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​Health Significators:
  • Ascendant: The degree rising on the cusp of the Ascendant is of great importance in judging the health. It rules the body. The bodily strength and its power of resisting disease may be judged from the Ascendant. 
  • Sun: It rules the vitality, constitution of the body, and hereditary traits. 
  • Moon: It rules the functional system of the body and the accidental characteristics arising from the mode of living, climatic conditions, and habits. It is of primary importance in the case of a child. It is the particular significator of health in the chart of a woman. 
  • 6th House: It is a house of sickness, ailments and diseases. Disease is judged from the sign on the cusp of the 6th, planets in the 6th, and the ruler of the 6th.
  • Thus Sun, Moon, Ascendant, the ruler of the Ascendant, the ruler of the 6th, and planets in the 6th are the significator's of health.
  1. The signs occupied by Sun, Moon, Ascendant, the ruler of the ascendant, the ruler of the 6th and the 6th cusp denote the delicate parts of the body (each sign of the zodiac rules various parts of the body).
  2. If Sun or Moon are afflicted by the malefics Mars, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, the signs occupied by the malefics indicate the delicate parts of the body.
  3. The parts of the body denoted by the sign in or from which these bodies are heavily afflicted, become sensitive and easily subject to disorder.
  4. If Sun is afflicted, it indicates lasting and hereditary diseases. If Moon is afflicted, ailments arise from time to time and they are more easily cured.
  5. Afflictions to Moon are always serious in the chart of a female, while afflictions to Sun are serious in the case of a male.
  • House 4 denotes the end of life, the 8th house, death, and the 12th house hospitalization. So the signs on the cusps of these houses indicate sensitive parts of the body. If planets are afflicted in the 4th and 8th and especially in the 6th and 12th, the parts of the body ruled by the signs containing these planets will be easily subject to disorder. 
  • If the significators of health are free from affliction, well placed by sign and house and well aspected, the health will be good. 
  • If the significators of health are well aspected by the benefics which are strong, the benefics will save the life and often ward off illness or sickness also. If they are weak by sign, house and aspect, no help can be expected from them.
  • If Sun, Moon, and the ruler if the Ascendant are in the 4th, 6th, 8th, or 12th, they indicate weak health throughout life. If they are in conjunction with the rulers of the 4th, 6th, 8th, or  12th, these afflictions are worse than from other planets or positions.
  1. Jupiter and Venus become weak if they are rulers of 6, 8, or 12.
  2. Retrograde planets whether benefic or malefic give very little help in disease.
  3. Any aspects from Sun and Mars to other planets gives vitality. But if there are afflictions from Sun and Mars, there is likelihood of fever and accidents.
  4. Afflictions for Uranus and Neptune have little vitalizing effect. They do not endanger life.
  5. If Uranus is well aspected by Saturn, its good effect is felt in old age and not in youth.
  6. Afflictions from Mars to Moon are worse than those between Mars and Sun. Afflictions from Saturn to Sun are worse than those between Saturn and Moon, because Mars and Moon, Saturn and Sun are of different natures.
  7. Afflictions from a planet which is elevated are very difficult to overcome.
  • If malefics are placed in the houses 10, 11, 12, 1, 2, and 3 they cause accidents or acute and painful sickness. If they are placed in the houses 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 they cause long and tedious ailments.
  • If benefics are in the angles or in the houses 10, 11, 12, 1, 2. and 3, and if they are in good aspect to Moon, ailments will be curable.
  • Good aspects from Jupiter and Mars are favorable. But if they rule the 4th, 6th, 8th, or 12th and if they be in conjunction with Sun, Moon, and the ruler of the Ascendant, their benefic effect is lessened. 
  • When fixed signs are on the angles, and planets are afflicted in common signs, disease can be overcome; when common signs are on the angles, and planets are afflicted in fixed signs, disease cannot be overcome.
  • Planets afflicted in fixed signs cause chronic and incurable disease: they bring with them a debt of destiny, which is usually most difficult to overcome. Disease is due to the actions done in a previous life.
  • Planets afflicted in cardinal signs denote acute pain. Recovery is speedy and there remains no symptom of disease.
  • Planets afflicted in common signs denote that disease can be warded off, but it depends upon the mentality of the patient and in the course of time, the disease becomes chronic.

Significations of Health and Their Afflictions:
  • The afflicting planet causes ailments according to its inherent nature. 
  • Neptune: It is abnormal and restricting in its action. When it afflicts the significator's of health (for example, Sun, Moon, Ascendant, ruler of the Ascendant and of the 6th, or planet in the 6th), it causes incurable ailments, psychic ailments, ailments arising from worry, fears, and through drugs and drinks, danger from poison or gas.
  • Uranus: It is spasmodic and irregular in action. When afflicting it causes incurable diseases, nervous breakdowns, sudden diseases and accidents, cramp, paralysis, ruptures.
  • Saturn: It is limiting and obstructive in action. When afflicting it causes diseases for want of proper nourishment, chronic and lingering ailments, rheumatism, colds, chills, dull aches, falls, blows, sprains, dislocations, bruises.
  • Mars: It is inflammatory, energetic and excessive in action. When afflicting it causes sharp and sudden diseases, accidents, operations, ailments due to over-exertion and carelessness, fevers and inflammatory diseases, fistulas, disease affecting nose.
  • Jupiter: It is nourishing and expansive in action. When afflicting it causes blood disorder, ailments arising from excessive eating and indiscretion in diet, liver trouble, pleurisy, abscesses, quinsy(?), and gout.
  • Afflictions in Signs: Afflictions in any sign affect those signs in opposition or in square to it.
  • If planets are afflicted in movable or cardinal signs they affect head, stomach, kidneys and skin. Diseases, for example, brain fever, epilepsy, sudden unconsciousness (apoplexy); stomach trouble, cancer; kidney and liver troubles; rheumatism, gout and colds or chills.
  • Afflictions in fixed signs affect throat, heart, urine-genital organs and blood. Diseases, for example, tonsillitis, diphtheria, heart troubles, spinal ailments, piles, stones, ailments regarding urinary and generative organs; blood disorders.
  • Afflictions in common or mutable signs affect lungs, intestines, nerves and digestion. Diseases, for example, TB, bronchitis, asthma, intestinal diseases, rheumatism; dropsy, scurvy.

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​​​​​​​​Note: All references to the material above are from the work and teachings of Prof. K.S. Krishnamurti, Chandrakant R. Bhatt, K. Subramainiam, Sri M.P. Shanmugam, Prof K. Hariharan, and/or publications in the KP & Astrology Journals/Yearbooks. For Book information, please go to KP Books.