Chiron in Aries - Part I - Where we come from

Chiron in Aries

February, 18, 2019 Chiron re-enters Aries for a 7 year visit that promises deep healing... if we become aware, accept the process, and use his energy efficiently. If we don't, the  healing takes place through the pain generated by resistance.

The Education of Achilles by Chiron, fresco in Herculaneum, 1st C AD.

'Rainbow Bridge' Between Two Realms

Melanie Reinhart and Barbara Hand Clow define Chiron as the Rainbow Bridge between Uranus and Saturn, meaning the tangible and the spirit realms. This understanding comes from the symbolic meaning of Chiron's orbit between Saturn's and Uranus', at some points, he approaches closely Uranus' orbit, others he crosses Saturn's orbit. Because of these incursions, Chiron is the awareness that opens up our grasp of the Spirit world (Uranus) with a grounded understanding of the material world (Saturn). 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 that, 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! In order to receive a clear understanding (Uranus) of our Real Being beyond the matter, and merge with the non-physical Realm (Neptune), integrate our shadow side and end duality (Pluto), one needs to break the attachment and dependence (Chiron) on the physical Realm by mastering the material aspect of our being (Saturn). This is the process that Chiron triggers in order to link 'heaven' with 'earth'.

I came to understand Chiron's Myth very well after its Return (to the place where it was when I was born) at 0º Pisces in the 6th house of health. Then, I understood so much about who I am, what I am doing here and how to heal myself with alternative methods. I have been learning and healing for the seven years Chiron spent in Pisces, so now that he's about to leave for a new learning/teaching challenge in Aries, I consider taking the final exam by sharing what I've learned; since "We teach best what we most need to learn" (Richard Bach in Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah).

If the reader is not familiar with the Mythological Chiron, I highly recommend reading about it here. It is crucial to understand my article, that the reader knows the symbolic archetype and how it works. It would be even better if the reader has access to Chiron placement in his or her own Natal Chart. Information about Chiron in the Signs and Houses can be read in the Reference materials listed at the bottom of this article.

In synthesis, Chiron was born of a sea-nymph raped by Chronos, both metamorphosed into horses, she, escaping from him; he, not willing to give up the chase. His body is half human (from the belly up), half horse (from the horse chest down). Abandoned by both ashamed parents, Chiron lives in shame of his physical reality. He's accidentally wounded by Hercules, his friend. Having a wound that never heals, he is in constant search of relief and healing. Thanks to Apollo who adopts him and teaches him all kinds of arts, Chiron becomes the Wounded Healer, a Shaman, an Alchemist, an Astrologer and adopts all methods of alternative medicine.

For us personally in our Birth Charts, the archetype is about inadequacy and shame feelings based on the fear of not being something, the fear of rejection, the fear of abandonment. According to Tom D. Jacobs, Chiron is the energy receptor of our soul, the way we receive reality and process information from the environment and others through those inadequacy feelings. And he is also the 'antennae' that connects us with our Spirit body.

Where we come from: Chiron in Pisces - The Pain of Surrendering the Individuality

During the 7 years that Chiron transited Pisces people have had transcendental experiences that defy reason and have suffered the pain of not being able to define their own individuality. There was a feeling of floating in limbo without boundaries, which gave us a sense of painful dissolution into the spirit of the whole humanity. We've started to own the wounds of others as our own, we empathized with the victims of war, injustices, with displaced and persecuted minorities, with animals on the verge of extinction, with the pollution of the oceans, and the significant 'other'. We may have related to 'the other' in a victim/rescuer dynamic with disastrous consequences for them and for us. 

However, on the other end of the spectrum, there was fear of surrender to belonging, and difficulty accepting separations. With feelings of rejection and abandonment, one may have fallen ill in order to call attention, or one may have abandoned or rejected first to avoid being abandoned or rejected. Diseases and other imbalances arose emotional chaos bringing up to light the existential grief of separation from the Source of all. The natural consequence was deep compassion for the suffering of others until lately there was a surrender of the search of self, and the acceptance that "All comes from God, all goes back to God" (any way the Divinity or the Source of all might be perceived). Love in relationships became a universal archetype concerning more the collective than the individual, meaning that one may have been loving the 'other's essence instead of the real person.

