Dear Friend and Reader:
First, we note the passing of Venetia Phair, who as a young girl suggested the name of Pluto. She died on April 30 at the age of 90, having lived to see the change in Pluto’s planetary status from planet to dwarf planet in 2006. This obituary from the Los Angeles Times tells part of the story and we will have more in tomorrow’s edition of Planet Waves Astrology News.
Yesterday I spent most of the day analyzing and writing an article about the astrology between now and 2012. The article is called The Road to Xibalba, and it is scheduled to appear in Planet Waves Astrology News some time in the next few weeks. Currently I’m circulating it among my colleagues and friends to get additional input.
I am beginning primarily with major planets, having worked off of a list of hundreds of major and minor planet aspects created by Tracy, spanning from 2009 to 2012. However, today I would like to offer a sample of the minor planet discussion, involving the square between Chariklo and Chiron.
Chariklo square Chiron (2009-2012).
These are two very small planets orbiting our Sun in the relatively new centaur class. They are currently in a square (90-degree) aspect. This aspect repeats in seven separate events between now and 2012, and as such is a constant companion along the way. The square is currently from Scorpio to Aquarius. It will gradually shift to an aspect between Sagittarius to Pisces.
In mythology, Chiron and Chariklo were consorts; she was a nymph and the wife of the famous surgeon, healer and mentor. Their story contains none of the philandering, mockery and hubris that is so common to the Greek myths. Yet they endure the many pains of the world and endure the flaws of both humanity and the gods. Chiron is about healing processes that benefit from or demand the raising of awareness and a humble approach to life, as tempered by awareness of both mortality and immortality.
In a square aspect, they are here to help us work out a dynamic in our relationships that is held internally. Our issues with fear, abandonment, psychic pain, physical sickness, inferiority and jealousy are all internally mediated. Chariklo’s involvement is calling us to be present for our own healing process. She is holding devoted space for us to stand aside from our own ‘ego issues’ and make peace with our dualistic human/animal nature, and to gradually integrate the two without judgment.
Yours & truly,
