CHIRON - PLANET OF HEALING

Chiron says: Healing is the gradual awakening to the perfection of your life." "If the Universe is a cosmic symphony, then we are the music and Healing is our ascending melody..."

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CHIRON HEALING

The "planet" Chiron symbolises woundedness, "the wound that never heals," "the Wounded Healer," maverick behaviour, and balancing physical/practical needs with spiritual/divine potential. Discovered in 1977. Mythologically, Chiron was a centaurhalf man and half horse. There is no agreed-upon sign rulership for Chiron, although arguments have been made for Sagittarius, Virgo and Libra, among others. Chiron is technically classified as a comet because it is composed mostly of ice. Somewhat slow moving takes from 2-8 years to go through a sign, and about 50 years to go through all 12 signs. Pronounced: KYE-ron. See also: Centaurs. See also: article on Chiron and astrological humor on Chiron mythology.

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Keywords: balance, catalyst, guiding, healing, key, link, maverick, mediator, present, teacher, therapy, wounds "Healing is the gradual awakening to the perfection of your life." (Chiron, channeled by Martin Lass)
Chiron is a relative newcomer to astrology and was only discovered by astronomers back in 1977. Since its discovery, Chiron has pretty much been called it all: planet, planetoid, comet and asteroid. Chiron is the healer, the spiritual warrior. Chiron works very subtle in your chart. If it makes an aspect with another planet, you investigate that planet very thoroughly and then you bring the energy of that planet on a higher level. Chiron makes the planet more unstable till that planet is on a higher level. "There is a Gift in every Wound, a blessing in every crisis, a light in every darkness, love in every emotion, a silver lining on every cloud, a lesson in every experience, a Service in every part of Creation." (Chiron, channeled by Martin Lass)

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Last of the Centaurs, father of medicine, divination and healing (chiropractor, chiromancy, chirurgery), Chiron has been dubbed "the Rainbow Bridge"
(by Barbara Hand Clow.)

The transits of Chiron are not subtle and are very difficult. You experience certain things on the specific area of the other planet that is aspected. For instance if you have transit Chiron square Mars you will meet people and situations in which you have to be assertive. But you have to use your anger in the right way, which can be very difficult. We're talking about a wound, so it hurts and the most easy thing to do is be angry and lash out at the people that are hurting you. You have to transform your anger in a way, that lets you be assertive without being only angry. In that way you heal yourself and you grow spiritually.

In the early 1990's it was discovered that Chiron was not alone. This new group of asteroids became known as the Centaurs with Chiron as the leading Centaur. There are now known to be at least 41 of them. The first "new" one to be discovered was named Pholus, followed by Nessus, Asbolus, Chariklo and Hylonome.

Chiron's orbit generally lies between Saturn and Uranus. So Chiron is sometimes thought to be a shamanistic bridge or link between time and space reality (the outer limit being Saturn) and the archetypal, generational planets of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. In Greek mythology Chiron was a centaur. The Centaurs were creatures that had a horse's body and legs but with a human torso and arms (half and half). Centaurs, as a rule, had a reputation for being wild and unbridled critters. They were especially known for their insatiable sexual appetites, and they belonged to the wild Dionysian crowd. You know they were the sort of unsavory characters that your parents warned you about hanging

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out with (so they fascinated you all the more). For the most part, centaurs weren't exactly on very friendly terms with most of us mortals. The centaur Chiron was the exception to the rule. Chiron was known as a wise teacher, healer and prophet. Some astrologers think that Chiron has an affinity for the sign of Virgo because, in Greek mythology, Chiron was a healer. Well Virgo doesn't rule healing. Scorpio does. According to legend, Chiron also taught the martial arts. Would that give an affinity for Aries? Of course not. Let's face it folks. The method of using mythological metaphors to do scientific research does have its limitations, to say the least. For one thing, many asteroids and planetoids have numbers, not names. Did you ever hear about any mythology for asteroid number D573N?

Chiron and the Centaurs

On November 1, 1977 at the Hale Observatory in Pasadena, California, Charles Kowal discovered a new body in our solar system which was later named Chiron. - (1) In the past decade, other bodies similar to Chiron have also been discovered and classified as the Centaurs. Because Chiron and the Centaurs discoveries are so recent, we have an opportunity to observe the process of how their meaning unfolds. Not much is known yet about the more recently discovered Centaurs. However, by looking at issues occurring during the time of Chirons discovery, its mythology and observations of how it is affecting clients in their astrology charts, astrologers are gaining more insight into its role as the wounded healer. Kowal noted that Chiron had a highly eccentric, elliptical orbit mostly between Saturn and Uranus, taking 51 years to make its path around the Sun. - (2) To Kowal, Chiron was an unusual body in that it was too large to be a comet and much too bright to be a minor planet. Hence, the confusion and subsequent debate began as to the exact classification of Chiron.

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Zane Stein, an astrologer and leading researcher of Chiron and the Centaurs since their discoveries, said that in the late 1980s it was determined, based on mounting evidence, that Chiron was a large comet.- - (3) Still it would have to be classified as an unusually large comet, about 50,000 times the size of a normal comet, 148 to 208 km in size, and in fact almost the size of an asteroid. Because Chiron didnt really fit the classic description of a comet, the debate continued. Then on January 9, 1992 an astronomer named David Rabinowitz discovered a new body and named it Pholus after the brother of Chiron. (4) On April 25, 1993, Rabinowitz discovered yet another body which was named Nessus. Pholus and Nessus orbits are similar to that of Chiron, also being very eccentric. Pholus orbits between Saturn and Neptune, taking 92 years to circle the Sun, and Nessus orbits between Saturn and Pluto, taking 123 years to circle the Sun. As of April 2002 there have been 34 bodies officially discovered in our solar system that are of a nature like Chiron, Nessus and Pholus. These bodies have now officially been named the Centaurs. Only three others of the 34 bodies have been named thus far: Asbolus, Chariklo and Hylonome. (5) It has been theorized that Chiron and the Centaurs are objects that escaped from what is known as the Kuiper Belt, which contains a disk of objects orbiting beyond Pluto. This Kuiper Belt was described by one scientific magazine as the pristine remains of the nebula that originally formed our solar system. (6) Melanie Reinhart says in her book, Millions of Chirons may orbit in the cold, dark reaches of the Kuiper disc, extending from 38 astronomical units out to 200. (7) There are at least 35,000 objects in this belt making it like another asteroid belt. (8) Every so often, theoretically, one of these objects from the Kuiper Belt breaks its orbit and comes into our solar system. Reinhart believes Chiron, Pholus and Nessus and the other centaurs are like refugees, escapees or messengers

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(9) from this Plutonian Underworld of the Kuiper Belt.( 10) Today Chiron, although classified as a Centaur, remains in a bit of a class of his own since it is classified as both a comet and a minor planet while the other Centaurs are classified as minor planets. (11) When a planet is discovered, to develop an understanding of its meaning, it is traditional to review what is happening on Earth at the time of the discovery. For example, in 1930 when Pluto, ruler of the underworld, death and destruction, was discovered, we were dealing with dark figures such as Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin with their programs of death. (12) In 1781 Uranus, the planet of revolution, independence and rebellion, was discovered. The French and American Revolutions are attributed to the influence of Uranus. Barbara Hand Clow associates the discovery of Chiron with channeling, divination, body/mind healing, homeopathic medicine and multi-dimensional perceptual skills as these activities were starting to surface around the time of Chirons siting in 1977. (13) She also notes that the concepts of co-dependency and the wounded inner child were starting to emerge at that time. There was talk of the split between body and spirit and subsequently the beginning of a great deal of emphasis being placed on healing this split. (14) Clow speaks of Chiron as being a key in this healing process. Another way to determine the meaning of a planet is to look at its mythology. It should be noted that a question arises with respect to the mythology of a planet and its meaning: Why is it that the meaning of the planet refers to its mythology when usually the astronomer who named it does not have that in mind? And further no one knows what the planet means astrologically at its discovery and subsequent naming either. This is a good question and one to which I have not been able to find an answer. Perhaps the answer is synchronicity? (15) In mythology, Chiron was a centaur, a half man half horse creature and was called the wounded healer. He was a healer, astrologer and alternative medical practitioner. (16) For extensive information about the mythology of Chiron, see Chiron and the Healing Journey by Melanie Reinhart. Here we will explore a few of the main themes.

