Introduction [excerpt] Medicine occupies a significant position in astrology. The idea of medical astrology is founded on the belief in "the supposed influence of the heavenly bodies on human affairs, and especially upon the states of health and disease of the human body." Besides observing the planets simply to foretell the future, astrologers and physicians had kept an eye on them for the right time to perform medical treatment. The use of astrological data became recognized as something essential...