North Node in Virgo/South Node in Pisces - The object here is crystallization. The individual has to overcome past life superstitions which now impede his growth and see clearly the truth of all things before him. Prior tendencies to be dependent on others as well as to swim in the self-pity of non-achievement are strong obstacles to be dealt with and surpassed in the current life. The individual must make every attempt not to allow himself to become bewildered amidst the maze of confusion that clouds his inner vision. Strongly conscious of trying not to hurt other people, much effort is spent to develop the ability to say what he really feels. In essence his weak spot is hurting himself, even though he will have many opportunities in this life to know better. He must work to build his confidence, from which he ultimately learns that nothing happens in his life until his goals and objectives are clearly defined. In past incarnations, this individual was deceived by many through his over-compassionate tendency to fall for sob stories. Now, he still cringes at the sight of suffering, strongly feeling the emotion of other people's pain. He thereby allows external sorrows to drain him of his strength, until he reaches the point where he's had enough. Then the realization that his soft heart is his weak spot pushes him to his Virgo North Node where he begins to develop the ability to discriminate between what is truly worthy of his sympathy and what is indeed fantasy! He spends much time in the current life sifting through his value systems, discarding all that is unimportant, so that he may ultimately develop a filtering system which will enable him to make critical judgments without being swayed emotionally. This incarnation is to teach him how to swim out of the pea soup he has fallen into, and what never ceases to amaze him is the fact that so subtle was his slipping into illusion that actually he never saw it happen. He must try to avoid escapism and daydreaming at all costs, for in the end these weaken him to the point that he may forget how to function on the physical earth plane. From past incarnations his intuition is unusually strong and accurate, but with it comes the Pjscean depressions stemming from a sensitivity to other people's disappointments. In learning the karmic lesson of not to depend, he ultimately discovers that all those he desired to lean on eventually come to lean on him. He constantly has to pull out of events, circumstances and relationships whose very heaviness cloud his vision. His own pity for other people can lead him into positions in which he spreads himself too thin. Hating to tell people what they don't wish to hear, he develops the art of subtlety. One of his biggest lessons in this life is to develop the ability to say no and mean it, for the softest plea from a tear-stained eye has always made him go back on his word. Well he knows his own weaknesses, and it is through this knowledge that he can develop his greatest strength. By the refusal to be swept off his feet by emotion, he gradually swims his way out of confusion. Many with this Nodal position have been through past-life persecution experiences, and as a result they develop a deep understanding of the pain of others. Still, they can be deceived by others, almost as if their inner gentleness becomes confused with weakness to the point of inviting again in this life the very persecution they are running from. They have the ability to carry deep hurts within them for many years. Yet from time to time the buildup eats away at their nervous system. Here the Virgo North Node can act as a savior by cueing them into the diet and health conditions which will bring the most benefit. These Nodes are especially helpful in the fields of medicine and healing, where the past-life carry-over of a strong compassion for humanity, coupled with a fresh desire for perfection, can be readily expressed. Idealism is high, but the soul's memory of a lack of self-confidence brought about by so much past persecution makes it difficult for the individual actually to believe that he can reach his ideals. He has constantly to fight the tendencies he feels towards giving up. Ultimately it is the great wisdom learned through the bitter lessons of the Pisces South Node that redeem him. For no matter how difficult conditions get, he still clings to his rainbow dream where peace and love rule the world. He is highly critical of others when he sees them falling short of the perfected ideals he knows they are capable of reaching. He has to learn to put into practical use the essence of his own ideas which he has always vaguely felt but has been unable to verbalize. To the extent that this continues, he feels misunderstood. In times of need he truly wishes for others to help him, yet he feels that it wouldn't be fair to ask for such help. Instead, he keeps seeking out people with depth, silently hoping that they who can see through him will care enough to fathom his problems. Constantly seeking warmth in others, he turns stone cold when in the company of coarse or crude individuals. One of the most beautiful things about the Pisces South Node is that as the years go by he is afforded the opportunity to develop forgiveness for all those who have hurt him in this life as well as in past incarnations. These Nodes represent the clouds and the sunshine, the illusion and the real. Always seeking some better state, this individual eventually comes to learn why other people suffer so much. Until he learns this, he goes far out of his way at the risk of hurting himself to help any and all who suffer. His current life karma is to strive for purification and perfection in himself, while tolerating with gentleness, weakness in others. This brings him his biggest lesson-self discipline!

He must learn clearly when to let the water run, when to shut it off and when to alter its course. He must not overlook details for it is often the Piscean lack of attention to detail that causes him to miss the clarity of understanding he is seeking. By developing a clear perspective he can start to avoid the tendency to excess that he has brought with him into this life. If he is to be happy, his life must be dedicated to service rather than secretly wishing others to drown his past sorrows. His biggest lesson of all is never to doubt the purity of his objectives. This individual is starting to make things work on the earth plane. In past lives he developed an intuitive understanding of the nature by which man and machine function, but now he is confronted with putting this knowledge to use, rather than daydreaming about some future far-off moment when all his dreams might come true. He must be careful to make all times the present as well as all places here; for only through living in the here and now is he able to funnel into crystalline form the vast reservoirs of essences which he has accumulated through all his lifetimes. He is to become the focusing lens on a form projector which contains millions upon millions of blurred negatives. Yet through his North Node he is capable of refining each one so that ultimately no knowledge he has ever acquired will be wasted. In effect, this is a rather frugal Node position. Here also the mind and life become as a machine, with all the separate parts forming an integral part of the whole. When any part of the life is not functioning properly, it must be immediately repaired or discarded. The life is geared to striving to raise efficiency and order out of the sea of the Piscean whirlpool. Much prior life work was spent in renunciation. Now only vague memories remain. In this life, the individual must learn to display the perfected ideals he has achieved through giving up all but his appreciation of the Divine Essence.

