Medical astrology: it's the positions of the planets that cause cancer and other bad stuff

This thread virtually qualifies as Friday Humor, in view of the topic, the idea that the tenets of astrology could really explain causality of disease in us.

But "medical astrology" as it came to be known has existed since ancient times, as far back as Babylonia from what I read while websurfing the other night, and up until about the 18th century it was taken very seriously.

The essential premise of it was that all disease was a function of the positions of the various planets in the twelve zodiac regions of the sky. One planetary arrangement would be responsible for good health circumstances, while another would be the cause of bad health arising in us. The planet Saturn in particular was thought to be a real troublemaker for poor health, its position in one's "chart" at any given time being a concern. And people with chronic poor health were thought to have been born under a bad sign, literally, when the planetary configurations on their birth days were not good.

The first article below goes into detail on the mechanics of how medical astrology presumably worked. It shows just how much detail the practice actually had in its structure. For example, in the twelve "houses" it presents, which are said to rule the various body parts, cancer is listed in the "third" house, while prostate issues are actually specified as being in the "seventh" one.

Why is this so? Well, as one would expect, there is no scientific basis at all either for the existence of these "houses," or even how the positions of the planets somehow would impact the health of any of us. It all just evolved in a pseudo-scientific manner over the centuries.

But here are the mechanics of it:

https://astrotalk.com/astrology-blog/medical-astrology-houses-of-astrology/

Here also is a responsible historical account of medical astrology, which notes that in past centuries some physicians fully believed in it, and would even make use of it when diagnosing their patients:

https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/medical-astrology-moon-fever-and-diseases-sent-skies-009356

Of course it all seems so silly now, but to a degree it was actually a tool of the medical community in earlier times, and for a good long while.

And it does show that the science that replaced it is such a far better way to go.

However see this large-scale BMJ study regarding birth month and season :

Birth month, birth season, and overall and cardiovascular disease mortality in US women: prospective cohort study (2019, Full Text)

"In this large prospective US cohort study, we observed that women born in the spring and summer (especially those born from March through July) had an increased cardiovascular mortality, but not overall mortality, compared with those born in the autumn."

"Conclusion and public health implications
This prospective large cohort study suggests that US women born in the spring and summer (especially from March through July) have increased cardiovascular mortality compared with those born in the autumn. Adjustment for a range of factors, including familial and socioeconomic factors around birth and later in life, does not appear to alter these associations. Collectively, our study adds to the growing evidence suggesting that individuals born in the spring and summer have higher cardiovascular mortality than those born in autumn, but conflicts with previous findings on overall mortality. This study supports that the associations of fetal and early life factors with cardiovascular disease mortality could relate to a small but real seasonal effect of fetal or early life factors in later life. Further investigations are required to confirm current findings and uncover mechanisms of seasonal birth month effect in cardiovascular mortality

With all due respect..cant believe those studies at all.. It is my self evident belief that he planets alignments have nothing to do with any human disease..or actions, but to each his or her own, if that is what you choose to believe.
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Hey, I'm just the messenger! <grin!>

All I'm going to say is my granny and her sister planted their gardens religiously by the phases of the moon found in the Farmer's Almanac. And nobody raised a better garden or as good as those two ladies.