In the Hidden Mystery, Osho gives a valuable account
of what astrology is and what it is not. He tells that as
far back as archaeologists have been able to investigate
the human race evidence of astrology exist. Ancient clay
tablets in Sumeria, 3500 BC, showed records of herbalism
and its correlations with astrology. In the Rigveda
one of the oldest texts preserved in Indo-Iranian language,
reference is made to a particular planetary transit
which could have only occurred 95,000 years ago.
For physicians of ancient times, astrology and medicine
were inseparable. Paracelsus, a 16 century physician,
astrologer and philosopher said man becomes ill when
there is a shift or disruption in the harmony between
time of his birth.
Pythagoras, 600 BC, a Greek mathematician and philosopher,
spoke about ëplanetary harmonyí. Pythagoras
proclaimed that each luminary has a unique vibration,
created as it moves through space. The vibrations, of
the many luminaries together, just like an orchestra,
were referred to Pythagoras as the harmony of the universe.
At the moment of birth, you are in a state of heightened
sensitivity ñ just watch a newborn react to the slightest
noise, noise which sometimes adults do not even hear.
So, at the time of your birth the musical harmony from
the planets is imprinted. When living in harmony with
the musical melody ñ health prevails; whenever you fall
out of tune or your life is in discord, illness is expressed.
Health is our nature, and sometimes illness, just like a
guest visiting a host, occurs. But it has to be remembered
that illness is just a guest and not the host; illnessis not our nature. We should refrain from thinking in
symptoms or an illness.
Paracelsus said, "Until the state of your inner harmony
is known, you can at best only be released from your illness - because your inner harmony is the source of your
health. But when you are released from one illness you
will immediately get another because nothing has been
done about your inner harmony."
Your inner harmony has to be supported and nurtured,
and rediscovered. Think of the human organism as a
musical instrument that needs the proper tuning ñ on
the body, heart and mind level ñ the strings should be
not too tight, not too loose. But before the correct tension
is found, the it might be necessary for the strings to
be too tight or too loose, so that a balance can eventually
be found. Often, when a person is sad, it is only then
that he realises that before this sadness he was happy.
The same applies to health ñ when a person is ill, he
looks back and realises he was healthy.
So although discord and disease can occur these are not
bad things in themselves. They present the opportunity
to rediscover the inner harmony, although sometimes
we lose so much contact with our original state that we
need assistance and support from an external source.
Sometimes we lose so much contact with our original
state that we take illness or discord as our natural state
of being.
Astrology can pinpoint the times when we are in tune
with our own inner harmony and when we are susceptible
to illness. It also gives clues to the circumstances
of discord, because each sign and planet rules .....
