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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 axiom 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 and the marching orbs that move through it. As the creative forces
within the womb act upon the ovum and gradually build the foetus, 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 correspondences between the signs and
planets and the different divisions of the human body as follows:
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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 head-
aches, neuralgia, coma and trance conditions, diseases of the brain and ce-
rebral hemorrhages.
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 carotid arteries, jugular veins,
and certain minor blood vessels.
The diseases to which these regions are subject are goitre, diphtheria,
croup and apoplexy. As each sign always reacts upon the opposite, afflic-
tions in Taurus may also produce venereal diseases, constipation, or ir-
regular menses.
GEMINI rules the arms and hands, shoulders, lungs, and the thymus gland,
also the upper ribs, therefore afflictions in Gemini cause pulmonary dis-
eases, pneumonia, pleurisy, bronchitis, asthma and inflammation of the
pericardium.
CANCER rules the oesophagus, stomach, diaphragm, pancreas, the mammae,
lacteals, upper lobes of liver, and thoracic duct, hence afflictions in
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Cancer produce indigestion, gas in the stomach, cough, hiccough, dropsy,
gloom, hypochondria, hysteria, gall stones, and jaundice.
LEO rules the heart, the dorsal region of the spine, the spinal cord, and
the aorta, therefore the afflictions in Leo cause regurgitation, palpita-
tion, faintings, aneurism, spinal meningitis, and curvature of the spine,
also arterio-sclerosis and angina pectoris, hyperaemia, anaemia and
hydraemia.
VIRGO rules the abdominal region, the large and small intestines, the lower
lobes of the liver, and the spleen, therefore afflictions in Virgo produce
peritonitis, tapeworm, malnutrition, interference with the absorption of the
chyle, typhoid fever, cholera, and appendicitis.
LIBRA rules the kidneys, the suprarenals, the lumbar region of the spine,
the vasomotor system and the skin, hence afflictions in Libra produce
polyuria, or suppression of the urine, inflammation of the ureters which
connect the kidneys with the bladder, Bright's disease, lumbago, eczema and
other skin diseases.
SCORPIO rules the bladder, urethra, and genital organs in general, also the
rectum and the descending colon, the sigmoid flexure, the prostate gland,
and the nasal bones; hence afflictions in Scorpio produce nasal catarrh,
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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, rheuma-
tism, 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.
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 afflic-
tions in Capricorn produce eczema and other skin diseases, erysipelas, lep-
rosy, 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 ankles, irregularities of the heart action
and dropsy.
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PISCES rules the feet and toes. It also has a reflex effect on the ab-
dominal region governed by the opposite sign, Virgo, hence afflictions in
this sign indicate trouble and deformities of the feet, intestinal diseases
and dropsy. It also produces a desire for drink and drugs which may bring
about delirium tremens. Consumption is sometimes 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 special-
ized through the spleen, transferred to the solar plexus, and thence dis-
tributed over the whole body. This vital fluid is invisible to ordinary hu-
manity, 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 vitial fluid
ceases to flow through any part of the human organism in sufficient guan-
tity, that part of the body will not perform its proper function, and there-
fore disease results, continuing until some obstruction has been removed and
the path cleared for the vital fluid. On that account an afflicted Sun al-
ways causes disease, particularly in a man's horoscope, and in a woman's
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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 various ailments
according to the sign wherein he is placed at the time. These disabilities
may be set down as follows:
THE SUN AFFLICTED IN ARIES, the sign which rules the head, gives a tendency
to aphasia, loss of identity, brain fever, cerebral haemorrhage, and menin-
gitis, cerebral anaemia or congestion of the blood, faintings and headaches.
THE SUN AFFLICTED IN TAURUS gives a tendency to quinsy, diphtheria, and
polypus of the nose. In the Pleiades (Taurus 29), eye trouble.
THE SUN AFFLICTED IN GEMINI gives a tendency to pleurisy, bronchitis, and
hyperaemia of the lungs.
THE SUN AFFLICTED IN CANCER gives a tendency to anemia, dropsy, dyspepsia,
and gastric fever.
THE SUN AFFLICTED IN LEO gives a tendency to palpitation of the heart, back-
ache, and spinal affections. In the Ascelli (Leo 6), eye trouble.
