North Node in Cancer — South Node in Capricorn
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Traditionally, the North Node in Cancer has been considered a lucky placement. It gives good judgment and insight. However, the corresponding South Node in Capricorn signifies a high strung nature and trouble with love relationships.
Key words for the North Node in Cancer are domesticity and mothering. Many famous individuals with the North Node in Cancer placement are known for their home life, family, or work with children, such as Maria Montessori, Mia Farrow, Brad Pitt, Joseph Kennedy, and Michelle Obama. Sometimes heavy family responsibilities manifest in your life to help you develop the nurturing and emotional qualities you incarnated to experience.
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Form past life experiences, you bring with you a strong sense of ambition and pride. In your own mind, you are at or near the top of an elaborate social caste system. If you were not born into what you consider your rightful place, you may prefer to marry “up.”
You came into this world knowing how to lead and organize. You can see how that innate talent played out in the lives of Cesar Chavez, Alfred Nobel, Queen Elizabeth II, Otto von Bismark, Claus von Stauffenberg, Fidel Castro, Jeff Bezos, and Phil Jackson, all known for their executive ability. However, you must be careful, for if you do not use your energy to nurture others but just for the sake of order, you will fall into the dark side. Adolf Hitler, Vladimir Lenin, Robespierre, and Francois “Papa Doc” Duvalier – leaders whose names are literally synonymous with terror — share the North Node in Cancer placement, too. Witness the massive destruction caused by their desire to maintain order. I hope you take it seriously when I encourage you to let go.
Most people with this North Node in Cancer placement find it hard to shake the need for recognition and may overwork themselves to attain martyrdom or exaggerate the difficulty of their tasks in order to gain attention. Because of a strict upbringing or perhaps just soul memory, you may not be able to tolerate anything less than total perfection from yourself. In very extreme circumstances, you may make yourself sick in order to get out of dealing with situations that have the potential to require you to confront an inadequacy of yours.
Growth will come when you learn to let it be. Life experiences will teach you eventually to become more natural, value your emotions and instincts, and to appreciate the natural cycle of life. In this lifetime, your greatest accomplishments will be of a personal nature. You know exactly how to take. Now you will learn to give.
It is not uncommon for people with this placement to be institutionalized as children. This may include a long hospital stay, residing in an orphanage or boarding school, or severely cold parents who treated you as a status symbol rather than a warm-blooded human being. They may have encouraged you to become an opportunist and taught you to value the material over the spiritual.
Nurturing professions are favored for you. Nursing is an obvious choice. Interior decorating and different types of childcare or work with children are also strong possibilities. There are many professional comedians with the North Node in Cancer placement, among them Mel Brooks, Harpo Marx, Charlie Chaplin, Stephen Colbert, Hank Azaria, Harvey Korman, Conan O’Brien, and Goldie Hawn. Perhaps you, too, may make some money from your wonderful sense of humor.
To balance your nodal energy, recommended hobbies are housekeeping, landscaping, genealogy, yoga, and history. As you let go of your control issues and move into your emotional body, you will find yourself connecting with others more and more and enjoying the experience. It is important that you establish a family of some sort and that you be industrious. It’s important that the carrier of the North Node in Cancer placement avoid any reflexive tendencies to withdraw into isolation. You are here to nurture the group and take comfort in being part of a family. Trust the life process and your instincts. You may never attain the station in life to which you think you are entitled, but in your home and family, you will find far great happiness than you could ever have imagined.
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Blah. This sounds horrible to me. I don’t like people and can’t stand children. If this is my destiny, I want a cosmic refund.
I’m sorry to hear it wasn’t helpful information. Perhaps as you discover what resonates with you astrologically you can drop a line or two and let me know.
Hello,
Although I am not the original commenter, I believe I may have an answer. Care-taking roles do not always have to be direct. It is also possible for them to be indirect. A Cap/Can may not enjoy being a nurse (direct), but they might enjoy being a healthcare policy lawyer or the CEO of an hospital (indirect).
Thanks. xx
I don’t find this description thrilling either. My sun is in Capricorn as well as my south node, which creates more of a puzzle for me. My north node is in the first house. I have a bit of Aries/Cancer tension in that house as well.
I don’t mind many of the Cancer north node aspects, but I don’t like the idea of not attaining a certain social/financial status after decades of hard work. I’m a primary caregiver of an elderly parent right now and don’t have much of career going outside of the home. I love my parent and do everything I can to take care of him. Yet I feel incomplete and frustrated. I can’t wait for the opportunity to restart my career. I was born for that and always thought I would be a career vs. family woman. Without that I feel directionless and empty.
