The Chiron Effect: Healing Our Core Wounds through Astrology, Empathy, and Self-Forgiveness

by Lisa Tahir

Overview

A guide to using astrology to identify your core wounds and heal them using psychological techniques, affirmations, and self-compassion

• Explains how the placement of Chiron in your birth chart identifies the core wounds and unconscious patterns that block empathy and self-forgiveness

• Offers a descriptive chapter for each of the 12 zodiac sign placements for Chiron, revealing how Chiron affects you psychologically, emotionally, sexually, spiritually, socially, financially, and intellectually

• Provides specific steps for each sign to shift self-destructive patterns as well as powerful affirmations infused with Reiki healing energy

We all have experienced disappointment, sadness, rejection, or the loss of something meaningful in our lives. When you are wounded, innate animalistic instincts for self-protection kick in as a means for survival. These behavior patterns are a natural and necessary coping strategy, at first. But many dwell far too long in these patterns and separate themselves from their source of inner wisdom and intuition.

Using astrology as a diagnostic tool, Lisa Tahir reveals how to use the astrological placement of the minor planet Chiron in your birth chart to identify the core wounds and unconscious patterns that block your capacity to have self-empathy and to forgive. Coining the phrase “Chiron Effect” to describe the magnetic pull that individuals have around specific areas of vulnerability, she explains how, like a raw nerve, the placement of Chiron describes what parts of our lives we might edit or hide for fear of being rejected as well as the areas of sensitivity where we are triggered. Offering a chart and online links to allow you to determine Chiron’s placement in your chart, the author explains how Chiron affects you psychologically, emotionally, sexually, spiritually, socially, financially, and intellectually depending on the sign and house it falls within. She outlines how to begin healing your core wounds through empathy and self-forgiveness, providing several steps for each sign placement to shift self-destructive patterns and learn to protect yourself as well as powerful affirmations infused with Reiki healing energy to help you anchor a new belief system.

As Lisa Tahir reveals, once identified, your personal Chiron placement can become the source of your greatest healing and empowerment. By recognizing your core wounding and learning to offer yourself empathy and forgiveness, you can finally break free from suffering, end self-sabotage, and allow your life to unfold in a new way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781591433958
Publisher:	Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
Publication date:	11/17/2020
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	389,642
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Lisa Tahir, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker. She is certified in EMDR Level I, in Reiki Level II, and as a thought coach through the Institute for Transformational Thinking. The host of the weekly podcast All Things Therapy on LA Talk Radio since 2016, she lives in both Los Angeles and New Orleans.

Read an Excerpt

From Chapter 6: Chiron in Aries—Core Wounding in Value and Worth

Chiron entered the sign of Aries on April 17, 2018 and will spend about 8 years here. Historically when Chiron occupied the sign of Aries, changes in laws were initiated regarding human rights, personal freedoms, and social change. Chiron in Aries is about taking actions to “break free.” It brought sexual revolution during the “Roaring 20s” and the 18th Amendment (prohibition) in 1919. Well, we all know that prohibition really meant no inhibition! It brought the groundbreaking Stonewall riots of 1969 in Manhattan and the first LGBT Pride Parade in NYC in 1970. The Watergate scandal broke, and our president resigned office. All this, and even more internationally, under the powerful influence of Chiron in Aries who encourages us to action, to speak our voice, stand for our rights, and be who we are! How does Chiron in Aries affect you as an individual?

As an individual with Chiron in Aries, your relentless search for a stable and strong identity drives your life experience. At the same time, the psychoastrology of Chiron in Aries also creates a concurrent and conflicting emotional experience, which makes you feel like you already have an identity, but you invariably judge it to be weak. As a result, you find yourself in situations time and time again where you minimize your own needs. In the worst-case scenarios, your needs have been neglected by others. This episodic neglect of yourself and your needs speaks to your self-diminishment and unresolved sense of value and worth.

Because you have become so attuned to others and their needs, sometimes it may be hard for you to even know what you want or need. It may seem that you have lost connection to yourself. It’s as if your selfhood may have been eclipsed and you are invariably not seen, heard, or validated.

This experience is disempowering to your self-confidence. And your ability to attract what you truly desire is obstructed. Instead of directly expressing your own needs, and to protect yourself from the pain of being under-valued and treated dismissively, you employ coping mechanisms of compensation and adaptation.

