Venus Conjunct Chiron & Sun Square Pluto April 21st, 2024: Alchemizing Pain Into Strength & Wisdom

If you've been going through the ringer since around March 20th, the turning point in your healing journey has arrived - but stay alert to insecurities triggering power dynamics.

Today, Venus in Aries is going to be passing by Chiron in Aries, but at the same time, the Taurus sun (under Venus' rule) is squaring up to Pluto in Aquarius on it's way to Tuesday's Scorpio full moon climax and release.

This means that there's a definite possibility that deep fears and insecurities might get triggered.  The trick is to stay aware of motives and focus on reclaiming your personal power from it.  True power has no need to control or manipulate - this happens inside of you.

Don't be surprised if you are being called to let go of something for good between now and mid-week.

Venus conjunct Chiron in Aries is the third to last of the "healing of heart and self" aspects triggered by Mercury's retrograde in Aries, and the actual turning point.

This is because today's Venus-Chiron conjunction is a "one-hit wonder," unlike Mercury conjunct the north node coming midday April 24th through the 25th as Mercury stations direct, and the third and final Mercury-Chiron conjunction coming on May 7th. 

This entire healing journey was kicked off on March 20th, equinox, right before we entered the eclipse portal on the relationship axis of the zodiac, when Mercury crossed paths with Chiron for the first of three times.

Venus' alignment with Chiron is a potent turning point in this journey not just because this is a one-time aspect, but also because Venus brings blessings - it's like a healing balm to the wounds to self represented by Chiron in Aries.

Yes, this IS about love and relationships. 

Yes, it likely came up with the March 25th south node full moon eclipse in Libra - that "breakaway" eclipse that came to show us the old relationship patterns and dynamics that are no longer serving and actually holding us back from stepping into a stronger, healthier sense of self and getting the love we want.

At the heart of the matter, it's about your relationship to yourself, your unshakable belief in your value, worth, and deservingness to get the love you want.

Those old patterns of settling and over-giving and people-pleasing - those all stem from a false and limiting belief - an idea you picked up along the way that stuck and became a subconscious program in your life - that you aren't actually good enough, so you better prove yourself, and perform, and keep those around you happy if you want to even get scraps of love and attention.

Over the past few weeks, those old patterns have probably gotten to be painful to the point of intolerable.  Maybe spirit has had to step in and blow up a relationship that you were unwilling to consciously let go of to clear your path forward.

Maybe you've been having lots of big emotions come up "out of nowhere," like grief and anger (or the tip of anger with deep grief right beneath it needing release).

Maybe you've been experiencing cases of "the ickies" - suddenly feeling the hot flash of embarrassment, humiliation, or shame coming over you, making you want to disappear and hide.

Maybe you've been having headaches and body aches and brain fog as your body processes and releases decades of blocked and stuck pain, fear, and emotions.

It's been quite a ride, yes?

And keep in mind this doesn't have to be coming up just in your intimate relationships - this could be coming up in your career, in social groups, through family dynamics, around money & abundance, through health issues, or even creative self-expression.

No matter how you are experiencing it, the root is the same - it's about your belief in your own inherent value and your right to exist, to have needs and desires, and to get those met.

As of today, you are through the hard part.

This is your turning point.

As we move through Mercury direct conjunct the north node on April 24th and 25th,
Venus into Taurus on April 29th, Mars into Aries on April 30th, and Mercury's third and final meet up with Chiron on May 7th (happening in tandem with the Taurus new moon), we are in the "resolution" phase of everything that's been coming up since mid- to late March.

The Scorpio full moon square Pluto on Tuesday, April 23rd, will be the final letting go.

Right now, as Venus passes over Chiron, hold yourself with love and compassion and don't be afraid to be vulnerable.  You are healing those old wounds - transcending them - and alchemizing that old pain into newfound strength, wisdom, and light.

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