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THE SUN AFFLICTED IN VIRGO gives a tendency to interference with the as-
similation, peritonitis, typhoid fever, and dysentery.
THE SUN AFFLICTED IN LIBRA gives a tendency to Bright's disease and erup-
tions of the skin through overheated blood, for Saturn rules the skin and
Libra is his exaltation sign.
THE SUN AFFLICTED IN SCORPIO gives a tendency to renal calculus,
genito-urinary and menstrual disturbances, uterine and ovarian affections.
THE SUN AFFLICTED IN SAGITTARIUS gives a tendency to sciatica, paralysis of
the limbs and pulmonary 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.
THE SUN AFFLICTED IN CAPRICORN gives a tendency to rheumatism, skin dis-
eases, and digestive troubles.
THE SUN AFFLICTED IN AQUARIUS gives a tendency to varicose veins, dropsy,
palpitation of the heart, and poor circulation.
THE SUN AFFLICTED IN PISCES gives a tendency to perspiration of the feet,
also intestinal troubles, typhoid fever, et cetera.
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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 circula-
tion of the venous blood, excess of amorous indulgence and dissolute living,
hence she brings obesity, tumors, cysts, poor circulation, venereal dis-
eases, tonsilitis, and various other disorders. Her general effect when
placed in the twelve signs may be classed as follows:
VENUS AFFLICTED IN ARIES gives a tendency to catarrh in the head, mucus,
and, by reflex action in Libra congestion of the kidneys.
VENUS AFFLICTED IN TAURUS gives a tendency to mumps, headaches affecting the
occipital region, goitre, tonsilitis, and glandular swellings of the throat.
By reflect action in Scorpio this also brings venereal diseases or other
troubles peculiar to the genitals.
VENUS AFFLICTED IN GEMINI gives a tendency to corrupt blood, pulmonary inef-
ficiency, whitlows, warts, and dropsy.
VENUS AFFLICTED IN CANCER gives a tendency to distended stomach, gastric tu-
mor, and nausea.
VENUS AFFLICTED IN LEO gives a tendency to spinal affections, backache and
enlarged heart.
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VENUS AFFLICTED IN VIRGO gives a tendency to weakened peristaltic action of
the intestines, tumors, tapeworm, and worms in children.
VENUS AFFLICTED IN LIBRA gives a tendency to uremia and polyuria; by reflex
action in Aries, headaches.
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 dis-
eases in the hips, and by reflex action in Gemini, bronchial and pulmonary
affections.
VENUS AFFLICTED IN CAPRICORN gives a tendency to gout in the limbs, and, by
reflex action in Cancer, digestive troubles, nausea and vomiting.
VENUS AFFLICTED IN AQUARIUS gives a tendency to varicose veins, and, by re-
flex action in Leo, heart trouble.
VENUS AFFLICTED IN PISCES gives a tendency to tender feet, bunions, chil-
blains, gout, and, by reflex action in Virgo, abdominal tumors and intesti-
nal disorders.
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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 motor segment of
the spinal cord, and the vocal cords, hence locomotor ataxia and nervous and
vocal disorders are among his manifestations; so is deafness. The following
effects may be noted when he is afflicted in the twelve signs:
MERCURY AFFLICTED IN ARIES gives a tendency to brain fever, nervous head-
ache, vertigo, neuralgia, and, by reflex action in Libra, nervous disorders
of the kidneys, and lumbago.
MERCURY AFFLICTED IN TAURUS gives a tendency to stuttering, hoarseness and
deafness, and by reflex action in Scorpio, nervous affections of the
genito-urinary system.
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.
MERCURY AFFLICTED IN CANCER gives a tendency to nervous indigestion, phlegm,
flatulence, and drunkenness.
MERCURY AFFLICTED IN LEO gives a tendency to pain in the back, fainting, and
palpitation of the heart.
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MERCURY AFFLICTED IN VIRGO gives a tendency to flatulence, wind colic, short
breath, and nervous debility.
MERCURY AFFLICTED IN LIBRA gives a tendency to suppression of urine, renal
paroxysms, lumbago, and, by reflex action in Aries, vertigo, nervous head-
aches and eye trouble.
