Yes. Chiron has been retrograde since August 3, at 29°27′ Aries today. It stands still and turns forward on January 6 and is clear of its shadow on April 28. Day 59 of 156.
The healer who cannot heal himself walks back to the wound and asks it, quietly, what it taught his hands.
| Entered shadow | April 10 at 7:17 AM | 26°15′ Aries |
| Stood still, turned back | August 3 at 6:34 PM | 0°51′ Taurus |
| Stands still, turns forward | January 6 at 9:13 AM | 26°15′ Aries |
| Leaves shadow | April 28 at 5:03 PM | 0°51′ Taurus |
Chiron is a small body that crosses between Saturn and Uranus, named for the centaur who taught heroes their arts and carried a wound no art could close. It retrogrades for about five months of every year, seeming to back through Aries while the Earth passes it; nothing in the sky reverses. Astrologers who work with Chiron read the interval as a return to an old hurt, made to find out what skill it left behind rather than to open it again, since every teacher in the myth learned first by being wounded. The season is quiet and often private, a visit paid to a grave one tends alone. The retrograde ends when Chiron stands still and turns on January 6; it clears its shadow on April 28.
Retrograde from 0°51′ Taurus, the degree of a clear mountain stream moving over smooth stone, back to 26°15′ Aries, the degree of an opportunity once lost in the world returns through the imagination. One hundred fifty-six days.
Chiron today: 29°27′ Aries, the thirtieth degree. A duck pond with its brood swimming close.
Chiron is a small body that crosses between Saturn and Uranus, named for the centaur who taught heroes their arts and carried a wound no art could close. It retrogrades for about five months of every year, seeming to back through Aries while the Earth passes it; nothing in the sky reverses. Astrologers who work with Chiron read the interval as a return to an old hurt, made to find out what skill it left behind rather than to open it again, since every teacher in the myth learned first by being wounded. The season is quiet and often private, a visit paid to a grave one tends alone. The retrograde ends when Chiron stands still and turns on ; it clears its shadow on .
Chiron retrogrades every year for about five months, on a lopsided fifty-year orbit that keeps it the better part of nine years in Aries and under two in Libra.
| Enters shadow | Stands still, turns back | Stands still, turns forward | Leaves shadow |
|---|---|---|---|
27°09′ Aries | 22°35′ Aries | ||
0°51′ Taurus | 26°15′ Aries | ||
4°40′ Taurus | 0°01′ Taurus |
About 40 percent of people were born with Chiron retrograde. Enter a date and time and Moondark will tell you, along with the Moon’s sign and phase and whether she was void.
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