You run the risk of burnout in your profession and being unhappy in your personal life. This occurs because of consistent people pleasing and putting other’s needs first. Overextending yourself is an ingrained habit you employ to keep conflict low. Working to keep the peace in your family, group, or organization is a must.

You may suffer privately from feelings of isolation, while simultaneously hoping that one day you will suddenly be seen, loved, and valued for the generous-hearted person you are.

The way you approach love has been built around a false belief that you have to work hard to be loved. Let me invite you to consider something you did not learn in your childhood, but that you can now step into and fully embrace. Here it is: you don’t have to work hard to be loved, you are loveable, you are worthy, and you are good enough, just as you are.

Your work is to let go of the self-deprecating and defeating beliefs that hurt you. While allowing others to manage conflicts on their own, you can learn to possess and then express your personal preferences directly in positive and meaningful ways.

The psychological overlay of a wounded sense of self, coupled with the undervaluing of self, leads to feelings of depression, isolation, and unworthiness, this resulting in a sense of confusion about what to do.

While experiencing these difficult emotions it is easy to turn to maladaptive coping behaviors like self-harming through substance abuse/dependence and/or holding onto relationships and associations that no longer feel good or serve your highest good.

Often self-criticism and judgment of ourselves keep us in an unhealthy relationship or situation. We don’t want to give up and move on, so we may stay and self-medicate instead. Self-harming behaviors reinforce our sense of unimportance because we stand in condemnatory judgment of ourselves. We may act to present a public image of having it all together, yet we may suffer privately. Lessening the grip of self-judgment and increasing the presence of self-love in our lives creates the psychic and energetic space to cultivate our value and worth. By committing to the prioritization of our needs, we learn to value ourselves. Coupled with pulling back from overextending ourselves for others, we shift and begin to embody our true value and worth.

We must gently and lovingly hold ourselves accountable for not, in the past, showing up on our own behalf. We are not unworthy for having made mistakes. Our identity is not engraved with our mistakes. Every misstep is an opportunity to learn and grow, and then do something different next time.

Because the wounding to our core value and sense of worth occurred in childhood, our “inner child” needs to be given messages of empathy and tenderness. Our inner child is a younger ego construct within our adult ego state. She/he typically makes her/himself known when we feel hurt, vulnerable, anxious, avoidant, jealous, upset, ungrounded, angry, fearful, or self-doubting.

Our adult ego state often tells our vulnerable inner child self to “go away, be quiet, or hide.” If you repress these uncomfortable feelings of vulnerability to the point where the feelings become unconscious, they begin to drive your life in direction of self-sabotage, etc.

Transformation and healing of this wound comes through sending your inner child, adolescent, and adult ego states nurturing and love with messages of support and empathy. This begins a process of insourcing healthy self-esteem and positive feelings for yourself, instead of outsourcing that job to others, resulting in a roller coaster of emotions for you.

Daily guided meditations that focus upon forgiveness and love can accelerate the healing process. A plan of regular self-care can include setting aside the time and space to think and assess whether or not your commitments are truly serving you. . . .

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction Chiron and Psychoastrology® 1

1 Living Deeply into Each Moment 13

2 Initiating Change 30

Where the Rubber Meets and Road

3 The Power of Your Mind 43

4 The Foundation 55

Emotional Safety and Gratitude

5 Finding Chiron in Your Chart 76

And Understanding the Astrological Houses

6 Chiron in Aries 93

Core Wounding in Value and Worth

7 Chiron in Taurus 103

Core Wounding by Neglect

8 Chiron in Gemini 112

Core Wounding in Empathetic Attunement

9 Chiron in Cancer 118

Core Wounding by Abandonment

10 Chiron in Leo 123

Core Wounding in Creativity

11 Chiron in Virgo 131

Core Wounding in Managing Physical Health and Routines

12 Chiron in Libra 139

Core Wounding in Personal Independence

13 Chiron in Scorpio 147

Core Wounding in the Experience and Expression of Power

14 Chiron in Sagittarius 155

Core Wounding in Truth and Illusion

15 Chiron in Capricorn 161

Core Wounding in Responsibility, Achievement, and Success

16 Chiron in Aquarius 166

Core Wounding in Connection and Community

17 Chiron in Pisces 175

Core Wounding in Self-Care and the Immaterial World

18 Medicine for the Soul 182

Appendix

Chiron and the Psychoastrology® of the United States of America 189

Bibliography 194

Resources 197

Index 200

About the Author 207

Editorial Reviews

The Chiron Effect will be of interest to many and will greatly benefit readers.