Taking care of an elderly parent is incredibly difficult and draining, no matter what the nodal placement. I hope you are hanging in there. What a loving thing you are doing.
Jeff Bezos, Phil Jackson, and Queen Elizabeth II all had this placement and each acheived a lot of status and financial security. It can be done. I think it’s important to be motivated by other than status and money, but it doesn’t mean some of both won’t eventually come your way.
Take good care.
Wow…Im amazed by this read and im so pleased I have embraced the areas of concern with perfect alignment with my best outcome gor my overall well being and I can see some areas that Im currently working on as well…Im amazed at my intuitive nature and my growth spiritually that gets all the credit no doubt…Im pleased to say the least.
Thank you!
That’s wonderful. Do you have any insights to share that might be helpful for others who are trying to harness the energy of their node?
Does the meaning change if your north node is retrograde in your birth chart?
Actually it’s intercepted too. Dang… my sun, moon and mercury are all in capricorn in an intercepted second house and now my north node is retrograde in cancer and intercepted in the the last part of my 8th house. Interesting… and I have no idea what it means!
The nodes are always retrograde
“I don’t like people and can’t stand children.” – I feel the same, but the information makes a lot of sense – people with NN in cancer feel like this (not wanting family and children) due to some fears etc. (e.g. my biggest fear is pregnancy and giving birth, I think i could never do that. And it’s much easier to see myself as a career woman than a mother.)
But I was thinking – my friend with NN in cancer has also her sun and mars in cancer, so to her these karmic goals will be much easier to achieve than to me with all personal planets and ASC in capricorn and aquarius and no planets in water signs.
Is it true? Because if it is, it’s not fair!
Dear god, exactly what I was afraid of. Sounds about right and if it is I’m so screwed. Cancerian traits are pretty much the exact opposite of mine. Nurturing, familial, home-loving… not exactly. I have resigned myself to the fact that family is very clearly not forthcoming for me in this lifetime. It’s a bit of a cosmic joke if this is supposed to be my path because then I shouldn’t have been born asexual, which makes relationships all but impossible.
This is one of the placements where I actually feel more strongly about what you’re moving away from than what you’re moving to. I’ve seen a lot of people with Capricorn South Node get caught in the trap over and over of thinking they’ve finally stumbled upon the job, marriage, credential, etc., that will return them to their proper station in society. “Aha! Finally, I will get the respect I deserve. I’ll take my proper place in society at last” (by marrying this person or getting this job or attaining this degree…). Then, of course, at the last minute it all falls through. Provided you look out for that pitfall, I wouldn’t worry about the rest of it 🙂
Thanks for the instghi. It brings light into the dark!
Thanks for this explanation, Celestina. I definitely see this pattern in myself, but in a very specific way. I am actually very attracted to things of a spiritually and emotionally-fulfilling nature, and tend to try incorporate these things into my life (main activities are meditating, reading spiritual articles, writing and piano. I also love deep, authentic connections with people, and am not interested in things that most deem important). However, there is a part of me that never feels free to fully embody these things in an all-encompassing way, although I truly yearn to. There is a part of me that is afraid that I may lose financial control or security if I don’t keep up the veneer of being a “professional,” or that I will disappoint family. I don’t feel that it is safe or OK to be me. I don’t know if this ties into the Cancer North Node dilemma, because I already deeply appreciate these cancerian qualities, but it is as if the capricornian South Node is holding me back…
I think that’s a very Cancer-Capricorn dynamic. I’m not sure if our South Node energy ever really holds us back, as in keeps us from growing (if that’s what you meant). At its best, it’s a foundation to build on. At its worst it can be sabotage, the prize you’re always after but never seem to get it. So, if you were out chasing Capricorn dreams all the time, only to be disappointed, then it could be a sort of holding back. “Oh, if only I get this job or make this amount of money, I’ll finally have the respect and status I deserve!” But then it never works out. You’re always going down a rabbit hole and coming back up in the same place.
The way you’re describing it, it seems like you’re using some of the Capricorn skills you have to support your Cancerian instincts, and I would think that would be good, except that maybe one part of you, a part of you that’s got some fear of losing control, is judging another part of you. Those kinds of dynamics can be like a soccer ball in the psyche — you kick it around the field, back and forth, up and down, but it’s never really resolved forever. That’s not to say you shouldn’t work on it. Over time, you might appreciate it as something that gives you internal energy and drives you forward. The feeling of being judged is something, I think, that will soften and mellow with age as your Cancerian energies earn the respect of your Capricorn side. There will be situations where the North Node will save the day, and that will bring a lot of healing.
Was happening to me my hole life
Had children wanted to up grade my skills to work harder but felt guilty because I needed to stay at home with children. Still happens!
