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 Saturn; pepper would die or be worthless if planted under the Moon or Venus.

Such a doctrine is mere supposition and misleading, and should be forgotten as soon as learned. Let us investigate the influence of plants when their essence or tincture is taken into the human body, and pay no attention to their looks and taste in a state of nature, and we will find that many, if not the greater number, of drugs are ruled by the signs.

It is true that each planet affects the body in a manner peculiar to itself, but even this is variable and uncertain, and much depends on where the planets are located. For instance, such planets as Mars and the Sun in Aries will produce different ailments than the same planets would if located in Virgo or Scorpio, and such ailments would require different chemicals to correct them. Should we accept this theory, we must look more to the signs than to the planets in choosing the remedy. Further investigation along this line may confirm the theory that the planets are most prominent in pointing out the cause of disease, while the nature and length lies more in the signs.