I love working with and thinking about the Nodes and how our North Node can be a difficult albeit necessary place to reach. And is like a puzzle. You look to the sign, you look to the house, you look to the aspects: how does it all fit together? Who are you? Who are you meant to be? The Nodes can help you answer this.
When I learned that my North Node was in Pisces, I went on a research-binge, learning everything I could about Pisces, about how to be Pisces. See, my lessons, in this lifetime, are about distance from the Virgo and about getting closer to the fish. Not to abandon Virgo, because I need Virgo, need to do the high side of Virgo, but… I am moving towards this other… animal.
And I used to think that the North Node was a little like Saturn i.e. a point of difficulty or challenge or fear or work but now I see it lighter, in motion, traveling traveling traveling because the road is the way is the journey is the destination is the process is the… North Node, always in action in your life. The Nodes have to do with our responses. Do we go the way of the South? Or the way of the North?
Do you think about your North Node and how to get there? I think this spot in the chart can begin to unlock the locked, the locked up. When you feel caught, stuck, fixed, habitual, exhausted… look at your chart, print it out, look at the funny little Nodal glyph and… enter it. It’s a whole new world 🙂
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28 thoughts on “The Journey Is The Path Is The Way Is The North Node”
I have Jupiter in Capricorn conjunct by Capricorn NN in the 1st house…. So, I definitely know what time it is!
LOL Yes, indeed you do know what time it is 🙂
YES!! I like!
Thanks Jason (my Super Sadge pal 🙂
Hi alizamoonpluto – I’m always interested in the Nodes and how they play out in real-life. I’m especially enjoying these follow-up comments.
My 2nd house NN is conjunct my Libra Venus/Sun, which then connects to my various Scorpio planets. My Sun is exactly opposite 8th house BM Lilith/Sedna which is a few degrees away from my South Node. I read somewhere that with BM Lilith close to the SN, the nodal journey can be spiritually complicated and take a lot of work (more like surrender).
It’s taken me a long time to find a way to integrate both Nodes into my life in a meaningful way. I guess that’s true for everyone, but the pull for me was so intense at times and also so intensely confusing. My life is nothing like it used to be and that’s a good thing, although I continue to learn.
Hope you don’t mind, my comments are always long. 🙂
Hi LB, long comments are more than welcome 🙂
Thanks much, Aliza. This helps TONS!
I’m gonna ‘meditate’ on this… 😉
love …
Take care, Keva. My SN is in the 12th too, I love it there 🙂
Love your take on this! One of the things that makes makin’ sense of this so hard, is that no text book analysis seems to have been much help in nailing this pup!
Oh heavens, re: the WORK situation … this is HOT Topic # 2! A very long story short, I’ve got Chiron there…
I was ALMOST gonna say this before, but I held back. You can heal people. Sorry to be so bold. But healing work of some kind. Nurse, doctor, helper of the body, alternative healing. Your chart is killing me LOL
Work: sure it’s a hot topic, because you want to hide away in the 12th with Mom (or Saturn) or your collection of Runes or ancient texts and pray/meditate/lalala but you need to be in the world and in CHARGE in the world in some way. And it feels kinda icky but that’s your calling. Maybe you don’t want to touch bodies but you’d be an amazing massage therapist. Or own the massage practice.
Cap/Cancer is a tough one. But I bet your Saturn placement holds some good clues/keys too.
BML conjunct NN/6th: she’s who you need to be… every day.
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SN in Cancer in the 12th. Conjunct Saturn. The two square Sun-Pluto conj. in the fourth (on IC). Cappie NN in 6th. This config. is absolutely mind-boggling for me to comprehend. Let alone the implementation… Seems so like a double-edged sword, this ‘un!
Ouch, Keva. Something painful about that indeed: SN Cancer with Saturn in the 12th! So you have to drive towards Cap and yet… You definitely have your WORK cut out for you with this one, that is clear. Work work work. Feels like you worked hard in the monastery in your previous 12th House lives and you can’t give that up yet. More lessons to be learned. As a side note, I wonder what kind of home you’ve made for yourself.
Double edged sword seems like a good way to put it to… Does your NN receive any support?
NN widely (6 deg. orb ) trine Mars rx in Taurus. This Mars quincunx that Pluto-Sun conj.. NN also conj. BML. Lacks any other major aspects.
Regards the home situation, CHARGED!! There’s also Uranus in the 4th. ‘nuf said?! 😉
NN with BML. Now that is fascinating. Sorry, I’m treating your chart like a science project but it is… charged! One question, if you care to share, with aspects like those, what on earth do you do for work and… got anything in your 10th?
Saturn in opposition to North Node in Capricorn…. It’s as though your NN Cap needs to lose a horn or something. The goat with one horn. A kinder gentler Cap but not as kind and gentle as Cancer. More like… awesome darkish power like Lillith. A marriage of theCap worker/boss and the… witch! (so to speak) 🙂
Jara, ah figured out an easier way to do this on my phone.
