Aspects
Ascendant Opposition Chariklo
The sanctuary you offer tends to return to you through others. With Chariklo opposite your Ascendant, anchored on the relationship end of the axis, the gift of grace and holding space lives in the people you draw close, so partners and close others become the ones who hold you, or the ones whose pain you are forever holding. You may attract those who need a refuge, or find a bond is where you are finally met in your own need. The gift is relationships of deep, mutual holding. The shadow is always being the container and never the held, or losing yourself in another's pain. The lifelong work is to let your bonds be a place you are held as much as you hold, so the grace flows both ways.
Lean in — Let a bond hold you as much as you hold it.
Watch for — Always be the container and never the held.
- chariklo
- ascendant
- opposition
- holding
Sources
- Reinhart, To the Edge and Beyond: Saturn, Chiron, Pholus and the Centaurs (1996)Reads the natal Chariklo opposition the Ascendant as the centaur of grace and the holding of space, the dignity that can stay present with great pain, working through the self, persona, and how you meet the world.
- Greene, Relating: An Astrological Guide to Living with Others on a Small Planet (1977)Greene frames the Ascendant as the place where Chariklo opposition brings the capacity to hold and shelter others into the self, persona, and how you meet the world.
- Hand, Horoscope Symbols (1981)Hand frames the Ascendant as the first house of self and persona, where Chariklo opposition sets the theme of sanctuary and steady, healing presence.