Post by ariesmoon on Jan 16, 2009 23:11:32 GMT
Does anyone have a view on using True Nodes or Mean Nodes?
I'm finding that using the Mean Node is giving me a far more accurate picture of life potential when working with the Sabian symbols. As one example, the subject of one of my charts is acting out, to the letter, the symbolism of his Mean North Node degree, at the time of his second Nodal return. This is what he has had to find out. The symbol for his "true" North Node just doesn't fit.
If I use the Mean Node degree for my North Node instead of the True Node degree, the symbolism changes to reflect exactly what I'm finding is my true life purpose. And it also means an exact degree conjunction with my Venus. The symbol is:
"Children on a Swing in the Safety of a Huge Oak Tree".
I've just started work, this week, in a pre-school children's centre, and it's as if I've "come home" to what I was always meant to do. It is absolutely what my heart wants. It's a place of safety, a welcoming place full of love, a "home from home", absolutely dedicated to supporting families to give children the best possible chance in life. (My Venus/North Node conjunction is in the 4th house!) Using the North Node on this degree, and not on the preceding one, gives me a perfect fit.
And the South Node is the same - I read the notes in Lynda Hill's book and it just clicked for me. And again, using the Mean Node puts the South Node on the same degree as Saturn.
Astro.com seems to use the True Node as a default (if there's a way of changing it to the Mean node, I can't find it!) So I'd always accepted it, but another program I've acquired recently came up with the Mean Node figure, which made me look at the symbolism. And it really has been a bit of a "eureka" moment, if only with 2 charts!
I'd always had an unease about the symbolism for my Nodes, but had accepted it as the wisdom seemed to be "use the True Node at all times". My understanding is that Mean nodes are what the ancient astrologers used, and that finding a so-called "True" nodal position is a relatively recent development.
By the way it's the time of my half nodal return!
I'm finding that using the Mean Node is giving me a far more accurate picture of life potential when working with the Sabian symbols. As one example, the subject of one of my charts is acting out, to the letter, the symbolism of his Mean North Node degree, at the time of his second Nodal return. This is what he has had to find out. The symbol for his "true" North Node just doesn't fit.
If I use the Mean Node degree for my North Node instead of the True Node degree, the symbolism changes to reflect exactly what I'm finding is my true life purpose. And it also means an exact degree conjunction with my Venus. The symbol is:
"Children on a Swing in the Safety of a Huge Oak Tree".
I've just started work, this week, in a pre-school children's centre, and it's as if I've "come home" to what I was always meant to do. It is absolutely what my heart wants. It's a place of safety, a welcoming place full of love, a "home from home", absolutely dedicated to supporting families to give children the best possible chance in life. (My Venus/North Node conjunction is in the 4th house!) Using the North Node on this degree, and not on the preceding one, gives me a perfect fit.
And the South Node is the same - I read the notes in Lynda Hill's book and it just clicked for me. And again, using the Mean Node puts the South Node on the same degree as Saturn.
Astro.com seems to use the True Node as a default (if there's a way of changing it to the Mean node, I can't find it!) So I'd always accepted it, but another program I've acquired recently came up with the Mean Node figure, which made me look at the symbolism. And it really has been a bit of a "eureka" moment, if only with 2 charts!
I'd always had an unease about the symbolism for my Nodes, but had accepted it as the wisdom seemed to be "use the True Node at all times". My understanding is that Mean nodes are what the ancient astrologers used, and that finding a so-called "True" nodal position is a relatively recent development.
By the way it's the time of my half nodal return!