rahu, let me start off by saying you are the man. Thanks for my first chart reading.
You mentioned in your thread
here, which is very impressive btw, that you do lots of research, and so I'll respond to various chart observations you made to help expand on it.
First, I wanted to make a couple points/ask a few questions.
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I noticed you didn't mention anything about signs. Did you factor that into the reading or did you focus solely on the aspects? You highlight the importance of relationships in my reading, which makes sense considering the aspects you mentioned, but I was wondering if my sign combinations also played any part in that.
as you see I use a lot of midpoints and one school of thought is that the signs and houses play a lesser role when focusing on midpoints. remember that the houses and signs have individual connections with planets , so one can does not need to refer to the signs and house to touch all astrological bases.so to answer your question ,I didn't refer to your sign combinations. there are other astrologers here that may be able to color in the subjective nature of your likes and dislikes.i always say that astrology a chart is like an onion, there are many layers, signs, houses, planets and aspects but they all describe the same onion.
I like to focus on planets and aspects because this gives a solid frame work for predictions. focusing on signs and houses( except the Angles) do not provide points of time on which to predict events. house cusps are so arbitrary that the timing of cusp transit ,to me, do not provide a solid frame work of prediction .
When I looked up how to understand/unlock one's nodal potential, I read that you should look at the planet that rules the sign of your north node, and look at the house that it falls into. My North Node is in Aries in the 10th house, so it's ruled by Mars. But my mars is conjunct my South Node in the 4th house.
my belief is that the node is "mainspring "of the chart. it is the energy that fixates all the other symbols and timing, hence the node stands alone and the rulerships of the signs the node is in make little difference.
aspects though are very important with the node. I am not demeaning the use of rulerships but again rulerships do not give a clear method to predict events and timing. to me astrology is all about prediction and timing. I am not a humanistic astrologer who believes astrology only gives trends and not exact moments and I don't believe that a astrologer should only point the good and ignore the bad in a chart.(though I do hold back at times).
I am inclined to place more value on the house position of the node than the rulerships dynamic, as the latter is mostly philosophy to me.
the image I use for the affect of the nodes is that the planets are only inert archetypes. But when the node transits by aspect or conjunctions, the nodes breathes life into the planetary archetype. for instance ,if one asked what does my ,say, venus in taurus mean, then I would ask what happened to you when transiting node squared you natal venus. my answer would lbe what you experienced in that time.
it is a difficult concept to "grok" but the node is superior to all other symbols because it is not a symbol but an energy field. this could be said for the vertex as well.
So in addition to the contradictory elements you mentioned with chiron and neptune squaring the node, my North Node ruler conjuncts my South Node. Does this mean emphasis on my south node is needed to access my north node? It seems like a lot of focus is placed on the theme of home vs. career. Are you able to see anything about that?
personally ,I feel this is all philosophy and doesn't use the node as it can be used. if you read books about the node they all give the same tired variations of the same theme. the north node is where your need to develop your powers the south node is where you are coming from, or as I said variations of this . the point is the astrological establishment censors the truth a both the node. everything written about the node is true, but what is left unspoken is that the node rules the here and now. it rules your body,spirit and soul, it rules the past, present and future.
the dragonshead is the energy of all magic black and white. we live in a reality controlled by black magicians and therefore they do not want the true knowledge of "their" power known...the node. black magic has most power shadowed by ignorance .
to answer your question about home and career, I refer to the MC and IC and juno and Jupiter placements mostly.
Also,
here, you mention the effect of Mars conjunct the nodal axis. Is this just when it conjuncts the North Node? I feel as if mars is highlighted in my chart because it conjuncts my south node and opposes my moon at a 0-degree orb, which is my chart ruler.
You also mention, in your thread, the importance of the transiting node squaring personal planets. It seems I have transiting north node approaching a square to my mercury. Are there any themes that I should be expecting?
the mercury square shows a period of intellectual intensity and possible enlightenment . can bring psychic abilities which would expect because you already have these abilities even if you think you are just logical or intuitional.here the house placement canshow thenature of the environmental conditions which your mercury/intellectual/psychic abilities will manifest in. it could be increased interaction with siblings or any of the attributes of mercury
Onto your observations:
That's a great way to summarize my personality.
This is all true as well. I feel and express very deeply, to the point that I've wondered if my partners feel what I feel. Sometimes I wonder if I can almost telepath emotions because I've had partners mention that experiences with me have been the most passionate and ecstatic they've ever had.
Ok now you're just blowing smoke! Lol, no it's true, I'm usually right. And the things I remember is surprising to me as well at times. By the way, I was wondering if you see anything in my chart that points towards astrological ability? Would becoming an astrologist be far-fetched? I'm just wondering because I can spend hours reading on the subject whenever I have the time. And I do enjoy looking at charts.
chiron is a symbol that shows astrological acumen so the chiron node square would incline you towards astrology
Sometimes I play devils advocate just for the hell of it. I usually see both sides of a situation. And it's true, I can't stand when someone is full of it. Also, if someone is wrong, I don't care who it is, I will make it known, and usually won't mince my words. I usually stick up for the underdog too. If I see a lopsided situation, it will be me and the underdog vs all. I've been accused of caring too much, sometimes to my own detriment. But it's difficult for me to sit there and watch someone being hurt or treated unjustly.
It's crazy how accurate all of this is. Is this because of the scorpio mercury conjunct pluto?
no it is because of the chiron square to moon/node
Close friends call me psychic. I always deny it, but sometimes I surprise myself. I've been playing around and have randomly read people's minds before. Also a lot of what I say happens, but I don't see myself as psychic, just really intuitive.
And it's true, I'm very passionate. When I'm upset, I go cold. But I'm still hot inside.
This is too much. Women ALWAYS talk about my voice. The fact that you can see how I sound in the chart is crazy.
Lol, facts. I figured maybe I'm just full of myself, but I have noticed this as well. I believe I'm humble, but at risk of sounding the opposite, I will say that I do believe I'm a great catch for anyone. I'm just saying this because I wonder if others can sense this as well, as a result of this aspect? Either way, it's interesting that the chart shows what I've always felt. But then again, don't most people feel this way?
You hit the nail on the head with this one. A common complaint I've gotten from partners in the past is that while I'll ask plenty of questions, I give very little information myself. I'm very private, even in an intimate relationship, "never showing all my cards" is a perfect description. If asked I will divulge, but I don't usually tell all. Meanwhile, not only do I expect everything to be told to me, I can always sense when information is being withheld. I expect full transparency. Hypocritical, I know.
Again, very true. I'm very creative with ideas and projects. And I enjoy doing deep research on taboo subjects.
This is very interesting. While my parents did split up in a nasty divorce while I was young, there wasn't anything too crazy that went on. Just the usual dynamics between husband/wife turned enemies, and the financial issues that come with being raised by a single mother. I'm sure certain things that I went through growing up did have some type of effect on me, but there are definitely people who went through far worse than I ever did.
Also, what Saturn/moon pattern are you referring to? I wasn't aware that I had a saturn/moon aspect in my chart.
your moon is biseptile to Saturn
Cheers! Great to see, though I hope you didn't pull any punches.
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I guess I could have made this shorter by simply replying that everything you said was spot on. But I'm also very curious about how you make your insights. Again, thanks for taking the time to do my reading
rahu