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.
MERCURY AFFLICTED IN SAGITTARIUS gives a tendency to pain in the hips and
thighs. By reflex action in Gemini, cough, asthma and pleurisy.
MERCURY AFFLICTED IN CAPRICORN gives a tendency to rheumatism, especially in
the knees; pains in the back, skin diseases, melancholy; by reflex action in
Cancer, nervous indigestion, flatulence.
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.
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 general
weakness, lassitude, worry, and sometimes tuberculosis, deafness.
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PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF THE MOON
The Moon rules the oesophagus and stomach, the uterus and ovaries, the
lymphatics and the sympathetic nervous system, the synovial fluid. When af-
flicted she produces dropsical and menstrual troubles, uterine and ovarian
afflictions, dyspepsia, eye trouble, and lunacy, according to the sign,
house and nature of the afflicting planet. She has particular rule over the
mother during pregnancy.
THE MOON AFFLICTED IN ARIES gives a tendency to insomnia, headache, leth-
argy, and weak eyes.
THE MOON AFFLICTED IN TAURUS gives a tendency to sore throat, and if in Tau-
rus 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.
THE MOON AFFLICTED IN GEMINI gives a tendency to catarrh of the lungs,
asthma, bronchitis and pneumonia, rheumatism in the arms and shoulders. THE
MOON AFFLICTED IN CANCER gives a tendency to cancer of the stomach, dropsy,
obesity, bloating, digestive troubles, and epilepsy.
THE MOON AFFLICTED IN LEO gives a tendency to backache, disturbed circula-
tion, convulsions, and heart trouble; if in Leo 6, eye trouble.
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THE MOON AFFLICTED IN VIRGO gives a tendency to disorders in the bowels, ab-
dominal tumors, dysentery, and peritonitis.
THE MOON AFFLICTED IN LIBRA gives a tendency to Bright's disease, abscess of
the kidneys, uraemia; by reflex action in Aries, headache or insomnia.
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.
THE MOON AFFLICTED IN SAGITTARIUS gives a tendency to blood affections, hip
disease, and, sometimes, a broken femur; by reflex action in Gemini,
asthma.
THE MOON AFFLICTED IN CAPRICORN gives a tendency to articular rheumatism,
lack of synovial fluid, eruptions of the skin, and by reflex action in Can-
cer, digestive troubles.
THE MOON AFFLICTED IN AQUARIUS gives a tendency to varicose veins, ulcers of
the leg, dropsy, and, by reflex action in Leo, hysteria, fainting, and heart
trouble.
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.
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PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF SATURN
Saturn is the planet of obstruction, crystallization and atrophy. By his
action the circulation or passage of bodily fluids, such as the blood,
lymph, or urine, is impeded, and by this stagnation waste materials are re-
tained instead of being eliminated. Thus they form various deposits in the
body, building the skeleton, which is CONSTRUCTIVE, hardening the arteries
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 suf-
fering 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 disfigures and disables 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, sup-
press 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,
leading to 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 peristaltic action which is necessary in the digestion of food; he
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then causes antiperistalsis, or vomiting. His general activities in the
body are destructive and tend to end the life of the organism.
Saturn generally hurts by falls, bruises, and colds. He predisposes to
chronic and deep-seated ailments, and his victims are difficult to reach be-
cause 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 cheer-
ful look on life.
The presence of Saturn in any part of the horoscope constitutes an af-
fliction 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.
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.
SATURN IN TAURUS gives a tendency to phlegm, diphtheria, quinsy, mumps,
croup, decay of the lower teeth, choking, and by reflex action in Scorpio,
stricture, constipation and similar disorders.
SATURN IN GEMINI gives a tendency to rheumatic pains in shoulders and arms,
bronchitis, pulmonary consumption, asthma, and, by reflex action in Sagit-
tarius, sciatica and hip diseases.
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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.
SATURN IN LEO gives a tendency to curvature of the spine, muscular ineffi-
ciency of the heart, weak back, arterio-sclerosis, and sclerosis of the spi-
nal cord.
