coming home to me
Chiron has stationed retrograde — time for healing ❤️🩹 ⌇ a personal update
Just like that, July has come to an end, with a whisper and not a bang — a quiet shedding into August, where the air is hot and sticky with possibility.
I felt the shift from Water to Fire, Cancer to Leo; a sudden preoccupation with fun and friends and glitz and glam. All that water suddenly with nowhere to go. There are moments I feel cut adrift; a woman with five planets in Water, suddenly burning up in this heat. It takes extra effort to ground. To center.
To come home to myself.
Chiron, our wounded healer, has stationed retrograde in Aries on July 26. ♈︎
In Greek mythology, Chiron was a centaur that was “wise and just”, skilled in the arts of medicine and healing. He could heal all others but not himself.
Similarly, the Chiron in our own charts — shaped like a key (⚷) — holds the key to our own greatest wounding and therefore healing in this lifetime. Mine is in Virgo and is kissing my mother’s Sun. Her very essence has been a point of pain for me; we’ve butted heads for as long as I live. The deeper I go into this study, the more I appreciate her core Virgoan traits as ones that will assist in my own healing: shifting from perfectionism into precision. Having a plan for every situation. Taking my own wellbeing into consideration.
Chiron has been in Aries since 2018, but you may not have noticed him as loudly as you have this year. This is because the nodes of destiny shifted to Aries–Libra in July 2023, and kissed Chiron in February, making his presence known. This retrograde is the next chapter of the story, unfolding now before our eyes: Chiron will be moving backwards in the sky from 23º→19º Aries, activating the healing we need in our lives until end of December.
Where has Chiron in Aries been stirring up insecurity in your chart?
This past week especially has probably felt like a raw wound, open season on your greatest doubts and fears. We always feel retrogrades most strongly in the beginning, so this will ebb over time. However, I invite you to use the comments to reflect on your relationship with this area of your life…
❤️🩹 Check your Rising sign: ❤️🩹
Aries (1H): Identity, ego, body. Chiron asks, “Who am I, really?” and for the first time, we find we don’t have the answers. A potent time to reflect.
Taurus (12H): Dreams, unconscious, spirit. What is my relationship with spirituality? How does it define me as a person? Am I ready to go deeper?
Gemini (11H): Community, networks, belonging. Do I deserve to fit in? Can I allow my true self to be seen?
Cancer (10H): Career, legacy. What is the work I am meant to do? Can I bring my whole personality into it?
Leo (9H): Beliefs, faith, education. Do my beliefs align with who I truly am? Can I expand my worldview without losing sight of who I am?
Virgo (8H): Intimacy, psyche, shared resources. Am I more than my mental health? What is my worth without other people’s problems to fix?
Libra (7H): Relationships, commitments. Who am I without the other? How do I maintain a healthy sense of self while in partnership?
Scorpio (6H): Health, daily work, habits. Do my routines make me more or less of who I am? Who I want to be?
Sagittarius (5H): Creativity, pleasure, play. Am I comfortable owning my creations? Would my inner child be proud of the person I am today?
Capricorn (4H): Home, ancestry, roots. How has my upbringing shaped the person I am today? What do I want to honor, and what will I let go?
Aquarius (3H): Communication, learning, thinking. How am I using my voice to shape the future? Am I expressing my truest thoughts?
Pisces (2H): Self worth, finances, value. Do I feel confident in my ability to provide for myself? Do I believe I have worth unto myself, just as I am?
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An Astro observation, and a personal update:
On Dec 30, Chiron will end his retrograde journey at 19º Aries.
Do you know what else happened this year at 19º Aries?
The north node solar eclipse, back in April 🥵 ALSO conjunct Chiron.
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Back then, I wrote this extremely personal post— it’s still the most vulnerable thing I’ve ever published here: