North Node in Aquarius/South Node in Leo
These Nodes represent the struggle between the personal life and an impersonal dedication to humanity. The Leo South Node symbolizes prior lives where much revolved around the self. The North Node in Aquarius points to a future of service for mankind, where the individual will assume the role of the "Waterbearer," so that he may be an instrument in the crusade for world evolution. Before he can do this, the enormous power of the Leo South Node must be dealt with.
From past incarnations he has a tendency to look down on other people and to be condescending of their thoughts and ideas. There is an intense pride which leads him toward name-dropping, as well as designing his life so that he is seen and known to be in the company of special people. He separates between royalty and the common man, setting himself or others close to him on pedestals. Seeing himself as the central point of the universe, he views his powerful will as the means of obtaining his ends, rather than adjusting to a fair acceptance of life.
His karma now is to learn how to walk lightly, without leaving footsteps, for in essence he is the ruler making ready to abdicate his throne.
Constantly his past-life ego rears its ugly head, preventing him from achieving the very happiness he seeks.
These Nodes cause great difficulties in marriage for the individual experiences a strong tendency to dominate those close to him. When he can't do this, he becomes a complete hermit, freeing himself of all responsibility out of sheer disgust.
While he asks others for advice, he still must do things his own way.
His biggest conflicts center around what is artificial and what is real. There is so much martyr-like romanticism in his Leo South Node that he finds it easy to slip into the role of Don Quixote chasing windmills!
He must learn how to shed masks, ultimately discovering that ego-centered displays of dignity are coming from past-life habits and do very little now toward bringing him any lasting happiness.
For those whom he does hold near and dear, he is highly protective, and yet he has a strange tendency to wander, finding on his journeys many of the waifs and strays of society. In these outermost regions where society overlooks its existential possibilities, he discovers new horizons to explore and conquer.
He is destined to spend part of his life alone for his unique character is too overbearing to be readily acceptable by most people. Although he enjoys having others recognize and applaud his grandiose achievements, he cannot stoop to chase people. His soul forbids him to compromise his dignity.
If given the right cause, he will sacrifice his entire life for it. It is not the sympathy of others that interests him so much as their admiration for his glorious deeds.
He is repulsed by mediocrity, seeing it as a threat to his ever-present drive to reach the top, to burst the bubble, to grab for the brass ring.
If he is of the negative type, he may even use people to achieve his ends. Friends, neighbors and relatives become stepping stones on the rungs of his success ladder.
Through the Aquarius North Node he learns to overcome his past-life sense of prestige and develops the concept of Universal Brotherhood. He must ultimately come to see himself as part of a larger cosmic sphere, in which his role is to share in the burden of human evolution. He will reach his greatest happiness when he is able to set aside his own needs and substitute in their place a new humanitarian attitude towards all he sees around him.
He is to forget pride and reach for new original horizons, no matter how eccentric his ideas seem to others. Through his North Node he is given the promise of a unique adventure, through which he can make an important contribution to the progress of civilization.
The house position of the South Node indicates the area in life that is too burdened with the desire for personal achievement.
The house position of the North Node shows how the individual can set himself free from the shackles of his past-life ego by realizing the mission for humanity for which he is destined to pick up his cross.
Reference: Karmic Astrology, Martin Schulman, Volume 1, 1975.