Medical Asteroids: Aesculapia, Askalaphus, Asclepius, Hygiea and Panacea

While there may be some differences between Aesculapia, Askalaphus and Asclepius, you can use each of them to explore HEALTH matters and symptoms in a chart. Hygiea refers also to "cleanliness and fitness efforts," but it too relates to the physical well-being. In 98% of the charts in my brain tumor study, at diagnosis there were important transits and directions to one or more of these medical asteroids--and that was the most common indicator! In other words, more of them had something like Neptune or Hades by transit to a radix or directed medical asteroid than to a personal point. So, you do want to track what's happening with these asteroids.

Use them for: contact with physicians, the medical status, areas of physical weakness, description of symptoms and dis-ease AND as suggestive of what must be "healed."

Some examples:

1. Aesculapia-Neptune: Along with respiratory challenges and possible fluid imbalances (including swellings and edemas,) the immune system can face serious challenge. There may be allergies, systemic overload, and "strange" or unexplained symptoms. The healing suggestions would be: to consider how well one is living given their sensitivities and ideals; teas, baths, meditation and visualization can be recommended.

2. Aesculapia-Pluto: While the digestion-elimination area can be weakened, the metabolism is highlighted. Health crises can push one to make major life changes. The parts of the body that are not under conscious control (the involuntary responses) are struggling. There is contact with radical illnesses, and some dis-ease process asks for emotional-physical integrity-integration.

3. Asclepius-Mercury: The nervous system is tenuous (and the lungs can be weak;) many parts of the internal stream of consciousness relate to the health status; there would likely be particular health issues during the elementary school years; there can be health issues with siblings, cousins, aunts & uncles; there may be medical ramifications due to cars. One needs to "THINK healthy" (and not allow "being busy" to detract from their health.) By transit, Mercury with a medical asteroid also promotes News about health matters.

4. Askalaphus-Vesta: Part of what stresses the health is that one disengages (from the body) and can lose touch with what's happening to it. The work (or dedication to some ideal or activity) can cause the health to suffer.

From those examples:

a) Would an Admetus-Aesculapia have to endure a period of illness? Could there be spasms, cramps, constriction or numbness among their symptoms? Would one need to persevere or avoid things for the sake of their health? Might one have to wait to see a doctor (or have delayed going to see one in the first place)?

b) Does a Poseidon-Asclepius seem right for laser treatments, x-rays or other light and imaging tests? Would this cover teaching on medical subjects? And medical ethics? And how about the role of faith or belief on a medical condition? Might the mind be affected? Would you suggest a spiritual practice for mental-physical health to a client with this contact in their chart?

c) Do you think an Apollo-Aesculapia could be naive about health ramifications? Could they have "repeated" instances with an illness? Might they have times of "figuring the odds" about a disease?

d) Since Siva and Siwa (which we haven't covered yet) relate the cycles and seasons (among other things,) can you see that Neptune-Siva-Aesculapia could describe seasonal allergies (as well as more definitive delineations)? Siva or Siwa with a medical asteroid suggest non-Western medicine.

e) And aside from prescription medicine, might a Bacchus-Aesculapia show how an addiction has affected the physical well-being? Could a person be in denial about their health?

f) A medical asteroid with Ceres or Demeter signals the importance of health in the parent-child relationship, but don't you think it's a reminder that the diet and nutritional requirements are also important? Wouldn't it advertise the sensitivity of the stomach or womb area? And wouldn't such an aspect stress the importance of care-taking for the ill?

g) How easily or rapidly would an Astraea-Askalaphus recover?

h) Would a Sphinx-Aesculapia be certain of a diagnosis?

i) Might Atlantis with a medical asteroid rush to a sense of doom about their health?

j) As well as being concerned about the health of others, wouldn't Juno with a medical asteroid add concern about the cost of medical care?

k) Would you associate Saturn-Aesculapia with the teeth, bones, joints, spine or cartilage? What about the status of the health as one grows older? Would you think that the person would have learned much about health thru the father? Might some of the healing have to do with learning what one is and what one isn't "responsible for" in life?

Panacea:

Panacea is "the cure"--but it's not as simple as that. In your chart, everything's conditioned; every factor has, by the age you are now, a model. You have a history with it--and thus you have beliefs and expectations about it. So look at Panacea in your chart (and in those of clients) as "what you believe it takes to make things better." Thus, what do you or others have to do in order to bring about an improvement. And this doesn't relate just to medical conditions. So:

A Panacea-Sisyphus has to do it over and over in order to "fix" what's seen as wrong.

With Panacea in hard aspect to the Ascendant, a person would have to "be" different to bring about an improvement; they'd have to alter their routine and initial response.

A retrograde Panacea might not really believe lots of things can be fixed.

A Panacea-Admetus would figure on having to endure, bite the bullet, or give something more time.

When Hades contacts Panacea, some of the cure is worse than the problem.

Would a Venus-Panacea think that throwing $$$ at the problem would make it better? Would they be good negotiators and willing to compromise?

Currently, Panacea is retrograde and can carry a parans opposition to Lilith. How important are DECISIONS ABOUT TREATMENTS to the people who would have that angular? Transit Panacea is conjunct a retrograde Hybris. Do people really expect that there is "a cure"?

And focus on House and Sign issues with these asteroids too. A medical asteroid in a House highlights that area of the body (as affected by the sign.) Apply that idea too to the understanding of improvement Panacea experiences due to its sign and house. Is Panacea Cardinal, Fixed or Mutable in its efforts? Is it supported by "easy" aspects? Is, for example, Hygiea "cardinal" about fitness efforts?
 

We've now covered enough asteroids for the exercises to be getting more interesting (and for them to be yielding some wonderful information.) Yes? Martha Wescott.