“East meets West”: Utilizing Chinese Medicine Symbolism in the Western Horoscope
I will be introducing several different creative synergies, involving key aspects of Chinese medicine theory, and how they may be used to provide additional insights into interpretation of the Western astrological horoscope from a medical perspective. We will explore the use of 5 Element planetary symbolism, the “meridional” horoscope, and an innovative model of the horoscope wheel incorporating the Eight Extraordinary meridians. We will also examine in brief the horoscope of a noted celebrity and utilize some of this information to identify a significant medical issue. Various techniques of astrological remediation (tuning forks, gem elixirs) will also be discussed.
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A professional opera singer, classical composer, pianist, astrologer, healer, diviner and writer, MichelAngelo has begun to make his mark on the international astrological community through his original essays. He has recently launched his own Substack channel, and is also a regular guest upon fellow astrologer and musician, David Bolton’s podcast, “The Path of Socrates,” discussing current events and topics of astrological interest. He will also offer a short presentation on his system of Planetary Vibrational for Moira Press in June 2024.
In spring 2019, he published his first compilation, entitled Random Ramblings of an Astrological Autodidact, in both paperback and e-book format; it was very favorably reviewed by Mary Plumb in the Mar/Apr 2020 issue of The Mountain Astrologer, and has received several 5-star reviews on Amazon. A second volume, Miscellaneous Maunderings about the Starry Sky, was published in October 2019, also to 5-star reviews. A third collection, A Congeries of Cosmic Considerations, was published in November 2020. A fourth book, A Plethora of Planetary Proclamations, appeared in November of 2021, and a fifth, A Surfeit of Stellar Speculations, arrived in December 2022. Volume 6, An Agglomeration of Astral Assertions, will be published shortly.
He also co-authored the ground-breaking book, Vibrational Acupuncture: Integrating Tuning Forks with Needles, with Mary Elizabeth Wakefield, L. Ac., M. S., M. M., internationally acclaimed expert in facial acupuncture, published in March 2020.
MichelAngelo’s article, “The King is Dead”, a medical astrological analysis of Elvis Presley’s birth chart from both a Western and Chinese medical perspective, appeared in Oriental Medicine Journal; it was his third medical astrological article to be published by OMJ.
He has published two articles in the former Dell Horoscope, the first a case study of tenor astro-twins, and the second an astrological dream analysis. He has had articles published in eight consecutive issues of Infinity Astrological Magazine; subjects of these essays include, among others, prog rock icon Ian Anderson, of Jethro Tull, Paul McCartney (and the “Paul is Dead” conspiracy theory) and Herman Melville. He was a regular guest on the Jupiter Rising astrological podcast, with host Eileen Grimes, as an expert on classical music and composers.
MichelAngelo is a co-author, as Advisor (former), Astrological Medicine, Acutonics® Institute of Integral Medicine, with sound healing pioneer Donna Carey, co-creator of the Acutonics® sound healing system, of the ground-breaking advanced level treatise, From Galaxies to Cells: Planetary Science, Harmony and Medicine. He has created a 3-part certification series, Planetary Vibrational Medicine, in which he synergizes Western medical astrology with Oriental medicine theory and practice, introducing a variety of planetary vibrational methods of remediation (gem elixirs, tuning forks) to address constitutional balance and imbalance as it is reflected in the Western natal chart and identified through other astrological diagnostic strategies.
MichelAngelo is the Co-Director (with Mary Elizabeth Wakefield) of Chi-Akra Center for Ageless Aging, and, with Ms. Wakefield, has co-created some 20 different seminars on facial acupuncture and related modalities, including the 2-year International GOLD STANDARD FACIAL ACUPUNCTURE Certification Program. He and Ms. Wakefield have co-taught their acclaimed seminars on 4 different continents, to practitioners from 5 different continents, as well as a myriad of North American and international acupuncture and sound healing symposiums.
MichelAngelo sees clients for private astrological consultations and healing sessions with planetary vibrational bodywork in New York, and also remotely via Zoom.