SATURN IN VIRGO gives a tendency to weakened peristalsis of the intestines,
abated absorption of chyle, obstruction of the ILEUM CAECUM and transverse
colon, appendicitis.
SATURN IN LIBRA gives a tendency to locomotor ataxia, renal stones, gravel
and sand, Bright's disease, suppression of urine, malnutrition, and, by re-
flex action in Aries, headache, toothache, and other disorders of the head.
SATURN IN SCORPIO gives a tendency to sterility, suppression of the menses,
stricture, constipation, haemorrhoids, and, by reflex action in Taurus, na-
sal catarrh, hoarseness, phlegm, and other throat affections.
SATURN IN SAGITTARIUS gives a tendency to contusions of the hips and thighs,
sciatica, gout, and hip disease; by reflex action in Gemini, bronchitis, tu-
berculosis, and other Gemini affections.
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SATURN IN CAPRICORN gives a tendency to articular 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.
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 ef-
fort 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 exaltation sign of Jupiter and the opposite sign Capricorn is the home
of Saturn and the exaltation sign of Mars, we shall more readily understand
that the great benefic, Jupiter, endeavors to store in the liver the
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glycogen so necessary to the bodily activity. This, Mars, the opposing ex-
altation ruler, recklessly scatters by expenditure of muscular energy, and
he is aided and abetted in his destructive activities by Saturn, who pro-
duces 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 circulation, hence his afflic-
tions cause formation of adipose tissue, fatty degeneration of muscles, tu-
mors, and morbid growths, enlargement of organs, waste of sugar and albumen
as in diabetes and kindred diseases. 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.
JUPITER AFFLICTED IN ARIES gives a tendency to dizziness, cerebral conges-
tion, sleepiness, thrombosis, fainting, ulcerated gums of upper jaw, and, by
reflex action in Libra, diabetes and depression due to lack of adrenal se-
cretion.
JUPITER AFFLICTED IN TAURUS gives a tendency to gourmandize, hence plethora
and apoplexy, ringworm and carbuncles follow; also ulcerated gums of man-
dible; by reflex action in Scorpio, catarrh of the nose and nosebleed.
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JUPITER AFFLICTED IN GEMINI gives a tendency to pleurisy, blood affections,
congestion of the lungs, pulmonary apoplexy; by reflex action in Sagit-
tarius, broken bones, gout and rheumatism in hips and thighs.
JUPITER AFFLICTED IN CANCER gives a tendency to gourmandize, causing dila-
tion of the stomach, dyspepsia, liver complaints, jaundice, and dropsy; by
reflex action in Capricorn, which rules the skin, pimples and similar erup-
tions.
JUPITER AFFLICTED IN LEO gives a tendency to apoplexy and fatty degeneration
of the heart, the valve action is weakened, the circulation sluggish at
times and at other times there are palpitation and feverish conditions; by
reflex action in Aquarius, swollen ankles.
JUPITER AFFLICTED IN VIRGO gives a tendency to enlarged liver, often ulcer-
ated, jaundice.
JUPITER AFFLICTED IN LIBRA gives a tendency to melancholy due to diminished
adrenal secretion, renal abscess, diabetes, skin eruptions due to sluggish
action of kidneys; by reflex action in Aries, congestion of brain, coma and
vertigo.
JUPITER AFFLICTED IN SCORPIO gives a tendency to enlarged prostate gland,
uterine tumors, urethral abscess, dropsy, hydraemia, excess of urates and
strangury; by reflex action in Taurus, apoplexy and nosebleed.
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JUPITER AFFLICTED IN SAGITTARIUS gives a tendency to rheumatism and gout; by
reflex action in Gemini, pulmonary apoplexy and corrupt blood.
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.
JUPITER AFFLICTED IN AQUARIUS gives a tendency to milk-leg, swollen ankles,
and, by reflex action in Leo, apoplexy and palpitation.
JUPITER AFFLICTED IN PISCES gives a tendency to swollen, perspiring feet,
and, by reflex action in Virgo, enlarged liver, abdominal tumors, jaundice,
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 water signs, Scorpio. Then the spirit dies to its heav-
enly home and is immured in its earthly prison house by Mars, who chains it
with the silver cord and thus brings about the quickening. Then the Sun of
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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 flood-gates of the womb are opened and the ego is
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 sub-
stance 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 free soul soars as an eagle into the empyrean seeking the celestial
spheres which are its true home. Therefore Scorpio is symbolized both by a
scorpion and an eagle.
