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My
friend Anne suffers from kidney failure. She survives from dialysis to
dialysis. In October, her physicians told her that if she did not undergo
a kidney transplant immediately, she had less than two months to live.
Anne, a veterinary assistant who devotes most of her time to helping animals,
refused to accept that. She attended a workshop given by noted author,
healer and physician Deepak Chopra, M.D. Dr. Chopra spent about an hour
in a private session with her, performing hands-on healing techniques.
He spent much of the time just talking to her—not about her condition,
but about her life, her son, the animals she’s helped and how valuable
she is to the future of this planet. Anne is not cured, but at the time
of this writing, she still lives. Though she continues to hope for a kidney
transplant, she considers that her psyche, at least, was healed by the
encounter with Dr. Chopra.
 Born
October 22, 1946, in New Delhi, India, at 3:45 pm, Dr. Chopra has Pisces rising. In astrology, Pisces rising implies a deep psychic sensitivity
to the thoughts, feelings, needs and desires of others, and the resulting
compassion. As Pisces completes the round of the zodiac, it is believed
to represent the meeting of the physical and the spiritual, and to strive
for total body-mind awareness, solving the mystery of existence on Earth.
Pisces also implies the capability to channel energies from the spiritual
world to the material. Thus, powerful healing abilities are associated
with the sign.
Curing
and Healing: Scorpio and Pisces
Experts
in the fields of health draw a strong distinction between healing
and curing. Curing is a strictly physical process that happens
when disease totally disappears from the body. For example, when removal
of an inflamed appendix wipes out abdominal peritonitis, this is said
to cure the condition. Astrologically, curing is associated
with the medical talents of Scorpio. Dr. Chopra has a strong Scorpio influence
in his chart, involving Mars (sometimes called Mars the surgeon), Jupiter and Mercury (the mind). Thus, in the early days of his career, he was
acknowledged as a highly skilled endocrinologist.
Healing
involves the mind and emotions as much as the body, and sometimes more
so. A patient can be cured by surgery or medicine, but not necessarily
healed. This condition is undoubtedly what gave rise to the old
cliché, “The operation was a success, but the patient died.” Many people
have suffered from cancer or AIDS and later died
from their illness. Yet some, while they were still alive, almost right
up to the point of their deaths, lived happy, vigorous and productive
lives. Like Anne, they considered themselves healed, though not
cured. Although sometimes psychic or faith healing produces miraculous
cures, there is no guarantee that they will. Therefore, no responsible
healer will advise anyone to discontinue medical treatment.
Scorpio
In
astrology, physical practices such as surgery and internal medicine are
associated with the sign Scorpio. Scorpio is driven by the desire to see
beneath the surface, to solve the great mysteries of the universe. This
is why natives of Scorpio make great detectives, engineers or chemists.
They also make skilled physicians, as they enjoy observing the body’s
functions directly and correcting anything that may go wrong. Unfortunately,
not all Scorpio doctors have the sensitivity of Dr. Chopra. If the planets
posited in the sign do not combine with beneficent planets like Jupiter,
Venus or the Sun, these physicians may see the patient as nothing more
than a machine to be repaired. The more aware Scorpio physicians, like
Dr. Chopra, identify their work with the seed process, the growth of life
within the repaired body rather than with the actual repairs. They see
the surgery, or course of treatment, as the beginning of a new cycle rather
than as an end in itself.
Pisces
Natives
of Pisces—mystics, poets, musicians, artists—are said to be in this world,
but not of it. It takes a strong influence from a more practical and worldly
sign to balance Piscean otherworldliness. In the case of Dr. Chopra, he
has the aforementioned combination of Jupiter and Mars in businesslike
Scorpio, blending harmoniously with his Piscean rising sign. These influences
enabled him to serve as Chief of Staff at Boston Regional Medical Center.
They also spurred him on to become an accomplished writer and speaker,
spreading his message of health and healing throughout the world. His
message blends the abilities of Scorpio and Pisces, curing and healing,
and emphasizes the need to attain balance between our physical and spiritual
well-being—and to use each of these factors to boost the other. Perhaps
the approaching new age will bring a new breed of doctors who aspire not
only to be physicians, but healers as well, like Dr. Deepak Chopra.
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