In astrology, the planet Chiron represents the seemingly incurable wound. In the general sense, Chiron represents nothing less than the grand wound of human existence, of incarnate being itself. In a more specific sense, Chiron represents one’s own particular and persistent suffering. In other words, the chronic vulnerabilities shaped by one’s own unique biography, especially as connected to the mother, or more precisely, as connected to a profound wounding related to the loss of the mother. Chiron has a fifty year orbit, meaning that on one’s fiftieth birthday Chiron returns to the place in the sky it occupied at the time of one’s birth. For most, the Chiron return will be a once in a lifetime event. The Chiron return is thus the perfect opportunity to revisit the origins of the seemingly incurable wound as related to the loss of the mother. Chiron Return is a memoir organized around the rape and murder of a mother. The Chiron Return of the daughter, as she approaches her fiftieth birthday, prompts a return to the scene of the crime, both metaphorical and literal, as she seeks to understand more fully the circumstances surrounding the death of her mother.
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Creative Writing
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Autobiography--Women authors
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Children of murder victims--United States--Biography
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Murder victims--Oregon--Dalles--Biography
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