Astrology Glossary

Medical Astrology

32 terms with definitions, classical sources and practice notes.

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In the natal chart, dietary recommendations based on temperament analysis; part of traditional Unani medicine.

Latin: Luna in Medicina

The Moon's central role in medical astrology; surgical timing, drug preparation and crisis days.

Arabic: Balgamî

Cold and moist temperament; phlegm dominant. Calm, slow-moving, patient. Associated with the water element.

Greek: Poiotetes / Latin: Qualitates Primae

The four qualities that are the fundamental building blocks of ancient medicine and astrology: hot, cold, dry and moist.

The four primary quality pairs that form the basis of elements and temperaments.

The matching of planets and signs with specific healing herbs; the Culpeper tradition.

Astrological Herbalism

The classification of plants according to planetary rulers and herbal medicine practices based on astrological principles.

Latin: Tempus Chirurgiae

Selecting the most suitable astrological time for surgical interventions; the medical application of electional astrology.

Surgical Timing (Detail)

Detailed rules used in the astrological timing of surgical interventions and the evaluation of lunar conditions.

Selecting suitable timing for surgical operations; the rule that the Moon should be outside the relevant sign.

Decumbitura / Decumbiture Chart

A medical astrology technique based on the chart of the moment the patient took to bed or the illness symptoms began.

Latin: Decumbitura / English: Decumbiture Chart

A chart erected for the moment a patient took to bed or the illness began; predicts the course and outcome of the illness.

Decumbiture Chart

The medical interpretation of the chart for the moment the patient took to bed or the first symptom of the illness appeared.

Arabic: Demevî

Hot and moist temperament; blood dominant. Cheerful, social, optimistic. Associated with the air element.

Ancient Greek physician Galen's humoral medicine and astrological correlations.

Latin: Herbae Planetarum

The system of healing herbs governed by each planet; the treatment branch of medical astrology.

Greek: Krasis / Latin: Temperamentum / Arabic: Ahlât-ı Erbaa (Dört Karışım)

The ancient temperament theory based on four element and quality pairs: sanguine, choleric, melancholic, phlegmatic.

Humoral Medicine (Detail)

The astrological correspondences of the four humors (blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile) system and its place in medical practice.

Greek: Kraseis / Latin: Temperamenta

A medical system combining the four humors (blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile) with planetary and sign qualities.

Greek: Iatromathematike

The ancient medical astrology tradition as a combination of medicine and mathematics/astrology.

The astrological medicine references in Ibn Sina's (Avicenna's) al-Qanun fi't-Tibb.

Arabic: Eyyâm-ı Buhrâniyye

Crisis and recovery days determined according to the Moon's position during the course of an illness.

Greek: Krisis / Latin: Dies Critici

An astrological timing technique for determining critical turning points in the course of a disease.

Latin: Domus Medicae

The role of health- and illness-related houses (1st, 6th, 8th, 12th) in medical astrology within the birth chart.

Critical Days in Medical Astrology

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Greek: Melothesia / English: Zodiacal Man

An ancient system matching each sign with a specific region of the human body: Aries=head, Taurus=neck... Pisces=feet.

Melothesia (Detail)

A detailed explanation of the system matching signs and planets with specific body regions and organs.

17th-century British herbalist and astrologer; the most comprehensive source on plant-planet correspondences.

Arabic: Safravî

Hot and dry temperament; yellow bile dominant. Energetic, ambitious, angry. Associated with the fire element.

Arabic: Sevdavî

Cold and dry temperament; black bile dominant. Thoughtful, analytical, pessimistic. Associated with the earth element.

Latin: Astrologia Medica / Arabic: et-Tıbb en-Nücûmî / English: Medical Astrology

A branch of classical astrology that applies astrological principles to the evaluation of health, illness, treatment and bodily constitution.

Latin: Homo Signorum

An iconographic human figure visualising melothesia, with the 12 zodiac signs assigned to body parts.