It was common and easier for people to tune into parallel realities that astonished the lower mind with their bold impressions. More and more people awoke to the spiritual reality. There has been a tendency to grieve incomprehensible losses difficult to define in the tangible dimension. Deep mourning events (from partner breakups to war deaths) opened one's inner world into the grief of losing the spiritual purity and union. Empathic ideological movements were started to protect animals and plants, and even the inanimate Nature of the planet. In the end, humanity has started to realize the reality of our interconnectedness. In the same way all the organs and functions of the human body work harmoniously to sustain its life, we came to realize that every piece in the puzzle of our planet Earth and the Universe is equally crucial in order to sustain Life. 

At the same time, during those 7 years, Saturn journeyed through Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius and now is in Capricorn. All the while, Uranus had also a 7 years journey in Aries. What did they do then for us?

Saturn's journey

Since 2011, Saturn in Libra taught us relationship discipline. We should have learned about taking partnerships seriously, building them step by step in a mature grown up manner, fair treatment, fair share, establishing balance structures of exchange, making responsible compromises, adopting fair conventions leading to equanimity and resolving conflicts without blaming 'the other'. If one was giving too much and receiving too little, the relationship was intolerable and unbearable. We may have adopted a new definition of personal boundaries, a redefinition of self to include the 'other'. Saturn made sure we go the idea!

When Saturn moved into Scorpio in October 2012, its lessons on restructuring relationships became more intense and deeper. We were taken for a visit into our psychological underworld to face our demons and discover the decayed structures of our innermost secrets. It was probably the previously unbalanced relationships that brought us to that point, but now we were able to recover the aspects sacrificed in the previous unfair compromises. Our sexual life may have been restricted, hindered or the cause of great distress. It was no coincidence that the news reflected so much sexual corruption. We were probably forced to take the power of sex more seriously, and establish new dynamics in the intimate partnership. We had the chance to see what was not working with our shared finances, and to reorganize them. Maybe we refinanced a loan, maybe we revealed broken financial agreements and we had to restructure them. There might have been a winner and a loser. With the mutual reception of Saturn, ruler of Capricorn, in Scorpio; and Pluto, ruler or Scorpio, in Capricorn, we probably experienced issues of loss of power, or dramatic upheavals in the social reputation.

When Saturn journeyed through Sagittarius, the 'old man's lesson was about spiritual maturity and self respect. One may have felt that no matter how much one floored the pedal, there was never enough gas to accelerate the vehicle. We learned to moderate optimism, and enthusiasm was thwarted. The expansion/contraction dynamic got us frustrated if not depressed. We had the task to take an honest, mature and realistic inventory of our belief system, to get rid of superfluous ideas. It was time not only to talk about but to live our personal truth. We looked into the future with responsible perspective. We had to face the consequences of our adventures, learn the limits when going 'places' or seeking truth. If we had excessive irresponsible behavior, we soon were disciplined, so we learned how to join freedom with responsibility. We understood that the future is just an idea, but the reality is the present, and it is now that we create our future. We gained knowledge and adjusted our beliefs through our real life experiences. 

Saturn entered Capricorn in December 2017 with our needs unmet and our dreams unrealized, feeling frustrated and misunderstood. Now, in its home Sign, Saturn is the Master of Reality and Matter. If Spirit is energy, Saturn is the tangible manifestation of it. Our journey here is to recreate the structures of our present existence. In sextile with Neptune, Saturn gives the frame where we can now create from a more spiritual perspective, and give shape to our dreams.

Uranus' journey in Aries  

An unconventional, free loving, and urgent force suddenly fractured our sense of self at least in one area of life (where Uranus was transiting for each person). For seven years, we were hurrying up and changing things in that area. While Saturn was teaching us discipline, we've had out of the norm experiences that we wanted to try now. Uranus shook up the stalemate. We found ourselves doing things we'd never thought we'd do. Our taste may have changed. We may have traveled far away to exotic places, may have done jaw-dropping actions. Others may have made comments about those actions, making us aware of their surprise. But in general, we were willing and ready to try new things never explored before. There was a lot of Internet activity in our life, and the birth of the selfie. There were technological discoveries and inventions applied to the body (the chip installed inside the body, the smart watch). We learned about unconventional subjects. In general, we were brave to drop our inhibitions, at least in the area of life visited by Uranus energy. 

