important than the disease
of the patient ) is reminiscent of Plato – ” No treatment of the parts
should be attempted without treatment of the entirety”. ( Plato;’ The
State’ ,380 Ante Domino ) The horoscope represents the Whole
and the 12 houses are the 12 limbs of the body.
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The Ayurvedic Model
In the Ayurvedic Model, the planets are classified thus
Jupiter Kapha
Sun Pitta
Moon Vata & Kapha
Mars Pitta
Mercury Pitta, Vata & Kapha
Venus Vata & Kapha
Saturn Vata
Based on the great Sankhya school of Indian philosophy, Ayurveda
conceives life as the interplay of three life principles called humours
( which correspond to the three Gunas of Sankhya – Sattwa, Rajas
and Thamas ). These are Vata ( wind), Pitta( bile) & Kapha ( phlegm).
Equilibrium of the three humours is considered as health and any
disturbance in that equilibrium is regarded as disease. One of the
three humours will be predominant in the body. Hence human
bodies have been classified under three types: Vata type,
Pitta type & Kapha type.The body constitution is taken into account
while prescribing diet and