I-B. WHAT IS CHIRON?

B. Astrology

Chiron is a major astrological body. Oh, if we had known it was a comet when it was first discovered, or if we had known how small it was, we might have ignored it astrologically. But then, if astrologers had known how small Pluto was when it was discovered, they would have ignored it too! Can you imagine doing a chart now, and leaving Pluto out?

Chiron is the leading body in a whole new classification: Centaurs. The first companion for Chiron, Pholus, was discovered in January 1992...which was an important month for Chiron. That was the month the Chiron moved closer to us than Saturn, for the first time in over fifty years. So as Chiron entered the 'inner circle', so to speak, he introduced us to the first of his many friends. (Incidentally, later that year, astronomers discovered the first of the many bodies beyond Pluto....1992 QB1, which is now designated 15760 Albion.) And three years later, with Chiron only months away from the closest to the Sun it can get, astronomers began to discover planets circling other stars for the first time in history. I have heard some astronomers calling the past few years the beginning of the Golden Age of Astronomy.....and one of the things the mythological Chiron taught his pupils was astronomy.)

This group of Centaurs now includes, in addition to Chiron: Amycus (55576), Asbolus (8405), Bienor (54598), Chariklo (10199), Crantor (83982), Cyllarus (52975), Elatus (31824), Hylonome (10370), Nessus (7066), Okyrhoe (52872), Pelion (49036), Pholus (5145) and Thereus (32532), and many other as-yet-unamed bodies (unnamed because the astronomers do not have enough data on their orbits to calculate them exactly.) From personal experience, I can tell you that Pholus and Nessus are definitely important astrologically, and you should definitely look into them. Each in their own way has a purpose to help us become more whole. As you will see below, Chiron links Saturn and Uranus. Pholus, it turns out, links Saturn and Neptune, while Nessus links Saturn and Pluto. (You can read more about these bodies, and a few others, by clicking here.)

OK, let's focus on Chiron now.

IMPORTANT NOTE Before we go any further, I think it is important to understand that we can only know Chiron's position as far back as Jan 1, 675, and as far forward as Dec 31, 4649. Why? Outside of those dates, due to close encounters with the planet Saturn, Chiron's orbit becomes impossible to determine. No historical events prior to 675 can show Chiron's position accurately. So if you see a birth chart for Jesus or Muhammad which includes Chiron, you will have to see that Chiron position as purely speculative.

What is Chiron's true symbol? Take a side trip to the Chiron glyph page.

What is Chiron's nature? Let's start with some KEYWORDS.

The following is excerpted from "Essence and Application: A View From Chiron.". Click on the keyword to read an explanation.

HEALING/WHOLEMAKING

MAVERICK

QUEST

GUIDE

KEY

DOORWAY

CHIROS

LOOPHOLE

QUALIFIER

Here are some other words and phrases for Chiron: Teacher, Guru, Mentor, Fosterparent, Turning Point, Now, Catalyst, Bridge, Link, Steppingstone, Passageway, Common Ground, Union of Opposites, Holistic, Personal Imperative, Pulling the Plug, Balance, Mediator, The Passage from Dependence to Independence, Turning the Corner, Therapy, a Koan [in Zen Buddhism], A Wound that will not Heal, a way to break free of a matrix, Synergism, Essence.

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One way to tell the nature of a newly discovered body is to look at major events in the world around the time of that body's discovery. Chiron was sighted 1977, so here are a few events from 1976-78 which relate to Chiron:

1976:

Genentech, Inc., was founded, a biotechnology company dedicated to developing and marketing products based on recombinant DNA technology.

Synthesis of a bacterial gene accomplished for the first time.

Parents of Karen Ann Quinlan get approval from the New Jersey Supreme Court to disconnect their comatose daughter's respirator.

California passes the Natural Death Act, the nation's first Living Will law.

First reported commercial surrogate motherhood arrangement in the U.S.

1977

First successful gene transfer.

The first home pregnancy kit comes out.

Methods developed for rapidly reading the sequence of base pairs in any stretch of DNA.

Introns discovered.....interrupting sequences in genes which are not translated into protein.

The first human gene is cloned.

