HELENA SUSHCHINSKY

THE LUNAR NODES

OR GAMES WITH THE TIME

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Supreme Gratitude to the stream of Time and all invisible helpers abiding on the subtle levels, who permitted the author to communicate with the Lunar Nodes.

Deepest bow to all members of the games – participants of the seminar on the Lunar Nodes, and to participants of the experiment with Time, who kindly provided their natal charts for studying Legends and Second mode of work with the Lunar Nodes.

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CONTENTS

FOREWORD …. 6Addressing the readers … 7

PROLOGUEGreat Sun Clock ……………….. 9Year as the whole life, or several instants from the Luminary’s life ………… 10Activation process of the Sun’s creative potential during the Retro Phase………. 11Retro Phase. Time – forward! ……… 12 First deviation – reflection about the Time ……….. 12Second deviation – reflection about the Time ……….. 13Return to fictitious reality …………. 14Fictitious phases of karmic cycle ………… 15Formation of the Great Clock ………. 18How the Great Sun Clock work ……… 18Third deviation – reflection about the Time ……….. 20Romantic epilogue ………. 20

Part one

First acquaintance ………. 21“Go there – don’t know, where; bring that – don’t know, what” …………… 21Why do we call them the “Nodes”? ………. 24The Sun and the Moon ………. 25What is more important, Head or Tail? …… 27

The South Node …………. 29

The North Node …………. 32

Several additions to a subject …… 35About the Descending Node … 35About the Ascending Node … 36

Part twoEclipses, or heavenly mysteries ……. 37Karmic meetings ……… 37Some words about the lunar eclipses …….. 39Some words about the solar eclipses …….. 40About the eclipses in details … 42Heavenly mysteries …. 43Quite important additions concerning eclipses, And also repetition of some theses, described above … 45Four karmic positions …… 46Concluding the eclipses subject ……. 50

Part three The union of two worlds Subtle connections formed by fictitious points And real heavenly bodies …… 51

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Aspects to the Nodes Conjunctions of planets with the Nodes ….. 54

Planets in conjunction with South Node ………. 54Sun in conjunction with the South Node ………. 56Moon in conjunction with the South Node ………. 58Mercury conjunct with the South Node ………. 58Venus conjunct with the South Node ………. 60Mars conjunct with the South Node ………. 61Jupiter conjunct with the South Node ………. 62Saturn conjunct with the South Node ………. 63

Planets in conjunction with the North Node …. 65Sun conjunct with the North Node ………. 68Mars conjunct with the North Node ………. 69Jupiter conjunct with the North Node ……… 70Moon conjunct with the North Node ………. 70Saturn conjunct with the North Node ………. 71Venus conjunct with the North Node ………. 71Mercury conjunct with North Node ………. 72First addition (some repetitions) ….. 73Second addition ………… 73 Part four

Attempt to associate with Karma practicallyFeatures of ‘fictitious’ life ….‘descending’ life ………. 74‘ascending’ life …… 75

Legends Main trails of Karma ……. 75First legend ………. 77Second legend …….. 83First small addition ….. 86Second small addition …… 87Third small addition ……… 87

Second mode of work with the Nodes Search for spiritual ‘treasure’ ……… 88First ‘treasure’ ……… 89Second ‘treasure’ ……… 92Third ‘treasure’ ……… 93

Part five

Transits Transits of Lunar Nodes across natal houses ……… 95The North Node … 96The South Node ….. 100 Addition to a subject …….. 103‘Shifters’, or integrity formation …. 104

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Transits of the Nodes to natal planets …….. 105Transits of the North Node to natal planets …….. 105Transits of the South Node to natal planets …….. 107

Transits of planets to natal Nodes …….. 108Transits of planets to natal North Node …….. 108Transits of planets to natal South Node …….. 110

Part six

Games with the time ……… 112Retrograde and direct Nodes ……… 112Karmic options ………. 115

Epilogue …………. 117Karmic clock ………… 117Return ‘home’ ………… 119Conclusion ………. 120

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FOREWORD

The aim of this book is not confined to detailed description of the Lunar Nodes positions in signs or Houses. Just the opposite, the author wanted to present the most typical forms of manifestation of fictitious points one can work with, applying them to any chart, be it natal or transit. Reason for this unwillingness to explore thoroughly manifestations of Nodes in Houses and signs consists in a fact, that such a variety of destinies and horoscopes describing them exists in our world, that even the wisest interpreter of destiny won’t be able to predict all nuances of human karmic path. That is why it would be rather more correct to use following information as some outline, with the help of which anyone of us can create his own interpretation of the Lunar Nodes positions in natal chart. Because who, if not us, can know better all nuances of our life.

The author hopes, that after reading this book, the reader will independently try to continue one’s own research in domains offered by the Lunar Nodes. This is still one more reason why lengthy descriptions of positions connected with functioning of the Nodes are absent – it gives possibility to each reader to add and creatively develop main theses of this subject. In this connection the author thanks in advance to those readers who would master given material and create their own methods of work with the Lunar Nodes.

Aspects of the Nodes with the highest planets are not examined in this book. It is because the study and description of such interconnections demands a huge spatial volume of the book, which is not a task of this course.

ADDRESSING THE READERS

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While working with the Lunar Nodes, one should remember that this subject is quite serious, and so we all should interact with it very carefully. Especially it concerns those cases, when somebody desires to examine the fictitious points manifestations concerning particular horoscope and particular destiny. Also, if a need arises for using studied methods of work with the Nodes to influence too actively one’s own course of Karma (and sometimes someone else’s as well), and to change artificially the qualities of karmic tasks offered to us. Thing is, that fictitious points designate main karmic ways in our life, and not always we have a right to change something in our Karma, still the more in someone else’s. Moreover, sometimes we do not have any right even to judge or evaluate the qualities of these or those tasks. This results from the fact that without possessing sufficient information about our Past, we are not always able to realize as the true meaning of one or other event of our life, so a reason for its entry to our life-stream. Respectively we may harm ourselves and others by trying to solve life tasks independently, using only superficial knowledge about very serious subjects. Working with the Lunar Nodes, one should also not forget that they play a special role in our life, touching upon the deepest sectors of a Soul’s karmic memory. Moreover, precisely the Nodes help to form an individual current of Time, which allows them to control the sequence of events, at the same time not participating actively in formation of concrete events. Dealing with energy that controls time connections, we have to remember that all events defined in the current of Time are karmically predetermined, since they correspond to quality or frequency range of this current. On the other side, Time by itself as some universal power component of our life cannot create directly any concrete tasks, problems etc. This requires more focused energy influences able to form – ‘solidify it up to recognition’ any problem or situation and bring it closer to noticeable distance in such a way, that we can interact with it. Such influences proceed mainly from the real heavenly bodies of the Solar system. Time current is unable to do this, but from the other side it is precisely this current that determines general Time for manifesting whole event-sequence of incarnated Soul. Admitting now, that Lunar Nodes create our life Space – particular stream wherein the whole great action ‘from and till’ takes place – an incarnation, we should simultaneously admit, that they are most closely connected with the time current as well. We can also assume that they control this current, and we can define it as a current of individual Time of embodied Soul. In addition it should be remembered that being fictitious points, the Nodes have capacity to penetrate all Times without depending on direction of individual Time. This condition allows them to participate in forming Soul’s debt programs and manifest them in the form of our Past, and also allows them to participate in forming programs that will have to be implemented in the future. When we begin to study the Nodes’ work, making time current created by them active, we actually join a very interesting (and in case of our low self-awareness rather dangerous) game with the Time. All ‘adventures’ planned by our incarnation become more vivid, persuasive, demanding great attention and constant conscious interaction, as well as perfection of our value system. Moreover, Time itself as the energy starts manifesting more actively, forcing us to accept its conditions, not allowing our Consciousness to miss even a minute of Time provided to us. If we trade our path carelessly, we won’t be always able to notice Time near us, wasting it in vain for useless delays in dealing with rather unattractive Karmic tasks. But if we are active and ready to labor ceaselessly for the benefit of our Karma, then the Time, activated by our awareness will help us to sort out the problems well in time. Talking about the Time we have to remember that we are not connected with it through external bonds that depend on habitual positions of our tridimentionality. Rather it can be assumed that the Time is connected with our Consciousness and precisely our Consciousness helps us either to be totally dependent on current of Time, or to control it. In case of being dependent on time current, we will have to admit our ‘conscious’ inconsistency. In the second case we may congratulate ourselves for a good work and wonderful relations formed with our Consciousness and Time. Examining any position related to horoscope’s karmic indicators, any of us relies in conclusions mainly on events sequence, and it is a natural way of developing relations with any karmic position. We always proceed from our life events and causes of their emergence. Nevertheless there exists one more complex mode of work – it is the work with the current of Time as some universal component of our life which is still unreachable by us. Maybe Time has not come yet when we shall be able to interact actively with time currents and control our life events with their help. When degree of our awareness – Consciousness level becomes higher, then study of the Lunar Nodes and their possibilities shall take another course and we won’t be interested anymore so much in psychological or event features of the

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Soul’s karmic path. We shall be rather interested to learn about formation of life-stream, and possibility of ‘reaching agreement’ with personal Time. Meanwhile the events sequence would remain secondary in relation to more serious tasks that are connected directly with the energy of Time. Moreover, mastering Time, we will be able to control both events sequence and psychological layers of the Soul.

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PROLOGUE

Great Sun Clock or

Several fantasies in the New Age style

God openly cooperates with us during the Retro Phase of the Lunar Nodes, showing us the World in all its manifoldness. Pouring tons of solar substance upon us, He allows utilizing it in our spiritual aspirations, proving ourselves at our best.

Within the periods of Free Movement of the Lunar Nodes, when fictitious points speed-up or slow down their movement, He helps us mastering the World practically, knowing ourselves deeply and transforming ourselves.

And during the stationary period of the Lunar Nodes He creates the Law and transfers it to us during the solar and lunar Eclipses, binding us and our acts into the knot of necessity and fatality.

Year as the whole life, or several instants

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from the Luminary’s life

Heavenly mechanics

If we address ephemerides and examine the Lunar Nodes movement throughout the year, we shall discover quite interesting pattern. Precisely: the further Sun departs from the Nodes, the more quickly fictitious points move in their retro movement. At the same time, the closer Sun approaches to the Nodes, the more and more they slow down and at last stop, ‘reeling up’ retro-direct loops in one single degree within two to two and half months. When the Lunar Nodes happen to be in a position of the furthermost distance from the Luminary – the Sun ‘tightened’ by Nodes (or the Sun that forms aspects of 80, 90 or 100 degrees to the Nodes), - for 27 days they demonstrate only retrograde movement without making loops. Thus it can be assumed that 27 days of the Nodes’ backward motion represent special Time of manifesting relative big Retro Phase. We also understand that such Phase will be repeated twice a year, caused by the Sun forming squares and other karmic aspects to Nodes twice a year. We can add here – entering Retro Phase, Nodes start ‘running’ very fast. Maybe that is why they are too busy to reverse in their running and change direction. Though, as the reader understands, it is just a presumption of the author concerning quite complex life of the fictitious points.

Continuing our studies, we would see that besides 27 special retrograde days, there exists some static period of Lunar Nodes manifestation, that lasts, as it was already said, approximately two and half months (sometimes less). It starts from the moment when the Sun approaches Nodes quite closely – to distance less than 45 angular degrees, unites with them and then departs from the Nodes again to distance of little bit less than 45 angular degrees. During this time fictitious points halt, vibrating in one degree and demonstrating insignificant direct and retrograde swing. In this process the Nodes form a ‘loop’ which gets more and more tightened as the Sun comes nearer to one of them. Such period can be called the Statics Phase; it always corresponds to the time of eclipses and repeats twice a year, equally as the Retro Phase. But contrary to Retro Phase, Statics Phase does not contain precisely defined quantity of days. Apparently it is caused by amount of eclipses formed by the Luminary. If there are two eclipses, the Statics Phase would not last too long. But if there are more eclipses to occur, Statics Phase should also have a longer duration in order to ‘play over’ three and more eclipses, keeping the whole Space immovable and not allowing our too independent self-manifestation, so that the quality of space-and-time substance won’t be destroyed. It is also possible, that when total eclipses occur, the number of days of Statics Phase must be lessened, and the Sun will come out more quickly from its karmic ‘catalepsy’.

Thus we examined two karmic periods, two special Times of the fictitious points’ manifestation during the year. In one period Nodes move very fast and only in one direction, in another they stand on the spot though demonstrating direct and retrograde swing. At the same time, there exists one more period called the Phase of a Free Movement of Lunar Nodes. Being in this Phase, fictitious points are forced either to accelerate their run, or slow it down, with constant change of direction of their movement. Slowing down or speeding up depends on the Sun’s position in relation to the fictitious points.

If the Luminary had already replayed an eclipse mystery and departs from one of the Nodes, the fictitious points start slowly speeding up and, getting ready for their work during Retro Phase, they accelerate to the limit.

If the Luminary moves towards one of the Nodes and only prepares for heavenly mystery, then the fictitious points slow down their run in order to halt and ‘bind’ all spatial ties into the karmic knot by the time of an eclipse.

As we understand, the above described Phases of a Free Movement should occur four times a year, as they are a connecting ‘tissue’ between the static position and the fastest movement of the Lunar Nodes. Therefore, two Phases of a Free Movement will represent an acceleration process of the fictitious points’ movement, and two others – a deceleration process of movement. Necessary to say, that Free Movement Phases, equally as the Statics Phase do not have clearly repeating number of days per year, when so called Freedom of Movement of the fictitious points is

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manifested. Apparently, namely the status of a free period does not presuppose excessive dependence or attachment to the number of days in these Phases. Moreover, as already mentioned, the number of ‘free’ days depends also on the number of eclipses. If there are more than two eclipses, the number of static days increases. In such case there would be less free days. At the same time, as during the Statics Phases, so during the Freedom Phases the Nodes move both forward and backward, contrary to the Retro Phases – it allows to speak about exclusiveness of the Retro Phases and their special features. Now we shall try to examine in detail above described relations between the Sun and the Lunar Nodes formed throughout the year.

Activation process of the Sun’s creative potential during the Retro Phase

While positioned at the maximum distance from the Nodes (as we already know, it happens twice a year, when those notorious squares and other karmic aspects are formed between the Luminary and Lunar Nodes), the Sun becomes more independent, active, and its creative potential starts revealing quite quickly. Such period of the Luminary’s life may be called the Time of revealing its creative potential in its fullest measure. At this time the Luminary remains, symbolically speaking, at the ‘edge of the karmic sword’ – in a position when a heavenly body is ‘tightened’ by Nodes. In this case it can, has the right, is ready, and at the same time is forced to manifest itself to the utmost degree. In other words, the Sun as the living being should very actively perceive and respond to currents emerging from the planets, other objects and also entities of the Solar System. As already said, for everything above mentioned the Sun is allocated only 27 days twice a year, during which it is supposed to process creatively and transfer to Space the whole volume of information material collected in half a year, that is, from one solar eclipse till the next one. It is possible to imagine now degree of tension experienced by the Luminary during these 27 days! At the same time we should not forget, that while in a position of ‘tightened’ by the Nodes, the Sun experiences an influence of tense and karmic aspects formed by the Nodes, that actually evokes a need, or more precisely, manifests necessity to perceive and react actively to any process happening around. And being ‘part’ of space-and-time ‘interior’, tension experienced by the Sun should be transmitted also to us earthlings, effecting our living system and forcing us (equally as the Luminary) to perceive and react actively to any manifestation of Space and Time. (Obviously, not all of us are ready for such ordeals and such tense work. It may happen that somebody from less advanced earthlings is unable to complete the task in time. In such case we will be compelled to state the fact of Time loss and inability of creative processing of information, which is poured on us during active period of the Sun’s manifestation.)

Fantastic assumptions

Thus, in connection with the aforesaid we can presume that during the studied period of Retro Phase, Space and Time can and should create special interactions, utilizing solar substance containing the most expressed creative potential. Most likely, Space will be quickly saturated by psychic energy, while Time current will also get quickly condensed in order to provide Space an opportunity within a short time to utilize and process solar substance released with help of tense aspects. As a result of such incredible actions, Time should speed up. It is necessary to say, that acceleration of Time is to a large extent promoted by increase in spiritual activity of the Luminary during Retro Phase period. In its turn, spiritual activity provokes increase of volume of information currents, which obliges Space to process maximum amount of information just in 27 days, attracting for its cause any means of our World. Addition. While moving only backward and very fast, the Nodes interact not only with the Sun. Figuratively speaking, they ‘harvest information’ from all transiting direct heavenly bodies in order to tighten them later into the loops of eclipses. For this purpose Nodes use any of their transit aspects to the planets. At the same time fictitious points do not use currents of retrograde transiting planets, because these move in the same direction and so do not create natural tension required for interaction.

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Retro Phase. Time – forward! Thus, we already learnt that Retro Phase lasts 27 days twice a year. It is interesting because during this time solar activity becomes very active - not in the sense of its physical manifestation, but first of all in context of spiritual influence of the Sun on any living system. It is a time, when the Luminary is ready to transfer its creative potential to us for further mutual work-creativity. Such readiness of the Sun may be explained by the fact, that during the periods when it is positioned far from Nodes, it possesses a great choice freedom, and consequently a bigger creative independence – ability to pour huge volumes of information substance in one unit of Time upon our unwise heads. Moreover, the Sun tries to process information currents that permeate it at the earliest, precisely until the Nodes’ Free Movement period – i.e. till the moment Nodes for the first time ‘swing’ to direction of direct movement, provoking process of creative realization of our Planet and all of us at a practical level. Such necessity in liberation from tension is explained by existence of transit tense aspects between the Luminary and Nodes. These aspects appear only in Retro Phase and always provoke active display of struggling for liberation from necessity to interact with condensed Time and overactive spatial substance. As soon as the Nodes enter Free Movement Phase, tense aspects ‘break up’ and allow us to use Luminary’s creative potential fully for establishing relations with Space and Time. One addition is needed here: entering Retro Phase, the Nodes actually initiate with the help of the Sun a program of our active self-manifestation in the current of Time, and equally active implementation of all our possibilities. In fact, for this very purpose they use energy and creative potential of the Luminary. Fictitious points also initiate a process of forming new qualities – both those that infuse the Space and our individual new qualities as well.

Thus, the very position of the Sun as ‘tightened’ by Nodes, dictates its conditions to us, when we are supposed equally as the Sun itself fit efficiently into time current and react to huge volumes of information, being fully conscious in this process. In other words, this period forces us to interact with reality continuously and quite diligently, in order to learn how to perceive and react actively to changes occurring around us. As a result, we begin to influence events of our life through our Consciousness, simultaneously forming new connections and using our best (preferably!!!) qualities and experience, acquired before. Few more words to add: during Retro Phase period, as in no other time, we should try to develop our abilities, perfect our qualities and work on spiritual component of our being. Precisely this work makes us free from destiny peripetias and gradually leads to conscious, deliberate and independent interaction with the surrounding World.

First deviation – reflection about the Time (fantastic story with continuation)

Studying yearly movement of the Sun in relation to Lunar Nodes, we have to use a concept of universal Time Unit. It represents some universal Time Measure – period during which particular amount of information is released, able to create systems possessing integrity:

systems of values – code of moral laws helping each of us to acquire integrity; systems of views and beliefs helping us to demonstrate integrity of our Soul; systems of relations helping us to form connections with the World becoming one whole entity

with it; systems of learning helping us to acquire knowledge and find new level of integrity; systems of management helping to reorganize ourselves, meaning relations with others as well,

thus reaching integrity in our spiritual aspirations.

Universal Time Unit represents also particular Time Measure – period, during which amount of information is released, which is able to:

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transform our reality qualitatively (to either side!) provided we are conscious about these changes and their complete nature;

demonstrate conscious, deliberate state of integrity of any living and conditionally lifeless system.

In other words, Time Unit allows and demands from us to complete any begun process, and also to receive any (positive or negative) result, which we have to be conscious about, and which will represent complete composition able to exist independently.

For example, a writer wrote his novel in two years. These two years and force spent during this period will require expenditure of one Time Unit – amount of strength spent both for creation process and its completion. Or, a musician composed an opera, spending ten years of his life. These ten years will also represent one Time Unit, because here, as in the first example, we have one finished result – a complete work, though in linear Time it required expenditure of too many linear years. What is important! In case a writer, painter or composer is not fully conscious about the meaning of his creation and does not realize how complete it is and infused by energy, it would mean that one Time Unit is not yet spent. In other words, until its total creative potential is spent, including conscious realization of created work’s meaning, possibly an artist may take equal number of years (or maybe more), i.e. till awareness comes about the fact of creating complete work, understanding its independence and ability to influence the World. Thus, we can assume that Time Unit signifies not a number of hours, days or months spent by us for creating some result, but rather particular amount of strength (again, universal one) needed for forming this result capable for independent life, without any influence from his ‘master-author’. Only in this case such result will represent complete composition having right for independent manifestation in our World. At the same time its creator will not be able to remain attached to it, as this result receives its right for self-determination and represents a complete entity. But if an artist remains attached to his creation, it would signify that this work is not perfect, being dependant on its ‘master’ and so they both form an indivisible complete composition. Meanwhile, this contradicts to the main idea about the essence of Time Unit which does not presume any dependence of result on the ‘origin’ of creation, instead always obliges any creation, result or composition to demonstrate its integrity and self-sufficiency from its ‘master’ to the World. To crown it all (being also very important), any complete object should be able to create independently and form next level complete compositions, using equally one Time Unit for it. For example, completed poem starts influencing its readers irrespective of the author’s condition. If in this process the readers’ inner state changes, helping them to solve some problems, it would mean that the poem produced particular complete quality in them, and this quality also required strength from a creator, equal to one Unit of Time.

Second deviation – reflection about the Time (a little bit more fantasy)

Speaking about the essence of Time and its participation in all creative acts, we should remember that no creative process can happen without participation of the Sun – the main ‘producer’ of creative energy. Respectively it can be assumed that the Sun is in some imperceptible way connected with current of Time and jointly with it participates in creative processing of information substance. At the same time, apparently, displayed quality and speed of information currents – of information substance – in one Time Unit are main indicators of spirituality level of Space as of quite real Object of our reality, able to interact with the Sun Light. Also the speed of perception and information processing is an indicator of our spiritual solvency (or insolvency, being much worse). In other words, the more quickly we enter in contact with information currents and transform ourselves, the more possibilities for spiritual growth we receive – possibilities to become sunny – able to interact with creative potential of the Luminary and implement it on all levels of being in linear Time.

Now we shall try to define what Time Measure is, and what it consists of.

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Apparently, Time Measure should represent an inner state of deliberateness, awareness of any of us during creation of complete compositions that are able to manifest themselves independently and create next levels of equally complete compositions. It is this very state that would measure our karmic Time which is not linear, but entirely depends on level of our Consciousness. As we understand, the higher is this level, the more linear Time will be at our disposal, with all that it implies.

Return to the fictitious reality

Considering features of above described Phases (further we shall call them ‘fictitious’), we can discover that the most fruitful period during which creative power of the Sun manifests most brightly, is exactly the Retro Phase. In addition, precisely this Phase is steadiest to the current of Time – it always consists of 27 days. Therefore it may be presumed that precisely these 27 days of Retro Phase which allow Sun to realize its potential totally, can constitute this very universal and quite stable Time Unit used by the Creator during formation of our System. Moreover, maybe Creator’s plan presumes that we all are able within these 27 days of active Sun manifestation transform ourselves significantly, creating some new inner qualities. Given condition allows us continuing the line concerning number ‘27’ and pay attention to the fact that every lunar month – 27 days – we also live through mini-life and form a multitude of new experiences, abilities and so on.

In this regard we can turn to several different planetary cycles, that are at a first glance not connected with each other, but connected with the number 27 or 2,7 – cycles that help us to form quite decent results of our creativity. These are:

Cycle of the Moon – path of the Moon from any particular sign and back to the same place one month later constitutes 27 days.

Further we should add approximately 2,7 days not expressed for the Moon, which are formed on account of increased way of the Moon during the Sun’s transition from one sign to another.

Also, the cycle of progressive Moon lasts 27 years plus 2,7 years, when progressive Moon conditionally does not manifest ‘progressively’.

Further, Saturn makes full circle round the zodiac approximately in 27,7 years.

Thus, from one side we have the fastest heavenly body of septener – the Moon, pointing toward some time positions, from the other - the slowest heavenly body of septener, indicating the same Time Unit. We can clearly see here connection between two heavenly bodies, which can narrate a lot of interesting things, but alas, it’s a completely different story.

In addition to the said, we can turn to Neptune. As we know, the highest planet crosses two zodiacal signs also within 27,7 years. Also the Lunar Nodes cross their one and half cycles within 27,7 years, thus indicating both beginning of a big period and its half aspect, allowing to create and manifest complete compositions from our experience, which is quite important for anyone of us, provided that we are ready to cooperate with the World.

So, it is quite probable that precisely these 27 days forming Retro Phase are an ‘indication from above’ to pay attention to particular universal Time Unit ‘working’ in our World and allowing any living system to live some symbolic mini-life (complete period) within a big cycle. At the same time this mini-life has to have its mini-milestones – the Moon phases (as well as the Lunar Nodes phases), which offer us to cognize the main laws of development of the World and forcing us, everything living and conditionally lifeless ‘population’ on Earth to accept these laws and start creating spiritual and material values. In this connection we can assume that other Phases of karmic cycle in their interaction strength with solar creative potential should also correspond to one Time Unit – force that is stored by the Luminary during 27 days of the Retro Phase. This force in its turn provides each of us with possibility to create complete compositions from our thoughts, states and qualities, and also indicates necessity of a

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compulsory completion of any karmic task. At the same time it does not matter at all during which Phase of karmic cycle we are going to use energy of one Time Unit – important is, that as a result of our ordeals we create some finished composition from our qualities on all levels of being.

It is necessary to add a few words here, maybe the most important ones. We have to consider, that during each transiting Retro Phase the Sun pours on Earth a current of creative potentiality unique in energy equivalent. We can learn about special features of this current if we make a chart of a day when transiting Luminary forms exact square to transit Lunar Nodes. By studying this chart each of us can learn about the quality of solar substance offered by the Luminary for utilizing it during subsequent Phases: two Freedom Phases and Statics Phase. Comparing with our horoscope, we can define quite exactly our ‘scope of work’ – possibilities for implementing creative energy for solving karmic tasks during the next half a year before next Retro Phase begins.

Fictitious phases of karmic cycle

Now we shall try to examine in detail a yearly path of the Sun concerning its interaction with Lunar Nodes. At the same time we should take into account irregular movement of fictitious points and use equally irregular intervals of linear Time for understanding essence of fictitious phases. (The author reminds again that in our fantastic research any phase will correspond to one Time Unit). As we understand, it is best to start our study from the most exact period of Time – from Retro Phase. For this purpose we shall again address ephemerides and have a look into Retro Phase that preceded the solar eclipse on 26th January 2009.

22.10.2008 – 17.11.2008 - Retro Phase – 27 days

18.11.2008 – beginning of deceleration of the Nodes movement18.11.2008 – 23.12.2008 – Free Movement Phase – 36 days24.12.2008 – 27.02.2009 – Statics Phase – 65-66 days

26.01.2009 – Solar eclipse on the North Node

28.02.2009 – the Nodes commence their movement with speeding up.28.02.2009 – 17.04.2009 - Free Movement Phase – 49 days.18.04.2009 – 14.05.2009 – Retro Phase – 27 days.

15.05.2009 - beginning of deceleration of the Nodes movement15.05.2009 – 06.06.2009 - Free Movement Phase – 22 days.07.06.2009 – 21.08.2009 - Statics Phase – 73 days.

22.07.2009 – Solar eclipse on the South Node

22.08.2009 - the Nodes commence their movement with speeding up.22.08.2009 – 27.09.2009 - Free Movement Phase – 36 days.28.09.2009 – 24.10.2009 - Retro Phase – 27 days.

It is visible from this table that during the year the most accurately are expressed phases of retrograde Lunar Nodes’ movement. At the same time we cannot bypass quite important periods of Lunar Nodes’ static position, attracting attention with their duration – up to 75 days twice a year fictitious points stay at one spot! It means that given period encompasses up to 150 days a year which counts to five months. (Sometimes amount of days is lessened up to 140 days, sometimes may cross 150 days). In this connection it becomes clear that on one side, Retro Phase, having a very short manifestation period, should draw our attention by accuracy of time outlines. On the other side, too long Statics Phase also demands our close interest, because it forces us reconciling to necessity of passing through lessons of patience, humility and acceptance of the most complex karmic tasks.

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Running ahead we have to say, that during the Statics period we cannot and should not act actively, neither impose our attitudes to the World – rather we have to watch, listen and think. During this time the Nodes of Karma ‘freeze’ in expectation of heavenly mystery, so that in the moment of solar eclipse they can transfer information about all our deeds which we accomplished in half a year period to the Space and Time. After that this information will ‘unwrap’ in linear Time during the Freedom Phase, displaying all ‘nuances’ of our former life, and also forcing us to transform these ‘nuances’ to better side for the sake of future life (showing in turn carrot and stick).

Examining Free Movement Phase of the Nodes it becomes clear, that it has quite indistinct time borders, each period offering different time values (contrary to Retro Phase). Also this Phase does not presuppose ‘stop-over’ (contrary to Statics Phase), because the Lunar Nodes movement in this period is quite quick. Moreover, in this stage fictitious points actively work out both directions of movement – retrograde and direct, ‘hinting’ that given period differs by sufficient freedom and independence from rigid conditions of Statics or from equally rigid demands of Retro Phase, i.e. necessity of compulsory active involvement in any life situations. Thus conclusion arises. Possibly, given free period should not demand from us any rigidity or excessive straightforwardness while solving current problems and tasks. In our turn, we are also not supposed to demonstrate to the World excessive eagerness in working out some tasks. Though it is obvious that we always have to labor for wellbeing of our Planet, irrespectively of state of heavenly sphere and planetary transits.

Now, after examining three karmic phases, we can make quite fantastic presumption. Apparently, the Nodes Free Movement Phase, having acceleration or deceleration of Lunar Nodes movement as its main manifestation aspect, as well as constant direction reversal of fictitious points, is nothing else but switching gear of Time Machine (formed thanks to association of the Sun with Lunar Nodes) from one karmic position – Retro Phase to another – Statics Phase. In other words it is mechanism that transfers us

either to a position of compelled run in Time, when in minimum term – 27 days, each time anew, we have to know the World and its new qualities;

or to a position of statics, when we are compelled not only to halt our run for two and a half months, but also to accept condition of non-resistance to external circumstances and impossibility of influencing events of our life.

One more fantastic presumption concerning Free Movement Phase

Possibly, Free Movement Phases perform a role of karmic ‘shuttles’ carrying ‘goods-information’ from the Past to the Future and back. At the same time this up-and-down shuttle movement is being influenced not only by constantly changing direct and retrograde mini-phases of the Nodes during this period, but also by general speeding up or slowing down movement of the fictitious points.

In detail about Freedom Phase

It feels like saying: “Being a free phase, it is fully entitled to change continuously its speed, direction of motion and also a number of its ‘working days’.

As it is already clear, the Freedom Phase occupies total time Space between Retro Phases and Statics Phases. Therefore 140-150 days of the Statics plus 54 days of Retro Phase make about 190-205 days a year. The whole remaining Time, precisely 150-165 days falls on a free period. If we divide it into four parts, each Freedom Phase would consist approximately of forty days. In reality the number of ‘freedom days’ each time changes depending on whether Nodes speed up their run or slow it down. Also it depends on the Sun’s heading – whether it moves towards the Node, preparing to stage the eclipse mystery, or – away from the Node, freeing itself from fatality of events in Statics period. Moreover, the number of free days depends also on number of eclipses, which is understandable, because increased length of Statics Phase with three or more eclipses should shorten the number of days in Freedom Phase.

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Examining Free Movement Phase of Lunar Nodes we can assume, that the task of this period consists in giving us opportunity to work out greatest number of options of our behavior and reacting to occurring changes in the World. It is a Time of peculiar study which allows us using actively information currents and with their help transforming ourselves and our inner Worlds; of course, at the same time not forgetting about surrounding us Space. Figuratively we can imagine the Sun which rejoices with us, having opportunity to implement creatively all plans. When we get involved in process of free ‘shuttle’ movement, we ourselves become more flexible and perceptible towards outer influences. We, as it were, relax, swinging back and forward on a ‘swing’ of Karma. It is exactly in this period that we are ready to accept everything possible for consideration and further work. In this time representatives of different Worlds (both ‘lower’ and high-frequency dimensions) might offer any work to us, and we, as a rule, agree and start acting. At the same time we are not always able to determine its degree of importance or futility (sometimes – danger). We can also say that it is a time when we are not fixed to exact assessment of occurring events or quality of the tasks offered to us. We simply feel like acting, creating, destroying, building, suffering, rejoicing and attaining success. In other words, we wish to participate in all undertakings offered to us by the Lords of Karma and ready for any achievements. Actually, that is what is required from us. Being under the influence of Freedom Phase currents, we are able to encompass great part of Space with our Consciousness, and precisely in this period the Lords of Karma attempt to offer us such a task, which we would never accept at other Time. Advantage of Freedom Phase is that it brings to us variety of offers and relative freedom of choosing one’s own direction of actions. At the same time, if Freedom Phase leads us to Retro Phase, bringing about an accelerating movement of Nodes, we should start acting quickly, because of entering period enriched by solar substance which allows us to involve a great strength for implementing our plans. Being drawn into acceleration, we are more and more getting infused by creative energy of the Luminary, and by the moment of entering Retro Phase we are ready to cooperate with Space. But if Freedom Phase is followed by Statics period, the Nodes movement slows down, which means we move towards an eclipse. Respectively, all attempts of too active manifestation of our views can lead to unexpected failures and delays in our affairs. During such period one should try to analyze everything, be very attentive to others, not attempting to solve any arising problem too fast, because this period is meant for contemplation rather than for active deeds. When we cross free period before Retro Phase (after the Statics period), we get acquainted with Space. But when we enter a free period after the Retro Phase and move towards the Statics Phase, we acquire some freedom and obtain a right of choice – we decide ourselves which qualities we are going to use in active phase of creativity.

We can add here a few general (possibly imaginary) remarks. As a rule, currents of space-and-time substance, after receiving a right for freedom during the Freedom Phase, start influencing actively not only events level, but our inner Worlds as well. As a result of such influence our inner individual clocks connect with currents of general Time. We understand that it is a very important aspect of our life, as we are all, without exception, included in the stream of general Time, and our individual clocks are just microscopic time currents fully dependent on state of Space and Time.

Summary

Thus it becomes clear that the Nodes Free Movement Phase is the most incomprehensible Time of manifesting our free will, as well as the Time when we begin to realize ourselves. In a few words it might be expressed as: “ I am already able to do something, but am not wise yet, though starting to understand the essence of some things”. As we see, this period is manifested more through state of awareness, which further leads towards the process of searching ways of implementing one’s goals. Possibly, it is that very period of earthly temptations one has to pass through, learn to discriminate and slowly leave them behind.

Formation of the Great Clock

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So, in our research of the Sun’s Path in relation to Lunar Nodes we found two Retro Phases, two Statics Phases and four Phases of Free Movement of the Lunar Nodes. As we saw already, eclipses occur during the Statics Phases (period equal to 2 – 2,5 months). Respectively, the North and South Nodes forming Karma axis should be positioned inside of these Phases. According to this Axis we can be guided in Time, defining the North Node as an apex of karmic Great Clock – the number ‘12’, and the South Node as the opposite number ‘6’. Respectively, these two numbers will represent the midpoint of Statics Phases. Now, if we form imaginary squares from these two numbers, we shall come to the numbers ‘3’ and ‘9’ which correspond to two Retro Phases. As we see, this combination consisting of the Nodes, squares and numbers strongly reminds horoscope’s Angles, and that not only in its graphics image, but most important – in its meaning. Really, Angular Houses designate the most important programs of embodied Soul. Subjects of these Houses create main tension in life, exactly as during the Retro Phases periods, when we are compelled to get engaged in interaction with the World, and during the Statics Phases when we are forced to submit to the Laws of Karma. Thus, on our karmic dial we allocated time periods that correspond to main karmic phases of a year. In the same way we can select Freedom Phases in our Clock – they will be represented by all other digits: “1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11”. Such abundance of digits corresponding to Freedom Phases points out graphically that we enter time periods that possess special properties. Most probably, inside of these, Time can be ‘stretched’ or ‘narrowed’, which allows us to repeat lessons of Karma many times, return back to the beginning of work, and try different variants of behavior and interaction with the World. Actually therefore Freedom Phases have such a huge Space, helping us to master any karmic task without hindrances. Nevertheless, each Freedom Phase should also correspond to one Time Unit, though it will be displayed at the Clock in two digits:

either ‘1’ and ‘2’ – between the angles ‘12’ and ‘3’; either ‘4’ and ‘5’ – between the angles ‘3’ and ‘6’; either ‘7’ and ‘8’ – between the angles ‘6’ and ‘9’; either ‘10’ and ‘11’ – between the angles ‘9’ and ‘12’.

Apparently, precisely two digits of each free period create a freedom stream and give us a right of choosing the paths of tasks implementation. But it is still just a presumption requiring further serious research.

How the Great Sun Clock works

If we examine now all components of Lunar Nodes’ yearly movement as possible parts of the clock’s dial, we could imagine a Great Sun Clock measuring Time of Karma throughout a year, representing the most real Time-Machine. At the same time such Machine does not presuppose our transfer in Time and Space to the Past or Future. Time-Machine, created by the Sun and Lunar Nodes is intended for teaching us to feel changes occurring in time current throughout a year, and also to perceive qualitative aspect of Time manifestation. When the Sun approaches Karma Axis near the Lunar Nodes, Statics Phase commences and Time stops – freezes, offering us to sense the moment of Truth without interfering with the course of Great Sun Clock. During this period one should not impose personal rules of game to the World or push too actively in pursuit of one’s affairs using strength, egoism etc. But when the Sun approaches position that is perpendicular to Nodes Axis (corresponding to Retro Phases), Time speeds up to a limit, allowing us to interact actively with the World and to know it in all its manifestations. In this period we should get involved as fast as possible in any offers coming from the outside, as this is the Time when we are being offered tasks fully corresponding to our inner accumulations. Again, when the Sun moves between the points of Nodes Axis and Retro Phases, Time becomes neutral, conditionally average, imposing a ‘shuttle’ variant of manifestation of any event on us, allowing repeating fragments of different tasks again and again, using our old experience and acquiring a new one. During this period we are offered to solve the questions and tasks in ‘linearity’, to live through events – to get involved in practical level.

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Moreover, during this period we act according to our experience and carry forward results of our deeds

either towards the Statics Phase, so that these results enter a general Level of Karma and based on them the Lords of Karma will create further tasks for us;

or towards the Retro Phase, so that the Lords of Karma based on our experience may bring about the next level of our possibilities of interacting with the World.

Summary and insignificant repetitions

So, there are two Retro Phases, two Statics Phases and four Phases of the Lunar Nodes’ Free Movement. As we discovered, the eclipses occur inside the Statics Phases. Correspondingly, the North and South Node forming Karma Axis are positioned inside these Phases. According to this Axis one can be guided in Time, having defined the North Node as an apex – conditional MC, and the South Node as the base or conditional IC. Respectively, Retro Phases represent Ascendant and Descendant – the points which mark very clearly our position in Space and force us to utilize Time at its most. Thus, every year we shall be able to define the periods of:

Space karmic Nadir. It is a Time when the Sun enters Statics Phase approaching the South Node, and we all get free from debts, placing acquired experience in a ‘karmic chest’.

Space karmic Zenith. It is a Time when the Sun enters Statics Phase approaching the North Node, and we are all being shown our goal.

Space karmic Descendant. It is a Time when the Sun stays in Retro Phase, then moving towards the South Node, creating for all of us dependence on the state of surrounding us World.

Space karmic Ascendant. It is a Time when the Sun stays in Retro Phase, then moving towards the North Node, allowing all of us to express ourselves at the most.

Continuation of summing up (Some more fiction)

Thus, a yearly movement of the Sun in relation to Lunar Nodes designates periods of karmic Rising, Zenith, Decline and Nadir. As we already saw, these periods are uneven in linear expression of Time. Nevertheless, if we try to view given periods in connection with their ‘nonlinearity’, moreover, if we try to use a universal Time Unit – 27 days for designating and expressing our possibilities, we shall see that all four periods in their ‘nonlinearity’ are expressed in their essence absolutely equally. Namely,

within 27 days of Retro Phase, based on our qualities we form our inner complete composition, helping us to manifest ourselves – Ascendant (we are capable of doing it);

also within 27 days we form complete understanding about the World and our relations with it – Descendant (we are almost always capable of doing this as well);

during the Statics periods equal to 2 – 2,5 months we form an experience – complete system of new qualities created as a result of our creativity – Nadir;

also during the Statics periods equal to 2 – 2,5 months we become aware of our possibilities and goal that always presupposes creation of a complete value system – Zenith.

The most amazing is, that any complete system presented either by Nadir or Zenith will carry in itself creative potential equal to potential laid by the Sun during preceding Retro Phases. That is, during the Phases when both we–the Ascendant and the World–Descendant actively comprehend solar substance and equally actively start interacting with each other. In connection with all aforesaid we can assume, that ‘spiritual weight’ of experience formed within the Statics periods in two months should be equal to any period created in 27 days of any Retro Phase.

Third deviation – reflection about the Time

As we already know, the Time Unit does not depend on precise number of days; first of all it states the fact of creating particular complete ‘product’ – creativity result of anyone of us. Consequently, when we

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work throughout a year in a karmic mode, the Lords of Karma (contrary to us) do not care at all how many days will last our ‘karmic torments’. They deem important whether we succeeded to form complete self-image concept, idea about the World, and also complete inner compositions from our qualities, states and value system. At the same time nobody knows how long it will take in linear Time, though being aware how many Time Units would pass. Each completed and realized result would always require expenditure of one Time Unit. That is why we spend ‘some’ Time for creating experience and perfecting our qualities, but it cannot be expressed in days – it will be always manifested through a complete result, fully shaped in Space. Thus, the answer to a question: “How much Time have you spent for creating your result” will be rather strange but always precise: “I have spent one Time Unit”. This answer presupposes that a person expended some quantity of creative energy that was required for creating complete ‘product-result’ and for awareness of this fact.

In this connection it becomes clear that period of 27 days of Retro Phase is sufficient for producing complete ‘product’. The same ‘product’ can be created within 2 -2,5 months of Statics Phase in Time’s energy equivalent. Moreover, the work accomplished during the Freedom Phase would require equal period of Time and creative strength as the work done either in Retro, or Statics Phases.

In linear expression this is well visible on the Clock. A dial divided with the help of digits to equal intervals allows hands to measure exact Time, using a uniform motion in a circle. At the same time such uniformity does not presuppose at all that we shall master our different tasks in linear Time equally evenly. Sometimes we might solve some problem within five minutes, managing to create complete experience and realize state of wholeness. It will require some amount of creative strength. At the same time, to work out some other task will take us thirty minutes – creating in this process equally complete experience and feeling the same state of wholeness. For this experience we expend equal amount of creative strength. Thus, for creating two different complete results we will always expend equal amount of Time in its energy equivalent. Though in its linear expression it will signify different Time intervals. In reality, understanding and using above described phenomenal feature of Time, one can learn either to slow down linear Time, or to speed it up. To be able to do so, it is necessary to recognize oneself as a creative particle of the Universe, fully self-conscious and responsible for all its deeds, thoughts and also qualities of all inner states.

Periods that designate yearly karmic Angles can be quite precisely determined according to the ephemerides. After that one should try to work in different periods, considering special features of each of them and observing changes of their tension.

Romantic epilogue How those earthlings that learnt to implement creative potential of the Sun view all above described

The great Sun pours information upon us during the Retro Phase and sprays its streams in ‘drops of information dew’ throughout the whole Space. We collect these ‘drops’ and with gratitude (necessarily!) begin to use them, passing through different variants of implementing our plans and ideas during the Freedom Phase. The Statics Phase receives results of our efforts and determines our future direction we have to follow. After the Statics Phase is over, we again enter Freedom Phase and begin to master new paths offered to us by Space; the paths which were formed at the moment of eclipses and for a long time stayed ‘without movement’ at the Statics Phase. Thus, for the umpteenth time we commence our ‘karmic voyage’ on the expanses of our life. Then again comes the Retro Phase, and we receive a new portion of solar substance – ‘drops of information dew’, and start to interact with them, replaying a multitude of options of their implementation. Approaching the Statics Phase, we stand still in expectation of what direction will be allotted for the next stretch of our path by the Lords of Karma. And so on and so on…till infinity…

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Part one

First acquaintance

“Go there – don’t know, where; bring that – don’t know, what.”

Exploring Lunar Nodes we cannot expect them to tell us precisely everything about our all life collisions, but one thing is clear: effecting us very subtly, they draw a main pattern of our Karma. The essence of Lunar Nodes may be formulated in a few words as: “Go there – don’t know, where; bring that – don’t know, what”. Really, our destiny sends us for journey and tells us: “Go!”. We ask: “Where?”. Destiny answers: “Can’t tell you, as I know only direction you ought to follow. The main thing is – move forward, don’t stop and do not turn back”. In relation to Lunar Nodes’ subject we can imagine following: we are in circumstances when we really have to undertake a journey. At the same time we are being defined general direction we have to follow and the goal is also quite clearly determined. This corresponds to a standpoint: “Go there!” and “Bring that!” Nevertheless, though we are usually well aware of where and what for we go, we are not always being explained and shown all nuances and features of karmic path. Therefore, in the beginning of our journey we are unable to foresee all destiny peripetias that await us on the road. Commencing a journey we can imagine only approximately how to overcome conditional distance to final destination. For example, we can take particular case. We are preparing for a seminar on Lunar Nodes, having clearly defined desire to learn about the work of fictitious points and determining it as some goal we have to achieve. While still at home, we can assume what will be our route, what transport shall we take to the academy, and so we can calculate our time in such a way that we do not come late. Also we can imagine a place of our future work – audience, and define our final goal – study of the Lunar Nodes. Moreover, we can assume how will our lesson go on and how much Time we need for our work. In other words, somewhere in the past on information level the task and conditions for its implementation are already set, and also we are aware of direction we have to follow in order to realize this task. At the same time not everything had been explained to us thoroughly, and so during implementation of task some insignificant changes of intermediate components of the very process may take place. So, the goal is defined, moreover, we have an inner impulse for its achievement, and now we have to start realizing our plan. Let us see now, how we are getting ready. First of all we collect our bag – pen, notebooks, etc – well known things we worked with before – they, as it were, follow us from our Past. Also we take some snacks and drinks, knowing there will be a break when we can have a bite – again, these are our ‘companions’ whom we know thoroughly. Next we glance to the street and see it snows outside – so we dress accordingly. Also we understand it can be too warm inside at the academy and we take light shoes so that we do not feel uncomfortable there. So, we take with us all ‘things’ worked out in the Past and well known to us at present Time. To everything above mentioned we can put to our ‘bag’ our mental experience and some level of knowledge received in the Past about the subject we plan to study more carefully now. Figuratively speaking, we collect our ‘travel bag’, considering all possible, available to our conscious experience features of journey, and all possible options of grasping required information. Important is, that we always know what we possess in our ‘bag’, because we collect it ourselves for a particular goal we aspire to. But being at home and holding our ready ‘kit bag of the past achievements’ we are unable to state precisely what exactly will happen at the academy and how concretely we will learn about the ‘Lunar Nodes’ subject. We can make only some assumptions of the subject, because we will meet in the Future, and we are only generally informed about possible circumstances of this meeting. Nevertheless, we know in which direction to move in order to implement the plan. So, we begin our journey carrying everything necessary for implementing the plan. We understand very well that everything we took with us will be used as we move towards the goal. Of course, we shall reach our academy and start learning about the Lunar Nodes; we shall take out of the bag our pen, notebook and start writing down notes. After that, most probably there will be a break and we will again use what we previously put to our ‘kit bag’: snacks, drinks etc, in order to take rest and switch attention to lighter things. Then we shall continue our lesson; learn more about Lunar Nodes till Time proclaims the

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end of our seminar. After that we will have to admit that our goal was realized and clearly shaped in our life reality in the form of our new records and information processed by our mental system. Moreover, we can easily say that we created some new experience we absolutely understand now, because we worked it out in the current of our Time, using all previous makings and all auxiliary components of general process of realization. Also we can deem that this experience became our Past. Thus we walk our path being first in its beginning, then in the middle and then approaching its final point, i.e. we gradually proceed from the Past to the Future. Verily, necessity and need to learn about Lunar Nodes expressed with the help of the North Node, as well as our abilities achieved in the past and defined with the help of the South Node will help us to realize the goal by the end of a seminar. Moreover, after we examine, as much as it is possible the work of Nodes, this goal will be shaped in the form of accomplished experience.

So, on the way to our goal we use everything we brought along, everything we know very well. At the same time, in spite of the fact that we have everything needful for accomplishing goal, we can’t well imagine today how the very process of this accomplishment will occur. It is clear now, that coming to seminar, we brought our experience along with us in order to accomplish goal not yet indicated in our reality. That is why we say: “Go there” – to seminar, and here we have quite clear direction. Next: “Don’t know where” – it is also true, since we are not yet aware what exactly will happen at the academy and how the place we head for, looks. “Bring that – don’t know what” – this proves position which describes, that going somewhere, at the end of the day we bring (obtain) for ourselves first of all something (discover new qualities inside us) we know nothing about in the beginning of our path, as it exists in our Future. The fragment itself “Bring that” defines very precisely an order to get something very important, since the very form of expression is imperative and implies we have to carry out this order by any means. The fragment “Don’t know what” admits that we really do not know what qualities and experience will be accumulated as a result of our karmic journey. But the very fact that it will happen, is doubtless, because we are compelled to obey the Lords of Karma’s orders: to “go” and “bring”, i.e. to commence the Journey to our Future and accomplish the task, making it first our Present, and then our Past.

Necessary to say that this wonderful proverb is applicable as to any concrete life story, so to our life path as such. Embodied, we carry along our “karmic knapsack” filled with everything necessary for implementing all our tasks. Moreover, we always know that path we ought to traverse only in general features, without having opportunity to explore its each concrete fragment unless and until we face it in the current of Time, i.e. at the moment of Present. That is why we never know beforehand (provided that general direction is defined) how exactly we shall cross one or other life ordeal. Entering to incarnation, we have everything needful for implementation of our goal, but we never know in the beginning of our life, neither in its middle what will be the final result of our creativity. Nevertheless, we continuously aspire for achieving this result, since we want to know what life values will be finally created by us. This aspiration is inevitable, being a ‘key to success’ in our advancement towards the goal, because unknown is always attractive. At the same time, as we understand, we can utilize only our own experience, i.e. experience corresponding to our ‘knapsack’. For instance, coming to seminar, we cannot use somebody’s mental system or someone’s experience of perceiving and working with information. We can’t even always devour somebody’s sandwich, as we all have different relationship with food items. Respectively we can say that experience of others has a different energy, and cannot provide us with such strength that we ourselves invested at some point into our own experience. Otherwise we shall get a distorted result. From the other side, we are obliged to use everything we ourselves brought along with us. In our example with seminar it is our astrological knowledge acquired earlier, ability to work with information, and also notebooks, recorders etc. If we forget them, or will feel lazy to use them, we won’t be able to carry out conceived plan in full measure. In addition, after seminar, provided that new information was not recorded properly, we risk using it in a distorted way in the future, or something will be definitely forgotten. In its last option we would be forced to accept a total futility of occurred event. But if we are attentive enough and use maximum of our previous accumulations, then as a result after the end of seminar we shall acquire a new level of knowledge. In other words, on the way towards the goal we

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should utilize everything that was accumulated till the moment. Only in this case we can develop actively and perfect ourselves.

Now let’s try to imagine even more global positions of our life. Coming into embodiment, we receive a Place of birth, Time of birth, parents, name, surname, conditions of life. We also receive particular abilities, tendencies, innate dispositions formed by our Ancestors, and are obliged to use all of this. We already understand that all these ‘things’ are in the ‘knapsack’ of the South Node, and in order to reach the goal – our North Node, we cannot but use them. Moreover, the more actively we do this, the more easily we realize ourselves during the whole our journey, and the more clearly is seen this path defined by the North Node. In this case we can speak about the fulfillment of our mission. We can explore the Nodes in another way as well. Let us imagine that inside of our incarnation we create a particular complete system of interrelations. If we draw the Nodes, we shall see that the South Node resembles a chalice. There exists a very good proverb: “To drink the chalice to the bottom”. Verily, during our life we have to drain our cup of tasks and problems to the lees – to use entrusted abilities, i.e. the whole subtle matter of experience filling the South Node. If we draw the North Node, we shall see that it resembles inverted chalice, which may be interpreted as a necessity to liberate one’s karmic debt chalice from previous experience, transforming it into the new qualities. Figuratively speaking, we have to turn over our experience, our South Node. At the same time we have to achieve completely new level of self-understanding and perceiving our experience – finding our North Node.

Listener’s question: - Should we then perceive the South Node as always describing our Past, and the North Node – our

Future?

Precisely. Moreover, proceeding further and uniting both drawings, putting two rounded ends of the Nodes one on the other, we shall receive some integrated image of both Nodes in the form of the whole karmic Egg. In this way we associate the Past with the Future. It is a perfect standpoint for our Consciousness, but it is impossible during incarnation, since we remain on the Path, namely, proceed from the Past to the Future. This process requires a natural division of the whole stream of our individual Time to its integral parts. Display of the Nodes in the form of karmic Egg can suggest us that merging of the Past with the Future can help us to acquire inner integrity. Moreover, it seems that such hint is encrypted in the very principles embedded in the semantic characteristics of Lunar Nodes defining implementation path of an idea of the World development. In fact we continuously use our experience – our Past, and seek to carry on result of interaction with it into the Future, applying and transforming all created by us ‘experienced material’ in the point of the Present. Thanks to this act we begin to perceive more deeply how the stream of Time affects us. And so we can assume that precisely the Nodes help us to understand the real essence of our interaction with Time more deeply. Thus, for implementation of our ideas and goals we have to be very conscious about our Past and aspire actively for the Future. Moreover, we are obliged to use all accumulated experience and knowledge without refusing any coming new tasks. In fact, precisely for expressing these two basic conditions a breakage of subtle connections happens between the South and the North Node through unfolding of individual Time stream. It is necessary in order to define positions of the Past and the Future in accessible form for us and to help us to get self-conscious at the Present. It may be added here that complete image of the World defined in the form of a karmic Egg can be manifested only symbolically and not in the earthly reality. Here on Earth for our energetical security purposes denoted Egg gets divided into two parts. In other words, coming into incarnation, we receive the South and the North Node expressing themselves separately and quite independently. At the same time the South Node grounds us, providing roots and reminding about the Past. It can be regarded as our root system. Attracting by promises, the North Node always ‘carries’ us forward, forms natural need of any incarnated Soul to know its Future, and also provokes aspiration of each of us towards the goal achievement and acquiring new knowledge. Further, this separation (figuratively – stretching parts of the whole into different sides) results in forming a channel, or, as they say now, a Life-stream filled with

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energy, or life strength. Enormous tension is formed at the separation moment, manifesting itself during the whole life. Precisely this tension creates for us conditions that help us to discover inner need to move, need to implement our ideas. And since we always have two Nodes, on one side we are ‘rooted’ – grounded, on the other side, we attempt to break free from our roots and strive towards yet unconquered, but always desirable Peak – the goal of incarnation.

Interestingly, the more actively we aspire towards our individual Peak, the more actively we have to use our root experience. And vice versa, when we use our past accumulations actively and deliberately, we begin to feel necessity to aspire towards the Peak. In any case a tension is formed in our Life-stream that helps us to transform our qualities as much as possible, and to move ahead. In other words, the more strongly is expressed tension created by Nodes, the more possibilities, needs to change something in our life and aspire to the Future are formed for us.

Thus it may be said that we enter this World through symbolical separation of some composite system, which allows us to feel ourselves simultaneously both as an earthly creatures and subtle-material beings, able to develop our spiritual levels.

Summing up all abovementioned, we can say that both the Nodes are equally important for implementing our karmic mission - same attention should be given to their positions, because they are equally important. It would be wrong to consider that South Node with its recommendations and reminders about the Past is not so important anymore, and that only the North Node’s position defining our goal is important for us. We owe to pay a bigger respect to the South Node – our roots, which help us to recognize our whole experience and all possibilities brought by us into life. We shall see further, while exploring the Legends, that sometimes a person implements his goal only by activating programs defined through position of the South Node. Such happens quite often.

Why do we call them the “Nodes”?

So, we have to understand now what Lunar Nodes represent. From astronomical point of view – these are intersection points between the lunar orbit and ecliptic. Respectively, we shall necessarily have two Nodes, always placed in exact opposition to each other.

Next, the very word ‘nodes’ is suggestive – question arises, in which cases we use this word and how do we understand its meaning? Usually we say the ‘knot’ referring to certain quite independent elements of our reality, tied together (sometimes entangled). Often we ourselves tie together two ‘ties’, or several material objects, possibly two or more life threads – in order to create some complete composition out of different components. At the same time we attempt to combine what was previously separated and possibly obstructed harmonious usage of the components, or was not allowing grasping some studied object in its wholeness. In any case, when we tie Something with Something, we form a new combination of interconnections in our World and hope to achieve a new level of realization.

If we think in the same way about our astrological subject, we shall understand that there, in Solar system, this process of binding multiple elements of the system into one whole should also go on, so that first of all, this whole may be preserved and at the same time its parts may be allowed to develop independently.

Besides, we know that principle of linkage is one of the main principles providing development of any system, and no significant changes may happen in our World without it.

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Let us imagine now that intersecting (conditional) lines formed in the Solar System by the Moon orbit and ecliptic are tied into the ‘knots’; let us presume that during this bonding some programs offered by the Moon are tied together with some programs defined by the Sun and planetary currents.

So, on one side, the lunar orbit is rather a complex system living its own life and narrating a lot of interesting to us. On the other side is ecliptic – conditional line drawn by the Sun in his yearly motion through the sky, if observing this process from Earth. Given that the solar circle is equal to a year and the lunar one to a month, we can assume that at the places where two ‘lines’ intersect (called the Nodes), a binding of two time cycles takes place. Who knows, may be thanks to this binding we begin to understand more deeply various states evoked by changing speed of Time’s flow during different periods of our life. Possible, that solar and lunar programs tied into Nodes help us to find better our way in this complex World. They help us to perceive variety of different inner states and to control through our Consciousness inner processes and expressions occurring simultaneously on many levels. In addition we may assume that Nodes adjust us to influences connected with changes happening on our planet during the year – if exploring solar manifestations; and with changes happening on Earth during the month, if exploring lunar manifestations.

Listener’s question: - But any orbit is a very conditional concept. So how can we explore its manifestations?

Examining Nodes we have to understand that both the Moon’s orbit and ecliptic plane do not represent a dense form in our World - so we have to deal directly with manifestations of the Subtle World. Thus we have to understand that a quality of lunar orbit or a quality of ecliptic plane cannot be determined by weighting or measuring through ordinary means, but we can learn about their existence indirectly, by exploring heavenly bodies that formed them. And though the Lunar Nodes are not represented in a dense form, nevertheless they carry along a huge amount of information, and our task is to discover this information, activate it and then start working with it.

We have to add following here. In spite of the fact that we are going to talk namely about the Lunar Nodes as derivatives of lunar orbit, as we already understood, they are formed thanks to interaction of conditional paths of the Sun and the Moon. That is why we should study information about the work of both solar and lunar programs.

The Sun and the Moon

Thus, as we talk about the Sun and the Moon, we should look into the main positions concerning the luminaries. We can start from the Moon, trying to figure out what connections she creates, which programs she controls and how she manifests her influences on us.

Listener’s comment:

- The Moon speaks about emotional abilities of a person, about his moods.

Yes, but first of all, while exploring the Moon, we shall speak about subconsciousness programs, about the core memory of the Soul, and also about the Family memory, that means, about patrimonial programs. We should also remember that the Moon possesses hereditary information about physical qualities of our Ancestors, their predispositions towards some tendencies, abilities or limitations. Also the Moon manages the ‘world of reflexes’, our needs, she forms habits, various dependencies on external influences and inner states. She participates in developing psychic body, interferes into work of nervous system and has a direct relationship with phenomenon of dreams. The Moon is well-versed at subconscious level and manages emotional body. She manifests predispositions to diseases and various

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emotional states. The Moon is connected with maternal programs and narrates about the place we were born in. Moreover, she forms our relation towards so called ‘little Motherland’ – Space that unfolded for us earthly reality.

Listener’s question: - Can we say that the Moon forms our relations with the mother?

Yes, of course. Placement of the Moon in horoscope tells us how shall we perceive the mother figure, and it can also tell a lot about her abilities, character etc.

Also, while exploring the Moon, we should remember that she is quite conservative, affectionate, but at the same time very volatile, resentful, vulnerable, aspires for conventional communication with us, and tries to impose her feelings, emotions, not always considering objective conditions. She forms in us dependence on our inner states and forces to adjust to them, thus facilitates creating emotional stereotypes of perceiving and reacting to various expressions of outer World. In addition, we should consider that the Moon represents passive principle and manages inner sides of our life without trying to manifest them openly. While exploring lunar programs, we come in touch with inner positions of our being. In other words, the Moon provides us with information about the condition of our inner World. Moreover, she possesses tools that help us to adjust to these states.

It is necessary to say that almost all lunar programs are very difficult for us, since they are fundamental; sometimes they can be very ‘clumsy’ and hardly changeable, this being caused by need to keep our adaptive system, also managed by the Moon, constantly in a ‘good shape’. Besides, this system ‘comes’ along with us into life, staying in subconscious sphere of our being, and its safety margin is counted up to a millimeter. In fact, this is the reason why we are not manageable in some cases, because our ‘logical intelligence’ may cause irreparable harm if our intuition and reflex memory fail.

Now we have to examine, what sort of information is provided to us by the Sun.

Listener’s question: - Can we say that ego-programs refer to solar manifestations?

Yes. One task of the Sun consists in unfolding abilities of our Ego, and we have to understand that from the very first minutes of our life we have a right to express ourselves and demand attention towards our personality. Solar principle expresses very distinctly when we say: “That’s me, look at me, I am so nice, so attractive, so bright, so talented” etc. Exploring the Sun, we should know that it demonstrates principles of activity, openness, and allows us to be constantly self-expressed, contrary to the Moon, which forms passivity state, as we already understood. Also we should know that precisely the Sun possesses all our life forces, so called vitality; forms a life-stream and provides us with current of ‘awareness’ – ability to perceive oneself in Time and Space.

Next, being very important – with the help of Sun we have possibilities to influence surrounding us World and attract attention to ourselves. Moreover, the daystar quite distinctly denotes in us a state that can be defined as a state of volition – effusion of will from our heart – the Sun, or ‘manifestation of our will from us’ in the external World. This allows everyone to self-express openly, to be discovered and to expect responds from other people, so needed for our development and self-understanding.

Besides, speaking about the Sun, we imply an aspect of Consciousness development. While the Moon unfolds our subconscious programs, the Sun always presupposes development of self-awareness in all our manifestations, volitions, and in general during any self-demonstration in outer World. That is why here we already deal with Consciousness programs.

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Moreover, the Sun always presupposes that we shall create something that will later become independent from us and quite vital, since the daystar manages creation process, respectively one of the most important life programs – program of our self-continuation in children. Verily, we form and perfect not only ourselves, but we also create our continuation. Figuratively we can imagine that a huge number of small rays – relative subtle-material ‘copies’ are formed around us. Every moment we create a multitude of such sunny copies, doing it very actively and thanks to these copies we are not only seen by surrounding World, but also leave behind ourselves a trace in this World.

We can add here that the Sun always tries to activate our Consciousness as much as possible, and what is very important, the luminary makes results of our creativity visible. Contrary to the Moon, that can neither express processes happening in subconsciousness, nor make visible results of her work.

Besides, being the centre of the Solar System, the Sun actually creates an opportunity for all heavenly bodies to interact with each other by associating their currents into one system of subtle connections. Such interaction takes place within the limits of ecliptic plane – the subtle Space that organizes work of all planets without allowing them to commit slightest violations during formation of interrelationships. In this way a behavior control of all heavenly bodies situated inside the Solar System is being exercised, and thus happens natural binding of all their qualities. And the main character in this process is the Sun.

Thus we came across two opposite principles tied together in our individual Space, or life-stream. At the same time the very process of binding is invisible. Moreover, examining separately work of the Sun and the Moon, we shall see that the Moon, crossing the Zodiac within a month creates her own lunar connections which are, as it were, totally independent. The Sun also crosses the Zodiac, but within a year, creating its own connections, and it may appear that they are also absolutely independent. Nevertheless we understand that both luminaries are constantly in a very complex and active interaction with each other, helping us to perceive our World in a multi-faceted way, and this interaction is accomplished with the help of the Nodes.

It becomes clear now that intersecting points between the Moon orbit and ecliptic plane – the Lunar Nodes – play a very important role in our life, because they essentially tie into knots connections which are formed by currents of interactions between all elements of our system. And precisely the lunar orbit represents for us the Space that can directly link us with information currents formed within the whole Solar System and infuse inner ‘reservoirs’ of our memory with this information.

What is more important, Head or Tail?

We know there is a concept of ascending and descending current of force. We often apply this concept to the Nodes as well. We say: Ascending Node or Descending Node. Sometimes we may find following notation of the Nodes: South Node – North Node. Eastern tradition compares the Nodes with the Head and Tail of a Dragon.

Since ancient times it was considered that everything connected with the South (Descending) Node, or a Dragon’s Tail, carries in itself mainly negative features. Sometimes one can come across opinion that subjects denoted by the South Node’s position bring troubles and it is better to get rid of them at the earliest. Such interpretation is quite justified, since in this case we deal with descending currents of some subtle substance confined at the South Chalice and provoking downward movement where we are shown negative aspects of our life and where our Consciousness is expressed vaguely. In reality our Consciousness always leaves the Past for implementing ideas of the Future, leaving behind only its Memory. That is why we may say that there is no Consciousness as such at the Past, and it cannot be

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there. Possibly this explains the fact that we do not remember our previous incarnations, as they represent our Unconscious.

On the other side we experience an impact of the streams formed by the North (Ascending) node, or a Dragon’s Head. There is an opinion that this Node contains in itself a positive origin and shows us what we have to aspire for and what we have to achieve. Also it is considered not without reason that the North Node is our helper, as it always shows us the way out of troubles.

Moreover, there is assumption that real North Pole of our planet is a spiritual summit of humanity. In this case, humanity, walking its evolutionary path will strive precisely towards the North (conditionally upwards) in order to realize itself, using ascending currents of the North and becoming more conscious. We know there exists a northern tradition – tradition of development and perfection of spiritual origin in human being. It came to us from distant Past and brought an experience of Ancestors based on value system formed in remote Times. In spite of its antiquity this experience allows us even in present time to develop actively, to perfect ourselves and follow the path of evolution.

In relation to this condition we can consider one’s natal North Node as an individual North, i.e. the place which defines our paths of development and perfection of our Consciousness. We can imagine it in a following way: the cosmic energy – energy of creation pours into our individual North Pole (indicated by our natal North Node), helping us to implement all karmic tasks and to perfect ourselves.

Also we can imagine that a negative stream leaves from our individual South Pole, indicated by our natal South Node, carrying away from our Karma some worked out (and thus obsolete) ‘old’ programs. Apropos, there is presumption that negative streams of subtle substance exit from the south ranges of our planet, redeeming us from excessive burden of worked out human experience.

Thus, in one case we shall say that real direction pointing towards North and the North Node form conditions for our development, show us our possibilities and guide us in particular direction. It enlivens positive programs and says wherein are expressed benevolent cosmic influences that help us to implement our karmic programs and perfect our Consciousness.

In the second case we shall consider the South and the South Node as some system withdrawing obsolete programs, and also as evoking to life negative programs in the form of manifested heavy heredity and impossibility to use Consciousness aspect in its full measure.

We can also imagine everything mentioned in the form of a Dragon’s Head and Tail. Then it turns out that a Head as the upper part of our subtle being has more possibilities for developing and perfecting, better seeing processes occurring around, contrary to Tail which in its essence has an opposite purpose. In our subtle ‘organism’ it fulfills a different task – withdraws, liberates from everything we do not need anymore. This is one option of interpreting the Nodes.

Verily, the most positive moments of our life are connected with activation of the North Node. From the other side, the heaviest aspects of our life or unpleasant events are usually connected with the Time when transiting South Node enters to some point of our natal chart, or if some transiting planet touches our natal South Node. It should be mentioned that practically always any event formed by a planet with participation of nodal transit is very significant.

Analyzing our life and examining our chart in connection with Nodes transits during particular period of Time, we shall discover that precisely in those moments of life when transit North Node was crossing

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through some important point of our horoscope, something significant was happening in our life, having, as a rule, a positive coloring. And contrary to this, when the South Node actively interacted with us, as a rule we ended up in difficult situations.

So, it becomes clear that one Node always aspires upward, being positioned in upper hemisphere. Another Node aspires downward, being in a lower hemisphere. At the same time the Node pertaining to upper hemisphere is impacted by the North and contains positive qualities. And vice versa, the South Node, being in a lower hemisphere, is impacted by the South and contains more negative (relatively, of course) qualities. Position of positive or negative should not be perceived as something good or bad. Rather, an aspect of positivity or negativity simply expresses a quality of Nodes’ charge, i.e. positive charge pertains to the North, or Ascending Node, while negative charge to the South, or Descending Node.

Now let us explore in detail manifestations of the Nodes.

The South Node

Undoubtedly, the South, or Descending Node demands more respect, since it is our ‘heritage’, so to say, our treasure, though possibly someone would like to get rid of it at the earliest, finding it rather unattractive. Nevertheless, it is the South Node that provides us with information about the qualities of our Past – core experience. We can find the sign where the South Node is positioned and explore topics of the house where it is situated. Possibly, some planets may appear near it - they will clarify this core experience. Descending Node also points to programs we should not be attached with too strongly, since they contain some qualities and experience that came with us from the Past and which we have to part with.

From the other side, as we already understood, precisely the South Node is our foundation we need to utilize in order to transform ourselves. That is why we can view it as a guardian of information: what qualities are inherent in us and what qualities we need to use while transforming our experience. The South Node emphasizes our attention on those traits of our experience, which should not be left without changes. We should definitely keep it in mind. Moreover, one should strive to realize this condition as soon as possible.

Descending Node indicates those topics which will eventually leave us in this life. (Unless the case is that namely its ruler participates in determining main mission of a person).

Further, since we speak about descending streams which do not have sufficient amount of ‘conscious substance’, we should always remember about their passivity. Respectively, an experience that comes along with us from the Past, we should view as rather inactive, uncolored by currents of our intelligence. And though we are able to discover this experience, for it is initially laid in us, but because of its passivity it is not always realized by us fully. In fact that is why we are not always able to utilize this experience correctly, since its activation demands too much of strength, attention and Awareness. In this connection we can say that the South Node tells us about those our qualities, which we could never manifest brightly, nor develop entirely. Respectively, it points to those themes of our life which could become problematic precisely because of their excessive passivity and our impossibility to influence them actively and efficiently through our Consciousness. This feature of the Node may become a cause of many problems and various complexes. On the other side, if a person is attentive and strives to perfect his qualities, he can ‘reach an agreement’ with his Descending Node and decently cross his life path.

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Listener’s question: - If some planet is positioned near the South Node, what will be its behavior like?

It is a separate subject we shall talk about later. Nevertheless, we may say a few words about it now in connection with examining South Node’s behavior. It is necessary to say that planets positioned close to the South Node and topics ruled by them are not always correctly perceived by others in spite of the fact that we ourselves can actively use them in our work.

For example we can imagine the Sun near the South Node. In this case, though we all demonstrate ourselves with the help of our Sun, if it is positioned near the South Node, a person won’t be able to manifest himself in full measure, and his Sun will be poorly expressed for others. For better visualization we can imagine that the luminary is placed inside of some sphere and never gets out of it. Respectively, an owner of such placement will be as if slightly covered – not very noticeable by others, and they will perceive him as rather unremarkable, not bright person.

Very often a person having the Sun conjunct with the South Node in his natal chart complains that other people do not notice him, do not pay proper attention to him, especially during the first meeting.

If we watch an owner of Mars in conjunction with the South Node, we shall discover that we miss brightness, openness, fire in him. At the same time Mars in his horoscope may be wonderful in aspects and strength, but a person won’t be able to manifest himself actively with its help, and won’t be perceived by others as actively operating in different situations. Though a person may deem himself to be enough energetic. This happens because the whole energy of planet is collected inside and cannot be expressed outwardly.

By the way, any planet near the South Node can be viewed as being retrograde, not actively manifested, and there is no need to try activating it artificially. It is given to us for transforming only our inner reality, but in no way the outer one. Figuratively speaking, such planet narrates about our ‘seamy side’ and does not allow us to demonstrate it actively.

Concerning position of the Sun and Mars conjunct with the South Node we can give an example. Owner of such position fell in love with his future life partner and in every way attempted to draw her attention to himself. He tried to fulfill all her whims, but she was not noticing it. She felt continuously that he is inattentive towards her, that he is not interested in her hobbies, work etc. She also felt he is passive, inactive. “Express yourself!” - used to tell his beloved and he tried his best to fulfill her desire. He was buying her huge flower bouquets, presenting plenty of gifts and telling beautiful words. It was still not enough for her. Her main complaints were that allegedly he is not active enough when outer conditions demand it. Also that he does not express himself actively in the company of friends, and all in all behaves too modestly. In other words, he does not manifest actively male principle of open action, so much required by many women who desire to see a bright manifestation of male origin in their chosen one. But we understand that with described position of the Sun and Mars a person will always find it difficult to draw attention of others to him and express vividly a principle of open action.

Thus, expressing himself according to his Sun and Mars conjunct with the South Node, owner of this position was getting lost though he tried his best to please his beloved. But his future wife noticed neither gifts, nor attention paid to her. Until he understood that he should develop his spiritual levels first of all, no changes happened in their relationship. On the contrary, complaints of his future wife intensified and gradually their relations were nearing to breakup. Then, out of despair our hero stopped his attempts to

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prove his love and faithfulness externally, switching instead onto developing and implementing his inner qualities and abilities. He started to pursue interesting things: painting, writing poetry, he even entered the University with an aim to get second higher education. In other words, he began actively developing solar principle inside him and, influencing his inner qualities through his Sun, he developed and perfected them. As a result our hero became more spiritual, emitting inner light, though sometimes being even fully inactive. And what is interesting, his betrothed suddenly changed her attitude towards him.

Listener’s question: - After all, what happened?

The following thing happened. Our hero unconsciously started to strive (in this case out of despair, though the same could have been done consciously as well) towards other, more manifested positions of his natal chart. As a result, his other heavenly bodies became active, while his ‘inner’ Sun and Mars simply colored all manifestations of their master by inner light, and he turned into a very attractive young man. Moreover, precisely his outer inactivity was evoking a great interest in others, as it was supported by inner glow. In other words, his inner condition changed.

We have to remember that inside the life-stream of an embodied Soul there exists a huge creative potential which has to be implemented. At the same time one should never attempt to replace this potential by ordinary outer activity. Such position is given to person for a reason – he should learn to lighten manifestations of all his planets by inner glow and to influence actively those processes which occur inside his so-called subjective Space. Only in this case he may expect success, and others won’t present their claims as described above.

It should be added here: currents of solar energy always aid our spiritual growth and implementation of all life tasks, but having above mentioned position, it is not necessary to demonstrate continuously and vigorously results of one’s activity to the World, trying to attract its attention.

So, we examined one of possible manifestations variants of the Sun and Mars being conjunct with the South Node. Obviously there are many such variants, but in their essence they are all very similar to each other.

Listener’s question: - Are there some more peculiarities in the work of the South Node?

There are plenty of them. For instance, the South Node often tells us about the subjects which are habitual for us, though not necessarily very attractive. When the Node is emphasized in horoscope, then, based on its position and aspects different complexes could form, colored by the qualities of a planet, if there is any near (especially if it is tense). As we already understand, such planet describes which qualities could be discovered by other people with the biggest difficulties. In fact, namely this condition often creates complexes connected with planetary subject matter. Thus we may consider the South Node and a planet placed next to it as information about complexes of impossibility to implement openly principles of manifestation and qualities of a given planet. If there is no heavenly body near the South Node, a complex may be displayed in connection with topics of the House where the Node is positioned.

Sometimes, examining conjunction of planet with Descending Node, we may discover that person feels himself needless in the spheres ruled by this planet. This condition is explained by the fact that the Node imposes some ‘ban’ on too active usage of planetary qualities and does not allow them to develop in the same way as ‘free’ planets do. But interesting is, that as soon as person begins to work consciously with his conjunction, immediately the opposite sphere gets activated, and his North Node frees him from any problems and difficulties connected with manifestations of a planet ‘imprisoned’ by the South Node.

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In this case such planet starts working as wonderful helper and a person does not even think much how it happened.

To understand it better, we may explore Mercury in conjunction with the South Node. The owner of such position usually finds it difficult to express his Mercury, to use it in communication, and he often seems to be reserved, quiet, though this position does not mean at all that Mercury is weakly developed in his chart; the planet is simply not manifested. Moreover, in spite of the fact that such person already came with Mercurian experience and seemingly, should have had an excellent mastery over the word, still he may sometimes experience difficulties in talking, since his experience does not form active external connection with the outer World. In this regard lasting unpleasant feelings or insecurities may form during communicating with others. Also fears may appear, especially in those cases when one needs to express actively himself and his abilities related with principles of Mercury’s manifestation.

Listener’s question: - Can you please tell us something about predispositions to certain diseases and about hereditary

disorders in connection with South Node’s placement?

The South Node exposes not only our past emotional, mental and other peculiarities, but also what we brought along with us in the form of some physical features, i.e. about diseases obtained in the past and about possibilities of our physical body in general. Also, this Node’s placement narrates about hereditary ailments, Ancestors’ diseases and degree of their heaviness. For example, if we again turn to Mercury conjunct with South Node, it is quite possible that owner of such position will be predisposed to eyes ailments. Most probably it will be expressed in the form of short sightedness (especially if we have retrograde Mercury conjunct with the South Node).

By the way, the North Node shows us what we may acquire in the Future, so we can already now transform our qualities in such a way, that we exclude possible future physical ailments from our Karma in this current incarnation. It should be really possible, because Lunar Nodes help us to deal not only with past sins, but also narrate how not to create the new ones.

So it becomes clear now that examining Nodes, we should pay a lot of attention to the South Node and understand what its position signifies. Unless we fully understand a meaning of the tasks defined by Descending Node, we won’t be able to realize a single karmic assignment. We should know what we came with in order to know better what we are supposed to do. That is why, if we want to develop successfully and implement our plans, in any case we will have to pay a lot of attention precisely to the South Node. Moreover it is the South Node that will tell us about qualities of our debt programs and about our Past.

The North Node

As we already know, at all times namely the North was considered to be a spiritual summit of mankind. Crossing through the North Pole, currents of cosmic substance acquire harmonious sounding and being poured on us, help maximally to develop our Consciousness. Ascending Node is undoubtedly symbolically connected with subjects of the North. Forcing us to develop actively, it always shows us our individual North, telling about positive aspects of our being. The Node calls for our perfection and spiritual growth, lifts us off the ground and forms inner need to aspire towards unknown. On the level of our subconsciousness the Node provokes us to follow the course indicated by our Karma. We can imagine that the North Node’s Chalice contains strength coming from the Future which is continuously poured onto us. With the help of this strength is created our individual ‘values’ plank’ which we should overcome in our earthly life, and the North Node says how we are going to accomplish it in order to

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ascend the Summit. Thus, pouring on us currents of positive strength, Ascending Node speaks about our individual North – our Summit we have to climb, and also calls for searching the ways of goals’ realization.

Working with the North Node, we have to consider some peculiarities.

First.

The North Node offers us the tasks, whose meaning is not always understood by us and climbing up, we do not know what expects us at each next step of karmic staircase. In this regard we can assume that the Node shows us the Future. Also it defines those promising directions, which we are able to develop provided we work actively inside our incarnation.