Chiron traveling between Saturn and Uranus, had to worked together with all those lessons and absorb them for his healing purpose. Chiron made sense of the physical experiences in the spiritual stage of life. With much hurt and pain in some cases, we've come out of Chiron 'school' with a new spiritual perspective and willing to share it.  We definitely had to accept that we are part of the whole, we can't consider ourselves isolated entities floating around in reality like we have nothing to do with other people or things. We came to the conclusion that everything we do has a ripple effect we can't even measure! 

Chiron entering Aries February 18, will take us to the journey of finding out who we really are with a  healing lesson about our identity. Read next about it in Part II.

Recommended:

Tom Campbell and Bruce Lipton video "Two Scientists See 'The Same World'"

A well representative of Chiron in Pisces song, surrender to floating in space: Ariana Grande - No tears left to cry.

Melanie Reinhart - Chiron and the Healing Journey; and Astrology and the Rising of Kundalini: The transformative Power of Saturn, Chiron and Uranus

Martin Lass - Chiron, Healing Body and Soul

Barbara Hand Clow - Chiron, the Rainbow Bridge

Lunar Eclipse 0º Leo- January 20-21, 2019

Please visit the Astronomy of it for information on visibility in your geographic location, duration, and an interactive model HERE.

The Total Lunar Eclipse forms a T-Square: Sun in Aquarius 0º51'; Moon in Leo 0º51'; opposite Uranus in Aries 28º41'. This is a challenging configuration of tension that requires something to give. Uranus is the planet of rebellion, sudden shocks, explosions, liberation, unexpected insight, flashes of comprehension, Higher Knowledge and thinking, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, fires, sudden assaults and yes! Revolution.

The Lunar Nodal Axis represents the need to balance Capricorn and Cancer themes. Capricorn themes are social structures and conventions, government institutions, public conventions, regulations, limitations, borders, discipline, restrictions, karma, fear, the use of time, masculine projective energy, the patriarchy, and yes! Walls.
Cancer themes are around safety, security, protection, nurturing, home comfort, shelter, family, mothering, feminine receptive energy, emotional body, feeding and clothing the children, the needy and hungry.

However, the eclipse happens outside of the Nodal Axis Signs, in the polarity of Leo Aquarius. This eclipse is the culmination of the collective -and personal- consciousness evolution that started 10 February 2017 when we had the first Lunar Eclipse in the Leo Aquarius Lunar Nodes axis with the Luminaries at 22º28'. Do you remember the magical mystic rectangle it formed with Uranus in Aries and Jupiter in Libra, plus the Grand Trine Moon Uranus Saturn? The Leo Aquarius Eclipse season started then with a bang! You can see it in the chart below.

Sebian Symbols in this eclipse by Dane Rudhyar

1º Leo: Blood rushes to a man's head as his vital energies are mobilized under the spur of ambition. An interruption of bio-psychic energies into the ego-controlled field of consciousness.

1º Aquarius: An old adobe mission in California. The power inherent in all great human works to endure far beyond the workers spans.

28º Aries: A large audience confronts the performer who disappointed its expectations. Responsibility for what's one's actions will produce in people who have been made to expect significant results. 

Leo shines, illuminates; Aquarius enlightens, awakens

During the past two years, Humanity has been called to find a balance between the themes of Leo and Aquarius. With the North Node (Rahu) in Leo, ruled by the Sun, people realized the importance of developing the individual consciousness, taking a generous and passionate leadership, and practicing the nobility of integrity. We've found our own authority and the center stage to pursue the personal creative goals. All the Leo themes took relevance: love, generosity, joy, sports, admiration for authenticity and the nobility of being.

With the South Node (Ketu) in Aquarius, people were awakened to the wrongs of group divisions, in fact to the negative outcomes of people's division in general. We pulled away from alliances, and like-minded associations that were obsolete or decadent. We realized that certain groups' common purpose or cause was not aligned with the positive evolution of humanity as a whole that Aquarius seeks. 

There was a need to balance that polarity, looking for a compassionate leadership that would take in charge the causes of humanity as a whole, without divisions of any kind, and for the benefit of all as One. 

