsible for strange and
abnormal growths which produce the unfortunate
freaks of nature we occasionally meet.

But besides being responsible for the spiritual
impulses which generate the before-mentioned phy-
sical manifestations of growth, Uranus, working
through the Pituitary Body, is also responsible for
the spiritual phases of growth which aid awakened
man in his efforts to penetrate the veil into the
Invisible Worlds. In this work it is, however, asso-
ciated with Neptune, the ruler of the Pineal Gland.

574 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS

and it will therefore be necessary, in order to properly
elucidate, that we study the functions of the Thyroid
Gland, ruled by Mercury, and of the Pineal Gland
which is under the domination of his higher octave,
Neptune, simultaneously.

That the Thyroid Gland is under the rule of Mer-
cury, the planet of reason, is readily realized when
we understand the effect which the degeneration of
this gland has upon the mind, as shown in the dis-
eases of Cretinism and Myxedema. The secretions
of this gland are as necessary to the proper function
of mental activity as ether is to the transmission of
electricity, that is to say, upon the physical plane of
existence where the brain transmutes thought into
action. Contact with and expression in the invisible
worlds depends upon the functional ability of the
Pineal Gland, which is altogether spiritual, and is
therefore ruled by the octave of Mercury, Neptune,
the planet of spirituality. But Neptune operates in
conjunction with the Pituitary Body ruled by
Uranus, the planet of wisdom, as has already been
stated.

Scientists have wasted much time in speculation
upon the nature and function of these two little
bodies, the Pituitary Body and the Pineal Gland, but
without avail, and principally because, as Mephisto-
pheles says so sarcasticaly to the young man who
wants to study science under Faust :

THE DUCTLESS GLANDS 575

"Who e'er would know and treat of aught alive
Seeks first the living spirit thence to drive;
Then are the lifeless fragments in his hand;
He lacks, alas! the vital spirit band."

No one can really and truly observe the physio-
logical functions of any organ under such conditions
as exist in the laboratory on the operating table, in
the dissestion or vivisection chamber. To arrive at
an adequate understanding one must necessarily see
these organs exercising their physiological functions
in the living body, and that can only be done by means
of the spiritual sight. There are a number of organs
which are either atrophying or developing; the for-
mer show the path we have already traveled during
our past evolution, the latter are finger-posts, indi-
cating our future development .But there is still an-
other class of organs which are neither degenerating
nor evolving ; they are simply dormant at the present
time. Physiologists believe that the Pituitary Body
and the Pineal Gland are atrophying because they
find these organs more developed in some of the low-
est classes of life, such as worms, but as a matter of
fact they are wrong in their ideas; these organs are
only dormant. Some have also suspected that the
Pineal Gland is in some way connected with the
mind, because it contains certain crystals after
death, and the quantity was much less in those
who were mentally defective than in people of
normal mentality. This conclusion is right, but
the Seer knows that the spinal canal of the living is

576 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS

not filled with fluid; that the blood is not liquid, and
that these organs have no crystals in them when the
body is alive; these assertions are made with full
knowledge of the fact that the blood and the spinal
essence are liquid when drawn out of the physical
body, living or dead, and the contents of the Pitui-
tary Gland and the Pineal Gland appear crystalline
when the brain is dissected, but the reason is similar
to that which causes steam drawn from a steam boiler
to condense immediately upon contact with the at-
mosphere, and molten metal drawn from a smelter's
furnace to crystallize immediately upon withdrawal
therefrom.

All these substances are purely spiritual essences
when inside the body ; they are then ethereal and the
substance in the Pineal Gland, when seen by the spir-
itual sight, appears as light. Furthermore, when one
Seer looks upon the Pineal Gland of another who
is then also exercising his spiritual faculties, this light
is of a most intense brilliancy and of an irridescence
similar to but transcending in beauty the most won-
derful play of the Northern Lights, the Aurora
Borealis, ever witnessed by the writer, and he has
seen .them many times. It may also be said that the
function of this organ seems to have changed in the
course of human evolution. During the earlier epochs
of our present stay upon the earth, when man's body
was a large, baggy thing into which the spirit had
not yet entered, but was there only as an overshadow-
ing presence, there was an opening in the top and

THE DUCTLESS GLANDS 577

the Pineal Gland was within it ; it was then an organ
of orientation, giving a sense of direction. As the
human body condensed, it became less and less able
to endure the intense heat which prevailed during
that time and the Pineal Gland gave warning when
the body was brought too near one of the many cra-
ters and active volcanoes which were then erupting
the thin earth crust, thus enabling the spirit to guide
it away from these dangerous places. It was an
organ of direction which operated by feeling, but
feeling has since been distributed over the whole skin
of the body and this is an indication to the occultist
that some day the senses of hearing and sight will
also be similarly distributed so that we shall both see
and hear with our whole body and thus become still
more sensitive in those respects than we are now.

Since then the Pineal Gland and the Pituitary.
Body have become temporarily dormant to make man
oblivious to the invisible world while he learns the
lessons afforded by the material world, but the Pitui-
tary Body has manifested the Uranian influence
sporadically in abnormal physical growth, producing
freaks and monstrosities of various kinds, while Nep-
tune, working also abnormally through the Pineal
Gland, has been responsible for the abnormal spir-
itual growth of medicine men, witches and mediums
of spirit controls. When they are awakened to nor-
mal activities these two ductless glands will open the
door to the inner worlds in a sane and safe manner,
but in the meantime the Thyroid Gland, ruled by

578 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS

Mercury, the planet of reason, holds the secretion
necessary to give the brain balance.

In the future the ductless glands are destined to
play a prominent role, their development will accel-
erate evolution greatly, for their effects are mainly
mental and spiritual. We are now nearing the Aqua-
rian Age, the Sun is therefore beginning to transmit
the highly intellectual vibrations of this sign which
accounts for the intuitions, premonitions and tele-
pathic transmission now so prevalent. In the final
analysis these phenomena are due to the awakening of
the pituitary body, ruled by Uranus, the lord of
Aquarius, and every passing year will make them
more manifest.