On account of his mission as AIDE to the Sun in the maintenance of life,
Mars every aims to cleanse the body of filth and waste accumulation so that
the fires of life may burn brightly, hence, when the gourmandizing habits of
Jupiter and Venus have clogged the system, or the obstructive tendencies of
Saturn have poisoned the body by stoppage of elimination, Mars lights the
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fire of fever and inflammation to burn out the refuse and give the system a
new lease on 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 Saturn, the planet of death, holds sway, and between those two thieves
the Sun, the Lord of Life, is crucified, 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 reckless-
ness he predisposes to accidents by burning, scalding, wounds, or gunshot.
He rules the genitals through Scorpio, and depletes 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 constitutes an af-
fliction 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 specifically stated as fol-
lows:
MARS IN ARIES gives a tendency to sunstroke, cerebral haemorrhages or con-
gestion, inflammation of the brain, brain fever and delirium, shooting pains
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in the head, insomnia, and wounds in the head; by reflex action in Libra,
inflammation of the kidneys, renal haemorrhage and renal calculi.
MARS IN TAURUS gives a tendency to mumps, enlarged or inflamed tonsils, suf-
focation, adenoids, diphtheria, polypus and nosebleed, goitre, inflammation
of the larynx; by reflex action in Scorpio, excessive menstrual flow, scald-
ing urine, venereal ulcers, enlargement of the prostate gland and strangury.
MARS IN GEMINI gives a tendency to haemorrhage of the lungs, pneumonia,
bronchitis, cough, wounds or fractures of hands, arms, and collarbone; by
reflex action in Sagittarius, fractured femur, and sciatica.
MARS IN CANCER gives a tendency to milk-fever, inflammation, ulceration and
haemorrhage of the stomach, dyspepsia.
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.
MARS IN VIRGO gives a tendency to typhoid, inflammation of the bowels, peri-
tonitis, worms, diarrhoea, cholera, and ventral hernia, appendicitis.
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MARS IN LIBRA gives a tendency to inflammation of the kidneys, excess of
urine, haemorrhage of the kidneys, and renal stones; by reflex action in Ar-
ies, brain-fever, sunstroke, pains in the head.
MARS IN SCORPIO gives a tendency to excessive menses, scalding urine,
gravel, sand, and renal stones, inflammation and ulceration of the ovaries
and uterus, also of the vagina and urethra, varicocele, enlargement of the
prostate gland, stricture and strangury, venereal ulcers and haemorrhoids;
by reflex action in Taurus, inflamed tonsils or larynx and nosebleed.
MARS IN SAGITTARIUS gives a tendency to fracture or dislocation of the fe-
mur, sciatica, and ulcers of the thighs; by reflex action in Gemini, pneumo-
nia, bronchitis and coughs.
MARS IN CAPRICORN gives a tendency to carbuncles, erysipelas, smallpox,
chicken pox, measles, pimples, itch and other eruptive or inflammatory skin
diseases; by reflex action in Cancer, dyspepsia and ulcerated stomach.
MARS IN AQUARIUS gives a tendency to varicose veins, fracture of the leg and
blood-poisoning; by reflex action in Leo, heart failure, overheated blood,
fainting and palpitation.
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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 diarrhea.
PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF URANUS
Uranus rules the ether which is the medium by which the light rays are
transmitted, hence he has considerable influence over the eyes and is re-
sponsible, when afflicting the Sun or Moon, for various diseases of the
eyes, or even blindness. This is especially 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 tabulate the full effects of
Uranus in all the signs, and as for the pathogenic effects still less is
known, but 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 diseases. By reflex
action or affliction to planets in Taurus (ruled by Venus) where the organ
of coordinated action is located, he produces erratic movements, as seen in
St. Vitus dance, contortions, spasms, tetanus, cramps, hiccough and hyste-
ria.
