A Changing of the Nodes | Fire and Lux By: Erin The Urban Mermaid
January 24, 2022The next chapter in our destiny began on January 18th as the nodes moved out of the Gemini/Sagittarius axis and into Taurus/Scorpio.
We are being offered somewhat of a fresh start as the significance of the nodes also shifts. We are moving away from the information/disinformation chapter that began in May 2020 (bet that really adds some ish up!) and into our spiritual selves trying to find our footing in our human experience.
Let’s go a little deeper into this transit as it is extremely important on our journeys.
What exactly are nodes?
Astrologically speaking, and to get a little nerdy here, the nodes are mathematical points up in the cosmos where the paths of the Sun and Moon cross and merge. There is a North Node and a South Node and their symbols look a lot like horseshoes. They are always aligned and in balance, meaning the zodiac signs they are in are always sister signs or directly opposite each other. (So you could never have one in Cancer and one in Pisces, it must be the Yin/Yang axis.) The Nodes change signs every 18 months.
What do the nodes represent?
The nodes are probably some of the most profound placements in your birth chart. The North Node represents your fate, your destiny, what you are meant to lean into and embrace this lifetime, and who you are meant to become.
These lessons may not be natural to you because you are here to learn them. You may feel uncomfortable because your North Node is pushing you to grow into the person you were always meant to become.
Your South Node is what you spent your past lives mastering and bringing its gifts and challenges into this life. Ever experience deja vu? That’s your South Node creeping in and reminding you, you’ve been here before. The gifts your South Node has for you feel very comfortable, in fact you’ve probably already mastered them. And you have, because you spent lifetimes doing them!
But it’s time to grow past your comfort zone and embrace that North Node.
And so we now have the nodes in (north) Taurus and (south) Scorpio. The fundamental lesson here is a reminder that we are spiritual souls having a human experience.
You may feel pulled between the 3D and 5D but it’s about finding the balance. To embrace the Taurus Node as the collective on a whole, it’s time to make peace with where we are in life and settle down and pick up the pieces. We need to return to a more grounded and stable lifestyle.
This is a call to be more mindful and thought-out in our lives. We can expect anything related to agriculture, the climate, the elements, the financial industry and banks, and our senses to be at the forefront of the “news”.
Taurus is also about abundance, in the sense of creating stable, steady income streams and generational wealth. (I highly recommend working with the FireandLux Luxury Fixed Candle.)
Self-worth, self-value and self-love are also at the forefront. It’s time to go deep and do some shadow work and reevaluation around this because it is pretty major on your healing journey. In fact, it all starts there. It’s time for us to live more mindfully and intentionally.
Now, it isn’t just about moving away from the South Node or the Scorpio shadow traits, which yes, we are meant to release these. It’s also about taking what we have mastered and integrating it into our destiny or fate.
Scorpio is about transformation. Take the time to reflect on how much you’ve changed and grown. Who are you now? Scorpio wants us to embrace our shadows and not be scared of them, so do your shadow work!
Scorpio is ruled by Pluto, God of the Underworld, so a lot of things will be revealed from the shadows. Play close attention to the governments and people in power, what dirty secrets will be coming to light.
As well, America will be experiencing its Pluto return this year. If you think it was crazy before, it’s about to get shaken up, Tower momented, and really weird. Scorpio teaches us things must crumble to rise better and stronger- like the Phoenix. Scorpio is an extremely intuitive sign, our intuition will be activated. We must trust it.
The Nodes become extremely powerful and activated and offer the most shifts during eclipse season which will occur in May and October in 2022. This is when we can expect things to shake up for months to come personally and as a collective. BUT it is so we can work through our karma.
The Taurus/Scorpio Nodes will be the strongest for those who have those Nodes, like Karo and myself, or who have Scorpio/Taurus. You can expect fated events to occur and your destiny to be fulfilled.
Remember, if you lean into the lessons you will come out stronger and better on the other side FireandLux fam.