Sun square Chiron: Accepting Pain as an Ally

The Sun is the brightest point in our sky, and tracking its movement through the zodiac allows us to be in a clear and vital contact with the ever-unfolding events of life and evolution. This is a time of great learning for the human race, and we are lucky to be able to turn to astrology as a powerful tool to keep our fingers on the pulse of those currents of higher learning we wish to move toward, in alignment with our evolving understanding.

Today, as the Sun continues to travel through Sagittarius, he reaches a square (or 90-degree) aspect with Chiron, the Wounded Healer, in Pisces. Sagittarius is a sign concerned with exploration, higher learning, and expanding our conscious awareness. Chiron in Pisces speaks to a collective uncovering of the regions inside each of us that have been wounded in the past and may yet heal. This square between the Sun and Chiron could be inviting you to look far more deeply into the places within you of pain and wounding that are preventing you from bringing your piece of higher knowing, and of sacred natural order, into your endeavors and your life.

Chiron energy can be seen as tri-fold: it is simultaneously wounded, healing and empowering the healer in you, moving you through different phases, yet always at work. It actually presents you with an endless spiral of evolution, wherein pain is discovered as a vehicle for transformation and metamorphosis. As the evolution is fulfilled, a permanent form of wisdom is gained. This process is not a destination, a magical place where the pain suddenly disappears, but is rather a journey. Your pain, once debilitating, but having been at least partially healed, lingers on in continuing stages of further evolution, and represents a reminder of where you have been, and of the awareness gained.

So when that wave of grief and sadness knocks at your door, invite it in. Accept the pain within your heart as a dear and old friend. Ask what it yearns for, what it needs, what wisdom lies within its shrouds, wishing to blossom you into new life. In knowing and accepting these places of wounding within us, we can also accept and have greater compassion for others in their suffering. As we wind down this year and head deeper into the dark of winter, this square aspect, while brief, touches an important element of the human experience, reminding us to be kind to ourselves and to others; gentleness and acceptance being the key ingredients.

For those in whom this archetype is more pronounced, there could be a question of purpose that comes up. Why continue forth in this cycle of pain, healing, and growing awareness? In what way does wisdom actually serve? We might be able to answer, by surveying our depths, that the journey in and of itself is valuable beyond words. If each of one of us were to take the time, effort, and willingness of heart required, to embark upon this healing voyage, why then, that could transform the whole world. When we heal ourselves, in holographic effect we also heal each other, and give others the opportunity to be in service to still others, setting foot upon their own healing journey.

Sun square Chiron: Accepting Pain as an Ally

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