As ruler of the ether and gases he is responsible for injury and shock by
electricity which travels through the ether. Nitrogen, a gas, is the base
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of a number of compounds whose characteristic Uranian instability makes them
highly explosive, and Uranus is thus responsible for such deaths and inju-
ries as occur on that account, especially if placed in the Eighth House.
URANUS IN TAURUS gives a tendency to diminished pituitary secretion and con-
sequent abnormal growth.
URANUS IN GEMINI gives a tendency to spasmodic asthma, colds, and a dry,
hard cough.
URANUS IN CANCER gives a tendency to hiccough, produced by the erratic ac-
tion of the diaphragm, also to a hard, dry stomach cough and cramp of the
stomach, gas and flatulence.
URANUS IN LEO gives a tendency to palpitation, spasmodic heart action, spi-
nal meningitis and infantile paralysis; by reflex action from Aquarius
similar effects are now observable.
URANUS IN VIRGO gives a tendency to flatulence, and abdominal cramps.
URANUS IN LIBRA gives a tendency to intermittent 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.
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URANUS IN SCORPIO gives a tendency to miscarriages, abortions, and venereal
diseases, and in the Fifth House he causes painful and difficult parturi-
tion, generally involving the use of instruments and often the infant is se-
verely or fatally injured or stillborn.
URANUS IN CAPRICORN usually works by reflex action in Cancer, but as the
children with this position 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 principally upon the nervous system
(ruled by Mercury) and at times produces frenzy where the person is beside
himself on account of religious or other excitement. At other times he pro-
duces lethargy, coma, catalepsy, trance or mediumship, where the bodily en-
ergies are in abeyance while the psychic powers are in a state of hyperac-
tivity. 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 because the steam condenses to water.) This
luminous gas is called THE SPINAL SPIRIT FIRE by occultists, and by vibrat-
ing 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 state of ecstasy may be
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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 delirium, which is due to Neptune, especially in
the watery sign Pisces. The pathogenic influence of Neptune 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 tendency to self-abuse, and perversion of a
still worse nature. The mind, ruled by Mercury, the lower octave of
Neptune, is morbid in its brooding upon unsavory 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; that cov-
ers 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 op-
posite sign Capricorn.
We have found that Neptune square Saturn and Jupiter brought mental dis-
turbances; Neptune conjunction Mars in Aries, square Uranus and the Moon in
Cancer caused temporary instability of a periodic nature; Neptune conjunc-
tion Moon square Uranus caused spirit control. We have also seen many other
indications, but the full effects of Neptune have not yet been systemat-
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ically observed. We are working to that end, however, and hope in future
years to be able to present a fairly full tabulation.
THE DUCTLESS GLANDS
THEIR ROLE AND RULERS
It is well known to the esoteric astrologer that the human body has an
immense period of evolution 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 better 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 ma-
jority 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 oc-
cultist 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 spirit that uses these vehicles
for its expression. These finer vehicles interpenetrate the dense physical
body as air permeates water and have particular dominion over certain parts
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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 its 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 started in the Sun Period. Crystallization from that 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 un-
der 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. The muscles are therefore
ruled by the wandering Moon, which is the present vantage point of the an-
gels, the humanity of the Moon Period, and by the impulsive and turbulent
Mars, where the so-called "Fallen Angels," the Lucifer spirits, dwell; that
is to say as a whole, for the student must carefully note that individual
glands and particular groups of muscles are under the rulership of other
planets as well. It is as when we say that all who live within the United
States of America are citizens of that country, but some are subject to the
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laws of California, others to those of Maine.
We know the Hermetic axiom, "AS ABOVE, SO BELOW," which is the master key
to all mysteries, and as there are upon the earth, the macrocosm, a great
many undiscovered places, so also in the microcosm 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.