Second.

The North Node always proceeds from our possibilities and offers only those ascension options, which are designated by our Karma, and only those tasks which we are able to realize. Programs of the North Node always consider our abilities and experience, that is why a path denoted by North Node is a path of accomplishing our individual karmic assignments.

Third.

The North Node never specifies the task and never explains anything clearly. Concreteness usually appears either after completion of work on some task, or in the process of its realization, but not ‘before that’. That is why the North Node always denotes only perspective without deciphering thoroughly every single fragment of the path.

Fourth.

The North Node utilizes a natural aspiration of every human being for learning maximum about oneself and manifesting oneself in the brightest possible way. Carrying us forward without providing whole volume of information we can work with, the Node in such way builds perspective in front of us and forms necessity to learn more and more facets of our being. The North Node’s work can be compared with manifestations of Jupiter which assists us in our spiritual ascent, because all assignments defined by Karma at the end presuppose unfoldment of our spiritual abilities and evolution of Consciousness.

It becomes clear now that the North Node gradually unfolds our Space in front of us, and we always reach that very Summit which it indicates, but how shall we proceed and what shall we do along the way depends on us.

It may be added here that the North Node is sort of leading origin imbedded in ourselves, and the more consciously we aspire for our Summit, the more active it becomes. Moreover, it adjusts our ascent always through spiritual broadening of Consciousness.

Thus, the North Node is our individual Summit we are being guided by in our life. It defines main direction of our path that cannot be avoided.

It is necessary to say that it is quite complex to work with the North Node, as it does not always describe our task clearly. As we understood already, the Node sometimes defines our perspective very

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vaguely, so we usually find recommendations of the South Node much clearer than indistinct promises of the North Node.

The North Node never elaborates or specifies any details of any event. It is a job of the South Node, since it possesses thorough knowledge about everything. If we refer to our first example (‘work at the seminar’) related to description of peculiarities of the Lunar Nodes’ manifestations, we shall see that it is precisely the South Node that narrates us about the things we took along with us for seminar. The North Node simply defines our need in learning this subject and forms a strong inner impulse – aspiration for its achievement. It forces us only to presume what would happen with us in the Future, but does not allow us to know everything occurring with us from the very beginning.

Interesting is that the North Node often expresses as an impulse proceeding from inside, but not manifested in anything concrete. It is rather an inner state of impossibility not to do something – state we usually call ‘leading’. The more correctly we understand our goal, our predestination, the more strongly we shall perceive this leading. Sometimes it happens that we do not know how to act, or missing the moment when it is time to stop and think in the process of solving some task. In such case the North Node may slow us down, or just the opposite, to re-orient us very quickly and re-direct to another side, offering a new problem and involving a new life topic into our reality. At the same time we obey its influences, though often without understanding reasons of halting on the Way, or reasons of changed karmic ‘route’.

For example, if the North Node is placed in the III House, then, while leading person towards particular goal, it will try to use situations of this House. The owner of such position would often unconsciously aspire for obtaining information, for communication, learning etc. Moreover, if he is enough conscious in his aspiration, in case he needs to learn something in greater detail, then, even simply turning on radio or television, he will do it precisely at that moment when the subject he is interested in is highlighted at the screen, and he will get all necessary information. Or, as an option, he enters a book shop and a desired book literally ‘falls’ to his feet. After that a person will be sincerely amazed: “How everything suddenly accidentally worked out for me”. In reality, nothing happens by chance. We have to understand that not the feet of the owner of North Node placed in the III House that brought him to particular shop are able to provide him with required information, but a force emanating from the North Node directed him to that very place where he could fully implement programs of the III House. This amazing quality of the North Node called ‘leading’ manifests fairly often.

So, if we now compare work of the North Node and the South Node, we shall discover following.

The South Node shows us very specifically what subjects we are obliged to use in any case in our work.

The North Node on the contrary shows nothing concrete, but pledges that whenever necessary, it will lead us along the most promising path. The North Node can be viewed as some sphere that helps our spiritual ascent and growth. Respectively it shows us evolutionary way of development.

The South Node, though defining very precisely some special features of our being, at the same time attempts to attach strongly to them, thus not allowing us to develop new qualities. Here is a danger to come under involutionary streams.

Using position of the South Node, we receive information about qualities of our experience which will support us during implementation of our tasks and life programs.

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Using position of the North Node, we learn which subjects and life themes can help us to transform qualitatively our accumulations and attain a state of broadened Consciousness, i.e. to get aware of our own possibilities.

The South Node shows where we came from.

The North Node shows direction we never traversed or moved to as yet in our life.

The South Node shows what karmic ‘material’ we are already familiar with; offers us to understand this material and some qualities related to it, and apply them by transforming into a new experience.

The North Node defines what ‘material’ we have to get acquainted with. At the same time we should not lose sight of our Past, but also we can’t turn away from our Future. Moreover, we have to understand how properly we deal with these two positions, i.e. how correctly we handle our experience and whether we exactly follow direction denoted by Karma.

We can come back to our first example. Preparing for seminar, desiring to learn as much as possible about the chosen subject (our North Node creates corresponding tension), we collect our notebooks, pens, recorders etc, described by the South Node. At the same time, if we are fully conscious about the purport of our aspiration and make sure that recorder’s batteries are fully charged, that there is enough space in our notebooks for new entries etc, we shall prepare conditions for full-fledged work with information, i.e. for the work with our Future, described by the North Node.

But if we are not focused, if we did not accumulate experience of learning something, it may happen we won’t notice ink finished in our pen, or batteries went dead. In such case at some step of our symbolic karmic staircase we shall create incomplete result, and the goal designated by the North Node will not be implemented fully because of indecent usage of past experience. In other words, aiming at learning thoroughly chosen subject, we may become insolvent during the process of its realization unless we are focused and conscious enough in our aspirations from the very beginning of our movement.

SEVERAL ADDITIONS TO THE SUBJECT

About the Descending Node

Exploring the Nodes, we have to consider following.

In case we pay more attention to subjects of the South Node (it may happen if Node is ‘heavy’, i.e. has conjunctions with planets), finally we may end up in a blind alley, becoming dependent on creativity results formed by us, and getting attached to them quite substantially. In such case we become prisoners of the Moon – mistress of attachments, which means that our Consciousness will be expressed minimally, because it always sleeps strongly when the Moon is active. Moreover, striving over actively along with the South Node into the Past, we force our Consciousness to interact with an outdated experience, and that always takes away a lot of strength and Time. Besides this, without seeing ahead, we become dependent on our emotions, which makes us heavy and sluggish.

We have to say that such actions provoke involutional course of our Karma, and halt our development. Nevertheless it does not mean at all that South Node is a conductor of only negative programs. If we are conscious and understand how important are programs of our individual Past to us, then precisely the South Node can help us to transform correctly our experience, manifesting it in the form of foundation for realization of tasks defined by the North Node.

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About the Ascending Node

If we are turned more towards the North Node, in the beginning our Consciousness can broaden actively, helping us seeing depths of our being and perceive the meaning of our abilities. Naturally, in such case we may soon reach our Summit. Nevertheless it is dangerous to be involved too much only with subjects defined by Ascending Node without attracting programs of Descending Node, as in such case we may move too far from our root programs which won’t allow us to utilize the whole experience correctly. In such case we would provoke many distortions evoked by excessive aspiration towards unknown. Moreover, we won’t be always able to realize truly the meaning of completed path.

It is necessary to add here that excessive interest in subjects of the North Node can make us too ‘light-weighted’, and we may end up ‘above the earth’ which will provoke unwillingness to deal with practical work. On the other side, excessive attention towards the programs of the South Node makes us too mundane, and this would provoke unwillingness to look forward; also it causes our Consciousness to become heavier.

In connection with all above mentioned we can make following conclusions.

First.

The North Node helps us to comprehend our experience which is defined through the programs of the South Node. Moreover, the North Node helps us to implement this experience, alluring us with a promise of development and perfection of all our abilities.

Second.

We should not forget that our whole experience lies in depths of our subconsciousness and for discovering it one should at least sometimes show interest towards it. Also we should not forget about necessity of inner, thorough self-work and not refuse some grounding and practicality provided by the South Node.

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When we work with subjects of the North Node and simultaneously do not forget our Past, our experience gets actively utilized by us and transforms into new qualities.

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In the process of forming a new experience and creativity results during one’s life we should remember that result will be powerful only when it is formed with active manifestation of our Consciousness. If we work with some problem, but do not understand fully what for it is given to us, we shall never form a new decent experience.

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If we strive towards perfection, involved in creative process and do not depend too much on our habits or past accumulations, our Consciousness starts broadening quickly. As soon as it reaches a new level, we aspire forward to spheres ruled by the North Node. In this case we start understanding What to do and How to manifest ourselves.

It becomes clear now that only with conscious balancing of impacts of both North and South Nodes’ currents one can achieve significant results, broadening of Consciousness and comprehension of one’s

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mission. Necessary to say, that usually two full Nodes cycles pass, equal to thirty seven years of life, before we begin to understand a meaning of tasks defined by Lunar Nodes. Naturally, we can learn a lot within this Time, to form our ethical positions, develop certain qualities, in other words, we manage to learn about ourselves a little. After that, during the third cycle of Nodes (second return of the Nodes), i.e. after thirty seven – thirty eight years, as a rule, all our ‘nodal’ programs and especially our past experience start changing. One should ‘try hard’ so that nothing changes in life after two cycles of the Nodes. Usually it never happens.

Part two

Eclipses, or heavenly mysteries

Karmic meetings

If we examine behavior of the Moon, we shall discover that twice a month with an interval of two weeks she meets alternately the South Node, then the North Node. But though the Nodes themselves are lunar derivatives, and it would seem, that they should actively react to meeting with their ‘mistress’, nevertheless it is not at all necessary that twice a month our reality will be actively impacted by results of interactions between the night luminary and one or the other Node. Most probably we won’t notice any influence of such ‘transit meetings’, and thus can’t comprehend inner transformations which happened with our experience (in spite of the fact that many of us have sufficiently developed astral body). Reason for such our inattention towards processes occurring with lunar programs is, that the Moon and her Nodes are passive elements of the Solar System and cannot express themselves independently. Nevertheless, the results of collective creative efforts of the Moon and the Nodes can be activated. For accomplishing this, some force should be attracted for interaction with Nodes and the Moon, which is able to activate lunar programs. At the same time this force should proceed from heavenly body which is very tightly connected with the Moon through subtle karmic ‘ties’. Only in this case we shall be able to discover significant changes of our core experience in our reality. Such force is possessed by the Sun.

That is why, only when the Sun meets the Nodes (it happens once in six months), we can feel in full measure how lunar programs work, and how entirely we depend on them. Most clearly it is being expressed during the period when the Moon herself approaches one of the Nodes. In this case the work of nodal axis activates, and we come in touch with such phenomena of our earthly reality as solar and lunar eclipses. It is necessary to say that this Time becomes very important, sometimes fatal for many of us.

Thus, until the Sun comes to the sign of one or the other Node, the Moon leads quite ‘free’ and passive life, even when transiting contact with one or the other Node takes place. During this period nothing indicates in our reality any possible changes that occurred with our experience on subconscious levels. (Though, as we already said, in any case, during any transit certain programs are laid for our development, and new tasks are formed, but they are expressed rather passively). But when the Sun enters a sign of one or the other Node and then conjuncts it, lunar programs get maximum activated, and we may notice various changes happening with us and our basic programs. It becomes clear now that in order to turn on nodal axis and activate manifestation of lunar programs, the Sun’s presence near some Node is required. In such case lunar programs, experiencing Sun’s influence on them, start expressing very actively. Moreover, at the same Time new programs can be set for the future, as well as the old programs impeding our growth can be destroyed – it pertains mainly to debt programs.

Thus, transiting nodal axis by itself may behave quite peacefully. But the moment Sun starts influencing it, our whole earthly reality gets involved into creative process of transforming its experience.

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At the same time the Sun, in fact, becomes a conductor of amazing orchestra which works on musical composition during half a year invisibly for others. The very music begins to sound only when conductor makes first stroke of his wand, that is, when the Sun touches upon one or the other Node and forces nodal axis to manifest a result of cosmic musicians’ work. It happens always during the new moon and full moon taking place in the Nodes’ signs. Also that is the Time when musicians perform a composition able to tune the Space to subsequent creative work.

Now we have to see from esoteric point of view what happens during the eclipses.

Subtle substance that fills the South Node, being activated by solar influence starts gradually involving in work. Figuratively speaking, it is withdrawn from Chalice of the South Node and becomes available for everybody. Also overturned Chalice of the North Node starts to work actively. Feeling impact of the Sun, Chalice manifests new qualities, defining new tasks and opportunities for growth. Such moments in life of our planet are very important for everybody, because precisely in this Time strong changes happen in whole system of interconnections between the two fundamental principles of manifestation of our reality: male and female, or active and passive. As a rule, such act is accompanied either by powerful emotional disasters, or unusual creative uplift. Everything depends here on our past accumulations. Moreover, at the same Time, as a rule, the most serious events take place, and also serious debt programs are formed, or programs of implementing some significant tasks.

Thus, the periods when the Sun is positioned in the sign of either South or North Node, and simultaneously the Moon is there in one of these signs, we call the eclipses periods. In this Time the Sun activates work of the whole system, and the Moon specifies the Moment of turning on creative process itself and clearly defines a day and hour of the luminaries ‘karmic meeting’.

It should be reminded here, that once in half a year there are, as a rule, two, seldom three of such meetings. One happens at that day, when the Moon conjuncts the Sun – the new moon, and then her disk covers the day star. In this case we can watch a solar eclipse. Another meeting occurs after two weeks, when the Moon forms opposition with the Sun – the full moon, and we witness a lunar eclipse. At the same time full Moon is being covered by the Earth’s shadow that happens to be on one line between the two luminaries.

Usually, precisely in this period a person, not connected actively through his Consciousness with subtle levels and vaguely tracking any processes occurring to him in his reality, may say: “In this period something important happened to me, and after that my whole life strongly changed”. Or: “Something happened to me that destroyed my habitual way of life”. In any case he will highlight this period in his life, especially if positions of transit eclipses form close interconnections with his natal chart. For instance, an eclipsed Sun conjuncts some planets or important points of his horoscope. In such case we can say that events that took place in one’s life are crucial.

Thus it becomes clear that the Sun is the main character which twice a year switches on nodal axis into action and forces us to transform ourselves vigorously. The Moon precisely defines the Time of the beginning of eclipse and hands over to us all accumulations created by her within the half a year.

So we learnt that eclipses occur only in that case, when the Sun enters a sign of one of the Nodes, and simultaneously the Moon comes there as well. Solar eclipse takes place during the new moon, lunar eclipse takes place during the full moon and it can be symbolically named ‘unaccomplished full moon’.

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If we clarify meaning of the very word ‘eclipse’, it becomes clear that it signifies particular state in which we are obscured or closed from impact of light on us. Respectively we may presume that being in state of a blackout, we are unable to manifest energetically or interact with objects of our World. Also if anybody else enters a state of blackout, we cannot watch him or use his qualities. In other words, somebody or something becomes unreachable or invisible, closed from us.

Several words about the lunar eclipses

During the Moon eclipse shadow of earth slides over the lunar disk. At that time Yin-programs are overshadowed or shut from us, and for some Time we lose connection with our emotional body, with inner spheres. We can imagine how the Moon approaching opposition with the Sun, carrying full ladle of accumulated experience gets eclipsed, becoming helpless, unable to express her accumulations brought for the full moon, and also can’t help us to use her experience. It becomes clear, that during the lunar eclipse we become insolvent in implementing our accumulations and cannot use originally imbedded in us Yin principle without distortions. Besides all this, if during an ordinary full moon our Yin experience is expressed brightly, and we get more emotional, more receptive, then during the lunar eclipse our whole emotional experience gets transformed, undergoing influence of the Sun and its creative force. We become totally dependent on this influence. Moreover, considering that lunar eclipses last sometimes up to several hours (from the beginning till total liberation of lunar disk from Earth’s shadow), we can imagine how strongly they impact, depriving us of such an important component of our life as core experience, adaptation programs, and also programs connected with emotional level. Of course, within the Time of our whole incarnation few hours of lunar eclipse possibly may not make the weather, but still, we often literally ‘break down’ energetically, captured by our low frequency emotions without natural support of the Moon and her astral programs. Usually such collapses look as emotional stresses, digestive or sleep disorders. Assisting us during ordinary Time to assimilate nutrients from foodstuff properly, the Moon cannot help us in this during her eclipse. Forming our emotional body, the Moon usually allows us to use it in concrete frequency range, thus giving us opportunity not only to get adjusted to quality of our emotional vibrations, but also learn to manage them a little. Moreover, during a period free from eclipses, the Moon usually slightly corrects expressions of our emotions, even if we do not work with them sufficiently. But if we are constantly tuned to our emotional sphere and work with it consciously, the Moon supports us, helping us in complex situations, keeping emotional tension within acceptable limits. In fact, therein consists one of her main functions. Now, examining behavior of the Moon when it is eclipsed, we shall be able to make following conclusions. In case we did not accumulate decent experience of interacting with our emotional body, the night luminary, leaving us ‘unattended’, can thus trigger expression of impetuous uncontrolled emotional reaction to any manifestations of the outer World. In other words, in some particular life circumstances, namely when not everything goes successfully in our life Space, precisely during the lunar eclipse this ill-being may get actively expressed at the emotional level. In this case our emotions would ‘spill’ beyond the limits of individual frequency range allowed by our natal Moon. (We may only guess about the consequences). But if we manage to work with our emotional body in period free from eclipses, then even during the eclipse time we shall be able to influence our emotional states consciously. Thus, during lunar eclipses we are deprived of natural support of night luminary and are forced to use only that experience, which is fully comprehended by us, and we understand that sometimes there may be very little of it.

It becomes clear that we have to prepare rather thoroughly for lunar eclipses, and first of all one should not get overburdened with food before the very event, since the Moon while being eclipsed, cannot help us to digest fully everything we ate. Also, remembering that the Moon during its blackout is unable to provide us with emotional balance, we should not express ourselves too actively during her eclipses and plan events connected with necessity of emotional responding, as we may not be able to manage sudden surge of emotions.

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Further, since the Moon controls process of ‘entry to sleep’, we should understand that during the eclipses period it may become rather defective. Thus we should provide maximum Time for rest and relaxation. This would help to avoid not only physical, but also psychic discomfort.

It may be also possible that during the eclipses our need for water can increase several times, and it would be natural, since the Moon has direct connection with water and water elements. Still we have to remember that it will be impossible for excessive water to get assimilated in our body, so we should not drink too much during lunar eclipses. The best would be to spend this period in self contemplating, immersing into inner feelings, creating inward peace, concentration, harmony. It is the best option of working with one’s core programs during lunar eclipses.

Necessary to say, that any eclipse offers us a great learning situation. If, time after time during lunar eclipses we will be able to monitor our states, attempting to concentrate at least a little bit on them and comprehend their qualities, then, at the end we may become in control of some fragments of our ‘lunar’ experience. And that is much better than undergoing total dependence on inner states, facing emotional stresses, hysterics and stuff, usually being offered by the Moon when she is unable to realize its potential.

Very often we are being advised that three days before and three days after the lunar eclipse we should reduce communication with others, not to get overburdened with work and to lead peaceful way of life. Of course, it would be wonderful if we could spend six days in silence and total self-immersion. But our life is so diverse and offers us so different circumstances and problems, that it is not always possible to follow such recommendations. During the eclipses we are mostly in the midst of current affairs, and experience eclipse in process of realizing our own tasks. Sometimes it happens during our sleep, sometimes we are ill during eclipses, but in most cases we simply do not notice this great drama played out in the sky, and we remain unaware that we lived through rather complex period (though even transient), when our basic programs underwent quite significant tension. If during the lunar eclipse we happen to be at work, in transport etc., we may simply watch what is going on with us and around us. Possibly we may discover that we are too excited or too depressed. That would mean that we are in the strongest way influenced by position when our connection with the night luminary is blocked, and we entirely depend on this impact. It would also signify that we need to think hard about our accumulations and possibilities to comprehend qualities of some lunar programs’ manifestations inside us.

Several words about the solar eclipses

Speaking about the Sun we have to understand that everything alive on Earth entirely depends on its condition. Pouring continuously upon us its rays – currents of life strength, the luminary creates an opportunity for bright and active expression of all our qualities. The Sun supports a state of creative fire in us and switches us into a stream of conscious being. Accordingly, realization level of our Consciousness depends a lot on quality of solar currents influencing us, and on our ability to perceive and transform them inwardly. As soon as impact of life-giving streams of solar light stops, we end up (in direct and figurative meaning) in darkness, being unable to perceive our manifestations correctly, moreover, sometimes we lose our strength very quickly and not always can restore it.

When the Sun is eclipsed, it means that the Moon overrides the solar disk. In this case our connection with luminary is severed and a principle of active volition being essential in implementing solar programs gets overshadowed. Respectively, for some Time we lose our connection with Yan qualities and can’t use them in our work. In other words, being deprived of the Sun support, we are unable to manifest activity in full measure, or do it with distortion, attracting our not always well organized Ego as a helper. Also, if we try to express ourselves too vividly during this period, to demonstrate our qualities to the World, if we attempt to display our will actively while solving some life problems, then we exhaust all our strength

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very quickly, remaining without any support of Yan principle. In this connection it becomes clear that during the solar eclipses we should not try to impose our will too actively unto others, also we should not undertake some actions or attempt to influence events of our life intentionally. The thing is that without continuous support of the Sun, helped only by our individual Sun we are unable to change significantly course of our Karma or master serious problems. As we already understood, it is explained by the fact that our Consciousness is able to manifest in its maximum only through direct interaction with solar rays.

Thus, our need for self-expression and self-demonstration cannot be implemented during solar eclipses precisely, because the solar rays do not reach us. And though it is a very short-termed event, nevertheless it evokes a lot of misunderstandings and misfortunes in case we try to act vigorously in spite of common sense.

We have to say that any solar eclipse is dangerous for those who do not reckon with condition of surrounding World, try to draw attention to themselves and impose their will by any means. In such case a person remains without any power for a long Time, without understanding reasons of his multiple misfortunes happening after an eclipse.

Exploring solar eclipses, we have to understand that they form rather complex programs demanding from us increased attention towards the World and our inner states connected with necessity to influence quality of outer events and change them according to one’s desire. At the same time precisely the solar eclipses form conditions for comprehending our mistakes, and also for realizing our possibilities and ways which we chose.

As we already understood, during the days of solar eclipses we may analyze our achievements and shortcomings as long as possible, perceiving them deeply, but we should never undertake active steps, since within these days all our volition ‘fails’ into an abyss. That is why the best thing would be simply to contemplate about oneself, thinking, what tasks and goals should be attained, and what more should be done in the Future.

In connection with the aforesaid, a feeling may arise that solar eclipses are sort of destructive force depriving us possibility for self-expression and not allowing implementing our ideas. In reality it is not so.

If our level of accumulations is high enough, if our Consciousness broadens continuously by comprehending Karma’s lessons, then during a period of solar eclipse any undertaken work may further bring great satisfaction. Moreover, we can anticipate that the whole Space would help us in realization of our plans. It happens because when we act consciously, we always subtly feel vibrations of the Space and easily get attuned to their wave, creating common harmonious sounding. Naturally, in such case after the eclipse we may enter smoothly to a new Space and quickly acquire new qualities of outer currents, formed by the ‘liberated’ Sun.

But if during the eclipse we shall attempt to impose our will too actively unto others without considering outer positions and condition of external World, then, most probably nothing will work out, because our strength alone is not sufficient for implementing our aims. Moreover, we shall simply destroy all our previous achievements.

Thus, when our Consciousness gets overshadowed (which happens more often than we think), we shall be forced to talk about an amazing heavenly event – a solar eclipse as about a great evil, carrying series of unsolvable problems. But if we attain harmony with outer World during the eclipse, not allowing

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aggression or excessive activity, then we could only wonder, how momentous would be this Time, allowing us to realize our possibilities and bringing wonderful fruits of our creativity.

About the eclipses in details

Exploring eclipses, we always have to view them in a pair – both solar and lunar. Also we should know that two weeks pass between the eclipses and this act happens twice a year, corresponding to ordinary rhythm of interactions formed by cycles of the Sun and Moon. Thus, in ‘normal’ mode we have four eclipses per year – two lunar and two solar. Still, sometimes, during approach of the Sun to one of the Nodes, we may observe three eclipses with two-week interval in between. Consequently, total number of eclipses in annual cycle will be five (or very rarely six). Of course, such ‘confluence of circumstances’ does not happen often, but those years when such heavenly events take place are remembered as the most difficult in our life, offering us misfortunes, stresses and various cataclysms. What is important that the same is happening on level of whole countries and big egregors.

Naturally, a question arises: why it is so that namely three eclipses occurring successively with intervals of two weeks attract misfortunes and disasters into our life, and why do we perceive them as fatal, and can’t influence them? There are many explanations for this phenomenon, but we shall stop at the following one.

Considering that,

Any eclipse is a specific mystical act of bondage breaking between one of the luminaries and us; And also considering that we didn’t learn yet to use our own accumulations to extent we can

become independent from outer influences,

we have to admit that during the eclipses we simply ‘lose’ ourselves and our ability to perceive adequately and respond to occurring heavenly events. Apparently for us and our Consciousness (and also in general for level of united Consciousnesses) a bondage breaking with any luminary is still a catastrophe, since very few of us are able to adjust independently and maintain inwardly vibrations of particular frequency range, and we require constant support of the Sun and Moon.

At the same time when we are offered a ‘standard’ situation in the form of two eclipses happening twice a year, we get slightly used to state of inner discomfort evoked by heavenly mysteries. But as soon as one ‘extra’ eclipse is enforced on us, implying also additional worries related to broken relations with one or other luminary, it triggers quite significant changes in our life-stream, since we are not ready to adequately perceive and react to denoted breakage of ties for the third time. It is too hard for us. As a result we face unsolvable problems and are unable to deal with them.

In fact, that is why namely during the time of triple eclipses we commit biggest amount of mistakes, remaining without any help for too long period. At the same time we do not notice these mistakes in the beginning, since their discovery and comprehension requires either connection with the luminaries which are eclipsed, or a very high level of our Consciousness.

So, as we already understood, any eclipse is a heavenly event depriving us of connections and support (even though for a short while) proceeding from solar or lunar streams, which evokes most powerful perturbations on all subtle levels of our being. Naturally, such perturbations trigger significant changes on event level of our ‘karmic reality’. But we are not always able to trace these changes, as we did not learn yet to be constantly switched on with our Consciousness into every moment of Time. As a rule we are inattentive, sometimes over selfish, and do not notice changes happening around us. As a result, during an eclipse we do not respond timely to absence of natural support of one or other luminary’s streams, and

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precisely in that moment we commit most distorted actions or ‘produce’ most distorted reactions and emotional destructions, ‘skidding’ into state of unawareness and emotional insolvency. In other words, we are not always ready for independent work-creativity and thus, remaining for a long time without the support of luminaries, we create multitudes of distortions and mistakes that produce problems. Reason of these problems is incomprehensible for us, meaning we are unable to solve them. In this way appear fatal circumstances – life topics totally enslaving us and forcing to reap the fruits of our inattentiveness, selfishness, emotional disorder etc.

Heavenly mysteries

Now let us try to examine in details how luminaries distribute their duties during so called routine eclipses. As already told, the Sun is a conductor performing a symphony titled “Heavenly mystery”. The Moon hands over to day star whole ‘material’ accumulated within six months, it will have to interact with during the eclipses. In fact, within six months the Moon collects not only our individual experience of working with basic programs, but also experience formed by spatial relationships created on the base of planets’ mutual interactions. Interesting is that lunar material by itself is quite passive, we can say it remains dormant. But the moment the Sun enters a sign of one of the Nodes and steps to nodal axis, it begins to interact with such ‘sleeping’ experience, and lighting it up with its light, enlivens it, provoking towards maximum manifestation and changes. Figuratively we can imagine how the luminary attempts to wake up programs ‘sleeping under the Moon’ within half a year, forcing the mistress of these programs to give away subtle lunar substance. After that the Sun starts to use this substance very actively and within a very short period with its help transforms the qualities of not only our individual basic experience and quality of spatial substance, but also a level of our Consciousness and a plane of united Consciousnesses.

Along with that, the day star itself never determines the Time of maximum creative impulse in work with its programs and programs denoted by the night luminary, i.e. does not determine the very moment of eclipse. Entering a sign of one or other Node, the Sun simply tunes up the whole Space to work-creativity, having at its disposal one month (till it remains in one of the Nodes’ signs). It is the Moon who defines exact Time of an onset of heavenly event – eclipse, entering at a particular day of the month into a point of the new moon or full moon in the Nodes’ signs and alternatively forming conjunction and opposition to the Sun. It gets clear now that precisely the Moon defines an order in which programs of the Sun and Moon will be eclipsed, and in which sequence they will be used by Sun for transforming surrounding World’s and our personal qualities.

Thus, during the eclipses the night luminary contacts by turns South and North Node and transfers its whole experience accumulated within half a year into the Nodes’ signs. In its own turn the day star accepts and activates this experience, forcing it to participate in transformation of both our personal qualities and qualities of spatial currents, i.e. to participate in changing the frequency range of all connections forming an overall picture of the World.

Listener’s question: - Can you please tell us in greater detail how the luminaries interact during the eclipses

period?

When the Moon conjuncts the Sun, we observe solar eclipse, implying that within this Time all solar programs using Yan principle of interacting with the World are overshadowed, and thus cannot affect the quality of our volition nor correct our actions and deeds. Obviously, if we are intelligent enough and respect outer World’s condition, such temporary ‘blackout’ of our Sun won’t evoke any cataclysm in our destiny. Moreover, namely in this period

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we could comprehend a real level of our Consciousness and learn to use creative energy currents independently. But if we poorly understand the meaning of occurring events around us, we risk remaining totally helpless, sometimes even unconscious concerning our solar programs. Moreover, we may wrongly react to insufficient inner strength, attempting to demonstrate ourselves too actively, sometimes totally expending our priceless creative fire. After that on external – event plan some fatal problem will be definitely formed, forcing us to suffer strongly, thus reminding again, that only through situational plane we are able to comprehend our flaws clearly. Thus during the solar eclipses we pass lessons of independent usage of Yan principle, as well as lessons of interacting with achievements of our Consciousness. (We have to recollect here again, that during solar eclipses the Yan principle – principle of active volition and manifestation of our creative potential is overshadowed, forcing us to worry deeply about because of absent help and support from the day star). Thus, experiencing solar eclipse, one has to remember following. Overshadowing image of the Sun, the Moon becomes the mistress of situation, without herself having sufficient strength; and also without having possibility to provide us with her care during lunation or to help us adjusting to ‘emotional pressure surges’ during an eclipse. We can imagine now, how many distortions we can produce if we fall under the influence of the night luminary, of our desires or needs without considering external situation or expressing ourselves vigorously. Naturally, after this heavenly mystery is over, we shall face a multitude of problems, and our Yan programs would look quite ‘weary’. In such case we can say they were corrected to the side of strengthening distorted volition and equally distorted manifestation of our creative abilities. When the Moon forms opposition to the Sun, a lunar eclipse takes place. It means that all lunar programs established on Yin manifestation principle are overshadowed and cannot help us to manage inner states and emotions independently, and are also unable to provide us opportunity to use our individual core accumulations. In this case, deprived of natural influence of lunar substance streams, we remain unprotected in those situations when we need to display deep feeling of event, emotional stability and comprehension of our states. Considering that during a lunar eclipse the entire Moon gets covered by the shadow of Earth, we can presume that our Subconsciousness is also obscured by some conditional shadow. Released from lunar ‘custody’ (it became used to), Subconsciousness begins to display itself in unusual way. Experiencing Sun’s impact and remaining without support of the Moon, it extracts such programs from its depths which, under different circumstances, would possibly be never activated and then imposed them unto us. Moreover, it can offer us very ‘old’ connections that are able to develop according to their own scenario, sometimes creating a multitude of distortions both on emotional and event levels. It happens because these old programs, while being retrieved to surface with the help of the Sun receive significant solar impulse, but at the same time they are unable to interact with Yan principle properly, remaining in the Moon’s domain. Exactly because of that lunar eclipses are most dangerous, since in this period we are unable to control our emotions and do not feel any inner changes except discomfort and sometimes certain ‘physical’ stiffness which does not allow us to manifest ourselves as we would like to. This is the reason all recommendations concerning our behavior during the lunar eclipses are reduced to advice to simply arrange some rest, minimal food and maximum inward concentration on our states and thoughts. It is necessary in order not to provoke painful reactions of our subconsciousness to over-fatigue of nervous system and emotional body, what we talked about earlier. (Besides, condition pertaining to activity of our mental system should be considered and implemented both during lunar and solar eclipses). It can be added, that during the lunar eclipses, equally as in case of solar eclipses, occurs correction and qualitative change (without our participation) of lunar programs governing our subconscious spheres, adaptation system and else what the Moon is responsible for.

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Coming back to the Moon’s condition during her blackout, something should be clarified: it is always an entire Moon that gets eclipsed, that is why we call this event an unaccomplished full moon. We can imagine amount of unrealized emotions and heavy states experienced by the Moon and all of us as participants of such amazing heavenly act. So, it is the Moon which determines the Time of the eclipses onset, and also designates the Time of our learning and comprehending the essence of lessons that are offered by any overshadowed luminary. Such lessons we pass through once in six months. At the same time we have to understand that we are deprived of luminaries’ support not only because we have to deal with our experience independently or to become aware of some important fragments of our Karma. Such liberation from our interaction with the luminaries is stipulated by the fact that during the eclipses periods we should not disturb (with our ignorance) the process of realization and qualitative transformation of solar and lunar programs. And the last that should be said about the luminaries interactions. We always have to remember that without ‘permission’ of the Sun the Moon cannot display herself, being always dependent on solar rays and reflecting only them. That is why we are most vulnerable during the period when lunar eclipses take place.

Quite important additions concerning eclipses,

and also repetition of some statements described above

Exploring the Lunar Nodes, we have to consider that any connections formed on Earth become maximum manifested and understandable for us (and also available for implementation and qualitative transformation) only in that case, if we are inside the stream formed by two opposite principles –Yin and Yan. Precisely these two principles, creating tension during their interaction, realize an idea of the World development. Respectively, experiencing simultaneously their impact and being in their stream, we can actively participate in transformation of the ‘world’ substance and our own qualities.

In our reality this condition is continuously supported with the help of two luminaries that contain in themselves these two above mentioned principles of the World’s manifestation. Especially vividly it is denoted during the full moon periods, i.e. when two luminaries form opposition to each other, supporting on one side a natural conflict, on the other – necessity to normalize relations and achieve consistency in their manifestations. As a rule, during these periods we feel ourselves fully imbued with life strength and able to realize many plans and ideas. Also we have an opportunity to develop all our abilities, utilize our experience, make future plans, consciously influencing course of our Karma. In other words, by experiencing tension created between the luminaries, we get involved into ‘life’. Moreover, we may utilize and express our individual Yan and Yin qualities as much as we want, without thinking of consequences. And it is a rule of conduct for anyone of us.

If we shift now this condition onto statement connected with eclipses, we shall see the following. When lunar eclipses take place – the same opposition of luminaries, but in the Lunar Nodes’ signs, then a current formed by the Sun and the Moon in ordinary Time gets destroyed, since one of the main principles it consists of, the Yin principle, is eclipsed. Accordingly, situation arises when Space can perceive and utilize only Yan principle. In this period the Sun, being in more advantageous position than the Moon, begins to influence lunar programs actively, forming a new Space that is ready to deal with lunar ‘material’. In this process the day star takes into account entire experience accumulated by the Moon and with its help establishes a new karmic path which will be expressed within the next six months. Figuratively speaking, the Moon brings results of her half-year work to the Sun, and the Sun, impacting them through its rays, uses them for determining further development directions of all spatial positions.

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(Experience itself, having gone through impact of solar currents, changes strongly and becomes a moving force in all further transformations of karmic stream). Thus new debt ways are created, and only the Sun can establish them, using its influence over lunar programs.

If we examine our own relations with lunar eclipses, we shall see the following. Equally as the whole Space, we too appear in situation, when instead of habitual stream formed with the help of opposite forces’ interaction, we are offered something else, depriving us of familiar vitality. Then, remaining for some Time without this tension, we are forced to utilize exclusively our own accumulations without counting at someone’s possible help. That is sad, because of absent natural tension we often do not understand this and lose our ability to perceive and manage our states and deeds.

It becomes clear now, that we should treat very carefully namely lunar eclipses, as it is with their participation that future debt programs are created, based on mistakes committed by us during the eclipses periods.

We should add following. When a lunar eclipse takes place – the full moon, it does not mean at all that the Moon loses her accumulations. It means that she won’t be able to use them because of the reason explained above, i.e. since the Sun rules over them. Necessary to say that lunar eclipses are always extremely important heavenly events for all of us, because only during this period the lunar programs can be entirely utilized by nodal axis for creating all further karmic paths.

Four karmic positions

Examining heavenly events, we should consider four basic placements of the luminaries during the eclipses:

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The Sun positioned on the North Node, with the Moon positioned on the South Node – full moon and a lunar eclipse.

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The Sun positioned on the South Node, with the Moon positioned on the North Node – full moon and a lunar eclipse.

Third.

The Sun positioned on the North Node, with the Moon positioned on the North Node – new moon and a solar eclipse.

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The Sun positioned on the South Node, with the Moon positioned on the South Node – new moon and a solar eclipse.

Of course, these positions carry on different conceptual load. Before we begin to examine in detail each position, we need to determine four basic conditions.

First, we can examine an eclipse chart as a natal chart.

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Second, we have to explore an eclipse chart always in connection with particular place on Earth, and so we make a chart with precise coordinates of a chosen place.

Third, we may examine placements of transiting Nodes, Sun and Moon at the moment of eclipses relative to any natal chart, applying methods of synastry astrology. In this process a natal chart will represent a Subject (person), and an eclipse chart will represent an Object, being for us symbolical Partner. In this case the most important will be to consider into which natal Houses enter transiting Sun and Moon at the moment of their blackout.

Fourthly, we have to understand that there exist many options of working with eclipses, as well as many options of interpreting eclipsed positions, and variants offered below are not the only possible ones.

So, let us try to figure out now, how do heavenly events relate directly to us and our destiny.

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Lunar eclipse – the Sun on the North Node

Influencing our horoscope and particular House, the Sun commands us to develop as much as possible those themes of our destiny, which are indicated by the luminary at the moment of eclipse. Symbolically we can imagine that its ‘transit’ rays touch our particular natal House and activate concrete life subjects, forcing us to interact actively with them. In this process these subjects will trigger uncontrollable emotional reactions in us, because during this period the luminary affects not only qualities of Yan principle’s manifestation, but also our basic (lunar) programs, making us totally dependent on our emotional experience. This experience will be denoted through subjects of the opposite House, where the transiting Moon is positioned at the moment of her blackout. It becomes clear that a lot will depend during this period on the level we achieved in our emotional manifestations and how subtly we are able to react to one or other event of our life.

What is important. Appearing in some transit House at the moment of lunar eclipse, the Sun offers to all of us to work actively with themes of this House, since exactly these are not eclipsed. Besides, the Sun warns us, that namely these themes and tasks will be used by him for creating and expressing some common karmic debt. Moreover, the luminary forces us to obey this condition and work consciously with denoted tasks and events in order to slightly change the qualities of our individual lunar experience. Also the luminary highlights the subjects that are able to help all of us in perfecting ourselves and our qualities, given we accept them and begin working with them actively.

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Lunar eclipse – the Sun on the South Node

Appearing on the South Node, the Sun divests us (usually for half a year) of ability to influence the task or life subject his rays directly point to. The Luminary commands us to leave this task for some Time, and also does not allow us to develop it, sometimes forcefully withdrawing it from us (literally taking it away), warning us that absence of emotional experience in solving this problem may destroy the problem itself. In other words, crossing a natal House, transit Sun shows in which situations we cannot use our emotional experience, and also in parting with which themes we shall be deprived of support in the form of intuitive feelings. Withdrawing through his willful decision some subject from us, the Sun says that it is precisely that subject which we are unable to effect at our own discretion, because our adaptation system is not ready to cooperate with us.

