Chiron in Leo, Chiron in the 5th House

Chiron in Leo ♌︎ in the natal chart

Wound: If you have Chiron in the sign of Leo in your natal chart then you are working with a wounding of the solar principle. The solar principle is associated with active, outgoing, and confident forms of creativity. This means there is a shadow cast over your ability to express yourself. You may have trouble showing off or accepting praise for a job well done. Chiron in Leo individuals are often excessively humble to the point of putting a damper on their own creativity. You have a deep longing to be known for something you make, conceive, or initiate. 

Healing Gifts: A healing gift you possess with Chiron in Leo is bringing out decisiveness and creativity in others. You seem to spark in others a desire to construct the most brilliant, alluring, and glorious expressions of society. People often see you as a catalyst for opening up the creative aspect within themselves or their latent that was waiting to be awakened. You are excellent at giving people positive feedback and encouragement for their talents. As a person with this placement other people are really intrigued by your opinion. You have great potential to influence bring healing energy to other people in order for them to feel confident, special, and unique.

5th House

Keywords: The keywords associated with the 5th house include love affairs, romance, sex, sexuality, creativity, art, dating, play, playfulness, children, spontaneity, fun, diversity, and the spotlight. 

Succedent House Type: The Succedent house type is ruled by a fixed sign. Leo is the fixed fire sign ruling the 5th house. 

The 5th house in astrology is symbolic of creativity, sexuality, and children. The reason all of these themes come together in the 5th house is due to the fact that they all of them are related to making or creating something outside of oneself. Creativity brings forth something new and imaginative. Your relationship to sexuality or how you express your sexuality can be a creative act or viewed as the reproductive act that creates babies. 

Having an emphasis of planets or lack of planets in the 5th house speaks more to what you make and create in life and less literally to how many children you will or will not have. When you are playing in the 5th house it is all about finding your creative spark, what enlivens you, and how you can bring your true identity forward. 

The focus of the 5th house is what unique experience do you want to share with others, what makes you special. The 5th house is also associated with affairs, flings, and romance due to the playful and often spontaneous nature of this area of the chart.