It all started with Twitter.
I started tweeting just a little about the 8th House. About the 8th House being “how we get our needs met” according to astrologer Jeanne Avery. I love her books 🙂
And this afternoon I was waiting for the train. Yes, some subways were running in Brooklyn today and I was thinking about my natal Chiron in Aries in my 8th House and how… true it is for me. How painful. How I couldn’t remember the last time I… And I’m not going to finish that sentence but I promise you, it’s not what you think.
So there’s Chiron. There’s the 8th. There’s needs not getting met. And I remember once in astrology class my teacher saying that with Aries there? On the cusp of that house? I WILL NOT STOP until I solve it, heal it. Aries, the brave soldier.
The thing is this though: every time we tempt that heart space (cunt space, soul space) we open the wound again. And again. And again. And I swear last week I swore to myself that I would NEVER… well.. I just couldn’t imagine NOT giving my heart a break. The 8th House is a heart house. And then the next day I spoke to my Scorpio friend and I felt desire once more.
Is it better to feel it and have no relief? Or not to feel it at all? Share your thoughts…
xo
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10 thoughts on “Aries The Brave Soldier: Chiron In The 8th House”
I’ll take feeling in pain any day, over not feeling. Those “frozen” times scare the hell out of me. I start thinking it’s forever. (and no, I’m not talking about libido alone, sometimes I don’t feel love or compassion, or – nothing – in fact). Yeah. Feeling in general.
I hear ya
The reason the 8th House is unfulfilled desires is that it is Scorpio, which is a bottomless pit of desire that is never satisfied.
But there is a way out of this bottomless pit-the yearning is an end in itself. It is the song of life singing you. In the end, there is nothing “in it” for you but to be the song. Feel it sweep through you–it is a beautiful song. Let the notes harmonize your heart and resonate with all of your organs. Be the breath of life. Then you overcome the pain of desire, and it becomes your own power. That is why Scorpio energy is so deep and powerful.
Welcome, Stew 🙂
Always better to feel it, then you know it’s real and is happening, painful yes, but still real and you need to feel it! Heart hurting or not, it makes you feel alive and that you have blood running through your veins!!
Thank you for this post Aliza. I have Chiron in Aries 8th house and I would agree that my life’s goal appears to be to heal this wound (as much as can be healed – perhaps becoming a scar) and be able to trust deeply in relationship. I am simply not satisfied with less. This has taken me on the most difficult journey of my life..it is a lonely road and requires deep and often painful introspection. Should we feel the pain? I would ask, do we have a choice? This morning I woke up and thought, ‘it hurts to live’ and even more, ‘it hurts to love’. This is my reality and sometimes I feel like giving up, I have dark thoughts, but I am driven onwards. I hope as Chiron is trine my north node that one day I will be in a position to help others, that all this journeying will be of use (Virgo!). You are already doing it, sharing your experience, and it is appreciated!
I think this question has different answers at different ages, and at different times of year.
In the sunny warm months, and even on some sunny fall days, I would say definitely feel it–at least let yourself go there a little. You know, in a sort of bittersweet self-indulgent way. Just a little bit, just enough to know the sweet part, even though it does come with sadness. But in order to be able to do this, to be skilled enough to do this, I think you have to be somewhat of an older person with a bit of experience…..so that you know how deep is too deep. Do you know what I mean? You don’t want to go too far overboard, because then there will be a huge awful fall, and that is too self destructive and dangerous.
hi 🙂
when i was younger i could feel it with no relief. but after one really crushing experience i felt it intensely then just numbed myself out to feelings. they still haven’t fully returned, nearly five years later. (i had saturn transiting my virgo 12th house then, which i think adds up). my nerves were so bad i could hardly eat. part of the reason i think i’m so into sub/unconscious now is because i realize that’s where i need to go to break through. come to think of it i suppose that is pretty chiron/8th h. in itself. woah.
my aries-libra-cancer friend is going through a breakup and is approaching it in a completely different way than i did, and i think her way is so much healthier. it inspires me. she’s just feeling it all, and taking it “minute by minute” and detoxing basically…
I think feel it with no relief. I think this sets us apart and also gives us inner strength. Feel it.