17 April 2018
The planet Chiron is not particularly well known, but from an Esoteric Astrology perspective, it has huge significance for the soul’s journey and what the soul is here to learn about healing.  Chiron is known as the “wounded healer” and where he sits in your Natal Chart shows where you have arrived in this lifetime needing to be healed – spiritually and emotionally – and where once you have done this essential healing work on yourself, you can go on to heal and teach others through your experiences.  As an Esoteric Astrologer I also believe that Chiron rules the astrological sign of Virgo.  Virgo souls are born with a need to be valued and to be “perfect” in their lives, and so they arrive on the earth plane feeling wounded and with a great need to heal and better themselves.  Therefore, it makes perfect sense that the planet of healing would rule the zodiacal sign of healing as well.  And of all the signs of the zodiac, Virgos often make the most powerful healers, due to their deeper understanding of pain.
Chiron has been transiting through Pisces for the last 7 years and today he enters into the energy of Aries.  Chiron is considered to be the rainbow bridge between the earth plane and the spiritual realms.  Or in other words, the link between who you are and who you can be, with the only barrier to overcome being your inner wound that can stop you from reaching your highest potential.  When he moves into Aries, for only the second time since he was discovered in 1977, he dares us to move forward, start new plans and to be pioneers of a new way.  Aries is the first sign of the zodiac and so his energy is about new ventures, confidence, bravery and healthy positive outlooks for the future.  And he is also all about what you as an individual, can do with all of those traits and awarenesses.  With Chiron in Aries, we are fresh and new and have purpose and intent which is healthy, purposeful and unsullied in any way.  And this creates the energy for higher change.  However, this transit may also highlight for us all where we feel we are not good enough and where we feel we have let others down in the past.  This 9 year transit of Chiron in Aries will encourage us all to open our eyes and hearts to where the world needs to heal, and what it is we need to change,  to stop damaging and hurting the planet and all who live here.  This new and confident energy helps us to assert our personal needs as well as our global needs, and more importantly it will help us to raise our values and beliefs for a peaceful and just world.
As Chiron moves into Aries and takes his time to settle there over the next few weeks or more, you could go through a challenging time where you feel lost and despondent – it can feel a bit like an identity crisis as we move out of the inner and protective energy of Pisces and into the more aggressive and assertive energy of Aries.  You may wonder what on earth you are doing with your life, and you may also have the same fears regarding the things you have put so much energy and effort into achieving in your life to date as well.  Have no fear.  This is a time for new creations and new beginnings that have positive purposes for us all.
Chiron in Aries will allow us to face what we fear and to rid ourselves of apathy and inaction.  He will allow us to see that we are good enough, and that we each have a purpose and a gift to share with the world – we just need to rise above our fears and limitations and heal those deep inner wounds that we suffer from.  So, don’t be afraid to face what you fear, to be yourself and to share this with the world.  We are all pioneers for a new beginning and a new Earth and it is time for us to be heard.  Blessings xox