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Moreover, we have to consider that at this moment the Moon herself, being in state of a blackout, designated the subjects (crossing some natal House) which will evoke our distorted emotional reactions. Given that this ‘eclipse transit’ is rather complex and poorly understood by us, we have to get ready for such eclipse very thoroughly, developing spheres of our Consciousness. On the other side, being on the South Node, the Sun defines the themes it won’t use too actively for forming new debt programs. Nine years should pass until transiting North Node touches these subjects and they can again attract Sun’s attention and become leading in creating karmic plots of our life. This condition slightly lightens general heavy emotional background of a described eclipse option.

General additions

During the lunar eclipses basic lunar programs get transferred to the Sun that uses them without participation of mistress herself. Also during the lunar eclipses the Sun always too actively expresses his will and imposes Yan principle on us, not considering our inner states and forcing us obeying his will totally. The most distorted emotional reactions to events occurring around us are expressed exactly in this Time. Also an access to basic programs is blocked and connections with life-support stream are broken (for a very short Time). It results in creation of karmic debt programs that are based on interrupted work of Memory channel. Besides all this, exactly in this moment happens most powerful (fatal) influence of solar streams on our lunar programs, and usually we can neither react correctly to this impact, nor comprehend it.

Dealing with lunar eclipses, we have to understand that it is typical for the Sun to impose various positions unto us. That is why, when the day star becomes the master of situation, we should simply humbly accept all his willful decisions and execute all his instructions. In this case a debt topic formed by the Sun won’t be too heavy for us.

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Solar eclipse – the Sun on the North Node

During the time of its eclipse, entering particular natal House, the Sun defines certain events sequence. Though manifested later in our life, the Sun won’t be able to influence it, to ‘bestow’ light on it or provide creative energy for its decent solution. The luminary shows which subjects of our life should not be actively promoted in order not to distort the course of events. And also where, in solving what tasks we may commit many mistakes with the ‘help’ of the Moon and her programs, i.e. emotions, various feelings, experiences etc. In other words, for a very short Time we are being taken away ability to influence course of events, though an event itself is defined quite clearly. Moreover, we are offered a lunar experience, which in this option is stronger than the solar one, but at the same time remains weak (unmanifested), for the whole act happens at the new moon – Time when the night luminary is quite weak by itself.

Besides, in such position of the luminaries, particular prospect denoted by the Sun does not receive sufficient quantity of outer World’s attention or creative energy, and thus cannot be implemented on level of individual Karma or on level of planetary Karma.

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Solar eclipse – the Sun on the South Node

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Such position of the Sun points to events, with the loss of which certain distortions or sometimes unsolvable problems may leave from our life. But since during the solar eclipses a lunar principle is always expressed stronger, any loss, parting with something will be accompanied with emotional burst, occasionally leading to heavy consequences. Again we should not forget that within this period the Moon remains in un-manifested condition.

Very often we lose endeared life themes which, from one side are very burdensome, from the other are very dear to us because of our strong emotional attachment to them. Redeeming us from ‘old’ and heavy programs, the Sun liberates us from debts, but also shows how strongly we are attached to them. The luminary shows what problems, after being taken away will evoke our emotional tempest, discomfort, stress, inadequate reactions and understanding of being unable to influence withdrawal process of our attachment or some ‘old’ theme.

In such a way the Sun defines life themes or problems which cannot be used by him during creation of future debts, as they cannot be influenced. But, in spite of the fact that this condition should alleviate our life, we always find it very difficult to part with near and dear themes.

Viewing such eclipse relative to social Karma – Karma of the ‘Object’, we can sometimes discover a positive effect caused by heavenly mystery. It happens when our reality gets relieved of really very heavy programs which are rather difficult to deal with, using only individual experience of one Consciousness.

General additions

Solar eclipses eliminate possibility of the Sun’s impact on us, and we remain for a short time without the light. A stream of creative energy helping us in ordinary Time to implement our plans, develop our abilities, and most important to work with our Consciousness gets blocked within this period. During this Time one should be very attentive towards emotions, inner states, trying not to be led by feelings. It is necessary to remember that during the solar eclipses lunar programs become dominating, and because of this reason they can create many distortions, taking away a lot of strength, leading to dead end and making some problems unsolvable as we are unable to influence the process of realizing certain life themes.

Entering a sign of one of the Nodes, the Sun always activates karmic axis – a stream formed by the Nodes. Being overshadowed by the Moon during solar eclipses, the day star is forced to ‘permit’ active manifestations of the Moon that provoke significant distortions of our karmic path. On the other side, in spite of the fact that during this period all lunar programs become maximum energetic, the night luminary cannot use them too actively being positioned in her weakest position at this moment – in a position of the new moon. It is in this Time that we are absolutely helpless, unprotected from outer influences and totally dependable on emotional states.

Following should be added here. Any solar eclipse occurs during lunation. It means that both luminaries are placed in one sign. Respectively, one of the ends of karmic axis is free – there is neither Sun, nor the Moon in one of the Nodes’ signs. In such case a strongest concentration of lunar programs takes place and their subsequent outpouring literally upon our heads, or more correctly, into our emotional bodies. After that, imbued by lunar currents, we begin to vibrate jointly with night mistress and often commit mistakes, poorly comprehending quality of our influence over events or quality of our reactions. In this process our karmic path gets strongly bent, though precisely in this Time we can avoid a lot of mistakes, because when luminaries are conjunct, tension in the karmic axis is not so strong. Various distortions are formed rather because of our inability to deal correctly with emotional body, and also because of psychic overpressures taking place in our life.

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It would be nice to be always so!

Necessary to say, that we can work with any eclipse and achieve wonderful results.

Let us imagine we are the Sun. Then, given we accumulated a good Yan experience, whatever be our volition, our impact on the World will be harmonious and creating a decent feedback. Moreover, in this case we shall be able to utilize our whole creative potential in full measure and even during the solar eclipses we won’t experience discomfort, perceiving deeply a meaning of heavenly mysteries.

Equally, if we imagine we are the Moon, then, by plunging deep into our experience, emotional spheres, we can develop harmonious inner connections which would become our helpers in any active manifestations.

But if we surrender ourselves to chance, it is quite possible that we shall be able neither to influence course of our Karma, nor to understand simply, what is happening in our life.

Concluding the eclipses subject

Exploring work of the Lunar Nodes we should remember that during an ordinary Time a nodal axis does not form sufficient tension, and information concerning condition of karmic stream, figuratively speaking, spreads out in the Space and does not express itself actively. Tension arises only when the Nodes are approached simultaneously by the Sun and Moon – heavenly bodies that form the Nodes and provoke information regarding the luminaries and planets’ manifestation to be tied together into knots.

In this process, on one side we can watch the Moon continuously ‘plying’ from Node to Node with her programs, which cannot continuously influence course of our Karma actively because of their absolute passivity. On the other side, twice a year we have an opportunity to see these programs with the help of solar currents and learn how solvent they are, and how they can serve our life-stream with lunar effects.

Necessary to say that interaction between the cycles of two luminaries results in formation of a peculiar rhythmical picture. The Sun’s placement is particularly important in this picture. As already said, in ordinary Time, i.e. when the Sun is not positioned in one or other Node’s sign, no special karmic transformations happen in our life or life of the planet. (In spite of the fact, that the Moon touches Nodes twice a month). But when the Sun comes closer to Nodes, it activates karmic axis. In this case all programs, both of planetary level, so our individual ones are activated, and dynamic expression of will principle – volition takes place, as well as demonstration of all our accumulations. What is important, all above mentioned concerns both currents of spatial substance, so our personal ones.

Thus, examining interactions between the luminaries and Nodes, we should keep in mind following. Only under condition that both luminaries are simultaneously positioned in the Nodes’ signs, a vibrant change of Karma’s flow direction can take place, both of one person and of communities of people in general. In this process we should assign special meaning to the role of the Sun, since namely the Sun helps the Moon twice a year to manifest experience she accumulates within half year, and using it as a foundation. Pours on Earth his creative energy, defining further path of humanity’s Karma – path of consciousness’ development.

Part three

The union of two worlds

Subtle connections formed by fictitious points and real heavenly bodies

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Exploring work of the Lunar Nodes we have to take into account that we deal with fictitious points which are not expressed through dense Matter in our earthly reality. In this connection we can assume that Nodes cannot form strong relationship or tension while interacting with planets. Nevertheless, when we examine planetary aspects to Nodes (especially major aspects), it comes out that such a fictitious interaction creates quite real connections and can be rather actively expressed on events level. Thus we can say that fictitious bodies ‘communicate’ with us as vividly as any planet of the Solar System. Moreover, unlike any planet that depends in the strongest way on all other planetary influences, fictitious points are freer in their interaction with heavenly bodies (because of their fictitious nature). That is why often exactly fictitious points impose unto planet fatal necessity to repeat continuously the themes governed by it.

It can be presumed here that the very idea of manifesting fictitious points – subtle Matter and its interaction with physical bodies presupposes significant freedom of manifesting ‘fictitiousness’ in creating any connections and equal absence of freedom of physical planets’ manifestation during their implementation of some programs.

We can imagine how fatally will planet depend on a position of nodal axis, if it happens to be ‘tied’ by the Nodes (on the top of Tau-square, formed by nodal axis and planet), or conjunct with any Node, or if it has some other tense aspects to Nodes. We can guess how strongly such planet is forced to obey the Nodes’ orders, and in our turn we shall be forced to submit to such planet’s influences without having much choice in mastering some tasks.

Concerning above mentioned conditions, we can assume that the more connections (aspects) are formed between the planets and fictitious points in our chart, the lesser will be our possible influence over the course of events defined by planets connected with Nodes. It becomes clear, that we should pay great attention to aspects with Nodes, because precisely these form most serious connections in our life, sometimes totally submitting us to outer circumstances, thus forcing to develop our Consciousness and perfect many qualities.

So we found out that we deal with karmic conditions – totally manifested freedom of Lunar Nodes in their usage of various planetary connections, and our least personal freedom of choosing the ways of implementing given tasks. Thus we ought to understand that dealing with Nodes, we will have first of all to deal with tasks related to development of Consciousness in order to perceive and react appropriately to fatal conditions dictated by real positions of natal Nodes.

Listener’s question:

- Can you please tell us how can we work with our Consciousness?

Working with this aspect of our life is quite interesting, though for somebody it may seem rather complex at the beginning. We should learn to contact our soul, thoughts, feelings, various states and experiences through our Consciousness, as well as positions of outer World. Our Consciousness can develop indefinitely, offering us newer and newer forms of interaction with Space-and-Time. In this process we should not confuse expressions of daily ‘linear’ Intelligence (of a ‘linear mind’) with work of Consciousness. So called Intelligence is a state in which we are able to identify ourselves with the moment of Time and respond to any manifestations of the World. Though it is a useful ‘thing’ in earthly life, it won’t allow us to control simultaneously manifestation of all facets of our being and continuously changing states of Space-and-Time, and also does not allow these to be inter-coordinated. Oddly enough, but namely Intelligence permits some freedom of our expressions in the World. Consciousness does not

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presuppose such freedom, since it represents some universal knowledge of the laws of being, shared with the World, and these laws cannot be altered by us.

The author’s addition.

Intelligence may also imply, as an option: Ra – the Sun, or God being with our mind – of course, only if we wish so! This is our freedom. Then we shall be intelligent.

(Derives from the Russian word for intellect: ‘Razum’: Ra (the Sun) – z (with) – um (mind).

Continuation of the subject

Thus we can interpret the word Intelligence as an ability of each one of us to perceive and react to any events sequence in accordance with our inward condition (again, if we want it). At the same time this condition does not presuppose compulsory change of our qualities’ reactions in relation to changes in the outer World. Still it offers us ways of responding using our ethical positions and accumulated experience, but at the same time it does not take into account condition of others, does not imply compulsory change of our reactions in relation to outer World changes, and does not consider degree of the World’s dependence from condition and level of our intelligence. Intelligence rather states the fact: ‘so it should be, so it will be’. We may deem it is a passive form of Consciousness’ expression, which, though allowing us to perceive the World actively and respond to its manifestations (because ‘Ra’ is always ‘with’ us – our mind), but at the same time it does not create a need for changing quality of our interaction with this World. Nevertheless it is a great gift entrusted to all of us at the entrance to embodiment, and we should utilize it decently throughout the life.

Really, it is Intelligence which involves us into all life processes, forcing us to perceive external stimuli and react to them continuously, thus perceiving outer reality and forming a new experience.

We can even assume that Intelligence is a product of our Consciousness, formed in the past lives. In fact, this is the reason why it is rather passive and by itself does not change qualities of any interactions, though offering us to develop actively in all ‘linear’ directions. We may even admit that Intelligence represents manifested ‘former’ qualities of our Consciousness – ‘initial capital’ of mental system and its center – the Sun or Heart, which are (as all other levels of core programs) the Foundation, through the help of which we perfect ourselves and simultaneously influence the World. In other words, Intelligence can be viewed as ability entrusted to us by the Sun – ‘Ra’ at the entrance to embodiment, confirming there is Sun inside us, allowing us to use his creative strength at our discretion.

How does Consciousness work? It uses, equally as Intelligence, our accumulations, but in this process it does not state the fact: ‘it is so, or it should be so’, and does not emphasize compulsory pursuit of event in the stream of time. On the contrary, the Sun’s task consists in teaching us to act without considering time conditions, and as much as possible to be involved through our attention into every moment of Time. What is demanded from us in this process is:

Compulsory comprehension of all our qualities, experience, and also awareness of how these manifest themselves in each and every moment of Time. In doing so, our whole system of subtle connections – subtle bodies gets activated.

We should consider not only our own inner states, but states of the outer World as well, which also activates our mental system.

We should consider how our qualities and states influence qualities and states of the outer World. This also requires great activity of our mental substance.

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We should learn to control the process of effecting qualities of others through our qualities. Necessary to say that this condition strongly stirs up our whole living system, forcing us to change ourselves actively.

We should learn to comprehend how transformation process of our inner states and qualities takes place in connection with our interaction with the outer World, and learn to influence this process consciously. If this condition will be understood and accepted by us, it would mean that our Consciousness is really manifested very actively in our life.

Thus, if we are enough self-conscious, then also all our inner states and experience will be actively transformed with regard to changing states of the outer World. At the same time Consciousness will control transformation process of these states, notifying our Intelligence about another level of comprehending meaning of changes happening to us. Interesting is that such work takes place not only on events level, but on all other planes as well. That is why not only our attitude towards event changes, but also quality of emotional reaction, psychic state, level of self-perception in the current of Time, there is lesser dependence on it, and energetical condition of our whole being transforms as well. Intelligence in this process becomes our helper, being, as we already understood, part of our Consciousness. After that condition of our physical body can change strongly. In fact we heal ourselves with the help of our Consciousness, but we can also ‘earn’ disease with the help of our ignorance.

Thus, Intelligence comes from events sequence and our experience, states and abilities, but does not presuppose deep mutual work with the World. In other words, it does not cooperate, but definitely expresses itself actively in connection with some or other conditions of life. We can assume that Intelligence attends to our Ego and above all protects its interests.

Consciousness proceeds from the essence of event as of Co-being – mutual being with God, - integrated into our time stream and simultaneously occurring independently from us. And also proceeds from our ability to interact with event not only through our selfishness, but first of all through the state of comprehending ourselves in the moment of Time and understanding that: using our value system, our experience and changing ourselves, we also transform outer reality and are responsible for this process.

We should comprehend all importance of the moment and first of all proceed from the states of the outer World, which at this instant fully depends on us.

We should continuously control our reactions and states, considering not only our interests, but interests of ‘another’ Side as well, so that in future we both may cooperate more harmoniously and create a new level of united experience.

The author’s addition

In this connection we can consider Consciousness as Co-Knowledge, common Knowledge, both ours and the World’s, always presupposing Cooperation in the form of interacting varieties of Knowledge. In this process creative act of Creating new qualities by both sides takes place by using our and the World’s abilities, talents and experiences.

Continuation of the subject

Returning to our subject, we ought to say that when we are enough self-conscious, any tense position of natal chart will work for our benefit, showing us a path of realizing most difficult tasks. But if we are not conscious in our aspirations, then any tense aspect of our chart may play a cruel joke, imposing quite

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complex tasks upon us without showing a way out of troubles. Besides, if we are inattentive towards surrounding World and dishonest to our own selves, we simply won’t be able to notice this way and as a result we shall end up in a prison of our own ignorance. In this case we can never rely on Lunar Nodes, as they always only indicate direction of the way, but never form steady connections with any concrete event of our life, neither explain anything. This is the work of planets that are connected with Nodes and receive ‘karmic instructions’ from them. Respectively, getting ‘expressed fatality’ in the form of some particular problem formed by planets jointly with Nodes, we shall be forced, shedding tears, to accept this coming ‘fatality’ totally. Moreover, we shall be equally ‘fatally compelled’ to interact with it actively, and most important, work with it until we are able to manifest conscious self-awareness.

ASPECTS TO THE NODES

Conjunctions of planets with the Nodes

Listener’s question:

- What should be the orb of conjunction aspect with the Nodes?

Examining conjunctions of planets with the Nodes, two moments should be outlined. First – concrete conjunction when a planet is in a real aspect, i.e. not more than six-seven degrees from the Node. Second one – when a planet is placed in the same sign with the Node, but not in exact conjunction with it. The second option implies quite subtle connection between a planet and Node, because both objects are equally impacted by currents of one sign, and in some cases such planet can be considered in the same way as the one which is directly conjunct with Node. Such planet can also help to clarify tasks of the Node, and also clearly defines the ways by means of which we can solve our problems.

When we deal with a conjunction aspect between a planet and one or the other Node, we should always view it as some clarification concerning concrete placement of the Node in natal chart.

PLANETS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SOUTH NODE

Examining conjunction of any planet with the South Node, we may sometimes allow ourselves to compare its behavior with behavior corresponding to its retrograde condition. In this case we shall view it as rather passive, unable to react efficiently towards changes happening in the outer World. At the same time we can’t deny that such planet will help person in transforming his inner qualities, and also in dealing with his past debts and some debt obligations.

When there is a planet conjunct with the South Node in natal chart, it always clarifies qualities of our past accumulations and defines a set of such our features, which will be never seen by others, though for us these qualities and features are very obvious and familiar. Also this planet narrates about our achievements in the Past and demonstrates some amount of ‘past reality’, which, nevertheless, has some chance to be discovered in Present, though having no right to be active. Usually with the help of such planet some accumulations of Soul are defined, which should be perceived by us as requiring repeated usage. In this connection we can imagine that sometimes in the Past, qualities defined through this planet passed the way of natural development for the first time. Later, under certain conditions, these qualities have to manifest themselves in obligatory order for the second time in next incarnation. There are many reasons for such transfer of some fragments of our experience from one incarnation into another, but all of them (generally) are based on absence of sufficient awareness of person in executing some task. After that such qualities and unsuccessful fragments settle in our karmic stream, expecting their hour, i.e. next embodiment of Soul, in which appropriate conditions will be formed, able to manifest these qualities and fragments most clearly. Further they are ‘pushed through’ the borders of incarnations by a particular

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heavenly body that maximally corresponds to vibrations of these qualities and possesses everything needful for their indication. As a result of such karmic manipulations these qualities, though available for our understanding, are unable to participate actively in processes of implementing karmic tasks. That’s the reason we can’t use too actively features of heavenly body that brought to us echoes of the Past, since it enters to incarnation already ‘tired from the burden of past remembrances’ , and the South Node positioned near, simply confirms it.

Thus, referring to the above said, following conclusions can be made. First of all, particular qualities and experience accumulated by us in the Past, received a right for certain activity and ‘manifestation’ in Present, and there is quite serious karmic foundation behind this phenomenon.

Secondly, such qualities and experience can be enough clearly discovered only through the help of a planet – real physical body.

Thirdly, manifested phenomenon explains that in current incarnation we have an opportunity to maximally work out old programs.

Fourthly, in order to have an access to these programs, they should be displayed most clearly in relation to all other ‘past material’. That’s actually why a planet appears near the South Node, ready to serve as a guide of particular qualities and experience transferred from the Past to Present. Verily, we may call such planet a Guide, since it undertakes this mission, abandoning usual ways of manifesting its qualities.

Accordingly, we may view any planet positioned near the South Node as performing the role of a Guide ferrying debt obligations from one shore – the Past to the other shore – the Present , and forcing us to apply past experience in relation to new ‘today’s’ of our life and in connection with new Time. It becomes clear that it is a difficult task, since it requires us to apply an old experience in a new time stream, and usage of old ways in dealing with new tasks. Nevertheless, if we have some planet near the South Node, it says that we are ready for such work, and that we possess abilities to contact past Time through particular facets of our being.

It becomes clear now, how important is such position for us. The planet designating this position, clarifies a lot in our life, narrating about past debts and experience, and hints which life themes one should not linger on too long for the reason of their ‘antiquity’, but at the same time, keeping them in mind. (Sometimes such planet indicates where not to look, i.e. which themes should not receive one’s attention). Verily, everything is happening as in a fairy tale, when a hero is told: “Go and do not look back, or you will lose everything!” In reality we cannot look into the Past, for then we stop on the way, and that is not intended by conditions of our life, where stream of our Time always proceeds from the Past into the Future and depends on our ‘glance’ – aspiration towards the Summit. Thus, looking back stops this stream, and the whole Space created by us would crumble, since without the movement of Time life ceases to exist.

When we look forward, a natural magic takes place, and we are being given strength and Time for realization of all intentions. In this process our core experience always remains with us, practically inside of us. Those qualities and experience fragments which we do not require anymore since they cannot support us, fall back into the Past. Figuratively speaking, we lose them on the way, forgetting about them. Therefore we don’t need to focus on them – to ‘look’ behind. In reality we always look forward, i.e. where the North Node is placed.

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Exploring a planet conjunct with the South Node, it is necessary to examine its aspects which will narrate us about the quality of our past experience revealed in present Time.

If planet is tense, in that case it will define various complexes, possibly themes that were not completed in the past. Therefore, in fact, these themes became ‘secondary’, continuously reminding about themselves. Sometimes a tense conjunction is expressed as some complex connected with principles of manifestation of a given planet, or as impossibility to sort out fully tasks specified by a planet, or as inability to express oneself actively with its help. Sometimes this planet evokes worries, a need to get rid from its influence, or provokes emotional discomfort. That is why we cannot always form harmonious relations with subjects it rules.

If planet is harmonious, it indicates which themes were mastered, resulting in earning good experience recommended by our Past for re-usage, and that is why transferred into our Present Time. One can rely on this experience and solve many current problems with its help. In this case a planet and its themes won’t burden us. On the contrary, harmonious experience will help us to deal easily with many tasks. Second thing is that others may not be always able to notice the quality of our accumulations, but provided a planet’s conjunction with the South Node is harmonious, as a rule it won’t trouble us, since we can transform ‘old’ qualities very quickly and part with our Past.

The Sun in conjunction with the South Node

This position was already talked about before in connection with description of the South Node’s work (first part of the book). Nevertheless a few more words should be added.

It is important to remember that with this conjunction owner of horoscope is involved in heavenly mysteries, and it may happen that the Time of his birth coincides with one of the eclipses. But even if it comes out that the birth happened in between the eclipses, still we are forced to talk about a special destiny.

Thus, when conjunct with the South Node, the Luminary may behave not quite the usual way. Most often it looks as unwillingness and simultaneously inability to provide its master with continuous flow of energy for active realization of solar programs.

When we come across a person born while the Sun traversed the South Node’s sign, we can discover that the rays of his individual Sun are not able to influence outer processes effectively, or display life strength sufficiently, which often results in body posture. Usually an owner of such Sun has weak back muscles, and he cannot hold his back upright for a long time. Also such person can’t be bright, sunny, and noticeable to others.

We can figuratively imagine how the Sun attempts to ‘go to the shelter’, dragging behind its master and forcing him to stop creative activity. This results in forming various complexes, their reason being inability to impart sufficient amount of its rays to the World, which strongly weakens person’s influence on others. At the same time his ego-programs may be very developed, and any irritation of them in the form of insufficient attention of others may become quite painful for person. In this case we can talk about such disease as arrogance. And though outwardly an owner of such position may appear enough humble and invisible, but inner dissatisfaction, inability to express himself impressively and to receive sufficient portion of the World’s attention may strongly destroy his emotional body. In this regard may be formed emotional pain, sufferings, but also tyranny, willfulness, unwillingness to obey outer conditions. Sometimes a person may be filled with condition of self-importance, but sense of dignity which he tries to

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express in any way, remains somewhere deeply inside his being, not allowing him to react appropriately to outer World’s manifestations.

Speaking about the Sun, we always have to remember that it helps us to realize ourselves in creativity, to form a multitude of radiant copies, sort of ‘little kids’ able to exist independently and also produce many copies in their own turn, and so on to infinity. Principle of endless existence of the Idea of a Soul’s creative realization in different ways is expressed in this process. Respectively, when there is distinctly expressed solar principle, we can say that a person will through any means find opportunity to extend himself as an Idea of Creator embodied in life. At the same time he may not have children in physical terms, but there will be many of them in the form of works of art, painting or music. In this case a person will manifest – extend himself and his Idea, filling his works by his Sun and its qualities. In this way we shall consider a painter’s canvas as his offspring, as his extension. This is permitted by active Sun.

When the Sun is conjunct with the South Node, person may develop a problem connected with copying of his Idea – his own self (on any level), i.e. impossibility to give life to his copies – to conceive. It does not mean though that he won’t have children or that he cannot continue himself in any way. Nevertheless it would be more complicated for him to accomplish it than for an owner of a strong Sun. Moreover, sometimes it will be very difficult for a person to find inner strength to self-realize himself directly in some kind of art. Precisely this aspect of ‘un-manifested’ Sun can be most often discovered among the owners of the luminary conjunct with the South Node. This position vividly expresses condition, when the Soul’s real creativity consists not only in physical procreation, but also self-continuation on spiritual levels. Considering that the Sun offers us first of all spiritual aspect for self-realization, we may understand that following physical continuation we should always manifest more subtle dimensions of creativity aspect, imbuing our continuations with the spark of God. Only then we shall be able not only deliver our Copy, but also bring it up, spiritualize – to breathe life in it.

Thus, appearing near the South Node, the Sun, figuratively speaking, hides. Nevertheless, it often happens that at some point, owner of such position begins to sense peculiarities of his luminary and develops a new approach to creativity issue, expanding spiritual levels of his being, broadening Consciousness and attempting to influence actively processes of spiritual transformation happening inside of him. Necessary to say that it brings wonderful results, and though the Sun remains un-manifested, a person becomes an agent of spiritual strength that helps him to implement all his plans decently.

If we examine the Sun’s placement on the South Node in relation to hereditary predispositions, we shall find out that the Ancestors had quite strongly expressed ego-programs. On the other side, there could have been gifted people in the Family – talented painters or artists; or gamblers, people of addicting nature, entirely dependent on their conditions and desires.

Also we can assume that father’s figure in person’s life possibly will not be as expressed as in case of a strong Sun in the chart. Even if father would be near, the owner of given position will not perceive him as a significant person, actively influencing his destiny.

The Moon in conjunction with the South Node

Since we study the Lunar Nodes, we can symbolically consider the Moon a mistress of the Nodes. Respectively, when she conjuncts one of the Nodes, all her lunar programs get activated, but they will express differently, depending on what Node the night luminary approaches to. Though, in any case we shall consider conjunction between the Moon and Nodes quite strong karmic indication. So, we can imagine, that the Moon ‘swims into’ the South Node and becomes invisible for outsiders. Such position is quite natural for the Moon, as she can entirely manifest here principle of passivity and un-manifestation.

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In this case she remains visible only for her owner. But the other people are unable to sense emotionality in such person, do not feel natural lunar warmth usually expressed in care, clearly displayed needs in nearness etc. Usually an owner of such position is perceived by others as rather unemotional and distant person. Though, inwardly, a person perhaps may go through the strongest emotional experiences, as all other representatives of earthly Karma.

Interesting is that claims to person over his ‘dryness’, callousness or insensitivity generally present outsiders. As for family relations, in this case such position adapts all members of family egregor very quickly to peculiarities of lunar behavior, and near ones often entirely forget outer ‘dryness’ of one of their members, providing him opportunity to sort out his karmic peculiarity independently.

Very interesting is to view this position in connection with person’s relation with his mother. It often happens that owner of such Moon is deprived of mother’s warmth and care, or sometimes he is forced to live separately from her because of fatal life circumstances. Attempting to describe this position primitively, we could say that Mother’s figure departs inside the South Node, i.e. she ceases to be manifested. It may signify that she won’t be there at all, or she is somewhere where it is impossible to see her from. In other words, a person cannot see his mother. Though, of course, this position cannot be viewed only in this way, for such conclusion requires other confirmations denoted in natal chart.

For instance, if there is Moon and Lilith conjunct with the South Node in the 12th House, it is quite possible that a person won’t have his own mother. It can be assumed here that a stepmother would enter his life, or, for some reasons a person will be without a mother.

It is interesting to watch owner of the Moon conjunct with the South Node, how he communicates with his mother. For instance: “How are you? Everything fine? I am also fine. Ok, take care. Love you, bye.” Maybe he is right not to be overzealous in communicating with his mother, since in any case she is ‘always inside’ him and there is ‘always enough of her’.

Mercury conjunct with the South Node

Figuratively speaking, it is ‘inward’ or unnoticeable Mercury that could be silent, not sociable. If Mercury has got tense aspects, such placement can be often displayed as tongue-tie, or simply as bad speech, less often as bad linking of thoughts. Person is not always able to express clearly in words everything he feels, sees or knows, and it may become a serious life problem for him. Possibly, he would like to say something, but he is unable to, and so he tries to be silent even more. Sometimes it may be forced silence, because others react very vividly to such position: “You’d better be quiet, in any case none would follow you”. Nevertheless, owner of such position is, as a rule, quite intelligent and his mental system may be strongly developed, though he can hardly formulate quickly his thoughts in the form of speech composition – it may last especially till third return of Jupiter – till 36 years, sometimes even for the whole life. That is why we often perceive such person as heavy in communication.

At the same time it is not necessary that person may begin to speak late, or would study poorly. On the contrary, such position means that he already knows everything very well, and maybe has got too big experience of learning something.

But because he has symbolic karmic restriction on communication through the words, most probably he would be more silent in childhood, though with this placement the very contact with our reality with the help of language system most often occurs very early. And though person entered this World already as ‘talking’, he won’t be able to express his ability enough quickly and clearly. It is verily so – Mercury

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conjunct with the South Node contains a lot of information, but a person won’t be able to share it freely and express his thoughts lucidly until he qualitatively changes himself and transforms his Mercury.

The task of such position is understanding necessity of learning to express one’s thoughts shortly, precisely, and formulate ideas clearly. Talkativeness is contraindicated in this situation. Only then, after many years, other people will start listen such placement’s owner with pleasure.

Concerning health subject, we should define possible illnesses offered by such Mercury. These can be eye or nervous diseases, or diseases of upper respiratory tract. As already said, there can be predisposition to myopia, possibly one of Ancestors suffered by it, and also predisposition to nervous diseases. Also, for sure there exist ‘traditional’ gastrointestinal problems in the family.

Listener’s question:

- Can the South Node conjunct with Mercury speak about predisposition to tuberculosis?

May be, tuberculosis being a disease of breathing – inability to communicate with outer World correctly. Sometimes such ailment is formed because of impossibility of a patient to get sufficient amount of people’s attention and love for himself, and also because of person’s unwillingness to listen and perceive information which comes to him. He rejects it, imposing his own, and thus denies natural information linking of himself with the outer World and natural information exchange. Here, of course, namely Mercury should be working actively, though such disease can be also acquired anew, especially if North Node is in Gemini. In this case precisely the Node will narrate us about future physical inheritance, and it is better to cure this ailment right in this incarnation, both on physical and spiritual level.

Still, we do not deal now exactly with medicinal astrology. Moreover, there are wonderful books on astro-medicine, and if somebody wishes to learn this subject in detail, it is better to address those books. Here we should explore main features of Lunar Nodes’ work without going into details of medicinal astrology. That is why in the future we won’t dwell too actively on this theme.

Now we should say a few words about professional predispositions of Ancestors of this position’s owner. Naturally, in his Family there could have been teachers or doctors. As a rule, it is so.

Next subject we should explore in relation to Mercury conjunct with the South Node is a theme of immediate surroundings, theme of brothers and sisters, and also school studies. As a rule, the owner of such position finds it rather difficult to communicate with his peers, also with his sisters or brothers. Or, as an option, he is too tightly connected with them, and is unable to change quality of relations at his will. One can ask what sort of relations had owner of such position with his brother or sister. Most probably they are quite tense, moreover, it will not be interesting for this person to communicate with his relatives. That is why most often these relations are one-sided, or a person would attempt to avoid communication whatsoever. Especially if Mercury has a tense aspect, person would find communication either unpleasant or not interesting. The same pertains to studies in primary school. If Mercury is strong and harmonious, there may be no problems with study. And contrary, if the planet is tense, school years will remain in his memory as the heaviest.

Venus conjunct with the South Node

Having Venus conjunct with the South Node, person may look as not very flexible, sensitive or emotional. Maybe he will also have slightly husky voice. We may imagine that Venus ‘hid away’ and with her hid all subjects she rules. Naturally, an owner of such position is unable to express his

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emotions vividly, and thus will be perceived by others as insensitive. At the same time he may be super-sensitive, fall in love continuously, suffer, shedding tears, but his partner won’t understand his states and may even accuse him: “You are insensitive, you don’t understand me” etc.

Listener’s question:

- Can such placement cause muffled, vague relations?

Yes, not only muffled, but often a person is unable to put an end to some relationship, thus provoking his partner to solve this issue more radically. Even if he tries to build relationship in his own way and displays activity, his Vizavi won’t always understand a reason of such activity correctly. On the other side such position does not mean at all that person will be fatally unable to construct relationships with partners, or that he or she never marries. Nothing of the sort. There are wonderful marriages with such position, the other thing is that wellbeing and particular level of comfort and harmony is achieved with great effort, especially with tense Venus.

Sometimes Venus conjunct with the South Node denotes necessity to apply past experience related to partnership subject and to transform it as much as possible, offering her master particular partner. One can imagine that such partner, symbolically, comes from ‘common Past’, indicating debt programs. In this case, even if person wants to leave such partner, nothing will come of it, since it is not up to his will whether to marry or divorce. Destiny determines here how much has been past partnership experience transformed, and how actively is person ready to use former qualities and repay debts with their help.

If a partner appears in life of a person with such fatal Venus, one should understand that this partner most probably came for helping owner of this position to change his past experience, possibly to exhaust it to bottom and get free from debts. Therefore there is no need to resist circumstances formed by Venus, nor karmic partner. Best thing is to try finding strength and desire to learn flexibly how to solve common problems, instead of searching another partner, and also to understand and accept condition, that maybe destiny will bind a person with karmic partner for the rest of life.

Also one should not be too much fond of love stories, as they won’t lead to anything good, unless ‘knotted’ with karmic ties. By the way, a person may appear to be insensitive towards state of love, and this can be one of the reasons of breaking relationships that can accompany whole his life, demanding in this strange way to get rid of the past negative experience. Exploring Venus, we should not forget that she rules a World of Matter, material values and also evaluation system. Respectively, an owner of such Venus should remember that his evaluation system is very ‘old’. If the planet is tense, it would mean that possibly, in the Past lives he did not learn to evaluate correctly either himself, or his partner. Also it is possible that he is unable to accept and utilize correctly those material goods that surround him, and cannot form proper attitude towards them. On the other side, if there is harmonious, strong Venus conjunct with the South Node, she would definitely help person to transform his experience and get free from past debts, connected first of all with partnership. In this case, after the first, rather unsuccessful marriage, a person forms family and builds relationship with his partner in a completely different way. Such development option means that a multitude of debt liabilities is fulfilled and now it is possible to enjoy life and independence from old experience.

Venus conjunct with the South Node narrates that there could have been painters or artists in the Family. Maybe a person himself in his nearest lives (incarnations close in Time) was connected with

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some kind of Art. Most probably, even now he will be attracted towards painting or music, but it is better not to focus on it, unless Venus herself is the planet participating in defining the main goal or denoting path to the Summit. It is possible to find many other worthy subjects for implementation, and Venus may be given kind of rest, accepting her recommendations with respect and caution.

Regarding possible problems concerning our physicality, we can see that Venus connected with the South Node brings from the Past predisposition to kidney problems, or ailments of throat or thyroid gland, passed down from generation to generation.

Mars conjunct with the South Node

Such position was already described earlier, but few additions should still be made. Such placement of the planet may say that in the past incarnations Soul displayed excessive activity, thus destroying surrounding Space. Sometimes such position may also signify one of the nearest in Time incarnations as a warrior. Also it may be possible that Ancestors of this position’s owner (grandparents, great grandparents, less often parents) had prevailing Mars quality in many life expressions, as a result of which their Successor got this quality absorbed by the South Node. In this connection we can also assume that there were professional military men in person’s Family. Or we can also say that Soul expended too actively this quality in the Past. Now, in order not to harm anybody by excessive activity, a person does not have right to use Mars principle, expressing himself too openly. He should rest little bit from this pattern.

Naturally in a daily life an owner of this conjunction will definitely use many Mars features, because nobody cancelled influence of this planet on people. But when we explore position of Mars conjunct with the South Node, we have to understand that most probably other people won’t notice that real activity which is expressed by the owner of given position. Though he himself, possibly, may not always understand fully how insignificant are all his outer manifestations. In this connection he will be quite selfish or aggressive – especially because he does not get confirmation of his potency from others.

Thus, in connection with Mars we get un-manifested activity, i.e. impossibility to solve the problems with the help of Mars.

It is necessary to say that person may strongly suffer in such situation, because naturally, his inner being desires movement, openness, he wants to shout and make some noise. But such person is unable to make too much noise for a long time, as he will suffer strongly after that, receiving no satisfaction and exhausting all his strength. Most frequently it all ends with headache which often accompanies given placement.

Listener’s question:

- That is why it is better for such person to avoid conflicts and scandals in order not to harm himself and others, isn’t it so?

Precisely. The South Node indicates those programs, which, figuratively speaking, should be hidden, or shows what is necessary to hide, of course, again symbolically. If it is Mars, then the planet cannot define vividly personal qualities of a person and support his need for conquest of surrounding Space. At the same time, if Mars conjunct with the South Node is in female horoscope, as a rule nothing wrong happens. Compensation comes from other Yan planets, and it is quite sufficient. But if such position is present in male horoscope, sometimes it looks quite tragic.

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Concerning health, we should first of all focus person’s attention on all his expressions that presuppose vigorous actions. The moment they become too intensive, significant loss of strength may follow, also headache or dizziness fatigue. Sometimes may appear lingering inflammations reminding about Mars’ inability to ‘stand for’ himself.

Jupiter conjunct with the South Node

If we see such position, we have to understand that Jupiter ‘consumed’ by the South Node is unable to broaden actively volumes of any subtle or gross levels. The planet is confronted with the system of compression and restriction of manifesting any Matter, this being defined by the South Node. Such system does not allow using planetary properties and sometimes evokes a storm of indignation in person, triggering display of his arrogance. By the way, tense Jupiter may be reminding about rather indecent experience of arrogance display in the Past and summoning person for dealing precisely with these programs without expressing them too actively.

Having Jupiter in this position, person may suffer strongly because of absence of sufficient amount of honors, he is not always satisfied with attention from surrounding World, and is unable to achieve great recognition. Such position can be compared with retrograde Jupiter, when person remains for a long time in state of ‘endless expectation of recognition’, often without understanding that recognition and fame are not so important for him anymore, rather it is inner work with value system and subtle levels connected with spiritual development, that has a great significance.

