Celestial body: North Node Energy Point Type: Calculated Point No Rulership Key Phrase: Stretch Goal
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The North Node and the South Node oppose one another exactly and work in tandem; they express themselves through two Signs and act most powerfully in two areas of your life based on the Houses they occupy.
The North Node represents your Stretch Goal in this lifetime. Its placement in Sign and House reveals how and where we need to grow and engage in new energy and experiences.
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Consider someone with the North Node in Aries in the 6th House. Fire’s expression is pioneering, creative, and exploratory. In Aries, the Element acts independently, heroically, and aggressively. So, their key phrase is “Your Stretch Goal manifests through your independent and heroic quest for and attraction to maverick and individualistic service for others.” In short, this person is learning to be an Aries, especially in his or her day-to-day work.
This section will look at all 12 Sign and House placements for the North Node. It is important to make a clear distinction between the Sign and House. While it is correct that each Zodiac Sign rules a particular House, it is vital not to conflate the two.
The North Node in Aries is not the same as the North Node in the 1st House even though Aries rules the first House. A person with the North Node in Aries has a Stretch Goal devoted to independent and maverick behavior regardless of House placement. Someone with the North Node in the 1st House has a Stretch Goal devoted to figuring oneself out and working on identity issues over the course of his or her lifetime.
North Node in the Signs
Think of North Node as your karmic challenge, something you feel compelled to pursue, uncomfortable doing, but is necessary for your spiritual growth. The North Node is the representative for your soul purpose and where you need to have courage.
North Node in Aries
Individuals with the North Node in Aries need to learn how to become independent, maverick, and individualistic. These people grow purposefully in careers, relationships, and families that challenge them to be assertive, direct, impulsive, fearless, and impatient.
North Node in Taurus
Individuals with the Node in Taurus need to learn how to become safe, stable, and conservative. These people grow purposefully in careers, relationships, and families that challenge them to be steadfast, reliable, responsible, conservative, resistant to change, and stubborn.
North Node in Gemini
Individuals with the North Node in Gemini need to learn how to become learned, curious, and high-level communicators. These people grow purposefully in careers, relationships, and families that challenge them to be mentally studious, agile, curious, inquisitive, and witty.
North Node in Cancer
Individuals with the Node in Cancer need to learn how to become nurturing, caring, sympathetic, and compassionate. These people grow purposefully in careers, relationships, and families that challenge them to be caring, protective, receptive, reactive, sentimental, and vulnerable.
North Node in Leo
Individuals with the North Node in Leo need to learn how to become self-empowered, creative, and playful. These people grow purposefully in careers, relationships, and families that challenge them to be proud, confident, expressive, dramatic, showy, and egocentric.
North Node in Virgo
Individuals with the Node in Virgo need to learn how to become efficient, useful, and inventive. These people grow purposefully in careers, relationships, and families that challenge them to be technical, precise, systematic, orderly, discriminating, critical, and meticulous.
North Node in Libra
Individuals with the North Node in Libra need to learn how to become collaborative, balanced, and fair. These people grow purposefully in careers, relationships, and families that challenge them to be engaging, charming, appealing, impartial, considerate, cooperative, and compliant.
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North Node in Scorpio
Individuals with the Node in Scorpio need to learn how to become transformative, healing, sexual, and powerful. These people grow purposefully in careers, relationships, and families that challenge them to be erotic, passionate, powerful, controlling, dangerous, manipulative, and regenerative.
North Node in Sagittarius
Individuals with the North Node in Sagittarius need to learn how to become truthful, purposeful, and moral. These people grow purposefully in careers, relationships, and families that challenge them to be enthusiastic, philosophical, persuasive, expansive, and excessive.
North Node in Capricorn
Individuals with the Node in Capricorn need to learn how to become successful, responsible, and orderly. These people grow purposefully in careers, relationships, and families that challenge them to be serious, formal, realistic, exacting, organized, and conservative.
North Node in Aquarius
Individuals with the North Node in Aquarius need to learn how to become awakened, idealistic, and social. These people grow purposefully in careers, relationships, and families that challenge them to be detached, objective, original, eccentric, broadminded, rebellious, and humanitarian.
North Node in Pisces
Individuals with the Node in Pisces need to learn how to become spiritual, transcendent, and imaginative. These people grow purposefully in careers, relationships, and families that challenge them to be passive, submissive, yielding, empathic, forgiving, and intuitive.
