2. Subconscious Attachment vs. Conscious Growth
Introduction to Lunar Nodes
- Written by Philip Graves - 23 Jan 2004
2. Subconscious Attachment vs. Conscious Growth
The Moon's Nodes are related to the subconscious, the domain of the Moon. Thus, the South Node represents subconscious motivations that stem from the past and to which there is an inner inclination to cling although they may no longer be relevant or appropriate to the individual's situation and prospects, while the North Node represents conscious motivations relevant to the present and future, characterised by a desire for the unfoldment of appropriate changes in personal psychology.
On this basis, excessive attachment to the manner and domain of functioning of the South Node is seen as stagnating the individual and delaying and setting back personal growth. The South Node is familiar and easy territory, habitually tried and tested, inclining the individual naturally to sacrificially resist self-development into the areas of growth potential shown by the placement of the North Node, often rationalising this resitence with excuses for the choice not to grow, as indicated by the South Node sign, and manifesting in areas of life shown by the South Node house. The individual is challenged to overcome and discard this conditioned habit through conscious will and integrate the North Node. To pursue the North Node direction (shown by its sign placement, and manifesting in areas of life indicated by its house placement), is a frightening prospect to the shy, security-conscious subconscious, but it is necessary in order for fulfilment to be attained from the development of new faculties through conscious choice.
Two variations on this theory are (a) the general idea that the South Node shows areas in which the individual is out of touch with the environment, while the North Node shows ones in which he or she is more fully in tune with it; and (b) the idea that the South Node shows the subjectively perceived personal reality while the North Node shows the ideally envisaged personal reality.
This article taken from
HOROSCOPESCHAT
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