Nicholas Culpeper (1616 - 1654), is best known today for his English Physician, a comprehensive guide to the medicinal uses of native plants and herbs, the first such book published in English. Culpeper, a Puritan, was the son of a clergyman. In 1634 he spent a year at Cambridge, where he learned Greek and Latin, which enabled him to study old medical texts. He was apprenticed to an apothecary and started his formal practice in Spitalfields, London, around 1640. Culpeper supported the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War, suffering a severe chest wound in 1643. After recovering he returned to his medical practice in London, where he established a reputation as an outstanding healer. War wounds combined with overwork led to his death by exhaustion in 1654, aged 37. According to his widow, he left behind some 70 unfinished manuscripts. Astrological Judgement of Diseases from the Decumbiture of the Sick, was published posthumously. This book is the astrological companion to his better-known English Physician. In this book is the distilled experience of a very busy practitioner. The text, while newly reset, retains the spelling and punctuation of the original.

Essentials of Medical Astrology is a classic and definitive volume about medical astrology. Within these pages are chapters devoted to: Physiology, health and disease Basic and more advanced principles of medical chart delineation The influence of the cardinal, fixed and mutable signs Degenerative disease Numerous examples illustrate the broad range of medical astrology techniques included in this book, and a comprehensive glossary of medical terms provides an excellent reference tool for the astrologer.

Signs, planets, aspects, quadruplicities, elements & midpoints are considered in determining such things as resistance to disease, severity, duration of illness & more. Listed are astrological significators of many types of diseases, & examples are used to illustrate techniques & describe specific disease states. Assessing nutritional needs utilizing the natal chart are included, as are tissue salts.

Western astrologies and psychologies are seamlessly merged with Eastern Wisdom teachings - on the soul, the 7 Rays, Chakras, Spiritual Evolution, the Sacred Triangle; to produce a book that greatly advances traditional notions of astrology.

Combining an understanding of astrological symbolism and the psychological processes involved in the pursuit of individuality, the author shares insights about how the concept of fate evolves. Through myths, fairy tales, and zodiacal signs, she shows usthis mythological journey.