Culpeper's Complete Astrology: The Lost Art of Astrological Medicine - Paperback

by Nicholas Culpeper (Author), Alice Sparkly Kat (Foreword by), Judith Hill (Foreword by)

Delve into the astrological wisdom of Nicholas Culpeper, the 17th-century herbalist and astrologer whose writing about health and herbs made a mark on medicine that resonates to the present day. His astute eye, keen wit, and encyclopedic knowledge led him to create his definitive English Physician, more commonly known today as Culpeper's Complete Herbal. Planetary influences were key to his understanding of illness and healing. In his philosophy, each illness is governed by astrology, and the time at which a person takes to their sickbed is significant to their diagnosis and healing. His Semeiotica uranica, or, An astrological judgment of diseases from the decumbiture of the sick was a seminal early work of medical astrology and is published here as a historical document of great fascination to astrologers as well as to historians of herbalism and medicine. This edition includes modernized English spelling and expert guidance on how to decipher the work and consider Culpeper's influence in modern context.Also included are a foreword by Alice Sparkly Kat, author of Postcolonial Astrology, and an introduction by Judith Hill, author of Medical Astrology.

Author Biography

Nicholas Culpeper (18 October 1616 - 10 January 1654) was an English botanist, herbalist, physician and astrologer. His book, The English Physician (1652, later Complete Herbal, 1653 ff.), is a source of pharmaceutical and herbal lore of the time, and Astrological Judgement of Diseases from the Decumbiture of the Sick (1655) was one of the most detailed works on medical astrology in Early Modern Europe. (*Bio from Wikipedia) Judith Hill is an astrologer, herbalist, and award winning author of thirteen books including the classics Medical Astrology, A Guide to Planetary Pathology, The Astrological Body Types, Medical Astrology in Action, and Medical Astrology for Health Practitioners. She founded The Academy for Astrological Medicine and many original courses, including Medical Astrology 101, and created The Renaissance Medicine Conferences. Hill served as the Educational Director for the San Francisco NCGR. She is also an internationally recognized pioneer of astro-seismic and astro-genetics research, and served as a private assistant to physicist Arthur Young at The Institute for the Study of Consciousness. Hill is a Chartered Herbalist with The Dominion Herbal College and faculty with Kepler College and The Matthew Wood Institute of Herbalism. JudithHillAstrology.com stelliumpress@aol.com