I recently sat down with Lisa Tahir, LCSW — a therapist, podcaster, author, and energy healer — to talk about a simple but powerful idea: what if your birth chart and your psychology are speaking the same language? Our conversation moved between clinical training, spiritual practice, and practical tools for mending the wounds that keep us stuck. If you have felt like you’ve done the work and still get pulled into anxiety, shame, or self-sabotage, the framework Lisa calls psychoastrology and the concept of Chiron can give real clarity and clear next steps.

Bringing therapy, energy work, and thought coaching together

Lisa has practiced psychotherapy for over two decades while adding modalities like Reiki, EMDR, and thought work. Early in her training she kept spirituality and psychology separate — that’s how many clinicians were trained — but over time she realized that spiritual beliefs shape how people understand suffering and healing. Whether someone believes in a nurturing creator, science, or nature, those beliefs matter.

“What we believe or don't believe about what's beyond what we see... it's really important to know in working with somebody and their emotional pain and healing of that pain.”

That integration is the foundation of psychoastrology: a way to use the symbolic language of astrology alongside evidence-based clinical work so people can better understand why certain patterns recur and how to respond compassionately and effectively.

What is psychoastrology?

Psychoastrology is exactly what it sounds like: your natal astrology — the blueprint of your birth chart — meets your psychological development. It’s not fatalism. Rather, it’s a map that highlights likely vulnerabilities, recurring emotional themes, and the lessons your life keeps asking you to learn.

“Psychoastrology is simply where your natal astrology, your birth chart meets your psychological development.”

Viewed this way, the birth chart becomes a starting point for curiosity. It helps you locate the areas where you may have learned limiting beliefs, how you seek safety, and where you may unconsciously recreate early hurts. From there, clinical tools and spiritual practices can be targeted to those specific themes.

Chiron: the wounded healer and its practical value

Chiron is a mythic and astrological symbol that became central to Lisa’s work and to her book, The Chiron Effect. In Greek mythology Chiron was the centaur who taught healing arts. In astronomy Chiron is a body that orbits between Saturn and Uranus with an unusual path. In astrology, Chiron marks the place in the chart that points to a deep vulnerability or core wound.

These wounds can come from trauma, neglect, abuse, abandonment, or painful relational patterns. Because Chiron often points to a long-standing emotional theme, it helps explain why people who are successful in many areas still experience persistent anxiety or depression tied to a particular life story.

Examples of Chiron placements and how they show up

Chiron in Taurus — Wounds around neglect, material security, or feeling undervalued. Someone might chronically feel unseen or unprovided for.
Chiron in Aries — Wounds around identity and self-worth. This can lead to people-pleasing, self-doubt, or addictive patterns to shore up a sense of value.
Chiron in Aquarius — Wounds around belonging and community. Feelings of isolation, not fitting in, or lack of tribe can be prominent.

Knowing your Chiron placement doesn’t lock you into suffering. It offers a targeted place to focus healing work so your responses are faster, gentler, and more effective.

Core steps to move from reactivity to self-forgiveness

Lisa structures healing as a spectrum — from an occasional “ouch” to deep, self-destructive patterns. Her approach blends psychotherapy, somatic practices, and daily rituals. The goal is not only symptom reduction but cultivating self-forgiveness and wisdom that transforms pain into meaningful service.

Here are concrete, actionable steps inspired by Lisa’s work:

Identify the wound — Learn your Chiron placement or notice the recurring emotional theme (value, belonging, safety, control).
Respond with curiosity, not shame — When you feel triggered, ask: Where in my story is this rooted? What belief am I repeating?
Create tailored practices — For community wounds, try activity-based meetups. For self-worth wounds, practice short daily affirmations and boundary experiments.
Use small, consistent experiments — Commit to 30 days of a single practice (meditation, movement, journaling) to build new neural pathways.
Bring the body into the work — Movement, surf, climbing, walking — the body and mind are intertwined; physical practices soothe and recalibrate nervous system responses.
Practice radical self-forgiveness — Treat past behaviors as survival strategies rather than moral failures. Extract wisdom and compassion from what you did to survive.

Practical exercises you can start today

Lisa offers simple, approachable tools that have real impact when practiced consistently.

4-minute morning meditation — Commit to a short daily sit for 30 days and notice how your focus and mood shift.
30-day movement challenge — Any movement you enjoy counts. Build momentum through small rewards and measurable progress.
Community-first experiments — Join a meetup or volunteer group that aligns with your interests to cultivate tribe and belonging.
Compassion prompts — When a painful memory or shame arises, say: “I did the best I could with what I knew then.” Repeat until the edge softens.
Behavioral micro-change — When you notice a people-pleasing urge or addictive impulse, plan one different, compassionate action to try instead.

How places and hardship shape resilience

Lisa’s life between New Orleans and Los Angeles illustrates how location and challenge push growth. Displacement and hardship — from natural disaster to financial tightness — forced creative problem-solving and opened opportunities she hadn’t imagined. One vivid example: she once lived in her office and showered at a gym while building a second practice in a new city. That awkward, imperfect step became the bridge to a larger life.

The lesson: small, unconventional steps often unlock the next level, especially when the obvious path is not yet available.

Why the wounds you carry can become your medicine

Healing is not erasing the past; it is transforming it. When you face your Chiron placement with curiosity and clinical tools, you gain wisdom that can be used to help others. Self-forgiveness is the hinge that turns survival into service. People who have been wounded in specific ways often become the clinicians, coaches, and helpers who meet those wounds with unique empathy and skill.

“You can heal and be happy and not feel ashamed by the things that happened when you were growing up.”

Where to continue learning

If you want to explore this approach further, consider these next steps:

Find your birth chart and identify Chiron’s placement as a starting point for self-inquiry.
Try a 30-day experiment in meditation, movement, or community building.
Work with a therapist or coach who integrates somatic approaches, EMDR, or energy work if you have deep trauma.
Listen to conversations that blend clinical psychology with spiritual inquiry for ongoing perspective and tools.

Final invitation

Your struggles are not proof you are broken. They are signals pointing to the exact territory where compassion and skill will catalyze growth. Use the map of your chart and the science of therapy as complementary guides. Start with small experiments, gather data about what soothes and what triggers you, and give yourself permission to be both tender and persistent. The path from wounding to wisdom is not linear, but it is accessible — one thoughtful, forgiving step at a time.

Unveiling Psychoastrology: How Chiron Guides Self-Healing and Radical Self-Forgiveness