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:
- Her Capricorn daughter thrives on structure and accomplishment
- Her Leo daughter needs flexibility and different reward systems
“I don’t want to shut my children down. I want them to shine. If I can adapt to help them thrive, I love that.”
Why This Matters Now
Understanding your Chiron isn’t about making excuses for behaviour. It’s about developing self-compassion and recognising patterns running unconsciously.
When you’re aware of your wound, you gain sovereignty over your choices. You can choose healing over reaction, transformation over repetition.
About Jill Brown
Jill Brown is an evolutionary astrologer specialising in Chiron and karmic patterns. With a background in aerospace engineering and NASA, she brings analytical precision to ancient astrological wisdom, helping people transform their deepest wounds into their greatest gifts.
Three Golden Nuggets: Start Today
Get Your Birth Chart Read Have your chart read by an astrologer at least once. It provides profound insight, compassion, and understanding of who you are and why you’re here. You are deserving of the space you take up just by being born.
Invest In Yourself Spend actual money on yourself. Whether it’s astrology, therapy, or courses, the energetic exchange of currency makes you take your growth seriously. You are your best return on investment. A mentor’s hindsight can be your foresight.
Have Fun Every Day Find ways to have fun and lighten up. Life is serious, but at its polarity, nothing is serious. Children can turn grocery shopping into a game. Tap into that. It’s critical to have some fun every day, not just endless healing work.
Key Takeaway
Your deepest wound isn’t a life sentence. When you understand your Chiron placement, you gain the power to transform pain into purpose. The wound that once poisoned you unconsciously becomes the constellation that lights the way for others. That’s the gift of the wounded healer.
You can watch the video of the conversation on YouTube
Find Out More About Jill Brown
Jill’s Website: https://www.eightstarsastrology.com/
Free Chiron Guide: https://www.eightstarsastrology.com/
Follow Jill on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eightstarsastrology