Same is true in case of Jupiter conjunct with the South Node – a person should not attempt to become a patron or benefactor for anybody, or participate vigorously in ritual activities, or trying to broaden someone’s Consciousness. Thing is, that others simply won’t hear sermons of such Jupiter’s owner, since the planet is able to expand only inner range of awareness of its master. If the planet is harmonious, we can admit that a person came with huge stock of knowledge and has the right using it in unlimited quantities while dealing with various inner problems. Other thing is that he is unable to demonstrate this knowledge in its full volume. In this connection there may develop inferiority complex, that is, on one side a person understands he possesses knowledge, on the other side he is aware that his experience is larger than what he can share with others. Tense Jupiter does not always allow person to see perspective or develop abilities to something. Figuratively speaking, such Jupiter’s owner is unable to grasp with his glance too extensive Space and is forced to share less he would like to. Noticing Jupiter conjunct with the South Node in horoscope, we can ask person whether there was any priest, philosopher or professor amidst his Ancestors. Most probably the answer will be affirmative. Moreover, in the Past he himself was most probably interested in philosophy, religions, travelled a lot, maybe preached, or was seriously involved with jurisprudence.

Exploring this position in relation to possible physical problems, we can assume that there were cases of liver disease in the Family, and also any ailments connected with parts of the body pertaining to Jupiter.

Saturn conjunct with the South Node

It is a good position for self-development. The only thing is that owner of such Saturn should not overplay his organizational impulses towards his own self, because too rigid structuring of Time and personal qualities can lead to stagnation in work with various problems and develop excessive pedantry. Also would not allow person to change efficiently his inner reactions towards continuously changing outer conditions. In everything else such ‘inner’ Saturn would help person to organize

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himself, all the time reminding about obligations to near ones and necessity to repay debts in time. This position expresses such qualities as sense of duty, responsibility, ability to obey outer circumstances, gives discipline, great patience and ability to accept difficult life misfortunes. Saturn organizes his owner well, but also creates various restrictions a person cannot run away from, since they are part of his own inner reality.

On the other side, owner of a given position may be sometimes perceived by outer World as a person without inner core, possibly as an inaccurate etc. Near ones may advice him to be harder, more disciplined, more demanding towards others, not only towards himself. In fact they are right, since such placement of Saturn sometimes creates a lot of misunderstanding around a person, because, not manifesting himself as an organizer of some external processes, he forms rather vague relations with surrounding people, disheartening and disorganizing them while dealing with common problems.

Thus, developed sense of duty, responsibility, inner discipline and other worthy qualities cannot influence and extend to the outer World. This results in inability to organize something and manage some external processes, to build ‘others’ structure, or to discipline sufficiently one’s partner. It all happens because inner Saturn does not allow other people to see organizer in such position’s owner and feel sufficient tension in a stream proceeding from Saturn conjunct with the South Node. Rather a person drives himself to an extreme degree of restrictions, but with others he will be quite soft, making impression of a spineless entity without inner core, allowing others relaxing in his presence.

It is necessary to say that such position is given for fulfillment of particular karmic tasks. We should keep in mind that Saturn plays a role not only of a senior in rank or social situation or a practical Teacher. The planet rules our earthly Karma and forms main event connections of our life. That is why when it conjuncts one of the Nodes, we should understand that all main karmic ways in the form of concrete situations will be continuously in sight of the planet. At the same time, when it is near the South Node, it means that all event ‘threads’ are under inner control of a person and he is totally responsible for each step, virtually being an organizer of all his impulses, aspirations and actions. Figuratively speaking, having inside him entirely manifested ‘karmic Past’, person should know what to do in one or other situation and must organize the process of active realization of his Karma. At the same time he has no right to disturb others Karmic flow, since he does not possess mechanisms able to organize Time and strength of other person, or subjugate other people to his influence. Respectively we can consider that it is maximum expressed karmic position, having which, the Soul should repay a multitude of debts in this particular incarnation. (As we remember, the South Node takes away, withdraws, liberates from the Past, and in case of Saturn conjunct with the South Node we receive instruction to repay all main karmic debts).

Thus, an owner of such position should understand that he can control himself and manage inner states very well, but he should avoid touching outer positions and attempt to organize them too vigorously. In this, if a person is intelligent enough (in fact he should be, since this quality is defined quite clearly through Saturn conjunct with the South Node – wisdom came from the Past), he won’t complain or claim anything, rather he would try to work as actively as possible with his own life tasks. But if an owner of such position would not agree with his Saturn (that may happen if there are some more ‘decent’ accumulations), then we will have to admit that conjunction of Saturn with the South Node is most unpleasant position, offering World a hysteric, undisciplined, irresponsible and boring person, who attempts to ‘hang’ blame for all his crimes unto others. Though exactly this position in some cases obliges person to take others’ guilt upon himself , since he came to this World already knowing very well what does law mean, what is responsibility, duty etc.

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We can also assume that in the Family of such Karma’s owner could have been ‘stories’ connected with imprisonment. Maybe some of Ancestors violated social order and was forced to deal with representatives of power.

Sometimes there may be imposition or repeatedly chosen profession of some Ancestor, and also such position says that profession of mother or father should be brought to perfection and then left behind (symbolically, carried into the Past). Often Saturn conjunct with South Node gives information that a person won’t be able to express himself entirely through profession of mother or father, though having great capabilities for it. Sometimes it looks in a following way: owner of this conjunction first tries to work along his parents’ work line, and then, with corresponding transits he will quickly switch over to totally different activity defined by his North Node. In this case such ‘move’ says that some debt connected with professional sphere is exhausted and repaid.

In connection with physicality there can be inheritance of diseases of musculoskeletal system, bone tissue, teeth ailments, and problems with the spine. Also it may be assumed that someone of Ancestors suffered with quite heavy karmic diseases connected with restriction of movement.

Addition

Exploring social planets (Jupiter and Saturn) conjunct with the South Node, we should consider that a person won’t be able to use manifestation principles and qualities of these planets for creating steady connections with social egregors. In fact, that is the main indication of the South Node – a planet should serve only its master. Respectively, an owner of one of such positions cannot express himself too actively, as Jupiter – spiritual Teacher, or as Saturn – practical Teacher, imposing his spiritual attitudes or ethical positions unto others.

At the same time when we see Saturn conjunct with the South Node, we should understand that it is a natural position for the planet, since both the South Node and Saturn have one ‘root’ – they both carry principles of compression, restrictions and deprivations. Thus we should understand that a person will be very less dependent on outer restrictions and impossibility to express his Saturn actively in organizing any external connections. Moreover, he will be equally less dependent on rigid social attitudes which may sometimes help him to escape significant troubles in professional sphere. But he will be greatly dependent on his own internal regulations and ethical stands.

Studying Jupiter conjunct with the South Node, we have to understand that the planet got into its most disadvantageous position, since its habit to enlarge a range of any Matter is obstructed by Space formed by the South Node. With this position one has to attempt to broaden spiritual aspect of life without focusing on others reactions, as people may not discover immediately spiritual achievements of such position’s owner.

So, speaking about the planets conjunct with the South Node, we have to accept following condition: until we sort till end problems denoted by a particular conjunction, we won’t be able to move forward, since in that case the South Node would hold us in its captivity for a long time. It won’t allow us to make even a single step towards the North Node, that is why we need to remember continuously those tasks connected with such planet, trying to implement all its recommendations.

PLANETS CONJUNCT WITH THE NORTH NODE

Here we have to return back to the beginning of our exploration of Lunar Nodes ‘subtle life’ and recollect the main idea of Nodes: “Go there – don’t know where; bring that – don’t know what”. We understand that Nodes show us direction formed by their axis. At the same time we ourselves remain

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in particular position concerning this axis – at present moment of Time, possessing some amount of experience we are aware of, and which is denoted by the South Node. But this indication has a position which we cannot be aware of – it is formulated as: “Don’t know, where”, and “Don’t know, what”. This position can be called ‘a riddle of the North Node’- it is expressed in present moment of Time, but always denotes that which will only come, and which we cannot know; we are supposed to solve this riddle by using Present moment and Past experience. Sometimes, involving significant effort and diligence, after all, we are able to find out what direction it was our destiny sent us to, and what should have we learnt as a result of our pilgrimage. But in general, above mentioned indication of Karma really remains a riddle for us. Even if there is a planet near the North Node (it would seem a wonderful clarification of journey’s direction), we won’t be always able to perceive it immediately as a help, neither we are able to use its recommendations immediately.

So, on one side, being near the North Node, a planet unfolds the World for us, shows ways of main karmic tasks implementation and speaks about our relative Future; on the other side, it won’t allow us to discover its influences quickly, and sometimes we take too long time adjusting to its vibrations.

Taking into account these conditions defined by the North Node, we need to explore in more detail all behavior nuances of a planet positioned near the Node.

Being conjunct with the North Node, heavenly body narrates us about qualities we have to form in the Future, and also what influences and planetary principles can help us to solve many problems. Figuratively speaking, it is our leader, a guiding star, some Principle that always remains the main source of strength – with its help perspectives of our spiritual growth are build and ways of perfecting all our abilities get outlined. We can imagine that a planet shines on the Summit, clarifying direction of our journey, and we have to learn to see its light and use it in our work.

Such planet indicates those qualities which we have to develop and use in mastering any life matter. It expresses as some universal landmark, telling us: “Use my possibilities, develop my qualities, and your task will become clearer to you”. Also this planet tells us which qualities we didn’t master yet, what still remains less known for us, and what else we necessarily have to get acquainted with in our life. Moreover, it shows what we become after some Time, that is why such planet can really be called our manifested Future we may learn about already now, in Present, provided we are ready to use planetary instructions.

What is important: such planet tells us not only what qualities and life themes may help us to build our Future and what it will be like; tells us not only how to reach the very Summit, but also says who will accompany us to the Future and what expects us on the Summit. In this process we should view this planet as bearing concrete characters loads. For example, Mercury simultaneously represents communication principle and some universal Person being near us, and as a rule, younger in age. Maybe it is a brother or sister, a person from our nearest circle, or simply some known young person involved in business, or teaching in primary school, etc. If we study Saturn, then besides the main principles of restriction, concentration and so on, the planet would offer us an elder Person, wise one, who can be teacher to us. And we can always be guided by such Person, as being near the North Node, he represents a figure showing us the way.

Listener’s question:

- How should we interpret position when some retrograde planet conjunct the North Node?

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It is interesting position telling us that we need to repeat once more training connected with some life positions that were probably not entirely grasped in the Past (“Past is placed on the Summit”), or simply restore these positions, after which they can become helpers in development of many life themes. Sometimes such position says that in spite of having sufficient experience, given planetary principles and qualities can still develop further, and they need to be perfected. Thus, on one side any planet conjunct with the North Node speaks about something we have not passed yet, on the other side, the very principle of retrogradeness reminds the Past. In this case we can view such planet as indication of possibility and necessity of using Old at the New Age, as namely here the Past directly helps to form the Future, what happens quite often. Such position can be figuratively named ‘wise North Node’, though it is unnatural, as the very principle of retrogradeness presupposes withdrawal into the Past Time, while streams of the North Node always carry into the Future Time.

Something should be added here. If it happens, that Nodes are direct and planet conjunct with the North Node – retrograde, we may view it as offering natural option of the Path. Moreover, precisely this planet could provide us maximum amount of information and help, if we continuously focus on it, since its experience entirely unfolds during interaction with a current of direct Nodes.

Thus, exploring a planet conjunct with the North Node, we can imagine that it is saturated with information about our Future. Respectively this planet would try to attract this Future into our life-stream with all its strength. For this purpose, first of all it tries to create maximum connections with the outer World using its qualities. Naturally after this such planet becomes very noticeable for others. In fact, it can’t be otherwise, since only in this way can be formed most perspective paths for implementing any goals. If we are ready to use connections brought by heavenly body in this process, we will be able to proceed quickly on the way to our Future. Generally it happens when this planet is harmonious. In this case it helps person to use its qualities very actively. Respectively, when it is tense, a person for a long time won’t understand and accept recommendations of heavenly body, and sometimes this retards his development for long. Though in any case, sooner or later he will have to agree with his Karma’s conditions and, overcoming natural tension begin ascending towards his Summit. The thing is that in any case a planet conjunct with the North Node is forced to ‘pull out’ its master up. It is its main task. Moreover, attracting a great amount of new connections into his life-stream, a planet makes person very noticeable for others, and that in any case forces him to get involved in realization of tasks denoted by heavenly body. Actually such position is a ‘fatal advertisement’ of qualities manifested by this planet and defined by the North Node as leading ones. In other words, with connections formed by planet and Node demonstrating them, a planet makes its master ‘famous’, vividly manifested, and ties him with the outer World, using themes and life topics it rules over.

It becomes clear, that receiving such clarification from our destiny, we should use it continuously in all our undertakings. We have to explore all possibilities of such planet, study its aspects, house and the sign it is placed in. Aspects will show how easily we can perceive themes outlined by this planet.

If planet is tense, we won’t always like to express ourselves actively in life themes offered by it. We shall find it difficult to use principles of its manifestations and its qualities. Moreover, in this case others will perceive us as quite disharmonious people that always trigger ‘vortices of imperfect reactions’ around themselves, and it is seen absolutely by everybody.

But if such heavenly body turns out to be harmonious, we shall happily accept its attempt to make us ‘popular’. Moreover, being conjunct with the North Node, harmonious heavenly body may become the best helper in all our affairs.

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So, discovering in our horoscope any planet conjunct with the North Node or placed in one sign with it, we should pay maximum interest to it and attempt to use its qualities in dealing with all main affairs. Only in that case we can count on broadening our possibilities, wellbeing and so on, that always accompanies enlargement of Consciousness.

Verily, the North Node can be compared with Jupiter and its ability to shower person with gifts from Jupiter’s horn of abundance. But interesting thing is that for some reason a person having planet conjunct with the North Node is not always aware he possesses such wealth. This being also a riddle of the North Node, which shows our opportunities very vividly, but we are unable to see them.

In reality, person himself, as a rule, does not see a planet being near the North Node, because it always remains his Future. Let’s recollect: “Go there – I don’t know where; bring that – I don’t know what”. I don’t know, because I didn’t master it yet – in present Time ‘this’ did not happen yet. That is why we do not understand fully instructions of such planet. And precisely this inability to see one’s Future does not allow many of us to work with natal North Node and planets that are our real guides.

Starting to learn conjunction of heavenly body with the North Node we find out that it is most difficult to discover its qualities inside us, to understand its manifestation principles and learn using its gifts consciously – contrary to a planet conjunct with the South Node, which is perceivable and close to us. The reason we don’t understand tasks defined by planet conjunct with the North Node consists in following. When we exist in the present Time, it is much easier to look behind and recollect our yesterday’s or day before yesterday’s Past. It is still close to us and we did not forget it yet after several relative days or months had passed. Moreover, we always understand those life positions and problems that already happened in the stream of our Time, i.e. which we already crossed (experienced) practically. In this sense positions formed by the South Node are comprehended much more quickly, since they tell us about something that already happened and what we already interacted with. That is why we are well aware about the Space of the South Node formed by descending currents. Moreover, this Space narrating about our Past is very important for us, since being in the moment of Present, it is this very Space we use as foundation for all our affairs.

The North Node cannot show us Past or Present, as it always speaks about something that will be and that we don’t know yet. Respectively, dealing with planet conjunct with the North Node we always have to remember: a planet offers us something we cannot do yet, we don’t know yet, and we have to accept this condition.

In any case this planet will lead us to the Summit, so the sooner we agree to develop all its qualities, easier would become our path.

If such position is discovered in horoscope, we should pay attention to it and try consciously to use all planetary qualities as they are guides into the Future.

The House where the North Node and a planet are positioned, tells with the help of what practical efforts we shall develop and ascend towards the Summit. In this regard we should view the themes and problems of this house as a recommendation offered by a planet concerning choosing the most correct direction of our tasks realization, and as a help expressed on events level. In this, if we accept some task or event and begin to work with them, precisely they help us to develop in all spheres and form necessary new qualities. But if we linger, event would in any case fatally follow us, until we notice it – and after some Time we will be surprised of our inattentiveness and feel regretful about missed Time, grasping quickly how important was that event for us.

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- How to work with a position, when a planet and the Node are positioned in one sign but different Houses?

In this case we should study both placements. Herewith, themes of the Node’s House speak about karmic connections formed on events level and clarify the Legend. Tasks and themes outlined by a planet’s House are freer from karmic obligations. At the same time, streams of one sign will have sufficiently strong influence upon both ‘objects’. And we should consider such placement not only in relation to events level, but also in connection with karmic necessity in tying planet and Node with common Past or Future through the help of influence of one sign’s streams. This is very important. That is why we have to consider different life themes and events on one side, but on the other side keep in mind common ‘interests’ of heavenly body and the Node.

Beginning to explore conjunctions of planets with the North Node, we have to consider following peculiarities of such positions: If the North Node conjuncts one of the planets that manifest Yan principle: Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Pluto, their activity increases many times. In such case a person will be very energetic, sometimes even arrogant in his expressions, very active and lively. He will be perceived by people as a bright personality and may achieve a lot by using qualities of such planet.

If the North Node is being conjunct with the planets expressed more through passive Yin principle – Moon, Venus, Saturn, Neptune, in this case, though manifesting themselves vividly, they will participate less in realization of life tasks. They won’t be able to help person too actively in implementing his ideas, rather they will color his portrait with certain hues. Moreover, these planets can create a lot of inconvenience as to person himself, so to others around him. For example, if we look at the Moon in this, in fact, unnatural position for her, we shall see that emotions which person would sometimes like to hide from others, are quite vividly displayed, and people see them much more clearly than the very owner of such position. The Sun conjunct with the North Node

Such position tells that person will shine, glow, radiate the rays continuously and express himself very vividly, attracting great attention, moreover, he will also bestow the whole World with his attention, especially if his Sun is harmonious. Owner of such position will try to utilize solar principle for achieving any goal, for implementing all his plans. It may be as one-day-goal, so the aims and tasks realization of which requires years, or even the life – it does not matter. In any case, the Sun conjunct with the North Node will attract great amount of energy from the outer World and helps person to master his tasks. Basically the luminary will become leading, accompanying whole his life, and though we all are subjected to active influence of solar streams on us, nevertheless here this condition will always dominate above others. In fact such position can be called ‘a gift of Karma’, especially if the Sun is harmonious.

Here a person would receive a great amount of feedback that can help him to learn a lot of interesting about his Sun. Basically we read recommendation here: “Learn about your Sun, and you will realize yourself. Learn to apply solar principle in dealing with any tasks, master the art of volition and influence in order to see your Future”.

Provided the Sun is tense, person would demand huge amount of attention towards himself and the Space will be forced to provide this attention to him, since the Sun being near the North Node ties a person very actively with outer World, making it dependable on person’s desires.

We should also not forget, that horoscope’s owner can be involved in heavenly mysteries (equally as with natal conjunction of the luminary with the South Node), namely it may happen that the Time of his

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birth coincides with one of eclipses. In such case many events in the life of person will become crucial, and a lot would depend on his reactions.

Mars conjunct with the North Node

The planet leads person towards fulfillment of his plans and goals, offering activity, sometimes arrogance, forcing him to act ‘without thinking twice’. Person would try to impose his Mars unto others, but he himself won’t be always able to trace a process of expressing his activity or over vigor, when everything appearing on his way gets destroyed.

Mars builds a new World for his master and attracts a lot of energy, force and actions into his life Space, but does not always help him to discover excess of such ‘energetic’ activity. We can imagine figuratively that Mars appears on the top of head of his owner and pulsates with energy and activity. Naturally a person does not understand behavior of such planet as he can’t see it. But people around can fully ‘enjoy’ expressions of Mars which will in any case force everybody to pay their attention to him. It may happen that in this process person ruins some harmonious spatial composition invading it without thinking about consequences.

Concerning this position we have to remember that Mars is the planet that always offers World huge amount of energy, and also uses this energy for manifesting impulse towards action and achieving goal by any means. Now we can imagine that this impulse is continuously manifested, but a person didn’t have time yet to know it, he could not grasp it yet. Nonetheless an impulse exists and can destroy the whole Space. That is why, seeing such position, we should explain a person how his Mars works and warn him about presence of immense force inside him, which may become devastating if he won’t learn to cooperate with this planet.

Comparing manifestations of the Sun and Mars being near the North Node, we shall notice that the Sun affects surrounding World more flexibly than Mars. On the other side Mars always operates more directionally than the Sun, but at the same time does not encompass overall Space, as the Sun or Jupiter do. Moreover, the luminary imbues the whole spatial range with its rays, warms it and enriches with light, without burning it. While Mars directs its force for achieving concrete idea, sometimes leaving the whole Space without care, or scorching those objects on its way that did not come in sight. Here consists difference in manifestations of two heavenly bodies that rule energy currents.

Once more should be reminded that the North Node ties a planet with the outer World, manifesting huge amount of energy, and this condition is especially clearly expressed in case a planet forms its streams utilizing Yan principle.

Jupiter conjunct with the North Node

This position is the most natural for this planet and the Node, since symbolically Jupiter corresponds precisely to the North Node (equally as Saturn corresponds to the South Node). Here we can say that conditioned to harmonious Jupiter, a person can influence the World no less than strong Pluto or Sun. The planet masters outer Space, continuously enlarging range of its impact, attracting huge feedback and representing a radiating, full of strength personality ready to help anybody in need. And really, receiving such position, a person would experience constant necessity to help others, necessity to broaden not only horizontal connections, but also develop spiritually and enlarge his Consciousness. Symbolically speaking, it is the World’s Protector, this being natural state for person, allowing him to deal with multiple tasks.

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If Jupiter turns out to be tense, in this case there can be some insignificant distortions in heavenly body’s manifestations, which will be very visible to others. It is dissatisfaction of person because of insufficient recognition of his merit, self-pity, attempt to impose his opinions unto others, need to help everybody for self-assertion.

Jupiter’s position near the North Node tells that a person may use a help of protectors in his movement, but equally he himself can become helper for those who require his support and assistance. In any case the planet will help in forming future abilities and possibilities of its owner and would show the way towards the Summit.

The Moon conjunct with the North Node

Here the North Node offers following: “Learn about your Moon and you will be able to realize yourself”, though precisely the lunar themes will be the most difficult a person has to deal with consciously (it concerns mainly emotions). As we know, the night luminary rules subconscious sphere, hidden from us by many various barriers. The Moon represents reflection principle – principle of secondary nature, of total dependence on state of the origin – the Sun, and does not manifest anything directly. All, that night luminary can offer, is work with any programs serving inner spheres of our being. By appearing on the Summit near the North Node, luminary is forced to surrender to unnatural for its life conditions and provide the World programs that should never be discovered because of their complete ‘closure’.

This position may be considered the strangest and least promising. Nevertheless, a person is forced to focus on lunar programs in his life, moreover, being compelled to demonstrate them continuously to the World. It may look differently. For example, being emotional, a person would not always understand that his feelings are clearly visible. Also he is not always able to hide his sensitivity, vulnerability, dependence on inner states and needs. Basically, many lunar needs become ‘lighted’ by the North Node, creating terrible discomfort not only to owner of such position, but others as well. In this, if a person is not aware that his emotional impact on people is huge, and also if he does not understand how the World depends on his emotional states, then various distortions may form on events level, but owner of such active Moon won’t grasp their nature.

Exploring this position, we may assume that a mother of this Moon’s owner would become his guide into the Future. Probably, she will try to show him ways out from crises, though a person won’t always understand her counsels. Most probably he will perceive them too emotionally, as something imposed on him from outside and not always corresponding to his inner states.

Working with such position, we have to remember that only conscious understanding of this placement and continuous work with emotional body can bring satisfaction and joy of communication with near ones, and also opportunity to be understood correctly in the family.

Saturn conjunct with the North Node

We can imagine Karma itself being on the Summit. On one side such position may seem to be rather difficult, when representative of limitation principle, compression and inhibition is used for development of all main directions of Karma realization. Respectively, all tasks that should develop and enlarge are under Saturn’s impact and experience its freezing influence. On the other side, precisely a principle of deceleration and concentration allows person to cross his Path very unhurriedly and thoughtfully. Such position tells that person should not hurry with implementing his tasks, also he should not attempt to promote his affairs too vigorously. Saturn warns that excessive emotionality may harm success. The

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planet reminds that any event has its beginning and end, and haste can make result non-durable. In any case such serious planet as Saturn being near the North Node, clarifies path direction, though limiting its owner in his desire to achieve quick result. At the same time if person is patient and honest, Saturn will tell him about the most decent ways of realizing all his main karmic programs. Externally, owner of such manifested Saturn may look quite reputable, serious, slightly older than his age, and perceived by others as well organized and wise person. Though in reality this position rather tells that above mentioned qualities should be acquired by a person in the Future, i.e. he should aspire to become Saturn. Nevertheless the World is already now ready to perceive him as a teacher, as a manager of various processes, systems etc - whatever the Ruler of earthly Karma offers us.

Venus conjunct with the North Node

Contrary to the Moon or Saturn representing Yin principle and experiencing discomfort from excessive openness evoked by the North Node efforts, Venus feels quite comfortably when conjunct with the North Node. Moreover, expressing its sensuality, often sexual appeal, the planet uses Node’s strength to attract attention of others to its owner and to make him object of adoration of many fans. “I am ready for partnership”, - tells such Venus and creates a huge amount of relations for its master. After that remains only to choose a decent object for person and test on it all possibilities of such karmic connection. On the other side it may be that a person won’t understand, or won’t perceive correctly instructions of Venus and will try to run away from its recommendations. As a result he will be thrown out of life-stream for many years until he understands that a partnership subject is one of the main themes of his life he cannot run from. The planet will always chase its master, compelling him to perfect himself, and a person is forced to pass his life lessons, learning art of forming relationships, mastering communication wisdom, and also the ways of a deepest penetration to Matter and knowing it in multitude of manifestations. In this process, if Venus is harmonious, owner of a given position would really be very attractive for others. Also he will be quite sensitive towards any changes of states in his near ones. Moreover, his feelings and experiences would always resonate with the outer World, and his near ones will note unusual ability of person to create harmonious space around. But having tense aspects, the planet would most probably become a destroyer of relations, and its master cannot count on understanding from his partners’ side. Also he will have to learn seeking harmony in everything that surrounds him, while we understand it is the most difficult thing for him to master.

The task for those having Venus conjunct with the North Node is rather complex. Person should learn to use his attractiveness, charm, musicality (which must be developed) for implementing karmic tasks, he must become flexible, responsive in partnerships and realize that such position may become a gift only in case he is empathetic to any manifestations of the outer World.

Mercury conjunct with the North Node

When the North Node is conjunct with neutral planets Mercury, Uranus, Chiron, we should examine them remembering that they are, symbolically, genderless heavenly bodies. Also we should pay attention to the sign where particular conjunction is placed. If it is a female sign, Mercury may express itself more softly. And on the contrary, if the planet is in a male sign, it may become quite aggressive.

The North Node activates Mercury, provoking person to use planetary principles for developing abilities connected with learning languages, communication, teaching. We can imagine a rather active, at times fussy person, able for hours narrating various stories about himself and subjects he is interested in. Or a person continuously attending some lectures, seminars or courses. Though sometimes this position simply demonstrates to World a super-intellectual, person able to embrace with his mind a huge number

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of mental compositions, the one who is able to study a lot and seriously, grasping big volumes of information.

Appearing near the North Node, Mercury attempts to teach its master communication and establishing contacts. Creating multitude of connections with the outer World, the planet evokes in person a need to cooperate with these connections and use them in any life situations.

If Mercury possesses tense aspects, then the main task connected with acquiring communication experience sometimes becomes impossible. Usually it is expressed as inability quickly and correctly evaluate information, and can look as a belated comprehension of some meeting, talk etc.

Often person strives to become a teacher in the school, though such aspiration does not always realize. There can be several reasons for that. Most often Mercury itself creates obstacles for achieving goal – these are expressed in impossibility to carry on one concrete line of reasoning for a long Time. Thing is that the planet is not always ‘diligent’ in case there is need to bring idea to the end, perfect it and convey very precisely to others. One can figuratively imagine that Mercury continuously runs away from person to the Future, and cannot linger in the Present. This may be sometimes reason for haste and sloppiness in communication, though on the other side, strong and harmonious Mercury will definitely outline most promising ways of his intellect development and help to accumulate experience of harmonious dealing with the World.

Summary

Thus, after examining placements of planets near the Nodes, we can make following conclusions:

Positioned near the North Node, heavenly body unfolds in the most possible way contrary to placement of heavenly body near the South Node, when utmost closure of all possibilities of bright expression of this heavenly body takes place.

While expressions of planet conjunct with the South Node are visible to none except its master, a planet conjunct with the North Node is visible and understood by everybody except the very owner of such position.

While the South Node does not allow planet to manifest itself, taking it to ‘imprisonment’, the North Node on the contrary ‘carries’ a planet in front of itself, making it very visible and active.

Interesting is that the South Node shows only the Past, the North Node – only the Future. An axis formed by them always represents the Present regardless of the moment of Time we are in relation to this axis. In this process, if there are many planets conjunct with the South Node, we have an opportunity to be actively in touch with our Past and can recognize it easily. If there are many planets with the North Node, we are being shown many additional ways to the Future, moreover, we get an opportunity to approach it as much as possible, using qualities of all these planets. In first case, our Present would depend mostly on our past accumulations. In second case, our Present would fully depend on how we form our Future, i.e. how we cross – experience the very process of development and comprehension of new, yet unknown qualities.

And the last. When planet is conjunct with the South Node, we should understand that we have to slightly be aloof from active usage of heavenly body’s original qualities while dealing with karmic tasks. It is a task of this conjunction. When planet conjuncts North Node, we have to explore principles of heavenly body’s manifestations and learn to use all its qualities as actively as possible.

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Dealing with planet being in conjunction with one or other Node, we need to consider following positions.

First. We should explore themes-programs directly ruled by a given planet. For example, if we study Mercury conjunct with the South or North Node, we have to remember that the planet always rules over education process, it is a messenger and also represents a younger Person in our life. It is somebody near us, offering information about something. If we deal with Venus, we definitely have to understand that the planet represents a woman in our life, it controls feminine principle and brings partners to our life. And also yields material values, etc.

Second. We should study themes of the House where conjunction itself is placed, and view planet in relation to these themes. For instance, the same Mercury is in the III House – in this case we should apply mercurial experience in relation to themes of the given III House. We may presume here, that the Past or Future will unfold through themes of the III House. In fact, we combine two levels of information: planet itself as a significator of particular themes and subjects of the House it is positioned in.

Third. We should also find out which themes are being actually ruled by a given planet. For this we need to define the sign this planet rules and to see the cusp of what House is situated in that sign. After that we can unite three levels of information and work not only with conjunction itself, but also with all other related themes, that will allow us to receive a lot of additional clarifications concerning main karmic position directly connected with the Nodes.

Second addition

If the Nodes are free, i.e. there are no planets in the signs where Nodes are positioned, it does not mean at all that we are liberated from debt obligations. It says that no special recommendations or clarifications are provided for us in this incarnation. Still, it should not confuse anybody, because there are many other options to find out one’s predestination. That is why we should not try to make some conclusion about specifications of someone’s karmic Path or his incarnation’s tasks using only planets conjunctions with the Nodes. One such position is apparently not sufficient for discussing such serious subjects. We need to consider other positions of horoscope as well (and there are a lot of them!), then we shall understand much clearer about the karmic path of the Soul and its most significant tasks.

Part four Attempt to associate with Karma practically

Features of ‘fictitious’ life

Before we start exploring special features of practical work with Nodes, let’s recollect once more, that the South Node is a practician, while North Node – theoretician.

Such distribution of duties allows us from one side using South Node’s instruction practically, on the other side, adding something theoretical to our being by using North Node’s position. In other words, proceeding from practical possibilities outlined by Descending Node, we can form new perspectives and implement ideas and tasks defined by Ascending Node. Imagining we are inside a stream formed by the Nodes, we shall see ourselves practicians and theoreticians simultaneously.

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So, on one side we are grounded, we stand on Earth and necessarily have to join earthly reality. On the other side, we always strive upwards and perceive currents of cosmic substance; we also receive particular amount of information we have to work with, transferring it to another level and starting using it practically.

Nodal axis can be viewed as a system connecting streams formed by an axis North-South. Natural grounding happens here with the help of southern influences, helping us to join practical work and perceive ourselves on events level. On the other side, impact of northern streams helps in our aspirations towards unknown, novel, and eases a process of unifying fragments of Karma into integral compositions.

‘Descending’ life

Dealing with the Lunar Nodes, we should not forget that nodal axis helps to form in our life-stream some universal system of perceiving outer influences and system of eliminating worked out ‘particles’ of Karma in the form of subtle-material waste. This waste can be formed on any level. On physical plane it is usually expressed in the form of hereditary disease, on mental plane in the form of polluted mental system through heavy thought-forms. On astral level such waste may, as a rule, look as low-frequency emotional states a person is unable to manage, nor to understand fully the reason of their appearance. Considering that it is Descending Node’s duty to free us from old programs, we can assume that precisely this Node should be considered as some ‘mechanism’ helping us to remove outworn ‘material’ hindering our development from any subtle body. Respectively, any individual South Node shows which programs should be discarded, and what kind of waste is most typical for concrete Soul. At the same time, if there happens to be some planet near the Node, it will tell us quite precisely about the quality of worked out Past experience, and also what influences could help us to get free from excessive karmic burden. For example, the Moon conjunct with the South Node provides us following information: in the past incarnations this Soul probably did not master emotional level thoroughly enough, and now has to part gradually with old astral attachments and learn anew how to use emotional body, i.e. to renew it. If, besides this, the Moon has tense aspects, a person, most probably, will have problems with emotions, expressed in the form of internal astral storms he is unable to get rid of easily. We should not forget here that we have conjunction of the Moon with the South Node, telling us what fills up inner Space of a person. In this example it is filled with emotions it is very difficult to get free from, as they occupy their ‘legitimate’ place. At the same time such position tells us that emotional attachments move into the Past, becoming symbolical waste, and also that person should not be too much focused on the work of astral level, as this level should be necessarily transformed and partially ‘destroyed’ (relatively, of course!). Similar is the case with mental body - with work of our mental system, when there is Mercury or Uranus conjunct with the South Node. Sometimes the Sun, being near the Node obliges us to sort out our thoughts, way of perception and reacting to events of our life.

We should say that knowing peculiarities of Descending Node’s manifestations helps us to solve many problems. Being aware that the Node works with programs of removing various waste from our life-stream, we are able to perceive more consciously any event directly connected with necessity to free us from any oldest (and because of this reason), sometimes the heaviest life fragments. Moreover, being conscious about seriousness of tasks undertaken by a planet conjunct with the South Node, we will never resist ‘cleaning procedures’, and also won’t attempt to flaunt results of our work with this planet, accepting it’s right to handle our achievements, thus liberating us of excessive Past burden.

‘Ascending’ life

The North Node may be viewed as some ‘target guidance system’, or ‘navigation system’. What is interesting, we are verily being led by some force acting inside us. It can be imagined in a following way: we are always attuned to particular wave, i.e. in our manifestations we correspond to certain frequency range. This range is continuously supported by our karmic conditions. If in this process we deviate sharply aside of our main current – move beyond our frequency range, a ‘navigation system’ working in us would try to align distortions and bring us ‘back’.

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Working with the North Node, we have to understand that the Space expects certain qualities from us. Creating these qualities and giving them to the World, we do not commit any distortion. In such case our North Node will be in resonance with outer environment and no perturbation would happen in currents of spatial substance. But if we do not produce needful qualities, in this case surrounding Space would definitely react to distortions and accompanying discomfort that appears as a result of such ‘non-interaction’. At that time, naturally, a ‘guidance system’ gets activated in order to return us back to condition that maximum corresponds to currents of outer substance. But contrary to the first option of harmonious implementation, here conflict between a person and outer space becomes inevitable. After that a person, as a provoker of conflict will be brought back into the framework of his individual laws by his own North Node. Actually, through some signal the North Node conveys to outer World information about our Soul’s frequency range condition – the entire outer Space reacts to it, and thanks to this signal our life-stream gets connected with outer World. In this way the North Node helps us to find our path in life. Even if we make mistakes or commit something unacceptable in our Karmic line, at event level situations will literally break up, not permitting us to move in direction contradicting our main route.

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Main trails of Karma

While examining placement of the Lunar Nodes in Houses and signs, if we use only recommendations of particular Houses or signs for describing the Nodes, in this way we shall come across many contradictions. On one side, it seems that any Node placed in a particular House always precisely denotes range of tasks which a person should attempt to implement in his life, and this condition is beyond doubt. But then it is often impossible to explain, why themes recommended by the Node for study and implementation become contraindicated to person. Moreover, if person actively follows instructions pointed out by the House where concrete Node is placed, his life at the end becomes unbearable. Thus, comparing conclusions derived from placement of the North or South Node in some House and real life situations of person, one had to admit that such direct methods of the Nodes’ explanation (under principle “Node in a House” of “Node in a sign”) are rather imperfect, as they evoke many distortions. At the same time in our research we cannot avoid event level which in a clearest way proves any of our astrological findings. Also we cannot miss an exciting opportunity to explore Nodes’ placement in signs. That is why in the future, while proceeding from the same opportunities, we shall try to abandon habitual way of explaining the Nodes’ placement in signs and Houses.

Thus, we won’t explore the Nodes directly according to their placement in a House or sign, because in such case they will not provide enough information, or sometimes they even may mislead. We shall try to sum up data provided by the Nodes based on their sign placement with information received from their House placement.

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Let’s explore nodal exis on the level of corresponding signs. We should determine a real position of the planets that participate in forming streams of these signs in the Houses of actual horoscope, i.e. we will define position of the nodal signs’ rulers in corresponding Houses of natal chart. Equally we will define position of all other planets - in detriment, exaltation and fall in concrete Houses of the chart.

We know that planets forming opposite signs always have particular interconnections, moreover, same planets form streams of opposite signs, with the only difference, that in the opposite signs they have opposite status. That is, Mars ruling Aries, in Libra is in detriment. Equally, the Sun ruling Leo, in Aquarius is going to be in detriment. Mars, exalted in Capricorn, is ‘falling’ in Cancer. In any case, whatever is planet’s status, it will participate in creating streams of both signs, this being very important.

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Thus we have one system created by two opposite signs, in which one and the same planet supplements itself.

For instance:

Mars in detriment – Mars ruling in axis Aries-Libra; Saturn exalting (culminating) – Saturn falling in axis Aries-Libra, etc.

Correspondingly, a planet which is in detriment in the South Node’s sign, will be ruling the North Node’s sign. The planet which is falling in the South Node’s sign, will be exalting in the North Node’s sign etc.

It is necessary to add here that the Lunar Nodes, working always in the opposite signs and basically interacting with the same planets, create for us an opportunity for attaining integrity. That is, using quality of heavenly bodies that form their sign axis, the Nodes create life conditions which help us, on one side to realize our foundation – the South Node, on the other to learn using it for creating a new experience and for implementation of karmic tasks – the North Node. Actually, this is the very condition for drafting the Legend.

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Let us view the Nodes as karmic ‘compass’ needles that show direction we have to follow in our reasoning. In other words, forgetting for some time above mentioned planets, we will work only with the Houses these planets pointed to. In this way we will actively enter to event level. Acceptance of this condition immediately provides a lot of information.

So, the ‘compass’ needles may be placed on any of 12 zodiacal axises. There are verily 12 of them, because as there exists an axis Virgo (South Node) – Pisces (North Node), so there is axis Pisces (South Node) – Virgo (North Node).

Examining concrete axis, we receive information about the planets forming this axis, and further study the Houses these planets pointed to. Precisely the themes and subjects of these Houses will narrate about our karmic path.

For making a Legend it is best to start from placement of planets that form the South Node’ sign, and after that it becomes easy to turn over this whole mental composition and explore position of the North Node and planets forming its sign.

Now let us try in more detail to figure out how the Legend – or our karmic plot is created.

First Legend Natal chart: SERGEY SH. 31.08.1970, Moscow, time of birth 15:15:00

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In this chart the South Node is placed in Virgo, correspondingly the North Node is in Pisces. Further we find in the chart a real location of Virgo’s ruler – Mercury. We shall call him the South Node’s ruler – being a ruler of the South Node’s sign, we have full right to give him this name. So, we located Mercury, in our case he is also in Virgo in the 9th House. Further we look for exalting planet of the sign. Naturally, it is the same Mercury, placed in Virgo in the 9th House. Next, we look for a position of a falling planet. Venus in this chart is in Libra in the 10th House. Further we search the planet which is in detriment in Virgo. Neptune, the first ruler of Pisces is in Scorpio in the 11th House, on the cusp of the 12th. The second ruler of Pisces – Jupiter, the planet in detriment in Virgo, is in Libra and the 10th House.

Thus, the South Node’s ruler is in the 9th House, exalting planet in the 9th House, falling planet in the 10th House, first planet in detriment in the 11th House (cusp of the 12th), and the second planet in detriment in the 10th House. Correspondingly, our Legend consists of the themes of the 9th, 9th, 10th, 11th and the 10th Houses (second ruler of the North Node – Jupiter is in the 10th House).

After that we shift towards working with event level, i.e. only with the Houses, without considering planets’ qualities, because we have to figure out how person implements his karmic programs at situational level. In this case, themes of the Houses designated by planets will form particular Legend narrating to us what ways and events, life plots and problems would help us to implement our core experience and master our karmic tasks. Legend will tell us what ordeals should be passed by the Soul, and also which themes and situations it requires for implementation of purpose and mastering main tasks of its current incarnation.

(Naturally, after such ‘voyage to our Karma’ we should explore, as usually, real placements of all planets, their interconnections and so on, that makes up our horoscope).

It is necessary to say that ‘legendary’ themes offer events one can virtually never avoid, that is why we often deem them to be fatal, externally imposed on us. Moreover, as a rule, they follow us for the whole life, and without them we are unable to implement main programs of our incarnation. In our example the Legend constitutes of the 9th, 10th and 11th Houses’ themes, meaning that precisely these Houses’ themes will be manifested at event level in the form of problems and tasks which continuously accompany person.

Obviously we understand that none can avoid topics of the 10th or 9th House, and that each one of us will have them expressed in one or other way. It is natural, because all of us always use themes of all Houses in our life, as well as all positions defined by them. At the same time, if these themes form the Legend, it means they will be specifically emphasized in our life. Moreover, with the help of these themes and

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events we can implement main tasks of our life in the most successful way. Correspondingly, we may assume that nodal plots and problems are a powerful driving force.

Now we ought to figure out following. Each planet of a Legend and a House it represents, carry particular meaning. It points to concrete life themes, events, and one has to examine it in habitual mode, i.e. to define its strength or weakness etc. All this can be done after examination of the Legend itself. Meanwhile we have to use planets simply as pointers directing our search of karmic path. Also we have to view them as some objects subtly reacting to any qualitative changes of our work with the ‘legendary’ themes. Considering this condition we need to find out how will be duties of planets and their Houses distributed in Legend.

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The South Node’s ruler (being at the same time in detriment in the sign of the North Node) shows which subjects should be always regarded as essential and which life themes should never be ignored, as they describe the qualities of one’s core experience . Figuratively speaking, themes of this planet’s House narrate what our experience consists of, what substance makes our Foundation. Thus, the South Node’s ruler with the help of its House defines events row created by the core experience , i.e. by the Past experience. It also explains which tasks, after being mastered, led to accumulation of this experience, and what life themes and problems will help to manifest this experience in life. And these are real situations helping us to define behavior of our Foundation. At the same time we should not forget that the ruler of our experience remains a planet in detriment in the North Node’s sign. That means that while implementing a main goal defined by the North Node’s ruler, we cannot use ‘expelled’ qualities directly. We may apply them only in such cases when there is opportunity to modify them actively – thus making them unrecognizable for the South Node’s ruler and new for the North Node’s ruler. After that, transformed ‘expelled’ experience becomes new, and we can utilize it without worries that the Past may enter too actively into our life and lead us backward.

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The planet exalting (culminating) in the sign of the South Node shows life circumstances which help to transform one’s core experience. House of a planet exalting in the South Node’s sign describes real conditions of life that help us to influence our ‘previous’ qualities. In other words, these conditions are expressed through problems or situations which will force us to transform fundamental programs described by the South Node’s ruler.

We have to say that themes of the House where a planet exalting in the South Node’s sign is placed are powerful force compelling our experience to change qualitatively. That is why we may view such themes as an active component of our karmic program, substantially influencing our foundation.

Further we have to combine two mentioned positions (namely, themes and tasks representing foundation, with themes and events forming conditions for its transformation) and to imagine impact of some life events on fundamental programs, and what are conditions that can help these programs to change. As a result we receive some new provisions in life, born at the interaction between two levels of karmic tasks, and also we shall discover very deep connections between the themes offered by ruling and culminating planets. Next we have to define how correctly we understood our task and how accurately we mastered it, i.e. properly realized these connections. For this purpose we need to explore the third position.

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Duties of a falling planet in the sign of the South Node are following. Such planet and themes of its House define new ways of solving problems, new modes of implementation and transformation of core experience , and they also create situation of assistance. By activating themes of a given House we can strongly influence our experience and demonstrate work result to others. When we get into a difficult situation, precisely themes of the falling planet’s House can bring us out of crisis, provided that we activate these themes through our volitional effort.

Using themes of its House, a planet actively reacts to quality of our work with fundamental programs and to quality of applying themes of exalting planet’s House. If these themes are not emphasized in life or are uncomfortable for us, it means we work poorly. In this case it is possible that we shall face failures connected with themes of the falling planet’s House.

Working with this position, we have to remember that planet falling in the sign of the South Node, exalts in the sign of the North Node. In this case, obviously, activating themes of its House, this planet will always denote a real access to the Top. Moreover, it will highlight results which we create while mastering our fundamental programs, as well as narrate about new possibilities, applying which, we can reach success.

We can add here that such themes will show us how correctly we move towards our goal. In our example (first chart) these are situations of the 10th House. If this House’s themes are distorted and tense, and they apparently don’t please their master, it is a signal that he commits mistakes, and he should focus his attention precisely on the subjects of this House, possibly to change his attitude towards them. Whenever tension rises in connection with themes of the falling planet’s House, a person should know that he implements his core experience either incompletely or incorrectly. It may be also possible that he misunderstands tasks defined by exalting planet. (As we already understood, quality of problems of the falling planet’s House will define quality of our work with themes of South Node’s ruling and exalting planets’ Houses).

In fact, tasks and problems of examined House force us very actively to change our Past by offering us various stressful situations.

Thus, themes and plots of the House of falling planet in the sign of South Node (exalting in the sign of North Node) are pointers that help us to evaluate quality of our work. In any case, whether we like it or not, this planet promotes results of our work to our individual Summit, and as an exalting element of the North Node’s sign points out these results very clearly and actively – so that we are able to see, we worked properly or not. In this process, if we are satisfied by quality of accompanying topics, if they are harmonious, and we are more or less contented with development of our affairs connected with these subjects, then it can be said that basically, we understand our karmic foundation –fundamental programs, and implement them correctly. And contrary to this, if something gets crashing in life in connection with these themes, most probably it means that we are at odds with our own experience and tasks that denote it. In this case we ought to pay more attention to our experience and observe whether we implement it correctly, without any ethical violations, and whether we understand our task correctly. Also, whether we properly master those tasks that are designated by planet exalting in the South Node’s sign, because they actively influence quality of our work with primary experience.

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Now we need to explore themes of the House that is abode of a planet being in detriment in the sign of the South Node. This very planet is ruling in the North Node’s sign. Themes of its House define which tasks are the most promising for us, what we are still not aware of, but definitely have to aspire for and

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reach. Moreover, these themes and tasks have to be mastered and developed in life. In fact these are the themes, problems and topics that force us to move ahead and show what must come. The House of planet being in detriment in South Node’s sign (ruler of the North Node) points out which events are going to be crucial for us, which topics may be the most complex for practical realization and also could remain obscure. These are the tasks that have no base; by working out these themes and problems we acquire a new experience. We can see it is That new which has to be mastered yet.

So, let us examine the first chart more in detail.

In our example, quality of basic experience corresponds to Virgo sign, while ruling Mercury points to the 9th House. It means that quality of experience is connected with subjects and topics of the 9 th House. Accordingly, we may note for ourselves: a person possesses rich experience described by themes of the 9th House, and it will be expressed through subjects of this House. Respectively, this person has already well formed experience connected with learning, research work, philosophy, law etc. Moreover, these are close and understandable for him, and in case he shows interest, they will develop very fast. The owner of this chart in reality has several higher educations; he is at ease with such sciences as philosophy, theology, law. He studies Sanskrit and lectures at university.

Next, in our example exalting planet is also placed in the 9th House. Respectively, events row, topics and problems formed by the 9th House will not only manifest fundamental programs, but also influence them in order to completely change their qualities. By the way, it may happen that all planets of the Legend end up in one House. Sometimes it is so. In our example we’ve got equal position of ruling and exalting elements of the South Node. That means that both for discovery of experience and its transformation person has to study themes of one and the same House. Obviously, given themes and topics will be very actively expressed in person’s life. While a presence of any other planets in this House is not required at all. It is enough to have ruling and exalting planet of the South Node’s sign in one spot to make topics of this House very important for the whole life.

Concerning such position we can make following assumption. Possibly a Soul readying for incarnation, took obligations to repeat and perfect its old experience. That is why both conditions for manifesting primary programs and themes able to impact and transform this experience became the same.

Next stage of our exploration concerns falling planet that is placed in the 10th House in our example. It is necessary to say that themes of the 10th House verily play a great role in the life of this chart’s owner. Conditions formed by this House often force him to search most effective ways for solving problems, to get his way and determine directions in developing his professional skills. In this process, the moment he stops thinking on this subject, refuses his post or promising proposals, everything crushes in his life. And the most interesting, when at one time owner of this chart refused professional activities, themes of the 9 th

House became more prominent in his life. He started to travel a lot, enrolled in another University, but problems rose everywhere. It was happening because themes of the 10th and 9th Houses were not clearly interlinked. Also too many 9th House topics were activated which should not be so, because they are ruled by the South Node.

In case of a Legend we examine now, travels are permissible only in case person actively promotes the 10th House and, being far from home (9th House) masters problems of his career and professional growth. And verily, as soon as the owner of this chart begins to think about his career and actively demonstrates results of his professional activities, he immediately gets offers to lecture in University, to work on legal issues and travel abroad extensively for his professional realization. Here, past accumulations in the form of philosophical and legal knowledge became foundation of experience and demand their transformation, while they should be utilized in professional realization and rank promotion.

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Knowing the owner of this Legend we find out that his 10th House themes always ‘crush’ at that precise moment when he ceases to work on legal issues that are designated in his Legend simultaneously as an active component and core experience . It is expressed as loss of a position or termination of professional activity forced by external circumstances. This fact becomes a sign-signal that his core experience is used incompletely, as well as conditions and ways of transforming this experience. In our example the chart’s owner should focus more on the 9th House topics, possibly further developing his spiritual level.

Further, we have to examine themes and tasks defined by planet in detriment in the South Node’s sign. It is Neptune, placed in the 11th House. The second planet in detriment – Jupiter is placed in the 10th House. Here we have to add – Neptune is situated on the cusp of 12th House from the side of 11th. In case we have a planet on the cusp of some House, we need to take into account both Houses’ topics, so we will examine themes of both 11th and 12th Houses.

Thus, examining planet in detriment in the South Node’s sign, we actually explore the ruler of North Node. In our Legend he is situated in the 11th House and forces his owner to aspire for perfecting themes and tasks offered by the 11th House. (As well as tasks offered by 12th House). First of all person should learn to plan his affairs, long term prospects, create holistic, integrated systems, which is quite difficult for Virgo (as we saw, the Sun is positioned in Virgo in this chart). Owner of this chart should also learn to be ‘as all’, though it is very difficult to be as all with Neptune in the 11th House. Possibly, he will have to create his reference group and work jointly along with all. This became precisely the most complicated lesson for this person. Nevertheless, such task is pointed out by his Karma and he must learn working in groups, getting along with people, to be ‘as all’, feeling mood of the team, something he is unable to do in principle. From the other side he should correctly perceive state of loneliness – not as a punishment, but as a given opportunity to implement his plans and develop new skills.

Now, if we correlate themes and topics described by falling planet with themes and topics described by planet in detriment in the South Node’s sign, we shall receive following combination of plots. Themes of the 10th House are ‘pointers’ and the themes of the 11th and 12th Houses show direction a person should follow in his life activities.

In the life of this Legend’s owner it is manifested in this way: the moment he refuses to create a new experience connected with 11th and 12th House, resists natural confinement or refuses to communicate, situations of the 10th House immediately produce a result: ‘professional failure’ – and he has to leave his job stopping professional activities. But when he tries to master topics of 11th and 12th Houses, his professional problems slowly go away. Moreover, he gets a good post and starts to work more actively with 9th House themes which are primary for him.

We may also combine the Houses’ themes of exalting and falling planet. Such combination will tell us how karmic load is distributed in the streams of events level during implementation of main tasks. In this process, if we want to intensify our influence on formation of our activity’s results and attract helpers, we need to develop actively topics of the falling planet’s House, combining them with topics of the exalting planet’s House. In such way we activate helpers in the form of new themes and events that in the strongest way impact problems connected not only with core experience, but mainly with themes that transform this experience. In other words, in our example, if a person activates ‘assisting’ subjects of the 10th House (falling Venus in the 10th House), by doing this, he can significantly boost topics of exalting element’s House – the 9th House (Mercury). In this case ‘assistants’ in the form of some person in higher rank or social position, as well as professional achievements and other matters described by the 10 th House subjects will attract from afar demands for professional activity. Possibly person will be offered

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any profession described precisely by the 9th House. In fact, this is what we have in connection with explored Legend.

So, getting acquainted with above mentioned method we can assume that themes of the falling planet’s House are a very important component of any Legend and correspondingly of our life. That is why, if we start to develop these themes actively and consciously, automatically the whole event row of one’s Legend starts changing and aligning in the most harmonious way.

Important note: the Houses of ruling planet and one in detriment of the South Node’s sign designate at event level our core experience and those tasks that are most promising for us, defining our karmic purpose. These two positions are the most passive elements of the Legend. Themes pointed out by these positions require dynamic application of our energy and attention – so to say, they expect our action concerning them.

Themes and tasks of the South Node’s exalting and falling planets’ Houses are active elements of Legend. With their help we influence our experience, transform it and receive confirmation about correctness of our work. As already said, the House of a planet exalting in the South Node’s sign offers us themes that help us to impact our core experience. House of falling planet of the South Node’s sign tells which topics would manifest quality of our work and which themes we should view as helping, assisting us in life. This is the essence of Legend.

We have to add following. Obviously we have to examine nodal axis not only in connection with Legend. We also have to explore placement of the Nodes, i.e. directly the tasks and topics of both North and South Nodes’ Houses. After this, one can combine both research levels and obtain more precise information about main tasks of person and the most harmonious ways of mastering them. Basically, in this case we receive a life path description of Legend’s owner.

In our example the North Node is situated in Pisces in the 2nd House. Naturally, a person will be striving to earn money and be quite dependable on this life theme. And, dealing with Pisces sign, possibly themes of the 2nd House will require that person develops not only primary ethical provisions and forms correct attitude towards the World of Matter, but also advances his spiritual level because of contiguity with matter. It is one option of reading tasks defined by the North Node. But this option does not explain how to achieve result and realize the meaning of those tasks that are offered by the 2nd House, i.e. will not suggest ways of solving problems that are directly connected with the North Node’s House.

If we explore Legend, we can tell person which tasks he should develop in order to comprehend the essence of 2nd House’s programs. In this way we will ease his work by shifting it to event level which is understood by all.

So, in our example Legend is created from situations and tasks of 11th, 10th and 9th Houses. In it, the 11th House says what person should master for grasping fully the meaning of tasks offered by the 2nd House. The 10th House says that person has some ‘sign system’ that will notify him whether he works correctly, without missing something in his life. And the 9th House situations pointed out by ruling and exalting elements of the South Node’s sign define experience acquired in the Past and conditions, using which, one can influence and transform this experience – i.e. that, one is able to count on and lean on, something one can easily derive at. In our current example we have three main positions, though there may be many more because planets forming signs of the Nodes may each be in its own House. Sometimes it happens that the whole chart works for Legend.

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Here we need to make a small addition. In our Legend we have two rulers of final goal – Neptune and Jupiter. In this case themes of the second ruler’s House will clarify main ways of goal achievement. Sometimes in this process we may face situation when themes of the second ruler’s House become more significant than themes of the first ruler’s House. That is why, examining Legend, we should always cordially participate in solving chart owner’s problems and understand which tasks are most important for him, and also which themes he is unable to master yet. It is quite possible that person won’t be able to comprehend themes of the House of the first goal ruler immediately. In such case we should guide him towards topics defined by the second goal ruler. Equally we need to do if there are two rulers of core experience. In this case a Legend’s owner should be told about his past experience and explained how to work with it and what to refuse gradually.

Second Legend Natal chart: ELENA 13.11.1965, Alupka, Crymea region, time of birth 16:20:00

This chart is interesting because the Nodes here are placed along an axis of Sagittarius (South Node) and Gemini (North Node). Some astrological schools admit that the South Node exalts in Sagittarius, while the North Node in Gemini.So, forming Legend, we find the House of the South Node’s ruler. Jupiter is placed in the 3rd House. We note for ourselves that core experience is in one or other way tied with themes of the 3rd House, i.e. person must be well oriented in horizontal connections, is able to establish contacts quickly, grasp any information efficiently etc. And, dealing in this chart with Jupiter, we may assume that horoscope’s owner is able to locate precisely that information which is required not only by herself, but by her near ones as well, and she does is excellently, helping all her surrounding in solving multitude of problems. Nevertheless, too vigorous learning process may sometimes evoke her irritation, because she is already enriched with experience connected with the 3rd House, though she may study endlessly. Also Jupiter in the 3rd House helps her to master foreign languages easily, which is confirmed in talking with her.

Further we should examine themes of the House where exalting element of the South Node’s sign is placed. In current example it is the South Node itself, placed in the 8th House. Correspondingly,

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conditions of influencing primary programs will be described by themes of the 8th House. Such position brings us to following thoughts.

On one side, horoscope’s owner apparently really studied a lot in the Past (or traded, which is also described by themes of the 3rd House), and seemingly she is not required to do it again, because themes of this House should lead this experience to the Past. But on the other side, chart’s owner cannot renounce her experience without transforming it. Because we have combination of 3rd and 8th Houses here, we may presume that each time, receiving some ‘extreme’ message, she must learn to perceive its real meaning in order to respond to it correctly.

Next, we need to examine themes of the House of a falling planet in the South Node’s sign and to find out what topics and tasks are helpers pointing to quality of karmic tasks’ implementation. In our example a falling element is the North Node situated in the 2nd House in Gemini. Correspondingly, themes connected with material values will tell chart’s owner about the quality of her work with contacts coming into her life (3rd House) and how correctly she uses them and responds to one or other information.

We may assume that receiving some stressful messages and perceiving them too emotionally (possibly choosing wrong priorities), owner of this Legend may be deprived of salary, possibly lose her purse or else that forms wellbeing and prosperity in our life. Thus, a presence or absence of money will be a signal of how correctly this Legend’s owner implements her task. If she loses money that may tell her that she interacts wrongly with surrounding World. Moreover, it is possible that she admitted infringements not only along the themes of the 3rd House, but 8th House as well. It isn’t necessary that chart’s owner herself violated the laws of interaction with partner’s resources. It may happen that she simply allows her partner to violate these laws. That is enough for her 2nd House themes starting to sound disharmoniously. In such a way, any problems of this House display either solvency or insolvency of this chart’s owner in implementing her karmic tasks.

Once again we have to remind that themes of the Houses of ruling and exalting elements of the South Node’s sign continuously interact with each other, thus forcing a falling planet respond to quality of such interaction. Correspondingly, in our case the 2nd House’ situations react to quality of work with both 3rd and 8th Houses.

Now we shall examine placement of planet being in detriment in the South Node’s sign (and ruler of the North Node). It is Mercury placed equally as an exalting element of the South Node’s sign in the 8 th House. As we remember, such planet tells us about our tasks and further prospects. In this case tasks will be connected with themes of the 8th House – an active interaction with surrounding World, partners’ resources and also with extreme plots. Also, tasks and themes of this House may offer chart’s owner to work under stressful situations or to be engaged with affairs connected with transformation of her own and partners’ inner qualities.

Naturally we understand that a task designated by the North Node’s ruler is rather complex, moreover, it is unable to give always much joy to this Legend’s owner, as well as a quick result, because the 8 th House themes require a lot of efforts and Time for their unfoldment and realization. Besides, it is necessary to consider that chart’s owner is not always able to interact with them correctly, because these tasks and themes are pointed out in her Karma as promising prospects, leading towards the final point of realization, that’s why not always comprehensible for her.

Nevertheless, the North Node brought us exactly to them and showed what this horoscope’s owner should strive for and what to master in life. And really, extreme ‘stories’ occur very often in her life, usually being provoked by some unpleasant messages and her wrong emotional reaction to them. Also quite often

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people coming to her life try to tie up with her with the only aim of receiving material benefit. Meanwhile, no interests of chart’s owner are being considered. From her side, she perceives new acquaintances as very close people to her, allowing them literally to ‘mount upon her neck’. Thus, incorrectly understood proposals and wrong reaction to people that entered her ‘closest circle’ surrounding, basically destroy material base of this Legend’s owner. At the same time, when she founds new strength and forms correct reactions towards occurring emotional cataclysms in her life, precisely the 2nd House themes become her helpers, offering big sums of money coming from her nearest surrounding.

Regarding this Legend we need to note a double repetition of the 8th House themes, which of course does not facilitate the work of an embodied Soul.

Here we have to add a few words.

Considering that in our example we deal with Scorpio sign, we can imagine how vigorously this Legend’s owner reacts to any event happening in her life. We can say that her karmic plot is overloaded by the 8 th House subject matters and correspondingly problems of this House will be always very important for an owner of such Legend, and this condition should be remembered.

So, the primary programs are described by the 3rd House themes, while conditions and ways of impacting these programs are described by the 8th House themes. In this process, assistant-themes describing the work quality are the 2nd House themes, connected with material aspect of our being and forming relationship with material values. Themes defining karmic goal are described by the 8th House as well, which means that horoscope’s owner has to learn feeling Space deeply and adjust efficiently in accordance with changes of occurring events. She has to learn working with finances, with partners’ money and form correct attitude towards material values, what she actually does throughout her conscious life.

Also, this horoscope’s owner has to work out inner protection to stresses – for this she has to learn correct behavior during stresses, develop her intuition and premonition, one can say, learn to live in stress currents.

Thus, themes of the 3rd, 8th, 2nd and 8th Houses will be continuously present in life of this Legend’s owner, and even if she desires to avoid them or shift towards something easier, nothing would come out of it in any case. Here we have to understand, that dealing with Nodes, we can’t define our work ourselves – it is always some invisible force that turns us face to face precisely towards those tasks which we have to master without fail, irrespective of our desires, whims or attempts to cheat ourselves or our Time.

This Legend contains some interesting things. The North Node is placed in the 2nd House, but its ruler Mercury is situated in the 8th House near the South Node, though not in conjunction. Such position requires special attention. After examining themes of the North Node’s House we shall see that they are emphasized in person’s life, but at the same time they are always connected with problems of the 8 th House pointed out by Mercury. That is why, advising this chart’s owner about the aims and mission of her life, we have to define 8th House themes as leading ones, in spite of the fact that South Node is placed in this House. Naturally, we shall say that the main goal is to work with material values, this corresponding to direct position of the North Node in the 2nd House. But in mastering this mission, themes of the 8th House should also be activated, forcing person continuously recollecting her past experience and using it for creating more advanced value system and correct attitude towards the World of Matter. Moreover, the goal will be reached only when the 8th House themes are consciously realized and qualitatively transformed. One can assume here that possibly in the past this Soul committed some distortions while interacting with material values. Now this chart’s owner needs to destroy experience

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designated by the South Node through the 8th House themes, and simultaneously in this destruction process create a new experience of interacting with Material World objects, being guided by direct instruction of the North Node situated in the 2nd House.

In regard with this position it becomes clear that we cannot advise chart’s owner to develop only 2nd House themes. In this case she will be provided with stresses throughout her life without understanding reasons of their appearance. But if we accentuate her attention on the 8th House and explain what for they were given and what they are connected with, she will quickly find her way and start to study surrounding World deeply, possibly psychology or astrology as well, broadening her spiritual levels.

By the way, a Legend can be also used in profession choice search. It is understood, because any professional activity powerfully expands human capabilities in regard with development of some concrete life topics and makes him a master in implementation of such subjects. That is why when we find it difficult to understand what to do and how to move towards the goal, we can try to become professionals in the spheres governed by one of the most significant positions of our Legend. This always shows the way out of many troubles. We may try to realize ourselves professionally in connection with themes described by the House of the South Node’s exalting element. In such a way we shall activate themes that influence our foundation and liberate us from too heavy past experience.

First small addition

Let us repeat once more what we talked about earlier. In case we ignore above described positions and attempt to squeeze ourselves in limits defined only by concrete placements of the Nodes in Houses without considering other recommendations of nodal axis, we may strongly retard our development and basically break our Karma. Vigorously resisting our Legend, we shall ail a lot and protractedly both in body and soul, at the end in any case accepting conditions of our karmic path.

Necessary to say, that sometimes there are Legends with all planets situated in one House, i.e. the whole karmic plot is formed by themes of one House. On one side of course, it is much easier for person to comprehend his path and mission. On the other side, such Legend’s owner has almost no choice of ways for traversing his incarnation. In this case person will be continuously tightened by his Karma and throughout his life he will have to work on one circle of tasks, living very actively through the same topics. In a chart it looks as one overloaded House where all planets constituting Legend are grouped together: ruling planets, exalting, falling and those in detriment. Accordingly, we deal here with ‘karmic stellium’, and obviously the whole life of such chart’s owner will be subjected to solving one and the same problems.

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If we want to understand our natal chart, the best is to start from exploring our Legend. It allows sorting out quite quickly different nuances describing main ways of our Karma realization, and also will help to define a circle of the most important tasks assigned to us in current incarnation. If we attempt to examine directly positions of our Nodes based only on information provided by their Houses, we may end up insolvent in defining main directions of our life. If one is guided only by topics denoted by the North Node’s House without taking into account that in horoscope the ruler of one’s core experience (of the South Node) is placed in the House of the North Node’s ruler, themes of this House cannot be broadened too efficiently. And the opposite, by refusing tasks denoted by the South Node’s House, we won’t understand immediately that given themes participate in establishment of our mission. Really, it may happen that ruler of the North Node’s sign narrating about incarnation aims is situated in the House of the South Node’s ruler. Obviously, such positions-shifters may initially strongly confuse us, destroying our life guidelines. Nevertheless, by accepting instructions of our Legend we shall understand why some themes manifest again and again in our life. Also we will know which tasks we should not interact with too vigorously.

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Now we should examine such position, when some planet is the main character of Legend and simultaneously is ‘tightened’ by Nodes (stands on the top of Tau-square, while nodal axis is its base). In such case this planet may literally torture its owner with themes of its House, but at the same time it always specifies very clearly a circle of problems and tasks a person should reckon with. So, what this planet points to?

Which life themes should be mastered first of all. What problems cannot be avoided, and what topics will follow a person throughout the life. Which themes one should not refuse. What tasks one should sort out very meticulously. Which life themes will be most painful for person, forcing him to suffer a lot. In regard with what themes one will have to form a new, more harmonious experience. Which tasks will be most incomprehensible, and what are the life circumstances when person

won’t be provided any help.

It is necessary to say that such planet sometimes becomes the leading one in life. At the same time, very actively influencing directly its House themes, it forces its owner to pay a lot of attention to her and sometimes also to suffer from misunderstanding reasons of his misfortunes. By the way, a planet can tell a lot about different karmic maladies formed by the Soul in the past incarnations, and manifested both on subtle levels and physical body. Nevertheless, precisely these positions usually call a person to heroic deeds and force him to develop vigorously his spiritual experience.

Listener’s question:

- What, if there are several planets tightened by Nodes, and they all participate in Legend?

In this case we should apply everything above mentioned to all these planets and congratulate owner of such Karma with assigned mission. In fact, such position activates a huge amount of information regarding debt programs, which are very difficult to be comprehended quickly because a square aspect does not provide its master with sufficient amount of strength and understanding. Contrary to it, any ‘square’ situations take away too much energy from person. If a planet tightened by Nodes does not participate in Legend, a person at the end will sort it out and understand what he should do regarding themes of such planet’s House. But if such planet forms Legend, then, even if a person sorts out his problems, there won’t become less of them, because primarily it is a duty of such planet to remind person continuously about his karmic debt obligations.

Thus, we understood that above mentioned situation tells what tasks and themes of his life a person should consider as most important, and what problems he should sort out thoroughly, spending a lot of Time on them. In case he accepts recommendations of Karma, he won’t have significant troubles in life. But if an owner of such karmic ‘load’ ignores instructions of a planet and tasks specified by its House, at the end he will resemble ‘walking misfortune’ evoking in people nothing but pity and remorse.

We have to add here that a planet tightened by Nodes but independent from Legend does not create continuous tension, and person may for some time calm down by a false sense that ‘everything is fine’ in his life. In this way he postpones very important tasks solution. The ‘Legendary planet’, being tightened by Nodes, does not give relaxation even for a minute, and obliges person to be always involved in reality connected with themes of its House. Herein contains a difference between totally free planet, planet tightened by Nodes and the same planet, but ‘legendary’ in its level of influencing us.

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So, the Legends specify themes and topics which will be always strongly emphasized in our life. At that, we shall often consider them as incidentally induced, though in reality they are drawn into one’s life-stream by karmic conditions. In this process our natal chart can work in various ways, and we shall explore it considering many other conditions: transits, solar returns etc. Moreover, we may forget about Legend or its guidance. But what is interesting, that we will never be able to move beyond the limits of our ‘karmic plane’ and sometimes, looking back through lived years we shall get convinced that same themes accompanied us for many years, becoming habitual life keynote. And, if we still can sometimes refuse ordinary tasks or independently define the Time for their implementation, we shall never be able to run away from debt topics, because they are formed by the needles of our karmic ‘compass’. Moreover, we won’t be able even a little bit postpone implementation term of any task.

SECOND MODE OF WORKING WITH THE NODES

Search for spiritual ‘treasure’

Now we shall try to explore one more method of working with Nodes. Possibly it may look primitive, but still one should be aware of it. Moreover, seeming simplicity of defining essence of karmic tasks does not make this method less worthy than Legends and will help us very quickly to specify our main task and the ways of its realization.Using this method, we must consider retrograde and direct movement of planets, but at the same time we won’t consider direction of the Nodes movement, taking their retrograde motion for foundation. Proceeding from this condition and also from the fact that planets always move in opposite direction to Nodes (except retrograde planets), we should find those direct planets which are last along the path of Nodes motion.Imagining the North Node moving in circle, we shall find out that it touches all planets in turn, till the last one on its way. Precisely this last planet is the one we are interested in. Let’s call it a planet of the North Node. The same move we need to do in regard with the South Node and find the last planet on its way. Let’s call it a planet of the South Node. In this way we have got two planets (in some cases one), and can start examining them. Naturally, these planets may be situated in any place, but they will be always last ones on the way of one or other Node. In this, we consider neither speed of heavenly body nor its aspects. We are interested only in its placement regarding the Node.

Applying this method, we have to accept several conditions. We should not consider retrograde planets, because moving in the same direction, they will never

meet with Nodes. We should also not take those planets that are conjunct with one or the other Node. For

conjunction of the Nodes and planets we can use orbis up to six degrees. We do not take into account fictitious points and other fictitious objects, i.e. we work only with

real heavenly bodies.

Listener’s question:

- What, if along the Node’s way the last will be stellium or simply conjunction?

Then we will examine the last planet of stellium, but not the retrograde one.

Now we need to find out what such planets tell us.

Planet which is the last en route of the South Node, is a planet of realization of so called inner goal. It tells what experience is the most important for us, though discoverable with greatest difficulties, and

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which qualities we should discover and develop inside us. In this, if we genuinely wish to work on self-perfection, creating spiritual values, we should consciously interact with streams of such planet, understand principles of its manifestations, and also figure out its possibilities as being a ruler of concrete life themes.

Planet which is the last en route of the North Node shows ways that help to develop qualities described by a planet of the South Node. We have to understand that these ways will be always expressed with the help of planetary principles and vibrations of heavenly body, which we ought to discover and then learn applying them.

Interesting is, that finding in our horoscope such planets and examining them, we’ll find out that precisely with them we have a very deep connection and that expression of their planetary principles is very important for us. In reality, qualities of these heavenly bodies are kind of inner tools – activating them, we can grow harmoniously and solve many problems. These are spheres which will be in some mystical way highlighted in our inner reality, helping us to get attuned for mastering any task.

We can imagine (symbolically, of course), that we go in search of treasure and at the end discover it with the help of Nodes. But it is not located somewhere outside and is not in the form of material values, but always remains inside us, being expressed through planets. That is why we can call this method a ‘search for spiritual treasure’, and ourselves as ‘treasure hunters’.

First ‘treasure’

Natal chart: BORIS 01.05.1947, Saint- Petersburg; time of birth 14:50:04

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The North Node is in Gemini, South Node in Sagittarius. Let us define retrograde planets: they are Jupiter, Neptune, Chiron – we remove them from our search. Next we see whether there is any planet conjunct with one or other Node. In our example there are no close conjunctions with Nodes, just a planet placed in the same sign as the North Node. Now we shall start to examine planets’ placement in circle, starting from the South Node. Thus, if our South Node moves clockwise towards direct planets, first on its way will be retrograde Jupiter, Chiron, Neptune, then the Moon, Pluto, Saturn, Uranus, North Node, the Sun, Mercury, Mars, Venus. Venus became the last en route of the South Node, so we may define it as the South Node’s planet.

The same thing we do regarding the North Node’s position. Thus, first on its way is the Sun, then Mercury, Mars, Venus, further the South Node, retrograde Jupiter, Chiron, Neptune, then the Moon, Pluto, Saturn and Uranus. The last planet North Node meets with is Uranus, so we may define it as the North Node’s planet.

Thus we found two heavenly bodies which can help this horoscope’s owner to sort out many things, to realize a reason of some misfortunes and also to learn about the most harmonious ways to develop life patterns.

In our example Venus is the South Node’s planet. She tells ‘treasure’ owner which inner qualities he has to discover and develop to the utmost measure. Correspondingly, a person should learn to identify vibrations of this planet inside him, trying to interact with them all the time.

Uranus in our example is the North Node’s planet, explaining which qualities must be developed by person in order to reveal inside him possibilities of harmonious interaction with the planet of goal, Venus. Uranus also tells which qualities will help his owner to perfect his Venus and themes ruled by her.

Further on, locating the South and North Nodes planets, we can examine their placement in natal chart and also define them as real rulers of some particular tasks, but it is not our subject now.

Thus, in our example we received instructions from Venus and Uranus. In this, Venus tells which qualities person should reveal inside him and develop till perfection. Uranus tells us that ways of developing Venusian qualities will have Uranian character. It can be expressed through unexpected changes in partners’ relationships imposed by Uranus, or there may be freedom-loving ‘Venuses’, especially in the male chart. Besides, horoscope owner himself will most probably be rather independent in building relationships with partners. Maybe astrology studies will help him to sort out his problems with women and as a whole, with correct sensing of surrounding World’ states. Also, ‘treasure’ owner will have to learn how to interact harmoniously with his purse and whole material World as such. Moreover, he has to learn to identify streams of Venus inside him and understand them, develop responsiveness, sensitivity in communication with others, manage emotions and everything else that is included in range of tasks specified by Venus, and he will always do it with the help of Uranian streams and Uranian themes.

Necessary to say, that we have this method not for building any additional ‘constructions’ on its base in the form of various theories. Its value is that it is simple and helps to make quick snap- analysis of a chart and explain person what are the ways of his inner development. Again, using this method, we may view the Nodes as compass ‘needles’ pointing to us principles and qualities requiring our special attention. Returning to our example, we can immediately tell a person: “Pay attention to your Venus, learn to feel her vibrations, understand what she offers to you”. Possibly, he has to perfect and comprehend in a deeper way themes connected with his attitude towards material values. In such a way, we guide person towards inner work with his own qualities defined by concrete planet and, most probably, namely these will

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appear very significant for him. Moreover, mastering these, person will reveal many new things and grasp a lot.

Looking deeper to position of these planets, we shall see that in reality, while implementing our chosen aims and tasks, it is precisely an ability to vibrate consciously in frequency range of planets defined by the Nodes that will help us to master any task in the most harmonious way. Moreover, if we are conscious enough, we shall discover soon that the North Node’s planet describing ways of our qualities’ development always accompanies us and assists in all affairs, independently of its transits. We can say this planet manifests as some universal Principle, reminding us that we deal with very deep levels of our experience.

Listener’s question:

- What if these planets participate also in Legend?

In this case we should work with them especially carefully. Moreover, it may happen that one of the planets will be tightened by Nodes. Then one should pay utmost attention to it, because such planet may create a lot of problems to its owner. It can forcefully oblige him to change his qualities, offering rather disharmonious situations and themes for contemplation. Basically, person may end up being totally dependent on such planet, its House topics, and also problems of the House which is under its real rulership.

But even if this planet does not form Legend and is free from nodal opposition, still one has to pay a lot of attention to her. We have to add few more words here. Comprehending vibrations of the South and North Node planets inside us, getting attuned to them, we shall find out that their vibrations continuously accompany us and we are connected with them in some inexplicable mystical way. Naturally, all our transformations evoked by manifestations of these heavenly bodies always occur inside us. In fact, these planets are given to us for our active inner development.

We can assume that each one of us has some inner self-development plan describing individual path of spiritual transformation. Planets of the Nodes show where to start our work from and what qualities will be main ‘tuners’ of our life-stream, i.e. what frequency range is necessary for us in order to implement all our possibilities in the most harmonious way. In this, planet itself may be quite tense, but we are always able to work out this tension consciously and deliberately. In this case, changing (consciously tuning) our instruments, we can in the same conscious way form harmonious connections in those spheres of our life where we find them to be the most complicated.

Listener’s question:

- What if there are no planets in one of hemispheres formed by Nodes?

One should not be confused by that. Moreover, it is possible that we will have to examine one and the same planet as ruler of both North and South Nodes, it happens quite often. We should search this planet (or planets) in the same way as described in the beginning.

Sometimes it happens that one nodal hemisphere consists only of retrograde planets. In this case we do according to our rules, i.e. do not consider such planets.

Listener’s question:

- Should we take into account fictitious points?

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Better to avoid it, though it may be possible, that soon we will have to work with them, but currently it is advisable to deal only with planets.

Second ‘treasure’

Natal chart: ELENA 13.11.1965, Alupka, Crymea region, time of birth 16:20:00

The South Node is in Sagittarius, North Node

– in Gemini. We look for retrograde planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Chiron, and as in the previous chart, eliminate them from our search. Further we see whether there are planets conjunct with the Nodes. We find there is Mercury in the South Node’s sign, but not conjunct with it.

Thus, if the South Node moves towards direct planets, first on its way will be the Sun, then Neptune, Uranus, Pluto, the Moon (retrograde Jupiter, Saturn and Chiron were removed), further Venus and Mercury. So, Mercury became the last heavenly body en route of the South Node. Respectively, Mercury is the South Node’s planet.

In the same way we shall examine North Node’s movement regarding this horoscope’s planets. In our chart retrograde Chiron is the first heavenly body, followed by retrograde Saturn, so we eliminate them. Then there is Venus, Mars, Mercury, South Node, the Sun, Neptune, Uranus, Pluto, the Moon and Jupiter. Thus Jupiter became the last planet en route of the North Node, but being retrograde, we remove it from our search. In such case we should locate the planet before Jupiter, and it is the Moon. As a result, the Moon becomes the planet of the North Node, being the last en route of North Node’s motion.

Thus, Mercury is the South Node’s planet and the Moon the North Node’s planet. Now we should explain this horoscope owner that she needs to master all Mercurian themes, to learn socializing, to master principles of communication, develop ability of gaining control over quality of pronounced words, and else that is included in the range of tasks denoted by Mercury. At the same time she has to learn using Lunar programs expressed through emotional sphere, and in her interaction with Mercurian themes she

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should be conscious about importance of emotional influence on quality of communication. We may say that quality of links she plans to create in her life depends on her emotional condition.

We need to add, that in this chart the South Node’s planet participates in formation of Legend, meaning it becomes much more important in person’s life, and one has to pay utmost attention to it. Moreover, recollecting this chart in connection with explored Legend (second chart), we shall see that Mercury directly participates in determining direction of main karmic programs development. It means that this planet will constantly remind about itself, forcing its owner to develop all planetary qualities and consider all nuances of ‘Mercurian life’.

