Why I Wish What I Did Wasn't Called Medical Astrology

The Plant Path: Herbalism, Medical Astrology & Spagyric Alchemy

Sajah Popham

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.8 • 570 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Medical astrology is one of the most misunderstood assessment tools available in herbalism, with many flat out rejecting its usefulness or efficacy because of preconceived notions of astrology in general.

Despite its spiritual or "woo-woo" implications, astrology has practical therapeutic applications. By learning how to use this tool correctly, you can pinpoint an imbalanced organ system, tissue state, or constitutional pattern and develop greater accuracy in your herbalism practice.

In episode I talk about:

Medical astrology's historical roots in medicine
The line between tradition and science that herbalists face
What medical astrology looks like in practice
My concerns for the new era of medical astrology
How to combine the practice medical astrology with more common tools

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ABOUT THE PLANT PATH

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The Plant Path is a window into the world of herbal medicine. With perspectives gleaned from traditional Western herbalism, Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine, Alchemy, Medical Astrology, and traditional cultures from around the world, The Plant Path provides unique insights, skills and strategies for the practice of true holistic herbalism. From clinical to spiritual perspectives, we don't just focus on what herbs are "good for," but rather who they are as intelligent beings, and how we can work with them to heal us physically and consciously evolve.

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ABOUT SAJAH

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Sajah Popham is the author of Evolutionary Herbalism and the founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism, where he trains herbalists in a holistic system of plant medicine that encompasses clinical Western herbalism, medical astrology, Ayurveda, and spagyric alchemy.

His mission is to develop a comprehensive approach that balances the science and spirituality of plant medicine, focusing on using plants to heal and rejuvenate the body, clarify the mind, open the heart, and support the development of the soul. This is only achieved through understanding and working with the chemical, energetic, and spiritual properties of the plants. His teachings embody a heartfelt respect, honor and reverence for the vast intelligence of plants in a way that empowers us to look deeper into the nature of our medicines and ourselves.

He lives on a homestead in the foothills of Mt. Baker Washington with his wife Whitney where he teaches, consults clients, and prepares spagyric herbal medicines.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the plant path, your window into the world of herbal medicine, with Saja and Whitney Popham, founders of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism.
0:23.6	Hey there everybody, Sagea Popham here, founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism.
0:28.6	And thanks so much for taking the time out of your busy day to tune into the channel here and check out our content.
0:35.6	Really, really appreciate it. And, you know, so this is a little bit of a different kind of a post. You know, I don't get up on a soapbox and I don't really rant too much. But, you know, this was something I thought I wanted to kind of share because I feel like it's one area of the work that I do and what I teach here at the School of Evolutionary
0:57.1	herbalism that is probably one of the most misunderstood aspects of kind of my approach to herbal
1:05.1	medicine. And that is the piece of medical astrology. And it's kind of a funny name for the post. Why I wish what I did
1:13.1	wasn't called medical astrology. But I'm going to explain why I kind of do wish that it wasn't
1:19.5	called medical astrology. So a number of months ago, I had traveled to a big herb herbic conference, the American Herbalist Guild Symposium.
1:32.3	And it was my first in-person herb conference event in like a really, really long time,
1:37.9	but definitely since before COVID.
1:41.3	And it was really great.
1:43.1	I had a great time. It was an amazing conference. H.G. I had a great time.
1:44.4	It was an amazing conference.
1:45.9	A.G did a really great job.
1:47.6	Amazing content and great teachers and really well, just really well done.
1:52.7	It was great.
1:53.2	It was the first time I'd ever taught at an AHG symposium.
1:56.9	So it was a real honor to be a part of it.
1:59.7	But I had a number of conversations there
2:02.3	with a number of people and that kind of inspired me to do this post. And, you know,
2:11.3	conversations with some of the attendees, some conversations with some really well-known,
2:16.6	well-known and renowned herbalists. And I started
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