Yes, I’ve been away! After a two week visit to Ojai, California, I’m now back on-line and here for you on the blog again. I’ve had some feedback from people who are new to “blogs” that it’s not clear where the chart is located to find your North Node. It’s been “hiding” over in the right hand column, but now I’m listing it here, for an easy find, as “The Chart.” Remember that your South Node will always be in exactly the opposite sign, 180 degrees away—so if you have an Aries North Node, your South Node will be in Libra, and likewise with a Taurus North Node; Scorpio will be your South Node.
If you have your birth chart in hand and want to find your Nodes that way, just look for the little glyph that looks like “headphones” for your North Node, and for your South Node look for the glyph that looks like a top “open-ended horseshoe.”
The Nodes are also located in houses, and you’ll need to look at a copy of your birth chart for that. The houses are the areas of your life, or “where” the Nodal activity is happening. The signs describe what the Nodes are about for you.
North Node Chart:
[Beginning day and year through last day and year: = North Node Sign]
June 7, 1913 - Dec. 3, 1914: Pisces
Dec. 4, 1914 - May 31, 1916: Aquarius
June 1, 1916 - Feb. 13, 1918: Capricorn
Feb. 14, 1918 - Aug.15, 1919: Sagittarius
Aug. 16, 1919 - Feb. 7, 1921: Scorpio
Feb. 8, 1921 - Aug. 23, 1922: Libra
Aug. 24, 1922 - Apr. 23, 1924: Virgo
Apr. 24, 1924 - Oct. 26, 1925: Leo
Oct. 27, 1925 - Apr.16, 1927: Cancer
Apr.17, 1927 - Dec. 28, 1928: Gemini
Dec. 29, 1928 - July 7, 1930: Taurus
July 8, 1930 - Dec. 28, 1931: Aries
Dec .29, 1931 - June 24, 1933: Pisces
June 25, 1933 - Mar. 8, 1935: Aquarius
Mar. 9, 1935 - Sept. 14, 1936: Capricorn
Sept.15, 1936 - Mar. 3, 1938: Sagittarius
Mar. 4, 1938 - Sept. 12, 1939: Scorpio
Sept.13, 1939 - May 24, 1941: Libra
May 25, 1941 - Nov. 21, 1942: Virgo
Nov. 22, 1942 - May 11, 1944: Leo
May 12, 1944 - Dec. 13, 1945: Cancer
Dec. 14, 1945 - Aug. 2, 1947: Gemini
Aug. 3, 1947 - Jan. 26, 1949: Taurus
Jan. 27, 1949 - July 26, 1950: Aries
July 27, 1950 - Mar. 28, 1952: Pisces
Mar. 29, 1952 - Oct. 9, 1953: Aquarius
Oct. 10, 1953 - Apr. 2, 1955: Capricorn
Apr. 3, 1955 - Oct. 4, 1956: Sagittarius
Oct. 5, 1956 - June 16, 1958: Scorpio
June 17, 1958 - Dec.15, 1959: Libra
Dec. 16, 1959 - June 10, 1961: Virgo
June 11, 1961 - Dec. 23, 1962: Leo
Dec. 24, 1962 - Aug. 25, 1964: Cancer
Aug. 26, 1964 - Feb. 19, 1966: Gemini
Feb. 20, 1966 - Aug. 19, 1967: Taurus
Aug. 20, 1967 - Apr.19, 1969: Aries
Apr. 20, 1969 - Nov. 2, 1970: Pisces
Nov. 3, 1970 - Apr. 27, 1972: Aquarius
Apr. 28, 1972 - Oct. 27, 1973: Capricorn
Oct. 28, 1973 - July 10, 1975: Sagittarius
July 11, 1975 - Jan. 7, 1977: Scorpio
Jan. 8, 1977 – July 5, 1978: Libra
July 6, 1978 - Jan. 12, 1980: Virgo
Jan.13, 1980 - Sept. 24, 1981: Leo
Sept. 25, 1981 - Mar.16, 1983: Cancer
Mar.17.1983 - Sept.11, 1984: Gemini
Sept.12, 1984 - Apr. 6, 1986: Taurus
Apr. 7, 1986 – Dec. 2, 1987: Aries
Dec. 3, 1987 - May 22, 1989: Pisces
May 23, 1989 - Nov. 8, 1990: Aquarius
Nov.19, 1990 - Aug. 1, 1992: Capricorn
Aug. 2, 1992 - Feb. 1, 1994: Sagittarius
Feb .2, 1994 – Jul. 31, 1995: Scorpio
Aug.1, 1995 - Jan. 25, 1997: Libra
Jan. 26, 1997 - Oct. 20, 1998: Virgo
Oct. 21, 1998 - Apr. 9, 2000: Leo
Apr.10, 2000 - Oct. 12, 2001: Cancer
Oct. 13, 2001 - Apr. 13, 2003: Gemini
Apr. 14, 2003 - Dec. 25, 2004: Taurus
Dec. 26, 2004 - June 21, 2006: Aries
June 22, 2006 - Dec.18, 2007: Pisces
Dec. 19, 2007 - Aug. 22, 2009: Aquarius
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Transiting Planets Conjuncting the Nodes
The kaleidoscopic effect of a planetary transit over the Nodes could be thought of as a re-alignment with the evolutionary needs of the Soul. And, it’s good to keep remembering how the Nodes are a polarity—that when one Node is transited by a planet, it reverberates its polar opposite as well. A transiting planet over a Node is read the same way as any transiting planet is read, except that on the Nodal axis we are hitting a harmonic chord about “life direction and soul purpose.” It may be a subtle shift rather than one “event” in the world, but as we know, we’re not in control with how a transit will play out in our lives.
