posted April 25, 2004 03:31 AM            

Archer
I'm sure I don't know the answer to your question to give you the best response but here's what popped into my head:

• Look at your Ascendent and first house (how you appear and your physical body)
  
• Look at your sixth house (your health)
  
• Look at your Mars (your energy and drive)
  
• Look at any planets in either of those houses
  
• Look at any aspects made to either the Ascendant or Mars
  
• Also look to the ruler of your Ascendant and what house it's in and aspects to it (For example, if your Ascendant is Scorpio, look at the sign and house Pluto is in and what aspects it makes ... and also, in this case, to the eighth house since it's the natural house of Scorpio).
  

I realize that may sound like a big confusing ramble and I'm sorry. Each sign/planetary ruler has it's own body part/system/organ that it rules and, together, I think they make up for a complete picture of your physical health, vitality, and strength. And this is not to mention any transits that might be happening to affect those positions!

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As for muscles, anyone know if they are ruled by one planet/sign or if they are relative to the body part they belong to?

posted April 25, 2004 12:44 PM              

That's an interesting question regarding muscles. I agree with you regarding Mars, but why the 8th House as opposed to the 1st House of Aries? I'm thinking more Aries as the muscles are responsible for generating heat in the body. Aries rules excretions.

And I agree that muscles "in general" would fall here, as opposed to naming one part of the body, in which case you would access which sign that body part would fall under. A particular body part, I believe, would then be viewed more as one would think of Chinese Medicine (meridians) and/or Chakras (energy centers).

Example: Bones are considered Capricorn, but if the problem is the lower back, it could be bones, muscles, skin, nervous system, circulatory system, digestive system, etc. But at this point, since we're looking at the body integratively, the lower back can also become the area where blocked emotions are being stored, such as anger or repressed memories.

What do you think?

posted April 25, 2004 12:50 PM              

Archer - physical health is a culmination of many aspects of the human body, as well as more intangible considerations, thoughts, emotions, intention...

Physical health changes according to diet and attitudes. Even spirituality.

Here's links regarding the Parts:
www.panplanet.com/library/parts.html http://www.noendpress.com/pvachier/arabicparts/index.php
http://www.astrologycom.com/parts.html

As you can see, there is a Part of Illness calculated like this:

Part of Illness = Asc + Mars - Saturn

posted April 25, 2004 07:39 PM              

For me I look at Taurus for my physical strength and Saturn for my inner strength. Taurus seems to be bulkier, being the bull. Or it seems this way to me. People that I've known that have a lot of Taurus influence appear strong. Maybe it's their willpower I'm picking up?