What Holistic means to me

Holistic has become quite a fashionable word recently. I see it in all ways, and I would like to explain my version of it. First and all, I became interested quite early in Astrology which has been very helpful to understand periods of my life. Here in Quebec, Astrology has a bad press, they have been people that have abused of it in the past, and I have actually witnessed people using this kind of knowledge in a very personal and self-profitable way. It is never a good idea to do this, energetically and from an integrity value. But that is not the purpose of my post. I actually want to stress how everything is related: the Stars, the Plants, the Body, the Soul and how everything connects. To quote :" The link between astrology and medicine is ancient, Hippocrates (460-370 BC) for example investigated medical records where both the physical disease and its cure were closely linked to planetary cycles. The Swiss physician and Astrologer Paracelse, (AD 1490-1541), not only attributed body parts to signs and each organs to planets, but also catalogued planetary rulerships for many herbal medicines, precious stones and colours. He looked at the individual horoscope to reveal the cause and cure of disease, believing its origin to be of emotional-spiritual nature. Culpeper is maybe the best known Herbalist-Astrologer and he helped maintain the credence of medical astrology with the skeptical college of Physician".* My point is this: I strongly believe that a chart can reveal a lot about an individual health, and transits especially can point where the work needs to be done. I strongly believe in the link between health and the emotional and spiritual nature, and this is why I have seen such great results with acupressure. Of course, the healing success will depend of many things: the openness of the client/patient to heal and make the appropriate changes in his lifestyle; the openness to believe that he is often responsible for certain ailments; the desire to make those changes. Of course, it is not miraculous, and what works for one may be different for another, because exactly of the personal make up of the client/patient (and planets!). Energetic medicine, as well as herbal healing is not magical and if many years have created a disease, it may take some time to "undo" the unhealthy habits. But it is worth a try if health is what matters to you. I also would suggest that if you are going through a difficult phase, it could be interesting to learn about your chart, to see where the challenge may be in order to understand yourself more. Another point, is that some charts may also reveal weaknesses that are inherited and that the individual will have to compose with during his/her life. In any case, the chart can point to the strengths and less strong areas. Being aware of these is always interesting. Self-understanding is never overrated and the key to many answers.

*G. Mojay