06.07.26 Ask SGs Weekly Reading: Be Gentle with Yourself

Read this week's Becoming Faye blog post at: https://www.thehealingriver.net/post/part-2-mama-and-gene

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Hello Everyone,

This week asks us to be gentle with ourselves. I needed to hear that, and I’ll be following that advice.

Chiron, the Wounded Healer, is sitting at 29° Aries, the final degree of the sign. In our community chart, this happens in the 4th house of home, family, roots, and the private parts of life that most people never see.

For nearly seven years, Chiron has been moving through Aries, helping many of us heal wounds around identity, self-worth, and believing we deserve to take up space in the world.

Now Chiron has reached the end of that journey.

In the 4th house, what comes up may be deeply personal. Family stories. Old hurts. Private struggles. So if something surfaces this week, be kind to yourself.

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I’ve learned that healing can’t be forced. Sometimes healing itself hurts because we’re finally ready to look at something with honesty and compassion.

Mercury in Cancer brings that work into our closest relationships. Cancer rules home, family, memory, and our inner world, so conversations may feel more personal. You may find yourself reflecting on the past or realizing your feelings are influencing your decisions more than usual.

Mercury is also slowing down before turning retrograde on June 29. If family matters, communication issues, delays, or unresolved emotions begin showing up now, pay attention. They may be the very themes you’ll continue working with through the retrograde.

This transit is about more than technology glitches. It’s about looking at old memories with fresh eyes and deciding what you’re ready to keep and what you’re ready to release.

Thankfully, Venus and Jupiter in Cancer offer beautiful support. Their conjunction on June 9 reminds us that life is still full of love and joy.

Good things are trying to find their way to all of us. Accept them when they come.

The bigger story this week is Uranus in Gemini squaring the Nodes of Fate. Exact on June 12, this energy will stay with us through mid-July.

When Uranus challenges the Nodes, life can become unpredictable. Plans shift. New opportunities appear. Things we thought were behind us begin showing up again.

The North Node in Pisces guides us toward intuition, compassion, and the wisdom of the soul. The South Node in Virgo wants certainty, answers, and a plan.

But Uranus has other ideas.

Our minds will try to understand what’s happening, but 3D intelligence won’t provide all the answers. This is one of those times when intuition becomes more reliable than logic.

Many of us have spent the last year clearing old karmic patterns and beliefs that no longer support our growth. As Uranus squares the Nodes, that process continues. Places that once felt like home may no longer fit. Relationships and communities may change. You may even discover you’ve outgrown an older version of yourself.

As we shift from 3D consciousness into 5D awareness, fear-based responses are losing their hold while love, compassion, cooperation, and unity become stronger guides.

The challenge isn’t figuring everything out.

The challenge is remaining open enough to receive what your soul already knows.

If life feels uncertain, remember that uncertainty isn’t always a sign you’re off course. Sometimes it’s what happens when the old road disappears and a new one begins to appear beneath your feet.

Trust your intuition. Trust the growth you’ve already accomplished. Trust that you’ll know what to do when the time comes.

And let Venus and Jupiter remind you that healing and growth matter, but so does happiness.

Now let’s look at this week’s tarot card.

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I had to smile when I saw the Six of Summer because it fits this week's astrology perfectly.

This card speaks of childhood memories, family stories, people from the past, and seeing old experiences through new eyes.

With Chiron at 29° Aries in the 4th house of the SGs Community chart and Mercury moving through Cancer, many of us are revisiting parts of our past—not to stay there, but to understand them more clearly.

One line from the card especially stood out to me: "Remembering events differently—in a better or worse light than how they really occurred."

The facts may not have changed, but we have.

Venus and Jupiter in Cancer remind us that looking back doesn't have to leave us sad or stuck. Sometimes the greatest healing comes when we revisit the past with an open heart and a deeper sense of compassion.

The Six of Summer reminds us that the past still has something to teach us, but it does not have to define us.

As Chiron completes his long journey through Aries, one of the gifts being offered this week may simply be a new understanding of the past.

A personal note from Faye…

This week’s reading feels very close to home for me.

Chiron moving through Aries and now sitting at 29° has had a profound impact on my life. The story goes back much further than seven years, but the changes I’ve experienced since 2010 cannot be overstated.

During that time, I’ve transformed spiritually, politically, emotionally, and personally. I’ve questioned beliefs I once held without hesitation. I’ve released identities that once felt central to who I was. I’ve gained freedom, understanding, and a much deeper relationship with myself.

I’ve also experienced tremendous loss.

As many of you know, I’m currently writing my family history. Every week I sit down and revisit stories from the past. Some are beautiful. Some are heartbreaking. Many are both.

What surprises me most is how differently I see those stories today.

The older I get, the less interested I am in deciding who was right and who was wrong. Instead, I find myself seeing people as human beings doing the best they could with the awareness they had at the time.

That includes my parents. That includes other members of my family. And that includes me.

At the same time, some of the most painful parts of my journey are still evolving.

My relationships with my children have changed in ways I never imagined. We love one another, but we no longer share life together the way I once hoped we would.

As a result, many of the milestones, celebrations, and ordinary family moments in the lives of my children and grandchildren happen without my participation.

I won’t pretend that doesn’t hurt. It does. Sometimes deeply.

This week, the Six of Summer card and Chiron at 29° Aries have reminded me that healing doesn’t always mean getting back what we’ve lost.

Sometimes healing means finding compassion where there was once only pain.

Sometimes it means understanding a story differently than we did before.

Sometimes it means accepting that life did not unfold the way we hoped it would and choosing to keep our hearts open anyway.

If you’re walking through your own version of that journey, I want you to know that I understand.

I know what it’s like to feel as though you’ve outgrown an old life while not yet fully seeing the shape of the new one.

I know what it’s like to miss people you still love and to wonder where you belong.

And I know what it’s like to keep moving forward anyway.

Perhaps that’s part of what Chiron has been teaching us all along.

Not how to avoid pain, but how to hold our pain with greater wisdom, compassion, and grace.

If you’re in the middle of your own healing journey, I hope this week’s reading and my personal observations remind you that you’re not alone.

Healing takes time.

So does growth.

Be gentle with yourself.

Love Wins. Love Always Wins.

Faye