152 OCCULT PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH & HEALING
Thus, people born when the Sun was in one of the
fiery signs, Aries, Leo, or Sagittarius, are particularly
successful in the treatment of the head, heart, spinal
cord, femoral region, fevers, etc. Those born in April,
with the Sun in Aries, would be best for the treatment
of acute cases of those ailments. Those born in August,
with the Sun in Leo, would succeed in chronic cases
where others would fail, and if these healers secure a
nurse having the Sun in Sagittarius, he or she will aid
them in all their cases as no one else could. The same
holds good of the other triplicities.
Influence of the Moon in Healing
The Moon is the heavenly orb that brings all things
to pass; whatever is foreshown by all the other planets
never comes to fruition until the Moon brings it to a
climax.
There is within the human body an ebb and flow, a
tide, just the same as there is in the outside world.
There are critical periods in certain diseases in
particular that can be measured accurately by the
Moon and it is therefore important that all understand
the influence of this unusual planet.
There is a cosmic force that culminates at the New
Moon and another at the time when the Moon is full.
Everything that is started from the time of the New
Moon until the full increases in intensity and finally
culminates when the Moon is full. That period marks
the flowing out of the life that comes from the Sun and
is reflected to us by way of the Moon. This force is a
great aid in building up the body and keeping it in a