EP 436: ASTROLOGY’S Chiron: Your KARMIC WOUND Is Actually Your Superpower with Jill Brown

Have you ever wondered why you keep repeating the same patterns, struggling with fears that seem to have no origin in this lifetime? While most people know their sun sign, there’s a hidden placement in your birth chart that reveals your deepest wound and your greatest gift. In this profound episode, evolutionary astrologer Jill Brown shares how understanding Chiron, the “wounded healer,” can transform your pain into purpose and help you finally break free from unconscious patterns. The NASA Engineer Who Heard Past Lives Jill Brown’s journey is extraordinary. With an aeronautics degree and a career at NASA running drone test ranges, she was the last person you’d expect to become an evolutionary astrologer. Everything changed when her two-year-old daughter described her “other mother” who taught her songs to navigate by the stars at night. When Jill asked what happened, her daughter said: “We were crossing a river and she drowned, and then I went under the water, and then I woke up, and now you’re my mother.” Just a month earlier, Jill had coincidentally gotten her birth chart read by an evolutionary astrologer. The timing was impossible to ignore. What Is Chiron? The Wounded Healer Chiron is named after the centaur from Greek mythology who was injured by a poisoned arrow. Because his father was a Titan, he had immortality, but because his mother was mortal, he felt endless pain. Unable to die or heal, Chiron eventually exchanged his immortality to free Prometheus and give fire to mankind. Zeus, impressed by his sacrifice, turned him into a constellation. This is Chiron in your chart: a subconscious wound that either poisons you unconsciously, or you discover it, surrender to it, and transmute it into a gift that helps others. Your Chiron Placement Reveals Your Core Wound Each person’s Chiron is unique by sign and house. Jill’s Chiron sits in Taurus in the fifth house. Growing up in an abusive household, her wound centred on security and safety. The fifth house relates to the inner child and joy. Her healing involved becoming the parent she wished she’d had. Different signs create different wounds: Chiron in Pisces: Wound of faith and overwhelming empathy Chiron in Gemini: Communication challenges Chiron in Taurus: Security and stability issues The house shows which life area the wound manifests most strongly. It’s Not About Endless Healing Jill’s refreshing perspective: “We’re always healing wounds. Sometimes I just want to have fun too. I don’t always want to be healing a wound.” The point isn’t to live in your wound forever. Discover it, understand it, develop compassion, then transmute it. You’re not meant to unpack your wound and stay there saying “it’s my wound.” You’re meant to become the constellation that lights the way for others. The Chiron Return: The Real Reason For Midlife Crisis Everyone knows about Saturn return (age 28-30), but Chiron return happens around age 50. If you haven’t done the inner work, you unconsciously react by having affairs, quitting jobs, buying sports cars. These triggered reactions don’t address the core wound. “Are you being pushed out of something, or pulled up into something? Chiron return wants to pull you up into a higher version of yourself.” Understanding Karma As Memory Jill reframes karma: it’s not punishment or cosmic revenge. It’s memory. Karma is the stored sensations and belief systems that carry over from previous experiences. Her daughter’s fear of abandonment, despite Jill never leaving, makes sense as karmic memory from losing her mother suddenly in another lifetime. The question becomes: how do we free ourselves from limiting karmic memories while honouring the lessons? Using Astrology For Better Parenting Jill uses her daughters’ charts to understand their fundamental needs: