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By Len Wallick<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Nobody told me there’s be days like these \/ strange days indeed”
\n— John Lennon <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Tomorrow, Chiron enters Pisces direct just before 3 pm ET. It will remain in that sign until 2018. If history and synchronicity have anything to say about it, it will be a big deal. That does not mean you should hide under the bed. To paraphrase the late astrologer Al H. Morrison, the events associated with this Centaur planet may be inconvenient, but ultimately they are beneficial. The purpose of today’s blog is to make Chiron less of a stranger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Chiron was controversial and compelling from the very beginning. The photographic plate on which it was discovered was exposed on October 18, 1977. The astronomer Charles T. Kowal identified it on November 1, 1977. The public announcement came three days later. For the latter two dates, there is no commonly agreed time. To this day there is some controversy over what data to use in constructing the natal chart. There is some inconvenience for you.<\/p>\n

It was Mr. Kowal who referred to Chiron as a maverick. It was difficult to identify, especially back in the 1970s when there were fewer known objects to which it could be compared. It is of indeterminate composition, bearing resemblance to both comet and asteroid. It has a highly elliptical orbit which translates into a widely varying apparent speed of motion around the zodiac. When it is in Virgo and Libra it moves through in about a year and a half, faster than Saturn. In Pisces and Aries it moves through in eight and nine years, respectively, slower than Uranus.<\/p>\n

We do know that Chiron completes one orbit around the Sun in just under 51 years. In the process of doing so, it crosses the orbit of Saturn into the area between the Ringed One and Uranus. The astrological identity of Chiron thus fluctuates between that of the trans- personal (Jupiter and Saturn) and the historical (Uranus, Neptune and Pluto). Temporally this centaur is leaning decidedly towards the latter three planets, although its spatial placement in a sign ruled by Jupiter retains a link to the former two.<\/p>\n

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In spite of the fact that Chiron takes over half a century to go around the Sun, and hence, the zodiac, it was last in Pisces less than a year ago thanks to a retrograde that took it forth and back over the cusp with Aquarius. This toe-in-the-water phenomenon has been common with the outer planets in recent years. It started in 2008 with Pluto testing Capricorn before returning to Sagittarius to pack its bags for a much longer stay in the cardinal earth sign. The same thing happened with Saturn going back and forth between Virgo and Libra during the course of last year’s cardinal T-square. Jupiter has just completed its circuit between late Pisces and Aries and Uranus will do the same next month. Neptune’s initial ingress to Pisces this coming March will be followed by a retrograde of its own, returning to Aquarius for unfinished business before making a long term commitment in 2012.<\/p>\n

Having Chiron as part of this cusp-hopping is another reason to closely identify its current placement with the epoch-forming implications of cardinal point Uranus-Pluto squares that resume next year. Because of this fact, one should not jump to the conclusion that the second entry of Chiron into Pisces in less than a year will be a repeat performance of the first. That was then, this is now. All indications are that we should be looking forward and not back in anticipation of how it will be this time.<\/p>\n

Of course, one cannot blame us if we are twice shy. Chiron’s first return to Pisces in a long generation took place last April. It was closely co-incident with the Sun’s movement into Taurus. It was almost immediately followed by the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. That, and an inconvenient volcano in Iceland had many of us wondering whether earthly life as we know it was on a slippery slope. While the votes are still out on that, the fact is that most of you are still here to read this and start comparing notes.<\/p>\n

So, what can we say is different this time? Posterity will probably have the final word on that. We can, however, start by going back to the beginning of this blog and note that Chiron is not only controversial but compelling. Astrologers took to it almost immediately upon its discovery, using it more widely and more quickly than Pluto was utilized. It was in the right place at the right time. The symbolism of wounding and healing was part of what people were thinking about in the 1970s. Unfortunately, that led to a bit of sound-bite hype.<\/p>\n

Saying “wounded healer” and leaving it at that does not, in retrospect, do justice to the Chiron of either the mythology or the astrology. The most constructive and useful approach would appear to be something a little more complex and substantially more sophisticated. Please allow us to break that down and build it back up. First, the word exceptional comes to mind. In the mythology, centaurs were not ordinary creatures and apparently there were not a lot of them. In addition, among these rare and compelling beings, Chiron was a notable exception himself. Giving favor to intellect over instinct, brains over brawn, he proved the potential of his kind to express both physical and mental prowess. His immortality, also unique among his kind, made him not only a fitting intermediary between animal and human but also a living bridge to the gods. All of that resonates with Chiron as a bridge between the trans-personal and historical planets.<\/p>\n

Also, the circumstances and nature of Chiron’s famous wound suffered at the inadvertent hand of Hercules, is not a simple paradox of the greatest physician unable to heal himself, although that is a part of it. On a grander scale it has to do with a holistic approach to any problematic phenomenon. The wounding of Chiron and its ultimate resolution were part of bigger scenarios. He and his example were symptomatic of something more widespread, indicating something about the vary nature of his epoch, his reality and those who were a part of it. Chiron’s predicament of being an immortal with a mortal wound served to focus attention first on his example and then expand that awareness beyond the specific to the whole.<\/p>\n

Astrologer and Chiron scholar Melanie Reinhart also brings the word “transition” to the table as expressing the effect of awareness expanding from the particular to the whole. We have repeatedly referred to 2011 as a transitional year from the cardinal T-square of 2010 to the new, longer cardinal squares starting in 2012 between Uranus and Pluto. The return of Chiron to Pisces at this time might have something to do with that, with a consciousness that will assist us on a personal level with the historical transition taking place. This transition requires both the individual and the collective to acquire our consciousness and apply awareness to the changes we have in common.<\/p>\n

Taking up from where we left off last Thursday, there is one other thing that is notable about this second return of Chiron to Pisces. It is taking place in the midst of two notable cases of mutual reception, one of long standing and the other of recent development. That, dear friends, is where we will begin tomorrow.<\/p>\n

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