Integrating the Pain
Chiron in Aries has been bluntly showing us our wound and inflicting the pain in the profound levels of our human identity. We now realize how faulty, inadequate, vulnerable, impotent, insecure, fearful and unreliable we are. For many, it means dwelling in the suffering of the human imperfection and mortality, because, for some time, we had created this fantasy of invulnerability, believing that we can conquer everything. Only to have a hard crash onto reality; a reality that shows us the big mess we've caused.
In the 'The Meaning of Chiron's Myth' I wrote, 'The particular wound of our existence (Saturn) is what wakes us up to the spiritual reality (Uranus). The wound we carry is directly tied to the fact that we are spiritual beings having this physical experience. Since most of our life we are unconscious or oblivious of our immortal life, Chiron is the one that rips the veil open, in a sense. As Rumi wrote "The wound is the place where the Light enters you". And so it is!'
Yet, just like Chiron giving his immortality to save Prometheus at the end, it is not until we are ready to surrender, accept the lethal condition of being born, experience pain in the flesh, and death itself, that we can finally understand what infinite existence, eternal being, immortality really is.
January 5 - Mars in Sagittarius trine Chiron
Mars in Sagittarius is active finding higher knowledge, truth, but also hope and future possibilities to heal our wound. You are ready to action, or have the initiative to expand your understanding about your wound. Let's say your wounding is having a non-conforming identity, it could be related to your gender orientation, cultural background, skin color, or ideology. Now, you can put that in a broader spiritual context, accept that that is who you are and live it fully with integrity, confidence, purpose and most of all, without shame. Soon enough, you'll be surprised to see how well others accept you, perceiving that you accept yourself! Because you know well the old story, the more fearful you are, the more others persecute you.
January 9 - Sun and Mercury in Capricorn quintile Chiron ,
Today, the Sun presents you with a major creative opportunity that have the energy to stabilize you, and help you complete the healing. Mercury opens your mind to choose changes that will strongly impact the way you face your suffering in social situations. You have the vitality, radiance, personality warmth for everybody to see. In fact, the impulse you feel today may result in the innovation of your social reputation or status.
January 17 - Mercury in Aquarius sextile Chiron
Mercury is at the apex of a T-square with the Moon in Scorpio and Uranus in Taurus. Your thinking out of the box about your values and resources is infused with a strong and deep emotional state. Eccentric ideas come to your mind in flashes of spiritual insight making your feelings run with it. At the same time this situation presents one more opportunity for healing, surrender and welcome your wounding as part of your authentic soul. You may understand today that you wouldn't be so amazing without your wound!
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| Education of Achilles by James Barry |
January 22 - Sun in Aquarius sextile Chiron and square Uranus
The Sun is the most wonderful healing energy for Chiron. Remember that Apollo, the Sun God, was who adopted Chiron and taught him everything.
The Sun in Aquarius in square to Uranus is up to something original, innovative, futuristic, peculiar. You have the opportunity to stand up to authorities of any kind in your life, be it father figures, bosses, teachers, heads of organizations, etc. and show your real personality.
The Sun also helps you to be aware of your own authority in matters of Chiron in your Natal Chart. In what way are you unique? How comfortable are you with your shortcomings and imperfections? How comfortable are you with your qualities? What sensitivity is overwhelming to you regarding your self-expression? You can use the Sun's energy of this aspect to face those issues and make something great with them!
A situation or event may arise that gives you the opportunity to heal the relationship with your own father, or with men in general. You could even tap into your creative self-healing power, that can rebalance your personal yang energy.
The waning Sun sextile to Chiron is an opportunity to heal our identity issues at the core. One way it can manifest is to meet a person who reflects to us our own trauma, feelings of inadequacy, or identity conflicts, bringing them up into conscious awareness for us to see them. If we pay attention, we realize that what we consider unacceptable or awkward in the other, is in fact, what we don't tolerate about ourselves.
A good way to use this healing opportunity is to tap into the creative self-expression, and share our creations with others. Do you paint, do wood work, gardening, costume design, do you sculpt, sing, or knit? What is that quirk artistic medium you use to express your most authentic message? What is the talent that can best show who you are? It doesn't matter if you're not a professional at it, but it is a way to say who you are with qualities, skills, deficits, errors, and flaws. You have now an opportunity to accept yourself just as you are, love and enjoy being yourself!
January 24 - Jupiter in Capricorn Bi-nonagon to Chiron
This is an 80ยบ angle with a short lasting karmic effect. You may experience a sudden situation, generally beyond your control that can challenge your public lifestyle or social reputation. I refer you to watch my video 'Jupiter in Capricorn' to understand what this planet is doing there. Legal matters, ideologies, beliefs, religious sentiments or even some new global political information may present a stressful tension or cause a sudden social event that may have an impact on the vulnerability of your identity.
Chiron in Aries wound meaning for your Rising Sign
ARIES
Identification of personality. Feelings of unworthiness, undeserving, injuries to the head, or not happy with facial features.
TAURUS
Spiritual identification. Feelings of being forsaken by God, betrayed, victimized, lost in the void, attacked by invisible entities.
GEMINI
Identity in the social area. Feelings of isolation, loneliness, alienated for being too weird, rejected by the group.
CANCER
Identity in the profession. Feelings of not being recognized, being unnoticed or unappreciated, or not finding the appropriate career path.
LEO
Identification with the wide world. Feelings of having inadequate beliefs, of meaninglessness, fear of being lost in the world.
VIRGO
Identification with trauma. Fearful of loss, death, feelings of being manipulated or destroyed by others, paranoia.
LIBRA
Identification with a partner. Feelings of having inappropriate relationships, fear of not finding the right partner and ending up alone, incomplete.
SCORPIO
Identity imbalances. Feelings of being faulty, polluted, impure, fragmented, that something is wrong with you.
SAGITTARIUS
Creative expression identity. Feelings of not being able to express the core essence of who you are.
CAPRICORN
Emotional identity. Feelings of scarcity of nurturance, comfort, inadequate relationship with mother.
AQUARIUS
Identification with the environment. Feelings of inadequate relationship with your environment, with siblings and everyday people, fear of inappropriate communication.
PISCES
Value identification. Feelings of insecurity, scarcity, and of not being able to survive.
I have a series of blog posts where I discuss in detail what Chiron transiting Aries means for every Rising Sign. The series start HERE, or look for my February 2019 section and find your Sign.
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