You can’t heal what you won’t feel

BY GARCIA AKUA

Divine Greetings family!  I hope you are well and staying safe. In many regions here in Toronto and the surrounding GTA more restrictions are beginning to be lifted. We are venturing back outside to once again find a sense of “normalcy”. Visiting our family and friends, going back to our favourite shops and restaurants does bring a certain level of comfort, but is this YOUR normal?  What is normal may not always be right.

Over the last year and a half, we have had to experience various forms of new norms. We had to make a quick shift to working/schooling from home, wearing masks and isolating from family and friends. We had to learn new stages and colour codes to figure out where and when we could go to various places. New measures seem to come up almost weekly. It seems chaos is the new normal.

These changes have had a significant impact on not just our physical wellbeing, but our mental and emotional health as well. However, we also have to take into consideration that many have been carrying emotional and mental burdens prior to the pandemic; this time of mass confusion can most definitely exacerbate these issues. My question again is what normal are we returning to?

Chiron isn’t that well known in mainstream/pop astrology but this little asteroid is a master healer of spiritual and emotional wounds. The mythical story behind Chiron is that he was abandoned and rejected as a child. He knew pain and trauma from a very young age however he used his experiences to encourage and heal others.  He became a master of spiritual practices and in turn healed himself. Chiron is our wounded healer, whom I call the master healer.

Trauma and healing have something in common, they are not linear. Your trauma does not send you a text letting you know it’s about to show up. Your healing doesn’t colour code the lifting of the restriction of pain you are in. In order to heal, we have to face our feelings and allow the healing process to grow within us.

Chiron has joined the retrograde party. He is inviting us to join him on a journey of deep healing in order to create a healthy new normal.  It is a new normal that isn’t based on material indulgence for emotional satisfaction. It is a new normal that allows us to truly face our fears, be vulnerable in our circumstances and define a truth that we can stand on.

We can’t pacify or run from our fears forever. Our emotions are energy in motion and they need to go somewhere. When we don’t deal with our traumas, they are stored deep in our psyche or in our body. Eventually you are either triggered emotionally or physically through sickness or disease. It doesn’t have to end this way. Feel so you can reveal what you need to heal.

Chiron is retrograde in the sign of Aries from July 15^th to Dec 19^th.  Aries is the first sign of the zodiac; it’s a fire, an element symbolizing self. This includes your identity, your drive and ambition and what you are willing to fight for to get what you want in life. Are you willing to take some time to fight for your healing? Are you willing to face your past traumas to find inner happiness for today?  Are you willing to burn away the illusions and the pain from the past that is currently holding you back from your best life now?  Chiron wants to know and he is willing to walk with you for the next five months to do so.  Feel so you can heal, thank me later!