Astrology
It?s key to remind yourself too that when you are looking at planets aspecting the South Node you are looking into your prior life nature. Planets that are closely conjunct the South Node are like a planet conjunct the Sun, except we are talking about in a prior life. This planet is a good description of how you were in a former life, if you chose to believe in reincarnation. The bizarre thing here is that past life aspects and situations tend to repeat themselves in this life until we bring consciousness to these patterns, and accept or reject parts of them. That?s why we can often interchange ?past life? with ?early childhood and young adult life.?
A planet conjunct the North Node is that North Node Medicine I?ve talked about before?there?s something about what this planet embodies that you need to bring into your life more. It operates in as a compensatory function, and it is this way because the theory postulates that you were in opposition to this planetary energy in a former life. It opposed you as a person, or a ?the brick wall of reality? that you couldn?t get around. Now you can use it.
For example if you have Venus in Cancer conjuncting your North Node, you?ll know that something about the nurturing nature of love in relationship is good for you now, and is what you didn?t quite get right in a former life or earlier in this one. Then, you check on which house it?s in to tell another piece of the story.
In looking at the planets aspecting the Nodes, this is where you don?t need a cookbook answer. Just treat it for what the planet and aspect means?ie if a planet is conjuncting, or opposing, or making a trine to your Nodes, think of it ?classically? the same way as you would a planet doing that to your Sun. It simply is amplifying and describing more of what that Node is about?except that because we are looking at Nodal information, the important point is the aspects to the South Node hint of your past life patterns. You probably lived that planet out quite thoroughly in a former life.
A planet tightly aspecting your South Node describes you in a former life, and like looking through a piece of stained glass, it also colors your current life today. Read it for what it is! Moon conjunct the South Node? Put the puzzle together: Moon: mother, mothering, feelings, reactivity. What sign is it in? You have Moon in Sagittarius? Is Sag concerned with the balance of freedom and issues of communication? Is it expansive and over-bearing at times in its enthusiasm? Is this Moon/South Node in the house of close committed friendships and marriage, or is it in the house of career? Where then might you be acting out these South Node tendencies?
This kind of Nodal expansiveness in a reading stretches the imagination to play out a few variations on a theme?why not? You never know what you might find. (c) Elizabeth Spring www.elizabethspring.com
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Astrology
Planets conjunct the Nodes
What about planets aspecting the Nodes by conjunction, trine or opposition? Attempting to understand the basics of the Nodal story is an act of imagination, and it lends itself to error if taken too literally. We are looking for emotional truth here, not literal facts. So when we look at what are the rulers and the aspects to the Nodes I think any extrapolations need to be ?seconded? by the rest of the chart.
It?s key to remind yourself too that when you are looking at planets aspecting the South Node you are looking into your prior life nature. Planets that are closely conjunct the South Node are like a planet conjunct the Sun, except we are talking about in a prior life. This planet is a good description of how you were in a former life, if you chose to believe in reincarnation. The bizarre thing here is that past life aspects and situations tend to repeat themselves in this life until we bring consciousness to these patterns, and accept or reject parts of them. That?s why we can often interchange ?past life? with ?early childhood and young adult life.?
A planet conjunct the North Node is that North Node Medicine I?ve talked about before?there?s something about what this planet embodies that you need to bring into your life more. It operates in as a compensatory function, and it is this way because the theory postulates that you were in opposition to this planetary energy in a former life. It opposed you as a person, or a ?the brick wall of reality? that you couldn?t get around. Now you can use it.
For example if you have Venus in Cancer conjuncting your North Node, you?ll know that something about the nurturing nature of love in relationship is good for you now, and is what you didn?t quite get right in a former life or earlier in this one. Then, you check on which house it?s in to tell another piece of the story.
In looking at the planets aspecting the Nodes, this is where you don?t need a cookbook answer. Just treat it for what the planet and aspect means?ie if a planet is conjuncting, or opposing, or making a trine to your Nodes, think of it ?classically? the same way as you would a planet doing that to your Sun. It simply is amplifying and describing more of what that Node is about?except that because we are looking at Nodal information, the important point is the aspects to the South Node hint of your past life patterns. You probably lived that planet out quite thoroughly in a former life.
A planet tightly aspecting your South Node describes you in a former life, and like looking through a piece of stained glass, it also colors your current life today. Read it for what it is! Moon conjunct the South Node? Put the puzzle together: Moon: mother, mothering, feelings, reactivity. What sign is it in? You have Moon in Sagittarius? Is Sag concerned with the balance of freedom and issues of communication? Is it expansive and over-bearing at times in its enthusiasm? Is this Moon/South Node in the house of close committed friendships and marriage, or is it in the house of career? Where then might you be acting out these South Node tendencies?
This kind of Nodal expansiveness in a reading stretches the imagination to play out a few variations on a theme?why not? You never know what you might find. (c) Elizabeth Spring www.elizabethspring.com
*** Because I'm finishing writing my book on the Nodes this month (!) I'm not having time to respond to comments personally. However, I do appreciate them, and when possible I respond to them in the next posted article.
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Squares to the Nodes?Your Karmic ?Skipped Step? How do you get to your North Node? How do you know how best to prioritize things? What has been left unresolved karmically from past lives? At this point, you understand the idea of the...
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Understanding Karma and Free Will through the Astrological South Node Karma is about the law of cause and effect and reaping the consequences of what we have sown. It?s also simply ?habit? and all the default, comfortable, knee-jerk patterns in our lives....
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