Stuck in my South Node

[freedomlover]

I just read the most fascinating article on the Nodes - thanks to Chantal J for the link.
It really helped me get a clear understanding of how the Nodes work that made total sense to me. Finally! I'd read several articles over the years, but nothing made sense to me like this one:

Imagine, as the ancients did, that the line connecting the North Node with the South Node is the alimentary tract of the mythical dragon, and that what is taken in as nourishment at the mouth, or North Node, travels down this tract, being digested and absorbed along the way, until everything of value to the individual has been extracted. What remains as waste is released at the South Node, or what we euphemistically refer to as the dragon’s “tail.”

Now, here’s where it’s important to apply the observation of the great Oglala Sioux teacher, Black Elk, that: “The Power of the World always works in circles.” Otherwise, we run the risk of falling into the trap of regarding the South Node as bad and North node as good, as linear thinking would dictate. Instead, there’s something far more subtle and wonderful at work.

One of the most remarkable ways in which “the Power of the World works in circles” is the way in which nothing in the natural world is, in fact, wasted. Dead organic material undergoes Earth’s recycling alchemy to become pure, composted gold – a substrate for more life. This recycling is an absolutely fundamental and indivisible element of the process of life. Applied to our understanding of the Nodes of the Moon, it means that our South Node represents that which, in and of itself, no longer contains sufficient nutritive value for our continued, individual growth as spiritual beings, but which – enriched by the “food” taken in at the North Node – may undergo a transformation that allows it to become a potent fertilizer for the evolution of our Earth community.

http://www.integralbeing.org/articles/partners.htm

[flea]

Hi Fl,

We have similar position for our north node, sign and degree, mine is opp merc yours opp sun. (mercury and jupiter both debilitated but reciprocal)

Here's my latest thinking on the NN SN thingy... sag goes out of itself to find knowledge, gemini goes in. Might sound strange, but the restlessness of gemini (which is also my rising) might be a kind of cover.... a not wanting to find the inner wisdom, but when it gets over being superficial.... it has a real talent for the inner workings of mind.

Think it is a very hard thing to do. maybe this has more to do with the placement of my NN being in the 12th, but thought it worth mentioning.

I also think that things only come into your awareness when they are on the way out. If it is in your shadow it is still too scary.

Merc being in sag near SN may help to develop some skill, though can focus too much on the real head stuff, rather than the full body mind. Like getting your body to work as a whole as MIND. That is my stuff at present... yoga meditation... on the bus, in work, taking the dog for a walk...anywhere to have presence of mind in the now, as all of me.

FleaXXX