The Transiting Lunar Nodes

[Rad]

Hi All,

Since the Lunar Nodes will be shifting signs very soon I am thinking of starting this thread as a way of discussing how to understand the transiting Lunar Nodes in general, and specifically the meaning of shifting into Pisces / Virgo from Aries/Libra. My thought is to talk about his from a collective/ world point of view as well as the individual Soul point of view.

For those who would like to do this together please let me know.

God Bless, Rad

[Skywalker]

Hi Rad,

I´m interested in better understanding the transiting Lunar Nodes.

Thank you for this initiative.

All the best

[cat777]

Hi Rad,

I am very interested in this.

Thanks
cat

[Kristin]

HI Rad,
I would love to participate too.
Peace,
Kristin

[Linda]

Hi Rad,

Please count me in.

Thanks so much,

Linda

[[email protected]]

I would like to join in to learn more about the transiting nodes. 

[Maya]

Hi,

I am always interested.

Maya

[Rad]

Hi Scharel, Maya, Kristin, Cat, Linda, and Skywalker

We will start in the next few days on this. If anyone else wishes to participate please let me know.

God Bless, Rad

[Rad]

Hi Skywalker, Kristin, Maya, Cat, Linda, and Scharel

In order to understand the transiting Lunar Nodes it is critical that we understand that archetypes of the Soul, and the egocentric structures it creates from life to life. In order to understand this at first it is critical that understand what the natal signature is relative to natal Pluto, it's polarity point, and the North and South Nodes of the Moon that the Soul has created for it's ongoing evolutionary journey. By understanding this natal imprint it is then possible to rightly understand the nature of the transiting Lunar Nodes. So before we focus on those transiting Lunar Nodes let's first review the core archetypes of what the Soul is, and the egocentric identities that it creates. So please read through the following. If you have any questions please ask them of me after reading this.

                                                         THE SOUL

The word Soul has been a word in almost every human language system that have ever been on Earth. So what is it? Can we open up the brain and find it? No, obviously we can not. But we can not open up the physical body and find emotion either for example. Yet we know we all have emotions. Can we open up the brain and find thought? No. Yet, we all know we at least have a thought or two in our heads. Can we open up the body and find sadness, or depression, or happiness, or love? No. Yet, we all know that these things exist within us. So obviously we are dealing with the nature of energy. The Soul is energy which is no different than the energy of consciousness itself. Again, we can't open the brain and find consciousness. Consciousness is one of the very greatest mysteries of all to scientists for they can not explain its origins or even how it came to be. Consciousness correlates astrologically to Neptune. This is exactly the starting point for what we call religion and philosophy: the human need to contemplate and consider, within the desire to know, where we come from and why. In turn this becomes the causative factor for "˜beliefs´ where beliefs are the result of the human pondering upon the origin of life itself. But is there a difference between beliefs and actual knowing? Is there a way to know the answer to the big cosmic questions versus the need to believe in an answer? The happy news is that there is. For example by the sheer fact that there is a manifested Creation that exists as fact there must also be TRUTHS THAT INHERENTLY EXIST because of the fact of the manifested Creation in the first place. By the fact of its existence most of us can easily reason that there has to be something that is the origin of the Creation. In generic language we could call that something the Origin Of All Things, or The Source, and in religious terminology it is called God or the Goddess.

Consciousness is certainly part of the manifested Creation. It exists. That which is the origin of consciousness, of itself, must also be conscious. Thus the totality of consciousness emanates from this Source. As an observable fact we all know that consciousness is in all living things: all life forms. And all of these life forms have the appearance of being separate from all other life forms yet are simultaneously connected to them: two plants next to each other appear separate yet are simultaneously connected to one another by the sheer fact of being plants. So, on the one hand there is in fact the individualizing aspect of consciousness, Yet, on the other, the universal aspect of consciousness which binds all the individual aspects of consciousness together.

Another way of illustrating this is the famous story of the wave and the ocean. Most of us would agree that it is the ocean that is the origin of the wave. Yet from the point of view the wave, if the individualizing aspect of consciousness were centered there, the wave appears and seems separate. In other words if the center of gravity for consciousness where within the wave then from that center of gravity the wave appears, and is experienced, as something separate from it´were the wave itself then the ocean simultaneously experiences it.

In the very same way when the Universal Consciousness which is the origin of all consciousness has created and manifested the totality of the manifested Creation. Which of course includes the human being and the consciousness within it. And within human consciousness there exists a natural individualizing aspect to it. This individualizing aspect to it occurs as a natural result of the human life form having distinct and individual forms relative to the its root: the human life form as a seed, so to speak, that produces many other branches that is no different than the ocean and the wave.

Thus, each human life form has its own individualizing consciousness that is called the Soul. The Soul, then, is an immutable consciousness, or energy, that is naturally part of the Universal Consciousness that has created it in the first place. Immutable here means that which can not be destroyed. Why? Because energy can never be destroyed, it can only change form. To evolve.

