Chiron
point · cycle 18,420 days
Dignities
- Rules
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Hellenistic tradition
Chiron was discovered in 1977 (centaur object, between Saturn and Uranus) and is not part of classical tradition.
Modern Western reading
Modern Western astrology includes Chiron as a sensitive point. Read traditionally as the wounded healer in late-20th-century synthesis.
Questions
- How long does Chiron take to go through the zodiac?
- About 50 years (18,420 days) for one full circuit as seen from Earth. That is the synodic figure this site computes ephemeris positions against, not a sidereal orbital period, and it is what determines how long Chiron stays in one sign: roughly one twelfth of the cycle, stretched or compressed by retrograde motion and by the eccentricity of the orbit.
- Which sign does Chiron rule?
- Chiron rules no sign in the classical scheme. Rulership is a fixed correspondence, so it holds in every chart; what changes chart to chart is whether Chiron actually occupies one of those signs.
- Is Chiron a personal planet?
- Chiron is classified here as a point. Points are calculated positions rather than bodies, so they have no orbit of their own and no physical ephemeris to check against.
Reference, not advice
This is cultural and astronomical reference, not personal prediction or advice.
Cycle periods are mean orbital values. Traditional interpretations paraphrased from primary classical and modern sources. See sources.
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