To find more information about the collective implications of this polarity visit my previous blog post called "The Leo-Aquarius Lunar Nodal Axis 2017-2018". I also wrote the personal implications of the Leo Aquarius Nodal Axis polarity in this Blog Post. Check them out to see how it has worked out in your life, and in your social political and institutional environment.

Shaken by a thunderbolt

The Sun in opposition to the Moon as in every Full Moon, demands negotiation and compromise in the relationship between the heart and the mind, between the ego and the Higher Self, between the feminine and the masculine archetypes, between the give and take, between the yin and yang energies,  the projective and protective energies. This time, the Moon in Leo is stronger then the Sun in Aquarius, but they are both stubborn! She is passionately seeking joy and wants to share it with everybody, while he is detached, aloof, preoccupied with the wellbeing of the collective, and afraid of loosing his freedom.

We may have been dealing with this antagonism for the two-year period, but if we weren't able to compromise and rebalance our relationships, now, Uranus, the Lord of freedom, independence, uniqueness of being and doing, and rebellion, shoots both Luminaries with its lightening and the tension is finally broken. Given that Uranus rules Aquarius, the Sun in Aquarius is more affected by it.

Find where in your Natal Chart this T-Square plays out and you may understand what is really going on in your relationships and with the Leo Aquarius polarity of your life. For example, if Aquarius is your 12th house and Leo your 6th, you may have a conflictive tension needing rebalancing between your spirituality, your most private activity, your karmic psychology and your health, daily routines or work. It may mean that your health is paying the price of your lack of spiritual practice, or of your unresolved psychological issues. Uranus in Aries in your 3d house may mean that one of your siblings has a huge outburst that show you how to break the tension and solve the problem. Or you may read a new book, or hear something in the local radio or Internet that suddenly hits you with an innovative idea to heal your issue. Maybe a chat with a close friend clarifies things and you feel liberated. 

As it is the case of all T-Squares, we should always look at the absent fourth leg of the configuration for a solution, the house of Libra, opposite Uranus in Aries. This time we find there two significant cosmic bodies whose archetypes show us a way out of this rut. 

One is Pallas Athena at 26º 31' Libra, named after Jupiter's daughter. She's the intelligent strategic commander and feminine protective warrior. She's the lover of the harmonious art of pattern weaving, creator of balanced interconnections, and the wisdom in the father/daughter relationships. She shows wisdom in justice and personal power. In Libra she looks for "balance in the composition of live, [...] and "the ability to harmonize two different polar extremes in social situations". (Always Astrology)

The other is the binary fixed star Izar, at 28º 06' Libra, considered the archetype of our origin, "where we came from" or the source of life. Astrology King further describes "Izar as a source of life to us, and a point from which to look forward. Those with Izar strong for them do have both the keen interest in our origins, and a protective nature that wants to see us go safely on into our future development as a life species".

Aren't we all looking to go back to this balanced and harmonious place where we all came from and where we can find the needed peace we are all craving now?

In any case, this Eclipse is our last chance to complete this cycle; to realize and resolve the issues related to this polarity (in our Natal Chart). This Lunar Eclipse will show us with the flash of a very powerful 'thunderbolt' light what we need to do. 

Harmony in chaos or the eye of the storm

Harmonious planetary relationships support the process nonetheless. Venus with Jupiter in fiery Sagittarius sweet talks with Mars in Aries putting love in action, and looking to satisfy our stronger desires. Having Saturn in between them, square to Mars and inconjunct Venus, helps us hold our horses to moderation and discipline, to achieve a mature social interaction. Saturn is the reality check of our affections. Are we responsible in love? Are our desires under control, or they control us? Chiron trine the Moon is helping us heal the painful emotions we've been dragging along for his seven-year journey through Pisces, with a little help of a very serious and deep conversation between Mercury and Pluto in Capricorn. For the healing to take place, can we agree on respecting a balance of power instead of continue the power struggle we've experienced so far?  The Mercury Pluto conversation can even be about the sexual aspect of the relationship, or the emotional or financial security in the partnership. When we are ready for harmony in our life, we need to have this kind of clear conversations, face our fears of rejection or engulfing, be really open about our true deepest desires, and put our values on the table. What is a sustainable compromise we can agree upon? 