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Melanie Reinhart says: Chiron became a wise man, prophet, physician, teacher and musician. His ministry included the unruly Centaurs themselves...Chiron taught them everything from riding, archery, hunting, the arts of war and medicine, to ethics, music, religious rituals and the beginnings of natural science. (17) It is important to note that the Centaurs were a wild bunch of untamed beasts who were famous for their drinking, raping, plundering and sodomizing. We start to see the theme of Chiron as being different from other centaurs, more in control of his lower or animal nature and interested in helping others to heal their uncontrolled passions. (18) We can see echos of the difference between him and the other centaurs in Chirons classification where, although he is classified with the centaurs, he is different because he is considered both a comet and a minor planet whereas the other centaurs are simply classified as minor planets. In the mythological story of Chiron, he accidently dropped one of Hercules poisonous arrows on his foot, an arrow that he had taught Hercules how to make. Because he was immortal he could not die and had to suffer the pain of this wound until he was ultimately freed through an act of compassion where he gave his life for another who was also suffering.= \ - (19) Looking a little deeper into Chirons wound, we see that his wound was self-inflicted, both directly and indirectly. First, he was the one who dropped the arrow on his own foot. And second, he was the one who had taught Hercules how to make the poisonous arrow in the first place. This theme of self-inflicted wounds or self-wounding behavior becomes apparent as we look further into Chirons role in an astrology chart. Melanie Reinhart describes an interesting phenomena that happens with respect to the area of woundedness that Chiron represents in an astrology chart. She speaks of a pattern where people have a tendency to go back and repeat their self-wounding activity in an effort to heal it, all the while making the wound deeper. Reinhart refers to this process as repetition compulsion. She says, The memory of a painful feeling, stored in the unconscious, will tend to attract to it situations in the present which

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repeat the same ingredients and thus reactivate the old wound. These cycles of repetition occur because a wound is still seeking healing. -(20) This process of repetition compulsion is likened to homeopathic healing, which operates under the premise that like cures like, where a small dose of the poison is introduced in order to heal the problem. In the process of repeating the wound, or introducing the poison back into the psyche, a person has an opportunity to experience the pain and eventually learn to stop the self-wounding behavior that is causing it. Otherwise, as in homeopathy if too much of the remedy is given, if too much of the behavior is repeated, the wound can become deeper just as with homeopathy, too much of the original toxin can become poisonous. Relating this to Chirons mythological story, the poison he helped to create was injected back into his own system and then he was forced to learn how to deal with the consequences. He spent his life trying to heal his pain and found in the end that his inspiration to help another was the ultimate key that lead to his own salvation. Chiron in an astrology chart shows where people have deep soul wounds and pain associated with those wounds. Every persons personal wound is slightly different. Yet at the core of each is the same Chironic concept of self-wounding and repetition compulsion. The deep soul pain or soul wound leads a person to engage in behavior that temporarily gives them relief from that pain but in reality makes the wound deeper and corresponding pain greater. People have reported that when they reversed and healed their self-wounding behavior, the deep soul pain subsided. Another important factor spoken of with respect to Chiron has to do with important cycles of Chiron transits, specifically where Chiron squares, opposes and conjoins its natal position in a persons chart. Because of the erratic orbit of Chiron, it is in some signs for a very short time and in others for a long time. Therefore, depending on where it is placed in a persons natal chart will depend on how soon they will experience their first Chiron square. For some this occurs in young adulthood and in others it occurs at a very young age.

