Aries in the 10th House. I was using my own placement as the example in the post I wrote.
Yes, that is my understanding too.
I think it’s not just that the wound becomes a gift. It’s that the wound itself is already the gift.
But it’s also true to say it ‘becomes the gift’ because, as I grow, my view of the wound changes. In actuality, the truth is it was always a gift. But when we’re younger in life, we tend to have simpler ideas about winning and losing.
It’s much harder for us in those earlier times to see anything positive in a so-called flaw or a so-called loss. They’re just so damn painful. And in our simplest moments, the equation goes ‘Pain=Bad’. All of our pains we see as punishments or as signs that we (or someone else) has done something wrong or bad.
Over the years, we have the potential to learn that sometimes pain accompanies important benefits. We also can learn that pain is not always a punishment indicating that someone has committed a transgression. Sometimes it’s just part of the natural cycle of life.
The more we learn these lessons, the more our so-called flaws begin to become our friends and teachers.
But it has to be learned through experiences. Words alone are not enough.
So, even though I can understand and say these words that I just typed, I’m still quite a few experiential insights away from having really learned these lessons.
And Chiron’ll keep staying with me to remind me to keep on learning.
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