The major functions of a small protein called Ub (short for ubiquitin) were discovered in 1977. (This is especially intriguing because Chiron was first designated 1977 Ub.) It is composed of 76 amino acids, and involved in many cell processes. It plays an important role in regulating the cell cycle, is involved in DNA repair, embryogenesis, the regulation of transcription, and apoptosis (programmed cell death). This last one is most intriguing...it seems that once ubiquitin is attached to a protein, another series of enzymes is activated that literally grabs the protein bound to ubiquitin and rips it apart. While Ubiquitin had been discovered several years earlier, until 1977 no one had any idea what its functions were. (A special thanks to Jonathan Dunn for bringing this discovery to my attention. Jon writes "Colorful descriptions of one its main functions are a "death tag" or a "kiss of death"....This reminds me of the mythic Chiron's "grateful choice of death".")

*Carl Woese discovers a third branch of the tree of life! Up until then, scientists thought here were only two: Eubacteria ("True bacteria", mitochondria, and chloroplasts) and Eukaryotes (Protists, Plants, Fungi, Animals, etc.). But Woese found the Archaea. These living creatures looked like bacteria but had DNA that more closely resembled the Eukaryotes.

1978:

First successful mammalian gene transplant.

Louise Brown, first "test tube baby", is born (conceived 1977, in vitro fertilization)

The genome of the virus SV40 is determined. This is the first step in working out the human genome.

Success at getting a strain of micro-organism to produce human insulin, paving the way for a large commercial production of this necessary compound.

* ARCHAEA

Carl Woese discovery changed the life sciences, much in the way Chiron's discovery changed astronomy. Previously, it seemed that the two branches of life were totally separate, without any connection. But as Carl puts it, "Before, one had the prokaryotes over here and the eukaryotes over there," he says. "The relationship was a wall. With archaea, that relationship is a bridge we can cross."

These creatures are the ones that live everywhere else...places where no other entity can survive. To quote from the Introduction to the Archaea page, "Archaeans may be the only organisms that can live in extreme habitats such as thermal vents or hypersaline water. They may be extremely abundant in environments that are hostile to all other life forms."

It is fitting that they were discovered at the time Chiron was found, a planet that is known to swing between the extremes of Saturn and Uranus.

A special thanks to Dale Smith for bringing the Arcaea to my attention.

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CHIRON'S PERIHELION & PERIGEE Well, 1996 was the year Chiron moved closer to the Sun and Earth than anytime since it was discovered. The former, perihelion, occurred Feb. 14, 1996, 1:35 pm EST (6:35 pm UT), while the later, Perigee, April 1 at 2:38 am EST (7:38 am UT). (No comments please about the similarity between people making fools out of themselves on Valentine's Day, and April Fools' Day. It just goes to show you that Chiron has a sense of humor.)

As I mentioned earlier, Chiron moved closer to the Sun than Saturn in January 1992 (on the 23rd, to be exact.) It moved out past Saturn again on January 11, 1999.... one month before Pluto moves out once again past Neptune (approximately February 10, 1999.) This should be quite an interesting year....especially since it culminates in the first Chiron/Pluto conjunction (Dec. 30) since 1941!

In case you'd like to study what happened in the world, the last time Chiron was as close to us as it was in 1996, here is that info:

Year	Phase
1943	Chiron Crossing Saturn's Orbit Moving Inward March 7, 1943
1945	Perihelion Aug. 29, 7:57 am EST (12:57 pm UT) 4 Libra 29 (conjunct Neptune!)
1945	Perigee Mar. 22, 5:19 pm EST (10:19 pm UT) 0 Libra 05
1948	Chiron Crossing Saturn's Orbit Moving Outward June 13, 1948

Juan Antonio Revilla has further perihelia and aphelia, not only for Chiron, but for the other Centaurs as well, some as far back as the 1700's, at http://www.expreso.co.cr/centaurs/astronom/apheldata.html

What do the perihelion and perigee mean? Well first, we need to look at both Chiron's orbit, and what it means as it passes through each sign.

If you read the astronomy section, you know that Chiron's orbit of almost 51 years connects it to both Saturn and Uranus, and the astrological essence of Chiron is summed up in this concept. But what isn't as apparent is the effect this has upon how long it stays in each sign. In Aries, when it is at furthest from the Sun, Chiron will stay about 8 years. But when it moves within Saturn's orbit, into the sign Libra, it takes less than 1-1/2 years to speed through the sign. So Chiron's influence in Libra is the most hurried, and events in the world related to this transit occur sometimes at breakneck speed.

