How Each Zodiac Sign Can Heal Deep Trauma While Chiron Is In Retrograde (7/30/2025 – 1/2/2026)
Tiny Chiron, known as the ‘wounded healer’, is an asteroid-comet chimera (called a ‘centaur’), that wields an oversized influence!
Every year when it goes retrograde for five months it gives us space to do deep trauma-healing work, if we’re open and capable of taking advantage of its energies. In Greek mythology, Chiron raised by Apollo and Artemis, and unlike other centaurs who were more wild he was knowledgeable and cultured. A healer and astrologer, he became a mentor to many, including Achilles. Though he was a talented healer, he wasn’t able to heal the wound made by Hercules pricking him with an arrow poised with the blood of the Hydra. In some tellings of the myth of Prometheus, Chiron offered up his immortality in order to free Prometheus, and was then put among the stars by his half-brother Zeus.
That’s why it’s believed that when Chiron moves retrograde in the sky it gives us space and time to work on healing past traumas, even those long-standing, deep wounds. Much like other retrogrades, Chiron in retrograde invites introspection instead of action. Chiron retrograde in Aries invites us to consider what warriors we were before the world got to us, who we were in the earliest state. We are asked to consider what wounds we endured, and how we adjusted ourselves and our expectations of the world because of them.
Aries
Your Card: Page of Cups.
Open your heart to the options that you have, and approach your time of healing with curiosity and compassion. Pay close attention to your dreams, Aries. Healing requires you to explore the deepest inner waters. Your intuition is a powerful tool for guidance. Healing and learning can go hand in hand. Chiron is retrograde in your sign, so don’t be surprised if you find yourself in frequent, deep introspection.
Taurus
Your Card: Knight of Pentacles.
Lean into your strong suits, Taurus. Your grounded sensibilities, reliability, and stability are all assets during the healing process. Understanding your experiences in perspective while also honoring your strength and resilience are keys to nurturing the mindset of healing you need. Your connection to the physical realm offers yoga or breathwork as options to connecting with your body during meditative states. Cultivate habits that nurture you.
Gemini
Your Card: Strength.
There are a lot of facets to strength, and while it’s often thought of as being able to overpower something, there are other aspects to it. The sort of strength that can help you on your trauma healing journey is the quiet yet firm strength in your resilience, Gemini. The wounds you have to heal are deep, but you have survived, and that ultimately means you can define what it all ultimately means to you and your life.
Cancer
Your Card: Knight of Cups.
It’s your ability to tap into your deep feelings of love and devotion that can help you work through the trauma and on your path to healing. Give yourself the same love and compassion that you freely offer to others. Allow your heart to be open, and be accepting of what you find. Love is a soothing, healing balm, Cancer, and you offer fierce and loyal love to those around you.
Leo
Your Card: King of Wands.
The best advice for you right now, Leo, is to be your best self. Your tendency towards courageous leadership and generosity of spirit is exactly what is needed to help you on the trauma-healing journey that this period is inviting you into. Find how you can both be gentle and caring towards yourself while inspiring perseverance and bravery. Take charge of the situation and be your own best advocate.
Virgo
Your Card: The Magician.
You have everything you need to succeed, Virgo. Not only do you have all the skills that this moment calls for, but you have an abundance of resources – including time. You have all the power, and all the capability to take on this task. Be confident in yourself, and assured of your success. Dive within and recognize the areas of pain you’re experiencing. Prioritize what you want to address, have faith in yourself and in the outcome you’re working towards.
Libra
Your Card: Ten of Wands.
We carry a lot in our souls, and sometimes we carry burdens that were never meant for us. It’s time to evaluate what it is you carry, Libra, and take time to take stock, re-evaluate, and rebalance the load that you are carrying. Make sure that everything you spend your time and energy on are worthy of your efforts. Evaluate to make sure that they are good to you, good for you, and fit for the life you’re building.
Scorpio
Your Card: Ten of Pentacles.
Think of what it is you want your legacy to be, Scorpio, and allow that to be your guide. Use the vision of your healed self as your inspiration, and begin working towards it. The stability and security you want to create will help nurture you through the healing process. Be kind and compassionate with yourself. During this process you may find yourself dealing with intergenerational trauma, so be prepared on how that may manifest itself into your life, or impact your experience.
Sagittarius
Your Card: Three of Wands.
You’ve been preparing for this work for a long time, Sagittarius, and it’s time for you to trust yourself and your preparation and get started. Have faith in yourself, and allow yourself to be bold and daring. Don’t get too lost or mired in the details. Physical activity and motion (like a fitness regimen or even a regular around-the-block walk) might help you gather your thoughts. You may find healing in travel.
Capricorn
Your Card: The Empress.
Gratitude for the abundance that you’ve been given and enjoying the beauty of life is an important road to healing for you, Capricorn. Recognizing the bounty of your surrounding world, especially through your senses, is an amazing way to ground yourself and rejuvenate your spirit. Seeing how the world supports not just your needs but your creative endeavors will nurture a mindset open to healing and spiritual renewal.
Aquarius
Your Card: The Hanged Man.
Once you’re able to see things from a different perspective, it will all start to come together for you, Aquarius. Sometimes seeing a situation just-so can help kick off the healing process, and get us unstuck from the prison of doubt that trauma locked us into. Surrender to the new, radical perspective that you are worth the work of the task, and open your heart.
Pisces
Your Card: Two of Pentacles, Reversed.
This isn’t a thing you can multitask, Pisces, and to really do the deep trauma work that you need will require full focus and concentration. Even if it’s just for a few minutes a day, the dedicated effort and focus will help you. Be adaptable. When things become too emotionally overwhelming, seek balance through physical activity. Balance the greater challenges you face with more investments into self-care.