North Node calculator
The North Node points to the direction of growth: unfamiliar, even uncomfortable qualities that this stage of life calls you to develop. It isn't what already comes easily — that's the South Node — it's the new territory worth moving toward on purpose, even when it isn't instinctive. All you need is your birth date.
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Source: Martin Schulman, Karmic Astrology: The Moon's Nodes and Reincarnation · modern astrological tradition
How it's calculated
The lunar nodes are the two points where the Moon's orbit crosses the ecliptic, the Sun's apparent path. They move backwards through the zodiac, slowly: roughly a year and a half in each sign. That's why the date is enough — the time and place almost never change the sign. The South Node always sits exactly opposite the North Node. This calculator uses the mean node, computed with ephemeris.
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