A lot of people focus on career when they’re young and then later regret they didn’t spend more time with their kids. It’s hard to get the balance right sometimes. Being a parent and having a family are dreams in their own right, but you also don’t want to give up on the other interests you have. That’s not good for you or the kids.
If there’s something you really, really feel you want to do/learn/become, I say hold onto that and take whatever steps you can in that direction whenever you can. Sometimes we do have to choose between dreams, but often times the universe is just waiting for us to take a few steps towards something before the energy shifts entirely. Good luck!
I am so happy and thankful that I found this website and enjoy learning more about the north and south nodes. I have been feeling a bit lost recently as I have changed my whole life by leaving nursing school and my marriage last year and moved to a new city to start a new career in cooking that I attempted to do a little over 10 years ago and stopped when I had to move and support myself with a higher paying job. It’s not leaving my marriage or school that I’m so confused and lost about, but more that I’m finding that I keep failing in trying to work in my new career in cooking. I was working so hard for so long to be a nurse and kept running into challenges of if I was really happy and if I was doing it just to support my husband and possible future family. I have a hard work ethic and I tried to try hard and also go with the flow, but I keep failing and losing my job. It’s been stressful to say the least. Do you have any good advice for me? I am also curious if you might be able to explain more about different jobs that are good for my Cancer North Node? I keep trying to tell myself things happen for a reason and I’m being pushed to where I’m supposed to be, but I feeling frustrated after trying to search within and getting totally confused. I appreciate any help and thank you!
One year later…how are things going with cooking school? Cooking is an excellent thing for a North Node Cancer to be doing, although we might also look at the house placement. For instance, cooking in the 11th house = cooking for the group, cooking in the fifth house = for entertaining, etc. Since we started the blog, I’ve noticed most people who come visit are looking for career/vocation advice which was initially a surprise to me as the North Node doesn’t necessarily indicate any kind of career or vocation at all, just the quality and nuance of one’s karmic direction. Nurturing others should be a win for you whether through food or other ways. It sounds like you made a very brave decision to take a stand for your soul and your future. I wish you the best.
Thanks for the read. I don’t know how to make good use of my Cancer/Cap nodes. I DO feel like I ‘should’ have something different than I do… like my life is a serious practical joke, where what I see as my abilities and insights (I’m an Expression 22) have been huge liabilities. I’ve now come to a spiritual use for my 22-like “talent for acquiring talent,” but it’s even more lonely than if I were just to “let go” and “be natural” and “family oriented”. I just don’t give a crap about any of that. It’s starting to make me cold, arrogant, and almost turn against my gifts, like “what’s the point of having a big member if you just get castrated every day?”
Why can’t we just PICK the traits we want, if we really are some sort of demi-gods waiting to realize? I’d like to be more like a comedian, but despite a ridiculous amount of yoga, I’m feeling more like the fascists you listed. Super frustrated, but grateful for the info all the same.
Why can’t we just PICK the traits we want, if we really are some sort of demi-gods waiting to realize? I’d like to be more like a comedian, but despite a ridiculous amount of yoga, I’m feeling more like the fascists you listed. Super frustrated, but grateful for the info all the same.
1: That IS funny. So no worries there, you have a good sense of humor
2: Right there with you with all the yoga, and back to the same. It’s all good, just part of the process if you “have the faith”.
It’s the stop thinking about it all that’s hard. Especially when you have a Mercury rising.
Peace and enjoy the ride.
You write, “Why can’t we just PICK the traits we want, if we really are some sort of demi-gods waiting to realize?” I’ve read that several times now as its meaning was not immediately apparent to me. I think what you’re saying is that if we can only harness the energy of the North Node, we would be like demi-gods. Is that what you meant? I know it’s tempting to think along those lines, but what brings me back to astrology again and again is humility. Some things are not possible. There are limits. We are nothing like demi-gods. If anything, the point of the nodes is to realize that surrendering to what’s possible is the only way to be happy. Quite the opposite of what you describe.
How wonderful indeed to be able to pick our traits. I struggle with my South Node all the time and often fall into the trap of wishing I had the qualities which would only bring me those elusive South Node goals. It’s really a lifelong process of taming the great ego.
What side of the first Saturn Return are you on? That makes a big difference.
Wow!You really hit the nail on the head! I am a 33yo NY comedian who was forced to return to her family in Miami to help them with a crisis situation for almost two years(not over just yet). I’ve kicked myself for losing “career momentum” but feel it was essential to revise the path. In NY, I constantly sabotaged my career through poor isolating choices. My sun is cusp Sag/Cap. How do I reconcile having (a tenth degree)Cap sun and NN in Cancer/8th house? I’m thinking my Pisces moon might lend a hand? I am nearing the end of the family crises and can now start planning my next move. I adore working and cultivating a career in comedy, but how do i make sure I’m manifesting it accordingly? BTW very special opportunities have appeared while in Miami but I seem to keep blowing it but freezing up with shyness or being inebriated. What gives? I definitely know that cultivating that cancer warmth would have helped in those perceived missed opportunities. Any advise would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
correction:
I seem to keep blowing it BY freezing up with shyness or being inebriated.
