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Case Study of the Moon sign: Sudden breathing problems and remedies in Vedic astrology




Quite recently, a curious case presented itself. It was surmised that owing to painting and polishing works being carried on in a household, due to the chemicals comprising the materials irritating the system, breathing problems manifested.

These were of a serious nature. There was shortness of breath, frequent bouts of severe coughing at very short intervals and inability to sleep. The medicines prescribed did not really help much and since the constitution of the native was delicate, the medication focusing on asthma caused dryness in the system.

The works could not be discontinued and efforts to distance oneself from the fumes and the smell of the chemicals were futile; relief was not really felt in other houses of friends for one reason or another. Given the high temperatures of the summer, air-conditioning is sorely required. One house of friends was not using air-conditioning since their own physiology reacted adversely to the cold air and caused problems with the skeletal frame and swellings of the joints. In the result, not only was a physiological problem manifesting, but no relief was forthcoming from friends, and family, or any other quarter for that matter, for one reason or another.

Homeopathy treatment was also tried but it did not work.

Given the facts of the situation, a quick solution was required and given the seniority of the person, the health issues had already caused significant psychological turmoil, the problems having carried on for weeks at end.

Since a quick solution was required (within minutes), the issue was studied only from that perspective.

It is evident that currently the Cancer-Capricorn axis is seriously afflicted with highly inimical planets in a situation of a standoff. Cancer/ Karka Rashi is the heart or the thoracic cavity of the Kalapurusha or the Cosmic Man and the station of transit Rahu in Cancer can cause issues in this area of the body.

When Rahu creates problems, diagnosis is difficult, or the treatment does not work; the ambiguity and the enigma of the Nodes makes them and their working difficult to understand. Also Rahu is traditionally associated with breathing problems because when his neck was cut off, so was the respiratory tract. All these indications showed that the problem was rooted in Rahu.

What made this certain was that the natal Moon sign of the native was one of Cancer of Capricorn. With Mars and Ketu in Capricorn, in aspect with Rahu, and Mars and Rahu being highly inimical to each other, the problem was purely a transient one and caused by the opposition of malefic planets.

It is also to be noted that when a detailed study of health or physiological states is done from the natal horoscope, it is always from the natal Moon, as Chandra is the natural significator for the health and physiology of the person. In fact, this is one of the dominant roles of the Moon-sign chart in the Vedic horoscope. 

Two remedies were given. One, an appropriate Mantra to pacify Rahu. On the same evening, the malefic reacted briefly and the situation became acute for a brief while. Soon afterwards, a simple anti-allergic medicine was taken, and sleep followed. The breathing problem practically disappeared and the bouts of coughing etc. were greatly reduced. By comparison, they ceased to trouble the person. The work in the household was still continuing and the person was advised to keep away from the areas where work was continuing to try and void triggering the allergic reaction.

Two, Monday was at hand soon and on Monday, the day of lord Shiva, a compressed form of the Mrityunjaya Mantra was given. With these two remedies, the person recovered at a miraculous rate. At their own choice, all the medication was discontinued immediately given the sensitive constitution of the person, including homeopathic medicine.

In this case, the problem lay elsewhere.

While modern (and perhaps traditional) medicine on the one hand and spiritual-cultural-esoteric-religious disciplines work in different reference frames, and one ought not be and cannot be, a substitute for the other, this case is an illustration of how, despite all the advances in modern medicine, there are occasions when very real, and palpable results are obtained, without more, from a metaphysical system such as Vedic astrology.  

© Anurag Sharma
anuraag9@gmail.com

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