Musings of a Rogue Comet

Chiron, Planet of Healing | Book One

A Personal and Astrological Journey of Healing

by Martin Lass copyright 2001

Table of Contents

(602 pages plus addendum – 1st edition, Xlibris)
(566 pages plus addendum – 2nd edition, Booksurge)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PREFACE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
          The Brink of a New Paradigm
          Astrology Today
          Overview of This Series of Books

PART ONE
A PERSONAL JOURNEY
1 ~ MEETING CHIRON
          A Personal Encounter
          Revelations
          Living Contact
          Past Lives and Inner Archetypes
          Issues
          The Mirror of Astrology
          The Next Step
          Learning to Love All of Me
          More Pieces of Me
          The Guiding Hand and Life’s Purpose
2 ~ WHO IS CHIRON?
          The Essence of the Argument
          The Astronomical View
          Astrologers’ Early Studies
3 ~ MYTHOLOGY AND SYMBOLISM OF CHIRON
          The Myth of Chiron
          The Centaur
          Abandonment – The Wounding
          The Wounded Healer
          The Shamanic Journey
          Divination
          The Rainbow Bridge
          Joining Heaven and Earth
          Balancing Polarities
          Duality and Trinity
          Chiron and the Law of Octaves
          The Koan
          Master Alchemist
          The Fall from Paradise
          Lemuria
          The Second Coming
          Wounding and Healing
          The Gift in the Wound
          Chiron’s Promise
4 ~ JOURNEYS THROUGH THE PLANETS
          Dual Journeys
          The Journey from Earth to Sun
          The Journey from Earth to Pluto and Beyond
5 ~ THE GIFT IN THE WOUND
          Perception
          Divine Design
          Voids and Values
          Going into the Wound
          All Things Serve
          Keys
6 ~ CHIRON KEYWORDS
          The Nature of Chiron
          The Wounding
          The Journey
          The Healing

