Koen, that sounds like vein man. Vein man was for bloodletting.
Here's vein man combined with lunar charts:
![[Image: veinman1.jpg]](http://blog.wellcomelibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/veinman1.jpg)
Zodiac man illustrated which zodiac sign was associated with which part of the body (Aries head, Pisces feet, etc.). It was somewhat associated with bloodletting, but not specifically, other medical procedures were included.
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I agree with you that the signs and the constellations were out of synch with each other. There were actually 13 constellations, but only 12 zodiac signs included in the zodiac series (each with 30 degrees) to fit with the medieval sense of "order". Ophiucus was omitted.
It wasn't just influence of the moon, the ruling planet was also considered and there were charts showing which of the zodiac signs was associated with each ruling planet. I took a look at the Wikipedia article and it seems to have oversimplified some of this in favor of the moon and perhaps even confused some of the vein man information with zodiac man.
I also agree that the connection between zodiac signs and constellations was tenuous, but they did consider constellations and ruling planets to be connected to plants, to parts of the body, and to the best times for certain procedures, even if it was a very muddy and poorly informed understanding.
Here's vein man combined with lunar charts:
Zodiac man illustrated which zodiac sign was associated with which part of the body (Aries head, Pisces feet, etc.). It was somewhat associated with bloodletting, but not specifically, other medical procedures were included.
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I agree with you that the signs and the constellations were out of synch with each other. There were actually 13 constellations, but only 12 zodiac signs included in the zodiac series (each with 30 degrees) to fit with the medieval sense of "order". Ophiucus was omitted.
It wasn't just influence of the moon, the ruling planet was also considered and there were charts showing which of the zodiac signs was associated with each ruling planet. I took a look at the Wikipedia article and it seems to have oversimplified some of this in favor of the moon and perhaps even confused some of the vein man information with zodiac man.
I also agree that the connection between zodiac signs and constellations was tenuous, but they did consider constellations and ruling planets to be connected to plants, to parts of the body, and to the best times for certain procedures, even if it was a very muddy and poorly informed understanding.