The Planets and Operations
Posted under Ephemera
Tags: election,
medical astrology,
surgery date
Many thanks to Eileen Naumann for her book Medical Astrology, from which the following is quoted. (Footnote is mine.) I have posted my own guidelines for selecting the best date for surgery, which are largely based on these rules.
The positions of the planets and luminaries often determine the best and worst times for a person to undergo surgery. Following are guidelines for planning operations astrologically:
- Try to plan an operation five days before or after the new Moon. At this time, fluids are at their lowest ebb; consequently, there is less chance of swelling.
- Avoid operations five days before or after a full Moon. At this time bodily fluids are at their highest and can cause excessive swelling, hemorrhaging or seepage from wounds.
- A day in which the Moon is void of course is a bad one for surgery. On such a day there is a good possibility that the operation won’t be performed correctly, that complications will arise or that a second operation will become necessary.
- Avoid an operation on that part of the body ruled by the sign in which the Moon is transiting1.
- Avoid surgery when the Moon is in a mutable sign— Virgo, Gemini, Pisces or Sagittarius.
- Try to plan an operation when the transiting Moon is in a fixed sign— Taurus, Leo, Scorpio or Aquarius. With such a placement the operation should go as planned, the surgeon’s hand should be steady, and no further complications should arise.
- Avoid surgery when the transiting Moon is combust or within 17 degrees of the natal Sun, Moon or Mars.
- Avoid surgery when the transiting Moon is square, opposite or inconjunct the natal or transiting Sun, Mars, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus or Pluto. Mars in a tension aspect with the transiting Moon can mean excessive bleeding or inflammation after surgery. Saturn can mean chronic or very serious complications.
- Try to plan an operation when the transiting Moon is sextile or trine to natal, progressed or transiting Venus, Mars, or Jupiter. Such an aspect will help the surgery go smoothly. The transiting Moon sextile or trine Mars will also help insure that the surgeon will have a quick, clean cutting hand and will know what he or she is doing.
- Avoid surgery when Mercury or Mars is retrograde. Mercury retrograde can mean misunderstandings, mistakes, and confusion. Since Mars is the planet of surgeons, when it goes retrograde surgeons tend not to be at their steadiest or most reliable: they may not be able to concentrate well. Furthermore, Mars retrograde can mean heavy loss of blood.
If you want me to help you find a suitable date for surgery, please click here for instructions. PLEASE DO NOT USE THE “COMMENTS” ON THIS PAGE TO REQUEST A CONSULT.
1 Every sign corresponds to a part of the body. For example Aries is associated with the head. Therefore, Moon in Aries is not the time to operate on the ears, jaw, brain, eyes, head, or face.
Molly Cliborne Gauthier
1 · D. Bentley · 5 March 2006
My daughter is a libra and having scheduled for surgery on her throat, vocal cords and sinus on March 29th at Riley Children’s hospital. It is a bad day for surgery isn’t it?
2 · Molly · 5 March 2006
D,
That's a question I can't answer without her chart, and it's way too serious to try to advise you here in the comments. If you'd like, you may request a surgery consult.
3 · Deborh · 5 April 2006
Molly I was supposed to have oral surgery today. Somehow I knew it wasn’t going to happen. This was the second time I managed to get out of it. I have very high anxiety when it comes to teeth. And tonight I just happened to check in and found this article. Thanx for the scoop! Deborah
4 · Jon Snyder · 19 November 2006
I am an Arien born with a “harelip,” for which I’ve underwent 10-15 surgeries over the course of my life, most of them before I can remember. The last major one, a procedure to shift tissue from my lower lip to my upper (gross, huh?) left excessive hypertrophic scars. Perhaps this could be due to no. 8 (“Mars in a tension aspect with the transiting Moon can mean excessive bleeding or inflammation after surgery”)? If I and my family knew then what I am beginning to realize now… it would have been nice to have consulted someone with access to this sort of information.
5 · Lára Martin · 1 September 2007
I’ve read other astrologer’s account, where one should avoid having surgery when the moon is in Scorpio. That a porthole for the soul to excape the body opens, thus even simple operations, where the body is under anesthesia, allows for the possibility of most unexpected deaths. What are your thoughts on this issue.
Thank you,
Lara Martin
6 · Molly · 1 September 2007
Hi Lara— That sounds like ridiculous hocus pocus to me, and I have never read it in any of the literature I have on medical and electional astrology. As long as other planets line up well in the surgery chart and with the natal chart, I think the Scorpio Moon is fine for any surgery not involving the bowels or reproductive organs.
7 · Jewel Shrewsbury · 15 October 2007
Hi Molly, A silly question, but what is the difference in A waxing moon and A Waning moon? What is the moon in now, today 10/14? Thanks, Jewel
8 · Molly · 15 October 2007
Jewel, the Moon begins waxing (increasing in light) at the new Moon, and it begins waning (decreasing in light) at the full Moon. You can have all this info at your fingertips if you invest in an astrological calendar. I use Jim Maynard’s Celestial Guide calendars.
