Nodal Shift: Reflecting on change
While the nodes have been travelling through Taurus and Scorpio, they may have brought about significant changes over the past 18 months, pushing a lot of us out of our comfort zones.
The Scorpio South Node pulled us into the depths of our psyche, forcing us to face our fears, our toxic patterns or witness the darker side of others. It may have pushed us to our edge, leaving us no option but to leave behind the pain, the baggage, the past and go deeper into excavating the desires that reside beyond the veil.
Scorpio south node, showed us what we are made of, helping us to transmute darkness into powerful healing. It led us through the gateways of obsession, manipulation, power plays and lust to witness where we have work to do and how we can experience and express the deepest of our emotions in a healthier, softer and more peaceful way.
The Scorpio south node was interested in transforming you from the inside out, bringing all the shadows into the light of day, so that you can see it all for what it really is and reclaim your power.
Meanwhile, the Taurus North Node pushed us to our comforts edge. Gifting us opportunities to gain more peace, stability and ease in various parts of our lives, bodies and psyche. Taurus north node forced us to question what is important, what is most valuable, what is it all worth. It encouraged us to learn the language of our bodies, learn how it speaks to us through sensations, to slow down and listen to its gentle whispers, expressed through our sensual experiences: taste, touch, smell, sight, sound…It encouraged us to form a healthier relationship with our bodies, seeking safety and security, from within.
Together, the north and south node through these fixed signs helped us to purge the long buried pain and toxic patterns embedded in our lives and step into change, a new life, a new relationship, a new job, a new self, that feels…easy, comfortable, peaceful.
It was a time of clearing out the power struggles and prioritizing your peace.
A retrospective horoscope for the signs…
Aries
Where were you called to shed emotional baggage or pain that you’ve carried for too long. How were you taken to your comforts edge, pushed with your back against the wall at your most vulnerable state, triggered and forced to face your fears? In hindsight, this may have been an empowering time to reclaim your self-worth, understand your personal values and get clear on your deepest desires.
This may have also been a time to release intimate partnerships, investments or transform through loss. As you experienced the depth of your psyche, you may have also been pushed to seek an easier life, a more comfortable and peaceful existence, enjoying each moment, being present and relaxing into your body, coming back to grass roots. This may be a karmic lesson to take your time with love and intimacy, have patience and cultivate persistence in all things love and money. Your income and skills have been a slow and steady victory towards stability and peace of mind.
Taurus
These past 18 months brought significant changes to your personal identity, your body, your image and your confidence has been on a steady incline as you have been forced to prioritize yourself. Any old wounds, fears or traumas from past relationships (business/romantic/friendships) or toxic dynamics within an existing partnership have been challenged to be put to rest, so you can finally relax into the present moment and feel loved, appreciated and invigorated by life in each waking moment. Relaxing into your surroundings, finding ease in your slow and steady growing confidence, brand and vitality. Life has come back into your body in a big way and you’re ready to feel it all, opening your senses to all that is in store for you, knowing you are safe, secure and at peace with your decisions. People of the past, partners that once hurt you, challenged you, had you running on high adrenaline, they are no longer part of the equation. You have done the hard work to release the unhealthy attachments and rebrand yourself by focusing on self-worth and putting your values first.
Gemini
Old habits, behaviours or daily patterns that once kept you trapped, feeling limited or stuck have been forced out of your life. Your health may have been challenged, either physically, mentally or emotionally you may have been put in a position to reassess what is most important to you and prioritize your day in a way that serves you. There may have also been a person, either from the past or an intimate partner who served as a “bad habit” something your soul was ready to release. Your emotional and physical health were in for a deep reset, and you may have been forced to rest, even though the adrenaline was running high to serve, do and participate. Your personal space, your solitude, times of rest and recuperation have served as powerful teachers to you, showing you the value in honoring your space, your peace and taking your time in developing your spiritual/creative process.
Cancer
This may have been a nicer time for you as the nodes were clearing out old creative and romantic blocks, fears associated to children, traps or control dynamics in relationship with your children, romantic endeavours or projects and revealing your true power outside of these dynamics. Your creative and romantic potential may have gone through a big transformation as you were forced to recognize a new vision for the future of your money, love or how you stabilize and build wealth through your skills. Friendships may have come into your life that felt karmic, healing old wounds, showing you a more peaceful, pleasant way of connecting with others, a way which honors your values and allows you to feel safe and seen. It may have been difficult to let go of an old paradigm, however the new chapter in your identity, your life mission and creative potential may eventually provide you with greater success and fulfillment than what you had been holding onto before.
Leo
The nodes were squaring you, so this may have been a slightly more turbulent year and a half chapter of change. There may have been some significant losses related to your home, family or living circumstances and this may have triggered a deep emotional purge. A dive into the psychology of your emotions and releasing unhealthy patterns in the way you allow emotions to either control you or let others trigger your own sense of emotional safety and security. A shedding of anything which is carried baggage from your past or the carried trauma through your family, that may be creating instability in your emotional well-being in the present may have been called to release as you were beginning to embody a new, refined and more peaceful reputation out in the world. You may have been pressured to push yourself out of your comfort zone in your professional field, reach for more stability, financial security and let the old go as you welcome in a new business, new role or new income. Letting go of the old emotional triggers has helped you to be more present, patient and at peace with how your public persona and professional life unfold. Perfectly and in due time.