+Kat Hey I’ve just learned I had NN cancer too, and this is so instructive. We might have a few things in common as I’m also an artist (musician) and I’ve also moon in pisces.
You seem to be pretty obsessed with planning your career and “making the right move” and “not blowing opportunities”. Maybe you’re putting way too much pressure on yourself. Stop treating opportunities as elements of your grand scheme. If you have too much of a clear picture of what you want, it’s going to be much harder. I also missed a lot of occasions cause it wasn’t exactly what I had in mind. As for relationships too I had trouble being natural and open with my emotions. I was feeling so vulnerable that in fact I was behaving really cold on the outside and I hurt a lot of people without even noticing (I also have scorpio rising which makes me even more restrained). So maybe you need to be around people who make you feel relaxed, at home, people you can be like a child with. And stop thinking in terms of “career”, tread a little lighter and just give yourself to whatever comes your way. Hope this helps.
Btw w/ Cap Sun & Pisc Moon Im’ sure you’re an incredibly funny person – the kind of funny without realising which is the best kind.
omg i needed this. you just described me to a t
I swear it sounds like I wrote this myself. Born and raised in Miami. Still here unfortunately lol and my moon sign, rising sign is Pisces as well. I’m 34 and changed careers at the age of 33. Well, actually I quit after 10 years of working. I got bored and needed to do something else. Still trying to figure out what that is. Either way, glad to know I’m not the only person who has experienced this. Best of luck with your situation.
Almost one year later…how are things going now? Each person has to make their own path and as someone who studies Jungian psychology I say with great conviction that there’s no way to judge another person’s path. The soul finds it way, the destiny unfolds, no decision is really ‘wrong’ or ‘right.’ Having said all that, I have great respect and deep gratitude as a human being that people stop their careers to deal with family crises. The world would not hold together otherwise. I think you did a good thing. Perhaps it will end up providing some good comic material for you. You ask about the next move and I can only say that with a Pisces Moon, you should be pretty psychic and this may help you get in touch/stay in touch with your instincts. I think you can count on your body to tell you where to go and when to go there and it will always let you know when something feels “right” or “wrong” for you. Godspeed, Kat.
i know its true because i feel great resistance.
Which is good of me to sit here squirming rather than launching an attack on you isnt it ! If theres one thing in life Ive learnt its to let go (but the sneeky old goat still is thinking ‘if I let go im more likely to get what I want). My Mum thinks shes the Queen and she brought me up to look down on others but I fought against this and have hung out with working class and the underclass but they have strong feelings of being some sort of forgotten royalty. My husband loved me for my nurturing but I tried hard to become a performer to compete with his constant girl friends and this drove him away !
Recently I have valued my little family more than anything else in the world.
“the sneeky old goat still is thinking ‘if I let go im more likely to get what I want’ <----- the goat has many tricks! that's a particularly good one.
Hi Celestina,
I have North Node in Cancer (south node Capricorn) and I was hoping you might demonstrate your insights with regards to my natal chart. Here’s the rest of it, and I’m sharing the whole thing with hopes this is a good demonstration of your expertise for everyone’s benefit.
Besides the Nodes, My natal planets are as follows:
Sun – Aquarius
Moon – Libra
Mercury – Capricorn
Venus – Pisces
Mars – Pisces
Jupiter – Sagittarius
Saturn – Scorpio
Neptune – Sagittarius
Uranus – Sagittarius
Pluto – Libra
Lilith – Capricorn
and all of my signs are in the houses of their FALL, ie:
ascendant – Libra (moon, pluto)
2 – Scorpio (Saturn, and my wife is a Scorpio)
3 – Sag (Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus)
4 – Cap (Mercury, Lilith)
5 – Aquarius (Sun)
6 – Pisces (Venus and Mars)
7 – Aries
8 – Taurus
9 – Gemini
10/midheaven – Cancer
11 – Leo
12 – Virgo
I understand that a North Node in Cancer lends itself to all the experiences already discussed above. Additionally, all of my signs are in the houses of their FALL and I don’t understand how to use that information to support ‘self-actualization.’
Additionally, I recently got laid off from a ‘learning clinic’ where I was a learning specialist and helped struggling learners (mostly k-12) train/develop cognitive processing skills. It felt like a really good fit for me, though the culture wasn’t as good a fit as I’d hoped.
