The lunar nodes are among the most powerful influences in the natal chart. They are the unseen cosmic forces that shape our destinies, spotlighting our karmic potential and illuminating the true meaning behind our very existence. What will the nodes reveal about your life path? This comprehensive book on lunar nodes--the points where the moon's orbit crosses the sun's path-- teaches you how to access their immense power. Learn how the north node and the south node can be used as stand-alone tools for creating accurate chart interpretations, simply by marking their locations in relation to the houses, ruling planets, aspects, signs, and other chart factors. Use this book on lunar nodes to see how the they influence personality traits and appearance. Predict trends and events for the year ahead. Discover the lessons you are meant to learn. Gain invaluable insight into your relationships with friends and loved ones...and much more. Perfect for beginners and advanced astrologers alike, Lunar Nodes takes you on an enlightening journey toward self-discovery. Harness the transformative energy of the lunar nodes, and you will ultimately bring about your own personal and spiritual evolution. Also features fascinating sample charts of celebrities, including Angelina Jolie, Michael Moore, George Clooney, and Oprah Winfrey!

This book is the first comprehensive guide to the Moon's nodes--probably the most misunderstood points in astrology. The nodes are not planets, but the points on your birth chart where the orbit of the Moon around the Earth crosses the ecliptic. The nodes are the key to understanding your spiritual purpose for this lifetime. The South Node reveals the lessons, talents, and abilities you mastered in past lives, while the North Node shows you how to best use your past-life skills for spiritual growth, happiness, and success in this life. The Complete Node Book presents a new and empowering perspective on the nodes. It defines and analyzes the specific lessons and challenges presented by each of the 144 possible placements of the nodes. Both sign and house placement of the nodes are considered for extraordinarily insightful and accurate interpretations. For beginning astrologers, this guidebook provides easy-to-find personal interpretations and a free birth chart offer. For advanced astrologers, it will serve as the definitive reference manual on the Moon's nodes.

In this groundbreaking exposition into the nature and impact of the planetary nodes, astrologer and therapist Mark Jones presents a thought-provoking investigation that builds a compelling case for the importance of these seldom studied but seemingly potent points. Drawing upon original research including twenty years of observation and study, Jones surveys key moments in recent Western history to illuminate the potential meaning and significance of the planetary nodes from Jupiter to Pluto. He suggests that the planetary nodes can be understood as moments of condensed meaning that contain the essence of the entire planetary cycle. As gateways into the collective unconscious, the planetary nodes reflect the evolution of the planetary archetypes themselves over time, revealing the deep undercurrents that inform and shape our collective experience. In this detailed text compiling the first truly complete thesis on the power of planetary nodes, defining moments in collective Western history are explored through the charts of events and the lives of those individuals who acted as catalysts of collective evolution. This beautifully written landmark study elevates what was once a mysterious addition to the astrological tool box of all but a few. Jones makes a passionate call to the community for further research, giving weight to the statement of eminent astrologer Carl Payne-Tobey, who taught that "the planetary nodes are more important than the planets themselves."

One of the most radical and unorthodox interpretations of retrograde planets yet published. Disregarding the traditional "good" or "bad" explanation, the author gives instead a system which explains the three vibrational moods in which these planets may be expressed. Each planet is discussed thoroughly in all signs and houses. There is also an examination of the esoteric and karmic symbolism begun in his best selling "Karmic Astrology Volume I: The Moon's Nodes and Reincarnation."

Astrology Realized: Your Journey to Understanding Astrology introduces you to the foundational knowledge of astrology, ensuring a solid understanding for a lifetime practice. Developing a personal relationship to the cosmos is a vital step to significantly enriching your astrological journey. Regardless of your starting point, roots can always be made stronger and new bridges can be built. Astrology Realized invites you to look above and within to inspire you to develop your own special connection with the sky. This book began as an online course by Nadiya Shah. Student feedback and questions helped to refine the lessons, bringing together some of the most keen areas of interest for the astrology student. Beginning with a historical and philosophical look at astrology, you are encouraged to explore ideas of important astrological thinkers as well as critics so you can better articulate and understand your own reasons for connecting with the sky. By introducing you to exploring your birth chart, Astrology Realized personalizes astrology and brings the cosmos to life. A holistic approach to understanding astrology is emphasized while important astrological concepts are enhanced by accompanying charts and diagrams. Astrology Realized is intended to help you understand the fundamentals of reading charts as well as predictive techniques so you can feel confident and self-aware in your growing practice as an astrologer and enthusiast.

Few understand the power of Transiting Lunar Nodes - yet all of us experience the impact of these transits in our lives. Planets transiting through the Zodiac form aspects to our personal charts, and happenings occur. How or why you feel a certain way about a situation is indicated by the transits of the Lunar Nodes. Author Diane Ronngren introduces you to this unique study and helps you explore the energy of the transiting Lunar Nodes in your life.

Tapping into the political power of magic and astrology for social, community, and personal transformation. In a cross-cultural approach to understanding astrology as a magical language, Alice Sparkly Kat unmasks the political power of astrology, showing how it can be channeled as a force for collective healing and liberation. Too often, magic and astrology are divorced from their potency and cultural contexts: co-opted by neoliberalism, used as a force of oppression, or distilled beyond recognition into applications that belie their individual and collective power. By looking at the symbolic and etymological histories of the sun, moon, Saturn, Venus, Mercury, Mars, and Jupiter, we can trace and understand the politics of magic--and challenge our own practices, interrogate our truths, and reshape our institutions to build better frameworks for communities of care. Fearless, radical, and fresh, Sparkly Kat's Postcolonial Astrology ushers in a new wave of astrology revival, refusing to apologize for its magickism and connecting its power to the spirituality and politics we need now. Intersectional, inclusive, and geared towards queer and POC communities, it uses our historical and collective constructs of the planets, sun, and moon to re-chart our subconscious history, redefine the body in the world, and assert our politics of the personal, in astrology and all things.