Whether in transit or in your natal chart, Sun conjunct Chiron is a synonym for a “healing crisis”.

When we have a Sun-Chiron transit, something inside us cracks. And that’s a sign that healing is about to begin.

However, before healing occurs, the Chiron ‘symptoms’ of shame, guilt, and inadequacy often become more intense and painful than ever.

This intensification is precisely how healing works. If you stay with the pain and don’t run away from it, you will eventually heal.

Think of it like having an infection on your leg and taking antibiotics. After two or three days, you might start to feel worse. Why? Because the antibiotic has killed the infection, and now your body is dealing with the toxins and dead pathogens.

Your body becomes temporarily overloaded, which is why you feel sick. This temporary discomfort is actually a sign that the treatment is working, even if it doesn’t feel that way.

Similarly, you first have to bring whatever is ‘wrong,’ repressed, or unacceptable about yourself to the surface – so you can finally deal with it.

If you want to heal, there is no other way around. You have to face the pain.

Sun Conjunct Chiron – The Wounded Healer, The Shaman, The Alchemist

In astrology, Chiron stands for our deepest wound, for holistic healing (which only happens when we integrate the wound) and for our greatest gifts and talents (which become gifts ONLY when the initial wounds are purged and transformed into something greater).

In fact, there are three archetypes associated with Chiron: The Wounded Healer, the Shaman, and the Alchemist. 

Turning The Wound Into A Gift

But how it is possible to turn a wound into a gift?

The answer is the so-called healing crisis. A healing crisis means we fully embrace the wound.

When we allow the wound to become a part of who we are, we achieve wholeness. We reintegrate. We become ONE. We become who we were always meant to be.

Your wound was never something to be ashamed of, yet we often push it away into the recesses of our psyche.

In the shadows, these wounds grow deeper and more profound. They become dense and sacred. Neglected and abandoned, they find a way to cope with the loneliness, with the separation from the rest of who we are.

And when we finally integrate the wound, something miraculous happens. That primal wound, that part of us we once rejected, finally finds its place in the bigger picture of who we are.

We become whole. The pieces of the puzzle finally come together. This is when healing happens. When all the broken parts of ourselves (including the wound) come together as a whole.

When we go through pain, we accept that pain is a part of us, and in doing so, we accept the part of us we were trying to hide. That’s how we heal.

Healing Crisis And Holistic Healing

Chiron rules holistic healing.

In fact, we could argue that true healing can ONLY be holistic. Anything else offers, at best, temporary relief—addressing symptoms rather than the root cause. The only way to truly HEAL is by integrating all the fragmented parts of ourselves into a unified whole.

In astrology, the Sun symbolizes the Spirit. Each one of us is the Sun, having a human experience.

It makes sense that when Chiron (the Wounded Healer, the Shaman, and the Alchemist) meets the Sun, we have the opportunity to heal.

Healing is preceded by a healing crisis. When experiencing a Sun-Chiron transit, healing doesn’t magically happen; it’s usually preceded by a temporary worsening of symptoms.

But if you stay with the discomfort instead of numbing it with drugs, positive thinking, or other escape mechanisms, and allow the process to unfold, healing will eventually follow.

Pay close attention to your thoughts and feelings. Notice where you resist your emotions. Rather than running from them or trying to rationalize them away, sit with these thoughts and feelings. Let them deepen within you and allow Chiron’s medicine to work.

Just as Chiron was half-human, half-horse, half-mortal, half-immortal, we are a mix of broken parts. Some parts we accept and identify with, while others we reject or despise.

When you feel shame, guilt, or inadequacy, ask yourself: which part of me am I trying to hide or ‘fix’? That very part is the one you must learn to embrace and love.

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