The house position of the South Node indicates the area in which a past incarnation reached Cosmic Understanding. The house position of the North Node shows the area through which crystallization can now bring that understanding into material reality.

from: Schulman, Martin, Karmic Astrology - Volume 1, 1975, Samuel Weiser, Inc., New York

North Node in the 9th House/South Node in the 3rd Hosue -- This individual is forever pulling himself out of the webs of entanglement. Every relationship he enters becomes so complicated that he has to use all his energies to free himself. In past incarnations he developed a great need for people, and herein lies his weak spot for as much as he now thinks he would like to be alone he feels an almost compelling need to reach for others. He listens to problems and like to be in the position of giving advice. Often frustrated by the multitude of problems dumped in his lap, he secretly thinks that if he had more education he would be better equipped to cope with all the questions that befall him. He keeps trying to be as diplomatic as possible and is constantly enmeshed in the after-thoughts of the words he has spoken to others. Always conscious of the interpretation his words may be given, he nurtures an inner fear of being misunderstood. As a result he keeps going back to yesterday's conversation to re-explain all that he meant. He must understand the essence of truth without having to feel compelled to make the truth smaller by trying to communicate it verbally to others. One of his greatest problems is dealing with the karmic residue of an insatiable curiosity, which although served him well in former incarnations now keeps leading him deeper into the webs of details. His greatest crises occur each time he is forced to make decisions for rather than relying on his intuition or his higher mind, he keeps seeking more facts and details in the hope that when he has all the information the decision making process will be easier. Constantly striving to achieve neutrality he becomes a paradox to himself. In prior lives he fell into the habit of identifying with catchy phrases, cute sayings and euphemisms to the point that he has now become a walking cliché. Liking to read and explore a wonderland of knowledge that he sees around him, his life is a constant thirst for more understanding. He is convinced that this is the one path in life that has no end. Whatever he becomes keenly interested in he can make into a lifelong study, particularly if the South Node is in a fixed sign. He likes to feel worldly. As a result he'll do things that others wouldn't just for the sake of experiencing new understanding. His current life is involved with so many people that hurt feelings are bound to fly, not because of any malicious intent but rather through the inability to keep up with everyone in whose life he has become involved. At the very deepest levels he has many inner doubts about himself which become amplified when he speaks with others, for if it were possible he would try to be all things to all people. As a result of past life habits, he spends too much time in "lower mind." He goes through more movement than he has to, and if this is not expressed physically, then he does it in thought. At times his merry-go-round of possibilities is so great that he thoroughly drains himself by thinking about what he should do. As a result he does nothing. He will experience fears that he is sexually impotent. Once he starts questioning along this track his enormous thirst for understanding can lead him into a promiscuous behavior pattern until he is reassured that all is well and he is perfectly normal. On his deepest level he is not a sexual animal but in fact so mentally inclined that he has fears of being shut out from the nitty-gritty of life because of his mental inclinations. Like the young child afraid his peers will accuse him of being a bookworm, he will dare himself to prove that he can be accepted in a physically-oriented world. Nevertheless, his greatest subconscious need to one day to become a walking encyclopedia so that he will never be caught short, lacking the right piece of information at the right moment.

His biggest growth comes when he learns how to make the karmic transition from lower to higher mind. As he drops his past-life attachment to trivia, his eyes begin to open wide to the enormous horizons before him. The less he talks to others the more faith he starts to develop. He must learn how constantly to broaden his interests so that his scope of knowledge is not limited by the demands of his immediate circle of relationships. He does well when we learns how to step back so that he can see the forest from the trees. When he does this he also learns how to let things slide off his back, which gives him a new sense of peace that somehow always eluded his reach. Traveling helps to broaden his perspective, and he meets his greatest successes far from his place of birth. For some the life will be influenced greatly by a foreigner. Through the ninth house North Node, enormous spiritual growth is possible once the individual has learned how to pull away from all his prior-life doubts and questions. He must take his mind out of a finite world and focus on an infinite consciousness. He will lose friends by doing this for there are few who will fully understand his sudden aloofness. But those who stay with him he will learn the difference between a friend and an acquaintance. As he grows he begins to focus on ideas rather than the words through which the ideas are expressed. He sees how others limit themselves by language and tries to speak to their ideas rather than to their words.

The sign which contains the South Node indicates the ways in which the soul memory of past incarnations is still too embedded in lower mind activities. The sign which contains the North Node shows the ways in which the individual can now free himself through the broadening influence of the higher mind.

from: Schulman, Martin, Karmic Astrology - Volume 1, 1975, Samuel Weiser, Inc., New York