This is an update of an article by Barbara Hand Clow published in Welcome to Planet Earth (1991) titled, “Will the Pluto in Leo Generation Heal Itself?” During 2012-15, we will be living through seven squares between Uranus and Pluto, which will radically change our lives. When this article first came out twenty years ago, it flew all over the place and had a big impact because it spoke to people about their family relations. So, in light of the upcoming squares, this article is updated to our present times. Next comes an article on how to best utilize the power of the first square between Pluto and Uranus on June 24, 2012. Get ready!]
Uranus Square Pluto and Generational Tension
Copyright © 2012 by Barbara Hand Clow (May 1, 2012)

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Chiron as the Guide for Generational Healing: Based on my Chiron research, the wounded healer is the guide through this unique crisis. (2) When sighted in 1977, Chiron was in 3 degrees of Taurus, and then Chiron in early Leo attained its first square to its discovery in 1991, which put the focus on healing. Uranus-conjunct-Neptune in 1993 quickly followed the Leo Chiron squares; these transits shifted the agenda of the Pluto-in-Leo generation. Ignored for years by the status quo and not allowed to participate in society, the 1960s activists mysteriously “dropped out” when Chiron was discovered. They turned to healing and birthed the alternative healing movement. (3) Then when Chiron in Leo squared its discovery position in 1991, people in general realized we must heal our hearts. Back then in 1977, the wounded healer complex emerged—the discovery that we must go way back in time to process our core wounds. Then during the first Chiron squares in 1991, the healing movement realized we must clear the karmic wounds that we carry since time began. This need for a species-level healing was recognized during the Uranus/Neptune conjunctions of 1993. (4)

We are transforming societal structures, yet this endeavor will fail if the generations battle against each other as they have since the end of WW II. Chiron, which does not complete its first cycle until 2027, is driving us to heal core wounds, to open our hearts so that whole families can bond normally. Neptune and Chiron have been travelling close together 2007-2013 and building Chiron’s spiritual healing field. This field has transmuted our core emotions, and we seek abandoned love. For example, while the Pluto-in-Cancer parents were controlling and judging their children, they really just wanted to nurture them.

Often they secretly admired the wonderful creativity, insights, and integrity of their children, but everyday business always came first after the Depression and WW II. Thankfully, Chiron’s healing field allows aging Cancer parents to soften and just express their love. What a joy!

The self-absorbed Pluto-in-Leo generation is still trying to just play! However with time they’ve realized they don’t know as much as they once thought they did. As a result of doing so much therapy, they see why their parents were so emotionally constricted and they’ve forgiven them. Chiron’s healing field allows ageing Leos to accept limitation and to just be.

From their generational Virgo perspective, Pluto-in-Virgos still feel that their parents are flaky, idealistic, selfish, and irresponsible. Yet, they also appreciate all the love and emotional healing they’ve gotten. By owning the confidence given to them by real love, Chiron’s healing field releases the Virgo generation to change the emotionally sick society. Hidden needs fascinate Chiron, so when Chiron transited Cancer through Virgo in 1988-1995, these generational wounds erupted and got processed. You may want to revisit those years to remember all the bodywork, emotional therapy, Reiki, past-life regression, and emotional healing books that you used to recover from your generational wounds. Having done this work, many people are less likely to get angry at contemporary society, which merely mirrors the inner wounding. This is why a generation may destroy the past! To assist you in remembering these phases, let’s look at them in more detail.

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