Disease is really a lack of harmony between the spirit and the personality, a

conflict
between the lower and the higher man. The trines or triplicities act as
peacemakers,
while the squares and oppositions place limitations upon the spirit. The latter
pair bring
the lessons which are to be learned. They exact payment of the debts of destiny
from a
person for the mistakes made and the selfishness expressed in past lives. The
squares
and oppositions are most vital in their action. The squares operate through three
groups
of signs which constitute--
THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
Doctors have for years been studying the strange sympathy between different parts
of
the body which they have found manifested in the diseases of various patients. When
they find a disease in one organ, they are in the habit of looking for the cause in
another
organ which is in sympathy with the first. For instance, in glaucoma or certain
kinds of
eye trouble they have invariably found that the real cause or seat of the trouble
was in
the stomach or the kidneys. In certain types of throat trouble and in goiter a
weakened
heart has frequently been found to be the cause.
The four points of the circle of the cardinal or equinoctial signs, namely, Aries
the
eyes, Libra the kidneys, Cancer the stomach, and Capricorn the knees, are closely
in
sympathy with one another, and trouble in one will frequently manifest in one of
the
other signs of this circle. For instance, if we find Saturn in the sign of its
fall, Cancer, and
afflicted, digestive troubles ensue and invariably the kidneys will be disturbed;
sometimes stiff knee joints are the result. Eye troubles are frequently developed
as a
result of wrong eating. People with Saturn in Cancer are extremists in their
selection of
food. They have strange likes and dislikes.
The second vicious circle is that of the fixed signs: Taurus the throat; Scorpio
the
generative organs, rectum, urethra, and nose; Leo the heart and spine; Aquarius the
legs, below the knees. When the organs of voice or the tonsils are operated upon in
childhood there will be disturbances at puberty and later troubles in childbirth.
Great
sympathy is found between the sex organs and the organs of speech. The removal of
parts of the sex organs causes change of voice, the male voice becoming feminine,
and
the female voice masculine. Valvular heart trouble often causes the swelling of the
ankles.
The third group of squares we find composed of the common or mutable signs,
corresponding to the cadent houses. The 6th house, which is correlated to Virgo,
and
the 12th house, correlated to Pisces, are especially vital in the horoscope, for
they are
respectively the house of sickness and the house of confinement and hospitals. We
find
great sympathy between these two signs and houses. Common signs are the most
productive of sickness, and more hopeless invalids are found among common-sign
people than in any other group for the reason that their will power is not overly
strong.
Two common signs are ruled by Mercury, which has dominion over the breath, nerves,
and sense perception; and one by Jupiter, which has rule over the fibrin of the
blood, the
arterial circulation, and the liver. Gemini rules the lungs, and through these
organs the
blood is oxidized. Virgo has rule over the intestines, sympathetic nervous system,
and
spleen. How often we hear the remark, "I caught cold (or pneumonia) due to wet
feet,"
involving Gemini and Pisces. Many more examples could be cited of the action of the
vicious circles.