Alchemy
December Supermoon in Dualistic Gemini: A Tale of Two Snakes
“A Tale of Two Snakes” by Karen Mullen Smith This supermoon in Gemini highlights the opposing forces within us personally and in the
December 4, 2025
Tag: Chiron
Alchemy
Full Spectrum Women~ Chiron & the Peacock in the Alchemy of Menopause.
As far as I know, there are no myths from the ancient world that connect Chiron with the peacock, the peacock is Hera’s sacred bird.
November 3, 2025
Alchemy
Chiron & the Alchemy of Menopause.
For many women, the Chiron return occurs at around the time of perimenopause or menopause and offers a penetrating insight into the Chiron wound. As
October 24, 2025
Archetypes
From the Great Above to the Great Below: October New Moon
The October New Moon in Libra heralds the start of our “Alchemy of Menopause” work. Stage 1: the Negredo. In tomorrow’s new moon chart, the
October 20, 2025
Archetypes
Priapus, the Hippy, & the Sleeping Warrior~
The title for this post comes from a few images that are swirling around in my psyche. The image of the hippy and the
September 24, 2025
Alchemy
The Alchemy of Menopause: Nigredo.
Another important aspect of the Nigredo is the taking back of projections that we have cast into the world or onto others, whether positive or negative. Projections are unowned parts of ourselves that we have assigned to others. The Nigredo, the blackening, or the dark night of the soul, provides fertile conditions to go within and sit with the lost and rejected parts of ourselves. Now is a good time to do some inner child work.
September 20, 2025
Journal
The Centaur’s Daughter.
Recently I’ve been writing about female Oracles who channel divine energy through their bodies at sacred sites, and who are connected to the serpent
July 9, 2025
Ancestors
Chiron’s Key and the Cost of Illumination.
Over the past month or so the lunar north node has been conjunct my natal Mars/Chiron at 8° and 9° Aries, by transit. During
August 17, 2024
Ancestors
Ancestral Astrology: Patterns and Cycles in Trauma and Healing
Over the past few months, in my personal astrology practice, I have been looking deeper into Ancestral Astrology and discovering that with a bit of
August 7, 2024
Archetypes
The Shaman as an Archetype: Chiron the Shaman
I’ve been exploring links between soul retrieval, the fragmented self, dreams as messengers, and shamanism (from an archetypal perspective). It began with a dream from
October 16, 2023
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