I can't believe you people made me go read Valens.
My text is formatted differently, so I don't have corresponding page numbers, but this is what Valens says....
/176/ For forecasts of dangers to health, diseases, bleeding, or the mother, we will start with the moon.
Bearing that in mind...
What colostrum lacks in volume it makes up for in power. Some people refer to colostrum as "high octane" milk. It's full of antibodies and immunoglobulins, which not only help protect newborns as they come into our world of bacteria and viruses, but also has a laxative effect that helps them expel the tarry first stools called meconium.
http://www.babycenter.com/404_whats-colostrum_8896.bc
Colostrum is extremely easy to digest, and is therefore the perfect first food for your baby. It is low in volume (measurable in teaspoons rather than ounces), but high in concentrated nutrition for the newborn. Colostrum has a laxative effect on the baby, helping him pass his early stools, which aids in the excretion of excess bilirubin and helps prevent jaundice. When your baby is breastfed early and often, your breasts will begin producing mature milk around the third or fourth day after birth.
Colostrum has an especially important role to play in the baby's gastrointestinal tract. A newborn's intestines are very permeable. Colostrum seals the holes by "painting" the gastrointestinal tract with a barrier which mostly prevents foreign substances from penetrating and possibly sensitizing a baby to foods the mother has eaten.
Colostrum also contains high concentrations of leukocytes, protective white cells which can destroy disease-causing bacteria and viruses.
http://www.llli.org/faq/colostrum.html
Infant Stomach Capacity
Colostrum is high in carbohydrates, high in protein, high in antibodies, and low in fat (as human newborns may find fat difficult to digest). Newborns have very small digestive systems, and colostrum delivers its nutrients in a very concentrated low-volume form.
It has a mild laxative effect, encouraging the passing of the baby's first stool, which is called meconium.
This clears excess bilirubin, a waste product of dead red blood cells which is produced in large quantities at birth due to blood volume reduction, from the infant's body and helps prevent jaundice.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/c/colostrum.htm
Okay, let's put this together.
Valens is copying from older sources (like Dorotheus --although Dorotheus is not that much older).
Romans counted differently than other contemporary cultures did.
3 Days is 3 Days. Add 3 to birth date eg July 10 + 3 = July 13; May 26 + 3 = May 29 and so on.
This is medical health only, as it relates to infant/mother's health and not about the Native's misery or fortune in life or anything else....once again...
/176/ For forecasts of dangers to health, diseases, bleeding, or the mother, we will start with the moon.
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at least he got that part right.
So....(I called my mother to confirm this -- yes, she likes Astrology)....I have Pitted Mars in the 6th.
Mars is Below Earth, indicating something internal rather than something external (Above Earth means external).
Mars rules liver.
6th House/Sign signifies intestines, liver and kidneys.
I was born with jaundice, caused by liver things.
Doctor told my mother it would go away after a couple of days of breast-feeding, as the aforementioned medical stuff explains much better than I could.
True or False? False. If the doctor practiced Astrology, he wouldn't have been so stupid. Direct Natal Moon by Transit three days ahead and we find Transiting Moon in the 6th House at 20° Aries joining Mars at 28° Aries.
That is a medical issue; specifically to wit, my mother was unable to produce either colustrum or milk, and therefore I had to go back to the doctor, and I won't share what happened next.
Once again, 6th House is intestines, liver and kidneys, Mars is liver, and here's Transiting Moon joining Mars, not to mention Natal Moon was in the 5th House which is stomach and liver.
Next up.....
Jose Feliciano
Sep 10 1945, 10:00 am, +3:00
Lares Puerto Rico 18°N18' 066°W53'
Natal Moon at 1° Scorpio in 1st House (but 2nd Sign).
Directed Moon by Transit on day 3 which is September 13, and we find Directed Transiting Moon at...
...7° Sagittarius....which is an Azieme Degree.
Moon....Azieme.
Directed Transiting Moon square Mercury and Sun in Virgo.
Anyone think Jose Feliciano was blind? Uh, he was blind.
He's still blind.
Let's see.....Moon and Mars are Planetary Enemies......but we knew that....Moon and Mercury are Planetary Enemies and Moon and Sun are Planetary Enemies....you think Mercury enjoys being squared by Enemy Moon from Sagittarius, a Sign that Mercury hates?
On Day 7, Directed Transiting Moon falls at 27° Capricorn, which is not only Moon's Fall, it is a Pitted Degree, and it is....an Azieme Degree.
Moon....Azieme.....blind...pretty obvious.
On Day 40, Directed Transiting Moon comes to 17° Aries which is the 6th House but 7th Sign, and Dispositor Natal Mars is at 1° Cancer.
Note that human gestation is like 39-40 weeks.
One more....
Olive Brasno Oct 8 1914, 3:00 am, +5:00
Old Bridge New Jersey
40°N24'53'' 074°W21'57''
On Day 7, the Directed Transiting Moon falls at 27° Leo in the 12th House/Sign which is a Pitted Degree....and Azieme.
Brasno was a dwarf (she was not a Munchkin in the Wizard of Oz, but her husband was).
Note that Natal Venus is also Azieme.
Anyway, I think this technique is designed solely for the purpose of examining the health of the infant and mother. Note that it is rare, but not unusual for women to hemorrhage in the few days after giving birth. I wouldn't be surprised to see that in the original technique, the position(s) of Transiting Moon would also be compared against the mother's Natal Chart.