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Chiron: the wounded healer

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It feels like we’re living in tumultuous times. The 21st  Century is presenting its fair share of problems for humanity, though our mindset appears to be shifting towards a more scientific viewpoint - perhaps in the hopes that it will save us from our ongoing and emerging challenges. Yet there’s no doubt astrology is enjoying a resurgence, as it often has done throughout history, particularly with Gen Z. The reason may be just as surprising, in that it’s fulfilling our need for a shared mythology, something that dominated society for millennia before religion came along. But in a largely scientific world, why would mythology (like religion) continue to have any relevance or meaning for us? The answer is that its value goes far deeper than we might think.   Astrology can open the door to greater self-awareness and insight, by encouraging us to analyse ourselves, specifically our behaviours and motives, even if that's only based on mythology. Astro-lingo has become quite commonpl