Sidereal astrology holds that Aquarius corresponds to the heart and its circulation of blood. (This is opposite the Tropical commonplace of assigning the heart to Leo.)
Dr. Millard, to encourage skepticism of old rules, wrote of a study she did to test Ptolemy's rule not to have surgery when Moon was in the sign ruling that part of the body. Today, the main surgery that has serious risk of death is heart surgery which - at the time of her study - had about a 15% risk of death. (By 1979, this had reduced to 5%.) She gathered about 200 surgical records for open heart surgeries at her hospital where the patient died. These were spread throughout the year and had pretty even distribution of Moon-sign at time of surgery.
Every sign had transiting Moon in it 16 or 17 times EXCEPT for Moon in Pisces, which had DOUBLE the frequency of the others. This, of course, was Tropical Pisces, meaning... the great excess was with Moon in Sidereal Aquarius, ruling the heart!
We still need many more such studies before claiming anything on this point, but I couldn't resist sharing this anecdote. It is common of many things that I find in Millard's book: Take her examples, convert to Sidereal, and suddenly the signs make sense and everything gets much simpler!
Aquarius & the Heart
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Aquarius & the Heart
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Re: Aquarius & the Heart
Thank you for this. It serves me well to know that my beloved Aquarians are truly about matters of the heart. I feel I have always known that inside, and I appreciate being able to validate that feeling in fact.
I dont have many other Aquarians in my family or friends here in NY to reflect on, but I do have Patrick the German Shepherd, March 6 2014.
I've known lots of dogs and he is all heart. I've discussed his behavior in the pets thread.
I could say a million words about Patrick and how wonderful I think he is regardless of how absolutely challenging it is to live with his fearful hypervigilance and constant feedback of his perceived troubles.
What I am very worried about is that I have to get back to work, I am getting a little peckish. That means I will have to leave him for long hours and he will be so scared and sad and lonely. With me home I can at least talk or sing to him when the team of big scary horses parades by in the morning with the tourists sightseeing or the constant people pulling in my driveway to turn around to go back into the park. I wish I could just sit here with him and give him some sort of peace of mind that everything is gonna be ok.
Unfortunately I am at a block to figure out exactly how can I provide for my own survival needs and provide for his needs of feeling safe and loved.
Sometimes when he really gets scared and bothered by something and he starts barking and going/pulling/lunging I am afraid his little heart is just going to burst.
It is so intense, and honestly on a leash I am almost not strong enough to hold him back, especially with my foot issues lately.
Saturn will be transiting his Sun in the near future and I would really like to make the most of that. We now know you * can * teach an ol dog new tricks, it just takes time and patience so I thought once my toe is healed better I would start attempting to earnestly train and work with him about these triggers and hopefully break the bad relationships off (ie super bad relationship with the sight of his leash inducing frenzy) and build new healthy behaviors.
I dont have many other Aquarians in my family or friends here in NY to reflect on, but I do have Patrick the German Shepherd, March 6 2014.
I've known lots of dogs and he is all heart. I've discussed his behavior in the pets thread.
I could say a million words about Patrick and how wonderful I think he is regardless of how absolutely challenging it is to live with his fearful hypervigilance and constant feedback of his perceived troubles.
What I am very worried about is that I have to get back to work, I am getting a little peckish. That means I will have to leave him for long hours and he will be so scared and sad and lonely. With me home I can at least talk or sing to him when the team of big scary horses parades by in the morning with the tourists sightseeing or the constant people pulling in my driveway to turn around to go back into the park. I wish I could just sit here with him and give him some sort of peace of mind that everything is gonna be ok.
Unfortunately I am at a block to figure out exactly how can I provide for my own survival needs and provide for his needs of feeling safe and loved.
Sometimes when he really gets scared and bothered by something and he starts barking and going/pulling/lunging I am afraid his little heart is just going to burst.
It is so intense, and honestly on a leash I am almost not strong enough to hold him back, especially with my foot issues lately.
Saturn will be transiting his Sun in the near future and I would really like to make the most of that. We now know you * can * teach an ol dog new tricks, it just takes time and patience so I thought once my toe is healed better I would start attempting to earnestly train and work with him about these triggers and hopefully break the bad relationships off (ie super bad relationship with the sight of his leash inducing frenzy) and build new healthy behaviors.