When Chiron enters a sign, the world focus on the most basic, root problems at the heart of things ruled by the sign its in. So for example, during the early 1970's, Chiron was in Aries. The newspapers called it the "me generation", as the focus turned toward discovering the self, asserting the self, gratifying the self. At the root of Aries is the idea of beingness....the I am...self-knowledge. And so the focus was overcoming any obstacles leading to self fulfilment. (Interesting how Chiron spends the greatest amount of time here, isn't it?)

Well, when Chiron went into Libra, the problems we to focus on are exactly the opposite: how to deal with the not self. Libra focuses on all dealings with others on an equal, one-on-one basis. Partnerships, both marriage and otherwise. Equality and fairness. And, because Chiron turns our attention to the most basic core problems....the essence of a sign, Libran crises aplenty are turning up. Anywhere there is an unbalance, you can bet Chiron will be shining its light there. Relationships going on the rocks, as people are realizing exactly what their relationship was really built upon, and also because people are beginning to understand what they really want from a partnership. Other relationships, the rules are being totally rewritten as a result of this passage. In the world around us, injustice, unfairness, inequality....we cannot turn away.

So, as Chiron rushes through the sign it spends the least amount of time in, the changes it brings happen so swiftly we can barely catch our breath. Chiron's Perihelion marks a major turning point in Chiron's cycle, for now it has once again begun its journey outward toward Uranus. Just like other turning points, it's degree (14 Libra 04) will be a sensitive point for many years to come, showing the path humanity needs to take toward healing our imbalances. Check out the Sabian Symbol from Dane Rudhyar's "The Astrology of Personality": "A stack of machinery parts; all are new and all circular. Perfect and effortless participation in the universal order."

And the Perigee marks Chiron's most intense seeding of lessons to humanity here on earth. The degree is 11 Libra 07. Rudhyar says: "Miners are emerging from a deep well into the sunlight. Depth of particpation in the world's work. Whole-souled giving of self to service; or inability to bring self to effort." Let us hope we all turn toward Chiron, and toward the sunlight.

Another thing to take note of is when Chiron is at 0 degrees declination. Why is this significant?

The Celestial Equator is a projection of the Earth's equator into the night sky. It is not the same as the plane of the Ecliptic because (as in the diagram above) the Earth's axis of rotation is not exactly at right angles to the Ecliptic. This tilts the celestial equator to an angle of 23.45 degrees to the Ecliptic.

Astrologers are very familiar with this tilt when it comes to the apparent path of the Sun around the Ecliptic. The Earth's axis is currently tilted so that it always points in one direction, roughly towars Polaris the northern pole star. In the course of one year, as the Earth orbits the Sun this means that the Earth's North Pole goes through two extremes. These are when it points 23.45 degrees towards the Sun (the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, or 0 Capricorn) and 23.45 degrees towards the Sun (Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemsiphere, or 0 Cancer.) At the midpoints between the two - the Equinoxes (0 Aries, 0 Libra) - it neither points away from nor towards the Sun. On these Equinox dates if you stood on the Equator and looked straight up, the Sun would be directly above you at mid day. Hence the Equator and Sun are exactly aligned at that moment. At these Equinoxes, Celestial Equator and the Ecliptic are lined up, and the Sun is 0 degrees of Declination.

When the Sun is at one of the two Equinoxes (0 Aries), at 0 Degrees Declination, we say it is the beginning of the Solar or zodiacal year. Days begin to get longer and longer. At 0 Libra, it is the halfway point, afterwhich nights begin to get longer and longer.

With Chiron, however, the two Chironic 'equinoxes' occur over twenty years apart, when it is in either Virgo or Pisces. Which one is the start of the Chironic year? Since Chiron has been associated with healing and wholemaking, I propose the Virgo point as the start. From there, Chiron spends the next 20-some years focusing on trying to heal the problems, bringing things together to a perception of the larger whole at the Pisces point. What do you think?

Here is a table showing the dates of Chiron at 0 Declination from 1894-2015. We could create a Chironic zodiac, marking the Pisces point as 0 Aries, the Virgo point as 0 Libra, and dividing the interval into 12 signs. It would make an interesting experiment:

DATE	U.T.	LONGITUDE
Mar 3 1894	5:13:53	18 Vir 20
Aug 14 1894	5:40:25	21 Vir 49
Oct 2 1915	3:16:56	19 Pis 34
Apr 8 1915	11:56:10	20 Pis 12
Feb 20 1916	17:53:11	20 Pis 53
Sep 12 1944	22:16:02	21 Vir 54
Jun 18 1964	20:07:18	18 Pis 47
Oct 2 1965	0:01:56	19 Pis 22
Apr 7 1965	3:10:25	20 Pis 02
Feb 19 1966	4:25:54	20 Pis 43
Oct 15 1994	20:12:37	19 Vir 58
May 1 1995	21:32:49	20 Vir 14
Jul 4 1995	16:47:58	22 Vir 01
Apr 18 2015	5:38:57	19 Pis 40
Sep 18 2015	5:33:17	18 Pis 56

