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