A great deal of work has been carried out over the past hundred or so years trying to establish definite links to health and astrological influences. It used to be regarded, rather like religion: either you believe in it or you don't. Personal choice. The reality is that as evidence has stacked up to support the notion that the stars or planets do have an influence on health and personality, it becomes more difficult to ignore. Too much has already been said about statistics for me to add to it, except to say that the sheer volume of people of like astrological signs experiencing the same or similar health maladies warrants attention. What I've tried to do with this book is correlate all the cumulative evidence with my own clinical practice. If your sign predisposes you to any specific malady, e.g. Leos and high blood pressure, we might be able to circumvent it by taking remedial action in advance.