Chiron entered the sign Scorpio on Dec. 29, 1996. It dropped back into Libra for a few months during 1997, before firmly establishing itself in Scorpio. And on Jan. 7, 1999, it entered the sign Sagittarius. Here is a table of Chiron's sign entrances, and stations, since it entered Libra in 1995.....up to the year 2027. All positions are for UT, and were calculated by Juan Revilla's "Riyal" program. The "R", of course, is when it retrogrades back into the previous sign.

SIGN CHANGE	DATE	U.T.
Vir to Lib	Sep 9 1995	14:28:15
Lib to Sco	Dec 29 1996	11:17:01
R Sco to Lib	Apr 4 1997	16:47:38
Lib to Sco	Sep 3 1997	3:26:09
Sco to Sag	Jan 7 1999	10:29:48
R Sag to Sco	Jun 1 1999	9:48:55
Sco to Sag	Sep 22 1999	2:32:57
Sag to Cap	Dec 11 2001	23:05:44
Cap to Aqu	Feb 21 2005	17:35:23
R Aqu to Cap	Aug 1 2005	3:43:54
Cap to Aqu	Dec 6 2005	1:06:32
Aqu to Pis	Apr 20 2010	6:32:40
R Pis to Aqu	Jul 20 2010	9:40:34
Aqu to Pis	Feb 8 2011	19:58:15
Pis to Ari	Apr 17 2018	8:11:01
R Ari to Pis	Sep 26 2018	0:11:45
Pis to Ari	Feb 18 2019	9:09:17
Ari to Tau	Jun 19 2026	21:19:05
R Tau to Ari	Sep 18 2026	1:54:17
Ari to Tau	Apr 4 2027	14:58:28

WHERE IS CHIRON NOW?

There are many places you can turn now to find the position of transiting Chiron. Ever since Neil Michelsen began including Chiron's position in his ephemerides, many years ago, it has been showing up almost everywhere. Of course, my own "Essence and Application" has an ephemeris for Chiron from 1900-2050, and I have the current positions on another page of this site, but sometimes it's nice to have a little ephemeris right in your pocket.

"Jim Maynard's Pocket Astrologer" is an ideal solution. There is a year-long ephemeris for Chiron in the back (for every 5 days), as well as Ceres, Pallas, Juno and Vesta; a daily ephemeris for all the planets; aspectarians, eclipses, and more. And it also comes in two other sizes, a book-sized "Celestial Guide" and a wall-calendar called "Celestial Influences."

You can find these in most bookstores, but if you can't get them where you are, they are published by Quicksilver Productions in Oregon, and their phone number is (541) 482-5343.

*****CHIRON, SATURN AND URANUS***** Chiron spends most of its orbit between Saturn and Uranus, and astrologically is the bridge or link between those two bodies. Here follows Chiron's conjunctions, squares and oppositions with each of those two bodies. Take special note of how many exact Chiron/Uranus oppositions there have been this century! All times are Eastern Standard Time. Conjunctions, which represent the beginning of a cycle, are underlined.

SATURN CHIRON CYCLE 1900-2028 (CYCLE BEGAN 1966)