Remember that for a relationship to flourish, it is the noble light of the Sun shining on the Moon that makes it full. This applies to any partnership. The polarities are designed to complement each other, in order to enrich each other's lives and make us whole. 

The bliss of unconditional love

Jupiter square Neptune is active most of the month, even only exact January 13th. This aspect puts us in overoptimistic mode with a fantasy slant. We have the tendency to feel highly inspired by love or compassion. We may dream so big, think so high of people, and idealize situations and possibilities, to the point that we may start to rise in the air like a balloon, completely ungrounded, floating in La La land! Inexorably, the day comes when the rose colored glasses fall from our nose and we see the truth. Puff!, goes the ballon, and we may end up in martyrdom or taking the savior's role.

However, this transit is a very good one if we are aware of the excesses we could fall in when imagination is out of control. Neptune is artistic, compassionate, imaginative, creative, charitable. Jupiter looks for the Truth, spirituality, believes, has faith, and makes all of that in a huge way. If one falls in love, the way out of delusion and possible deception is focusing on facts and actions, instead of imagining how one wants the person to be. Saturn sextile Neptune reminds us that true love is taking responsibilities, and making tangible commitments. This sextile gives us the possibility of our dreams coming true!

If there are no relationships in the way, the best use of this energy is going dancing, doing photography, painting, music, charity, service for a humanitarian cause, and any spiritual practice that is well proven and grounded. With Saturn's help, we can even make money with those artistic endeavors.

People with planets around 14º of the mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces) are strongly affected by this square. Being the case, I recommend diligently dedicate time to a daily spiritual practice and probably taking Bach flower essences of Cerato and Clematis. 😊

Weird feelings and sensations

I wish you all the best during Eclipse season. It's not easy. One may have vivid dreams, weird sensations and feelings, strange states of consciousness and may have peeks beyond the veil. For people who are not prepared, experiences in the Spiritual Realm can be daunting, but they shouldn't be. In fact, reality is everything that we can perceive through the senses but is also everything we cannot perceive except through the sixth sense. Sometimes, eclipses stimulates this human capacity. I highly discourage the use of drugs and alcohol (especially if you're strongly affected by Neptune) during this time, because their effect may be intensified in unexpected ways. For more info on this and other cool Yoga subjects, please visit my youtube channel Sat Sangat Kaur Yoga.

Partial Solar Eclipse January 5th/6th 2019

This is the Solar Eclipse 15º Capricorn with South Node. Take a look at the astronomy (Time and Date website) of it and enjoy!

Read about the Astrology of it in my Blog Post. 

New Year 2019 - Solar Eclipse January 5th

Solar Eclipse 15º Capricorn - January 5, 2019

Mars comes home

The New Year starts with a bang! Mars enters Aries, his own comfortable home, and we hit the ground running in matters of the house where he falls for us. Does Mars set the stage for a feisty and assertive new beginning? We will certainly have found out about that before February 14 when he runs into Uranus before entering Taurus. 

If you remember my post about the Grand Trine of Healing involving Chiron, it is still in active development. Right before the healing is consummated, Mars just had a close conversation with Chiron at the end of Pisces, right before crossing the Warrior's threshold into the Front. There was someone, an event, a situation or just something that made us really sensitive, even vulnerable. Our masculine energy was wounded, or we were inadequately assertive, or passive aggressive, or our sexual wound suddenly showed up for us to realize our inability to make our desires known. Then we may have realized how painful is not getting what we want. Or we may have gotten very hurt by others' aggressive actions and at the same time got afraid of the confrontation. Fortunately, it didn't last long, just enough to show us our deep wound, and get us ready to heal. Remember to use the direction of the North Node in Cancer to help in the healing process. 

Mercury ends his fast journey in Sagittarius

This week, Mercury squares Chiron, bringing up hurtful communication. It's time to be careful with our words, focus on empathy when saying something to someone. The way we convey our message, the time and place, the tone of voice and the subject chosen become crucial. However, even in pain thinking that we are not heard, if we are present with our relationships, we can heal with words. Storytelling, parables, reading a book about similar experiences can be used to heal yourself and others (Astrofix). It will be really hard to say what we want to say. Depending where this falls in your chart, this painful communication or thinking can be related to siblings, short trips and your everyday environment as well. In any case, Mercury helps us this way to become aware of some inadequacy, imbalance so we get ready for the last chapter of our healing.  