So how does the Soul evolve? What dynamics are inherent within it that are the cause of its own evolution? Within all human souls there exist two antithetical desires where DESIRE IS THE DETERMINANT OF EVOLUTION. One desire is to the RETURN to that which is the origin of us, of all of Creation, in the first place. And the other desire is to SEPARATE from that which is the Origin of All Things. This simple inner dynamic within the Soul is also the natural cause, or law, of free choice, or free will. that one can imagine. For example a desire for a new lover, or a new career post, the new possession, and so on. And we may have the ability to manifest that which we desire. And when we do there is in fact a sense of satisfaction of actualizing that which we have desired. But what soon replaces it ?

So how can we know, independent of belief systems, that there in fact exists an Ultimate Source? The human being knew long, long ago, before the manifestation of religions and complicated cosmologies, through inner contemplation, inner "˜looking´, that when the breath in the body, inhale and exhale, became very, very shallow, even stopped, that there would then appear within the interior of their consciousness a LIGHT. This occurred as a natural function of the breath becoming shallow or stopping. Naturally. Much later in human history this was to be called the famous "˜third eye. And it is this very Light that symbolized and connected the individual consciousness reflected in the Soul to the Universal Consciousness that is the Origin of All Things. The human being also learned long ago that by merging its own individual consciousness, or Soul, with that Light, that its consciousness would then expand in such a way that the individual consciousness itself then became Universal and was then able to consciously experience that Ultimate Source of All Things: the wave had returned to the ocean.

The point here, again, is that any human being can know and validate these natural laws through their own actual experience that does not require belief systems of any kind. The key to do this, again, is to progressively shallow and stop the breath all together. Any one can do this. If you doubt this, or wonder how, simply try the following natural method to do so. On your inhaling breath simply mentally affirm the number one. On your exhaling breath simply mentally affirm the number two. The secret here is to concentrate as hard as you can simply on the numbers one and two. It is this act of concentration intensified by desire manifesting as will that progressively your breath will in fact begin to shallow and even stop. Remember that consciousness is energy and can not be destroyed. It can only change form. Thus, as some may think,  when the breath is stopped it does not mean that you have to die. Consciousness is NOT dependent on the human form. So when the breath is stopped the inner LIGHT which is intrinsic to consciousness will soon begin to appear. And as it does so simply move into it with by the conscious act of surrender. Surrendering to it will then allow for a merging of your own consciousness with that Universal Consciousness as symbolized in the Light. ANYONE CAN DO THIS AND THEN KNOW FOR THEMSELVES THIS NATURAL TRUTH.

It is this natural law of breath, when stopped or becoming very shallow, that allows for what all the great teachers of relatively recent centuries, when compared to how long the human being has actually been on the planet, has said; including Jesus: "When thy eye is single one's whole body is full of light." Symbolically speaking the two physical eyes that we have correlate to the two motions of breath: inhale and exhale. It is the inhaling and exhaling of the breath that keeps one's consciousness utterly involved and enmeshed in the duality, or polarity, of life itself. Likes and dislikes, happy and sad, love and hate etc, etc correlate too and demonstrate this natural law. The numbers one and two correlate to the natural law of finitude and duality: cause and effect. Yet between one and two there exists an interval, or zero. The interval or zero correlates to the Universal Consciousness or infinity. Thus when the breath stops or becomes very, very shallow the interval is then perceived. And what is perceived in the single eye, or what has been called the "˜third eye´ that naturally exists within the interior of consciousness, and can be accessed and merged with with our Soul. When this occurs the law of duality ceases to exist. The ultimate satisfaction is then realized. The Soul correlates astrologically to Pluto.

From the point of view of natural laws it is interesting to note, historically speaking, that advanced mathematics like algebra, trigonometry, quantum physics and so on, could not have been realized unless there was an "˜idea' or conception called zero. This occurred in the third century A.D. in India. It was the then Indian mathematicians that conceived of the number zero. And, of course, from the point of view of Indian cosmologies this occurred as a direct extension of their natural understanding of the origin of Creation: out of nothing, or zero, the manifested Creation occurred: the un-manifested/ manifested, or the causeless cause.

                                                           THE EGO
                                                               
Coming into human form the Soul will then manifest what is known as the ego. The ego correlates astrologically to the Moon. The ego is also pure energy. We can not open the brain and find it. Unlike the energy of the Soul which is sustained from life to life until the final merging with the the Source occurs, the energy of the ego in any life is dissolved after each life is lived. The analogy of the wave and the ocean again serves to illustrate this point. The ocean can be equated with the Soul, and the wave can be equated with the ego. Of course the ocean, Soul, is manifesting the waves, ego, life after life. And just as the waves can rise and fall, any given life, the ocean is sustained.