SATURN	CHIRON	ASPECT	DATE	U.T.
14Li09	14Ar09	180	Nov 11 1922	11:44:07
16Li51	16Ar51	180	Apr 4 1923	14:49:53
19Li47	19Ar47	180	Sep 20 1923	1:48:04
23Pi52	23Pi52	0	Apr 13 1966	3:50:24
9Sa18	9Ge18	180	Feb 25 1986	13:14:00
16Sa45	16Ge45	180	Jan 13 1987	15:32:23
19Sa38	19Ge38	180	May 15 1987	0:33:35
25Sa15	25Ge15	180	Dec 30 1987	5:17:17
29Sa33	29Ge33	180	Jun 16 1988	11:50:42
4Cp29	4Ca29	180	Dec 22 1988	13:48:32
9Cp55	9Ca55	180	Jul 12 1989	2:00:10
14Cp29	14Ca29	180	Dec 22 1989	12:17:32
20Cp51	20Ca51	180	Jul 30 1990	18:36:11
25Cp25	25Ca25	180	Dec 29 1990	20:44:52
2Aq23	2Le23	180	Aug 11 1991	8:16:49
7Aq26	7Le26	180	Jan 14 1992	16:08:55
14Aq33	14Le33	180	Aug 15 1992	7:39:33
20Aq37	20Le37	180	Feb 7 1993	1:15:10
27Aq20	27Le20	180	Aug 14 1993	21:00:10
5Pi00	5Vi00	180	Mar 11 1994	15:28:59
10Pi41	10Vi41	180	Aug 9 1994	14:30:00
20Pi35	20Vi35	180	Apr 24 1995	3:45:54
24Pi21	24Vi21	180	Jul 28 1995	9:38:49
12Ca24	12Cp24	180	Sep 25 2003	18:34:42
13Ca14	13Cp14	180	Oct 24 2003	11:56:41
21Ca34	21Cp34	180	Aug 15 2004	8:43:05
25Ca13	25Cp13	180	Dec 28 2004	5:30:29
0Le37	0Aq37	180	Jul 21 2005	8:10:53
6Le03	6Aq03	180	Feb 20 2006	5:01:44
9Le02	9Aq02	180	Jun 20 2006	18:20:18
6Ta51	6Ta51	0	Jun 8 2028	16:27:28

URANUS CHIRON CYCLE 1889-2043

URANUS	CHIRON	ASPECT	DATE	U.T.
4Sa11	4Sa11	0	Jan 12 1898	10:07:14
10Ca11	10Cp11	180	Feb 2 1952	1:49:57
11Ca44	11Cp44	180	May 23 1952	19:51:38
15Ca47	15Cp47	180	Jan 23 1953	13:29:44
18Ca27	18Cp27	180	Jul 6 1953	0:33:56
21Ca21	21Cp21	180	Jan 5 1954	0:03:14
24Ca42	24Cp42	180	Aug 7 1954	20:16:15
26Ca46	26Cp46	180	Dec 20 1954	16:19:29
0Le40	0Aq40	180	Sep 6 1955	15:26:56
2Le00	2Aq00	180	Dec 5 1955	21:13:36
6Le27	6Aq27	180	Oct 8 1956	18:00:09
14Vi13	14Pi13	180	Nov 13 1964	12:20:12
14Vi47	14Pi47	180	Dec 31 1964	14:24:10
18Vi20	18Pi20	180	Nov 11 1965	6:23:54
19Vi16	19Pi16	180	Jan 22 1966	8:55:45
22Vi25	22Pi25	180	Oct 23 1966	4:48:04
23Vi40	23Pi40	180	Feb 9 1967	21:35:01
26Vi29	26Pi29	180	Oct 15 1967	6:16:51
28Vi00	28Pi00	180	Feb 27 1968	6:55:20
0Li31	0Ar31	180	Oct 6 1968	19:29:34
2Li18	2Ar18	180	Mar 15 1969	5:47:25
4Li31	4Ar31	180	Sep 29 1969	12:28:47
6Li34	6Ar34	180	Apr 1 1970	3:23:53
8Li31	8Ar31	180	Sep 22 1970	3:40:51
10Li50	10Ar50	180	Apr 18 1971	7:38:03
12Li30	12Ar30	180	Sep 14 1971	10:56:47
15Li06	15Ar06	180	May 5 1972	4:58:05
16Li29	16Ar29	180	Sep 5 1972	1:19:19
19Li24	19Ar24	180	May 24 1973	13:47:56
20Li27	20Ar27	180	Aug 26 1973	5:12:34
23Li46	23Ar46	180	Jun 16 1974	18:01:41
24Li24	24Ar24	180	Aug 12 1974	15:03:54
13Sa59	13Ge59	180	Aug 17 1985	10:55:12
14Sa36	14Ge36	180	Oct 1 1985	1:13:37
18Sa51	18Ge51	180	Jul 23 1986	15:41:21
20Sa26	20Ge26	180	Nov 8 1986	0:06:55
24Sa00	24Ge00	180	Jul 4 1987	21:02:54
26Sa26	26Ge26	180	Dec 11 1987	12:52:26
29Sa18	29Ge18	180	Jun 13 1988	23:11:19
2Cp46	2Ca46	180	Jan 18 1989	12:40:49
4Cp43	4Ca43	180	May 18 1989	15:01:22
17Le25	17Le25	0	Nov 14 2042	2:08:44
16Le46	16Le46	0	Jan 1 2043	3:21:05
14Le35	14Le35	0	Jun 14 2043	15:39:39

Another interesting line of exploration is the interaction of Chiron with the Saturn/Uranus midpoint. In the 20th Century, this has not happened very often.

