Oscar's approach to astromedicine is the application of St. Hildegard of Bingen, emphasizing the moral and spiritual origins of diseases. In response to this, the skeptic will surely object: in this case, chronic diseases indicate a great sinner, and one who tumbles on the sports ground in excellent physical shape must be an unrecognized saint. Or: then why are the three “Mother of God, Virgin” not a panacea for all diseases? Such objections are rooted in misunderstandings. Job is not the only one whose illnesses were not the product of sin. Recognition of the connection between human health and his moral and spiritual states does not mean that we share the meaningless point of view of the well-known English football team director, who argued that congenital disability is the result of atrocities committed in past lives. What St. Hildegard, does not boil down to "if you sin, you will break out in a rash", but in "if you become covered in a rash, the nature of this rash corresponds to the sins to which you are most prone to commit."

In man, as in the Earth, there are defects. Earthquakes are not evenly distributed over the earth's surface, but are concentrated in places of cracks and faults in the earth's crust. It is the same with man: his illnesses correspond to his defects. Think for a moment and you will find yourself prone to certain types of disease while as for other diseases, your body remains impenetrable. Our defects are rooted deep within us, much deeper than those superficial levels that maintain physical health. They penetrate to the very core, the very essence of what we are, our soul. So if we want to completely get rid of the disease, we cannot neglect the concept of sin.

The ill-considered protest against the association of health with sin rests on two baseless assumptions. The first is that sin is a rare occurrence that other people commit. And the second is that illness is something that should not have a place in life, as if a person could wave to the referee to fix the offside and cancel the illness. A wiser argument may be that both sin and illness are inevitable companions of a person in his earthly life. The prominent German theologian Josef Pieper draws a connection between health and sin by comparing the various meanings of the German word Heil. According to the translator, “In German it is a typical theological concept meaning salvation, while Heilig means saint and is usually placed before the name of a saint. Unheil is a multifunctional word that is widely used in the sense of disturbing a healthy, healthy and whole state or state of affairs. It can mean anything from nausea ("Ich fuhle mich unheil") to a catastrophic disaster such as an earthquake."[5] Sinfulness is a state of discord, disturbance of order, as well as ill health: they are similar to each other.

That is why, before accepting a saving remedy that heals our soul, we say after the centurion: “Lord, I am not worthy that You should enter under my roof, but only speak the word, and my soul will be healed”[6].

The above does not mean that with every cold we should immediately go to the confessional. But the modern approach to the treatment of diseases, mainly focused on relieving symptoms, is tantamount to locking up a person so that he cannot sin. The traditional approach is much more radical: it aims to transform a person in such a way that he is no longer prone to sin. Traditional medicine is aimed at restoring the patient's internal health, which entails recovery from the disease.

What makes Oscar's book stand out is that in addition to technical astromedical techniques, he not only touches on all the above issues, but builds them into a coherent system. A book containing only astromedical methods will inevitably lose out to the greatest works of our predecessors, for the transcription always loses out to the original. Oscar's work is an original that deserves to be placed on a par with classical texts that have become milestones in the development of traditional knowledge. The authors of these texts are surely smiling from their corner of heaven at the acquisition of a brother.

In conclusion, I want to tell you one more case from my life. A few years ago, I was listening to a program in which a large number of doctors were discussing the treatment of arthritis. One by one, they talked about the latest developments in the pharmaceutical industry, weighing the pros and cons of each drug. But in the end, every doctor admitted that all these endless innovations are not worth one drug, the effectiveness of which remains a mystery. This remedy is very similar to one that came to us straight from the alchemist's office: injections of gold. Perhaps the ancient doctors were not so stupid after all.
PART I. BASIC CONCEPTS

CHAPTER one. HUMORS IN THE HUMAN BODY AND THEIR RELATION TO THE ELEMENTS

Organic integrity of medical astrology

Traditional astrology assigns a central place to the four elements (elements) - Fire, Water, Earth and Air. Elements are the basic building blocks of the universe, which also includes our body. Fire and Water, Earth and Air are involved in all physical processes, so medical astrology speaks the language of the elements. The main parts of a medical consultation - diagnosis, prognosis and treatment - can only be interpreted and understood in this way.

The theory of elements is the "golden key" to the treasury of medical astrology. This science consists of two parts: astrological and medical. Stated from the point of view of the elements, both parts naturally and harmoniously merge together: the approach to the structure of the universe from the position of Fire, Air, Water and Earth erases the border between them.

This is what traditional medical astrology fundamentally differs from modern, in which the astrological and medical components are considered separately from each other. In our time, "medical astrology" is most often mistaken for naturopathy or homeopathy, which are somehow linked with astrological charts. At the same time, some methods of treatment are completely overlooked, and only psychological considerations are given instead. Logically determined integrity and unity make it possible to find a large number of specific recipes, but they are rare guests in modern texts on medical astrology.

In addition to the fact that astrological elements are the main structural units of the physiological and mental activity of the human body, they are also widespread in the surrounding nature: plants, precious stones, food. This is what makes the astrological method of treatment possible. Elements provide the relationship between everything that exists. In the past, before the time, for some reason, called the "Enlightenment", all doctors practiced astrology. A doctor ignorant of astrology was considered a blind man, a charlatan wandering in the dark, who would most likely cause harm instead of healing from an ailment.

Since the "Enlightenment" traditional medicine, until then closely associated with astrology, was strongly rejected in favor of what later became modern Western medicine. Medical astrology was branded as a superstition, and it almost disappeared without a trace. At the end of the one9th century, when English theosophists began to revive astrology, its connection with health was restored. But only now, at the beginning of the 2onest century, traditional medical astrology is returning to its well-deserved place. I really hope that this book will serve her further development for the benefit of the physical and mental health of people.

Four humors

In traditional medical astrology, each element has its own name, which I will use in this book. Fire is called "yellow bile"[7], Earth - "black bile"[eight], Water - "phlegm" or "phlegm"[9], Air - "blood". All together they are called "humors", i.e. bodily fluids, or juices[one0]. The famous "humor theory" expounded in the writings of Hippocrates[oneone] and Galen[one2] underlay traditional Western medicine for many centuries. One of the few echoes of this tradition that has survived to this day is the Hippocratic Oath, taken before starting medical practice.

For, For the practice of medical astrology to be effective, it is necessary to deeply and comprehensively understand the nature of the four humors, each of which plays its own important role. The lack or excess of one of them makes it difficult for the body to work. Figurative representation helps a lot in achieving a better understanding of humors. What can an excess of Fire lead to? To inflammation. There is nothing complicated about this, although humors can manifest themselves in a wide range of forms.

Despite the fact that the elements, or humors, are the basic "bricks" of the universe, they can be decomposed into even simpler qualitative categories. Modern astrology has largely forgotten this, but from a medical point of view, the qualities of the elements are extremely important. Each humor, or element, has a pair of characteristics that describe its temperature and humidity. Therefore, before proceeding to a discussion of the humors themselves, I would like to pay a little attention to their qualities.

Moisture and warmth

Let's start with something that resembles the myth of the creation of the world. In the beginning it was warm: energy and life, momentum and urge. Heat is the initial qualitative state, the absolute (though somewhat abstract) fundamental principle of the material cosmos. Heat creates movement. Movement results in a loss of energy. Loss of energy leads to cooling. A second quality appears: cold. At the base of cold lies the primary impulse, and its source is the absence of heat, the cause of movement. Cold means inactivity, immobility. The lack of energy does not