Virgo
This may have been a time that pushed you to open yourself up to something foreign, embrace a changing belief system, allow yourself to experience freedom in a new way. Your knowledge, world views and formal education may have been something you were also challenged to explore a bit further, expanding your horizons in ways that may have been uncomfortable at first. Expansive, social and open-minded thinking may have pushed you to grow your business, your income, your love life and your relationship with your body, in ways that may have felt uncomfortable in the past but promise to offer big rewards in due time. Releasing everyday worries, anxieties, fears associated to your self-expression and any restrictions felt in speech, writing and letting your true desires, power and trauma be heard, have been forced away. You are challenged to stay present and not let your thoughts spiral you into fear or past hurts. You are challenged to consciously choose gratitude and positivity over anxiety and scrutiny. A mental reset may have helped you see the blessings in the big picture.
Libra
This may have been a gentle shedding of old trappings of the body, fears or worries associated to your physical being, your beauty and your desirability. You may have been forced to look at yourself and re-think your value, recognize your value, release old blockages that have kept you falling into old patterns in your behaviours or relationship with your body, sexuality or intimacy. You may have been forced to seek more intimacy through vulnerability, becoming comfortable in your own skin and seeing the value in your past, your losses and reclaiming your power. Your money and skills may have also gone through a process of shedding, releasing old money wounds, shedding old attachments to wealth or material possesions, opening yourself up to long term growth, financial success and stability through partnership, investments and sharing responsibilities.
Scorpio
With the south node in your sign, this was a time of shedding an old self, allowing an old identity to fall away through experiences with other people in close settings. There may have been an old toxic pattern, a fear, a trauma or a loss that you have over-identified with, and that was ready to be released. Ego battles and power dynamics within yourself or that played out in partnership may have helped you recognize where it may be time to allow a new self-identity, a new personal brand to begin to emerge as an old skin sheds away. You may have also been pushed to experience partnership in a new way, stepping out of your comfort zone to experience a more peaceful, safe, secure partnership. Solidifying a partnership by reaching beyond the comforts of how this area of life has been experienced thus far. You may have been forced to experience longevity with another, sustainably growing in partnership together.
Sagittarius
The focus may have been on developing a more sustainable routine as your body and health were brought to your attention. There may have been physical growth, and emotional loss. A subconscious wounding was being called to release, a traumatic event suppressed in the body, an addictive behavior or an obsession, something which had emotional or mental control over you may have been called up to the surface in order for you to release the blockage and allow yourself to feel safe in your body. Your work or service to others may have also been pushed beyond your comfort zone in order for you to experience greater wealth that is based on serving from a place aligned with your values. Time spent alone may have been very transformational as you were faced with the depths of your psyche, the past and forced to bring yourself into a more present state, building a healthier relationship with your body.
Capricorn
This was a period of releasing the friendships from your life which had become toxic, letting people who connected you to a past that you no longer resonate with, were pushed out in some way. You may have also been called to face your own unhealthy patterns or behaviours with certain friendships or groups and the result may have been transforming those relationships or cutting your losses. Causes you fought for or a life you once wanted which was based out of a fear or trauma may have also been called to be reworked as you may have been working on stabilizing your romantic life, your creative projects, passion projects or even the emergence of children in your world. As your personal romantic, creative and playful energy was seeking stability, your influence and relationship within your greater society was evolving. Patience, persistence and peace in love, in play, in projects and in the lives of your children are all achievements of this nodal cycle.
Aquarius
This may have been a more challenging cycle of change for you as your emotional safety, home space or even your family dynamics and relationship to those close to you were pushed beyond their comfort zone. You may have had to let go of a home, a member of the family or been tested to re-think your home space and how you process and relate to your emotions in some way. You may have also worked through developing a more peaceful relationship within the home or within your own emotional foundation. The structures of your professional or public life may have come unraveled in some way as a position, reputation or career you once held may have triggered the psyche in a new way, caused you to question integrity or you may have left it behind or lost it entirely. If you recognized your own unhealthy habits or toxic associations within a public or professional sphere, this may have forced you to transform your relationship with your career or public presence and focus more on what you value, the talents you have which bring you emotional comfort when you share them and building long-term wealth from a space of recognizing your worth at an emotional and professional level.
Pisces
This nodal axis may have triggered you to allow any old beliefs, unhealthy beliefs, perspectives on trust, intimacy, vulnerability and even money to be reworked as you may have been taken to your comforts edge. Your beliefs which were born out of trauma, fear or emotional pain seem to have been called into question and you may have been experiencing the uncomfortable process of reshaping your mental processing. How you communicate, how you absorb information and share your ideas or thoughts seem to have been going through the process of re-stabilizing so that you can communicate from a more peaceful, loving, self-nurturing space. Protecting your peace and communicating from a place which is aligned to your values, your feelings and a high self-esteem were all on the cards as you were pulled to re-work the inner processing of your thoughts and ideas. A mental, intellectual and philosophical purge. It may have also been a time when you established a stronger connected with your local environment, or moved somewhere, not too far from home, but you were on the move. An old foreign partner, investment or attachment was released. It’s time to be more present with where you are, slow down your everyday mind and be more mindful as your feelings, thoughts arise.