9 · Sharon · 30 October 2007
Hi Molly:
I am having my thyroid removed and was thinking of doing it either around Dec. 20 or around Jan. 28th. I am a Gemini with Libra rising and a Pisces moon. A friend said I should not have it done on Jan. 28th since Mercury will be retrograde. I was also told not to have it when the moon is full. This is so confusing. What do you suggest? I do have freedom to choose an approximate date . Your help will be greatly appreciated.
Sharon
10 · Paula · 4 December 2007
Hi Molly,
You gave me some good elective surgery dates as March 13,14. However the moon is void of course in Gemini at that time which contradicts what you write in your column. I
thought it was bad to have surgery with the moon in a mutable sign and void of course. Can you please explain why you thought those would be good dates for me to get my implants replaced? Since I paid you for this service I would appreciate an explanation.
11 · Molly · 5 December 2007
Umm, no Paula, Moon is not v/c until 4:23 pm on the 14th. Mutable sign is not ideal, but Mars is sextile Saturn and Mercury is sextile Pluto, which more than offsets it in my opinion. There is no ideal date, so I select the one that looks the best.
12 · Paula · 5 December 2007
Thank you Molly!!!
13 · Denise · 8 January 2008
Is Mercury trine Mercury a good day for surgery?
14 · Molly · 8 January 2008
Denise, that one little piece is good. But it depends on what else is going on around it.
15 · charlene · 18 February 2008
Hi molly, I was born in aries and must have an operation to remove all my wisdom teeth. I see that a waning moon is better, is there any othr advice you can give me because of my sign being aries? thankyou
16 · monique · 19 February 2008
Reproductive day surgery tomorrow 20/02/08. Born 17/01/1966 7.40pm sydney. I’ll let you know if I make it, eclipse n all. What else to do?
17 · M.E. · 10 April 2008
My brother is having emergency surgery on his gallbladder this morning Thursday, April 10, 2008, in San Diego. We were told this is a very dangerous operation for him as it is occurring in the picture of very end stage liver disease that he has which also causes him to have a blood clotting disorder in which the slightest nick causes him to bleed alot. He was born October 19, 1949. It is scheduled to take place while the Moon is void, but at least Taurus moon is in place. Can you comment?
18 · Molly · 11 April 2008
Transits were not good yesterday— Mercury square Mars— these two planets being the significators of surgery and surgeons. I would not have picked yesterday. However, I have heard of cases that break all the rules and still go fine. I hope your brother turned out to be one of those. How did it go?
19 · Bryce · 16 May 2008
I was just wanting to know if you should completely avoid the days whan the moon is VOC, or just the hour(s) when this is occuring from one sign to the next?
20 · Molly · 23 May 2008
Bryce, you should avoid the time that the Moon is v/c. On your astrological calendar it will tell you what time the Moon v/c period begins, and what time the Moon enters a new sign, ending the v/c period. Before it begins or after it ends is fine. You do not have to exclude the entire day from consideration (unless it’s v/c all day, which does happen).
21 · Carlo · 25 June 2008
Hip replacement surgery scheduled for 9/9/08 when Moon is in Cappy. Patient is a girl Gemini Sun with Moon at 21° Taurus, Venus at 1° Leo, Mars at 12° Aries, age 33. Sagittarius rules the hips, so I’m figuring its fine, and the Moon isn’t void that day, yet Cappy rules the bones, so a little concern. Any opinion on this Molly? Thanks,
Carlo
22 · Molly · 25 June 2008
Hi Carlo— not enough info for me to comment. If you want me to have a look, please follow the link provided and submit the requested info. Thanks!
23 · Ronnie · 27 October 2008
Hi Molly,
I want to get my cats spayed some time in November. Can you suggest a few good dates please?
Thanks
Ronnie
24 · Molly · 28 October 2008
Hi Ronnie— I can definitely help. But I need you to contact me privately with as much of the information asked for on this page as possible.
25 · Paula Slovenkai · 4 December 2008
Hi! I need to choose from the following dates in 2009 for surgery on my foot… Feb. 9 or 13, Feb. 16 or 20, Feb. 23 or 27. I am a Pisces with Virgo rising and a Pisces moon, Mars in Gemini, saturn in Capricorn.Thank you!
26 · Molly · 4 December 2008
Paula, please see comment #24.
27 · Ronnie · 13 December 2008
Dear Molly,
I had read somewhere you had given some dates for surgery in December 2008. I can’t access that page…can you help please? I need to have a spay surgery done after the 15th.
Thanks
28 · Molly · 13 December 2008
No, I did not give any general dates here. I consider these on a case-by-case basis. Please see comment #24 above. Thanks.