This is a Classic FibroMyalgia chart with the Cardinal Cross and a Dysfunctional Saturn. Allowing wide orbs, as I do in Medical Work, Saturn-Mars is 154° from Neptune. This woman was almost addicted to Crises until the FMS became too painful. The symptoms of FMS are due to an allergic reaction to the adrenaline that is produced when thrust into a crises. Transpluto and Mars are always involved in auto-immune diseases. This is a typical chart for abuserelated IBS. This individual confided having an abusive relationship with her mother, a woman who was always putting her down, critical and demeaning. This type of IBS also has Cardinal planetary positions. Mars is dysfunctional, being Retrograde and conjunct Neptune. Abuse and criticism are “absorbed,” leading to the autoimmune reaction. Absorption occurs when the developing child-ego has no boundaries (Neptune) and absorbs the criticism and abuse. This woman is a kind, gentle soul who is dying of pancreatic cancer – the sweetness of life is gone. ADULT IBS: This is often caused by food intolerances, only detected by ImG/Elisa/ImuPro300 testing. Gluten is often the culprit. Food intolerances are indicated by afflictions, especially using wide orbs, to the Moon. Also, use Ceres with food intolerances. HABBA SYNDROME: If Fire signs are strong, adult IBS is really a gall bladder issue. The cause is a dysfunctional gallbladder and the solution is low doses of a cholesterol-lowering drug called Cholestyramine. This drug is often prescribed for patients who develop chronic diarrhea after gallbladder removal which this syndrome mimics Charts 1 and 3 developed CFS due to the Epstein-Barr Virus (Mononucleosis). In chart 1, there is a strong personality profile that contributed to this – Moon in Pisces forming a YOD with Pluto-Transpluto and Neptune (boundaries-sacrifice) and the dysfunctional Mars and Saturn. These are often associated with adrenal-thyroid dysfunction. Thyroid issues are associated with Cardinal signs, Mars, Saturn (throat chakra) and Taurus. It is not a Venus issue in my observations. Because of the swelling of the Lymph Nodes, it is also ruled by the Mutable signs. Chart 2 is very different and the CFS is based upon weakness in the heart muscle. This is a relatively new medical observation. It cannot be determined by heart or pulmonary testing. She developed a debilitating “flu” in January 1990. She was in bed for 6 months and never really recovered. Heart deteriorating is caused by Neptune. Neptune is Station and a singleton (do not use Ceres for this) in the upper quadrant. At the onset, the transiting Saturn-Neptune opposed Mars-Venus in the 5th House and the Solar Arc Uranus conjuncted Mars, later Venus. This woman has many Heart Chakra issues (asthma) – grief, forgiveness and taking too much to heart. http://drmyhill.co.uk/wiki/CFS_-_CFS_Book_published_by_Dr_Sarah_Myhill This is a wonderful doctor in England who has made these observations and this book is free. My medical theory is that many chronic diseases can find their root in “unexpressed” childhood traumas. The first chart is an excellent example of this. I use wide orbs for this so that I can look at the Aspect Grid for the degrees of separation – but this can be done visually here. From 7.5 though 9 years: Moon-Mars; Mars-Jupiter; Mars-Pluto; Pluto-Node; Ceres-IC Prostate cancer is associated with powerlessness for a man – but it is connected with expressed issues of powerlessness for a childhood trauma. Between 7.5-9 years, his baby brother died of Leukemia. He says that this was the most traumatic time in his life when he was totally powerless to help, seeing his baby brother lay in bed and die. It was never discussed – all emotions were repressed until, Pluto in Sagittarius opposing his Gemini planets, his wife left him, taking all of his money. Breast cancer is connected with an expressed trauma around either the father or mother. When the breast cancer occurs when the woman is young, it is usually around the father; later breast cancer is caused my mother issues. Lung Cancer: This is the chart of my mother. The cancer developed when Pluto in Sagittarius entered her Mutable TSquare. If an illness commences when an outer planet enters a Planetary Pattern, the patient will be addressing this health issue for the duration of the transit. With terminal cancer, they do not survive the transit – my mother died in early 2002 before it left 18 Gemini. Childhood Trauma: At 7 years, her mother adopted her sister’s 2 children. My mother always knew that her mother preferred these children over her. And, I know my mother was correct. Both the heart and lungs are ruled by the Heart Chakra, grief and forgiveness issues. This was triggered by the sudden death of several friends. Even on her death bed, she told me that she missed them so much. She could never forgive her mother