Chiron Retrograde 2021 By: Erin The Urban Mermaid
July 18, 2021On July 15th, 2021, Chiron, the dwarf “non-planet” went retrograde in the sign of Aries and will be staying there until December 19th, 2021. Chiron seems to be a bit of a mystery to many, but no worries FireandLux fam, we’re here to give you low-down on Chiron and the significance of this transit.
The roots of Chiron go way back to ancient Greek mythology. Chiron was a centaur who was rejected by his mother as she was not a willing participant in his conception. His real father was the God Kronos and he took on horse form when pursuing his mother. Therefore her labor was excruciating, a human giving birth to half man, half horse. And he served as a reminder of the horrific incident, so she abandoned him.
He was adopted as a God by Apollo, after enduring the trauma of being rejected (the OG of childhood wounds), and accepted by the Gods.
He pushed himself to excel at everything Apollo taught him including the healing arts, which he would use to help others, the typical overachiever behavior to cover his wounds.
Chiron was both wise and sensitive. Later in life he acquired an excruciating injury during a scuffle caused by another warrior that would haunt him eternally as he was immortal. Despite all the healing modalities he had learned, he could not cure himself and suffered. Chiron eventually exchanged his immortality in a deal with Zues so he would no longer have to bear the pain.
This little asteroid Chiron was appropriately named after this Greek tale. In astrology, Chiron represents our core emotional wound, our childhood traumas that develop in the early parts of our life and we carry on with us. It’s the thing we are so good at helping others with, but can’t quite help ourselves. Chiron stays in each sign a few years and sometimes will go back and forth between signs, depending on the degree it is stationed and retrogrades. At the moment we have had Chiron in Aries since 2018 and we are heading into the retrograde period.
What does this look like for us?
Now is the time to allow those triggers that come up to be worked through. It is a time for healing our traumas. Having this retrograde in Aries, the wounds show up in regards to our identities.
Who are we truly? We are re-evaluating everything from triggers about our image to how our emotions affect us personally to our independence.
Aries represents the self and with that, our path of independence. It might be time to review any toxic relationships we are in and release them, trusting we are strong enough to stand on our own two feet. Self-love will be extremely important during this period, when working through wounds, we want to make sure we are showing ourselves love and compassion. The old stories about ourselves we’ve programmed ourselves into believing can resurface. It’s time to shatter that narrative once and for all. We must work through any shame or guilt we carry in regards to who we are.
Please note, if you have a Chiron or your Sun sign in Aries, Cancer, Libra or Capricorn you are most likely to be affected by this retrograde heavily as you all share the Cardinal sign bond.
Allow the healing to occur FireandLux fam! Healing is never linear, it can be challenging, painful and messy because if it was easy, we could not grow from it.
About Erin: Erin is a mother, writer, intuitive empath, 5D soul guide, esoteric healer and spiritual business mentor. She works with empaths and lightworkers on their spiritual journeys in unconscious energy healing and is a psychic tarot and intuitive birth chart reader. Erin is the host of the #groundedandglam Modern Mystics and Motherhood podcast on iTunes and Spotify and you can watch her on her YouTube channel. She is currently doing a Shift Your Vibes Energy Session via Zoom every Tuesday and Thursday at 5pm PST. Contact her to book any of her services. You can find her at: