South node

Definition

The south node of the Moon is the second of the two points where the lunar orbit crosses the ecliptic, sitting exactly opposite the north node across the chart. It moves backward through the zodiac in step with its sibling. Modern astrology reads the south node as the territory of inherited skill, deep familiarity, and the patterns the soul brought into this life already polished and ready to use.

In context

If natal South Node sits in your twelfth house, the chart carries strong intuitive and contemplative capacities that come easily (too easily, perhaps), since the south node also describes patterns the life is asked to ease off of rather than rely on as default. Reading the south node always involves reading the north node opposite it, since the lunar nodes work as a single axis of inherited material and forward growth.

To go deeper

The south node belongs with the lunar node family:

• North node: the opposing point, soul direction.
• Lunar nodes: the axis as a single unit.
• Eclipse: events that fire on the node axis.