Mars Opposes Chiron

Mars Opposes Chiron - Healing Our Identity

"You better pay attention, build your comprehension
There's gonna be a quiz at your ascension"

— Godspell - Learn Your Lessons
Stephen Schwartz

As we move through the waning phase of an extraordinarily powerful lunar cycle, we seem to be presented with increasingly complicated situations that force adjustments and increased understanding. Intuition does not give us as much help as we might hope and we are faced with a number of obstacles that seem to be coming from 'external sources'. However, for the most part, our challenge throughout this lunar cycle has been to clearly articulate our honest intentions and follow through with both determination and adaptability. Recognizing and correcting the issues that surface this week aren't likely to be nearly as complicated as we believe. As well, the more that we focus on who or what we believe is 'standing in our way' or 'blocking our path', the less ability we have to fully comprehend that importance and value of the adjustments that we are being asked to make. The healing assistance that is offered by the Mars/Venus/Chiron connections — Mars opposes Chiron while Venus trines Chiron and sextiles Mars — can seem more challenging that it may actually be. For some, the lessons may seem to be quite harsh, while others find themselves faced with an important 'review' of past lessons learned. The key is to understand how we may be getting in our own way and avoid quickly finding fault with what others may be asking of us. Last week's Pisces Full Moon Eclipse (September 7, 11:08 AM PDT 15° Pisces/Virgo) offered a rather buoyant trine to Jupiter — without showing us an obvious 'price tag'. As the Moon wanes in light, we can begin to recognize various 'details' might not be quite what we had hoped. Even so, with enough empathy, faith, and compassion — for both ourselves and those around us — the lessons offered this week will provide everything we need in order to adapt effectively and move forward. Next week's Virgo New Moon Solar Eclipse (12:53 PM PDT 29° Virgo) will provide more focused intellectual insight than we may expect. Both the Sun and Moon will quickly move beyond the oppositions to Saturn and Neptune and form a Grand Air Trine with Uranus and Pluto, suggesting considerable ability to recognize new opportunities as they are presented — if we can avoid becoming distracted by what seems to have been taken away.

Our confidence wanes throughout the day on Sunday, encouraging isolation or withdrawal. But there are important lessons to be learned and significant adjustments that can be made. For some, Monday may feel more like a 'review', while others may find that the lessons feel rather harsh. With awareness, we can appreciate the amiability without falling prey to any deceptive flattery or other suggestions that we're only in for 'smooth sailing' moving forward. Deep empathy and compassion is called for on Tuesday but balance and awareness is also needed. There is an extremely complicated environment, demanding careful adjustment and steady attention. There is complicating mix of compassion, idealism, and intellect in Wednesday. Essentially, we're quite stuck in trying to 'think it all through' without clear signposts or guidelines. Thursday's intellectual activity can be easily steered towards deception and manipulation or sometimes a 'too clever by half' operation that only leads to significant confusion. The need for balance and awareness is critical but easily misunderstood. Ultimately, Friday's challenge seems to be to find a way to be completely honest and direct about what we really want to accomplish. In essence, any lack of clarity in our intentions requires attention and adjustment. Complications reach an intense culmination on Saturday. The main obstacles actually seem to be centered around difficulties 'holding things together' — when we might do better to allow them to fall apart.