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The Moon's Nodes
We can also understand the Moon's Nodes by their visible effects. The Nodes "cause" eclipses -- astronomically, eclipses only occur when the Nodes conjunct Sun and Moon -- and make the Sun or Moon appear invisible. The Nodes literally appear to gobble up the Sun or Moon. They carry, therefore, the themes of eclipsing and obscuring, and of illusion (after all, the Sun and Moon are not really "eaten up").
My astrology clients have confirmed these concepts. Those with, for example, the Nodes conjunct planets in the fourth house have felt unseen by and overshadowed by their parents. The Nodes deeply affect the expression of any planet they conjunct or house they occupy, often either severely weakening the planet or house themes, or creating illusions, distortions, or impulsive behavior.
Vedic astrology also associates the North Node (Rahu) with materialism, ambition, obsession, insatiable drives, and dissatisfaction, and the South Node (Ketu) with anxiety, withdrawal, relinquishment, and doubts. Rahu can give self-inflation and rebelliousness, while Ketu can give self-deprecation and timidity. People, for example, with Ketu in the first house (or conjunct an important planet) can be too self-effacing, while with Rahu there, over-confident and over-estimate their abilities. Woody Allen's North Node in the house of children, for example, is one of the indicators of the depth of his compulsion towards his wife's adopted daughter.
On the high side, Rahu can give one the drive to succeed and achieve, and Ketu a thirst for spirituality and enlightenment. Rahu teaches lessons about attainment, and Ketu about surrender. Karl Marx, born on a New Moon eclipse -- the North Node conjunct both the Sun and the Moon in the third house -- is an excellent example of a person with the drive to think incisively and speak out no matter what obstacles he encountered. His natal eclipse represents his exiles, poverty, hunger, suffering, rebellions, alienation, and relative obscurity during his life, as well as an unparalleled commitment to succeed at championing his new ideology.
For the Western astrologer who wants to know more, the literature of Vedic astrology (for example, Light on Life by Hart de Fouw and Robert Svoboda) gives deep and detailed attributes of the nodes, everything from their direction, distance, shape, height, metals and gems, professions, psychology, gender, temperament, and the people, illnesses, and sexual patterns that they represent. Vedic astrologers developed this detailed understanding of the nodes because they have always treated the nodes as planets in Vedic astrology, as significant as Venus or Mars.
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Here is a great explanation of Rahu (North Node ) or Dragon's Head, and Ketu (South Node), or Dragon's Tail. Remember, the Vedic Astrologers see them both as Malefics (because of the Wheel of Rebirth), as well as Saturn, (Lord of Karma). But this particular astrologer, departs from the usual, maleficness of them in his description and actually sees them as beneficial, or as Edgar Cayce would see any "opportunity for growth," i.e. Karma as a benefit. Nice take on them for a change. To think "outside the box". |
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