Astrology Explored

December 11, 2007

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There are times in life, where an event seems to come out of nowhere and hits you where you live. This is Chiron, called by Barbara Hand Clow as the rainbow bridge between the inner and outer planets.

Chiron’s mythology is that of the wounded healer. Chiron is a centaur, half human, half horse. Although he was an immortal being, he suffered from a wound in his hoof that never healed. As Pisces rules the feet, this signaled that though Chiron had many gifts, and freely tutored and mentored many Greek heroes, he was unable to close the gap between his higher self and his earthly body. Finally, when Chiron gave up his body, the gods made him into the constellation Sagittarius, marking the attainment of wisdom. Keep in mind though, that is Jupiterian wisdom, knowledge of the divine within us, but without the spark of individuality that puts on the path to merging with the godhead.

Saturn marks the place of humanity’s consciousness up to the discovery of Uranus in 1781. Saturn defines the day-to-day collective existence of mankind upon the earth. Uranus signals the activation of individuality for all people, not just a select few with the money and power to cultivate it. This is quite a leap for our species and there are quite a few people on the earth today who still live in a Saturnian mode. Chiron bridges the gap between the “herd� mentality to an individuated one by sparking experiences that let us discover who we are. Because Chiron can hit us in unexpected ways, we may feel we are under attack by guerilla forces, but in actuality our response is the guerilla guide to living.

Like Chiron, we may need to suffer to attain wisdom. Chiron is quite willing to provide those experiences, seeming to throw us under the bus when it does so. When Chiron transits a house, it sends us a situation representing that house that seems to come out of left field. If Chiron transits your second house, you may find financial resources suddenly unavailable. As you struggle to cope with changing circumstances you find that you are much more adroit in this area than you thought, fostering a new confidence in your abilities.

Because of the highly elliptical orbit of this planetoid, aspects to the natal Chiron position occur at irregular intervals. The first Chiron square can happen at any time between the age of 6 and 23 and seems to activate an awareness of the metaphysical at that time. For instance, I took up tarot reading at the relatively tender age of 11, while my oldest children didn’t display an interest in metaphysical subjects until their late teens. The Chiron opposition will spark a crisis involving the two houses involved, and the last Chiron square with bring a resurgence of metaphysical and spiritual interests, this time with seasoned with an adult understanding. This is when many people find religion again and return “home� to their childhood religions. The last major transit is the Chiron return around age 50 to 51. Here is the acid test of spiritual maturity. Have we been able to manifest our highest selves within our bodies? Do we live consciously as souls within flesh, instead of flesh with souls? These are the questions we ask ourselves as Chiron inspires our life.

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