Also, I’m currently 33 years old, almost 34; I was in a car accident at 18 and was in a coma for 4 days. In distance from that experience and the month I spent in the hospital, I had one life before I was 18 and a completely different life after 18.
I have a music education degree and I feel comfortable navigating the world in English, Spanish, or poor Hebrew, and I feel like I’m so close to getting to an ‘aha!’ moment that makes my life ‘come together,’ but I’m not quite there yet.
I also started a website and podcast about a year ago, but got tripped up by a car accident that was re-traumatizing, and then a bunch of family and life stuff happened that has made it hard to get back on the horse again.
On top of that, I’ve been looking at Relocation Astrology through astrodienst.com, and I’m not sure that continuing to live in Seattle is the best for me.
Please advise y’all!
Best regards and happy new year!
Are you familiar with the Saturn cycles? It looks like Saturn is transitting through the third on the way to the nadir of the chart. It can be a dark night of the soul. You might move and experience homesickness (which isn’t a reason not to move, btw): https://www.elsaelsa.com/astrology/how-do-you-feel-when-saturn-transits-4th-house/.
The good news is that once Saturn hits the bottom of the chart, you can start building again. It’s all build, build, build until you get to the Midheaven.
You didn’t say so, but I assume music will continue to be a great source of comfort and healing for you.
Take good care, Celestina
I have my North Node in Cancer and South Node in Capricorn. However, I’m also a Capricorn Sun (only planet in an Earth sign).
I’m bad at being a Capricorn (I’m not successful at all) and bad at the Cancer thingie (I can’t say I’m good at family relationships because I come from a broken family) although I am drawn to both (family and success). I’m also Libra, Aquarius, Gemini dominant and very confused. 😀
I don’t even know specifically what it is I’m trying to ask here.
It seems as if air is your dominant element. You don’t say what your moon sign is, but I’m guessing you will be happiest in the world of ideas with all that air. I think of Marilyn Monroe reading Russian novels between each take of her films to satisfy that Gemi sun and Aquarius moon. You wouldn’t think of her as an intellectual, but underneath it all that’s where her heart was. That may be you, too!
You say you aren’t good at the Cancer thing, and my first response was that you don’t have to be good at anything except being you, but then you wrote that you have many times dropped everything to be by the side of a child. That’s a perfect Cancer thing to do.
Thank you so much for your reply, Celestina. I’m Gemini moon. 🙂
Hi, my North Node is in Cancer 29-30 degree. South node also anaretic degree Capricorn. I feel I cannot get s release from Capricorn’s ambitious grip as my sun is 27-28 degree conjunct South node as is Mercury 2-3 degree Aquarius. Does this mean the dragons tail is harder to be released from? Is 29 degree a strong manifestation of the respective signs it is leaving.
I am caring but consumed by power urges to succeed; all thwarted. Been offered work with old people, and to run an LGBT mental health drama group, nurturing others.
I love children very much, though, and have many times dropped everything else just to be by their side when I feel like they need somebody.
Fascinating read. Just explains why I am where I am. Tried to make it in many jobs. Very well educated, but got blocked entering a number of professions. I have not done paid work for ten years now. Completely depend on my husband’s income. Very uncomfortable with this situation. In addition to have south node in cancer and north node in capricorn, my moon is in capricorn in my fourth house. North node tenth house. I grew up in a family that showed little emotion and punished any display of feeling. I became a rational workaholic. As life unfolded I was not allowed to be a workaholic or be rewarded for it. However, I was unable to have children. Saturn in fifth house in Acquarius. Happy with family a married into but now have responsibilities with my aged parents who are difficult to deal with because of their characters. I do a lot of community work, but do not feel appreciated a lot of the time. Taken for granted. Certainly have trouble manifesting and transforming capricorn south node skills through my north node. I get held back attempting to manifest those talents through my cancer north node. People in positions of authority block me. Perhaps the answer is to chill out and let go. I have started pursuing spiritual matters and healing. Still feel I have a long way to go. Pluto is currently conjunct my natal capricorn moon and neptune in Pisces is opposing pluto in Virgo close to my ascendant. It all feels very karmic. Thank you everyone who has blocked
Blogged on here for you insight. You have all given me a lot to meditate on. Love and light to you.
Pluto on the moon is a pretty rough transit. Hang in there! It sounds like you have to be a good parent to yourself in this lifetime, both mother and father.
Caring for one’s aging parents is incredibly draining and heartbreaking and frustrating. Daughters and Capricorns, synonymous with duty.
Godspeed through this difficult time, Jane.
