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Dylan Warren-Davis

Dylan Warren-Davis, emigrated to Australia from Britain more than ten years ago. He has been practising herbal medicine (naturopathy) since first qualifying as a prize winning student with the National Institute of Medical Herbalists (UK) in 1982.
Since completing his herbal training, Dylan has been involved in further research of his own rediscovering the lost European metaphysical teachings, upon which Western herbal knowledge is based. He has been engaged in the commercial production of herbal tinctures and has been a consultant on the manufacturing of herbal tinctures to the herbal industry in Britain.

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Astrology and Health:
an introduction to decumbiture

In marked contrast to the prevailing conception of astrology as solely being based upon the time of a person's birth – the so-called natal astrology – the astrology of health is traditionally based upon the physical event of a person becoming ill. The time is taken from when a patient falls ill or decides to go to bed.

The name for this branch of astrology is decumbiture, which comes from the Latin word decumbo meaning 'to lie down or to fall'. It was through using such times that herbal physicians, such as Nicholas Culpeper, made their judgements of diagnosis, prognosis and choice of herbs.

The Moment of Illness

There are a number of possible moments to base a decumbiture. Firstly the moment when the patient feels so overcome by their illness that they have got to lie down. This is the truest moment in time to judge a decumbiture, however not everyone takes to their bed when unwell, even if they would like to.

Alternatively if a disease starts suddenly following an accident or some other specific event, this moment in time can also be used. Frequently patients have totally forgotten when they first felt unwell, in which case the time of first visiting the doctor, therapist or counsellor can be used instead. This is essentially the moment in time when a patient is prompted by their illness to seek help and advice. This is by far the most available time for basing the decumbiture, particularly when many have difficulty recalling the year in which they first felt unwell, yet alone the time and day of their illness starting.

Astrology & Health by Dylan Warren-Davis

Astrology and Health
A Beginner's Guide
by Dylan Warren-Davis
Published by Headway Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN 034070518 3
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First Moment of Contact

A phone call often means that the time of first contact between a therapist and patient is quite separate from the time of the first consultation.

When known, the time of the telephone conversation is to be preferred over the time of the first consultation, since this is when the patient is prompted into doing something about their state of health, as opposed to when the therapist has a free space available for consultation.

However in the absence of a preliminary conversation the time of the first appointment can be used with impressive results. Early or late arrivals for their appointments can also be significant in this respect. Another useful time may be when blood or urine tests are done in order to find out what is happening in the body.

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an introduction to decumbiture