The Nodes of the Moon are mathematical points created from calculating the meeting points of the Ecliptic (celestial line along which the Sun moves) and the Lunar Orbit (the celestial line along which the Moon moves). They meet in two spots: one is called the South Node and the other, the North Node.
Awareness of where the Nodes are in the sky at any given time can be illuminating and guiding, especially when one knows where this position falls vis-a-vis one’s own Birth Chart.
At present, the transiting North Node is in Taurus. It has been in Taurus for a little over six months now, and will remain there for almost another year. (The Nodes take about 1.5 years to go through a Sign.) North Node in Taurus is a call for all of us — the human Collective — to calm down (Taurus). And since the Planet Uranus (bringer of change) is also currently in Taurus, the more specific invitation is to calm down in new and unexpected ways (Uranus). (Further specifics are idiosyncratic to each one of us, depending on where Taurus falls in the Birth Chart and what Planet and/or Angle placements are there.)
When we consciously harness these transiting energies in a deliberate manner with mindful choices that we make on a daily basis, we are not only coming into better alignment within our own higher self, we are also contributing toward the evolution of humanity as a whole. And again — thanks to the North Node’s current conjunction with Uranus — perhaps even in quantum leaps!
Ever since the North Node first dipped into Taurus in November of 2021, I have really responded to the Nodal summons and shifted my daily life into a much more sanely-paced, calm state. Ahhh……… It’s proven enormously nourishing, feels much more in alignment with my innate predilections.
And then, summer hit!
I made a big trip from here in the Southwest up to the far reaches of the Northeast. Upon returning home, I had a continuous flowing stream of out-of-town visitors, week after week. Absolutely wonderful to be reunited, to spend precious time together in person with friends and family — in some cases, for the first time in years. That said, by the time the last goodbyes were said, I was pretty worn out, and I’ve spent the entire past week recovering from playing hostess so intensely.
Now that the “dust has settled,” I’m getting back to my Taurean (Rising Sign) self — ahhhhh. I’m settling back into my steady, well-paced daily routines, and there’s room for poetry again (about which my Cancerian 3rd House Sun and Piscean Moon sides are also very happy!).
The other day, this new one came out of me. The catalyst was a line in a poem by Kelli Russell Agodon (“Imagined Chapels”). I still marvel at how poems write other poems. And how writing —so totally — helps me make sense of life.
This piece is based on my recent experience bringing my mother and friends for a brief visit to the Bodhi Manda Zen Center in Jemez Springs, NM.
It wasn’t until I re-read it several days later that I realized my poem could also serve as the perfect illustration of that North Node in Taurus tug…
To read, click: Eye of the Storm, by Willamarie Moore
(To read Kelli Russell Agodon’s poem, click HERE.)
And to learn more about your own Birth Chart vis-a-vis the current transiting Nodes of the Moon, book a Reading with me HERE!
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