MELANCHOLIC
Melancholic is the traditional name for the personality temperament indicated by an
excess of the element earth.MELETE
Melete, asteroid 56 (the 56th asteroid to be discovered, on September 9, 1857), is
approximately 144 kilometers in diameter and has an orbital period of 4.2 years. Its
name is derived from the Greek word for care or anxiety. The location of Melete by
sign and house indicates a source of anxiety. When prominent in a natal chart, Melete
may indicate a native overburdened by cares.Sources:
Kowal, Charles T. Asteroids: Their Nature and Utilization.Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Ellis
Horwood Limited, 1988.
Room, Adrian. Dictionary of Astronomical Names.London: Routledge, 1988.
Schwartz, Jacob. Asteroid Name Encyclopedia.St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1995.MELOTHESICMAN
The melothesic, or zodiacal, man is the image, often found in medieval astrology
works, of a human being with the signs superimposed on the parts of the anatomy they
are traditionally said to rule. These anatomical and zodiacal correspondences begin
with Aries (associated with the head and face) and follow the order of the zodiac
down the body to Pisces (associated with the feet). The sun sign—and, to a lesser
extent, the Moon sign and the rising sign (ascendant)—people are born under usually
indicates an area of the body with which they are likely to have trouble. Aries natives,
for instance, tend to experience a disproportionate number of blows to the head or fre-
quent headaches. Pisces people, on the other hand, tend to have accidents involving
the feet (and easily contract such diseases as athlete’s foot).
As outlined in Manly P. Hall’s Astrological Keywords,the anatomical corre-
spondences of the 12 signs of the zodiac are as follows:
Aries: Head and face with their bones and muscles; eyes, cerebrum;
upper jaw
Taurus: Neck; cerebellum; upper cervical vertebrae; ears; throat; phar-
ynx; larynx; eustachian tubes; uvula; tonsils; upper part of esophagus;
palate; thyroid gland; vocal cords; lower jaw
Gemini: Arms; shoulders; muscles and bones of arms and shoulders;
lungs, including trachea and bronchi; thymus gland; upper ribs; capil-
laries; hands
Cancer: Stomach; armpits; breasts; lacteals; chest cavity; solar plexus;
pancreas; epigastric region; diaphragm and upper lobes of liver; tho-
racic duct; to some extent the wombMelancholic
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