Third ‘treasure’

Natal chart: SERGEY SH. 31.08.1970, Moscow, time of birth 15:15:00

The South Node is in Virgo, the North Node – in Pisces. Let’s find retrograde planets. They are Mercury and Chiron. Mars is conjunct with the South Node in Leo, while the Moon and Sun in Virgo. Respectively, we have to eliminate from our search Mercury, Chiron, Mars, Moon and the Sun.

So, if we now see movement of the South and North Nodes, we shall see that the last planet on their ways will be respectively Pluto and Saturn.

In this regard we have to understand what tasks are there for this chart’s owner. First of all, he needs a lot of strength and courage to find inner ability to transform qualitatively all his states. Secondly, he will have to agree with all restrictions required for utmost transformation of all his qualities. Naturally, these are very hard tasks. And really, owner of this chart continuously faces themes of restrictions in his life. Moreover, the moment he attempts to run away from them, he is immediately involved in events that attract Pluto vibrations.

Listener’s question:

- What can we advise to person with such Nodes?

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First of all we have to make him understand his task and explain how Plutonian currents work. Person will have to learn discovering these currents’ work inside him, though it is very difficult, but still, sometimes one can trace their vibrations at event level and then comprehend them inside. Pluto creates constant inner tension one cannot run from, just the opposite, one must work with it – consciously, deliberately interacting with it on inner level. Only then an active restructuring of all inner positions – ethical, emotional and physical can take place.

Also we need to warn person that in some cases he may endure huge inner tension which he won’t be always able to comprehend appropriately, because of dealing with the highest planet. Nevertheless, it is precisely this inner tension and his correct reaction to it that will help him to change outer life positions. For instance, relations with his wife, children, business partners etc will start changing. Thus, speaking with person in this way, we will help him to realize principles of Plutonian manifestations.

Next, we have to tell owner of such ‘treasure’ about Saturn and his possibilities and influence on anyone of us. The task consists in learning to perceive peacefully any limitations and respond to them wisely, moreover, manage to use them in one’s work. Also it is necessary to develop concentration, accuracy in work, precision and else offered to us by Saturn. Further we tell person that such work requires a lot of Time, and he should never be in a hurry in dealing with any task. In such a way we gradually guide person towards serious inner work, till he starts feeling vibrations of Saturn inside him, his organizing power helping to create stability in all matters.

We have to say, that dealing with the highest planet connected with Node, in some cases we can eliminate it from our explorations. In that case while determining planets of the South and North Nodes we shall use only septener’s planets.

In our example it will look in a following way. We again examine Nodes movement, but now, in such ‘abridged version’ the last planet en route of the South Node will be Venus, and en route of the North Node – Saturn.

This additional condition may be used when both planets are highest. In this case person can be offered two options of work with his qualities. The first one will be directed towards achievement of harmony in interaction with big egregors and the whole Space as such. The second option, when we take into account only septener planets, will to a greater extent help person to sort out his inner problems and realize better some of his qualities. Though, of course, one should not get carried away by such lightweight version of interacting with Karma, because our karmic conditions always presuppose manifestations of honesty and bravery from our side.

We need to add a few words here concerning examined method of ‘treasure’ detection. If we do not perceive recommendations of the Nodes planets for a long time, then problems and topics of the North Node’s planet start to provoke active manifestations of the South Node’s planet. These will be definitely formulated in recommendations-requirements expressed not only at the situational level, but also through various inner states that correspond to qualities of given heavenly body. One has to say that such requirements can become rather unpleasant, evoking at times significant discomfort on all levels of our being.

Thus, planets of the South and North Node tell us which qualities and abilities we have to comprehend deeply, and vibrations of which heavenly bodies we have to interact with continuously, developing all our skills. In this we need to understand that the Nodes’ planets may have quite weak positions in horoscope, i.e. can be in detriment, fall or have overall tense aspects. Nevertheless, we need to discover their vibrations inside us and develop all qualities offered by them. Working with the Nodes’ planets we have

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to remember that we are being offered constant interaction with their currents, irrespective of transits. In this process none is interested how these planets’ currents express for us – harmoniously or tensely – these are our own problems.

When we deliberately develop qualities of the South and North Nodes’ planets, all levels of our interaction with heavenly bodies start working – emotional, mental, situational, and our Consciousness broadens. Necessary to say, that any conscious entry into interaction with any planetary principle through discovery and comprehension of its currents inside oneself provides the most powerful expansion of Consciousness. That is why, if, after prolong sufferings we are able to discover manifestations of the Nodes’ planets inside us and then consciously change our reactions on these manifestations, we can be sure that we may reach a very high spiritual level in future. Adding to this our sincere desire to make our impacts on the World maximum harmonious, we may expect big successes in mastering many problems. Moreover, in this case we create wonderful inner helpers in the form of developed intuition, premonition, subtle feeling of the moment of Time. And in spite of the fact that the method we examined is quite simple, it forces us to transform our inner reality very actively.

Part five

Transits

Transits of the Lunar Nodes through natal Houses

Moving through natal Houses, on one side the Nodes show what is the best working sphere for us, what life domains should be developed. On the other side – what debt obligations we have to ponder about, and what are the themes we have to deal with very accurately because of their maximum closed nature.

Because of their reverse motion, Lunar Nodes always enter to any House from its end. Then they gradually move to the beginning of the House, i.e. to its cusp. In this way the Nodes invisibly lead us to concrete themes of the House and help us to see these themes more and more clearly.

Approaching cusp of one or other House, the Nodes compel us to be more and more attentive towards tasks of a given House and force us to comprehend more clearly a fact, that given themes and tasks are really very important in our life.

The North Node

Transiting North Node, as a rule, provides us an opportunity to concentrate and develop topics of the House it enters. It tells to us that for some Time tasks of this House will be expressed more actively in our life. The closer North Node approaches a cusp of the House, the more perceptible and persistent become its themes. Usually we think: “How is it possible, that a task I didn’t pay attention to for a long Time, became very important for me now, and I think about it continuously”. Even if the House is not filled with planets, still an interest towards tasks offered by transiting North Node intensifies.

It is necessary to say, that in this regard we can notice following patterns. For example, in someone’s chart the 10th House has no planets. Naturally, owner of a given position will not be too much concerned about career problems. Being sufficiently expressed professionally, he never yearned for power or any high post. This position was also supported by a real ruler of his 10th House, which according to its position did not permit active socializing for his owner. Nevertheless, as soon as the transiting North Node entered his 10th House and worked there for some Time, this horoscope owner began to experience necessity for a vivid self-expression in his profession and getting a higher post. Of course we understand that not necessarily decisive changes will take place in his life during such transit, but still his thoughts

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and actions’ direction will be absolutely certain. In fact, therein lays transiting North Node’s task – to direct the course of our thoughts and point out possible options of mastering different tasks. Sometimes such concentrated attention becomes sufficient that we may start perceiving some of our qualities and significantly change course of our Karma.

The eclipses also pay an important role here. As we understand, transiting some House, the North Node (equally as the South Node) will naturally, once in half a year bring to given House additional, special influences formed by eclipses. In other words, when any House experiences transit eclipse, we receive particular impulses helping us more actively mastering tasks defined by a given House, thus correcting our path.

In our example transiting North Node switched into action topics of natal 10th House and brought to them eclipse currents – so, no wonder, that person started to feel necessity in a clearer determination of his place in society.

Listener’s question:

- Isn’t it better to solve any problem in between the eclipses period?

Of course, for a more peaceful development of new qualities and tasks mastery it is best to use the Time between the eclipses. But if, for one or other reason we do not master our problems in so called free period, then, during the eclipse Time some impulse gets infused into our life Space, activating us to the utmost measure, and we shall in any case start implementing our tasks.

Returning to our example we can assume that during the period free from eclipses, transiting North Node could not influence themes of empty 10th House too actively. But after another eclipse a person suddenly discovers for himself that his life is getting actively invaded by new topics connected with themes of this House. He is being offered a higher post and he is told: “Govern, manage, create your own directions, schools, management systems”. And in spite of the fact that person may be rather lazy regarding the 10 th House themes, but during such heavenly circumstances part of his life corresponding to these topics becomes more emphasized and forces him to respond actively. In this case one should not refuse those offers that come through transit eclipse.

In this connection we can work in a following way. Not permitting particular topic to become an accomplished fact (sometimes very unpleasant), one can see beforehand placement of transiting Houses during the eclipse and impose them on natal chart. Themes of transiting House of eclipse tell what should be considered in work with natal themes that coincided at the moment of eclipse. Also they tell which events or topics one should attract, emphasizing attention on them in order to obtain particular result. Usually transiting house and its themes offer themselves as helpers for developing natal topics. In this way we receive additional information and can use it for a long Time.

If we return to our example and suppose, that while superimposing two charts, the natal 10th House coincides with transiting 8th House, then we can make following conclusion. Person should consciously realize those qualitative changes in his value system, which occurred in regard to changes in his professional activities. Moreover, in this case it is very important to trace how he forms his relation with changed social status and how he is able to ‘hold’ inside inner tension in solving problems connected with organizing big groups, or governing big teams. Also it is important to remind person that transiting North Node will approach closer and closer to natal MC and advice chart’s owner to be very attentive towards themes of a given House. Besides, it is quite possible that another eclipse may take place on MC. It will mean that person’s path is readjusted to the utmost measure.

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Here we have to add that in any case eclipses happen every six months, and we can continuously explore impact of transiting eclipse charts over natal themes. If concerned natal House is extended, its themes will experience influence of several eclipses, and thus they will change a lot. Sometimes it looks as a help, but sometimes as toughening some life conditions. One has to understand that transiting Sun will appear in this part of horoscope at least once, maximally lightening topics of this House and compelling our self-expression to be more active.

Thus, moving through natal Houses, transiting North House exposes their themes, activates them, makes brighter, more understandable for us and we, unexpectedly for ourselves get involved into their implementation, even if there are no planets in these Houses. We can say that transiting any House, the North Node highlights a task and leads us towards a goal. The Node shows us which themes become the most significant for us in a concrete period of Time, and we can always fully rely on its recommendations. Simultaneously, we should remember that in case we worked well, accepting North Node’s instructions, then in the moment of his entry to the House’ cusp we shall obtain some result. Possibly, it may be very nice and attractive, because the North Node always tells how to solve one or other task most competently. Though, obviously, one cannot refuse any other life plot as well.

Necessary to say, that transiting North Node always tells which House will be infused by additional information and additional energy, that help in our self-development in regard with implementing particular tasks. Though, of course, person can always say “I don’t want to work’, thus missing Time, so important for him.

In this connection we may again return to the same example. Several years ago transiting North Node was placed in Leo and then entered Cancer sign. This position coincided with the 10th House of previously mentioned chart. During this specified transit the chart’s owner started to receive offers connected with possibility of professional growth and change of social status. Having medical education, he was able to enroll in non-traditional massage courses, complete them and receive diploma. In spite of the fact that these courses were very costly, somehow financial side was solved as if by itself. Also some new connections appeared, helping to solve a lot of problems evoked by lack of Time. Nevertheless, completing the courses, horoscope owner returns back to his habitual reality, ignoring all signs coming from the outer World in the form of various offers of lecturing, professional work or organizing his own centre. Person has been told: “Go, work, create, form new directions”. He used to answer: “I will wait for a while. I’ve got diploma, that’s enough. I am quite satisfied”. Some more Time passes and he gets an offer to collaborate with a group of doctors. He refuses again. Meanwhile, transiting North Node gradually approaches to natal MC. Some more Time elapses, the Node steps to MC and then departs to the 9th House, completing his work in the 10th House. This person, till that moment experiencing necessity to express himself actively, obviously quickly loses this need. But the most interesting is that when the North Node entered his 9th House, he realized that he had all possibilities for professional implementation, and he could have done so much. Also he experienced feeling of lost opportunities, and concrete life situations confirmed this loss. Trying to find support from others, he requests: “Help me, I am ready to work with anybody”, but nobody is able to find real social circumstances relevant to his demands. Moreover, his empty 9th House, apparently, could have provided significant broadening of Consciousness and success only in connection with a new level of professional skills and social status. But could not attract all past accumulations of person. Then return of the Nodes happened, and naturally, main karmic programs got rectified. After that, the North Node entered his 8th House - after experiencing stress, chart owner was forced to part with his associates and partners, without realizing that precisely rejection of professional activity provoked this breakup. It was his loss of professional stability that evoked misunderstanding of his partner’s demands, unwillingness to admit his insolvency, and also necessity to obey more professional expressions of his partner.

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Thus, when the North Node moves through some natal House, particular tension is created there, which we perceive through more vividly expressed topics of particular House. In this process, the Node provides us with hints on situational level: circumstances start developing in a very particular way, so that we understand what to do next. If during this Time person gets any offer connected with professional activity (as in our example), it is better to accept it and work with it till North Node emphasizes these themes, lightens them brightly, helping us to define more correct direction of our growth. Later the Node will move to other topics and we shall face altogether different tasks.

In this way, after receiving impulse from the North Node, realizing and developing it, we may go further, placing into our ‘luggage’ achieved working experience with themes of a previous House.

In our example the North Node departs into the 9th House. Naturally, in this case person is offered some learning program, or he likes to travel, and the Node will create corresponding conditions. All previously specified and correctly realized recommendations that came from previous House (from the 10 th in our example) will continue to grow, and if we started working with them in time (i.e. when they were strengthened by Nodes influences) we should not be afraid to lose them. That is why when transiting North Node departs from some natal House, it does not mean that all themes ruled by this House finish. But during the period when the Node activates these themes we can master particular tasks more actively, receiving maximum amount of energy. Besides this, the whole World will help us during this period to be involved precisely with problems specified by Nodes, and it should be perceived as a hint or help. Though, of course, we have to display our effort, agreement with new conditions, as well as understanding of necessity to pass particular path and master the task.

Listener’s question:

- Is it absolutely obligatory to agree with offers issued from the North Node?

Absolutely. Moreover, we need to understand that the North Node never exerts violence, it performs its work invisibly and, accepting its offer, we shall be later surprised how our life changed, and mainly direction of our thoughts, quality of our value system and else. In fact, this is the reason we monitor transits of the Nodes, so that we get ready to work with those life topics, which can maximally change us, our possibilities and our World perception.

Listener’s question:

- Can it happen that person does not like offer proceeding from the North Node?

Of course it may happen, but still it is better to accept it or least to contemplate for a while about offered theme. Thing is, that the Nodes express themselves very subtly, unobtrusively, and one has to consider it. That is why it is possible that even we may miss Karma’s instructions, but in that case nobody knows how our future life will unfold. In this scenario anyone of us may act the role of destructor of our own life-stream. Moreover, working with nodal axis we should not forget that in reality we deal with our individual Time machine, with that very Time axis which is attuned towards implementing all karmic tasks.

In reality one can imagine nodal axis as clock hands (being always in opposition to each other) that maximally stretch the time stream (symbolically, of course!). The most interesting is that if we accept ‘nodal’ offer and timely implement Karma’s instructions, the current created by Nodes will give us a lot of energy. We know that the more energy we have, the more Time we have at our disposition and thus can easily and quickly solve even the most complex task. In other words, our individual Time ‘stretches’, i.e. symbolically we receive a larger volume of Time for mastering any karmic task. When we refuse

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offered work, we simply lose Time and possibility to implement this task in the most suitable conditions. We may also say: if we agree with recommendations specified by the Nodes, then the Time stream becomes more flexible and we shall be provided additional Time and strength.

What is important – exploring the North Node and accepting its recommendations, we may almost always count on good luck, help, support, additional strength, because precisely with correct usage of North Node currents we are being actively connected with our aim.

In this regard we should note one more very important moment. Dealing with fictitious points we have to consider influence of our Consciousness on process of forming and implementing any task. In other words, if we are aware about necessity of certain work, moreover, if we understand wherefrom comes this necessity, then our strength grows and Time becomes longer as well. We can say that influencing a task with our Consciousness, we intensify work of fictitious point. There is no miracle here. When our Consciousness begins not only noting what is happening, but also managing actively our thoughts, states, actions, emotional experiences, then any transit becomes more active. This pertains to all fictitious points, including Lilith and Selena.

Listener’s question:

- Can you please elaborate on this aspect of our life?

We spoke quite a lot about peculiarities of our Consciousness’ manifestations while exploring aspects to Nodes. However, in regard with nodal transits study, we can return to this subject once again and add some points to it.

When we work with our Consciousness, we should not just passively think about offered task. We should be self-conscious in process of its implementation, realizing quality of our work in regard with given task or life plot, and quality of our attitude towards it. In this process, fragments of certain life themes may obviously not be up to our liking, but we should be conscious of our unwillingness to deal with them. In case we deliberately realize our unwillingness and sometimes overcome passivity, laziness (possibly, fear) through “I cannot”, then our life stream would undergo amazing transformations of qualities pertaining to our experience. In that case our natural volition directed towards one’s own inner states will enhance understanding of a new level of our abilities to manage these states. Moreover, we shall be gifted knowledge about how to solve the problem that evokes fear, discomfort etc.

We should understand this, because precisely at our Time, as never before, interconnections between individual Consciousness and processes taking place around us, interconnections between Consciousness and points of Space and Time, and also with all our inner positions start manifesting very brightly.

Applying abovementioned condition to the North Node, we may say that dealing with it consciously and deliberately, we are able to attract a huge amount of energy and Time into our life-stream. In other words, our Consciousness activates work of the Node, and that's worth it.

The South Node

The South Node, equally as the North Node, first enters the end of the House and moves towards its cusp. In this process the Node takes away some elements of our incarnation. Speaking symbolically, the Node collects tribute, takes away or liberates us from old experience, ties worked off material in a knot. It can be compared with a waste bin. The Node removes those life themes that are outworn, and accordingly points out to those programs which are ready to be given away. In this way the South Node cleans up our life Space, frees us of some heaviest fragments of our experience, but doesn’t perform it always subtly,

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sometimes even manifesting open coercion. We can add here following: the Node terminates some of the heaviest and less realized tasks, while we often feel we are deprived of the dearest and habitual stuff.

When the North Node passes through the House, we receive, albeit once in 18 years, but still, gifts connected with particular topics of our Karma. But when the South Node crosses a natal House, we lose particular themes once in 18 years. On the other side, precisely transits of the South Node significantly alleviate our debt programs. Respectively, such transits can be regarded as liberating, removing slags from our life-stream.

While implementing many themes in our life we collect a multitude of negative elements or rather indecent qualities. There can be many reasons for that, but most often it happens because of inaccuracy of executing some task, our inattentiveness towards details, sometimes disregard towards that, what we deem not to be worthy of our attention or possibilities. But because we are self-developing ‘objects’ of our reality, we need to have a system for removing heavy, low frequency programs. As we already understood, it is the South Node that took upon himself a role of a cleaner that is able to sweep away karmic ‘garbage’ from our reality. And we have to say that he always does it successfully, removing those elements from our life Space, which we either ourselves could not shed away or realize them fully and implement timely in solving some tasks.

Transiting South Node liberates us from those problems that come into its view. If we have been inattentive for a long Time towards themes which ‘came into view’ of the Node, then it is quite possible that we will have to part with them for rather prolonged period. Reason for parting with them is, that touching these themes, the South Node automatically begins to remove them from our life, freeing us from ‘material’ we are unable to work with in the future, because it was not understood fully. Symbolically speaking, the Node ‘swallows’ something we do not cope with, though we may feel as if very important part of our life is being taken away from us.

Let’s note following: while solving any task, if we invest enough awareness in it, understand reason of its appearance in our life and also agree with necessity to deal with it, then a strong new experience becomes our helper in any following action. In this case we use this experience and constantly transform it. Such working mode does not presuppose existence of any slag formed by our unreasonableness. Respectively, touching ‘intelligent’ themes, the South Node will peacefully pass by across the House, and nothing will happen. But being inattentive, we may underestimate the importance of offered tasks. In such case some topics and ‘characters’ connected with them, specified by transiting South Node may be lost. In other words, pushing away some problems because of misunderstanding their importance for us, we compel the South Node to ‘pick up’ these problems, realizing suddenly that we lose something significant, and exclaiming: “What was I thinking before?”

In this way the South Node shows what was important for us, but cannot be changed anymore, because the Time elapsed when it was still possible to influence the task, but at the same time the moment came when it is simply necessary to demonstrate experience formed during implementation of this task.

As a rule, while crossing the House, transiting South Node specifies final stage of work on some life topic, and for some Time takes this topic away from our reality. Still, we should not perceive its actions as purely destructive or fear that given topic abandons us forever. Such transit simply shows us that in a given concrete Time specified theme or problem has no possibility to develop in such a way as we would like it, or as it was planned by karmic plane. Naturally, there is some fatality in it, and we have to accept that level of accumulations which we have. Though in any case, after some Time (precisely, after 18 years) we can again start to develop a theme or life plot removed earlier, and possibly, will do it more competently.

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Working with South Node’s transits we have to remember that it signifies such tasks, dealing with which one cannot expect any outer help or hope for new contacts. The Node forces us to count only on our past achievements connected with given problems. If these achievements are found to be rather questionable, the Node will simply take away all defective results of our creativity.

Very often, traversing some natal House, transiting South Node creates emotional tension connected with work on themes of a given House. Also, crossing natal House, the South Node warns us that certain tasks in regard with themes of this House could be poorly realized by us and we are not always able to evaluate correctly all significance of tasks raised before us, or we may too strongly exaggerate their importance. Sometimes we may discover our total insolvency in implementing themes of a given House.

So, while transiting North Node shows us what are the tasks mastering which, one can expect help and support from the outer World, the transiting South Node shows which themes of our life end up without significant support and attention from others. Nevertheless it does not mean we should refuse working with these themes. Moreover, there are such important tasks and themes of our life which we can never run from, whatever heavy transits touch them. These are themes defined by Patrimonial Karma, or partnership program. Even if transiting South Node disturbs them, they will still sound in our life, though becoming rather tense during this period, carrying along sometimes a lot of distress and disappointments.

Listener’s question:

- How should one behave when transiting South Node enters 11th House?

Crossing 11th House, the South Node will define qualities of our friends, and we may experience disappointment in regard with all our surrounding. Maybe some friend of ours will be taken away. Also it may be possible that experiencing certain discomfort in communication, we won’t be able to participate actively in collective activities. We need to understand, that 11th House themes are very important, teaching us to build correct perspective in our life, calculate our actions for several steps ahead. When the South Node transits 11th House, possibly a vision of one’s prospect may get weaker and during this Time person should not make far-reaching plans. Rather the opposite, he should think more about a current moment of Time.

Listener’s remark:

- Maybe it is recommendation to live here and now.

Yes, but devoting ourselves totally to chosen work. 11th House helps to implement particular programs (including social ones), but slightly in another dimension, in another quality – i.e. not only for oneself, but also for the whole World as such. Crossing 11th House, transiting South Node may force us to be strongly grounded and won’t allow any our dream to come true. This is a fatal condition, so one has to be beforehand ready that once touching themes of 11th House, the Node will force us to abandon implementing too distant plans. Symbolically speaking, the Node will draw them so close to us that we won’t feel like dealing with them.

In reality we should perceive the South Node as a great teacher who shows us where we have to be very careful, attentive, and where we should not count on help from the outer World. Any transit of the South Node is interesting, as it shows specifically, ‘where not to go’, and also indicates where one should manifest utmost delicacy and caution.

Approaching a cusp of natal House, transiting South Node usually sets clearly all points. That is why this period should be understood as a Time given us for practical rework or refinement of all themes specified

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by the transit. During this process we may experience tiredness, emotional discomfort, sometimes physical ailments. Nevertheless, the work defined by the Node should be treated with big respect and realization of necessity to implement it.

So, passing through natal Houses, transiting South Node creates limitations in using our possibilities to solve problems. In reality, it may become a good lesson for those who can timely discover these limitations, realize them and accept that some problems or life topics became very complex at certain period of Time. At the same time, manifestations of the South Node may be considered as totally fatal, unable to be influenced by anybody. Verily it is so, because the Node signifies completion of any process and warns us that some program finishes its continuance in the form it existed till date. In other words, this program should not be repeated anymore, because the 18 years cycle of its development and formation of experience in its regard has ended. From the other side, this program can again come up in our life after some Time, but then it will look in a completely different way.

Very often themes of the House that is transited by the South Node are colored by heavy, low frequency emotions. Such states can take place when we do not understand what is happening with us and can’t solve the task. Sometimes we perceive the South Node’s transit as unhappy Time for us, this happening because we are being taken away very important components of our life, though not needed anymore for anyone. We may consider that we part with the past experience created while working with Karma’s task specified by concrete House. Sometimes, when the South Node approaches to IC, some of our ancestors may pass away. It may happen and one has to be prepared for it. Entering to the 5th House and approaching its cusp, the South Node can lead away the child. Though sometimes it may simply restrict themes connected with gambling etc, and this can be viewed as a good thing for a gambler that burns his life and annoys others by his carelessness.

Listener’s question:

- Can person shift to another flat during the South Node’s transit through the 4th House?

It is good if person simply shifts to another place without any losses, because more often we part with themes touched by the South Node. That is why, during this transit most probably a person, shifting to another place will have to part with old house and old style of life, this being not moving, but namely an exit from the old Spot, change of qualities of one’s life Space. We should understand that after contact with the Node, a theme will disappear for awhile out of sight. In this example the Spot will go.

Interesting is, that after nine years, the North Node will inevitably approach this House’ themes and offer us to develop them, but now in a new Time. And it is quite possible that particularly under such transit of the North Node we shall experience a surge of strength and begin to transform our dwelling or start building a new house.

Thus, we complete activities connected with themes of the House emphasized by transiting South Node. In this process we have to realize creation of experience, having concrete proofs to this in the form of harmoniously completed tasks accompanied by peace and serenity in our soul. Or in the form of events accompanied by discomfort states evoked by losses, distress – provided we worked poorly. In any case the Time of active interaction with theme or problem is coming to an end, and namely the South Node defines this Time. It becomes clear now that we always have to get ready for such transit. As soon as the South Node enters the end of any House, one should be very attentive, remembering that we are given a period of 9 years (a period dividing spheres of the Nodes’ temporary influence), so that we take a rest from themes of a given House and then will be again ready to interact with them in a new way.

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Addition to a subject

We understand, that when the South Node enters any House, it means that nine years ago the North Node was in this House. This condition gives us an opportunity to return nine years back and recollect what we did at the Time when we were offered maximum opportunities for growth, development of our qualities and possibilities in regard with a given House.

Recollecting our previous example of transiting North Node working in the 10th House, when person refused its proposals to perfect his professional qualities, we may assume that he is going to have a hard time and trials during the period when transiting South Node approaches his 10th House and starts ‘collecting to its basket’ fragments of experience claimed by none.

So, returning nine years ago to the Time when transiting North Node was placed in a certain place of our chart (precisely where the South Node is situated now), we need to recollect how we managed themes and topics of a given House. Quite possibly we shall discover that in general we ignored these themes. In this case we should not be surprised when nine years after, approaching this House, the South Node highlights all our imperfections and our insolvency and attempts to free us from these, but doing it in its own way and not always harmoniously. But if it comes out that we respectfully managed themes of this House and attempted to develop them, in such case we don’t need to worry about any complications.

Thus, if we desire to know what the losses are going to be in connection with one or other subject of our life in a concrete Time, we need to recollect what was happening nine years ago, what we did not take into consideration at our Time or what was refused by us. Also we may preview movement of nodal axis for nine years ahead and analyze this period in the same way as any other transit.

Thus, it becomes clear now, that giving away our experience with the help of transiting South Node, we free ourselves from some programs and can find out how they will get unfolded in the Future.

Necessary to say, that in general Karma is merciful to us. It is proved by unhurried course of the Nodes along the Zodiac – 18,6 years, helping us to realize deeply our possibilities. During this period we manage to do a lot, but also destroy a lot. One thing is clear – 18,6 years is sufficient term for any event to be fully unfolded in our life, moreover, it is enough Time for a deep realization of this event and creating experience of interacting with it.

‘Shifters’, or formation of integrity

Now we need to talk a little bit about position of inverted Nodes. Nine years after beginning of any nodal cycle the opposite Nodes meet in transits. If we take natal Nodes and examine their transit placements in the age of 9, 27, 46 etc, we shall see that during these years a conjunction between transiting North Node and natal South Node takes place, and correspondingly, conjunction of transiting South Node and natal North Node.

Necessary to say, that these are very interesting periods of our life. We can imagine how transiting North Node fills up our ‘chalice’ of core experience with certain new qualities. In the same time transiting South Node brings quite stable connections to natal North Node – being accumulated by practical work, they help us to expand maximally in our activities.

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In the first case, a cosmic current received by transiting North Node is poured upon natal South Node, offering us new opportunities for developing primary experience. With the help of the North Node outer currents enter our life-stream and begin interacting with our experience, tuning us to a new frequency wave.

In the second case, if we explore relations between transiting South Node and natal North Node, we shall see that in this period transiting South Node, touching natal North Node, reminds him what tasks should be completed, and possibly part with them forever. In such case transiting South Node specifies to natal North Node concrete programs that should be brought to completion and then we must be liberated from them.

Practically, we describe two totally identical processes (just with small differences) that take place simultaneously in two opposite spheres, that allows us to comprehend ourselves as an integral system build in Space-Time continuum. We need to add here, that it is a very important period in our life, given to us for choosing paths of future realization, because in this Time we are maximally free from impact of our own karmic programs.

Thus, when position of ‘shifters’ arises, our whole experience and most promising ways of our Karma development get maximally unfolded and lightened. Such positions happen during the periods of: 9 years – age when we are not yet fully aware of ourselves and our tasks, but ready to perceive ourselves and the World as one whole. Then, 27 years – Time of preparation for the first exam, for Saturn’s return. This period is interesting because in this Time return of a progressive Moon takes place, this being very important for each one of us. If we take 45-46 years – another ‘transit-inversion’ of the Nodes, we shall see that it coincides with half of the second cycle of Saturn. Moreover, during this very Time we are at the last phase of the fourth cycle of Jupiter, and this is also interesting information for contemplation.

Exploring phenomenon of the Nodes inversion, we need to consider that we deal with subtle matter, and if person is not willing to accept instructions of the Nodes, he will simply never find out that at certain Time he is given a huge amount of strength for understanding and implementing many tasks. Moreover, he won’t even notice that there was such position in his life and he could have extracted a lot of information out of it.

Necessary to say that during such periods we always have an opportunity to solve very actively many tasks. It is explained by the fact, that when Nodes overlay each other, the Past and the Future coincides, and we become maximally integral and independent from influence of Time. It can bring unusual inner ascents and deep realization of one’s Being essence. Though, as we already understood, the Nodes may equally show nothing to person, and after many a years he will recollect that Time with sorrow, biting his elbows and lamenting: “Here I had an opportunity, but I missed it”.

In conclusion of this theme we would like to add following. Everything connected with the Nodes happens quite slowly, transit of one or other Node through one house usually lasts one and half – two years, and we can always utilize this condition for a deeper work with those tasks that are indicated by transiting paths of the Nodes. Moreover, knowing this condition, we can adjust beforehand and get ready to any changes connected with activation of particular house themes. For example, examining beforehand transits of the North Node, one can see which themes will have to be developed more actively, and during what Time they can be implemented most harmoniously. Also one has to understand that some life topics may possibly forever leave our reality. In this case one should agree with some discomfort evoked by the South Node’s transit. Here we are required to understand that the Time came for completing certain period of life, Time for realizing one’s mistakes and accepting particular conditions that oblige us to

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renounce habitual way of existence. Though it also happens that South Node transit is manifested as help, relieving us from heavy load created by ourselves out of ignorance.

TRANSITS OF THE NODES TO NATAL PLANETS

This topic is no less interesting than the previous one. But before starting to explore it, we should understand that no nodal transit presupposes any directed impact on a concrete heavenly body. The Node is simply a ‘switchman’ showing direction of our work, and as any fictitious element, cannot independently create in itself any qualities or effect planets in some way. But it can define the Time when qualities or influences of some heavenly body will become most significant for us. Any forms of impact and also any manifestations of qualities and results of interaction of these qualities always proceed from real heavenly bodies, and fictitious points only define terms of possible entry of any event to our life, telling us which planetary vibrations will help us to interact with given event and develop our abilities.

Transits of the North Node to natal planets

If we view North Node as some system attracting multitude of subtle connections from the universe, then we may assume that approaching any natal planet, the North Node enriches this planet with huge amount of these connections and by this activates all its manifestations. Symbolically speaking, meeting a natal planet, transiting North Node lightens it, pouring enormous amount of cosmic substance on it and naturally, forces her to work more efficiently. We may also say in this way: contacting our planet, transiting North Node connects us through her with currents of spatial substance, making this planet maximally manifested, and with the help of its vibrations proposes us to learn how to interact with the outer World and solve tasks in regard with such planet’s themes. Verily, a heavenly body that experiences influence of the North Node upon itself, becomes for a certain Time leading in our life. It resembles a torch radiating glow of particular color – vibration frequency, and begins to express itself very brightly. Respectively, themes governed by such heavenly body become emphasized in our life, and we should perceive the North Node transit as a recommendation to pay attention to this heavenly body and start solving tasks specified by it.Initiating interaction for some Time with our natal planet and tying us very strongly with its currents, the North Node helps us to feel its vibrations sharply and utilize all its qualities. If we consider any planet as an information source, then we can assume that approaching concrete planet, the North Node activates this information and makes it more accessible and understandable. For us it is the best Time to develop and utilize qualities of such planet, moreover, during this period we may count on its support. On emotional and event level such transit is perceived by us as a need or necessity of active expression of our qualities or experience connected with programs of a given planet. For example, if we see that transiting North Node touches natal Uranus, and it is happening in the 11 th House, we can assume that person may display interest in astrology. Other thing is that to implement this interest one has to have many more indications in horoscope, and no fact he becomes an astrologer. But still, during this transit period interest in specified theme will be strongly expressed. If there are defined abilities in natal chart towards such sciences, then most probably person will precisely in this period of Time begin to study astrology actively and reach particular heights. But if during this Time emphasized by given transit person does not desire to develop his Uranian abilities, then after natal Uranus and transiting North Node interaction is over, he will stop feeling tension regarding these themes, further most probably fully forgetting them.Thus, as we already understood, when transiting North Node touches any of our natal planets, many themes connected with given planet get activated. Respectively, we are being given an opportunity to strengthen work with these themes and correct mistakes done in regard with them in the past.The most active influence of transiting North Node on natal planet usually begins within one degree before exact conjunction with it. It is this very period that we start paying attention to impulses proceeding from heavenly body.

Listener’s question:

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- How to work with such transit?

During such ‘meetings’ we should learn to monitor our inner states and attempt to comprehend quality of heavenly body’s influence before the exact aspect between transiting North Node and planet is over. To do this, one has to be very attentive towards changes of any states connected with manifestations of this planet. In this way we form stable connection with it and within 9 years (until transiting South Node connects with this planet) we will be able to develop efficiently all its principles inside us.

Exploring our horoscope, we can beforehand prepare for meeting with any transit, and even if a planet is expressed in the chart weakly, it becomes stronger and more understandable for us due to growing influence of cosmic substance streams upon it. This condition permits us to attune deeply to frequency range of heavenly body and become aware about quality of our interaction with its vibrations. Other thing is that a big amount of tense aspects can sometimes provoke distorted manifestations of planet and create troubles in the sphere of themes ruled by it. But knowing about coming transit and getting ready for it beforehand, we can affect quality of our interaction with heavenly body and create a lot of new, decent experience.

We need to add here that a period of examined transits usually lasts around one and half months, but in any case we need to specify the Time of interaction between the transiting Nodes and natal planet with the help of ephemeris.

Thus, once in 18,6 years for several weeks we can interact very actively with currents of some planet, and refusing such opportunity, we shall later deeply regret we missed it. Moreover, the Nodes represent non-material objects of the Solar system, which means that after vibrating actively with our natal planets and not receiving any feed-back from us, they will peacefully complete their transit without leaving a slightest trace from meeting with planet. That means that such planet did not receive due attention and development from us and as a result we are left with nothing. Now it becomes clear that development level of all qualities of this planet depends on degree of our awareness, on how conscious we are during the transit. Here, precisely an aspect of our Consciousness influencing planetary vibrations becomes dominant, because we can perfect our qualities only under condition of conscious, deliberate cooperation with currents proceeding from the planets.

Listener’s question:

- Can we say that the North Node himself offers us work?

Yes, being the guidance system, at a particular period of Time the Node highlights particular heavenly body (points to it by subtle-material ‘pointer’) and offers us to solve a lot of problems with its help. Also to realize and develop inside us many qualities formed by currents of this planet. As we already understood, the North Node highlights and activates for us particular set of possibilities owned by concrete heavenly body, but provided we don’t wish to work with them, the Node won’t impose its recommendations too vigorously. In this, the Node says: “Your will, you can work with what is given to you, you may also refuse to work, but then, after 9 years the South Node will touch this planet and deprive you of opportunity to use its streams actively. Only after 18,6 years I am able to activate manifestation principles of this heavenly body again, but who knows how it will behave in a new Time and what is your level of Consciousness going to be”.

In this way, transiting North Node forces us to get involved in work actively, altering level of our relations with planet, changing our behavior, thoughts and emotions.

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We have to add following here: after exact conjunction between the North Node and natal planet takes place (provided we consciously work with its qualities and themes it governs), we may say that we formed new, much deeper connections with planetary principles and developed some special qualities inherent only to this planet.

Transits of the South Node to natal planets

Equally as the North Node, the South Node touches some natal planet once in 18,6 years and narrates following.First.One should not count on help of this planet and use too actively its planetary qualities. Symbolically speaking, the South Node ‘curtails’ all streams formed by this heavenly body. Respectively, its influence upon us is lessened and heavenly body starts experiencing discomfort, lacking our attention towards it.Second.One should remember that many programs connected with this planet are coming to the end during this period. It may look as a ‘tribute collecting’ or as a withdrawal of some themes from person’s life. It may be a Time of losses and misfortunes.Third.Any planet symbolizes particular personality, i.e. carries a certain role load. When transiting South Node touches a planet, the ‘characters’ represented by it may depart from the life of this transit’s owner.Fourth.During the South Node’s transit across any natal planet one should not be overactive or solving tasks connected with themes of a given planet. Most probably such activity won’t have needed result because in this period we are poorly interconnected with this planet.Fifth.We may address this planet and themes it governs again after the end of transit. But during the period of such transit we should not attempt to influence actively course of events connected with this planet’s themes. One should remember that in this period we are unable to comprehend changes happening with us enough consciously. As a rule, we have less strength for mastering problems, and often we simply miss their real essence.

Thus, transiting South Node says: “Enough persisting and clinging to the old. In any case you can’t do anything anymore. The Time came to end working with programs of this planet. You should learn to part with habitual positions in order not to become their slave.”After that the South Node closes our way of communicating with this planet and we find it extremely difficult to influence events governed by it. Moreover, a feeling arises as if all our strength is withdrawn the moment we start insisting in our attempts to activate life plots that run away from us.It is necessary to say that during each contact of the South Node with natal planet significant adjustment of our programs takes place. In spite of the fact that everything looks rather inharmonious, it is precisely the South Node, which, sometimes confiscating our last strength, helps us to get free from old outworn Karma themes and tasks. Crossing particular area of our chart, the Node shows in relation to which themes we may create maximum distortions. If we retain our strength, we could habitually hold on many qualities that have become useless for us. That is why the South Node deprives us of strength, because only then it can withdraw from our life stream everything outworn without meeting obstacles on its way in the form of our active resistance. In reality we cannot resist actions of the South Node, being not always involved actively in programs of that house and that planet which experience nodal transit. Thus, meeting with natal planet, the South Node starts interacting with it, and for some time we shall part with themes defined by this planet. We do not part with them forever, because after 9 years transiting North Node will maximally highlight qualities of this very planet and it will start working in a new way. Now let us imagine that we neither realized nor freed ourselves from imperfect planetary qualities timely, and they remained inside us. Then, after 9 years, while interacting with the North Node, precisely these old qualities and imperfections will prevent this planet to comprehend streams of outer substance in full measure and actively develop all its qualities.

