The four (4) humors (Yellow Bile, Blood, Black Bile and Phlegm) and the way they work remind me of solving T-Squares in the Natal Chart or the 5 Element Theory in Traditional Chinese Medicine and it's all about balance.

Let's say you have a car with three (3) inflated tires and one (1) flat tire, how do you solve the problem? The simple and obvious answer is, first you have to take off the deflated tire, then you can put on the inflated tire, and now the car is balanced and operational.

The humors pretty much work the same way. If the body is too choleric (heated), then you would address the simple and obvious, which is incorporate and design a regimen that rids the body of the imbalanced humor. THEN AND ONLY THEN do you feed the body the opposite humor, which would be 'phlegm humor'. Cold and wet (phlegm humor) is the opposite of hot and dry (yellow bile humor).

What do you do if you get out of the pool, the wind is blowing, and now you are cold and wet? You rid the body of the imbalance, which is take off your swimsuit, dry off and wrap yourself in a blanket or warm dry clothes. The Universal Law of Polarity or the Universal Law of Opposites. For this very reason, this is why I have zero problem with opposing signs coupling up. You have something he/she wants and needs, and he/she has something you want and need. It's the perfect balance. Still, we have to maintain a balance, otherwise too much of a Good thing, isn't.

Take a look at 'sanguine humor', which is associated with 'optimism' in the chart below. Under the column 'Too Much Humor' you can see that it says, "Cheerful, hopeful, amorous and courageous temperament". You might think, well how bad is that? Well again, "Too much of a Good thing, isn't." An overly optimistic individual could be diving into a pool that has no water. The overly optimistic individual may think everything will be fine without thinking the whole scene through resulting in the position of, "Well, it sounded like a Good idea at the time." Too much sanguine humor (hot, wet) could use some 'black bile humor' (cold, dry) to sober up the mindset with some analytical depth to think it through.

This is actually called, 'The Hippocratic Method'. So back to paragraph 3, you would FIRST rid the body of the imbalanced humor using a regimen that involves the diet, exercise, and Lifestyle changes. If this doesn't work, then you would turn to medicinal help. These days, some may use 'medicine' and people like me would use alternative medicines such as; tinctures, infusions, salves and detoxifying regimens to rid the humor. I'm talking about something that would help expel the body (vomiting or diarrhea) of the imbalanced humor. Then the imbalanced humor can be replaced with the balancing humor.

Think of someone who suffers from migraines, this would be yellow bile (hot, dry). The fix would be to rid the body of the imbalanced humor first, through purging in some form, as well as hydrating the body and eating cooling foods in order to rid the imbalanced humor. Then incorporating some digestive enzymes and some 'phlegm humor' such as cooling baths and cold drinks with electrolytes. I'm merely giving an uncomplicated and simple example here so you can see the 'Law of Opposites'.

In my world, this of course takes into account the natal chart and Lifestyle of the individual involved. But folks, the chart shows everything. If I wrote your Natal Chart, then I did give some background information on if your chart was Fire, Earth, Water or Air strong. This has EVERYTHING to do with the balance of humors in your chart. Get out your charts and blow the dust off of them. When I do chart readings for health, I ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS incorporate the four (4) body humors into the reading.

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THE FOUR (4) BODY HUMORS Blood, Phlegm, Yellow Bile and Black Bile
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SUN SIGN	ELEMENT	HUMOR	PLANETARY RULERS	SEASON	TEMPERAMENT	TOO MUCH HUMOR
Aries, Leo, Sagittarius	Fire	Yellow Bile (Choleric) hot, dry	Mars and Sun	Summer	Associated with ambition	Short-tempered, nauseated and angry temperament
Gemini, Libra, Aquarius	Air	Blood (Sanguine) hot, wet	Jupiter	Spring	Associated with optimism	Cheerful, hopeful, amorous and courageous temperament
Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn	Earth	Black Bile (Melancholic) cold, dry	Saturn and Mercury	Fall	Associated with analytical depth	Sullen, melancholy, depressed or sad temperament
Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces (Water)	Water	Phlegm (Phlegmatic) cold, wet	Venus and Moon	Winter	Associated with calmness	Apathetic, sluggish, dull, unexcited or lazy temperament
Copyright 1999-2026: Dr. Loretta J. Standley - All Rights Reserved. This Calendar was personally created by Dr. Loretta Standley and should not be found on any other website.

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