Chiron and The Dawn of 2006

The circumstances under which something begins, whether considering it from an astrological perspective or a more mundane point of view, reveal the atmosphere and conditions under which it will develop.

In paying attention to the energies at play as the year begins we can choose to engage these energies, to 'catch the wave' and benefit from the natural momentum by focusing on projects that are harmonious with, naturally graced and blessed by the current conditions.

2006 dawned with the Moon, setting the emotional tone, universally, in Aquarius, sign of progressive, visionary pursuits; equality; humanitarian endeavors; evolution; and science, meeting up with Chiron, The Wounded Healer and Venus, The Goddess of Love. The Moon rules our needs, family, the unconscious and emotions. Venus rules love and money, our desires, relationships, fair play and aesthetics. Chiron, activated on New Year’s Day by the feminine principles of Moon and Venus, points to women, nurturing and love as initiating energy foretells a year of healing the Divine Feminine within us all, through humanitarian activities, out-of-the-box thinking and progressive methods

Chiron in Aquarius, shows us the path of healing for this period until 2010, which will include healing through or within groups, alternative medicine, energetic healing, healing through technology, healing through networks, and unconventional, innovative, cutting-edge healing methods. Conversely, we can also experience wounding in these realms.

Chiron has a fifty-year cycle, spending a little more than four years per sign, so many of the issues that are beginning to arise today, had their genesis in the people and circumstances born in the mid to late 1950’s. Those of us born between 1955 and 1960 were born with Chiron in Aquarius, and may be the ones to lead the healing charge during this period as the issues inherent in this cycle are those we know intimately and are reviewing as Chiron returns to the place it was when we were born.

Chiron’s message is that we are only as strong as our weakest part; once that has been addressed and attended to we become more aware and stronger in those places, able to offer the benefit of our experience to others. At that point our perspective and our reality improve greatly. Freed of old pain we are liberated and able to more easily create that which our heart desires.

January always begins with the Sun in Capricorn, the sign of taking care of business. However, this year along with all the new activity in Aquarius on New Year's Day, the Capricorn Sun was in a favorable relationship with Mars, The Warrior of the zodiac, (initiation, pioneering and taking action) now moving through the sign of Taurus (money and values). The Sun (mass consciousness) working positively with Mars creates an environment in which it is easier to establish and maintain a maximum stride. A true atmosphere of cooperation is possible under these circumstances, wherein everyone's energies are more likely to be in synch so that the whole system functions well and all are supported in their part of the process.

Here's to a most auspicious 2006!