North Node in 10th House

Read about the North Node in 10th House and then click the link at the end to Take the Test to see how well you understand this nodal placement.

Traditionally, the North Node in 10th House placement denotes great worldly success but troubles at home.

You came into this lifetime owing karma to your family.  You may work exceptionally hard to provide and care for them.  You should know you will rarely find appreciation.  You were especially sensitive to your mother and early surroundings as a child.  However, you will identify with your father as you grow older.  As an adult carrier of the North Node in 10th House, you may have one child in particular who demands your energy and attention but who returns little to you.  Your spouse is likely to be absent as a parent, emotionally or literally.

Your family’s needs never seem to dissipate.  You may feel forever bogged down by your responsibilities to them.  This may include your responsibilities to the family of man, as well, since you tend to “adopt” new acquaintances.  In fact, you probably turn everyone with whom you interact into a family member.  This leaves you spending a great deal of energy.  This energy is from trying to balance your need to do things for yourself with your need to do things for others.   You attract and create these experiences to develop maturity.

Maturity means understanding the emotional needs of others.  Once you “get” this lesson that comes with the North Node in 10th House, worldly success will come more easily.  Later in life, you will relish the opportunity to provide stability and shelter for those who are in need.  Until then, however, you must guard against resenting those dependent on you.  Resist the urge to let family issues keep you from developing your full potential.

To speed your spiritual growth, be disciplined about a positive outlook. Go out of your way to expand your circle beyond your blood relations.  Even if you are financially independent, you must work.  This is the path to achieving the authority you so greatly desire.

As you make your way in the world, be wary of any unconscious tendencies towards classism or nepotism.   Also be aware of how your family values may have shaped your ideas about career.  Having the North Node in 10th House, you are deeply and psychically connected to your family.  This gives you the energy to go out into the cold cruel world.  Your task is to forge your own path.

It may help you to think deeply about the difference between status and vocation.  While you can daydream that success and power will come to you in a certain way, what you have really incarnated to do in this lifetime is find something valuable to do for the group.   When you make a substantial contribution to society, you will earn the authority you seek.

More than anyone else, natives with this placement of the North Node in 10th House feel a sense of destiny.  It can be particularly difficult for women to channel this energy, depending on their circumstances.  This is because the individual’s self-esteem comes from work and the achievement of goals, not domestic activities.  If you know a woman quietly pushing to break the glass ceiling in her career, she probably has North Node in 10th House.  These include Hillary Clinton, Geraldine Ferraro and Eleanor Roosevelt.  Also Beyonce, Amelia Earhart, and Margaret Mead

You spent plenty of lifetimes in seclusion, meditating and pondering your soul’s development.  This will be balanced in the current incarnation with lots of social activity. Though you are shy and a natural introvert, you will find your greatest happiness climbing the ladder of success.  It may take the first forty years of your life to find the delicate balance between family and ambition that will allow you to focus on your career.  Once you figure that out, the world is your oyster as the proud carrier of the North Node in 10th House.

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Recommended reading:

Karmic Astrology, vol. 1, Martin Schulman

Astrology for the Soul, Jan Spiller

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