Mind, Will and Transits

October 2021

Copyright © by Judith, 2019
Extracted from the book Medical Astrology in Action

Planetary transits comprise a sort of subtle “astral weather”, not dissimilar to our better understood terrestrial weather. The skilled astrologer describes the “planetary weather” in the same manner that your local meteorologist provides a useful daily weather report (albeit, the astrologer views a far greater scope of time).

In relation to the planetary influences, the owner of the horoscope, or “native” can be likened to a farmer. The vegetable farmer cannot halt the weather, but she can design ways to utilize it for greatest advantage. Conversely, the wise farmer knows when to act to protect her crops! 

Most people have some latitude of choice in how best to utilize the astral weather in manifold ways. In respective of health (the topic of our book), one can choose to ignore, utilize, deliberately channel, direct, neutralize, antidote, deflect, absorb, or enhance any specific transit influence.

For centuries, astrologers have invented diverse ways to do just that with herbs, stones, metals, chants, deliberate activities, exercise, cautions, music, prayer, scents, et al. Most essentially, the deliberate use of entrained thought can nullify, antidote or enhance any planetary transit (C.C. Zain).

There are many books that discuss both transit and natal chart remediations, including my own Astrology & Your Vital Force: Healing with Cosmic Rays and DNA Resonance. Readers might find fascinating C. C. Zain’s Stellar Healing, or Andrea Gehrz’ modern approach in her Astrological Remediation. A dedicated and comprehensive bibliography of Jyotish and modern gemstone and metals remedial texts is available in your Academy Bibliography (Included in the free Welcome Class, Orientation and Resources here.)

True, there are both terrestrial and astral hurricanes that influence whole populations, overwhelming individuals. We also have the hand of “karma,” playing out in individual lives. However, most of us have a substantial control over the development of our character and health. Similar to the terrestrial weather, the planetary rays hatch what we ourselves have planted in our own gardens!

One must never allow fear and worry over past, present or future transits to govern one’s life, because the planetary influences are “just the weather.” The seasoned astrologer knows that astral weather is very real, and should be duly noted, and worked with. However, our will power must reign supreme over the vagaries of astral weather - and not the other way around! It is intended for us to reign as the kings and queens of our moods, minds, and mortal bodily castles. This discipline is one of the true goals of astrological training.

When asked: “Is it proper for us to study the effects of the planets upon our lives, in order to understand our tendencies and inclinations better, as they are influenced by the planets?”, the great twentieth century medical psychic and prophet, Edgar Cayce could not have stated a better response:

“When studied aright, (it is) very, very, very much worthwhile. Then how studied aright? By studying the influence (of the planets) in the light of knowledge already obtained by mortal man. Give out more of that knowledge - giving the understanding that the will must ever be the guiding factor to lead man on, ever upward.”  (3744, A-35)