The ego created by the Soul thus allows for the individualizing aspect of the Soul in each life. In each life the ego is created by the Soul in such a way as to serve as the vehicle through which the evolutionary intentions of the Soul in any life occurs. Each ego that the Soul creates is oriented to reality in such a way that the very nature of the orientation serves as the vehicle through which the life lessons occur and are understood by the Soul. In each life the ego allows for a self image of the Soul to occur relative to the individualizing aspect of the Soul. An analogy to a movie projector will suffice to illustrate this point. If I have a movie projector, and a reel of film on the back, a screen in front of the movie projector, and turn on the machine generating light from it, I will have no distinct imagery on the screen unless I also have a lens within the projector. Without the lens what manifests from the machine is simply diffuse light. Thus the lens serves as a vehicle through which the inherent images on the film can be focused and given distinct shape, form, and images. In the very same way the ego that the Soul generates in each life allows for a vehicle, or lens, through which the inherent images that exist within our Soul to take form. This natural law of consciousness is thus the cause that allows for individual self perception and the word "I" itself.

The Soul, Pluto, also correlates to the genetic code, RNA and DNA, chromosomes, and enzymes. In each life the Soul IS THE DETERMINANT FOR THE ENTIRE GENETIC CODE OF THE LIFE, HUMAN FORM, THAT IT IS BEING BORN INTO. Each life that the Soul chooses is a continuation of that which has come before where each new life taken correlates to the ongoing evolutionary lessons or intentions of any given Soul. Thus the body type which includes which race to be born into, the appearance of it, the culture to be born into, the parents of origin, the specific and individual nature of the emotions, feelings, psychology, desires, and so on correlate to the Soul's intentions reflected in the genetic code in total in each life. This is all then given individual form in each life via the egocentric structure, Moon, that the Soul creates in each life. Thus any person can then say things like "this is who I am", "this is what I need", "this is what I am feeling", "this is what I am trying to learn", and so on: the individualizing aspect of the ego that the Soul creates in each life.

When "˜death' occurs in any given life, as stated earlier stated earlier, the ego that the Soul has created for a life then dissolves back into its origin: the Soul. Since both are energy, and energy can not be destroyed, where does the Soul go upon the physical death of the body? In other words where is it on an energetic level? Most of us have heard the words the "˜astral plane' or heaven and hell. Obviously what these types of words refer too are other realities or planes of existence. There is in fact other energetic realities or planes of existence. Simply speaking, the astral plane is an energetic plane of existence that all Souls go too after the completion of physical lives on places like Earth. Energetically this plane of existence is much less materially dense than places like Earth. After physical death the Soul "˜goes to' the astral plane in order to review the life that has just been lived, and to prepare for yet another birth on places like Earth. Upon the completion of a life on Earth the ego dissolves back into the Soul in such a way that the center of gravity within the consciousness, within the astral plane, is the Soul itself. For most folks living lives in the material plane we call Earth the center of gravity of consciousness is the ego itself. This is why the vast majority of people living feel within themselves that they are separate from everything else: the center of gravity being the egocentric "˜I'. In the astral plane the center of gravity shifts to the Soul itself so that when death occurs in any given life the memory of the ego of that life is sustained.

This memory of the ego is necessary for the Soul for it is the memory of the ego that allows the Soul to not only review the life that has just been lived, but it also serve as the basis for the next life to be lived relative to the continuing evolution of the Soul itself: in each life we all pick up where we have left off before. Thus, this memory of the ego in each life serves as the causative factor of what type of egocentric structure the Soul needs to create in the next life. In essence it is the memory of the ego that the Soul draws upon, the "˜images´ contained therein, that serve as the basis of the next ego that the Soul needs to generate in each successive life that promote its ongoing evolution.

Astrologically speaking this is symbolized by Pluto, the Soul, and the South and North Nodes of the Moon. The South Node of the Moon correlates the prior egocentric memories of the Soul that determine the natal placement of the Moon in each life, the current ego; and the North Node of the Moon correlates to the evolving ego of the Soul: the nature and types of inner and outer experiences that the Soul needs desires, in order to facilitate its ongoing evolution. In turn this will then constitute the new egocentric memories images that the Soul will draw upon when a life has been lived and terminated at physical death.

Most of us are aware that the Moon also correlates to one's family of origin in any given life. It should be clear then that upon the death of the physical body the Soul "˜goes to' the astral plane and meets again important family members, and others close to the Soul. This is also why, for many Souls, that we continue to meet again those family members upon rebirth into yet another physical life on places like Earth. It is the memory of the ego now combined with the memory of family that is the determinant in this phenomenon. And this phenomenon is sustained until there is no longer any evolutionary or karmic need to sustain such relationships.

