posted October 06, 2015 04:26 AM
So this is something I've been looking into for weeks, and would love a little insight on.I had a really rough upbringing - my parents had a bad marriage, my Dad had a tragic loss of his brother when I was 9 and became an emotionally abusive alcoholic for most of the years they were raising my sister, bro and me. He turned it around much later in life, (just the last ten), but I spent most of my life trying to please him or make him proud and never being able to do enough.
For me, it manifested in severe stress I've put on myself in the years since he kinda 'laid off' me and started being a proud father. He and I have developed a strong relationship since he started to go to therapy.
However, I see where my upbringing is constantly influencing me. I have chiron rx in my 4th house natally, trining my moon exactly (0 degrees), squaring my venus (so as soon as I get to a point with someone I am dating that I feel is very strong, I immediately start to expect them to abandon me), and of course -- opposite my saturn. (Hi, Dad.)
I have embarked upon a career in music that is, of course, volatile and tricky to trust. I have to trust MYSELF in order to be successful, but I can hardly get past the words in my head every time I hit a set back. All of them are his from endless lectures about being a failure growing up (among other things I will leave off since this really isn't about that ha).
But, I read recently that chiron being retrograde in a chart can mean that you can turn that energy into healing, and focus it. I know 100% that the area of my life most in need of healing is from my childhood. I can barely think about most years from when I was 8 until I was 23. Now i am 30, attempting to take control of my life and make some goodness happen in my career for real, and I hit the same wall over and over: I don't trust myself. I'm still in that head space.
Has anyone out there dealt with this in their natal? How did you turn it from the unfocused pain to something you could maybe work with, and even use to help you heal others with? I would love to think this could be something I could eventually use as a strength rather than constantly watching it take me down.
Any advice out there is awesomely appreciated.