What does it seek to consume in this lifetime? More broadly, the north node indicates where you are going, what you are seeking, and where your higher destiny lies. Thus the north node directs us in the direction of Rahu, or the Dragon’s Head.
In the ancient Babylonian creation myth, the hero Marduk defeats the dragon Tiamat, whose “head and tail subsequently formed the upper and lower hemispheres of the world.” A similar world dragon arrives in Hindu mythology, whose head is called Rahu and tail becomes Ketu. In Astrology and the Authentic Self, Demetra George traces the mythological ascriptions of meaning to the nodes, which are commonly referred to as the Dragon’s Head (north) and Dragon’s Tail (south). The nodes represent different polarities of consciousness: the north speaks to destiny, futurity, and imminence the south, meanwhile, processes what we know. All 2022 eclipses, therefore, will go down on the Taurus-Scorpio spectrum (more on that later). In January 2022, the north node retrograded into Taurus, with the south entering Scorpio, where they’ll remain until July 2023, when Aries and Libra get their turn.
They spend about a year and a half in directly opposing signs. The nodes move retrograde, or backwards, through the signs, completing a revolution over about 18.5 years. They represent points of crossing and clashing, of gates opening and closing. Nodes aren’t like planets - they can’t be seen. If this feels heady, that’s because it is. The points of meeting between the two fields on an axis are called nodes, with the one intersection at the northern and one at the southern latitudes. Meanwhile, the moon, which actually orbits the earth, has its own path, at an incline from the ecliptic. And so the supposed orbital path of the sun as seen from earth is called the ecliptic, which is given its own calculated field, like a sonar in old submarine movies. Though we know that our solar system is heliocentric, with all planets orbiting the sun, much of traditional astrology works on a geocentric assumption, which situates the earth, and therefore us, at the center of the cosmic drama. What are nodes and how do they affect not only your personal astrology, but the big-picture events of the year? We break down the history and calculation of the moon’s nodes, their positioning on the Taurus-Scorpio axis, and how they’ll hit you hard come eclipse season. As points on your star chart and in transiting astrology, nodes yield all sorts of interpretations, dealing with karma and consciousness. The positioning of the eclipses corresponds to the lunar nodes, two shifting axes which signify a whole lot of cosmic data. Among 2022’s best astrological events are the spring and autumn eclipses in Taurus and Scorpio.
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