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(22) Just as was previously described by Reinharts repetition compulsion, with the awakening of these patterns through these transits, a person often finds themselves initially repeating their wounding patterns before learning how to transcend the behavior patterns and corresponding pain. For some children, depending on the issues and surrounding circumstances involved, this can be traumatic. (23) As for Pholus and Nessus, there is not a great deal of information available about them yet. Generally speaking, Pholus seems to involve deeper issues associated with more extreme Neptunian themes of drug and alcohol addiction, escapism and perhaps escaping inner feelings of pain through these manners. Nessus relates to more extreme Plutonian themes of sexuality, death, revenge and jealousy.(24) Whereas Chiron seems to be symbolic of the healing of the split in man between his higher and lower selves, the rational and irrational parts of his soul as described by Plato(25) and symbolized by Chiron as half man and half animal, Pholus and Nessus seem to represent specific elements of that split or perhaps specific behavior contributing to it. The discovery and subsequent inclusion of Chiron in astrological interpretation has the potential to give astrologers greater insight into the psychological mechanism of self-wounding and the resulting pain associated with it. Chiron can also bring a greater awareness of the cause of psychic or soul pain for people and its healing. Perhaps the knowledge of Chiron will someday be a valuable key for those practicing psychological astrology. Chirons symbol in astrology is a key. The awareness it brings could be the key for a person to open the door for healing their wounds and inner pain, leading to the life of peace and happiness they seek. There are no shortcuts for doing the hard work of research, but the payoff is that our conclusions are on solid ground. For instance, the late Joanna Shannon told me that she had noticed the presence of stressful aspects to Chiron (both natally and by transit) in the horoscopes of rape victims. I also came across two cases. Check out all of the legends. Chiron was not a rapist.

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Sign associations of Chiron As well as the above mentioned possible association with the sign of Libra, there are also associations with two other signs. According to mythology, Zeus placed Chiron in the sky in the constellation of Sagittarius, the archer, the centaur. As it is known as the wounded-healer and healing being a great part of Chiron's nature, it also has associations with Virgo. As yet, no agreement has been reached astrologically as to which sign, if any, it should be known as ruler or co-ruler of. The house and sign position of Chiron show several things: It is an indicator of where we have problems that tend to keep recurring, in one form or another, throughout our lives. Amateur astrologers frequently upset people by telling them something like, "Oh, this is where you're wounded and it will never go away!" It is important to remember that every indicator in the horoscope, including this one, has a positive (as well of a negative) side, and the first thing to remember when giving a reading is: Don't make things worse by scaring people to death! As with any other horoscope factor, Chiron has a positive as well as a negative side. For one thing, it shows where we may teach and help others. And, yes, Chiron problems can be dealt with and solved. It shows where we can do things better for others than we can for ourselves. Chiron shows where we can have an affinity for teaching, but, ironically, that is where we can teach others how to do things better than we can do them ourselves. This can be maddening if that happens to be an area in which we want to excel. The descriptions of Chiron placements and aspect sometimes look suspiciously like those for Saturn. Both seem to indicate problems and obstacles that need to be overcome. Why should this be, and what, if anything, is the difference between the two? Saturn shows our fears. It is the area where we tend to suffer what is

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called "bad luck." As a result, this is the area where our defenses are up, where we feel cautious, and where we can get stuck. Frequently, we can get to work here and make the area that was our weak point a tower of strength instead. Chiron's orbit actually crosses the orbit of Saturn, so it should come as no surprise that are some similarities in the effect it has on us. But Chiron's orbit crosses the orbit as Uranus as well. Wherever Saturn is, we have to work long and hard to solve the problems. With Chiron, the problems must also be dealt with by insight (Uranus). The catch is that if we don't follow up these insights with more work (Saturn) the problems come back. The house position shows the particular area of our life where these things will manifest. The sign position shows how they tend to work out. What follows is a brief introduction to Chiron in the horoscope. If you would like to see an in depth analysis, the best book on the subject (in my opinion) is Chiron and the Healing Journey by Melanie Reinhart. The Real Key to Dealing With Chiron Problems: The only way to get the benefits of the sign and house that Chiron is in, or those of the planets that Chiron aspects, is to confront and deal with your own inner wounds.

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