Mercury will also trine Uranus on Friday, January 4, giving us a mental jolt, a sudden rush of ideas to realize something related to your Aries and Sagittarius houses. This important revelation supports the eclipse process of letting go. Make sure you are present and your mind is alert and aware, so you can catch the genius moment.

The 'shelf' life of an Eclipse

You may have forgotten about the Great Eclipse in the Summer of 2017. Let me remind you that, according to Ancient Astrology, eclipse effects last for a long long long time, even 18.5 years until the next one in the same Sign Axis. Even though the stronger effect is between 6 months before and after, that Solar Eclipse at 28º Leo, August 21, 2017 is still strong for 2.4 years, a year for every minute it lasted. Every time a planets runs by, or aspects that degree somehow, the energy is reignited.  If you consider how it has affected you, you may observe now the influence of Uranus in Trine to it from 28º Aries (more so if you have any planets or angles at 28º Sagittarius, which will complete the Grand Trine in Fire). Freedom, electrifying events or insights, futuristic ideas, sudden shocks may flow easily into the theme of the eclipse, clarifying and confirming the process initiated by the eclipse in your life. 

Solar Eclipse 15º Capricorn

Sandwiched midway between Saturn and Capricorn, this New Moon 'interrupted' comes with a punch! It is the preface to the already well talked about Saturn Pluto Jupiter conjunction of 2020. Learning more about it, helps us understand what we are doing here. Look at the house where the eclipse falls for you and consider this: Pluto is dragging his feet through Capricorn since January 2008 until January 2024, destroying and recycling everything he touches, in order to renew and rejuvenate this area of your life and empower you. Behind it, comes Saturn, bringing new structures, organization, boundaries and discipline to regulate that newly acquired power and 'riches'. This eclipse brings events, circumstances and maybe people or thoughts to shed light on that process. We are now better able to understand it, digest it and assimilate it, whether we want it or not. Because, yes, it's been painful! We can certainly agree on that. 

It is a partial eclipse because the South Node is 11º away at 26º Capricorn. We need to take into account that not all eclipses are made equal. One on the South Node is related to the karmic (law of the harvest) past, and is draining or purging some past conditioning or -in Capricorn with Saturn- structure, fear, limitation or way of being that no longer helps us in our evolutionary journey. The South Node always acts as the apana energy, the evacuation process of eliminating unwanted residue -garbage- from our life. Your Capricorn house will let you know what's leaving, so you can focus on improving the Cancer house. All the eclipses for the next 16 months will activate this process. To find out what areas of your life are at work with these eclipses, you can read my recent Cancer Capricorn Nodal Axis post. While you're there, feel free to make comments to share how the energy is manifesting for you personally, and share my post on social media if you feel it can be of help for someone else. 

The Lord rules his home

The eclipse chart has 4 planets in their home sign concurrently. That makes them very happy and comfy. They are now free to work on their own home affairs. Jupiter is happy go lucky in Sagittarius, full of faith, optimism, enthusiasm, going to far away places, dreaming big, learning wide, believing high. His relationship with the New Moon asks for an adjustment of our conflicting desires and dreams, so we can realize them in a constructive way that makes all involved happy. Neptune in Pisces is dreaming his own dream of unity and unconditional love, and maybe about the wellbeing of all beings. Saturn in between them is assessing the resources, the facts, the effort and the probabilities of making all that real. Meanwhile, Mars is fighting to protect his right to be, and to make it happen. 

Venus in a conflictive aspect with Neptune invites us to change the customary course of action in matters of love and relationships. Mercury newly entered in Capricorn, like a journalistic reporter, is learning, thinking and communicating ideas related to the new enlightenment brought by the planetary stellium he's about to meet.  Except that, he squares Mars! The conversations -and our mind- may be heated though. 

My conclusion

Eclipse time is our opportunity to find another way to solve issues that may be deeply traumatic or at least conflictive. Unexpected or unforeseen, out of control situations may trigger the process. We may gain a new understanding of what the process is. For this eclipse, there is a draining of a stale structure, conviction, limitation in an area of life that is begging for transformation, so we can direct our energy to find comfort and wellbeing. It may be something as old as 30 years, when Saturn was in Capricorn last time. It's time to renew, recycle, refresh in this Capricorn house. For more information on how the eclipse affects your personal Birth Chart, feel free to contact me at satsangatyoga@gmail.com. 