[suzusue]

I'm very interested in this subject -- especially now since it will be a reverse transit for me!  Thanks for doing it!!
Sue

[Upasika]

Hi Rad,

Much as I would like to contribute to such a vital topic with assignments, I doubt I will have any time at all to do that due to my currently intense work load. But I do have a question which I hope is ok to ask...

In the average scenario, generally speaking, one parents will usually die a significant number of years before oneself. And therefore by the time one dies one's parents will have already been born into another life in a body somewhere (unless of course they are spiritually advanced and able to exist a long time between births not incarnated in a body).

So it appears that for many people they would be unlikely to ever meet their parents, uncles or aunts in the astral plane - would that be correct?

thank you,
Upasika

[Rad]

Hi Upasika,

No, generally speaking, that would not be correct. Generally, most Souls stay out physical bodies from life to life long enough for that meeting up to take place between parents/ offspring, etc. Generally.

God Bless, Rad

[Rad]

Hi Suzusue

Welcome to our message board. Feel free to participate in this thread if you feel so drawn, or any other thread.

God Bless, Rad

[Rad]

All,

We will now begin to discuss all the various dynamics and archetypes that correlate with the Moon. We will do this one step at a time so that all of us can understand and integrate what is being presented as we progressively move along. At any step when you have questions please ask them of me.

One of the core dynamics and archetypes that the Moon correlates too is one of psychological and emotional security. Security, for most, correlates to the past that is continually defining the moment. The past correlates to that which is familiar to the Soul, and that which is familiar equals security because of the self consistency that the past defines, or attempts to define, in each moment in time. The need for self consistency is the underpinning for most Souls to feel secure.

The transit of the S.Node of the Moon correlates to the past that is defining each moment of our evolutionary journey. That can be the entire past of this life where that past itself has been shaped and molded by the entire evolutionary past of the soul that goes back lifetimes. The past of other lifetimes manifests wherever the transiting S.Node of the Moon is by house and sign, and the aspects that it is making to other planets. That past is additionally linked with the natural planetary ruler of the sign that the transiting S.Node is in. The aspects to this planet also correlate to the dynamics that have defined that past in other lives, and that planet with it's aspects to other planets in conjunction with the house and sign of the transiting S.Node is bringing that entire past into the current moment of the life being lived by the Soul. And, again, that past has helped shape and define the entire egocentric reality of the Soul in the current life.

Because of the need for security where, again, security for most souls is defined by the need to be self consistent, that entire past can be used by the Soul to stay stuck in that past: to not make the choices necessary that allow the Soul to evolve.

Those new choices, in the interfacing of the past with the current moment, are symbolized by the transiting N.Node of the Moon which of course will be in direct opposition to the S.Node of the Moon. One of the underlying archetypes of the opposition aspect is to throw off, to oppose, anything that is preventing necessary growth. At the same time, the opposition can be used by the Soul to oppose and/or throw off the new or necessary dynamics manifesting through the N.Node of the Moon that correlate to its evolutionary future, and the choices necessary to allow that evolutionary future to manifest.

These new choices, as symbolized by the transiting N.Node, and the location of it's planetary ruler by its own house and sign with the various aspects to it, correlate to the Soul's evolution: to evolve beyond the past. Thus, there is a dynamic tension between the past and the future as experienced by the Soul is each moment relative to the transiting Lunar Nodes.

I would suggest that each of you reflect now on where the Lunar Nodes have just been: Aries/ Libra. Reflect on the houses they have been in in your own birth chart, and reflect on the planetary rulers of these Nodes in your birth chart, and the aspects they make to other planets. Reflect on your own personal lives while this has been in place as to what we are discussing here. Reflect in such a way as to be able to see and know for yourselves the truth of what we are discussing here.

If you have any questions please ask them of me now.

God Bless, Rad

[Upasika]

Hi Rad,

Thanks for your previous answer.

Also just like to clarify the ruler situation ...

I would suggest that each of you reflect now on where the Lunar Nodes have just been: Aries/ Libra. Reflect on the houses they have been in in your own birth chart, and reflect on the planetary rulers of these Nodes in your birth chart, and the aspects they make to other planets.

When you talk about the natural planetary rulers of the lunar Nodes, I take it you're not meaning the transiting planetary rulers. For instance the currently transiting lunar South Node in Aries has as it's ruler Mars.

However it's not the currently transiting Mars in Virgo that we need to look at. It's where Mars is in our natal chart by house and sign, and the aspects our natal Mars is making to our other natal planets, that we need to look at - to see dynamics that have defined our past in other lives ... dynamics that possibly have been (and are still being) re-activated while the transiting South Node has been (and still is) in Aries. Correct?

And just to check ... so when the transiting lunar South Node changes soon into Pisces we would then stop looking at Mar's location and aspects in our natal charts and switch to looking at where Neptune is in our natal charts, and it's natal aspects?

blessings Upasika