Chiron and the Healing Journey: An Astrological and Psychological Perspective

by Melanie Reinhart

Book Overview

A CONTEMPORARY CLASSIC. This in-depth study of the minor planet Chiron traces the development of the archetype of the Shaman, or Wounded Healer, which accompanies the soul's journey of awakening. It... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140192093
• ISBN13: 9780140192094
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 431 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

This book is a healing journey

Melanie Reinhart is an astounding astrologer, richly knowledgeable and deeply intuitive. This completely new edition is a truly Great Work, matching astrological insight with depth and height psychology and a meaningful exploration of the significance of Chiron in the modern world. One of Reinhart's great gifts is drawing the reader into deep discussions of profound astrology where the meaning transcends any need for prior knowledge of the subject. As for any suggestion of negativity, if you are willing to look at the shadow side of yourself, this book will help you not hinder you in owning and integrating what you find.

Brilliant treatise on finding the roots of one's pain

As a student and reader of Asrology for over 30 years, there are few books I've found that are as well written and deeply insightful as Melanie Reinhart's. Unlike other reviewers, I did not find the book too negative at all, since it focuses on the planet representing the Achilles Heel in our charts. This is important reading for truly understanding where we are most vulnerable, particularly with Chiron's house placement. The sign placement offers help with the healing, while the house placement best describes the location of the wound. Anyone seeking therapy or greater knowledge of the self would benefit from finding Chiron's placement in the chart and reading Melanie Reinhart's profound and experienced interpretation. Her knowledge of myth is simply brilliant and should not be dismissed as part of the descriptive analysis. You cannot help but see yourself, and others, where you seldom choose to look. It is powerful ammunition against those whose behavior incomprehensibly eludes us or seems cruel or unforgiving. Once you discover the Chiron wound, you can get closer to accepting and forgiving yourself or that other person, for that which hurts you. I'm so grateful to have read this, and for the tools it has given me, for understanding. I wish that I knew this author and could tell her in person how much her work has meant to me. Thank you, Melanie.

No pain, no gain

Everybody has a Chiron problem, though, so find out what it is, and work with it! Chiron is called "The Wounded Healer" and will direct you to specific influential childhood pains, which then you must gradually heal as an adult. This book will help you identify the issues that motivate many of the crazier transitions that have taken place in your life. Looks like it's gone out of print...

A most excellent work

The is possibly one of the best astrological books ever written. Its clear and lucid style bring to the reader a comprehensive understanding and awareness of the influence of this minor 'planet' within their life. By far and away the best book on Chiron and chironic themes, Melanie Reinhart has written a sensitive, detailed and authoritative work. An essential book for anyone who is interested in astrology, professionally or otherwise, for an astrological reading is incomplete without reference to Chiron. And an assessment of the influence of Chiron in a natal chart is incomplete without this book. Astrological theory and practice at its best.

First quailty book on chiron

I am a professional consulting and research astrologer specializing in Chiron and the other Centaur planets. I have personally checked out most of the research in this book against my own clients, and find Melanie's writing to be first rate, truly insightful, grounded, easy to understand and very practical. This is some of the best astrological writing I have ever encountered -- particularly her deeply moving chapter on Chiron in Pisces, which is worth the price of the whole book.