by Lynn Hayes
One of the big astrological events for 2009 is the triple conjunction of Chiron and Neptune with Jupiter that will culminate at the end of May when all three planets are within 1 degree of each other in Aquarius. Although the exact conjunction won’t occur until February 17, 2010, Chiron and Neptune are within a degree of a conjunction now, so this planetary event is definitely well underway.
So what will this mean for us? Chiron teaches us to face the old wounds of our past and allow ourselves to be healed, opening us up to greater wisdom and understanding that we can then pass along to others. Neptune inspires us towards a more transcendent experience of our lives that encourages us to recognize the impermanence of life’s mysteries. However, each of those planets have a darker face as well that can arise. If we resist the Chiron experience we can become stuck in our own wounds, unable to see that they are of our own making and unable to let go. If we resist the Neptune experience we can feel confused or become deluded by our fantasies and illusions.
Both Chiron and Neptune pose difficulty for the expression of the ego. Chiron requires that we process the wounds of the psyche before the ego can manifest in a truly healthy form, and Neptune calls for the transcendence of the ego into the divine unconscious: “from a drop of water to the endless sea.” In Aquarius that transcendence of the ego is even more important as Aquarius is a transpersonal sign; the sign that loves mankind but isn’t so crazy about people as individuals. The new “
transhumanism” is a signature of Aquarius, in which technology and innovation are used to perfect the human being.
Because of this transpersonal nature of Aquarius, it is not the sign best suited to the kind of emotional processing that is required by Chiron. Where Scorpio will delve deep into a rich depression and excavate the psychological wisdom that can be found there, Chiron in Aquarius may instead retreat into a world of technology where life is more easily managed and the emotional component is less compelling. The result of this can be a core loneliness and isolation that is not easily rectified. On the other hand, there is also a brilliant innovation at work under the influence of Aquarius, and Chiron in Aquarius can bring about new and unique healing modalities that occur as conventional wisdom is rejected and new ideas brought forth. Aquarius is doubly ruled by Saturn and Uranus, and Chiron is the bridge between them so with Chiron in Aquarius we have a linkage between form (Saturn) and trans-form (Uranus).
In the conjunction, we sometimes get the best of the planets involved and sometimes their more difficult faces, depending on how we approach them and how they affect the rest of our charts. With Chiron and Neptune working in tandem, we are being called to deepen our spiritual experience of life in a body (Neptune) through feeling and releasing the pain of being human (Chiron). Barbara Hand Clow, whose book
Chiron: Rainbow Bridge Between the Inner & Outer Planets
is a wonderful resource, says that Chiron and Neptune serve to “bring the higher self into space and time” where we can become both grounded into our true natures under Chiron’s influence, and fully aligned with our higher self (Neptune) at the same time.
posted April 6, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Hey Lynn,
Hah!
Thanks for offering your thoughts on this conjunction. It’s my feeling this is going to have a much greater impact on people’s lives than they realize. Neptune dissolves barriers allowing Chiron in to do his work and Jupiter magnifies the results, forcing all of us to look!
Neptune and Chiron are currently squaring my ASC from my third house so naturally I’m paying attention…..
posted April 8, 2009 at 12:23 am
Good piece, Lynn – thanks!
Seems this conjunction points us to the Aquarius 27º Sabian symbol: An Ancient Pottery Bowl Filled with Fresh Violets (Rudhyar).
Sensing we’ll all be ‘taken aback’ by this…
posted April 8, 2009 at 6:33 am
Just like astrology i would recommend Saral Vaastu for an individual to get rid of the bad period of life. Vastu is an art which manipulates energies for betterment of life.
posted April 9, 2009 at 8:42 am
Very good analysis. A few additional points: Saturn is in Virgo until the end of September 2009 and will come into exact opposition to Uranus in Pisces during this long stretch of the three, Chiron, Neptune & Jupiter, in Aquarius. Since Neptune & Jupiter are co-rulers of Pisces and there is the Saturn in Virgo opposition, there is an intense conflict being negotiated represented by this opposition and the signs Virgo and Pisces as well as Aquarius.
If we chart Aquarius as the domain (1st house) of the conjuction, then what is indicated is 2nd house (Pisces) versus 8th house (Virgo) [opposition], which would have to do with finances and exact accounting of joint finances. The Neptune, Jupiter, Chiron conjunction in Aquarius is being deposited in Pisces by Uranus and opposed by Saturn in Virgo.
posted April 9, 2009 at 8:10 pm
Thanks Your Name – and please feel free to include website URLs so we know who’s here. I think though that you meant to say that the conjunction is disposited in Pisces, rather than deposited.
posted May 23, 2009 at 10:32 pm
Well, I can vouch for the conflict with Uranus in pisces 11th, I say who will be my friend!! As for the 2nd house theory I’d have to call that my chiron issue of worth of which pain/hurt got stuck!!!awhile back. I said I would go back to live at school where I could get respect but you know I doubt that will be this lifetime.The finances are a mess all over the place with an elder committed in one scenario and relieved of finances, and people trying to claim partnerships evasively and wanting to know one’s finances in another direction. Messy, Messy. Well, I’m ready, bring it on.