The first occasion was January 1-2, 1900, at 19 Sagittarius. This must have been an interesting year! Looking more closely at that chart, Saturn and Uranus were the two end planets of a stellium. Chiron was conjunct the N.Node and Mercury at 20 Sagittarius, and Pallas at 21 Sagittarius. At the same time, Pluto (15 Gemini) and Neptune (25 Gemini) were opposing the stellium.

Later that year, there was another almost exact conjunction. Around August 1, 1900, Chiron was 19 Sag 15, and the Saturn/Uranus midpoint was 18 Sag 54. Due to retrogradation, there were no more exact conjunctions that year.

On April 19, 1907, Chiron reached the Saturn/Uranus
midpoint at 17 Aquarius 35.

And as far as I have been able to determine, there has not been another exact Chiron to Saturn/Uranus conjunction since!

While there were not a lot of times in the past 150 years when Chiron was conjunct the Saturn/Uranus midpoint, there were quite a few exact oppositions to the midpoint (or as some would say, conjunct the contra-midpoint.) Here are the ones since 1850:

Chiron in Opposition to Saturn-Uranus-Midpoint

04 NOV 1868, Chiron 26 Pis 15, Saturn/Uranus 26 Vir 15
27 MAR 1869, Chiron  0 Ari 14, Saturn/Uranus 0 Lib 14
25 SEP 1869, Chiron  1 Ari 42, Saturn/Uranus 1 Lib 42
12 JUL 1870, Chiron  7 Ari 44, Saturn/Uranus 7 Lib 44
10 JAN 1984, Chiron 28 Tau 09, Saturn/Uranus 28 Sco 09
01 APR 1984, Chiron 29 Tau 24, Saturn/Uranus 29 Sco 24
25 DEC 1984, Chiron  4 Gem 29, Saturn/Uranus 4 Sag 29
02 MAY 1985, Chiron  6 Gem 38, Saturn/Uranus 6 Sag 38
18 DEC 1985, Chiron 11 Gem 10, Saturn/Uranus 11 Sag 10
23 MAY 1986, Chiron 14 Gem 00, Saturn/Uranus 14 Sag 00
17 DEC 1986, Chiron 18 Gem 13, Saturn/Uranus 18 Sag 13
07 JUN 1987, Chiron 21 Gem 35, Saturn/Uranus 21 Sag 35
23 DEC 1987, Chiron 25 Gem 44, Saturn/Uranus 25 Sag 44
15 JUN 1988, Chiron 29 Gem 26, Saturn/Uranus 29 Sag 26
02 JAN 1989, Chiron  3 Can 46, Saturn/Uranus 3 Cap 46
19 JUN 1989, Chiron  7 Can 36, Saturn/Uranus 7 Cap 36
21 JAN 1990, Chiron 12 Can 28, Saturn/Uranus 12 Cap 28
16 JUN 1990, Chiron 16 Can 05, Saturn/Uranus 16 Cap 05
20 FEB 1991, Chiron 21 Can 59, Saturn/Uranus 21 Cap 59
04 JUN 1991, Chiron 24 Can 49, Saturn/Uranus 24 Cap 49

21 APR 1992, not quite exact. Closest it gets is:
	      Chiron 3 Leo 32, Saturn/Uranus 2 Aqu 41

That Saturn/Chiron conjunction has intrigued me for years. One of my favorite singers, Edie Brickell (who not too long ago married Paul Simon), was born during that aspect. In history, the voiceprint was introduced as evidence in a criminal trial for the first time, exactly one day before the aspect was exact, and the day after the aspect, anti-war protestors demonstrated at the New York Stock Exchange, actually bringing a halt briefly to trading. Two days after, the Soviet vehicle Luna 10 in orbit around the moon obtained a reading of the lunar surface that proved that the moon had a crust, similar to earth, and that humans could stand upon it. Three days after the conjunction, Sandoz, the country's only legal distributor of LSD, recalled all of the hallucinatory drug that it had been distributing to scientists.

I'd love to hear your feedback on Chiron. E-Mail me today! Mr.Chiron@zanestein.com

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