{"id":5116,"date":"2018-11-11T12:27:04","date_gmt":"2018-11-11T12:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lanawooster.co.uk\/?p=5116"},"modified":"2018-11-11T12:55:01","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T12:55:01","slug":"aspects-for-the-week-beginning-11-november-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lanawooster.co.uk\/?p=5116","title":{"rendered":"Aspects for the week beginning 11 November 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

North Node enters Cancer<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Last week (on 6th November) the True North Node left Leo and entered Cancer.\u00a0 So you may have seen the beginnings of this cycle.\u00a0 This week (on Friday) the Mean North Node enters Cancer.\u00a0 In terms of timing, we are currently (on this Armistice Day) between the two, and certainly within the orb of the essence of the influence and meaning of the North Node’s entry into Cancer.\u00a0 Its sojourn in this sign will take eighteen months, a\u00a0 karmic cycle.\u00a0 The North Node takes 18 years to go round the zodiac, which represents another karmic cycle.\u00a0 One often hears of something, e.g. a job, lasting 18 months, and that is often a sign that karma has influenced the timing of its beginning and ending.<\/p>\n

Difference between True North Node and Mean North Node<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

There is a difference in the way these two positions are calculated.\u00a0 The reading for the True North Node appears to oscillate to and fro, whereas for the Mean North Node an average is taken which produces a steady progression, say from 1 degree Leo to 29 degrees Cancer (the Nodal Axis moves backwards).\u00a0 They are in fact the same thing.<\/p>\n

What they represent<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The transiting North Node represents collective karma.\u00a0 In a birth chart, the North Node represents the individual karmic mission for the current lifetime moving towards the future and future lifetimes.\u00a0 It can also represent karmic rewards.\u00a0 There may be a slight difference in manifestation of the Mean and True Nodes in transit, e.g. the Mean Node may be more practical and the True Node more spiritual (I am still researching this idea).<\/p>\n

North Node in Leo<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

What was the meaning of North Node in Leo?\u00a0 Leo is one of the signs which represents the Will, and Power.\u00a0 I would say that the last eighteen months has coincided with the rise of right wing regimes, particularly in Europe, but to some extent also around the world.\u00a0 In your own life, you may have noticed a long standing battle of wills or power struggle, where two or more people have vied to have their needs met.\u00a0 On the plus side, you may have come into your power to a greater degree, and built more confidence in asserting your needs.<\/p>\n

North Node in Cancer<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

What can we anticipate during the eighteen month stay of the North Node in Cancer?\u00a0 The political manifestation shifts significantly more towards Nationalism, Tribalism and Patriotism.\u00a0 In just under six months’ time we are due to leave the European Union, and if we were to have a one year transition period, that would take us to the end of this karmic cycle.\u00a0 On the Andrew Marr show this centenary Armistice Day Sir Harold Evans, veteran British-American journalist emphasized the prominent role of Nationalism in the causes of the First World War.\u00a0 A close second to Religion, Nationalism has probably been the cause of most wars throughout history.\u00a0 North Node in Cancer can make communities more insular, and less open to unity with other countries, and mutual global concerns.\u00a0 The sign of Cancer reminds us that charity begins at home, for instance.\u00a0 With poverty increasing in our society (in the U.K. at least), people may be more inclined to draw in their horns and look after their own.\u00a0 Governments may be less inclined to support struggling nations such as in the Third World.\u00a0 Nesting, and fostering family relationships, may be a karmic imperative for us in our personal lives during this period.\u00a0 We may, however, drop the power play and posturing and clash of wills which characterized the period of North Node in Leo.\u00a0 We may acknowledge that blood is thicker than water, that you can’t choose your family but you need them, and they need you.<\/p>\n

Jupiter in Sagittarius<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

For the first year of this eighteen month period, Jupiter will be in its own sign of Sagittarius, countering in some respects, perhaps within the House it falls in in your birth chart, the insularity of North Node in Cancer.\u00a0 Jupiter promotes expansion, openness and generosity, a sense of live and let live, and living in a global society.\u00a0 So this may provide balance, in certain ways, in the next year.<\/p>\n

Nodal Axis Polarity<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The North Node is one end of a polarity with the South Node.\u00a0 Collectively, the South Node represents our path of least resistance karmically, where we may have outmoded habits or even faults needing correction, or mistakes we have made in the past.\u00a0 If manifesting positively, it can also represent good karma we have accrued in the past.\u00a0 In our own personal lives, it represents our past life in this lifetime and how we started out, but also our habits and qualities carried over from past lives, such as the soul paths we have trodden in lineages such as warriorship, scholarship or the Arts.\u00a0 It is where we are travelling from.\u00a0 The South Node is now entering Capricorn, which represents structure, administration and politics, and harvesting the wisdom we have gained along those lines.\u00a0 It is leaving Aquarius, which represented a clinical scientific approach, but also humanitarian ways (such as the way communities have pulled together in troubled times, like\u00a0 in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower inferno).\u00a0 Thus in our collective and personal lives, organizational skills may come into blossom during this eighteen month period.<\/p>\n