PART TWO
AN INTERLUDE
1 ~ THE TRAIN (A SHORT STORY)
2 ~ CHIRON BY RICKIE HILDER
3 ~ POEMS BY MARTIN LASS

PART THREE
THE ASTROLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
1 ~ THE DISCOVERY OF CHIRON
          Planetary Characteristics
          A Tapestry of Planets
                    Uranus’s Role
                    Saturn’s Role
                    Pluto’s Role
                    Neptune’s Role
                    The Sun’s Role
                    A Menagerie of Planets
                    The Dynamic Picture (1952-1989)
          Events and Issues
                    Science Fiction & Star Trek
                    The Space Race
                    Star Wars and Other Films
                    The Cold War
                    Woodstock
                    The Beatles
                    The Hippie Generation
                    Drugs & Holotropism
                    Protests, Rioting, Wars and Racism
                    JFK
                    Nuclear Protests
                    Martin Luther King Jnr
                    Natural Disasters
          Chiron’s Birth
2 ~ FRIENDS, ASSOCIATIONS AND RULERS
          Saturn as Master Trainer
          The Moon and Chiron
          Virgo/Pisces Polarity
          6th/12th house Polarity
          The Anaretic Degree
          Virgo to Libra Transition
          Lower to Upper Hemispheres
          Chiron/Neptune
          The Sagittarius Connection
          Sagittarius/Gemini Polarity
          Complementary Opposites in the Zodiac
          Chiron and the Opposition Aspect
          The Journey from Aries to Pisces
          The Rulership Question
3 ~ LIFE CYCLES
          Cycles of Spirituality and Healing
          Perihelion, Perigee and Aphelion
          The Chiron Cycle
          Phases of the Chiron Cycle
                    Natal Position
                    The 1st Sextile
                    The 1st Square
                    The 1st Trine
                    The 1st Quincunx
                    The Opposition
                    The 2nd Quincunx
                    The 2nd Trine
                    The 2nd Square
                    The 2nd Sextile
                    The Return
4 ~ CHIRON IN THE CHART
          Opacity, Translucence & Transparency to Planetary Influences
          Fate vs. Destiny
          Chiron’s Place and Emphasis in the Chart
          Working with Chiron in the Chart
5 ~ CHIRON IN THE SIGNS
          Chiron in Aries
          Chiron in Taurus
          Chiron in Gemini
          Chiron in Cancer
          Chiron in Leo
          Chiron in Virgo
          Chiron in Libra
          Chiron Scorpio
          Chiron in Sagittarius
          Chiron in Capricorn
          Chiron in Aquarius
          Chiron in Pisces
6 ~ CHIRON IN THE HOUSES
          Chiron in the 1st House
          Chiron in the 2nd House
          Chiron in the 3rd House
          Chiron in the 4th House
          Chiron in the 5th House
          Chiron in the 6th House
          Chiron in the 7th House
          Chiron in the 8th House
          Chiron in the 9th House
          Chiron in the 10th House
          Chiron in the 11th House
          Chiron in the 12th House
7 ~ CHIRON IN ASPECT
          Chiron in aspect to North Node
          Chiron in aspect to South Node
          Chiron in aspect to Sun
          Chiron in aspect to the Moon
          Chiron in aspect to Mercury
          Chiron in aspect to Venus
          Chiron in aspect to Mars
          Chiron in aspect to Jupiter
          Chiron in aspect to Saturn
          Chiron in aspect to Uranus
          Chiron in aspect to Neptune
          Chiron in aspect to Pluto
          Chiron in aspect to MC
          Chiron in aspect to IC
          Chiron in aspect to Ascendant
          Chiron in aspect to Descendant
          Chiron in a T-square
          Chiron in a Grand Trine
          Chiron in a triangle of Trine and two Sextiles
          Chiron in a Grand Cross
          Chiron in a Star of David
          Chiron in a Yod
          Chiron in a triangle of Trine, Square, Quincunx
          Chiron in a triangle of Opposition, Trine, Sextile
          Chiron in a Kite formation
8 ~ CHIRON IN TRANSIT
          Transits to and by Planets, MC & Ascendant, etc.
                    Conjunct, Parallel, Contra-Parallel, Occultation Transits
                    Opposing Transits
                    Squaring Transits
                    Trining Transits
                    Sextiling Transits
                    Quincunxing Transits
          Transits of Houses
                    1st House
                    2nd House
                   3rd House
                    4th House
                    5th House
                    6th House
                    7th House
                    8th House
                    9th House
                    10th House
                    11th House
                    12th House
          Transits Setting off Natal Aspects & Patterns
          The Psychology of Retrograde & Multiple-Pass Transits
9 ~ RETROGRADES, INTERCEPTS AND PAST LIVES
          Retrogrades
          Intercepted Houses
          Past-life Symbolism
                    Chiron in Aries or in the 1st House
                    Chiron in Taurus or in the 2nd House
                    Chiron in Gemini or in the 3rd House
                    Chiron in Cancer or in the 4th House
                    Chiron in Leo or and in the 5th House
                    Chiron in Virgo or in the 6th House
                    Chiron in Libra or in the 7th House
                    Chiron in Scorpio or in the 8th House
                    Chiron in Sagittarius or in the 9th House
                    Chiron in Capricorn or in the 10th House
                    Chiron in Aquarius or in the 11th House
                    Chiron in Pisces or in the 12th House
10 ~ MISCELLANY
          Chiron and Relationship
          Chiron/North Node Conjunctions
          Chiron’s Own Natal Chiron Cycle
          Group Wounds
          The Ultimate Wound
          The Evolution of Consciousness
          Chiron/Pluto Conjunction and the New Millennium
11 ~ EXAMPLE CHART DELINEATION
          Milly
APPENDIX A ~ CHARTS
APPENDIX B ~ CHIRON EPHEMERIS
APPENDIX C ~ MISCELLANEOUS GRAPHS
APPENDIX D ~ AFFAIRS OF THE SIGNS
          Aries
          Taurus
          Gemini
          Cancer
          Leo
          Virgo
          Libra
          Scorpio
          Sagittarius
          Capricorn
          Aquarius
          Pisces
APPENDIX E ~ AFFAIRS OF THE HOUSES
          1st House
          2nd House
          3rd House
          4th House
          5th House
          6th House
          7th House
          8th House
          9th House
          10th House
          11th House
          12th house
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
CONTACTS