posted October 08, 2006 03:13 PM              

I think I might've posted this before, but I don't remember. Anyway, one of my friends has always had strange eating habits, even when we were little kids. She never ate much, or sometimes would skip meals all together, and she's a very picky eater (even now). But now that we're older, it seems to have gotten worse. She is a competitive skiier and even spends the entire winter in Vermont at a ski school, training and competing. She has always been a very optimistic person.

Well just a few months ago, my mother and I were eating lunch, and she told me that my friend was having a hard time putting on weight (her mom and my mom are best friends as well). Then, a few weeks later, I had a birthday party, and my friend told me that she doesn't like food and she doesn't like to eat. At breakfast that morning, she just picked at her food/nibbled at it a little bit. She has never clearly expressed any insecurity with her body however (but then again, I never know what she could be thinking underneath). Although when she was little, she was always drawing pictures of herself as a fairy or a princess or something, and the drawings of herself were always stick thin girls (I'm not sure if that means anything though, but it could).

I recently saw a picture of her, and while it was only showing her from the chest up, she still looked very bony and "out of proportion" (i.e. her head seeming to big for her body).

Anyway, I was posting this on here because I was wondering if there was anything in her chart that may indicate that she has an eating disorder (or could maybe be developing one). I don't know for sure if she has one cause I don't see her very often (we don't go to school together anymore), but it is questionable. Based on the other posts I have read in this thread, it seems like astrology may have some sort of connection to eating problems.

She was born August 7, 1991 at 6 AM in Wellesley, MA.

Sun in Leo
Moon in Cancer
Mercury in Virgo
Venus in Virgo (retrograde)
Mars in Virgo
Jupiter in Leo
Saturn in Aquarius (retrograde)
Uranus in Capricorn (retrograde)
Neptune in Capricorn (retrograde)
Pluto in Scorpio
Lilith in Capricorn
Asc. Node in Capricorn

Ascendent in Leo
2nd house in Virgo
3rd house in Libra
4th house in Scorpio
5th house in Sagittarius
6th house in Capricorn
7th house in Aquarius
8th house in Pisces
9th house in Aries
Midheaven in Taurus
11th house in Gemini
12th house in Cancer

Like I said, I know this thread is very old, but I figured this would be the most appropriate place to post this.

posted October 12, 2012 01:31 PM            

The house in which Chiron is situated often represents the area in which we have recurring problems, beginning in childhood. It can show what we're compulsive about. It also shows the area that we're able to teach other people about, despite having a lack of success in that area, ourselves.

Here are some ways Chiron in the 6th can manifest:

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1. Eating Disorders: I've found this to be very common among people with Chiron in the 6th. We often have a preoccupation with eating habits with this placement. Personally, my relationship with food has never been "normal". When I was young, I ate too much and was too overweight. Now, I eat too little and I'm too thin. Carol Carpenter passed away because of her eating disorder, and Jennifer Aniston has reported having an eating disorder.

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2. Childhood illnesses: Many people with Chiron in the 6th were born with illnesses, often hereditary, which will reoccur throughout their lives. Look for these themes to pop up when Chiron is contacted by transit.

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3. Ability to teach others about health: Despite my eating disorders, I know everything about food and nutrition, and I even thought about becoming a nutritionist. It is common for 6th house Chiron natives to have the ability to teach others better eating habits, even though they don't apply these habits to their own lives.

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4. Workaholism: This placement often leads to compulsive work habits.

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5. Hypochondria: Again, this ties into a preoccupation with health. People with this placement always feel like there is something "wrong" with them, even if this is not the case. Feeling satisfied with the state of one's health is difficult with this placement because the native will always find something to worry about when it comes to health. Personally, I always think the worst, and sometimes even hold off on my doctor appointments out of fear of what they will find.
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posted October 19, 2012 02:53 PM            

Factors I have in common with your subject;

Leo AC conjunct Jupiter in the 12th

Other possible contributing factors:

Saturn in Virgo in H2 opposite Sun and Mars conjunct in H8

Moon square AC

Again, I'm speculating but I feel these are particularly harsh aspects