Here you see the chart of Jessica Alba, b. April 28, 1981, 01:51 pm in Palatka, Florida. Click on the chart to enlarge. As well as having asthma, she has had several serious bouts with pneumonia.
As usual, we feature the axis of the personal points. Let’s start with factors for asthma in her chart: Lee in 07 Taurus 34. That axis would include her Sun and points around 22 Mutable, 29 Fixed (Uranus and Hades, and I’d include Orpheus) and 14 or so Cardinal.
Another factor for asthma is Choi and hers is in 07 Virgo 14. Being in the Aries Axis heightens its importance as does its aspects with things like: Pluto, Rx, Aesculapia, Vulcanus, and then in the 15 Fixed area, we pick up her MC with the medical asteroid Hippocrates and Persephone. (When Persephone or Proserpina carry aspects from medical asteroids, part of the delineation includes the way an illness can create times where the person feels very alone.)
There’s a cytochrome that’s relevant for asthma. It’s Russell, CYP2R1, and hers is in 21 Sag 02, Rx. That axis includes her Sun and the Lee/asthma axis!
One of the issues with CYP2R1 is that it messes with the metabolism of the Vitamin Ds. One of the medical asteroids for the D vitamins is Becker. In her chart, Becker is in 00 Aries 47, so we’re back to the Aries Axis and Choi for asthma and Pluto and her MC!
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Some other notes:
1. Issues with the Vitamin Ds can be seen in charts with ADHD, some diabetes people, Alzheimer’s and Schizophrenics. For other D asteroids, see the research section under Medical.
2. Jessica Alba, as mentioned, had recurrent bouts with pneumonia. As well as seeing the Lung and Respiration asteroid, Malpighi, in 23 Gemini (in that Sun and Hades axis,) there are other medical points for pneumonia. Again, check the Medical Research area.
3. Vitamin D is converted in the body to a hormone. One of the points to use for hormones is Harvey. In her chart, it’s retrograde (indicating a possible problem) in 27 Libra 21. This is in the axis of her Ascendant and of Nemesis, Hygiea and more.
4. As you are doing medical cases, you often find the asteroid, Hopi, in an important axis. This can be due to the fact that ethnicity and/or skin tone is relevant (as it could be here with the Vitamin D and exposure to sunlight. Darker skin is less efficient at vitamin D synthesis.)
5. CYP2R1 is also important for endometrial, kidney and oral squamous cell carcinomas. Look for aspects of it with factors for those conditions. It’s a big deal for Rickets also.
It may be mind-bending to work thru these medical case studies but it shows you that much more is possible than what we thought when we first started learning about signs, houses and aspects.
~m