You are at : Astrology

 

Also in this topic is:
Signs of the Zodiac	Ascendant
The Planets	Chiron

Astrology

CHIRON

CHIRON, THE PLANET

The Planet Chiron was discovered by Charles Kowal on 1 November 1977. While it behaves in a planetary fashion, it is physically a comet, made up of ice and debris. Chiron is estimated at 100 to 400 miles in diameter. It has an inclination of 655.8' and a mean sidereal period of 50.68 years. Chiron was originally called "Kowal's Object" and its symbol is derived from this -- a "K" over an "O" forming a key.

Astrologer's assign Chiron rulership of different Signs or none. Among those suggested are Sagittarius, Scorpio and Virgo. Its nature has been described by such keywords as "maverick," "doorway" and "passage." These last two make the key-like symbol of this Planet additionally appropriate.

Chiron's highly elliptical orbit crosses that of Saturn frequently and that of Uranus occasionally. It links, therefore, the Personal and Trans-Personal Planets and, symbolically, that part of ourselves which we see and understand as ourselves with that part of ourselves we don't see and, therefore, believe to be part of something else.

Chiron was named by its discoverer after the wise Centaur of Greek Mythology.

CHIRON, THE GOD

The God Chiron was the son of Saturn and his niece Philyra. To hide his union with Philyra from his wife Rhea, Saturn took the form of a horse. Because of this, Chiron was born with the body and legs of a horse, with the head, arms and body of a man where the horse's neck and head would normally be. Chiron was the first of the Centaurs -- half-human and half-animal offspring of mating between Gods and animals or between humans and Gods disguised as animals. Chiron was the only one who manifested the best of human qualities instead of the worst of animal qualities.

Chiron and Jupiter were half-brothers. Jupiter was the son and heir of Saturn and his wife Rhea. Saturn was in the habit of eating his children to protect his position as ruler of the Gods, but Rhea fed him a rock when he came for Jupiter. She hid Jupiter with Chiron in his cave, the Chironian. Eventually Jupiter overthrew Saturn, just as Saturn had supplanted his own father Uranus.

Chiron married the Naiad (water sprite) Charicles and they had a daughter, Thea the Prophetess. Thea is a name sometimes given to the Moon.

Chiron became the greatest of teachers. He was a master of the arts and music, of riding, hunting and warfare, of healing herbs, surgery and astrology. Chiron was also an oracle and a quest guide. He taught his students to achieve strength thru the balance of these various disciplines, though none were able to emulate his universal mastery. Among the Centaur's students were Achilles, Jason, Actaeon, Peleus, Hercules, Orpheus, Aristaeus and Asclepius.

Whether by accident or intent, Chiron was wounded by one of Hercules' arrows which had been smeared with a poison Chiron himself had taught Hercules to make. Faced with an eternity of excruciating pain, Chiron gave his immortality to Prometheus and died. Jupiter placed his beloved brother in the sky as the constellation Sagittarius

If you would like an indepth examination of yourself or someone you know Alinda can offer Astrological charts and show you what Chiron reveals about you - Click here.

 

Also in this topic is:
Signs of the Zodiac	Ascendant
The Planets	Chiron