Chiron – Moon Square – Finding Balance

A square between planets is not a sentence, but a storehouse of incredible possibilities, although not everyone understands this. The intense struggle between the participants in the aspect creates problems on the event level of life. It will not be possible to reconcile them once and for all, but this is not necessary. Inner tension gives rise to a strong desire to succeed in the areas where the planets are located. Most importantly, it helps the native find the missing character trait, talent, or skill through which the principles of the aspect’s participants can shine brightly.

Chiron always acts as such an irritant for the Moon that it explodes with a powerful spectrum of emotions the native may not even suspect they possess. The trigger point will be the sphere of the House and sign where the Moon is located. Themes of the First, Fourth, Sixth, and Twelfth Houses play out especially painfully, and if Fire signs are involved there, it becomes impossible to restrain emotions. They need to be transformed, which is exactly what Chiron expects.

The Dangers of the Chiron – Moon Square

If something wounds the native, and in the area of the Moon’s placement most situations will always touch them to the depths of the soul, the person tries to restrain negative feelings for the time being if the night luminary is in the Water or Earth element. But when it is placed in Fire or Air sectors, the explosion happens faster and more powerfully. The release of emotions and destructive actions occurs through Chiron’s sharpness and sarcasm, when the person begins to:

• behave in a way completely disproportionate to a minor incident that another person would not even notice, while the native turns a molehill into a mountain;
• joke inappropriately and loudly, making offensive and vulgar comments toward those who have hurt them, even though this is usually not typical of them;
• act the fool in public, deliberately playing the role of the fool, jester, or aggressor, although afterward they will feel ashamed.

In rare exceptions, Chiron manifests through the higher energies of forgiveness, letting go of the situation, and accepting the offender on the astral level as a teacher. However, if the native has not reached this level of development, they should listen to their intuition. The problem is that it is easy to confuse it with the voice of an offended ego. But if it truly is intuition, then strange actions may prove to be the only correct way out of the problem, even if they shock others.

A weak Chiron suppresses the person’s emotions and offers false images of reality. The native becomes spiteful and tedious. They become aware of their ability to hypnotize people while in the agitated state created by the tension of the Chiron – Moon square, but use this power without regard for ethics and for personal gain.

The Moon – Chiron Square in Relationships

By itself, the aspect contributes to the accumulation of disappointment, pessimism, and disbelief in a favorable outcome in personal relationships, but other factors must also be taken into account. If the Moon is harmonious and strong, and there are positive connections with personal planets, Chiron should not be given too much importance. It is a true teacher, pointing to the absence of the positive qualities of the planet connected with it. By expressing lunar principles of mercy, maternal love, involvement, and kindness, the person neutralizes Chiron’s treacherous traps.

However, owners of an unaspected Moon, a Moon in fall, a Moon in the first degrees of a sign, or a Moon in opposition to other planets will have a difficult time. Women feel the action of the Chiron – Moon square especially sharply. It manifests:

• in difficult relationships with the mother, who is emotionally cold or demanding, does not understand the chart owner, mocks her, or does not value her;
• in insufficient expression of maternal energy: the woman simply does not know how to raise her children and express love, or reacts too intensely to everything connected with the child, from increased anxiety to “leave me alone, solve your problems yourself”;
• in dislike of elderly women, including the native’s own mother, mother-in-law, or any old women on the street;
• in spitefulness, pettiness, and quarrelsomeness.

If the aspect is not worked through and the woman follows her emotions blindly, a woman with the Moon – Chiron square may remain alone in old age. Men have similar problems with the mother, and after accumulating inner tension in childhood, they release it toward her through Chiron by means of mockery and devaluation. In relationships with the wife, however, the picture is the opposite: they are attracted to sharp-tongued women with whom they can quarrel passionately and exercise their talent for biting remarks.

Working Through the Chiron – Moon Square

However, the native’s higher karmic task is to heal the wounds created in the sphere of the Moon’s influence. Men and women equally need to heal mothers, wives, and elderly women from emotional coldness, lack of restraint, and misunderstanding of the emotional sphere by showing true, compassionate love.

The native should begin, of course, with the mother and grandmother, forgiving and accepting them as they are. Women are advised to prepare morally for future motherhood by accepting the fact that children may irritate them and evoke not only positive feelings. They will have to restrain themselves from making cutting remarks toward the younger generation and try to approach controversial issues objectively.

The Chiron – Moon square may indicate a threatened miscarriage if the Fifth or Sixth House is involved, but in reality this is usually only a worsening of the expectant mother’s condition and does not lead to true tragedy.

Men may have a complicated wife, especially if the Moon is in the Seventh House. It is possible that she will have a double life or secrets of her own.

To harmonize the aspect, women are advised to wear cacholong and moonstone, only genuine moonstone, not a fake made of colored glass, while men are advised to wear white agate and jade.  ✓