Academy for Astrological Medicine

Nurturing Your Lunar Nodes (Hill)

The Lunar Nodal axis of every natal chart provides a consistent key to good health maintenance. What bodily system might be deficient? What organs might require more support? Where in the body might toxins most likely amass, or waste excretion slow?

Learn Judith’s simple, straightforward method for assessing these precise questions. Today’s focus is exclusively upon the medical influence of the natal Nodes. (Note: Judith’s recent lectures have emphasized the transiting nodes). Learn to evaluate the health implications of most natal planetary conjunctions with the natal Lunar Nodes (North and South Nodes), and assess hypothetical “nodal support” strategies including herbalism and traditional gemstone remedials. Excellent for all levels.

Moon Cycles for Optimum Health (Sutherland)

Since ancient times humans have been charting the Moon, correlating its phases to women’s cycles, emotions and farming. Recent medical research has uncovered links between a woman’s hormones and her ability to eat certain foods, cope with stress and exercise intensities. In this lecture Kira will correlate this research to the lunar phases and show how both men and women can use the Moon to support their food choices, stress reduction, weight loss and wellbeing. This class discusses the menstrual cycle and female hormonal rythyms, and female hormones and compares these to lunar rhythms.

What is the Future of Medical Astrology?

Enjoy an intriguing interview and Q&A with Mychal A. Bryan on the Future of Medical Astrology!

Mercury's Impact on Medical Timing & Neurological Response (Hill)

Mercury’s traditional ‘rulership’ over neurological response provides this tiny planet an outsized impact on medical timing, symptoms, and prognosis. Learn why, when, and how, transit Mercury excites, or dulls the nerves; and what this implies for all manner of medical treatment. It's no joke that Mercury’s famed Caduceus is the symbol of medical practice! Judith will provide useful and essential herbal tips. Excellent for all levels.

Eating Your Way Around the Zodiac (Sutherland)

“The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison.” If we could only find the right diet for each person, we would have found the safest and easiest way to health, yet this eludes even those with the best intentions. What if we could take eating back to its basics, to our elemental makeup and learn to listen to our bodies when they are out of balance and asking for help. In this lecture Kira will cover the basics of foods and nutrition as seen through the lens of natal astrology. She will look at which planets have the biggest influence over our food as well as the impact the houses bring to the table. This is a fabulous lecture to learn how to support your elemental makeup and give you simple and practical ideas for strengthening your wellbeing. This talk focuses on a discussion the 12 houses and their relationship to diet, nutrition and health, with a special focus on the 6th, 8th, and 12th houses.