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On Sunday, January 11, 2026, we hit a significant cosmic speed bump: Venus in Capricorn square Chiron in Aries.
If you’ve been feeling a bit tender lately—like your skin is a little too thin or your past failures are on a loop in your head—you aren’t imagining it. This transit is a deep dive into our collective and personal "worthiness wounds."
Here is everything you need to know about this energy and how to navigate it without spiraling.
The Players: Venus and Chiron
To understand the tension, first we have to look at what these two are doing individually.
Venus in Capricorn: The Architect of Value Venus is how we love and what we value. In Capricorn, she isn’t interested in fleeting flings or participation trophies. She wants commitment, legacy, and results. Venus in Cap is "boss energy"—she finds beauty in discipline and worth in what has been built over time. But the shadow side? She can be cold, hyper-critical, and make us feel like we are only as good as our last achievement.
Chiron in Aries: The Wound of Being Chiron is the "Wounded Healer," representing the pain we can’t quite get rid of but eventually learn to teach from. In Aries, that wound is about existence. It’s the "Am I allowed to be here?" wound. It manifests as a fear of taking up space, a struggle with self-assertion, or the feeling that you have to "win" just to prove you’re alive.
The Transit: A Worthiness Activation
When these two square off (a 90-degree angle of friction), they create a "worthiness wound" flare-up.
What it feels like personally: It’s that sinking feeling that you haven’t done enough, aren’t successful enough, or don’t have enough status to be loved. You might find yourself tallying up your flaws or feeling rejected by a partner or boss. Because it’s Aries and Capricorn, it’s a clash between who you are (Aries) and what you’ve built (Capricorn). You might feel like your identity is a failure because your structures aren't perfect.
What it looks like collectively: On a larger scale, this transit often highlights systemic unworthiness. We might see stories in the news about people being discarded by systems, or collective outcries regarding the lack of support for the individual within the corporate machine. It’s a moment where society asks: “Is a person's value only tied to their productivity?”
How to Handle the Heat
This isn't a sit-back-and-relax kind of transit. Squares demand action, but since it involves Chiron, that action should be healing, not just doing.
Audit Your Inner Critic: When that Capricorn voice tells you you're a failure because you aren't a CEO yet, recognize it for what it is—a transit, not a truth.
Acknowledge the "Ouch": If someone triggers you today, don't just react (that's the Aries impulse). Ask, "What old story is this touching?" Usually, the current situation is just a mirror for a much older wound.
Redefine Success: Use the Capricorn discipline to commit to a new definition of worth—one that includes your courage to simply exist as you are.
Be Gentle with the "No": You might face some "no's" in business or love today. Instead of seeing it as a rejection of your soul, see it as the universe pruning what isn't structurally sound for your future.
The Silver Lining
The magic of a Venus-Chiron square is that it makes the invisible visible. You can't heal what you can't feel. By letting the uglier feelings of unworthiness come to the surface, you finally get the chance to give them some air and tell them they don't run the show anymore.
Since you can finally see these patterns for what they are, here are some depth-work prompts and practices to help you move through the tension rather than just sitting in it.
Depth Psychology Journaling Prompts
Grab a pen and try to write without filtering. Let the unpolished version of yourself speak.
The Achievement Shadow: "If I lost all my titles, my bank balance, and my 'status' tomorrow, what part of me would still feel valuable? What part of me would feel like it died?"
The Authority Figure: "Whose voice am I hearing when I tell myself I’m 'not enough' or 'behind' in life? Is it mine, or is it a parent, a teacher, or a societal ghost?"
The Aries Impulse: "Where am I dimming my natural fire (Aries) because I’m afraid it will disrupt the 'perfect' structures (Capricorn) I’ve built? What would happen if I took up 'too much' space today?"
The Gift in the Wound: "If my current feeling of unworthiness was actually a messenger, what is it trying to protect me from? Is it trying to keep me small so I don't risk a bigger rejection?"
A Practice: The "Inner Architect" Dialogue
This is a classic depth psych technique (Active Imagination) to help mediate the tension between Venus in Capricorn and Chiron in Aries.
The Process:
Visualize the Tension: Close your eyes and imagine two figures. One is the Architect (Venus in Cap)—organized, stern, focused on the future. The other is the Wounded Warrior (Chiron in Aries)—tender, raw, and perhaps a bit defensive.
The Conversation: In your journal, write a dialogue between them.
Ask the Architect: "What are you so afraid will happen if we aren't perfect?"
Ask the Warrior: "What do you need to feel safe enough to lead?"
The Integration: Find one small way these two can work together today. Maybe the Architect creates a "structure" (a 15-minute break) specifically so the Warrior can do something "unproductive" but soul-affirming.
To wrap it all up, remember that the discomfort of this transit isn't a sign that you’re failing; it’s a sign that you’re outgrowing a version of “worth" that was always too small for you. Use this energy to stop auditing your flaws and start honoring the grit it took to get here. You are the architect and the masterpiece all at once—so be patient with the renovation.
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