North Node of Destiny: The Gift That Keeps on Giving
When we step into the path of our North Node, we can begin to look at our Sun, Moon, and every other part of our chart as integral guideposts on our magical journey as we continue to grow and evolve.
I may spend my entire life trying to figure out the full meaning of my Taurus North Node in the Eighth House. The Nodes of the Moon, or Nodes of Destiny as they are often called, have quickly become my favorite part of astrology, and it’s really hard to choose a favorite because every part of the birth chart is connected. But to me, it feels like the nodes pull together everything else. They help make sense of where we’ve been and where we’re going. The North Node of the Moon shows us what our soul came here to do in this lifetime, leading us to discover our higher calling and purpose. While the South Node gives us clues about our past lives and ancestral stories, the North Node offers us an area to explore that we may have little or no previous experience in, but know we must pursue in order to continue growing and be fulfilled. The South Node gives us strength and lessons to propel us forward as we evolve, and the North Node offers a new direction and way of being. It is the hard work of waking up to our truth, our vision, our values, and our unique path in this life, and it is so worth the ride.
I love sharing this wisdom with clients, and what’s so great about astrology is that there is no singular, finite answer to anything. It’s all intuitive interpretation, and we will spend our whole lives piecing it together and hopefully, slowly, coming to a greater understanding of ourselves and the universe. None of us can possibly have it all figured out, and coming to peace with that is part of what makes life so exciting.
But at this point in my life, I’m coming to understand my North Node (soul’s purpose in this life) in Taurus (earth, pleasure, comfort, security, loyalty) in the Eighth House (sex, death, inheritances, occult, transformation) as having to do with a profound sense of responsibility towards protecting and conserving the environment as the precious gift it is from our ancestors and the precious gift we leave for our descendants. All the ways that will unfold, all the things I will create and build and grow in service of this purpose are yet to take shape, but they are gestating and becoming clearer by the day. To exist, to be, to delight in all that this physical form entails, including the planet that holds us, to make peace with the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth, to connect with spirit in ways that honor what is tangible and what is ethereal and infinite—it’s all of that, and more. When we step into the path of our North Node, we can begin to look at our Sun, Moon, and every other part of our chart as integral guideposts on our magical journey as we continue to grow and evolve.
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Sending you so much love today and always.
-Lauren