Lunar Nodes are part of your Karma. Get to know them

By Thais O.

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Lunar Nodes show us where we came from and where we are going. They are great points to analyze in our birth chart but people usually do not talk about them. Now, get to know more about your Karma. Stay with us!

Lunar Nodes: all you need to know

Why we are here and what we came to do here are questions that come to mind from time to time. There are several ways to reflect and try to figure out these answers and Lunar Nodes are one of them.

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There is a strand in Astrology called Karmic Astrology. The astrologers of this strand work on analyzing our past lives in depth: our fears, blockades, struggles, victories, etc. Once we understood what we were and what we went through, we came to a conclusion on how to improve in this life.

Lunar Nodes, also known as the head and tail of the dragon, are the main analytical tools of Karmic Astrology. In practice, they are different from the other points on our birth chart that we can actually see, like the planets and stars.

They are different because they are imaginary points in the sky. The scholars calculate these points from the intersection of the orbit of the Moon and the Sun. Since the entire course of the Sun takes a year (note: the Earth course around the Sun) and the course of the Moon about a month, people of the same age usually share the same Lunar Nodes.

Lunar Nodes and the astronomical aspects

Eclipses are both astronomical and astrological phenomena. In astrology, they symbolize great changes and moments of presages and so are a subject that scholars pay a lot of attention.

Since the Moon is near the nodes when there is an eclipse, they have this important karmic significance. Moreover, they reveal the collective karma of some group of people. We said above that people of the same age usually have the same lunar nodes, but the influence of the nodes changes a bit from the aspects of the birth chart of each one.

The two imaginary points representing the Lunar Nodes are exactly opposite 180 degrees apart. This means that if you have North Node in Aries, you automatically have South Node in Libra.

The South Node relates to our past lives and what we did in them. All the mistakes, learning and experiences that have brought us here today. The North Node is about the current and future life. It indicates the direction to follow and what we need to develop to get there.

Why do they call them as Head and Tail of the Dragon?

The symbol of the dragon immediately reminds us of Eastern culture, and that is the very motive. Western astrologers started studying the Lunar Nodes in the 1930s but relied on Hindu astrology and its explanation of eclipses. The legend said that a huge celestial dragon swallowed the Sun and was divided in two parts: the head and the tail.

Find in the list below your Lunar Nodes:

ARIES South Node/LIBRA North Node

Jun 17, 1958 – Dec 15, 1959
Jan 8, 1977 – Jul 5, 1978
Aug 1, 1995 – Jan 25, 1997
February 19, 2014 – November 11, 2015
October 15, 2032 – May 22, 2032

TAURUS South Node/SCORPIO North Node

Oct 5, 1956 – Jun 16, 1958
Jul 10, 1975 – Jan 7, 1977
Feb 2, 1994 – Jul 31, 1995
Aug 30, 2012 – Feb 18, 2014
March 21, 2031 – October 14, 2032

GEMINI South Node/SAGITTARIUS North Node

Apr 3, 1955 – Oct 4, 1956
Oct 28, 1973 – Jul 9, 1975
Aug 2, 1992 – Feb 1, 1994
Mar 4, 2011 – Aug 29, 2012
September 24, 2029 – March 20, 2031

CANCER South Node/CAPRICORN North Node

Oct 10, 1953 – Apr 2, 1955
Apr 28, 1972 – Oct 27, 1973
Nov 19, 1990 – Aug 1, 1992
Aug 22, 2009 – Mar 3, 2011
March 27, 2028 – September 23, 2029

Lunar nodes – LEO South Node/AQUARIUS North Node

Mar 29, 1952 – Oct 9, 1953
Nov 3, 1970 – Apr 27, 1972
May 23, 1989 – Nov 18, 1990
Dec 19, 2007 – Aug 21, 2009
July 27, 2026 – March 26, 2028

Lunar nodes – VIRGO South Node/PISCES North Node

Jul 27, 1950 – Mar 28, 1952
Apr 20, 1969 – Nov 2, 1970
Dec 3, 1987 – May 22, 1989
Jun 23, 2006 – Dec 18, 2007
January 12, 2025 – July 26, 2026

LIBRA South Node/ARIES North Node

Jan 27, 1949 – Jul 26, 1950
Aug 20, 1967 – Apr 19, 1969
Apr 7, 1986 – Dec 2, 1987
Dec 27, 2004 – Jun 22, 2006
July 18, 2023 – January 11, 2025

SCORPIO South Node/TAURUS North Node

Aug 3, 1947 – Jan 26, 1949
Feb 20, 1966 – Aug 19, 1967
Sep 12, 1984 – Apr 6, 1986
Apr 15, 2003 – Dec 26, 2004
January 19, 2022 – July 17, 2023

SAGITTARIUS South Node/GEMINI North Node

Dec 14, 1945 – Aug 2, 1947
Aug 26, 1964 – Feb 19, 1966
Mar 17, 1983 – Sep 11, 1984
Oct 14, 2001 – Apr 14, 2003
May 6, 2020 – January 18, 2022

CAPRICORN South Node/CANCER North Node

May 12, 1944 – Dec 3, 1945
Dec 24, 1962 – Aug 25, 1964
Sep 25, 1981 – Mar 16, 1983
Apr 10, 2000 – Oct 13, 2001
November 7, 2018 – May 5, 2020

Lunar nodes – AQUARIUS South Node/LEO North Node

Nov 22, 1942 – May 11, 1944
Jun 11, 1961 – Dec 23, 1962
Jan 6, 1980 – Sep 24, 1981
October 21, 1998– Apr 10, 2000
May 10, 2017 – November 6, 2018

PISCES South Node/VIRGO North Node

May 25, 1941 – Nov 21, 1942
Dec 16, 1959 – Jun 10, 1961
Jul 6, 1978 – Jan 5, 1980
Jan 26, 1997 – Oct 20, 1998
November 12, 2015 – May 9, 2017

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