Intuitive Astrology: Chiron Retrograde 2025

Chiron stations retrograde on July 30, 2025, until January 2nd, 2026. Chiron typically spends six months of the year in retrograde, so this is a normal rhythm and part of working with this asteroid’s energy.

In astrology, Chiron represents the wounds that we come into this life with or the wounds we are destined to inherit as we travel on this Earthly journey. Chiron shows us that some level of wounding is inevitable, but so too is our ability to rise from it.

The story of Chiron is one of hope. Chiron spent its early years abandoned, unloved, and alone. But it was through this journey that Chiron stepped into his gifts and found his path as a healer, teacher, and powerful psychic.

Chiron represents not only the wounds we acquire but how we move through them and what gifts they can leave for us.

As Chiron stations retrograde, it moves into more of our subconscious, helping to unearth deeper wounds that we perhaps need to look at. Chiron, especially as it tours through its retrograde in Aries, wants us to acknowledge our wounds and rise from them. This is not about sugarcoating our wounds or pretending we are “healed”, rather it is about recognizing that they are part of us and are here to shape and mold us into the person that we are.

Chiron can help us to find strength in our wounds, and through that strength, we unlock new gifts, talents, and paths that we never would have been open to.

Let’s take a deeper look into the mysterious workings of Chiron, its place in our cosmic skies, what you can expect from this 2025-2026 retrograde, and some journal prompts to explore.

Chiron Retrograde 2025-2026

Chiron, the Wounded Healer

Chiron, the asteroid, is named after Chiron, the centaur, and the story of Chiron can help us to understand the energy it radiates.

The myth goes that Chiron was abandoned at birth and left to fend for itself. Chiron was unwanted and unloved, but it was through this painful wound of abandonment and difficult upbringing that he was able to rise up and turn his wounds into powerful portals of healing.

It was Chiron’s wounds that paved the way for his role as a powerful healer, teacher, psychic, and philosopher.

Chiron was able to take his wounds and allow them to guide him in a direction of power. Chiron knew his wounds would never leave him, but he allowed them to become portals of wisdom, compassion, and learning. This is why Chiron is referred to as the wounded healer.

We all possess the same powers as Chiron. Inside each and every one of us is the ability to take our wounds and pain points and turn them into a source of power.

As the poet Rumi says, the wound is where the light enters you.

Chiron in our Cosmic Skies

Chiron orbits between Saturn and Uranus. The position of Chiron between Saturn and Uranus is significant to understanding the energy it brings.

Saturn is a very grounded, rooted energy, whereas Uranus is considered a planet of a higher vibration. Uranus’ energy can also bring about awakenings and the rise of kundalini energy.

Chiron can act as a bridge between these two states of being and is sometimes referred to as the Rainbow Bridge.

The Rainbow Bridge signifies the link between one state of consciousness and the next, and this idea is further amplified if we look at Egyptian Astrology.

In Egyptian Astrology, Chiron goes by another name- Anpu or Anubis, the god of the afterlife and lost souls.

Many of the myths and legends used in Western Astrology can be traced back to Egyptian and Babylonian astrology, and Anubis can be seen as Chiron’s counterpart.

Just like Chiron, Anubis was abandoned as a child. It was through this painful upbringing that Anubis was able to rise up into the noble profession of the Guardian of the Underworld.

Anubis’s job was to welcome the newly dead to the underworld and guide them as they transitioned to the afterlife.

It takes a special soul to be given such a position, and no doubt, it was Anubis’ own pain and suffering that allowed him to develop the compassion, discernment, and loyalty to walk souls through such a journey.

As Chiron or Anubis travels retrograde, we can access our own wounds to reflect on how to use them as a source of power and healing.

This energy is not about obtaining a state of perfection through healing; rather, it is about bringing acknowledgment and acceptance to our wounds in a way that allows us to access the wisdom they can bring.

Chiron Retrograde in Aries

Chiron doesn’t want us to heal because it will make us “better.” It wants us to learn how to source these wounds as powerful portals of wisdom, knowledge, and power. By extracting this information, we can step into a greater and fuller potential.

This level of healing work is about transcendence rather than trying to “fix” ourselves in order to be worthy. We are already worthy, regardless of the wounds that live within.

This energy is especially amplified, as Chiron is currently in the sign of Aries, the headstrong ram.

With Chiron in Aries, we are even more supported to find the strength, confidence, and courage that can arise when we face our wounds and look at them not as pain points but as points of potential.

Chiron in Aries reminds us that it is far more beneficial to allow our wounds to inspire, motivate, and offer strength, rather than to think of them as something that slows us down or makes us inferior in any way.

Wounds are painful, and some wounds cut so deep that they never truly leave us, but this is ok. We don’t have to be a neatly wrapped package in order to lead the best life possible.

We can use this retrograde energy not to sugar-coat our wounds, but to recognize that just like Chiron and Anubis, our suffering very often can lead us to the path of our destiny.

Use this retrograde energy to reflect on what your wounds have taught you. Sit with your wounds and get to know them. See if you can release any judgments and just sit with any pain they bring up. As you get comfortable with this, see if you can reflect on what these wounds have taught you, how they have shaped you, and what wisdom they may have for you.

Open to the wisdom and potential that your wounds have to offer.

Chiron Retrograde Exercises

1.) Identify a painful heartbreak you have been facing. See if you can step outside of this heartbreak momentarily, and challenge yourself to identify 5 things you have learnt from this experience.

2.) Take a challenging situation you may be facing with another person. Putting all other emotions aside, see if you can just look at the situation from a place of compassion for the other person. Observe what comes up for you. Next, put all emotions aside and see if you can find compassion for yourself in this situation. Observe what comes up for you.

3.) Think of a painful wound from your past. How has this wound inspired you? What paths has it opened for you? How can it continue to inspire you moving forward?

4.) Journal Prompts: