Chiron Enters Aries and Saturn Stations -This Week’s Astrology

“When you forgive, some deeper, divine generosity takes you over…when you cannot forgive, you are a prisoner of the hurt done to you.” John O’Donohue

“Healing is a process, a movement, a transition towards balance, connected-ness, meaning and wholeness. Healing is a movement, not an outcome.” Richard Katz.

Chiron, the asteroid of the Wounded Healer,  ends his eight year transit through the sign of Pisces when he enters Aries this week on the 17th.  Chiron is associated with the kind of chaos that results from emotional wounding or wounding to the soul.

The ancient shamans say that when trauma occurs, a piece of the soul fragments off. Their ritual of soul retrieval calls back the fragmented piece resulting in a renewed level of wholeness. The ending of Chiron’s transit this week signals the end of a cycle and the start of a new one. It is an excellent time to call the end to any chaos in your life around emotional issues; to evaluate what you have learned up to this point so you can move forward with a clean slate.

Saturn stations direct this week also. Saturn teaches us about the rules of the road and is also the stern, wise father figure or authority figure who teaches about  what we must to in order to be effective in implementing our goals and life purpose. Rudolf Steiner wrote about it this way,

“To resolve our past
Requires knowledge.

To forge our future
We need courage.

To experience the present
We must develop dedication.

Our thinking needs
Riddles to wake up.

Our feeling needs
Pain to mature.

Our willing needs
Resistance to become strong.”

Mercury Retrograde Ends Sunday

“In Buddhist psychology, addiction to thought is seen as a major obstacle to enlightenment, because when our attention is focused on thought, we cannot experience reality.” Andrew Weil

“So much of our experience is predicated on the consciousness with which we enter it.” David Whyte

When Mercury stations retrograde or direct, it is associated with a culmination of information. It bodes well at this time to take into consideration any information  of this nature which surfaces – now through early next week.

Mercury stations in early Aries and along with the New Moon in Aries on Sunday, this time represents a significant threshold to a new beginning. It is a good to reconsider how you think about approaching endeavors and if new more innovative approaches might be more beneficial to future outcomes.

 

Mercury Prepares to Station and We Enter New Territory

” When the Atlantic meets the Pacific, the waters are turbulent. When one major historical epoch meets another, the psychic and emotional waters are turbulent. Navigating these waters is difficult, but mastering the waves brings an exhilaration that those living in less exciting times will never know.” Marianne Williamson

“To change something build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” Buckminster Fuller

Mercury is now slowing down and preparing for its direct station on Sunday April 15  at 4 degrees of Aries. This is the same day as the New Moon in Aries. At the time of the station the Sun and Moon will be conjunct Uranus – the planet of discovery, of invention of innovation. This is a major reset time both mentally and emotionally.

The Moon will be squaring Pluto at this time – making it a good time for catharsis or for letting go of nonproductive thought and emotional patterns. It is an excellent time to approach things in a new way from a fresh perspective that is innovative and open to possibilities.

Between now and then it bodes well to decide what needs to stay and what needs to go.

One of the Sabian symbols for the Mercury station is,” A white triangle is seen; it has golden wings.” Lynda Hill