Chiron in Pisces - Focused Healing

On April 20 Chiron entered Pisces for the first time since 1969. He's been in Aquarius since 2005. He'll retrograde on June 6 then return to Aquarius on November 11, before re-entering Pisces on February 8, 2011 to settle in until 2018 and again, for a few months in 2019.

In Greek mythology, Chiron was the centaur (half man, half horse) son of Greek god Cronus. He was knowledgeable in the healing arts and mentored Greek heros like Hercules, Jason and Achilles.

In astrology, Chiron is the wounded healer, representing our wounds -- may they be physical, emotional, psychological, spiritual or otherwise -- and our healing.

So, what is our experience of the Piscean energy? It's a fairly wide spectrum, ranging from the highest reaches of the imagination to our direct experience of God or soul, to the depths of denial, deception, drink, and drugs. In all, Chiron in Pisces is about helping us see what we have been missing or not paying attention to. If we focus the strengths of Pisces, that would feel like clarifying our vision for our lives. Most of us have a really hard time with this; many people have no interest at all. Pisces is full of ideas, ideals, and the desire to transcend physicality. Which of these work and which do not? Chiron is calling for a sober assessment of these, to test for what are authentic values and which are things we see through our rosy glasses. To put it bluntly, we might discover that we're not as spiritual as we thought, in the sense that we need to apply our beliefs and ideals to the world in a real way. Chiron in Pisces relates to deep wounds stemming from the desire to merge with the whole (e.g. oneness with God, with the universe, or with others).

Many people find that the whole spiritual thing is really elusive. Chiron in Pisces draws this "elusive" quality into focus. It's about making conscious contact with the deepest level of who we are.