Most of us would like to feel that we do have control over our transits, and we surely have some control by the choices we make and how much consciousness and intention we bring to them. We have control over our response to transits, but because so much of the psyche operates from a base of unconsciousness, there’s a mystery as to how and why things play themselves out the way they do. Perhaps that’s another reason why we need to be gentle with ourselves. What’s good for the ego, is not always good for the soul evolution.
So when a planet transits our Nodes this may be as Steven Forrest says, “the time when the karmic wave breaks.” For example, a transit of Jupiter to our Nodal axis may bring us into surprise contact with a mentor or supporter, and with a transit of Pluto we might find ourselves exploring “regression therapy.” Always, it’s not about good or bad, despite how it feels. Lunar feelings change so fast and are unreliable in judging the long term effect of what the evolutionary intent is—again we must be gentle with the “universe” as well as ourselves.
And we don’t always get what we want! Or what we think we want—but think of it—would you really want to get that lover you lost when you were sixteen? Now that you’re older you see how what you may have wanted at times in your past, would not be right for you now.
The bottom line? Acceptance, yes, and transmuting what you know into action: transmuting knowledge into wisdom. That’s the catch. That’s the Nodal transit. It amazes me how many times I “know something” but when the “karmic re-action” happens I’m often still shocked! But of course, this is the way it works! All our “digging around in the psyche” is really quite fruitful in helping us understand and accept things, but it takes time for the mind to descend into the heart, and for us to open to things as they are. “Go gently into the night…”
~elizabeth spring www.elizabethspring.com
Monday, January 26, 2009
Where Jungian Psychology and Astrology Meet: "Surrendering to the Gods"
Where Jungian Psychology and Astrology Meet: “Surrendering to the Gods”
I’m just finishing writing “North Node Astrology; Rediscovering Your Life Direction and Soul Purpose.” It’s been much more work than I originally thought, and so lately I’ve been wondering, why did I write this book? And then I remember—I love making connections—to people and ideas. And I crave the sense “of belonging to the world” and of making heartfelt and thoughtful connections with others--people who playfully and seriously like to entertain these ideas. Jungians and Astrologers. Bloggers and readers. You and Me. I like to bridge the gap.
I love to hear from readers, yet sometimes I’m too blood-shot in the eyes to respond. So many hours on the computer—but what would I rather do? I love to write my thoughts and hear yours…
I also fear that we sometimes are afraid to speak to each other; bloggers, for example, mostly respond with “Anonymous.” So much for the personal response! And, there’s a gap between the two worlds I hold so dear to my heart: the Jungians and Astrologers.
The Jungians often view popular predictive astrology with distain, yet quietly study astrology and talk about it with their friends or their astrologer. They tend not to write about it in their professional journals.
The Astrologers hear the reserve in their attitude, but often don’t know what the Jungians are really talking about! To those astrologers who focus on pragmatic approaches, the oohing and aahing of the Jungians and their general quacking over the “obvious” may make them seem like odd ducks. And to what use? These astrologers will help their clients, like coaches, find their jobs or careers, but forget that the word “vocation” has its roots in the ability “to listen” to our deep selves. How do we get to that place of deep listening to the Self?
The Astrologer can sit with someone once, for a couple of hours, and talk with them about “their map of the psyche” and how they can use it best. A Jungian will sit with someone, for hours over many years helping their client listen to the various inner voices in order to discover who they essentially are. They give time for the inner work and the “alchemical process” to truly evolve and they support the client in the process. A sense of safety and love develops. It’s powerful!
I’m just finishing writing “North Node Astrology; Rediscovering Your Life Direction and Soul Purpose.” It’s been much more work than I originally thought, and so lately I’ve been wondering, why did I write this book? And then I remember—I love making connections—to people and ideas. And I crave the sense “of belonging to the world” and of making heartfelt and thoughtful connections with others--people who playfully and seriously like to entertain these ideas. Jungians and Astrologers. Bloggers and readers. You and Me. I like to bridge the gap.
I love to hear from readers, yet sometimes I’m too blood-shot in the eyes to respond. So many hours on the computer—but what would I rather do? I love to write my thoughts and hear yours…
I also fear that we sometimes are afraid to speak to each other; bloggers, for example, mostly respond with “Anonymous.” So much for the personal response! And, there’s a gap between the two worlds I hold so dear to my heart: the Jungians and Astrologers.
The Jungians often view popular predictive astrology with distain, yet quietly study astrology and talk about it with their friends or their astrologer. They tend not to write about it in their professional journals.
The Astrologers hear the reserve in their attitude, but often don’t know what the Jungians are really talking about! To those astrologers who focus on pragmatic approaches, the oohing and aahing of the Jungians and their general quacking over the “obvious” may make them seem like odd ducks. And to what use? These astrologers will help their clients, like coaches, find their jobs or careers, but forget that the word “vocation” has its roots in the ability “to listen” to our deep selves. How do we get to that place of deep listening to the Self?
The Astrologer can sit with someone once, for a couple of hours, and talk with them about “their map of the psyche” and how they can use it best. A Jungian will sit with someone, for hours over many years helping their client listen to the various inner voices in order to discover who they essentially are. They give time for the inner work and the “alchemical process” to truly evolve and they support the client in the process. A sense of safety and love develops. It’s powerful!
Both astrologers and Jungians honor the complexity of the Self, and the variety of our inner personalities—call it what you will: voices, archetypes, planets. Both know that we need to understand the “gold” and the “shadow” parts of ourselves. We need to understand the unique gold of Jupiter and the North Node, and the shadowy wounding of Pluto and the South Node. We need to bring responsibility into our lives—Saturn, and yet dare to take our freedom—Uranus.
Different words, same ideas. Dreams or divination? Both astrologers and Jungians would agree that we project ourselves out into life and yet swim in the deep wine-dark sea of the unconscious. There are reasons beneath reasons why we do what we do, and our outer choices and inner revelations echo each other. The outer pragmatic solutions of the coach or astrologer will reverberate with the inner “Jungian” nourishing and unfolding process of the Self, and it will reverberate with life in the outer world. Neither better—both needed.
Carl Jung was a trickster, a shaman, and a scholar as well as a spiritual man. His psychology came out of his life; he broke some rules, he kept to some. As John Perry, a Jungian scholar and friend of Jung once said: “There was always a little something magical about the way Jung’s mind worked. He said that he felt himself to be more shaman than psychiatrist.” And Jung studied and practiced astrology and alchemy. He was a bridge maker.
I do not aspire to be Jung. But I have “an inner Jung” within me that desires to make connections and bridge gaps. I want to keep encouraging all the ways we can “attend to our inner life”. We come into this life bringing woundedness and a sense of wonder and possibility. It’s a great thing if we can stay aware of both, and how they continue to play out in our lives. And so then we ask….can I accept my fate and live it out well? Can I work within the limits that I have, and yet stretch to be all I can be? Yes, I think yes….we can all do that. And make bridges… Elizabeth Spring http://www.elizabethspring.com/
Different words, same ideas. Dreams or divination? Both astrologers and Jungians would agree that we project ourselves out into life and yet swim in the deep wine-dark sea of the unconscious. There are reasons beneath reasons why we do what we do, and our outer choices and inner revelations echo each other. The outer pragmatic solutions of the coach or astrologer will reverberate with the inner “Jungian” nourishing and unfolding process of the Self, and it will reverberate with life in the outer world. Neither better—both needed.
Carl Jung was a trickster, a shaman, and a scholar as well as a spiritual man. His psychology came out of his life; he broke some rules, he kept to some. As John Perry, a Jungian scholar and friend of Jung once said: “There was always a little something magical about the way Jung’s mind worked. He said that he felt himself to be more shaman than psychiatrist.” And Jung studied and practiced astrology and alchemy. He was a bridge maker.
