Rules for choosing surgery dates

tags: election, surgery date

The Planets and Operations
(Many thanks to Eileen Naumann for her book Medical Astrology)

The positions of the planets and luminaries often determine the best and worst times for a person to undergo surgery. Following are guidelines for planning operations astrologically:

1. Try to plan an operation five days before or after the new Moon. At this time, fluids are at their lowest ebb; consequently, there is less chance of swelling.
2. Avoid operations five days before or after a full Moon. At this time bodily fluids are at their highest and can cause excessive swelling, hemorrhaging or seepage from wounds.
3. A day in which the Moon is void of course is a bad one for surgery. On such a day there is a good possibility that the operation won’t be performed correctly, that complications will arise or that a second operation will become necessary.
4. Avoid an operation on that part of the body ruled by the sign in which the Moon is transiting¹.
5. Avoid surgery when the Moon is in a mutable sign— Virgo, Gemini, Pisces or Sagittarius.
6. Try to plan an operation when the transiting Moon is in a fixed sign— Taurus, Leo, Scorpio or Aquarius. With such a placement the operation should go as planned, the surgeon’s hand should be steady, and no further complications should arise.
7. Avoid surgery when the transiting Moon is combust or within 17 degrees of the natal Sun, Moon or Mars.
8. Avoid surgery when the transiting Moon is square, opposite or inconjunct the natal or transiting Sun, Mars, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus or Pluto. Mars in a tension aspect with the transiting Moon can mean excessive bleeding or inflammation after surgery. Saturn can mean chronic or very serious complications.
9. Try to plan an operation when the transiting Moon is sextile or trine to natal, progressed or transiting Venus, Mars, or Jupiter. Such an aspect will help the surgery go smoothly. The transiting Moon sextile or trine Mars will also help insure that the surgeon will have a quick, clean cutting hand and will know what he or she is doing.
10. Avoid surgery when Mercury or Mars is retrograde. Mercury retrograde can mean misunderstandings, mistakes, and confusion. Since Mars is the planet of surgeons, when it goes retrograde surgeons tend not to be at their steadiest or most reliable: they may not be able to concentrate well. Furthermore, Mars retrograde can mean heavy loss of blood.

In addition to Eileen Naumann’s excellent guidelines, I would add that one should always consider the transiting aspects in the sky, particularly Mercury and Mars. Avoid surgery when either of these planets is under stress, either in the sky or in your chart. Look for days when they make easy aspects (trines and sextiles) with natal and transiting planets. If the surgery is cosmetic, look for a date when Venus is well placed.

Date selection services

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¹ Every sign corresponds to a part of the body. For example Aries is associated with the head. Therefore, Moon in Aries is not the time to operate on the ears, jaw, brain, eyes, head, or face.

Comments:

1. My daughter is a libra and having scheduled for surgery on her throat, vocal cords and sinus on March 29th at Riley Children’s hospital. It is a bad day for surgery isn’t it?

   
   
   — D. Bentley    5 March 2006    #

2. D,

   That's a question I can't answer without her chart, and it's way too serious to try to advise you here in the comments. If you'd like, you may request a surgery consult.

   
   
   — Molly    5 March 2006    #

3. Molly I was supposed to have oral surgery today. Somehow I knew it wasn’t going to happen. This was the second time I managed to get out of it. I have very high anxiety when it comes to teeth. And tonight I just happened to check in and found this article. Thanx for the scoop! Deborah

   
   
   — Deborh    4 April 2006    #

4. elective facial surgery april 17 1953 jacksonville, florida, duval county 1:14pm
   surgery to be done in san diego, ca. any time in the year is ok, what ever you see is to be the best time for me

   
   
   — rachelle menaged    18 November 2006    #

5. I am an Arien born with a “harelip,” for which I’ve underwent 10-15 surgeries over the course of my life, most of them before I can remember. The last major one, a procedure to shift tissue from my lower lip to my upper (gross, huh?) left excessive hypertrophic scars. Perhaps this could be due to no. 8 (“Mars in a tension aspect with the transiting Moon can mean excessive bleeding or inflammation after surgery”)? If I and my family knew then what I am beginning to realize now… it would have been nice to have consulted someone with access to this sort of information.

