The lunar nodes are directly opposite each other in the chart. They aren’t planets but rather mathematical points on the chart that fall in two opposite zodiac signs. (For example, if your north node is in Capricorn, your south node will be in its opposite sign of Cancer, and so on.) Here’s a more in-depth look at the themes of the north node and south node and how to decode where yours fall. You’ll have to lighten your baggage and enlist some help to get you up that hill. It’s your learning curve. North node activities require you to stretch out of your comfort zone. Once you do, you’ll be amazed by how fulfilled you feel. It’s like the activation of your life’s mission. The sooner you align yourself with this path, the more purpose-driven your life will become. However, you will often return to your south node as that “ace in the hole”—kind of like returning home to your roots, even after you’ve made your way in the world. We often think that just because we’re good at something—or it comes easily to us—that it’s what we should do with our lives. Yet sometimes the easy way doesn’t feel spiritually satisfying. Maybe you’ve taken this path enough times in past lives and you’re ready for something new. You will be innately good in these areas of life and may begin your early path based on your south node leanings. While this can bring a sense of satisfaction, it is unlikely to elevate you to Blissville. There’s a sense of “been there, done that” in the field of south node activities. And indeed you have: in many past lifetimes. The key is to use your south node as a springboard into your north node destiny. The south node is your horoscope hometown—perhaps not the place you want to settle permanently but somewhere cozy to visit when you need to feel a sense of place or belonging. The nodes change signs about every 18 months. People born within your same lunar node group are like your “soul tribe.” You were incarnated with them to learn the same lessons. Kabbalah’s astrology focuses primarily on the lunar nodes. This system calls the north node your tikkun (“correction”) and views it as the karmic adjustment your soul must make. Vedic astrology calls the nodes the head (Rahu/north node) and tail (Ketu/south node) of the dragon and takes a harsher view of the south node’s karma. Note to parents-to-be: If you have a child around the ages of 18 to 19 or 36 to 37, you’ll share the same nodes. And if you date, marry, or join forces with someone nine or 10 years older or younger than you, there’s a good chance they’ll have the opposite nodes (for example, if your south node is Virgo and their north node is Virgo). This can be a powerful but polarizing zodiac compatibility pairing—you’ve both mastered what the other one has come here to learn. If you combine your natural skills, you can be unstoppable.