North Node in The 12 Houses
The Houses represent different areas of our lives and how we “quest” or work or solve problems in those areas. The Sign ruling each House is determined by the time of birth, which is why it is so important. When a Point occupies a House the focus of the House becomes amplified by the nature and intent of the point. This next section will look at the North Node in each House.
The Node in the 1st House (of Identity)
Individuals with the North Node in the 1st House will have a Stretch Goal focused on their identity and the development of the Self. This energy will be modified by the Sign ruling the House. If Taurus rules the 1st House, then the individual will strive to grow their identity through physical needs. Additionally, they will focus on the pursuit of financial security and the accumulation of resources.
The Node in the 2nd House (of Resources and Security)
Individuals with the Node in the 2nd House will have a Stretch Goal devoted to their safety, security, and their body. This energy will be modified by the Sign ruling the House. Suppose Sagittarius rules the 2nd House, then the individual will strive to grow using philosophy, enthusiasm, and the ability to persuade people as the way to get his or her needs met.
The Node in the 3rd House (of Communication)
Individuals with the North Node in the 3rd House will have a Stretch Goal focused on understanding the world around them. They will also aim to successfully communicate with others. The Sign ruling the House will modify this energy. If Cancer rules the 3rd House, the individual will strive to grow using empathy and sympathy. They will also use emotional intelligence to interpret and communicate with people in their daily life.
The Node in the 4th House (of Family)
Individuals with the Node in the 4th House will have a Stretch Goal devoted to trying to learn lessons from and build his or her family. This energy will be modified by the Sign ruling the House. Suppose Aquarius rules the 4th House, then the individual will strive to grow by challenging his or her family norms, trying to achieve and experience an idealized vision of what he or she thinks family should be.
The Node in the 5th House (of Creativity)
Individuals with the North Node in the 5th House will have a Stretch Goal focused on self-expression. They will aim to build their reputation and recognition. The Sign ruling the House will modify this energy. If Virgo rules the 5th House, the individual will strive to grow by being inventive and methodical. They will also be critical in their efforts to create and perform for others.
The Node in the 6th House (of Service)
Individuals with the Node in the 6th House will have a Stretch Goal devoted to service, health, and day-to-day work. This energy will be modified by the Sign ruling the House. Suppose Aries rules the 6th House, then the individual will strive to grow independently, staying active for his or her health, and developing skills for self-sufficiency.
The Node in the 7th House (of Partnerships)
Individuals with the North Node in the 7th House will have a Stretch Goal focused on forming relationships and learning from others. Additionally, they will aim to teach others. This energy will be modified by the Sign ruling the House. If Scorpio rules the 7th House, then the individual will strive to grow by transforming others. Furthermore, they will seek to be transformed by the people they form partnerships with during their lives.
The Node in the 8th House (of Intimacy)
Individuals with the Node in the 8th House will have a Stretch Goal focused on understanding power, change, and sexuality. The Sign ruling the House will modify this energy. If Gemini rules the 8th House, the individual will strive to grow by being curious and communicative. They will also be open-minded about exploring and dealing with their sexuality, transformations, and power issues.
The Node in the 9th House (of Mastership)
Individuals with the North Node in the 9th House will have a Stretch Goal focused on exploring the world broadly and deeply. They will use scholarship and belief as tools of study. This energy will be modified by the Sign ruling the House. If Capricorn rules the 9th House, then the individual will strive to grow by reaching the highest levels of practice and achievement. Additionally, they will aim to attain the knowledge and wisdom others seek from them.
The Node in the 10th House (of Career)
Individuals with the Node in the 10th House will have a Stretch Goal devoted to accomplishment, measurable success, and material prosperity. This energy will be modified by the Sign ruling the House. Suppose Leo rules the 10th House, then the individual will strive to grow using creativity, performance, and the pursuit of recognition to become prosperous and shape his or her career.
The Node in the 11th House (of Community)
Individuals with the North Node in the 11th House will have a Stretch Goal focused on community. They will search to fit in and help society thrive. The Sign ruling the House will modify this energy. If Pisces rules the 11th House, the individual will strive to grow using imagination and spirituality. They will also use their awareness of the unity of humanity to integrate into and support their community.
The Node in the 12th House (of Spirituality)
Individuals with the Node in the 12th House will have a Stretch Goal focused on spiritual pursuits, finding and living one’s purpose, and connecting the divine with the material. This energy will be modified by the Sign ruling the House. If Libra rules the 12th House, then the individual will strive to grow by analyzing and negotiating. They will also attempt to find a balance in one-on-one interactions dealing with belief, mysteries, and the spiritual aspect of life.