Wow! This was by far one of my favourite posts I’ve read. Ever! The commentary is just brilliant! The person that didn’t think were funny – hilarious!
Most of the posts sounded exactly how i speak and my head thinks.
My cancer NN is in the 11th house in cancer. My south node in Capricorn in the 5th had really led me down some interesting paths. You know? Obsessed with having relationships. And actually they were nurturing and kind in lots of ways but it never felt enough for me. It wasn’t enough cos I wasn’t enough for me. A few years ago I said no more! And the universe agreed and put dud after dud in my path. My jobs become mediocre, my lifestyle and not to mention my romances – I’ve had no choice but to change.
Suddenly I find myself loving a completely different type of person wanting a completely different type of life but that Capricorn south node won’t stay dormant. I have fallen in love with a genuis (so intelligent. But probably me being shallow and we’re not talking anyway) I want to work in what I love teaching yoga and doing astrology. But there’s that little part of me that wants to make a huge difference in the world aka be successful.
What to do? What’s the right thing? I let go. Surrender. Let the path unfold one tile at a time… hope for the best but not even define what ‘the best’ even is.
Ah life.
The drive for perfection and status that comes with the Capricorn South Node can really propel you to come great accomplishments, but it’s very, very important not to let that strangle the feminine nature within. There is a strong part of you that knows everything is already okay, even without a partner, even without a stunning career accomplishment. Letting go and surrendering may seem like the weak move, but it’s actually a strong one. GL oxox
But why do act like Capricorn is not a feminine energy ? It is related to career but also tradition, you never mention it. Your interpretation makes the cancer Capricorn axis totally contradictory. You act like it is a sign who cannot nurture etc, any sign can do it. I’m realizing you’re only focusing on signs archetype without giving a deeper explanation. We get it cancer = familybit not everyone can have a family or want to have one etc. Career and work is literally the center of having a good living and provide for your family if you have one it is so stupid to abandon that. Your man will not always be there get up and find a job to be independent instead of relating to a man who may leave you and divorce.
Capricorn is very yin! I also agree that it’s related to tradition.
Yes, the short descriptions are really about archetypal energy and not individuals. Thank you for pointing that out.
better understanding of all that i went thru…the universe lovingly compels some of us to focus on nurturing, charity and the related positive cancerian qualities. by synchronicity and all, i now enjoy the relaxed inner and outer atmosphere plus helping others to be themselves. 2015 i first visited your site. 2017 i now know you are of my soultribe. remain blessed in the LIGHT.
I’m honored.
Ah, I’m looking into the nodes to see why patterns keep rearing their head and this is good insight. My sun conjunct mercury conjunct north node in cancer(node only just at 1.56)also sitting on ascendent in first house. Mars and venus in 12th House Gemini(asc also), Uranus and Pluto 3rd house Virgo conjunct. Neptune 5h house Leo. Moon south node and asc 7th house libra. Saturn 9th house pisces. Jupiter 11th house taurus and IC 4th house, Mc 10th house. I have rebelled all my life not content to just be- aiming for success, challenging and controlling myself. My thirst for knowledge about what makes me tick is endless and has been a life long journey that has led me through buddhism, astrology, everything new age, yoga, healing blah blah blah but I never feel completely content or fullfilled. I have all the cancerian trains understandably but am in constant battle with myself to be something other than that which I am. Any feedback would be great.Namaste Shellxx
If you are born with your north node in cancer, and the nodes change this month to the north node in Cancer, does this just amplify the experience?
its the absolute truth but i knew all this already probably cause im a master number 11 but nevertheless very useful information for people who know how to utilize it in order to improve .
also celestina tell me what u know about me through this combination of my natal chart. u can keep it as brief and concise as possible since i know this is what u do professionally and i fully understand even if u dont reply u are not all obligated to. anyways here goes . also my birth date is feb 15 2001 1:58pm u can calculate it yourself if u dont believe me since i found a whole lot of things (u can call them synchronicities that appeared in such an enormous capacity that i couldnt ignore them as coincidences anymore) that indicated i am the last incarnation of the protector known by many names depending on the version of the religious text . the first horseman of the apocalypse in christianity. kalki in hinduism. maitreya in buddhism . well anyways my intention is to know more about myself faster since if i started studying astrology i will lose precious time . now it is upto you and your consciousness to judge if this is worth your time or not. and also i am asking you cause i dont trust the fraud astrologers that claim that they can foretell and prevent the future since they clearly have lost themselves in the greed and are living a lie either consciously or unconsciously such is the current times . anyways i wrote such a huge essay cause i had a feeling that u were somehow different .and i have reasearched each individual element of my chart but what i want to know is how they interact with each other and your thoughts on it cause the devil always lies in the details .
