Pluto square the Lunar Nodes Transit 2023: Ripe for Change
Pluto only squares the north node and south node every nine or so years, and this is a time ripe for monumental change.
This is not a sudden, eclipse-like change. This change is one that was put into motion days, weeks, months, or even years ago, and will likely continue to roll out in the months to come, like a blood-red carpet leading into the future. Whatever is changing, it has been a long time coming.
Lilith square or conjunct North Node: Integrating the Inner Animal
People with Black Moon Lilith or asteroid Lilith square or conjunct their north node are learning to integrate their inner Lilith. Topics like rage, nonconformity, sexuality, and the primal, earthly part of the human animal are all important. Lilith is not high and mighty, nor bright and positive. She is murky and sharp and feral. She reminds us that we are not just upstanding human beings but also human animals.
South Node in Scorpio, North Node in Taurus: A Skull Crowned with Roses
Scorpio south node attempts to keeps itself safe by scanning for danger. The north node in Taurus knows that safety doesn’t grow from fixation on turmoil, destruction, danger, and all that is hidden. Instead, Taurus—ruled by Venus—fixates on creating opportunity for pleasure and wellness. It enjoys the simple pleasures in life – art, food, sex, the Earth.
Find Your North Node and South Node Sign
Find the period containing your birth date or the date you’re looking for (between 1899 and 2049) on the table below to determine the sign of the north and south node. Note that this table uses the True Node calculation.
The North Node and South Node in Astrology: The Secret Key to Life (A 4-step Guide)
The north node and south node (the “nodes of fate”) represent a high-strung polarity that we’re learning to better balance, a polarity that is always in flux, wobbling and swinging like a pendulum. Neither the north node nor south node is whole on its own; they need each other.
North Node in Taurus, South Node in Scorpio January 18th, 2022–July 17th, 2023
On January 18th, 2022, the north and south nodes (also known as Rahu and Ketu) will enter Taurus (north node) and Scorpio (south node), at long last, highlighting individual and collective lessons in balancing in this polarity.
North Node in Gemini, South Node in Sagittarius: A Retrospective
With Rahu in Gemini and the Ketu in Sagittarius, we’ve been terrorized by waves of ever-changing, never-ending news cycles and we’re either ~doom scrolling~ and dissolving into TikTok just to escape for a moment (Gemini on a dark night) or becoming further entrenched in equally doomy conspiracy theories and political dogma (Sagittarius on a dark night).