Heavenly medicine
S. Battaglia, G. Miglietta, F. Wenig-Lynds

The belief in the symmetric correspondence between man and the universe goes back to the dawn of history. Starting in classical Greece, this doctrine - known as melothesia, or heavenly medicine - began to take on a more definite form when people started to classify the influence of the signs of the zodiac, the planets, the Sun and the Moon on the various organs in the human body. According to melothesia, Aries dominates the head and brain; Taurus influences the neck; Gemini dominate the arms and lungs; Cancer is linked to the thorax; Leo and the Sun influence the heart; Virgo dominates the intestines and the spleen; Libra is linked to the kidneys and the lumbar region; Scorpio is the sign of the genital organs; Sagittarius influences the liver, the sciatic nerves and the thighs; Capricorn is linked to the knee and the articulations; Aquarius dominates the ankles and the circulation; and Pisces influence the feet.