Chiron moving into Taurus on June 19th to stay until 2033 will shift the culture though in subtle ways which may not be immediately obvious.
The recent Chiron in Aries since 2018 would turn a focus on problems of identity with a compensatory emphasis/over-emphasis on “I am”. Which fits both Donald Trump in his 1st Term and Boris Johnson dancing to the “I am the greatest” fanfare, which is a cover up for “I am an empty shell with no idea who I am inside” pseudo-identity. The aftermath and ongoing divorce from the EU over Brexit as the UK faced up to going-it-alone could also be part of it. The rise of populism which is essentially a selfish movement. #MeToo Movement = I will not be overlooked. At a stretch, the echo chamber/divisive syndrome also can be put down to people clinging desperately to the like-me tribe in order to shore up a shaky sense of self-esteem and identity.
Melanie Reinhart also mentions ‘life changing initiatory illness, which includes sickness in our sense of self.’
Chiron in Taurus has a tendency to undermine a sense of feeling solid or safe. Issues around wealth and money. Tendency to take everything literally not symbolically. Identify with our wounded instincts which would have the advantage of making our mistreatment of the earth be taken personally and acted on. Healthy relationship with the body. Live by our own values. Creative transformation of emotional energy which would otherwise to be turned to vengeance. Helps others in their creative endeavours.
One problem looking back on earlier instances of Chiron in Taurus is extrapolating what can be ascribed to Chiron rather than other influences of the time.
Chiron in Taurus 1968 TO 1976
It started with booming post-war expansion but into the early 1970s there was a shift into high inflation and high unemployment. The collapse of the Bretton Woods monetary system in 1971 and the 1973 oil crisis, led to Western economies faced severe industrial unrest and stagnant growth.
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon. First Human Heart Transplant. The precursor to the modern internet sent its first message.
The early 1970s saw the wind-down of the Vietnam War, and Nixon Visits China ending decades of Sino-American isolation and reshaping the Cold War.
There were pioneering environmental campaigns.
Watergate, Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland and Munich Olympics Massacre.
Chiron in Taurus 1927 to 1933
The peak and sudden collapse of post-WWI economic prosperity, Wall Street Crash, the Great Depression.
Penicillin Discovered, the world’s first antibiotic. The first electronic television. Aviation firsts. Pluto Discovered. Neutron discovered (reshaping nuclear physics.
Independence for Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
Stalin consolidates power. Political extremism in Europe, and massive infrastructure achievements. Japan invaded Manchuria.
The previous Chiron in Taurus 1876 to 1883 fell in the middle of the two decade Long Depression from 1870 to 1890.
History is constantly churning no matter what is going on in the celestial sphere though from the above there seems to be a pattern of economic peaks and then troughs; plus significant scientific advances especially in medicine. And in the recent two Chiron in Taurus increasing campaigns for environmental protection.
Looking at the dates, what struck me was the Chinese 60 year cycle with this year being the fire horse so will have to check my ephemeris was the fire horse also chiron in Taurus?
No im wrong looks like chiron was in pisces in 66
Environmental protection ties into Chiron’s themes of recognising a wounded Earth and trying to heal it. Maybe something similar might happen with regards to certain aspects of climate change, or from a UK perspective the pollution of rivers with sewage?
Not sure what to make of the economic angle since the global economy isn’t doing great anyway.
Note how at the end of the two previous Chiron in Taurus periods new ideas for the direction of society turned up at the end of them (1976 = free market capitalism, Mao died setting China on a new path, Thatcher became Conservative leader the year before – I would also say that Carter becoming US President had the potential to put the US on a more environmentally friendly direction, except that Reagan also came into prominence as well at that time, so there was a battle of ideas going on there) and 1933 (Hitler and FDR, with very different ideas on how to set a direction for their societies, also as noted above Stalin’s consolidation of power). Not sure if there’s anything from the early 1880s that springs to mind in that regard though. As Marjorie notes it depends on what the other planets are doing as well.
Given that Marjorie did I think in an earlier post note that the 2033 US Presidential inauguration chart was quite dynamic then it suggests the US will at the end of the Chiron in Taurus period find a firm direction to proceed in, much like it did a century previously with FDR – hopefully it will be in a similarly positive sense.
Should I panic again??? Chiron return in a few years time. But my Chiron had already suffered at the hand of Uranus in Taurus transit. I will need to check if saturn in Taurus will hit it first or after chiron return.