By Len Wallick and Eric Francis
Just before the autumn equinox Venus (then in Leo) was opposing Chiron. At the time, the issues were identity, individuality and what we phrased as the ‘tribal wound’ to characterize the tenure of Chiron in Aquarius: the struggle of fitting in. Chiron is about awareness, so the idea is, we are learning to see where we fit in and don’t fit in; and how and why that works; and what we can do to raise awareness sufficiently to make the expeirence easier.
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If you put Venus in opposition to Chiron (particularly across Leo-Aquarius), there can be extreme fear of not fitting in, and that triggers some deep emotional stuff about being abandoned by our tribe. Imagine how much more settled we would feel, if we had the idea that we didn’t have to be worried about being outcast.
Here in the days before the [Northern Hemisphere] winter solstice, many of the same actors are speaking to us. Some are in different positions and some new ones are jointly aspecting to revisit those issues in a more complex, sophisticated and layered manner.
The big news is the grand fire trine exacted today between Venus (in Sagittarius), Mars (in Leo) and rounded out by Eris (in Aries), all in tight aspect. This is an interesting collection: Mars is joined by his sister and his lover in this setup. Men who grow up past the necessity to treat every woman like mommy basically have the choice between those two more egalitarian options. Sister and lover imply a bond of union, and they can be passionate. We might ask the social politics involved in who takes on what role in our lives; and who gets a shared role.