Medical astrology belongs at the heart of every natal consultation—but with clear ethical guardrails. In this installment of our Medical Astrology 101 series, I outline the scope of practice for medical astrologers, why diagnosis lies outside our role, and how to hold rigorous ethical checkpoints before anything leaves our lips in a consult.
We’ll trace how astrology historically functioned alongside traditions like Ayurveda and Chinese medicine—systems that developed sophisticated ways of assessing constitution (from pulse and tongue to nails and eyes)—and how our work today can respectfully complement those modalities without overreach.
I also share why I still regard chart-based constitutional assessment as squarely within the medical astrologer’s wheelhouse, while pointing you to modern resources and historical precursors—Max Heindel and Augusta Foss Heindel—and my book, The New Western Medical Astrology, for a 21st-century framework.
Finally, we look at practical next steps: building competence through non-astrological study (A&P, Ayurveda, TCM, herbalism) so your consultations stay ethical, precise, and genuinely supportive of client wellbeing.
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MEDASTRO 2025: https://oraculosastrology.com/medastro2025/
The New Western Medical Astrology: https://www.amazon.com/New-Western-Medical-Astrology-Indwelling/dp/B0F8W6TVHP/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=2L65CMHQFLJ0C&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.6lUuE9sQV_LPt0pYuf0xPXpCiMduFm24FqHnkMwWGzjJCEERM-zBsn_3lKNEaG4reB7Y0rvTocLoOorBkww6hpvM4Tw_uBNDIkH7irxU1tSyXWXyaX3bA_r9T6u3SpGY.H3GvRODsEoELFprm-9N2cUV8P4ogKN9DPZsf6PYY2Cg&dib_tag=se&keywords=mychal+a+bryan&qid=1757708198&sprefix=mychal+a%2Caps%2C182&sr=8-1
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Timestamps:
00:00 Ethics of Medical Astrology
00:10 Scope of Practice
06:20 The Scope of Practice for Medical Astrologers
10:02 The Limits of Practice for Medical Astrologers
15:35 Seeking Non-Astrological Education
19:05 Wrap-Up
About Mychal & Oraculos:
Mychal A. Bryan is a Bahamian-Jamaican astrologer, author, and clinical hypnotherapist, specializing in hypnotic dreamwork and medical astrology. He has been deeply engrossed in the study of astrology, divination, and the Western Esoteric Tradition for over 20 years. He is the founder of Oraculos School of Astrology (OSA), where he offers a rigorous training program in concrete, event-based astrology. He practices Renaissance and Uranian Astrology in his client work, focusing largely on predictive and medical astrology research. His ability to juxtapose multiple classical and modern perspectives, while maintaining the integrity of each system has helped him create an embodied and organic teaching style.