Dalai Lama

Lisa Tahir brings astrological wisdom to life through reliable psychology. She speaks with honesty and passion, revealing traces of her own battle scars. Relatable, beautiful, and profound.

author of Practical Meditation for Beginners Benjamin W. Decker

In her groundbreaking book, The Chiron Effect, Lisa Tahir skillfully accompanies readers on a powerful journey to heal our deepest wounds. By sharing her personal story—as well as effective methods to break old trauma-based patterns, harness our minds for positive change, and embody unconditional love—Lisa teaches us how to become the free and joyful people we were always meant to be.

coauthor of Quest for Eternal Sunshine: A Holo Myra Goodman

This book is a tender, kind, and compassionate journey into how we heal our core wounds. It blends and weaves astrology with selfhelp healing, creating an integrated approach to the healing of the self. It is useful and timely.

Ronald A. Alexander

Lisa Tahir integrates her deep understanding of personal transformation with a compassionate, insightful, and practical view of the meaning of astrological Chiron. This is a much-needed and powerful resource of healing tools for practitioners and laypeople alike.

Patricia Maher

As an astrologer I have always found Chiron to be both a key to understanding the wounds we repeat and the guide to living out our soul’s purpose. There has never been, until now, a book that guides astrologers, healing practitioners, and readers alike to articulating that purpose. In The Chiron Effect, Tahir offers a brilliant synthesis of psychology and astrology, but most of all she offers hope for the healing of our souls.

author of Lightning Strikes Twice Mari Selby

Tahir guides readers through their own personal transformations by using Reiki healing, destroying unhealthy patterns, as well as encouraging self-forgiveness and compassion.

Conscious Community Magazine

"Chiron in astrology means "wounded healer" Author Tahir uses Chiron in "The Chiron Effect Healing Our Wounds through Astrology, Empathy and Self- Forgiveness" to help people with a number of negative aspects of their lives. She also utilizes principals of psychology and Eric Fromm as well as other modern-day techniques to achieve a perfect balanced life. So often books of this type have only concentrated on the Astrological aspect that appeal to a much slimer audience. By combing known aspects of treatments as well as telling personal stories "The Chiron Effect" is a valuable resource that appeals to a much larger group of people in need of help in this Covid time."

Midwest Book Review Gary Roen

"Lisa Tahir has beautifully laid out a new and highly effective pathway to healing core wounds. Her methods are brilliant. A gem of a book."

New York Times bestselling author of Conscious Unc Katherine Woodward Thomas

With The Chiron Effect, Lisa Tahir presents a clear guide and gentle invitation to reveal and decode old, unhealthy patterns and apply the salve of empathy and forgiveness. Lisa remains approachable to the reader with her vulnerable and straightforward writing style. She illuminates a clear depth-process through which we may each awaken our beautiful inner healer and heal core wounding—a deep and accessible resource.

Corey Folsom

Lisa Tahir writes beautifully about the journey inward, where one can find their greatest power by having the courage and selfcompassion to heal their core wounds.

founder/president of the Institute for Transformat Ora Nadrich

All in all, The Chiron Effect is a guide for spiritual development and transformation. Through acknowledging our pain, weaknesses, and wounding based on Chiron in one’s astrology chart, Tahir teachers the reader that they can become their own healer. Filled with the love, faith, hope, and optimism that comes through Tahir’s writing, readers will be able to see themselves with a bit more clarity and use this awareness to facilitate inner peace.

Indie Mystic Alanna Kali

There are a number of things I like about this book. We will start with the clear Table of Contents, then the diagrams at the beginning of each Chiron-in-a-sign chapter summarizing the core wounds of that placement, ending these chapters with appropriate affirmations. Also of note are the always helpful index, bibliography and resources appendices.

Facing North Lisa Mc Sherry

In her groundbreaking book, The Chiron Effect, Lisa Tahir skillfully accompanies readers on a powerful journey to heal our deepest wounds. By sharing her personal story--as well as effective methods to break old trauma-based patterns, harness our minds for positive change, and embody unconditional love--Lisa teaches us how to become the free and joyful people we were always meant to be.

coauthor of Quest for Eternal Sunshine: A Holocaus Myra Goodman