I do not aspire to be Jung. But I have “an inner Jung” within me that desires to make connections and bridge gaps. I want to keep encouraging all the ways we can “attend to our inner life”. We come into this life bringing woundedness and a sense of wonder and possibility. It’s a great thing if we can stay aware of both, and how they continue to play out in our lives. And so then we ask….can I accept my fate and live it out well? Can I work within the limits that I have, and yet stretch to be all I can be? Yes, I think yes….we can all do that. And make bridges… Elizabeth Spring http://www.elizabethspring.com/
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Pluto and Polarity: the Yin-Yang Symbol
Pluto, Pain, and Polarities: the Yin/ Yang Symbol
Most of us die with unresolved issues. Most of us die with a few regrets and unanswered questions. We have held grief, and know of the illusions, betrayals, and expectations of ourselves and others that weren’t met. Most astrologers look to the planet Pluto to tell more of the Soul-story about this aspect of life, as Pluto carries the archetype of the deep wound. When we feel our emotional body to be heavy with grief, when we feel anger, abuse or fear the potential of power and power struggles, then we know Pluto.
Most of us die with unresolved issues. Most of us die with a few regrets and unanswered questions. We have held grief, and know of the illusions, betrayals, and expectations of ourselves and others that weren’t met. Most astrologers look to the planet Pluto to tell more of the Soul-story about this aspect of life, as Pluto carries the archetype of the deep wound. When we feel our emotional body to be heavy with grief, when we feel anger, abuse or fear the potential of power and power struggles, then we know Pluto.
The South Node holds the history of Pluto through many unresolved past lives. So much of what we carry within us unconsciously is buried here. The personal unconscious, as well as the family unconscious, carries an “imprint” from these lives, as well as from our early childhood. Here are the blockages, the complexes, the issues of betrayal and lack of trust; here are the psychological distortions some of us call evil.
Perhaps it is within the archetype of Saturn that we are truly invited us to do the work to find new endings to old stories, and to release and heal whatever is still undigested by the heart. Not an easy thing to do! The good news is that deep in our psyche is also a remembrance of inner truths, talents, and inclinations that only we can intuit. Some astrologers look to archetype of Jupiter for the story of this. Look to the sign and house position of Jupiter when you need to see more closely where you are graced.
But it is within the North and South Node that we hold the full duality of promise and pain. Just like the wound of Pluto, and grace and gift of Jupiter, each holds a part of the other within it. The symbol of the Yin/Yang with the circular dot in the center of each side, embodies the relationship of the Nodes what I call the “gold in the shadow.” The curving symbol of the yin/yang with the complementary dots in each side, suggest the interconnection between the two.
We understand the Yin/Yang symbol as reflecting the intricate balance and connection between these two polarities: the progressive/light/ positive qualities and regressive/dark/ negative qualities. The Yin/Yang symbol shows the potential for the highest and lowest expression in each choice we make, just as each Node speaks to both what is unresolved and undigested within us, as well as being the “medicine” that will bring us greatest relief. The North Node can be seen as where we are open to an “inflow” and where we nourish our Souls. However, there’s something unfamiliar about the North Node, and like tasting a new food, we often don’t know what to think about it. Do we really like it? Are we open to it? If we can take it in, it’s our best cure; it’s the vitamin that we’re deficient in. We feed ourselves here.
In contrast, the South Node, in its highest expression, is where we can feed the world; it’s our gift—it’s something we innately understand and can give to others. The power of Pluto past and present, resides here. The South Node, in its lower expression, is like the tail of the dragon—it’s where we release the bitter undigested parts—dare we say it’s “where we shit.” And, where we spread our un-healing pain into the world.
The polarities and paradoxes of the Nodes are not truly opposite—in fact, because every astrological opposition carries within it the seed of its opposite, like the yin-yang symbol, each side holds a piece of the other contained in it. So it’s not all about just reaching for the highest expression of the North Node and struggling against the lower expression of the South Node—what is truly expressed in this symbol is the very human, imperfect movement between the two—a give and take: a dance. When we are able to hold the balance, what “shows up” within us is an energetic re-engagement with life, an inspiration, and a growing re-enchantment with the process of our life. Ah…here is where we extend ourselves past our comfort zones—when we reach into that place where we can love more and truly give of ourselves. The surprise is that in the giving we are able to receive more, and because of the receiving, we are able to give more. (c) elizabeth spring www.elizabethspring.com
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