Key Term: “I heal”

Wound: Control

Gift: Self Healing

 

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What is Chiron? 

In 1977, astronomers discovered a small planetary body orbiting between Saturn and Uranus. They named it Chiron.

 

In Greek mythology, Chiron was a centaur, half human, half horse, who carried a wound that never fully healed. What makes his story worth telling isn't the wound itself, it's what he did with it. He became one of the most respected healers and teachers of his time, training some of mythology's greatest figures, all while living with an injury he could never cure in himself. He couldn't heal his own wound. He became a master at healing everyone else's.

 

That's where the name Wounded Healer comes from, and it's the idea astrologers borrowed when they started reading Chiron in a birth chart. Wherever Chiron falls in your chart marks the place where an old wound and a real gift live side by side, the same way they did for Chiron himself.

 

Your Chiron placement isn't a flaw to fix. It's more like a key, a way in, to a pattern that's ready to be seen, a season of real change, or a wound that's finally ready to become something more useful than a scar. Working with it doesn't make the wound disappear. It's closer to what Chiron himself learned: until it stops being the thing that holds you back, and starts being the thing you understand better than almost anyone.

 

The key to healing pain is not found outside ourselves, but within. When we understand our own energetics makeup, we connect with the totality of who we are, and we begin to master our attributes through the power of alchemy. 

 

Chiron in VIRGO reading

If Chiron falls in Virgo in your chart, you bear the pain of compulsiveness, which can bring you unnecessary stress. You like to be in control and you are usually a perfectionist in whatever you apply yourself to. These attributes can make you overly analytical or even critical, not only towards others, but also yourself. The key for the Chiron in Virgo is to lighten up' and feel the joy of being in the moment.

 

The Old Echo

Virgo Chiron often carries an old fear that something inside you is fundamentally in need of fixing, and that if you could just be careful enough, disciplined enough, perfect enough, you could finally earn the right to rest. That fear tends to live directly in the body, showing up as symptoms, tension, or a low hum of worry that something is wrong even when nothing is.

 

The Push and Pull

You are very conscious of your body and appearance, and are usually interested in physical health and wellbeing. You can be quite fearful of health problems and may needlessly worry about small symptoms and ailments. This concern for your health is often rooted in a deep fear of illness. Fear regarding the health of the body can also manifest as a fear of growing old. Indeed, it is common for the aging Chiron in Virgo to see this maturation as a symptom of illness.

 

You have an acute sensitivity to physical pain, and may at times feel uncomfortable in your skin. As a result, you can possess a tendency to put unnecessary stress on your body. Fasting and dieting are often unhealthy pursuits for the Chiron in Virgo as they can cause you to feel even more discomfort in your body.

 

Working towards a nutritious, active and holistic lifestyle will best enable you to find peace in the physical experience. When you overcome the fear of illness you decode genetic pain and co-create new levels of healing and awareness.

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Because the Chiron in Virgo is so connected to their body, they also have a deep appreciation for sex and the sensations it creates. Sexual expression is important to your overall happiness, though you can be insecure regarding your sexuality. This can come from projection from others, a history of relationships that lack intimacy, or emotional distance between your parents.

 

The Need

​Your Chiron triggers you to embrace, rather than suppress, your natural ability to express love. When you conquer these limitations, intimate relationships will be a site of great healing for, you. Your Chiron compels you to experience and embrace the joy of pleasure and sensation. At its core, The Chiron in Virgo yearns to embrace the physical as a part of their consciousness or identity. This is connected to Virgo's astrological representation as the Goddess. Virgo represents the Earth and the healing potential of Gala, and those born under this sign are driven to embrace her healing power. 

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​Exploring caves and forests, visiting natural wonders and swimming in the ocean are all activities that offer you tranquillity and healing. Meditation is also a very healing practice for you, as is the study of alternative remedies. In fact, these practices are almost essential to the health of the Chiron in Virgo as they work with the body and the soul.

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If you work with yourself in this way, you will not experience so many learning curves through emotional/mental stress and physical symptoms.

 

What Tends to Trigger It

The Chiron in Virgo in so sensitive in their body that they cannot distinguish between emotional and physical pain. This causes you to fear vulnerability, placing considerable stress on your mental plane. As a result, you can be quite critical, stubborn and unwilling to relinquish control. You tend to be a perfectionist and can place a great deal of expectation on yourself and those around you.

 

This desire for perfection can cause some Chiron in Virgos to become workaholics; even when you perform high above expectation, you often find it difficult to relax and have fun. You may also have compulsive tendencies and desire rigid structure in both your home and work life. This fear of vulnerability and weakness is overcome through unconditional love.

 

When you develop love for yourself, you gain an innate connection to the Animal Kingdom and the Earth. The Chiron in Virgo heals when they reconnect to the Goddess, and the energy, wisdom, natural abundance and alchemical healing powers of Gaia.

 

The Chiron in Virgo lesson is to be able to hold energy while at the same time surrendering to the unexpected. You will often be triggered to allow flexibility, receptivity and openness into your life.

You therefore struggle with two conflicting forces, the dynamics of which offer you the greatest learning curves. When you balance these forces, your etheric body is able to receive the elements and energies of the Earth for physical healing, allowing you to master the creative principle of the Goddess. You hold the key to enable creative energy to flow, supporting the healing process of your body, and the co-creation of the reality you desire.

 

 

Your Gift, Self Healing

Rather than seeking to control or contain your physical energy, Chiron in Virgo encourages you to acknowledge and accept your vulnerabilities and imperfections. When you do this, you become open to a healing connection to the Earth and Gaia, supporting your awakening into higher consciousness. Through this connection to Gaia you gain the greatest gift of all, the Holy Grail itself; the ability to self-heal.

 

When you heal your wound, you have the potential to become a very adept healer in spiritual healing modalities, as well as in orthodox and alternative medicine. The Chiron in Virgo is compelled on a path of service in support of humanity's healing and evolution.