Horoscopes are relational maps. They enable awareness of our unfolding relationships to outer space from our varying times and positions on Earth. They give us vocabularies and timespace for developing our relationships with intentionality, accountability and reciprocity within the vast and complex community of our solar system. In doing so, horoscopes tell us about the stellar energies present and available to work with at any given point in spacetime. They remind us that we are in material-spiritual community with not just our human and unhuman kin on Earth but also in a larger community with our galactic relatives that demands response-ability.
Relationships need stories to grow, be challenged, and survive. So horoscopes are often read as layered and polyvocal stories. The horoscopes this month are told as your Lunar Nodes story. In other words, they are organised by your Lunar Nodes signs: the South Node and the North Node.
The Lunar Nodes reside where the lunar orbit cuts our Earth’s movement around the Sun, thus signaling a unique Earth-Moon-Sun relation. Since the lunar orbit intersects with the Earth’s orbit around the Sun at two distinct points, we have two lunar nodes, the South and North which are directly opposite to each other. In Hellenic astrology, the Lunar Nodes are represented by the Dragon, the North Node representing its head and the South Node its tail. Symbolically, the South Node is represented by
and the North Node is represented by
To find your Lunar Node signs, you need to look at your birth chart or your natal chart. Generating your birth/natal chart online will require you to input your date of birth, place of birth and time of birth. Since these are sensitive data, I highly recommend that you use only trusted web sources or other online cloaking technologies to protect your privacy.
A typical Hellenic natal chart may look like this:
The 12 zodiac constellations (Aries, Taurus, Gemini…etc.) typically go around in a circle and are represented by Graeco-Egyptian symbols in a Hellenic natal chart. These symbols look like this:
Aries: ♈︎ , Taurus: ♉︎ , Gemini: ♊︎ , Cancer: ♋︎ , Leo: ♌︎ , Virgo: ♍︎ , Libra: ♎︎ , Scorpio: ♏︎ , Sagittarius: ♐︎ , Capricorn: ♑︎ , Aquarius: ♒︎ , Pisces: ♓︎
Having got hold of your natal chart, you now need to note the zodiac constellation in which the South Node symbol appears. The North Node symbol will lie in the sign directly opposite. Together these will represent your Lunar Node signs.
North Node in Gemini, South Node in Sagittarius
The dragon asks you to look above, not just below. It is easy to get caught up in inner work and details, but what about the bigger picture? The global and the local are not opposite ends of a spectrum but the same point on a circle traveled twice. The cosmic pattern is revealed in your earthly everyday. Even if this moment feels alone, there is a lightness. In solitude, things fall in alignment.
North Node in Cancer, South Node in Capricorn
The blur of summer mist hangs in the air. Hazy shapes appear on the horizon, beckoning?…foreboding?…You cannot tell. Feels like a horror movie, being caught between this rock and hard place. Are you drowning into the familiar? Or have been rendered a slave to freedom? Neither one is you. The Deep calls your name, not as a warning, but in hopes to play. This illusion is part of the game, so real. Answer the call, but know that things are hardly as bad as they seem.
North Node in Leo, South Node in Aquarius
Joy pours out of your pores as you find the words to speak your self. The Deep may be unseen, but makes itself known, and so do you. You have dreamt the path, now it is time to share. Your ideas are serious, but you don’t have to be. Humour is often a better teacher (provocateur) than not. Change is uncomfortable. Lead where you are needed. Leadership is not about advice but taking the first step into the unknown.
North Node in Virgo, South Node in Pisces
You have helped light others’ torches, now it is time to light your own fire. Your sense of self lies in that abandoned passion project, it is time to dig it up. An opportunity comes your way, if you let it. What is unknown may be scary, even threatening, but you do not need to hold onto the old. Face your fears and you will be richer for it.
North Node in Libra, South Node in Aries
A small fluctuation produces planetary changes. The difference between a nudge and a shove must be appreciated. No ambition was fulfilled without a good community, no community sustained without healthy boundaries. They say justice is a game of fair shares, but you are not the only one who gets to decide what’s fair. Consult your desire, co-players, and then the Universe in that order. The final judgment is not yours, but your response can be.
North Node in Scorpio, South Node in Taurus
An orange sky brings up surprising emotions. Love is not a game of light stakes, and you know that. But what if love were not a game at all? The desire to win/conquer is driven by fear, but you are already good enough. What are you trying to prove and to whom? Are those persons in your present? Who is in your present? A gift of red roses calls out to you, when you are ready to give and receive. Equally. If you wish to be reborn, the past must die.
North Node in Sagittarius, South Node in Gemini
Obsession with slaying the dragon has ruined many a hero. A recurring energy and tunnel vision. What about the dragon unsettles you? What about unsettling makes you insecure? A wanderer sleeps inside of you, if only you listen closely. There is a familiar rhythm to their gentle fire breathing. What you seek outside, lies within you, denied. Kindness to self goes a long way. But true kindness allows you to play without judgment; it does not white you out.
North Node in Capricorn, South Node in Cancer
A blue light will call you towards greener pastures. A walk in an abandoned city might lead you into the woods. Games are played not only for the acquisition of skills, but more often for joy. Forget that truth and you shall lose your way. Remember the facts and your journey will be of abundance. The road ahead is long, but you are well set. It is not always about the destination, the road is most of the fun. Do not forget fun.
North Node in Aquarius, South Node in Leo
First there will be a long day of suffocating heat, and then the sky will darken. A strong wind will pick up, threatening a storm. Creatures will rush nowhere and everyside and you will be caught in the melee. Then out of nowhere, rain and thunder will shower, chasing mice back into their holes. You will stand in this warm rain alone. And so the rain mixes with your tears in what will seem like forever. Then the skies will clear, a rainbow will light, filling you with gratitude. Heaviness washed away by the rain, you shall stand calm, a companion or two by your side, glad to be alive.
North Node in Pisces, South Node in Virgo
The Deep has lit your fire, and you can deny yourself no more. How long will you estrange yourself from you? And to what end? Survival is overrated, you deserve to live. What’s in your spirit needs to manifest in this world. Gaze into a candle flame to order your thoughts. The dream world needs you and you do it. Paint abstract art; if it makes you alive, it is not a waste of time. This life was dreamt for you, not just the other way round. Not everything makes sense, and doesn’t need to.
North Node in Aries, South Node in Libra
Look where you move, lest you stumble into another and forget yourself. It is time for you to shine, not live backstage rolling up the curtains. You think you are not ready, but you are readier than most. You do not need to be perfect to be seen, imperfections make you relatable in your community. This world will never be in your control, so why not enjoy it?
North Node in Taurus, South Node in Scorpio
A boredom settles in, like the last dregs of summer. You wonder if this is all that life has to offer, and if there was not a promise of something more. You have changed places several times, but the longing does not leave you. What if the longing is not about options, but for different eyes, and senses? Go within and you might just discover: a new sense.