Saturn — spleen and bones

saturnine government

Saturn is rendered as the cold, dry, constraining principle associated with spleen, bones, and the durable body. The spleen-side anchor and broad body tags are an editorial target-organ projection, not a physiological claim about Saturn or Saturn-governed herbs.

Sun — heart and vitalityMoon — stomach and fluidsMercury — lungs and nervesVenus — kidneys and generationMars — gall and muscular forceJupiter — liver and expansionSaturn — spleen and bonesSaturn — spleen and bones

Point 7 of 7 in Culpeper Planetary Herbalism

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physitian; or an Astrologo-Physical Discourse of the Vulgar Herbs of this Nation (primary_canonical)

The herbal's plant entries identify planetary government and discuss virtues; see the individual herb entries under the headings 'Government and virtues.'

Nicholas Culpeper, Semeiotica Uranica, or an Astrological Judgement of Diseases (primary_canonical)

Culpeper's astrological medicine links the seven planets with bodily conditions and judgement; see the sections on planetary significators and bodily parts.

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