Placidus Orb : 0
Sun Aquarius 26°44′ Ascendant Cancer 10°02′
Moon Scorpio 29°12′ II Leo 3°59′
Mercury Aquarius 21°39′ R III Virgo 0°16′
Venus Aries 9°41′ IV Libra 0°49′
Mars Sagittarius 0°16′ V Scorpio 4°52′
Jupiter Gemini 1°56′ VI Sagittarius 8°49′
Saturn Taurus 24°29′ VII Capricorn 10°02′
Uranus Aquarius 21°10′ VIII Aquarius 3°59′
Neptune Aquarius 7°03′ IX Pisces 0°16′
Pluto Sagittarius 14°57′ Midheaven Aries 0°49′
Lilith Aquarius 9°07′ XI Taurus 4°52′
Asc node Cancer 14°48′ XII Gemini 8°49′
Chiron Sagittarius 27°20′
Ceres Capricorn 4°36′
Pallas Sagittarius 9°39′
Juno Aries 1°24′
Vesta Pisces 20°22′
Fortune Aries 12°29′
South node Capricorn 14°48′
Wow! How insightful. Wish I would have discovered this interpretation of NN Cancer 30 years ago. As a child I just “knew” that I was supposed to have a big career, no children, no marriage. Of course I went to college and got a business degree to be practical, refused to marry my boyfriend for 13 years!! All my career attempts fell flat – too boring, not challenging, too challenging, too stressful, no future et all. Finally spiraled into depression & anxiety which lasted about 20 years and led to me just giving up. I stopped working and let my husband take care of me financially. He has a medical condition so I take care of him too, but my life is nothing like I expected it to be. Now we are getting ready to open a business together but with the idea of being part of the community and having a nuturing, fun, environment in which to work and serve. Thank you so much for your insight and all the replies that have also helped me gain clarity.
I’m excited about your business together. Best of luck!
I have NN in Cancer in the 11th house but I always felt like I wanted to build friendships/relationships. However, everytime I do so, I always end up being betrayed or be left out. As much as I want to “follow my True Node”, it seems to have given me only bad luck in my life. It wasn’t until I focused on my career and started giving to my family that I became less depressed and stressed but still, I have no luck with friends. Do you have any suggestions on how to solve that?
Stop focusing on your NN and base your decision on your personal experience or societal problems.
I did gone thru the same experience and my family was like “forgive others and talk to them” and when I did, It was the same thing. Now I just know that I don’t need to be close to those who hurt me, it is my choice not to forgive them and bing them to my space and I don’t feel sorry about it. They should be the one feeling bad not me so why should I satisfy them. Until then, my friendship has been so calm.
You need to learn lessons according to your experiences, not astrology. You will run into your downfall if you do so.
The same thing as they say to Pisces placements “serve or suffer” pain will always exist it is normal, your job to self-sacrifice for anyone, therapist are here to take care of them.
I struggled reading this and eventually became very emotional, as I felt exposed and out of control. It feels like I’m the one being read! I’m a believer in astrology but also wonder how much power it really holds, and how much power we really hold.
I’m Cancer north Cap South, cap sun cancer moon, and cap Venus. Scorpio Saturn Libra Pluto. My chart practically ensures a lack of success, which didn’t bother me in my younger years. I knew at 18 I wanted to be a trophy wife as I’d struggled academically my entire school life. I chose dance as a major and planned to have fun until my late 20s then marry well and start a family.
Funny enough, I come from a highly successful prestigious family so was born into the station my cap South cap sun would desire. I’m the black sheep though and have been an embarrassment to my family my entire life. Not only that but I struggled making friends. Not smart not popular not talented. But I managed to attend a very reputable university only to drop out after a family crisis. Then I landed a dream job at 22 only for my boyfriend to propose at 23 so I quit work and moved with him… got pregnant immediately after wedding then he divorced me for another woman when our child turned 2. Back at square 1. Had to get a job, which I quickly did and it was great and paid well only to get fired because my manager despised me. Not because of complaints or bad reviews… no she didn’t like me personally and spread rumors and sabotaged every project I had… Not to worry I went out on my own became self employed and almost rich, only to meet another man. Marriage and kids caused me to stop working only for the man to become extremely abusive. I eventually left after the situation became violent. So no career success. No familial success (I love my kids but can’t afford the lifestyle my ex gave us and my eldest now wants to live with dad because it’s a better house car school etc). Not many friends.
I’m lost and confused but continue to wake up everyday and pretend it will all be ok. What else can one do?
Your story made me sad and angry because you have been going through a lot. I don’t know if you were consciously following the NN but know that most of the time astrologers do not apply societal facts or do not take people’s experience in consideration. From what I’ve seen it is always based on already set up ideas and they just throwing it to people who will not necessarily relate.
