A New Leaf​ – Aries

Two other astrological signatures upon us that bear this same Aries “start-up” energy are the Jupiter-Chiron conjunction in Aries, and the upcoming ingress of Pluto into Aquarius on March 23. The entry of Pluto into a new sign is the start of a larger transformative cycle affecting culture worldwide. Likewise, the conjunction of any two planets (regardless of the sign) signifies an Aries-type event, in that it begins a cycle, during which the faster planet will eventually cycle around the wheel until it once again meets the conjunction point with the slower planet (or asteroid, in the case of Chiron). It will take 13 years for Jupiter to cycle around and return to its next conjunction with Chiron.. 

♈ With an Aries imprint flavoring this new cycle, we will be pioneering a new way of integrating the disparate energies of Chiron, known as the Wounded Healer, and Jupiter, the Teacher, who spreads its meaning-making messages with faith and optimism (‘it’s all good-ness’!), operating within the social/cultural sphere of life. In the flavor of Aries, there will be a marked passion about this endeavor, ranging from resentful fury to optimistic enthusiasm.

Chiron energy initiates from a position of lack, signifying where we have felt invalidated or unrecognized by others, not good enough. It often implies a childhood wound, where we felt abandoned, and not nourished. This initial pain is something we may feel impelled to heal, depending on the prominence of Chiron in one’s chart. Often this healing can involve offering ourselves to others (in the realms described by both our natal Chiron imprint, and where it is transiting through our chart now), to serve or heal them, to give them what we never got—as, being wounded ourselves, we are deeply sensitive and compassionate in this area. 

In offering our special gifts in this way, we can also ultimately heal ourselves and grow in consciousness. Of course, as with all archetypal imprints, there is a potential downside here, which is that, if we are off center, Jupiter could expand and intensify our sense of helplessness, or bitterness for not being recognized or given a seat at the table. So we must be wary not to let those feelings take over. Applied with enough healthy detachment, if Chiron succeeds in its original intent, it offers the potential to evolve as healer of self and others. 

So, when we combine this with benevolent Jupiter’s tendency to expand and teach about what it touches, to want to integrate it into the social realms, there is the potential for a powerful union of (Chironian) depth and (Jupiterian) breadth (like Oregon’s magnificent Crater Lake, below), and of the lessons reaped from pain and meaning-making—not unlike the disparate juxtaposition of the Saturn in Pisces configuration I talked of in my Hunger Moon offering, in its containing of inner depths within outer structures.