Working Paper on Astrological Physiognomy: History and Sources

<strong>Working</strong> <strong>Paper</strong> on Astrological Physiognomy: History and Sources
Table 2. Porphyry’s Assignment of Zodiac Signs to Body Parts. 16
Zodiac Sign Body Part
Aries The head
Taurus The tendon and the neck
Gemini The shoulders and upper arms
Cancer The breast and ribs
Leo The midriff and the stomach and the belly
Virgo The abdomen and flanks
Libra The kidneys and buttocks
Scorpio The genitals and the hidden and generative places
Sagittarius The hips (but according to some, also the glands and the bends of the elbow)
Capricorn The loins and haunches
Aquarius The legs and ankles
Pisces The feet
Table 3. Porphyry’s Assignment of Planets to Organs. 17
Planet Organ
Saturn The Phlegmatic fluid and the windpipe and the loosening of the bowels
Jupiter The liver and its condition and the cords under the stomach
Mars Blood and kidneys and the spermatic ducts
Venus Lungs and gall bladder
Mercury The sense of hearing and windpipe and tongue
Sun Heart and the arrangement that is suited to life-breath (that is, the motion of the lifebreath)
and the sense of sight (the right eye in the case of a man and the left in the
case of a woman)
Moon The entire body in general, but more particularly spleen and membranes and marrow
and sight (the left eye in men and the right eye in women)
16 See commentary of Antiochus on Porphyry in The Astrological Record of the Early Sages, Vol. 2, Definitions and
Foundations, Project Hindsight, Cumberland, MD.: The Golden Hind Press, 2009, p. 117.
17 Ibid, pp. 117-118.
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