Teresa Teng - Her Afflicted Mercury in Health Matters

Historically, astrology were combined with medicine for thousands of years, from the Mesopotamia in the second millennium BCE and continuing into the eighteenth century. In the medieval and early modern Europe period, astrology was studied as part of the arts degree that was required before postgraduate study in medicine.

In the Babylonian period, parts of the human body are associated with the 12 zodiacal signs, also known as Melothesia (from the Greek melos = limb + thesis = position). The limbs were often assigned to zodiacal signs, the internal organs to the astrological planets. This give rise to the popular image of the "Zodiacal Man" (Homo Signorum or "Man of Signs"), a pictorial reference of the associations of zodiacal signs with body parts, first documented in the eleventh century and found in hundreds of medieval period medical manuscripts. Here, the zodiacal symbols are painted on the body in the appropriate places, from Aries for the head and face to Pisces for the feet.

Zodiacal Man in Très Riches Heures de Jean de Berry, 1413–16, the Limbourg Brothers, made in France. Chantilly, Musée Condé, Ms. 65 

For today's case, let's take a look at the birth chart of Teresa Teng (邓丽君), the late Taiwanese singer and actress who passed away suddenly on 8 May 1995. It was reported that a severe asthma attack was the cause of her death. She had complained of having respiratory difficulties since the beginning of the year.

In horoscopic astrology, the planet Mercury and the 3rd House is associated with our Lungs, Respiratory System, Nerves. If Mercury and/or 3rd House is afflicted in the birth chart and especially related to those Astrological Houses that are linked to health matters, which are the 1st (Self, Body),  6th (Illnesses), 8th (Crisis) and 12th (Sufferings, Misfortune), one needs to pay more attention to the health of the related body parts and/or organs. 

In Teresa Teng's birth chart, the ruler of the 1st House is Jupiter, which is in the 3rd House and afflicted by both the Sun and Mercury. Sun is the ruler of the 6th House. Sun and Mercury are both in the 12th House. Mercury is afflicted by the Sun in the 12th, by the malefic Saturn in the 8th House, who is also the ruler of the 12th House. Mercury is also afflicted by the Moon, the natural signification of the Body. 

Here, we see the Mercury, 1st House, 3rd House, 6th House, 8th House and 12th House coming together in this negative configuration. Besides Mercury, one can observed that Sun was also badly afflicted in this configuration. Sun and Mercury are around 3 degrees apart. The doctors attributed her death to heart failure as a result of the asthma attack, but no autopsy was performed. Heart = Sun. May 1995 was Teresa Teng's Saturn/Jupiter activation period.