The birth chart discloses the secrets of our life plan, which is essentially a healing journey involving a number of lessons. The lessons keep repeating, but occasionally our healing has to occur through the physical body. This allows for a deep cleansing of the body, mind and soul.

Our body is essentially a mirror of our consciousness. Dis-ease reflects our wounded nature. It may have its origins in traumas, destructive relating, fixed thought patterns, guilt and many other conditions of fear. It may have occurred as far back as past incarnations, when we failed to be consciously aware of our inner conflict. Alternatively we may have been unwilling or unable to address it, or may not have dealt with it thoroughly.

Disharmony of the body can sometimes be an important message telling us that in some way we are trying to go against the plan our soul has for us in the present life. If we repeatedly cover the same ground we have travelled in former lifetimes, we become unbalanced and are unable to release the vibrant energy that is available to us in the present incarnation.

Depending on the nature of the imbalance, the disorder can be as minor as an ear infection or as major as cancer. Whether acute, deep-seated or chronic the condition can be accompanied by an awakening to outdated values, attachments and dependencies that need to be changed or eliminated, and a cleansing of old attitudes.

Our experience of illness can therefore be crucial to our evolving consciousness. It is part of the purification process of our healing journey and return to wholeness. If we fall ill it is necessary to the larger plan and purpose of our existence, and the unfolding perfection of our lives. Physical disorders can be as brief or prolonged as is necessary to heal whatever aspect of ourselves we have not yet learned to love.