Watch the Astronomy of this eclipse in Time and Date Website.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Forget about resolutions, let yourself be surprised by what it brings! It will be enough to flip our lives upside down for sure.

Grand Trine of Healing 3d chapter - Chiron Venus North Node in Cancer

January 2019

In previous months, I wrote about this Grand Water Trine of Healing activated by Jupiter, the Sun, Mercury and the Moon. This New Year brings the 3d and final chapter of our healing when Venus arrives at the end of her Scorpio journey and activates the Water Grand Trine again, this time with her soft touch of Love. This is a highly emotional contact. Let us understand why.

Eight years of Chiron in Pisces come to a close

You may be aware of what Chiron in Pisces taught you the last eight years about emotional sacrifice,  wounding, and healing; more so if you know what house is occupied by Pisces in your Birth Chart. There, Chiron has been having an issue with his identity dissolved in the primal soup of the Piscean 'ocean'. Taking into consideration that Chiron in Pisces transit happens once in 51 years, one understands how powerful his effect has been during these eight years. After going into Aries for a short time, he came back into the last degrees of Pisces just to make sure we got his message. We are now taking his 'final exam', so to speak.  It may resonate with something that happened in your lives between 1960 and 1968 if you were alive then. What's the open wound that reopened now for final healing? Were we able to heal? Or we are trying to heal someone else instead, avoiding our own pain? 

Every person has experienced this in a different area of life. For example, if Pisces is your 2d house, you may have thought that your own value, your self worth was not that important, or you may have sacrificed your own finances and possessions for others. "The body itself may be felt to be unreliable, faulty, wounded [... or with some] actual disability, injury or physical trauma to cope with" (Reinhart 107). If Pisces is your 7th house, we are always engaged in hurtful and sorrowful relationships. "The situation is often a repetition of our early relationship with the parent of the opposite sex, and [... we] believe that relationships are dangerous and should be avoided." (Reinhart 138). 

Together with the Scorpio activity of the last six or seven years, Chiron has been one of the most painful and deeply transformational astrological influences on our lives. Being at the end of the Zodiac in Pisces, Chiron is preparing us for a Rebirth when he re-enters Aries, the sign of the new beginnings, of new form, and new identity.

Venus in Scorpio trine Chiron 

Venus and Chiron dialog about unfulfilled and painful love, values and finances. In trine, it gives us the opportunity for healing previously unresolvable relationship issues, and conflictive personal values. We may have "met people who feel familiar to us and opened us to other dimensions of consciousness through painful relationships" that can only be understood and resolved considering the oneness of all (Pisces). These relationships have probably brought us a mysterious, as well as unfathomable personal growth. This is our opportunity to overcome the painful sensitivity to disharmony and unrealistic expectations of love, values and money. Our relentless efforts for reconciliation can now bare fruit, and we may finally understand the true meaning of Forgiveness of the other and of ourselves. "Chiron aspecting Venus often brings a genuine ability to open others' capacity for relationships and to touch them deeply. We see people as mirrors of ourselves and find differences hard to encompass" (Reinhart 208). However, now Venus at the end of her Scorpio journey, in trine with Chiron at the end of his Piscean journey of eight years give us the balsamic ablution that closes and erases our Venusian wound. 

Venus and Chiron trine the North Node in Cancer

If you remember what I wrote about the North Node shifting to Cancer realm, now you can see that Chiron in aspects with all the other planets has been helping us transform our emotional body, so we are able to find comfort, safety and a soft and tender 'shelter' where our head can rest in this chaotic world. With the North Node in Cancer we look within the walls of whatever we call 'home' for support. Having successfully healed our deepest wound, we are now ready to stand tall, face the new challenge and start anew what 2019 brings for us. And I can assure you that 2019 comes in full force. Life is changing in unforeseen ways. We will find ourselves in a world that may now seem unbelievable, but the challenge is just preparing us to live our most cherished dream. 

Reference: "Chiron and the Healing Journey, An Astrological and Psychological perspective" by Melanie Reinhart.