and, even more traumatic, was that she could not forgive herself for how she treated me. Cancers can be triggered by Neptune or Pluto. ARTHRITIS: Edgar Cayce said that there were 13 types of arthritis. I have observed about 9 of these. RHEUMATOID: This is a classic chart with a Fixed T-Square involving the Moon (and Transpluto). While this is a very sweet woman (one does not think of Aquarius as being sweet normally), she had a traumatic relationship with her mother. Fixed signs store resentments, here under the guise of a Nice, People Pleasing Person. This chart is connected with another type, bacterial related. These people see improvement when taking certain lowdose antibiotics but this is very difficult upon the system. My Veterinarian has observed that cats and dogs with arthritis do extremely well drinking Colloidal Silver water. This kills bacteria. It also cured my chronic UTIs – but first I had to eliminate the bacteria as CS just takes too long to kill the bacteria. The MarsR-NeptuneR indicates a tendency to absorb criticism and put-downs. SCARED STIFF Arthritis: This type of arthritis generally occurs when one is young. The Water Houses (4-8-12) are more susceptible to feeling trauma. Look at the degree of separation from exactness from the Moon to Saturn and Uranus and Mars to Neptune. Something occurred around the age of 3 and there is a Cardinal Cross using Chiron. Hence, I call this Cardinal Arthritis since it is based upon a crisis in the childhood. At the age of 3, his brother tried to kill him with a knife. Within 3 years, the stiffening began. It became debilitating by his high school years. He has experienced a total remission eliminating many inflammatory foods from his diet, including gluten. Reikki healing worked very well for him. I had a cousin with planets in the 8th who was scared stiff but, in the 1950s, no one knew about this type of arthritis and he died bed-ridden. The lymphatic system is ruled by Mutable and Water signs, Neptune and the Moon. Congestion and illness can occur with the lymph through FEAR! DIABETES: I have an article on Transpluto and Diabetes on my website at www.lynnkoiner.com 1) Dietary weak link 2) Psychological weak link (critical, perfectionist parent and absorbed criticism) 3) Event Trigger – a change in the nature of a separation, alienation or loss – onset occurs in 6 months Planetary Pattern: TP + Jupiter - Venus is the Solar Plexus-to-Heart Chakra Personality Pattern TP + Saturn – Venus is the Sacral-to-Throat Personality Pattern I know this individual and he is not a nice, people pleaser (although a very kind man) – so he is not the Jupiter Pattern. Indeed, the Saturn formula = 19 Capricorn, square Jupiter and conjunct the South Node. The Jupiter point at 20 Pisces is not strong here. The transiting Neptune-Uranus conjuncted 19 Capricorn at the onset. ASTROLOGICAL TRIGGER: Solar Arc Transpluto crossed Ascendant; P Mars conjunct P Neptune in P 2 nd (chi); Saturn conjunct Descendant and opposing Virgo planets; P Moon trine P Transpluto and conjunct P Jupiter. EVENT: His parents moved to another country. He saw this as an abandonment issue, as his father also married another woman soon after his mother died. Within 6 months, he developed diabetes. PSYCHOLOGICAL PATTERN: Intimacy issues and sexual issues (afraid and avoids) ADDICTION: With drugs and alcohol, Mars and Neptune are the culprits but they are also culprits in food addictions as well. With Neptune, a parent may not have wanted you to grow up or grow away, sabotaging the energies. They individual can turn to food, alcohol or even chronic fatigue! The 4th House rules ancestral patterns and this man can from a family of alcoholics. When Transpluto crossed his Saturn, he went into recovery. As a Leo, for the recovery to really work, he needed his father to say, I Love You. OBESITY: Cancer and Virgo are the food addiction signs. Jupiter rules our sense of moderation and proportion. Neptune is boundaries – sometimes we resort to weight to keep others away when we should just say NO! ANOREXIA: Transpluto and Virgo are strong. Coming up in a critical, perfectionist environment, the individual also has a strong fear of intimacy – a fear that, when people get close, they will criticize, try to change and control them. The one way they can feel empowered and in control is by NOT eating. They lack self-nurturing. In being very thin, they do not mature. They have a fear of growing up. Others may become work-a-holics who keep so busy that they do not have to deal with their feelings. ATTRACTING ALCOHOLICS: An attempt to change or rescue a parent symbolically 1. There is no such thing as a rescuer – only 2 people vying for the victim slot! A way of being in control of a relationship – sometimes the relationship ends when the partner get sober Focusing on another’s issues rather than one’s own