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MEDICAL ASTROLOGY of sickness, the first and principal causes are the primary, secondary, periodical and progressive directions of the planets.

Of the directions, we find those of Saturn and Mars are the most powerful in causing ill health, they cause mostly diseases of the body, (although Mars often affects the mind;) they cause measles, ague eruptive fevers, consumption, contagious epidemics, asthma, gangrenous ulcers, etc., while Uranus, Mercury, Moon (and to some extent the Sun) affect the mind, causing idiocy, insanity, inflammation of the brain, headache, etc., while Uranus afflicting the Moon by direction causes a desire to commit suicide, but the native usually lacks the courage.

The afflictions of the Sun or Moon usually causes measles, eruptive fevers, croup hurts and injuries, bleeding, broken bones and weakness in the eyes. Jupiter causes jaundice, billiousness, liver complaints, gangrene, and other ailments as given in "diseases of planets and signs". Venus causes gravel, female trouble and general disorders of the sexual system, and if in ill aspect to Saturn, Mars or Uranus, she causes venereal diseases.