First Rabies Survivor

There's a continuing story about a young girl in the Mid-West who was bit by a rapid Bat and lived to tell about it. She is the first person to survive a Rabies Virus infection without having received an inoculation. She was bit on her finger while trying to remove the bat from her Church. Her Mother rinsed off the bite at home with Hydrogen Pyroxide but figured no other treatment was necessary until a month later when the victim began to show symptoms. Rabies affects the neurological system and then the muscular system. The Doctors treated her by inducing a Coma and then flooding her system with a huge dose of drugs. The idea was to keep her mind and body at rest in order to avoid neurological damage (or something like that) while allowing the drugs to get rid of the disease.

There have been 6 similar bites since this miraculous treatment but none of the Victims has survived. Only 2, however, were treated with a version of this "Milwaukee" protocol but none with the same type or amount of drugs. The Doctors are beginning to wonder if this is a Medical Miracle, sort of a one-shot deal, or the beginnings of a great new treatment. I had to look. I found the girl's birth date (or something close to it) but I don't want to disclose it. Sort of get the feeling that her family is not into astrology. But it's an interesting chart to read from an astrological point of view.

Well, so coma and drugs, we're gonna look at Neptune as Neptune rules altered states of consciousness. Neptune was in Retrograde when this girl was bit. It continued to Retrograde while she began to show symptoms, received the diagnosis and was put under. It came out of Retrograde the day before the Doctors determined that her body was fighting off the virus and she could be brought back up out of the coma. This sort of makes me think that a drug induced coma was the right treatment for her at the time.

If the birth date I have is correct she has a conjunction of Sun and Jupiter which is otherwise unaspected. This accounts for her great good Luck. It also accounts for her interests in sports and love of animals (she was picking the bat up by the wings in order to remove it from the church). Transiting Neptune was trining this Sun-Jupiter conjunction. That speaks for the Luck and Miracle theory. The day she was put into the coma, the Moon (Care) was conjunct Neptune (Hospitals, Coma, Drugs) and also trining the Sun-Jupiter. For the next few days the Moon would have passed over her North Node in Aquarius and then over Uranus in Pisces. This would have been very healing for her electrical system and nerves (Uranus and Aquarius). A few days after that Neptune stationed Direct. The next day her lab results showed that her body was fighting off the virus and the Doctors began to bring her out of the coma. Another thing, none of the inner planets went Retrograde at this time. This really would have have helped to keep things progressing without complications. Mercury waited until December to do a 3 week retrograde and by then the girl was in rehab. Interesting that the first sign that she was recovering was that she could wiggle her toes. Toes and feet are ruled by Neptune.

Wonder if Retrogrades have anything to do with Medical Recoveries, especially if they coincide in some way with the illness or treatments involved. Back in the Fall I studied another story about a woman in a coma with brain damage due to stress from pregnancy and noticed that Mars coming out of Retrograde corresponded with her miraculous recovery.

The girl's transits at the time were otherwise quite difficult. Saturn was in Cancer conjunct her natal Mars and probably Moon. Saturn is in its opposite sign when in Cancer and Mars is also not well placed in that sign. Since Moon rules Cancer, a conjunction to the Moon would only intensify this tension. There is mention that she was very irritable during recovery and people were laughing it off as being a good feisty sign that she was showing her age. Maybe a good thing to induce an irritable mood in very sick patients, maybe it helps to fight whatever's taking over the body. Also, T.Pluto was opposite her Sun-Jupiter conjunction with t.Sun and Mars squaring. Mars = Bites. Pluto = Bats. Oppositions = relationships, opposing forces. It was just a great day for a Bat Bite, what can I say?

There is one indicator in this girl's birth chart which indicates that hopefully the treatment she received will be used to save other's lives. Most of her planets are in Cardinal Signs which indicate a self-starter or one who starts a new trend.

Progressed Sun was on the Aries Point in Cancer conjunct her natal Venus-Chiron and beginning to oppose her stellium in Capricorn of Uranus-Saturn-Neptune. This can account for the health problems, extreme change in lifestyle plus the worldwide attention. T. Pluto opposite n.Jupiter can also bring Fame and miracles.

Natally, this chart is very powerful. The Capricorn stellium of outer Planets poses a strongly tenacious personality. Pluto in Scorpio, its own sign signifies life and death struggles. These planets alone represent a generation that is inheriting a difficult world. We can expect to hear more of these stories from many of the kids from this generation.