The Mars square just makes it feel edgy, more diff to get there. An extra added challenge for you. NN is our NN because it’s not easy
The fear: Saturn opp ur SN! Of course u r afraid. Part of Your mission is to conquor (mars) the fear!
Being the student is easy for u, u know how to do it ie the SN
Saturn doesn’t care what you like 🙂
LOL at “Saturn doesn’t care what you like.” Well, I don’t like Saturn – or North Node. 🙂
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Yes yes yes, Jara! I have more to say in response ltr when I’m home
Thanks for your insight, AlizaMoonPluto. The Saturn conj. NN has stumped me because it squares my Mars (adds to your theory about teaching others about fear and courage). *smiles* at the “world is waiting for you to tell us what to do”. That sounds about right…and that makes me scared. I like being the student more than the teacher, but people do not respond to me anymore when I’m the student – only when I get into the teacher role (even if that means teaching them by showing them how to be a better student). And I attract people who resent me because they resent *all* “authority figures” or feel like whatever I’m saying is “easier said than done” – not realizing that I’ve overcome some fears to do what I’m doing and say what I’m saying. It’s all enough to make me turn my back on/ignore my so-called life purpose for years. That is changing now, though… 🙂
This inspires me:
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” – Nelson Mandela
(Our charts and life trajectory are very similar. I’m in/emerging from my “prison” phase.)
My NN is in Virgo, so I’ve got Pisces down. 🙂 The title of your post in your tweet struck a chord in me because my Saturn is conjunct my NN in the 9th house, so I can’t separate fear from purpose from journey. To make it more challenging, my ASC is in Sagittarius…square both my Saturn and NN. My Sun is in easy aspect to my Saturn and NN so finding and living my purpose is all very sticky and tricky.
Thanks for the post.
Thanks, Jara. Sound to me like you are a born-teacher: North Node + Saturn. Even more, you can teach others about fear i.e. courage, living up to potentials. The 9th house and the Sadge asc only adding to this 🙂 I see this more and more… squares to the NN… 🙂
oops that got sent before I was done. Was going to say, the challenge is even *more* built in then…Saturn in the 9th with NN in Virgo…. The world is waiting for you to tell us what to do 🙂
I’ve recently decided to focus on my libra Jupiter in the 11th….and it happens to be conjunct my north node.
very, extremely difficult for me. my mars/moon is conjunct south node. I’ve never felt I was the courageous Aries type, though. I always feel like I’m too accommodating to others, at my own expense. so, you see, following libra goes against the grain. “MORE cooperation? heck no!”
so, the last couple years, I’ve given in totally to my Aries/south node self. I go where I want, do what I want and ask myself “what do I want?” because I’ve spent years having to negate myself for the sake of others, this has been quite nice.
but now, I’m putting my attention on trying to get along, and at the same time taking care of myself…not stifling my needs for others’ needs.
it’s a delicate balance.
Oooh interesting. Moon with South Node… The ways of the past/the mother do not suit you…
oh, my, you are so right.
parenting was extremely difficult for me.
and where the heck can you breastfeed when out and about? the only places available 30 years ago were restrooms!!! feeding a baby while sitting on a toilet? unbelievable!! how demeaning to mother and child.
I read somewhere that mars/moon creates a deep anxiety around survival. I don’t understand how they came to that conclusion, but it sure fits, as does your comment about moon/south node.
typical interpretation of mars/moon is anger and impatience. I am angry, but I turn it against myself. I am not violent and I do not enjoy sports.
I can relate to being a warrior in the sense of bringing awareness through words, art or science to where there is injustice or inequality. or understanding/finding solutions for the needs of those who are suffering and disenfranchised.
sorry, too much writing and it’s late back east! you hit a nerve (poetically, I might add) sorry to hijack your post…
I err on the side of Freud 😉 The moon is always the mother, the feminine, the emotions, the relationships with women later on, etc… Mars Moon can be angry emotions sure, but also energy. Feelings and sex drive tied together or strong feelings about sex, strong drive. Impatience, sure. The sign, the houses, the aspects matter as you know.
Mars is our inner warrior, yes… did you need to parent your own parent?
Glad I hit a nerve 🙂 I appreciate all your thoughtful comments! Never worry about hijacking. It’s readers like you that keep me going!
Interesting. I felt responsible for helping my mother, and I was angry (even as a child) about the inequality in my parent’s relationship. My parents had a business, and she worked all day there, and came home and still worked all evening at home, while my dad relaxed in the evenings.
As for my parenting, I gave up my interests to raise my child. I divorced when she was two, and my ex’s famous line was “thanks! I got what I want….I get to be the fun parent, while you do all the work”.
To confirm women’s value and our rights for our own joys is a personal mission for me. Not at the expense of men, but partnered with them. Not subjugated.
Geeez, I sound like we’re back in the 1800’s!
Thanks for getting me thinking, once again, MP:)
Hey Anita. Hope you are having a good Saturday.
I think that’s a fine mission, who cares if it sounds old school 🙂 It still exists, it’s still needed.