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 development of humanity. Four
of them, the Thymus Gland, the Spleen and the two Adrenals, are connected
with the personality. The Pituitary Body and the Pineal Gland are par-
ticularly 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 circulated through the body as the vital fluid, without
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which no being can live. This organ is therefore governed by the Sun. The
two Adrenals are under the rulership of Jupiter, the great benefic, and ex-
ert a calming, quieting and soothing effect when the emotional activities of
the Moon and Mars or Saturn have destroyed the poise. When the obstructive
hand of Saturn has awakened the melancholy emotions and laid its restraint
upon the heart, the Adrenals' secretions are carried by the blood to the
heart and act as a powerful stimulant in its effort to keep up the circula-
tion, while the Jovial optimism struggles against the Saturnine worries or
against the impulse of Mars, which stirs the desire body into turbulent emo-
tions of anger, rendering the muscles tense and trembling, dissipating the
energy of the system; then the secretion of the Adrenals comes to the res-
cue, 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, being under the rulership of Venus, the Lady
of Libra, but Jupiter governs the Adrenals, with which we are now par-
ticularly engaged.
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Both Venus and her higher octave, Uranus, govern the functions of nutri-
tion and growth, but in different ways and for different purposes. There-
fore 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 im-
mediately 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, unorganized 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 compensate for this lack there is stored
in the Thymus Gland a spiritual essence drawn from the parents, who are sym-
bolized 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 tempo-
rarily until its desire body becomes dynamically active. Then the Thymus
Gland atrophies and the child draws from its own desire body the necessary
martian force. From that time, under normal conditions, Uranus, the octave
of Venus, and ruler of the Pituitary Body, takes charge of the function of
growth and assimilation in the following manner:
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It is well known that all things, our food included, radiate from them-
selves continuously small particles which given an index of the thing whence
they emanate, 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 warn-
ing 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 upon the ol-
factory tract through the sense of smell, there are others which penetrate
the sphenoid bone, impinge upon the Pituitary Body and start the Uranian
alchemistry by which a secretion is formed and injected into the blood.
This furthers assimilation through the chemical ether, thus affecting the
normal growth and well-being of the body through life. Sometimes this
Uranian influence of the Pituitary Body is eccentric and therefore respon-
sible 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 physical 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, associated with Neptune, the
ruler of the Pineal Gland, and it will therefore be necessary, in order to
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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 Mercury, the planet of rea-
son, is readily realized when we understand the effect which the degen-
eration of this gland has upon the mind, as shown in the diseases of Cretin-
ism and Myxedema. The secretions of this gland are as necessary to the
proper functioning of the mind as ether is to the transmission of electric-
ity, that is to say, upon the physical plane of existence where the brain
transmutes thought into action. Contact with and expression in the invis-
ible worlds depends upon the functional ability of the Pineal Gland, which
is altogether spiritual in function, and is therefore ruled by the octave of
Mercury, Neptune, the planet of spirituality. But Neptune operates in con-
junction 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 func-
tion of these two little bodies, the Pituitary Body and the Pineal Gland,
but without avail, and principally because, as Mephistopheles says so sar-
castically to the young man who wants to study science under Faust:
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"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 physiological functions of any
organ under such conditions as exist in the laboratory, on the operating
table, or in the dissection or vivisection chamber. To arrive at an ad-
equate 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 former show the path we have already traveled
during our past evolution, the latter are finger-posts, indicating our fu-
ture development. But there is still another class of organs which are nei-
ther degenerating nor evolving; they are simply dormant at the present time.
Physiologists believe that the Pituitary Body and the Pineal Gland are atro-
phying because they find these organs more developed in some of the lowest
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 not
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fluid 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
Pituitary Body 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 atmosphere, 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 spiritual 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 wonderful play of the North-
ern 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 overshadowing presence, there was an opening in the top and the Pineal
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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 en-
dure 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 craters and
active volcanoes which were then erupting the thin earth crust, thus en-
abling 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 skin of the whole 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 tempo-
rarily dormant to make man oblivious to the invisible world while he learns
the lessons afforded by the material world; but the Pituitary Body has
manifested the Uranian influence sporadically in abnormal physical growth,
producing freaks and monstrosities of various kinds, while Neptune, working
also abnormally through the Pineal Gland, has been responsible for the ab-
normal spiritual growth of medicine men, witches and mediums of spirit con-
trols. When they are awakened to normal 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 Mercury, the planet of reason,
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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 accelerate evolution greatly, for their effects are
mainly mental and spiritual. We are now nearing the Aquarian Age; the Sun
as therefore beginning to transmit the highly intellectual vibrations of
this sign which accounts for the intuitions, premonitions and telepathic
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.
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