Astrology for the Soul Paperback – November 1, 1997

"The sign in which the North Node falls denotes the psychological shift that need to occur within the personality. The house containing the North Node shows the experiences that allow the person to access this new psychological awareness...The South Node position in a chart (located at the point exactly opposite of the North Node) depicts an aspect in our character that has been overemphasized in past lives, and thus tends to take over the personality in this lifetime and throw us off balance. When we are acting without awareness, we tend to 'act out' the South Node position in response to our environment because we have been accustomed to that approach working to our advantage. However, in this lifetime, our experiences show us that approaching a situation from the stance shown by the position of the Southern Node of our chart is no longer working..." -- Jan Spiller in Astrology For The SoulIn her book Astrology for the Soul, astrologer Jan Spiller shows you the key to discovering your hidden talents, deepest desires, and the ways to avoid negative influences that may distract you from achieving your true life purpose, as revealed by the North Node of the Moon in your natal astrological chart. Although Spiller mostly uses the term North Node, she takes into consideration that the North Node exists in polarity with the South Node--and how they both manifest in our attitude, personality, and drive.To discover your North Node, you need to generate a chart. You can do this by going to Astro.com Once you enter the birth time, date, and place a chart will be generated. Chart Drawing, Ascendant is where generated charts are stored. To find your North Node (NN) look for the glyph (symbol) that looks like a horseshow with curlicues on the end. The South Node (NN) will be in the House directly opposite the North Node, although it won't be pictured. The symbol for the SN is an inversion of the NN glyph. You also can also find your NN placement by gettng software like Mapping Your Birthchart.In Astrology For The Soul each of the 12 Nodal positions are examined in areas like:*Attributes to develop*What these people really want*Talents/Profession*Healing Affirmations*Personality*Needs*Relationships*Goals*Healing theme songsHere is a small sample of Attributes to Develop for each of the 12 Nodal positions as described in this book:Aries - Independence, trusting one's impulses, and self-nurturanceTaurus - Honoring expressed needs of self and others, forgiveness, and gratitude.Gemini - Tact, logic, and listening.Cancer - Empathy, humility, and accepting others flaws without judgment.Leo - Individuality, self-confidence, and enthusiasm.Virgo - Moderation, creating routines, and taking risks in spite of fears.Libra - Cooperation, seeing through another's eyes, creating win/win situations.Scorpio - Self-discipline, choosing constructive change, and enjoying high-risk situations.Sagittarius - Patience, speaking from Higher Consciousness, and intuitive listening.Capricorn - Self-control, self-respect, and letting go of the past.Aquarius - Objectivity, desire for friendship, and active participation in groups.Pisces - Compassion, surrending anxiety to a Higher Power, and welcoming change.I highly recommend this informative book for releasing negative life patterns, embracing your strengths, and living a more centered and self-directed life.

Belongs in your Astrology book collection! Jan Spiller does a excellent job at describing, in-depth, the drives and characteristics associated with our north nodes. I would describe our north node as our life purpose, and soul's potential, whereas the south node is our soul's pattern, patterns that we are use to, that are familiar to us, that can help or hinder us in this lifetime. Jan focuses, not so much on the past issues of south node, but on the potential of our north node. It is astonishing when you read about yourself and the people in your life, your boss, your best friend, your husband. It sheds light on their shadow self, and on the side of them that is yearning to be free from the past to reach full potential. It helped me to be more compassionate with people that I once could not understand, or that were downright maddening. Now, I use the knowledge of their north node to encourage their soul's potential, (as well as my own). While it does touch on house placements, it is concise and accurate and very useful in promoting understanding and compassion.

I never thought that a single book on Astrology could open my eyes so much to the meaning of life, but WOW, this one sure did.I am absolutely blown away at the accuracy and detail of Jan's insights into my Moon Nodes, and for the first time ever I finally understand:A) Why I've always felt this internal conflict between two different extremes of being in the worldB) Which of the options I need to chooseI have read and re-read (and will keep re-reading) the sections that apply to me, because they're SO helpful, and every time I read them, I understand more about how to be the best possible version of me, and what I need to step up and do to truly achieve what my soul wanted from this lifetime.I shared the book with my husband and he too was blown away by the relevance and insights Jan shares.Now, in both our cases, we've realised that the things that will lead us forward in our soul's journey (ie our North Nodes) are things that we've been struggling to do, and bring up a lot of resistance to tackling them.But now that we understand that that's our way forward, and that doing things in the way that comes so naturally easily to us "is not scheduled to work in this lifetime", we finally have a focus.I now know which direction I should be headed in, what behaviours to leave behind, and how to make the most of this precious life.I am so blessed to have come across this book.

Interesting to read about my sign. Eerily accurate. Would def recommend if you want to know more about your own shadows based on your sign.