Your Chiron Sign

Why you give great advice about the exact thing you secretly struggle with

Chiron isn’t technically a planet—it’s a minor body, sometimes called a centaur, discovered in 1977. But in astrology, it pulls a lot of weight. It represents the wound you carry that never fully closes—and the insight you gain from learning how to live with it anyway.

Some astrologers call Chiron the “wounded healer,” which sounds dramatic, but it fits. Your Chiron placement shows where you’ve been hurt (early, deeply, or repeatedly), and where you tend to feel like there’s something just slightly off about you. Something you try to fix, hide, intellectualize, or overcompensate for.

And—classic astrology plot twist—it’s also where other people think you’re incredibly wise.

CHIRON PLACEMENTS

Your Chiron placement is deeply personal, much like your sun, moon, Mercury sign, etc.

Chiron in Aries? You might question your right to take up space or go after what you want. Chiron in the Third House? You could feel like your voice doesn’t matter, even when everyone says it does. Chiron in Leo? You want to be seen, but hate how exposed that makes you feel. Chiron in the Seventh? Relationships are where you long to be chosen—and where rejection stings the most.

Whatever the placement, it points to a part of you that feels extra sensitive—like it never quite healed right. But it’s also the part that makes you more attuned to other people’s pain. You recognize it. You’ve lived it. And even when you can’t fix your own wound, you somehow help others with theirs.

CHIRON SHOWS UP WHEN YOU:

  • Downplay your needs so no one can reject them

  • Laugh off something that actually hurt

  • Give incredible advice to a friend, then ignore it in your own life

  • Pretend you don’t care, but secretly obsess when someone hits that nerve

  • Over-prepare, over-give, or over-apologize in the exact area you feel underqualified

CHIRON GOVERNS:

  • Where you feel like there’s something “wrong” with you

  • What kind of pain you’re overly familiar with

  • The themes you return to in healing work, even if you’re not trying to

  • How you show up for others in the exact way you needed someone to show up for you

  • Your secret shame—and the superpower it accidentally gave you

Do people see your Chiron?

Probably not unless they know you really well. But people probably come to you for help with it.

You don’t broadcast your wound. But you radiate understanding. People might not know your backstory, but they trust you to hold theirs. And part of you resents that, because… where was that energy when you needed it?

KEY TAKEAWAY

Chiron doesn’t point to what you’re bad at. It points to what’s hard—and what becomes meaningful because it’s hard. You’ll never be perfectly healed in this area. But you’ll probably become someone who can help others heal. Not despite your wound. Because of it.

Want to know more?

If you know your Chiron sign but not sure what it says about you, my Birth Chart Placement Index is exactly what you need.