Understanding the Nodes

To understand the energy of when the nodes change signs and how you personally will be impacted, you need to know what the Nodes mean and represent:

They're NOT planets. They're mathematical points where the Moon's orbital path crosses the Sun's. My favorite thing about the nodes is that they quite literally map out our life path. History lesson: Cultures all over the world, looked at an eclipse and each independently decided that something was "eating the light". Dragons and serpents show up again and again. The version astrology inherited comes from India, where the nodes are Rahu and Ketu, the severed head and tail of a being that keeps chasing the Sun and Moon across the sky. That image traveled through Persian and Arabic astrology into Europe, where the nodes became the Dragon's Head and the Dragon's Tail. We still use those names today.

The North Node = the head, the mouth and the whole appetite or the hunger of the dragon.

The South Node = the tail or the part that is intended to release and let go.

When the Sun or Moon passed through either end the dragon swallows the light. We know this better (in modern day) as an eclipse! The Full Meaning of Each Node South (SN) is our comfort zone. This is all the skills you default to, the identity you take on everyday and the place that feels most natural. BUT .... there's a slight problem. This is also the place where you get stuck and prevent yourself from growing. This is the place that (according to astrology), you've lived comfortably in for multiple lives. The goal is to step away from the South and move to the North North (NN) is our North Star. It's uncharted and unfamiliar territory. It can be scary and chaotic feeling. BUT...it generates a hunger in us. Sometimes if might feel like we are pretending to be someone we aren't because we are moving AWAY from the comfort zone. That's the point! Example: If your SN is in Gemini, you are heavily reliant on logic and analysis. Directly across from Gemini is Sagittarius so this would be your North Node (NN). The goal for this lifetime is to move toward Sag energy where you focus on freedom and expansion of the mind and gain your knowledge through lived experience. One more thing: the nodes always sit exactly opposite each other. So they describe a pair of signs and a pair of houses at the same time.