Liver Rescue<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

You may remember I wrote about the first two books of Anthony William in January 2017 (“Medical Medium” and “Life Changing Foods”).\u00a0 My enthusiasm for the work of this author has not diminished!\u00a0 Last year, he published “Thyroid Healing”, and now his fourth book “Liver Rescue” has just been published, which I am in the middle of reading.\u00a0 It is easy to read, but it is the heaviest book yet, I can hardly lift it!\u00a0 But if you have any suspicion that your liver health needs upgrading, do read it.\u00a0 According to Anthony William, we are all walking round with livers which need much more care.\u00a0 They apparently do so much on our behalf.\u00a0 But, to quote him:<\/p>\n

“Luckily, the liver is very forgiving. It has great patience”<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>The timing of this book is most interesting, astrologically.\u00a0 For Jupiter has just gone into its own sign of Sagittarius, and Jupiter and Sagittarius in medical astrology represent the liver.\u00a0 Therefore this book has arrived at the right time for us all to pay respects to and upgrade our liver health.<\/p>\n

Aspects<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

On this very special Armistice Day, the anniversary of the ending of the First World War, we have the perfect aspect to meet it: Sun sextile Pluto.\u00a0 Sun sextile Pluto honours those who have gone before us, assists us in looking at how we remember our ancestors and those who have passed, helps us reflect on the self-destructive traits in human nature which have led to wars, helps us look deeply into our collective and personal psychology.\u00a0 If we do nothing else today, that is worthwhile.<\/p>\n

On Thursday (15th) Mars is sextile Uranus, which represents a go ahead, dynamic energy with a surprise twist (usually positive).\u00a0 It is a day you can get things done, especially if mechanics, electricity, household appliances, engineering or cars are involved.<\/p>\n

In the evening, Mars enters Pisces, from the more strident sign of Aquarius where it has been on and off since may (a longer stay than usual in one sign).\u00a0 While Aquarius is humanitarian, and looks after the underdog, Pisces is even more compassionate, and very empathetic.\u00a0 Mars represents our use of energy, and so it may not be so direct, but it will be more in touch with emotional needs (ours, or others).\u00a0 Pisces is also a very charitable sign, so with Mars in Pisces for the rest of this year, and for the run up to Christmas and Christmas itself, it is a good time to support our favourite charities, and put our money where our mouth is, so to speak.<\/p>\n

On Friday (16th) Venus is Stationary, prior to going Direct.\u00a0 Venus has been retrograde since 5th October, and relationships may have been tested and put through their paces in that time.\u00a0 You may have realized the true worth of some of your relationships.\u00a0 You can pause, breathe and relax into that knowledge.\u00a0 That doesn’t mean relationships will suddenly be easy, but you will have learned something important for moving forward.<\/p>\n

The same day, the Mean North Node enters Cancer (see above, for the general flavour of the event).\u00a0 You may have begun to feel the influence of North Node in Cancer since last Tuesday (6th).\u00a0 It may be a personal marker for you in some way, such as the anniversary of a passing, or the conclusion of one project, and the prospect of another.\u00a0 It represents a switch in collective karma from Power, and Creative manifestation to Family and patriotism.\u00a0 Within your own personal birth chart, it depends how it plays out according to the area of life (the House) it falls in.\u00a0 For most people, it will fall in the middle of a House and alter the way you look at the issues of that House karmically, but if you have a 0 degree Ascendant (as I have) it will switch Houses (in my case, it switches from Family to Communication).\u00a0 The transiting North Node especially represents how collective themes affect our lives.<\/p>\n

Mercury is Stationary prior to going Retrograde on Saturday (17th) – do I hear a collective groan?\u00a0 As if to anticipate this Southeastern rail have published a special timetable to accommodate the difficulty of navigating Autumn leaves on the line…Of course, all the usual rules apply: make your communications clear, upgrade your computer systems, send all your parcels by Special Delivery, and, above all, Don’t Panic.\u00a0 Right brained processes, such as painting and inventing, can flourish when the left brain gets out of the way or is not dominant.\u00a0 Sometimes it is easier to get in the flow of life when you are not overly focussed on schedules and controlling details.\u00a0 New ideas and energies can enter in more easily, and not all of them of the disruptive variety! Some influences may be of a higher order.\u00a0 Unusual solutions may be found, such as those residing outside the box, when necessity is the mother of invention.\u00a0 You may think you may need to be in a certain place at a certain time, then find yourself truly in the right place at the right time, a place you may not have anticipated but equally interesting.<\/p>\n

The week in bullet points:<\/p>\n