Chiron Sign Astrology: Your Healing Superpower

Understanding your Chiron sign can reveal your core wound in this lifetime, and also hold the key to unlocking your personal superpower.

From April 17, 2018 until April 14, 2027, Chiron transits Aries, marking a new era of healing from anger, violence and self-hatred.

Where does Chiron come from?

According to Greek mythology, Chiron was a healer, philosopher and teacher who, ironically, could not heal himself. Chiron’s placement in the chart can reveal a core wound that may take a lifetime to work through. But don’t distress: our Chiron placement is also our secret power! As we grapple with pain, we gain wisdom that we can pass on to others like a magical salve. In fact, the symbol for Chiron is shaped like a key since unlocking his powers opens up a portal to deep, inner peace.

Where is Chiron in the sky?

Chiron orbits between two intensely oppositional planets—uptight, restrictive Saturn and liberated, revolutionary Uranus. His role as the metaphysical mediator can help us synthesize the energy of both. Where do we hold ourselves back (Saturn) and where can we be destructively rebellious (Uranus)? We must understand both extremes in order to find the middle ground.

In Astrology and the Rising of Kundalini, author Barbara Hand Clow refers to Chiron as the “rainbow bridge” between Saturn and Uranus. Aptly named, since integrating the full spectrum of emotions is the key to wholeness.

The meaning of Chiron in astrology and your Chiron sign

While Chiron generally stays in a single zodiac sign for eight years, when he enters Saturn’s orbit, he can buzz through a single sign in under two years. (It’s up to him whether he wants to undergo outpatient surgery or opt for a longer course of therapy.)

Since Chiron takes approximately 49 years to journey through all twelve zodiac signs, we all go through a “Chiron return” near our 50th birthdays. At this point, our core wounds may rear up for another round of therapy, especially if we’ve resisted doing any deeper self-examination. Of course, there’s always farther to go!

Between ages 49-51, the “Chiron return” (when Chiron returns to the sign it was in when you were born) will certainly insist upon soul searching. If we’ve “done our work” we may be called into leadership roles that allow us to spread our wisdom and flex our healing gifts at this time.

Interestingly, Chiron was originally classified as an asteroid, but has gone through an identity crisis of his own. He’s now considered a Centaur—part of a class of bodies orbiting between the asteroid belt and the Kuiper belt—and has been leveled up to “minor planet” status while simultaneously being categorized as a comet. Meanwhile, there are talks of calling him a dwarf planet, like his bro, karmic Pluto. But whatever his planetary pedigree, understanding his influence, your Chiron sign, can be downright medicinal.

Chiron transit dates

In Aries, April 2018 to April 2027

From April 17, 2018, until April 14, 2027, Chiron visits assertive Aries, making a couple pit stops in Pisces and Taurus along the way. Isn’t it (Ch)ironic? Aries it the sign of the self, while Chiron is a benevolent giver. For these nine years, we must use the Aries traits of righteous anger, self-confidence and putting ourselves first in service of a bigger goal. With gun violence at a staggering high and the world more polarized than ever, perhaps Chiron in Aries will help heal the divide.

Chiron retrograde dates

Note that due to several retrogrades (Rx), Chiron weaves in and out of Pisces and Taurus during its transit:

• Apr 17, 2018   Aries
• Sep 25, 2018   Rx into Pisces
• Feb 18, 2019   Aries
• Jun 19, 2026   Taurus
• Sep 17, 2026    Rx Aries
• Apr 14, 2027   Taurus

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The meaning of the placement of your Chiron sign in the 12 zodiac houses of your chart