In the natal chart, dietary recommendations based on temperament analysis; part of traditional Unani medicine.
The Moon's central role in medical astrology; surgical timing, drug preparation and crisis days.
Cold and moist temperament; phlegm dominant. Calm, slow-moving, patient. Associated with the water element.
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.
The classification of plants according to planetary rulers and herbal medicine practices based on astrological principles.
Selecting the most suitable astrological time for surgical interventions; the medical application of electional astrology.
Selecting suitable timing for surgical operations; the rule that the Moon should be outside the relevant sign.
A chart erected for the moment a patient took to bed or the illness began; predicts the course and outcome of the illness.
Hot and moist temperament; blood dominant. Cheerful, social, optimistic. Associated with the air element.
Ancient Greek physician Galen's humoral medicine and astrological correlations.
The system of healing herbs governed by each planet; the treatment branch of medical astrology.
The ancient temperament theory based on four element and quality pairs: sanguine, choleric, melancholic, phlegmatic.
A medical system combining the four humors (blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile) with planetary and sign qualities.
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.
Crisis and recovery days determined according to the Moon's position during the course of an illness.
The role of health- and illness-related houses (1st, 6th, 8th, 12th) in medical astrology within the birth chart.
The calculation, in medical astrology, of the critical days of an illness as determined by the Moon's motion.
An ancient system matching each sign with a specific region of the human body: Aries=head, Taurus=neck... Pisces=feet.
17th-century British herbalist and astrologer; the most comprehensive source on plant-planet correspondences.
Hot and dry temperament; yellow bile dominant. Energetic, ambitious, angry. Associated with the fire element.
Cold and dry temperament; black bile dominant. Thoughtful, analytical, pessimistic. Associated with the earth element.
A branch of classical astrology that applies astrological principles to the evaluation of health, illness, treatment and bodily constitution.
An iconographic human figure visualising melothesia, with the 12 zodiac signs assigned to body parts.