   
   
   — Jon Snyder    19 November 2006    #

6. I’ve read other astrologer’s account, where one should avoid having surgery when the moon is in Scorpio. That a porthole for the soul to excape the body opens, thus even simple operations, where the body is under anesthesia, allows for the possibility of most unexpected deaths. What are your thoughts on this issue.
   Thank you,
   Lara Martin

   
   
   — Lára Martin    1 September 2007    #

7. Hi Lara— That sounds like ridiculous hocus pocus to me, and I have never read it in any of the literature I have on medical and electional astrology. As long as other planets line up well in the surgery chart and with the natal chart, I think the Scorpio Moon is fine for any surgery not involving the bowels or reproductive organs.

   
   
   — Molly    1 September 2007    #

8. Hi Molly, A silly question, but what is the difference in A waxing moon and A Waning moon? What is the moon in now, today 10/14? Thanks, Jewel

   
   
   — Jewel Shrewsbury    14 October 2007    #

9. Jewel, the Moon begins waxing (increasing in light) at the new Moon, and it begins waning (decreasing in light) at the full Moon. You can have all this info at your fingertips if you invest in an astrological calendar. I use Jim Maynard’s Celestial Guide calendars.

   
   
   — Molly    15 October 2007    #

10. Hi Molly:
    I am having my thyroid removed and was thinking of doing it either around Dec. 20 or around Jan. 28th. I am a Gemini with Libra rising and a Pisces moon. A friend said I should not have it done on Jan. 28th since Mercury will be retrograde. I was also told not to have it when the moon is full. This is so confusing. What do you suggest? I do have freedom to choose an approximate date . Your help will be greatly appreciated.
    Sharon

    
    
    — Sharon    29 October 2007    #

11. Hi Molly,
    You gave me some good elective surgery dates as March 13,14. However the moon is void of course in Gemini at that time which contradicts what you write in your column. I
    thought it was bad to have surgery with the moon in a mutable sign and void of course. Can you please explain why you thought those would be good dates for me to get my implants replaced? Since I paid you for this service I would appreciate an explanation.

    
    
    — Paula    4 December 2007    #

12. Umm, no Paula, Moon is not v/c until 4:23 pm on the 14th. Mutable sign is not ideal, but Mars is sextile Saturn and Mercury is sextile Pluto, which more than offsets it in my opinion. There is no ideal date, so I select the one that looks the best.

    
    
    — Molly    5 December 2007    #

13. Thank you Molly!!!

    
    
    — Paula    5 December 2007    #

14. Is Mercury trine Mercury a good day for surgery?

    
    
    — Denise    7 January 2008    #

15. Denise, that one little piece is good. But it depends on what else is going on around it.

    
    
    — Molly    8 January 2008    #

16. Hi molly, I was born in aries and must have an operation to remove all my wisdom teeth. I see that a waning moon is better, is there any othr advice you can give me because of my sign being aries? thankyou

    
    
    — charlene    18 February 2008    #

17. Reproductive day surgery tomorrow 20/02/08. Born 17/01/1966 7.40pm sydney. I’ll let you know if I make it, eclipse n all. What else to do?

    
    
    — monique    19 February 2008    #

18. My brother is having emergency surgery on his gallbladder this morning Thursday, April 10, 2008, in San Diego. We were told this is a very dangerous operation for him as it is occurring in the picture of very end stage liver disease that he has which also causes him to have a blood clotting disorder in which the slightest nick causes him to bleed alot. He was born October 19, 1949. It is scheduled to take place while the Moon is void, but at least Taurus moon is in place. Can you comment?

    
    
    — M.E.    10 April 2008    #

19. Transits were not good yesterday— Mercury square Mars— these two planets being the significators of surgery and surgeons. I would not have picked yesterday. However, I have heard of cases that break all the rules and still go fine. I hope your brother turned out to be one of those. How did it go?

    
    
    — Molly    11 April 2008    #