♍ Virgo — abdomen and digestion

Sixth sign / belly region

Virgo marks the belly or abdominal region, commonly linked with digestion in medical-astrology summaries. The anchor is placed in the central abdomen to represent the broad region rather than a single digestive organ.

♈ Aries — head and face♉ Taurus — neck and throat♊ Gemini — shoulders and arms♋ Cancer — chest and stomach♌ Leo — heart and upper back♍ Virgo — abdomen and digestion♍ Virgo — abdomen and digestion♎ Libra — kidneys and loins♏ Scorpio — genitals and pelvic organs♐ Sagittarius — hips and thighs♑ Capricorn — knees♒ Aquarius — calves and ankles♓ Pisces — feet

Point 6 of 12 in Zodiac Man — Melothesia (Homo signorum)

Cross-tradition overlaps

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Sources

Zodiac man (homo signorum) diagram, Wellcome Collection M0017629 (primary_canonical)

Fifteenth-century Zodiac Man diagram assigning zodiac signs to descending bodily regions from head toward feet.

Nicholas Culpeper, Semeiotica Uranica, or, An Astronomicall Judgment of Diseases (secondary_translation)

Later English medical-astrology tradition translating celestial significations into bodily and disease correspondences.

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