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It becomes clear now that the mission of the South Node consists in liberating us from outworked and too heavy old planetary qualities, though of course, not always we understand it, perceiving such transit as a disaster, loss or misfortune.

So, the transiting South Node always shows which natal planet and when will become most vulnerable. Also it says that experience we accumulated by using concrete planetary principles moves to the Past and possibly won’t be of any use to us anymore. Also the Node says that precisely this planet gets ready for a new round of its development. In fact, that is why planet’s subtle bodies free themselves from accumulated experience and a planet becomes useless and uninformative for certain period. While the North Node enriches planet with information, the South Node empties it. Though, temporary withdrawal of information does not mean at all that we forever lost opportunity to interact with a planet and its qualities.Still, it is absolutely apparent that the less information we have, the less connections we can form in relation to concrete task offered to us by Karma. Correspondingly, rises a risk of errors and distortions accompanied by definite emotional discomfort. We have to add following here. If, during the South Node’s transit across any natal planet we work consciously with this transit, without attempts to influence too vigorously course of events described by a given planet and its house, then we shall draw a lot from this position, and it will be a good job.In fact, one can get ready for such work in advance, recollecting our behavior 9 years ago, when the transiting North Node was passing across this planet. Provided we interacted actively with offered themes during this period, it is not necessary at all that transiting South Node will confiscate results of our creativity. Quite possible, this result has not become outdated, meaning the Node won’t be interested in it – thus the result will remain, expecting from us new levels of interacting with it. Naturally, in this variant the South Node simply indicates that certain stage of life came to the end and a new one began.

TRANSITS OF PLANETS TO NATAL NODES

Now we should examine manifestation of transit planets concerning natal Nodes, and here we shall deal with nodal axis strictly fixed at the moment of our birth.

Transits of planets to natal North Node

When a planet approaches natal North Node and begins to interact with it, it can:First of all – strongly correct our tasks connected with angular positions, i.e. to adjust karmic direction we follow. This planet offers us to use all its qualities very actively. Often a transiting planet topping our North Node forces us to apply its streams vigorously and shows emotional, mental and physical ‘assistants’ that can help us to master our tasks in given concrete Time. If it is septener’s planet (except Jupiter and Saturn), a transit usually passes quite quickly. But if we deal with the highest transiting planet, or with Saturn and Jupiter, such transit may linger for the whole year or more, helping us to interact tightly with heavenly body’s streams and realize deeply our possibilities in using its qualities. Secondly – during the period when a planet tops our natal North Node, we can express ourselves with the help of this planet. For example, transiting Uranus conjuncts natal North Node. Naturally, staying in this position for too long, person will all this Time express himself as Uranus, i.e. look extravagant, and begin to manifest himself in a new, original way – not as always. Maybe something unusual will appear in his looks. He will become more active, slightly crazy, looking like not himself. Starting getting some absolutely unexpected ideas, he will try to realize them. And most probably, provided his natal Uranus and Nodes are not fully tensed, he will be able to implement his crazy ideas. Moreover, owner of such transit will be bound to do it, being given (most probably, just once in a life time!) amazing opportunity to realize how Uranus currents function in his life-stream. Thirdly – we have to understand that transiting planet (as any other planet as well) will create events very actively in its own style, making them very important for person. In order to sort out this aspect of interaction between the natal North Node and transiting planet, we need to explore themes of the House where all this abovementioned drama takes place. Also we have to find out which themes are under a real rulership of Uranus, i.e. a cusp of which House is in Aquarius. Then we need to examine 11th House,

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because Uranus is a symbolical ruler of the 11th House. Themes and topics of this House may also become quite active during this period.

Listener’s question:

- What if Uranus governs the 7th House?

That means that themes of the 7th House become quite emphasized in one’s life and person will have to deal with his partners. At the same time themes of the North Node’s House will be also very vividly imposed on him.

Further, we always have to understand that the North Node presents our individual Summit, individual North. It is a point that experiences continuous inflow of enormous amount of cosmic substance. When transiting planet steps onto our individual Summit, our life-stream is being added a new color brought by this planet. In this case we get an opportunity to react in a new way to events of our life. We can say that our natal North Node, being colored during this period by vibrations of transiting planet, gets enriched by new information and uses it for adjusting our work.

In this process, if we use recommendations of a given planet, then with its help we shall be able to develop actively many themes of our life and create new levels of experience. But if, for any reason, we refuse to interact with streams of transiting planet, then we can expect problems. Moreover, heavenly body will start to impose its recommendations unto us forcibly, adjusting our path as it sees fit, because it is bound to do it in any case. And God forbid if the same planet in natal chart is tense. Though it may also happen that transiting planet conjuncting natal North Node won’t express itself too actively in the beginning. There can be many reasons for that. For example, this planet may be simply less accentuated in horoscope and person won’t notice occurring self changes immediately. Also he won’t understand that transiting planet offers him opportunities for self-perfection. In this case there is no need to hasten events, because owner of such planet has to adjust to vibrations that are new for him. The second reason can be that person may have so deep connection with heavenly body and is so habituated to its influence, that he perceives transit as natural continuation of interacting with this heavenly body. In such case his life won’t experience particular changes on event level, but still he may expect strong transformation in his inner reality.

Thus, working with natal North Node and transiting planets we should necessarily find out how deeply person responds and feels vibrations of concerned planet. For example, if we deal with transiting Uranus, we should understand how person ties up and cooperates with the highest planet. Possibly there is strongly accentuated natal Saturn in his horoscope, then any recommendation of transiting Uranus will be perceived by person with delay. Moreover, Uranus, topping his North Node will swing person for a long time until an insight comes to him and he exclaims: “Eureka! Where I was earlier!” Interesting is that inspiration will come to him in any case, but if there is strongly accentuated Saturn, it may come later, or possibly too late.

Sometimes it happens that we simply do not understand, do not feel that one or other planet influences us very actively, and we are unable to admit that precisely this planet can involve us into certain concrete themes. That very Uranus we sometimes perceive incorrectly, forgetting that often he can provide enormous broadening of Consciousness, deepest realization of our possibilities and understanding of reality we live in. As a rule, we expect some cataclysm, forgetting that in some cases Uranus gives simply a very quick, almost instantaneous entry into new life themes and forces us to develop actively in particular direction. We can say that the planet switches on our Consciousness, and not necessarily it will

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be accompanied by blasts, stresses etc. Everything depends on quality of our interaction with Uranus, on quality of our experience and our readiness to cooperate with the planet. We may not be tuned to its vibrations (in case of tense aspects), then the planet won’t show us anything, leaving us at the old Time. By the way, harmonious natal Uranus sometimes may offer stressful situations in the beginning, then successful exit from them and a great expansion of Consciousness. After that person starts to comprehend World in a new way, quickly and easily forgetting his Past.

Thus, whenever a contact between transiting planets and natal Nodes takes place, we need to examine level of person’s ability to understand vibrations of the same natal planet. Also it is necessary to learn how person responds to impulses proceeding from heavenly body which will for some Time actively participate in forming connections that define his karmic path.

Transits of planets to natal South Node

First, which we need to recollect.The South Node tells us about qualities of our core experience, and whenever transiting planet approaches it, for some Time a frequency level of this experience changes. It is being added colors of transiting planet which we can use for some period. Second.The planet may activate our debt programs or define more precisely those debts, one has to part with. Possibly, that with the help of its vibrations, planet will try to withdraw some part of our debt themes. Impacting our core programs through its vibrations, planet slightly changes them and sometimes helps to free us from the problem that tortured us for a long time.Third.We have to remember that debt programs are usually very attractive for us because of their deep ‘bedding’ in our subconsciousness (even notwithstanding the fact that they can be of quite a low frequency). In fact, we are infused by them, symbolically speaking, we consist of them. Correspondingly, any parting with such programs is usually very painful. Several conditions operate in this process. First of all, no core program uses for its development and manifestation big volumes of Consciousness. Second, no core program requires too fast or significant changes. That is the reason it is Core - for preserving our life-stream continuously in certain ‘karmic’ position. That is why when a planet approaches natal South Node and begins to influence such program, this program may initiate vigorous resistance, evoking resistance reaction at the level of our subconsciousness towards new unknown outward impact, and also triggering feeling of discomfort while parting with old ties.We can imagine that some life plot (described by themes of natal South Node) accompanies us for too long and we ‘freeze’ in our impossibility to influence it and transform its qualities even a little bit. Such plots are formed, as a rule, from the heaviest fragments of core experience. In this way the life plot or simply some task becomes debt program without being fully comprehended by us. During the ordinary Time, i.e. when the South Node remains free from transit influences, we cannot work actively with the debt program, because it is initially passive and resistant to changes. But when transiting planet approaches to natal South Node, it will bring its specific coloring to core experience. Correspondingly, qualities that made problem clumsy and prevented it from development, slightly change, becoming unusual and little bit different. Symbolically speaking, base program gets ‘deceived’ by impacting transiting planet and allows us to use it in a new way. Sometimes it becomes enough sufficient for being totally liberated from debt. Though it often happens that while being freed from outdated programs we experience discomfort, being too strongly attached to them and not understanding fully the meaning of such liberation.On events level a task stops to manifest in our life or transforms so strongly that it virtually ceases to exist, and we forget our ‘heavy Past’ very quickly.

Thus, transits of planets tell us what vibrations can help us to repay a debt or get free from centuries-old burden created by some qualities that were not changed for too long. In this process we have to understand that some life plots can leave us forever, and should not fear it.

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We can add here that unlike transiting planet approaching North Node is sometimes seen by other people better than by owner of transit himself, a planet topping natal South Node is visible by none except person himself. This planet does not have pronounced effect on outer events, but can actively transform inner spheres. Naturally, we have to examine which themes are governed by transiting planet and what role load it carries. For example, if transiting Mars approaches natal South Node, we cannot use actively manifestation principles and qualities of Mars during this Time. If it happens in the horoscope of a woman, it may be possible that some male figure leaves her life – husband, friend or so. But the opposite thing can happen as well. If a planet is retrograde during its transit, return of themes connected with this planet is quite possible. In this case an old friend or former husband may return to horoscope owner, reminding her about debts connected not only with material positions of life, but moral, ethical and so on as well.

Transiting Sun once a year ‘departs’ for three days into natal South Node (first day – one degree before conjunction, second day – exact conjunction, third day – one degree past conjunction). During this period we have to remember that we can experience lack of energy, though it may not be always noticed.

Listener’s question:

- If a surgery is scheduled for this Time, will it be better to cancel it?

Certainly, it will be better to shift it for several days ahead, or perform it earlier.Also we have to consider that this period is not our Time – nevertheless, we need to live through it decently, intently, being aware that we may have energy deficit and that is why may not always correctly evaluate occurring events. On the other side we should not stop habitual work, because we never know exactly what debts our Sun repays. It may also happen that during the time when transiting Mercury contacts our natal South Node, we will have to work actively with particular information, but then we need to know that possibly we may lose part of this information, because of being unable to utilize Mercurial principles openly.

Dealing with subject of the Lunar Nodes we should not forget to consider all other transits, all interactions of heavenly bodies with our natal chart. Also it may be quite possible that we won’t feel at all some planet’s transit over the South Node, if given planet is weakly expressed in our natal chart. Or, as an option, it may happen that we are forced to express it continuously in our professional activity. In such case a heavenly body is so developed that insignificant transiting fluctuations evoked by its contact with natal South or North Node are not strong enough to influence quality of its expression sufficiently.

Thus, working with the Nodes, we have to understand that they will be expressed differently in different years. Everything depends on other positions of our horoscope. Nevertheless we need to know about possible influences of transits connected with nodal axis. Studying the Nodes’ path and their transits across natal planets, we say that eighteen years program of using qualities of a certain planet has been initiated. But when we examine transiting planets crossing natal Nodes, we have to understand that with their help correction and adjustment of our goal takes place, as well as enrichment of karmic programs with new information.

Part six

Games with the Time

Retrograde and direct Nodes

When we carefully examine movement of the Nodes within one-two months, we shall discover that most of the time they move in direction opposite of planets movement. Forward - direct movement takes much

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less Time. In order to sort out this phenomenon and understand the meaning of a backward movement of Lunar Nodes, we need to explore an interaction between the Nodes and planets of the Solar system, as well as their relationship with the current of Time.As we are aware, all planets move in direction from Aries to Pisces, and such general movement in one direction forms quite steady connections that helps all planets to manifest themselves in a stream ‘from the Past to the Future’. At the same time, such friendly following of ‘general course’ may cause stagnation in relations between heavenly bodies because though movement in one direction creates consent of the ‘parties’, but sometimes does not allow them to develop enough actively. Verily, if two or more physical or fictitious bodies move in the same direction, not always they are able to interact actively with each other, correspondingly, they cannot create common intense Space so needed for any creative activity. Here the very fact of moving in one direction excludes any conflict between the Past and the Future, and also excludes possibility to fix the point of Present, which in this option can express itself quite vaguely. Moreover, when all bodies move in one forward direction to the Future, arises a danger of old ‘material’ being suspended in Present Time. Nevertheless such suspension, as a rule, does not happen because of a retrograde movement of nodal axis creating natural conflict between the Past and the Future. Thus, because the Nodes move towards the planets and meet them on their way, relations between the Nodes and heavenly bodies take place. In this process the Nodes hand over information from the Past to the planets, so that they can use it for forming all possible connections and through their help create the Future. At the same time the Nodes withdraw part of the outworked material into the Past, forming experience on its basis.

Thus, on one side we can observe forward movement of planets. Correspondingly, a stream formed by them will define direction of the Time movement from the Past to the Future. On the other side, as we already found out, direction of the Nodes movement goes reverse, and can be conditionally defined as a movement from the Future to the Past. In this process both streams and their ‘representatives’ continuously interact with each other, which results in high tension that helps all of us to implement our most wonderful and crazy ideas. It is even possible that in the moment of such ‘meetings on the way’ the Space is created where all qualities of any heavenly body and our ties with it are fully manifested, and this moment may be conditionally called the Present Moment of Time. One can even imagine that during contact between the Nodes and the planets – Past and the Future – energy or a subtle substance is being released, which helps us to find the way in our Present. Now, imagining we are positioned inside of such Space, it becomes clear wherefrom appears continuous tension in our life-stream. Moreover, it becomes clear from where rises a feeling of presence in the Present moment of Time allowing us to be actively involved in life and forcing us to be equally active – and we can joyfully point out that ‘everything is fine with our Karma’.So, as we found out, the Nodes almost always move to the Past and apparently thanks to this very condition, quite a strong tension is created between planetary and nodal streams. This condition is required by us for the work with any karmic program. Now let us imagine that the Nodes are direct in horoscope. How will be Karma of such position’s owner expressed? Immediately we have to note that direction of a stream movement formed by direct Nodes coincides with direction of heavenly bodies movement and that means creation of one common current manifesting itself in direction from the Past to the Future without evoking natural conflict between the ‘parties’. Correspondingly, owner of such horoscope will not experience necessary tension that is provided by retrograde Nodes. Moreover, in this case, apparently no contact between person and his Past happens and possibly some amount of his experience gets suspended in the Present Time. (Direct Nodes cannot withdraw it timely to the Past).

In this connection we can make following conclusions.

On one side.As we already understood, when there are direct Nodes, sufficient tension is not created in one’s life-stream, so person is unable to comprehend and respond efficiently to signals issued from the point of Present. As a result, he may be getting delayed in mastering those or other problems. Possibly, he may

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find it difficult to understand the moment of Time when one or other problem became vivid. As a result he ‘swings’ for too long before taking up the case.Also, owner of such Nodes will most probably not feel necessity to master his tasks actively and achieve results. He will have difficulties to get involved into the very process of implementing any task, because the first moment of entry to active action is usually extended in time. Verily, not having clearly pronounced inner conflict between his Past and Future, not finding sufficiently strong impulse for achieving his goal, person may drag the Time, annoying his near ones with his ‘karmic carelessness’.Nevertheless, or oddly enough, owner of direct Nodes still achieves his goal and as a rule, manages to complete timely his task in hand. The other thing is that the first moment of ‘entry to the problem’ is almost always blurred. In fact, this is the reason why owners of ‘normal’ Nodes misunderstand such unnatural manifestation of person, especially if he is offered something quite decent and attractive, that in others evokes desire to hurry taking up the case. In such situation, owner of direct Nodes will also ‘swing’ till the last moment.

On the other sideConsidering that owner of direct Nodes does not have inside him streams directed to the Past, we can assume that he is actively oriented only to the Future. Moreover, absence of natural tension created by two opposite Times, allows person to be freer in interacting with his individual Time. That is why, in fact, he is allowed to drag the Time without getting too fast involved into implementing some tasks. Correspondingly, we can consider such position as liberating from Time dependence, which means also from over dependence from hard debt programs.Accordingly, we can admit that direct Nodes are being given to the Soul which has to:

Either fulfill an important mission, and for this the Soul is freed from daily Time dependence and Time duty, so that in a required moment of Time she (being not burdened by daily service) is ready to implement her main karmic task.

Or to simply rest for awhile. Accordingly, such Soul should not be loaded by debt obligations so that excessive tension is not created, forcing her to master tasks useless in this incarnation. (Here the author, of course, slightly dissembles, offering readers a tale with happy end).

Either to form a new experience that is not based on former accumulations which were, possibly, either quite decent, requiring no amendments, or totally inconsistent, forcing Lords of Karma simply to denounce them in order to avoid tying up with excessive karmic burden.

So, it becomes clear that direct Nodes is not a simple position, it is being given to person for implementing particular karmic programs. We do not always understand real causes of the Lords of Karma who award some Soul, rather lazy in our regard, with such wonderful Nodes that help her to manipulate with Time and still timely accomplish all main life tasks. Nevertheless, we cannot judge, because we are not aware of all ways defined by Karma of the Soul that received such position of the Nodes.Necessary to say that above examined conditions of ‘direct’ Karma implementation pertain mainly to those rare cases when the Nodes and all planets are direct – in their forward motion. It happens quite rarely. Usually we have more mixed ‘marriages’, formed by direct Nodes and at least one-two retrograde planets. In this case minor tension is formed in the life-stream, helping person to implement his tasks in the same way as owners of retrograde Nodes do. Nevertheless, direct Nodes still attract attention and force us to ponder about their special status. Because even if there is one retrograde planet in horoscope, owner of direct Nodes sometimes feels different from others, evoking either annoyance because of his passivity from the others, or surprise in case everything in his life happens as if by itself.

Listener’s remark:

- Can you please tell us in more detail how person possessing direct Nodes expresses himself?

Examining life of such person, we may find out that so called danger signal is weakly manifested in him.For example.

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We all know that when there is red light at the crossroads, one has to wait and let the cars move. Owner of retrograde Nodes will most probably hold and wait until the green light is on. Even, if he attempts to cross junction on red light, finding himself in the midst of cars he would undergo such a huge tension that remembering his experience, next time he will surely wait for the green signal. In this process, his experience moves to the Past and quickly becomes a memory able to evoke in his life-stream a signal in the form of tension connected with above described case.Owner of direct Nodes, equally as retrograde Nodes’ owner also knows, that one should not cross junction on red light. Nevertheless, he may also try to cross the street on red light. Naturally, he equally ends up in the midst of traffic, experiences discomfort and decides: “That’s it, I won’t risk anymore”. But his experience may not always move to the Past as in the first case. Most probably, such imperfect experience will remain with him in Present and accordingly won’t be able to form signal and sufficient tension for changing quality of reaction and behavior in similar situations. As a result, approaching traffic light next time and seeing red light, owner of direct Nodes, contrary to ‘retrograde’ person will again end up in the midst of traffic and rushing cars, forgetting about his former decision and experiences. Symbolically speaking, these decisions and experiences are, as it were, ‘erased’ (partially) from person’s memory. Though in reality they simply do not depart into the Past as quickly as it is required for creating strong memory; they follow their master to the Future, unable in short period to form sufficient tension for producing stable memories. (Most probably, in order to create stable experience it is required to repeat one and the same life plot several times).

Naturally, we should not view above described variant of direct Nodes manifestation as the only possible one. Our life is quite varied and it may be possible that real conditions of incarnation become such, that person will be forced to change qualities of his reactions very quickly and form more stable experience in shorter terms.Nevertheless, in the life of direct Nodes owner a lot depends on how strong will be his newly created experience. If some concrete event forms strong connections and experience, then this experience may solidify quickly and depart to the Past, offering person proper tension while he’ll be recollecting some event. But if his experience is too light, it will accompany person till it gathers particular strength for grounding and creating its new state which we call memory. In fact, this very condition explains why owner of direct Nodes is addicted to repeated feelings connected with some particular situation which he himself provokes, in order to experience same feelings many times and then consolidate them, creating stable experience strongly connected with the Past.Indeed, being in process of implementing some life task, owner of direct Nodes does not feel sufficient tension and thus is unable to form needed amount of strong experience during his first encounter with event. Accordingly, this experience is unable to move to the Past immediately and thus, remaining for some Time in Present with its master, continues to move jointly with him to the Future instead of departing to the Past. In this, person as if forgets – ‘loses memory’ about tension experienced by him for the first time during mastering some task. This is what such repetitions of events are required for. In this connection we may assume that direct Nodes can show person does not have the Past (conditionally!), it may be also possible that he is freed from some karmic programs that are considered must for most of the people. (These may be partnership programs, procreation and so on). At the same time existence of direct Nodes says that person is not always able to use his experience fully, or that this experience is not sufficient for making stable connections with the Past, meaning he won’t be always able to interact efficiently with concrete life situations. It becomes clear now why owner of direct Nodes tries to repeat his experiment with crossing street on red light. It is necessary for solidifying and fixating in his life-stream a new experience connected with undergoing discomfort and correct reaction to it. At the same time, direct Nodes owner may end up almost in emergency situation, but still he will remain safe and sound, provided his horoscope and Nodes are enough harmonious.In this regard we may admit, that with the help of direct Nodes is denoted a certain (conditional) inviolability of Soul, which is especially clearly expressed in those cases when necessity rises to form a ‘solid’ new experience in connection with some life theme. Naturally, in such case only a condition of inviolability will permit person to accomplish his karmic experiment till the end.

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Thus, summing up everything above mentioned we can assume that presence of direct Nodes in natal chart speaks either about a very young Soul which still has everything ahead and she has to accumulate a lot of new experience, provoking repetitions at event level. Or such a position says that Soul has surplus experience and needs partially free herself from it, expressing herself rather passively while encountering any problem. In this case we can symbolically imagine a ‘tired’ Soul, unwilling to get involved in work too actively. That is why she delays undertaking of work till the last moment. But at the same time such Soul, being initially quite experienced, knows very well how should be very process of work executed, and so she can achieve wonderful results in a shorter term. This is why we say that direct Nodes owner has special relations with the Time, and he is entitled to it.

Karmic options

Right away we have to note that all below described observations are of course schematic and simplified. Everything in life is more complex and intricate. That is why one should view descriptions of these observations simply as certain formulas that can help to find explanation to some unusual manifestations of direct and retrograde Nodes.

First option: retrograde Nodes and direct planets (one, two or three retrograde planets are accepted).

When the Nodes are retrograde and all or majority planets are direct, in this case we talk about natural tension which is created in person’s life-stream while he masters his life tasks. In this, one or two (three) retrograde planets in the chart do not create problems (as a rule), just the opposite, sometimes they define very clearly ties between person and his Past and help him to pay his debts actively by triggering natural ‘retrograde lagging’ of a problem and necessity to get rid of it (sometimes simply reminding about debt obligations).With this position of the Nodes we can say that both Past and Future is sufficiently expressed in the life of person, thus he ‘sits firmly’ in the current of Present, being forced to join life quite actively.As we already understood, when majority of planets is in direct motion, it is sufficient for creating stable interconnections of opposite streams, symbolically speaking – interconnections between Past and Future. Moreover, such variant is the most common and we can talk about ‘normal’ Karma, though it is rather conditional definition.We need to add here that any retrograde planet compels us to repeat its themes several times during our life, repaying in this way so called past debts. These debts may be insignificant and they won’t trouble us too much. Moreover, usually we accept these conditions and when certain circumstances arise, we implement debt programs, getting rid from heavy and often useless past experience which appeared in our life through retrograde planet. That is why presence of one-two of such planets in horoscope together with retrograde Nodes does not lessen natural tension in our life-stream, but simply clarifies ‘details’ of Karma.

Second option: direct Nodes and direct planets (equally as in the first option, accepted are up to three retrograde planets).

In this case the Nodes cannot create sufficient tension in person’s life-stream and provoke him to active response and activity. As a result of this, owner of such horoscope is compelled to self-realize himself only by using tension created through planetary interconnections (aspects), and also through interaction between the natal planets and various transiting planets. Only after that an event may become manifested enough clearly in person’s life. In this, namely retrograde natal planets will manifest themselves most energetically. Sometimes it may become just one single planet in chart, which is still strong enough to provoke significant activity of its master and his need for implementing goals it indicates. We need to consider here that themes indicated by such planet are, as a rule, most understandable to person and become also most attractive for him. Moreover, in this case a retrograde planet explains its master through which means he can achieve goal, because it is this very planet that creates utmost tension with direct Nodes and forces its master to get involved into indicated theme. Necessary to say, that sometimes such ‘lonely’ retrograde planet can play a special role in one’s life, creating more tension than all other planets

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regarding movement of a nodal axis. That is why one can consider such planet and its themes as the most important in life.

Special position: direct Nodes and all planets equally direct.

Usually such position offers the World such Soul which is neither particularly burdened by past debts, nor by his own experience. In this, a person may use abilities offered to him by Karma, but also may do nothing. In spite of the fact that owner of such horoscope has (equally as any other person) many opportunities for self-realization, usually he misses a moment of the brightest manifestation of some task in his life and starts to work with it much later. Though, oddly enough, he may achieve his result in time, especially if the Nodes themselves are enough harmonious and emphasized in his chart (many major aspects). Nevertheless above described option does not at all presuppose total absence of interest by person towards his problems, because planetary influences in life of each one of us are more significant than impact of fictitious points. That is why it is quite probable that at some point during certain transits something ‘exciting’ will happen in the life of ‘direct’ Karma owner and he will be forced to initiate the work. The other thing is that he may not make any conclusion from his life lessons and so necessary experience will not be formed. Necessary to say, that such special positions happen quite rarely. They say that person is mostly directed towards theoretical mental constructions rather than to practical work. He almost always knows what final result should be like, but is not always aware how to reach it practically. Symbolically speaking, he knows the Future perfectly, but at the same time does not know how to approach it through level of practical implementation. That is why owner of such position sometimes ‘hangs’ in the Present moment of Time for quite a long period when some new problems appear in his life.

Third option: retrograde Nodes and many retrograde planets (not less than four). All highest retrograde planets are also counted here.

In the beginning it may look that given position is very much alike the one described before. Really, at first sight person can be quite passive, not showing much interest in anything. Nevertheless, unlike the previous position, common retrograde motion of majority of planets and the Nodes creates a lot of problems connected with the moment of completion of any started activity. In this, person usually begins his work very energetically, contrary to direct Nodes owner who swings a long time, being unable to start practical activity immediately. Nevertheless, owner of a retrograde horoscope is unable to complete started work in time, again, contrary to direct Nodes owner, who, as a rule, completes his work timely, despite expectations of people, tired of his prolonged arguments "on", or simply of his outer passivity. In other words, direct Nodes owner in any case enters his Future, while retrograde Nodes owner is unable to do it, being turned into the Past.

Examining above described retrograde connections, we need to understand that in this case both Nodes and planets move in one and the same direction – to the Past, having no opportunity to interact with streams directed to the Future. At the same time the Sun and the Moon always move in one forward direction and so a slight tension becomes sufficient to drag out its ‘retrograde’ owner to the Future, not allowing him to sink fully to the Worlds formed by his Past.

Still, retrograde currents are unable to form stable ties with natural direction movement of Time stream and fixate these ties in the point of Present. Correspondingly, while implementing some project or idea connected with retrograde themes, person, together with his planets and Nodes virtually moves against the natural flow of Time. Though of course, realization of his Karma in any case always goes forward along the motion of Time stream. Because of these two contradicting conditions owner of such super-retrogradeness is unable to discover fruits of his creativity in Present, as they are supported by powerful currents drawn into the Past. In other words, such results of ‘retrograde’ owner’s activity can be neither fully manifested in Present nor still the more in the Future. Though, partially they can still be fixed in the stream of Time with the help of luminaries and direct planets, but as a rule, it is not sufficient for creating stable connections with present moment of Time. In fact, that is why it is so problematic for retrograde horoscope owner to witness his activities fruits in the Present Time.

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At the same time such position has its pros. Big amount of retrograde planets usually brightly manifests Memory of the Past, revealing amazing intuition and knowledge of practical implementation of a conceived idea. Thus we may assume that owner of such horoscope, possessing knowledge and being a great ‘practician in words’, but at the same time having no possibility to implement his ideas till the end, can become a teacher to others, explaining in details the whole path of some task implementation, provided he himself won’t make too big practical effort towards it. Thus, in regard with the studied position following becomes clear. Notwithstanding the fact that person, as a rule, already knows very well how to solve tasks practically, still, the closer he approaches the end of it, the more its result retreats to the Past, being drawn by retrograde ties. We can imagine that such result is getting ‘lost’ in the Past, running away from Present, as its master does not have sufficient strength to hold it and shift to position when it could be fixated in the Present and then used in the Future. Basically, retrograde ties create results that are immediately lost in the Past without reaching the point of Present in their full volume. Necessary to add here, that with presence of big amount of retrograde planets and retrograde Nodes one can achieve good results by working with themes indicated by any direct planet. Moreover, tasks offered by such planet are usually emphasized in the life of person, and with their help he can form stable connections with the Future.

Fourth option: direct Nodes and a big amount of retrograde planets (four and more), that happens quite rarely.

In this position enough tension is created between the Nodes and planets so that person can feel it. But still, though direct Nodes by themselves can create good results, too many retrograde planets (in this case becoming stronger than Nodes because of their ‘retrograde’ weight) often prevent owner of such position to reach the goal. From the other side, when corresponding transits approach the Nodes and planets, sometimes this tension becomes more than enough. In this case person has opportunity to achieve very strong, bright results and what is important, convey them to others.

EPILOGUE

Karmic clock

Now let’s try to imagine natal nodal axis. Inside incarnation it is clearly defined through horoscope of birth. Planets of the Solar system are placed here with respect to axis, creating unique pattern of Karma which we call a natal chart. We can examine our chart for the whole life, getting new and new levels of information out of it. Nevertheless, we should note that at the moment of exact return of the Nodes (as we are aware, the nodal cycle equals to average 18,6 years) transiting cosmogram will be different.In other words, having our main Karma drawing defined on the birth day, we need to remember that a new Karmic drawing arises during return of the Nodes. It is created as a result of exact alignment of transiting nodal axis with natal one and other planetary positions. Symbolically speaking, after the birth we are shown karmic ‘drawing’ and told: “That’s you!” After 18,6 years return of Nodes takes place and we are told: “That’s you, but already different”. Examining our new karmic drawing we understand that with total alignment of transiting and natal Nodes adjustment of our Karma took place, caused by another Time and another interactions of heavenly bodies. Still after another 18,6 years we shall again discover a new Karmic pattern and so on.Now, based on the above and admitting condition of changing cosmogram pattern during the Nodes return, we can assume that signals issued by the North Node and slag removal mechanisms governed by the South Node will change every 18,6 years. Accordingly, we can admit that every 18-19 years significant adjustment of our main karmic program takes place, as well as clarification of direction of our development and freeing from outworked karmic ‘material. Precisely during these periods person makes the most important life choices and realizes qualities of his new achievements.Following has to be added. Usually adjustment of the main path begins slightly earlier. If we divide 18,6 years into 4 equal Time parts, we shall get 4,6 years denoting a quarter of nodal cycle, and 9,3 years equal to half of the cycle. Accepting conditions of any cycle’s manifestation, we shall notice that for the first 4,6 years functions a growing ‘nodal’ square, then nodal opposition unfolds, corresponding to ‘shifters’

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position. This is followed by third square of a cycle and then the fourth one, leading us to the point which brings together the end and the beginning of cycle. Usually growing phases of any cycle (from the point of beginning to formation of first square and further till opposition) presuppose unfoldment of karmic tasks and learning new ways of their implementation. Waning phases of any cycle manifest qualities of a new experience (as usually during the third square), and with its help new programs are laid for the future (it mainly happens during the last square).Correspondingly, examining phases of nodal cycle we can assume that adjustment of karmic tasks occurs during the last square, i.e. precisely in this period laying of a new experience to nodal channel takes place, which will be manifested only after18,6 years. Other thing is, that we are unable to see the very process of programs transformation during this period, because everything happens ‘behind the closed doors’. Nevertheless, we shall learn about beginning of work with new tasks during the Nodes return, though laying of qualities which we can utilize in this work happens earlier.So, if we examine now first cycle up to 18,6 years, we shall see that sometimes at the age of 14-15 corresponding to third phase of nodal cycle and half-cycle of Saturn, one can already manifest some accumulated experience, and quite significant changes happen in Consciousness, actively influencing further destiny. (We should remember that the first cycle of Jupiter is already over by this Time).

Further, if we take second circle of the Nodes and also examine its last quarter (32-33 years), we shall find out that namely in this Time we use most actively new opportunities, laying down qualities acquired as a result of our thirty-year old work. Also our experience, created after crossing first crisis of Saturn helps us efficiently during this Time, and it is a very important age. Moreover, at this very Time we gradually approach completion of the third cycle of Jupiter, this giving us huge expansion of Consciousness and revealing a lot of abilities. Thus, during the last phase of the second nodal cycle laying of a new experience takes place, connected with programs of Saturn and Jupiter. These programs will start to function in the Future, bringing us to the position of combined cycles of Saturn and Jupiter at the age of 58-59.Interesting is, that the fourth cycle of the Nodes starts slightly earlier than completion of Saturn and Jupiter cycles (namely at the age of 55,5), which helps us to unfold sometimes quite a flurry of activity to 60 years and thus react less painfully to simultaneous completion of two planetary cycles.

Looking further, we shall see that during the last quarter of the third Nodes cycle (51-55,5 years) occurs significant adjustment of the main karmic programs with participation of qualities created by us in regard with the fourth Jupiter return – at 48 years. Also one enters third and then fourth phase of the second cycle of Saturn (44 – 59 years), which clearly define any life event and compel us to implement practically any karmic task, reporting to the World about executed work. In fact, that is why often before completion of the third Nodes cycle situations arise that require our precise reactions, perception of reasons of some or other problems and so on. It is necessary so that we may decently enter a period of deliberate, conscious creativity, corresponding to the third cycle of Saturn and sixth Jupiter cycle, and we are being prepared ahead of it, almost ten years before. It is a very important Time for each one of us. In case person does not master his problems actively, he is sometimes immersed into very severe circumstances, being compelled to reflect over the meaning of life. Somebody may have easier path and more choices. But there are destinies with very little choice. Again, it may happen that a Soul was incarnated for developing its qualities and creating a new experience, but had not taken concrete obligations to implement significant karmic tasks connected with work in big egregors. In this case person studies a lot, he may be engaged in many things and develop many abilities and talents, though he will do it only in framework of his personal programs. But when a Soul comes to the Earth for accomplishing particular mission connected with development of the united Consciousnesses level or work with collective Karma, then person has almost no choice and simply obeys outer circumstances.Very often, when we are forced to ‘move beyond’ our ‘simple’ Karma, precisely the Lunar Nodes direct us, creating certain tension inside our life-stream. It may look as if a thought came: “Why not to do…”, i.e. “Why not to leave this job; not to move somewhere; not to contact somebody” etc. Then we ourselves are surprised wherefrom came such an idea. Besides, even if we do not respond to it, something will happen, compelling us to ponder and act in certain direction. Provided we resist even in this case and do not heed instructions of Karma, our physical body will give us a sign. Possibly it becomes ill, telling us: “Do, what is necessary for you. Do not invent tasks that are not included in terms of your Karma”.

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We can add here that any Nodes cycle uses certain influences of different phases of Saturn and Jupiter’s cycles. For example, second nodal cycle offers us to experience influences of the second half of Saturn cycle, when we are getting ready for our thirtieth anniversary. In the same period we move to completion of the second Jupiter cycle (23,5 years) and start a new cycle which unfolds at the age of 30 in the form of opposition Jupiter- Jupiter, coinciding (slightly earlier) with second Nodes return (37 years). Returning to the first nodal cycle, we shall see that within 18,6 years we experience first Jupiter return (12 years) and enter to his second opposition – 18 years. Also we cross opposition Saturn-Saturn (15 years) and enter to the third phase of his cycle.

Thus, at the age of 18 we are still young, full of strength and aware about a lot of Time ahead of us, and we can fix a lot, having right to commit mistakes. At 37 we are already quite deliberate and liable to realize our actions. At 55 we get ready for genuine creativity – for interaction with space substance, as it is assumed that precisely till third return of the Lunar Nodes we create a new experience and become enough adjusted for open cooperation with the outer World.

Speaking about the second Nodes return – that is 37 – 56 years, we have to consider that till this moment we are crossing first cycle of Saturn accompanied by powerful changes in our value system. Then, at the age of 35,5 we live through the third return of Jupiter, when our karmic experience unfolds very actively. Further we are being offered a new cosmogram, superimposed on natal nodal axis – 37 years. At the same period a square is formed between natal and transiting Pluto. Then, slightly later, a culminating point, summing up first forty years of Soul’s creative work appears very brightly – opposition between transiting and natal Uranus.During the third Nodes return (56-74 years) creativity aspect switches on, i.e. during these years person should unfold himself as much as possible, in order to approach second crisis of Saturn (59 years) with open Consciousness, become wise and quite conscious.These three nodal cycles are very important, because they prepare us for active work after the age of 60 – for the third Saturn cycle. Verily, after 60 our Consciousness starts flourishing, and it is possible only with understanding that we realize ourselves correctly. In this case we can reveal maximum of what is inherent in us. That is the case when we talk about the mission.

Return ‘home’

It is necessary to say, that as a rule, for the first 18,6 years we perceive transits of planets across natal Nodes and also transits of the Nodes across natal planets simply as some learning to correlate with planets and karmic tasks.The second Nodes cycle – 18,6 – 37 years, and transits concerning them help to unfold our activity, develop our qualities and comprehend many karmic positions. In this period we start actively cooperating with social egregors.The third Nodes cycle – 37 – 55,5, compels us to repay debts accumulated in previous lives. In such a way we get rid of many old obligations and learn not to form debts for the future.The fourth Nodes cycle – 55,5 – 74 years, offers to ponder about prospects of spiritual growth. At this Time we already have to know expressing ourselves deliberately and consciously in every moment of Time. It is assumed that we are wise enough and ready for creativity in big egregors, i.e. prepared to enter a level of interacting with planetary Karma.The fifth Nodes cycle – 74 – 92,5 years, compels us to reflect about the essence of Being and bringing spiritual component of our life to perfection. It is a period, when we have full right to hand over our experience and knowledge to other people.We can endlessly continue this line describing returns of the Nodes and find a special meaning in each one of them, but it is not important. The main thing is to learn understanding a real meaning of one or other life event, seeing our perspective opportunity and rejoice at even the most insignificant victories of our Consciousness over our own ignorance. Also, to learn perceiving the World in all its manifoldness, irrespective of any transits or natal positions of the Nodes and planets. Though, by and large, even this is not so important. Possibly, the most important for what we come to this Earth consists in being able to preserve states of gratitude and love inside us under any life circumstances. Because only being infused

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with these states, we can help all those who, working together with us in one Time, try to rid this World of low frequency qualities and lead it gradually towards a new, higher level of implementing the most significant karmic tasks entrusted to the whole humanity.

Conclusion

Finally, just a few more words. Lunar Nodes subject is so multifaceted and inexhaustible that one can develop it endlessly and write multitude of books about the fictitious points. At the same time, if we use only concrete recommendations outlined in any book, we shall freeze in mental ‘glacier’ of our reasoning and become emotionally clumsy, unreceptive towards any new and atypical manifestations of Space-and-Time. That is why, using this opportunity and addressing the readers from the pages of this book, the author wants to wish them a bigger independence in learning any astrological subject and equal self-sufficiency in mastering esoteric wisdom, also all success in all undertakings and much happiness.

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