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Written In the Stars: Merging Astrology with Medical Science to Create a More Predictive Health Model

Written In the Stars: Merging Astrology with Medical Science to Create a More Predictive Health Model, by Alicia Blando, MD. Image of deep stellar space courtesy of NASA
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Estimated reading time: 10 minutes

Astrology can teach us much about our past, and even our future…so can it be applied to predict the path of our health over time?

It was during my medical residency training in New York City when I first started looking for some sort of guidebook for life. It was the 1990’s during the early days of the HIV pandemic. I was a young doctor feeling unsure of the effectiveness of my profession. Wandering around the city pondering my situation, I became aware that Manhattan offered pedestrian counselors, such as psychics, tarot card, and palm readers who had make-shift offices in the street. Surely, they had different perspectives on life. It was then that I started to seek advice in unconventional places to gain insight into my life’s path.

New York City represented an intersection. It’s where I became a doctor but continued to look for something more. I took a detour, but little did I know that detour would eventually lead me in the right direction.

In 1997, I left a medical group in Fort Myers, Florida to start a new job in Miami Beach that allowed me to practice medicine and also enjoy free time. That is when I learned about Iris, an intuitive

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