Health elections require extreme care and must never replace professional medical advice. The goal is to support the body's healing process and ensure a successful, uncomplicated medical intervention by aligning with supportive planetary energies.

Key Astrological Factors:

• The 1st House (Ascendant): Represents your physical body and overall vitality. This must be strong and free from affliction.
• The 6th House: Rules illness, small ailments, and daily health routines. Its condition is analyzed, but its ruler should not be overly powerful.
• Mars: Rules surgeons, cuts, and acute procedures. It must be strong but controlled.
• The Moon: Rules fluids, the public (hospitals), and the physical body. It should be free from affliction.
• Benefic Planets (Jupiter, Venus): Should protect the Ascendant and moderate Mars.

Critical Avoidances:

• Mars afflicting the Ascendant or its ruler: Suggests surgical complications, excessive bleeding, or trauma.
• The Moon in the sign of the body part being treated and afflicted.
• A Void of Course Moon: The procedure may be ineffective or lead to no improvement.
• The ruler of the 6th house (illness) being overly strong and afflicting the Ascendant.

Examples in Practice:

• Example: Electing a Time for Surgery
  • Goal: A precise, successful procedure with minimal complications and a swift recovery.
  • Strategy:
    • Mars (the surgeon's knife) should be strong (e.g., in Aries or Scorpio) and direct, but not in a hard aspect (square/opposition) to the Ascendant (you). A soft aspect (sextile/trine) is ideal.
    • The Ascendant and its ruler must be very strong, indicating a resilient patient.
    • Jupiter or Venus should be aspecting the Ascendant or Mars, offering protection and healing.
    • The Moon should not be in the sign governing the body part (e.g., not in Taurus for a throat surgery).
• Example: Electing to Start a Long-Term Medication
  • Goal: To begin a treatment that will be effective with minimal side effects.
  • Strategy:
    • The Ascendant must be strong.
    • The ruler of the 6th House (the illness/treatment) should be making a positive aspect to the Ascendant ruler, showing the treatment aligns with and supports the body.
    • Saturn can be invoked for a chronic condition, but it should be well-aspected to show controlled management.
• Example: Electing to Begin a Therapeutic Diet or Exercise Regimen
  • Goal: To start a health-improving habit that is sustainable and effective.
  • Strategy:
    • The 6th House (health routines) should be strong.
    • The Moon should be well-aspected and not VOC, supporting the formation of a new habit.
    • For exercise, Mars should be strong and positively aspecting the Ascendant.