Your purpose is what you decide it to be and you should accord a particular attention to your experiences and societal facts.
For example as someone (20y) who did not grew up with her parents, who did get some sexual abuse in childhood, who did always focused on family by following their desires and taking care of them kids without my own decision, I realized earlier at 12 that : I needed to stop focusing on others because it does not makes me happy and they are taking away my power of decision, I did not want children and was not attracted to men (naturally but also because of sexual abuses) so even if this is my north node I will do follow it. My experience and mind was not happy until I’ve set up bouderies at twelve. Even if family mad about it and tried to makes me feel bad, I just stick up to my TRUE NEEDS and I am happy.
Now at 20 my plan is finishing my degree (it is my last year) of bachelor and I will follow my master, then leave this country to work in a another place, not here.
Maybe in your case you should do some introspection and figuring out what would be great for you especially since you have been always focusing on your home life and marriage.
I truly wish you the best
Thank you for sharing your story and your well wishes! I’ve never felt sorry for myself and am a genuinely happy person, but I look to astrology for clarity. My spirituality with religion only helps so much. Happy New Year!
Thank you for sharing your story and your well wishes! I’ve never felt sorry for myself and am a genuinely happy person, but I look to astrology for clarity. My spirituality with religion only helps so much. Happy New Year!
No one has the right to tell anyone else that their job in life is to nurture others. You’re an adult now and it’s high time to wake up to your insatiable desire for more mothering. Start taking care of your own emotional needs, you’ll be a better person and a much better advisor if you do.
For North Node in Cancer people, the prime directive is to self-protect from the unconscious manipulations of others. Yes, I am calling that out.
If you decide you will absolutely give yourself the physical, mental, and especially, the PSYCHIC SPACE YOU NEED, you will begin to create a self-expressive and personally satisfying life for yourself. Go on, try it and see!
Thank you ! Like literally if you make your life about others you will literally run into your downfall. Sometimes it is not your job to heal/nurture others, like there is literally therapist for it and they should learn to nurture themself by themself. I am not here to self-sacrifice my needs and true desire (working and being stable) because an astrologers said so.
This is the kind of astrologers who literally will push unaware people to please others. This is a people pleasers energy and I am not doing it especially if they are not doing it for me.
Considering that everyone don’t have “the same destiny as you” you will end up being alone because people will follow their desire. Sometimes your idea of nurturing will not even fit their and you will just end up being an annoying person who stay at home all day and do nothing but bothering people. I am not extending myself for people.
The north node is literally ridiculous, anything is kind of set up to control your mind and limit you. I have the impression of seeing a another version of bible “do this or you will go to hell” and we ended up this a lot of generation self limiting themself especially women, but people realize that it was not a great thing so they did stop caring about it. It is starting to be the same with Islam, women are standing up against a lot of belief because it does not make them happy.
I’m not loving my Cancer north node right now. My sun sign is Capricorn and I have a birthday and family name that both add up to eight in numerology, which is said to signify even greater influence of Capricorn. I don’t have kids and am not married. I was determined to be a career woman and high-powered academic until my first Saturn return when the story began to fall apart. After many years in therapy my north node makes more sense. I have been choosing to let go of my desire for wealth, stature, and prominence, but it has not been fun. I think my north node in Cancer and heavy Capricorn influence reveal deep internal conflict. I have learned that a status focus leads to illusion—we are all equal and fellow travelers on the same journey. But sometimes I would love a luxury car, a nice house, and many investments to hide behind. I’m working on setting up a business supporting students of all ages as a tutor, coach, and consultant. I hope to God that this endeavor will please Cancer and Capricorn. I’ve had it with the endless tug of war.
I’m in the same boat and praying with and for you; it’s hard to even focus on family if you aren’t financially stable. Best wishes!
Amen.
This is my story! Cap sun, not married and no kids, attempt to be a globetrotting academic until crisis at Saturn return, 8 family, therapy journey, decision to start a tutoring business.
I have the same struggle with wanting a luxury car and large house to hide behind—those have been my exact words for many years. I also now see the illusions behind prestige after years in therapy.
I send you much love and many blessings and hope that you find traditional success as well as emotional fulfillment with your business! I’ve read that we have to balance the south node with the north one and not neglect either vibration.
This is my story! Cap sun, not married and no kids, attempt to be a globetrotting academic until crisis at Saturn return, 8 family, therapy journey, decision to start a tutoring business.
I have the same struggle with wanting a luxury car and large house to hide behind—those have been my exact words for many years. I also now see the illusions behind prestige after years in therapy.
I send you much love and many blessings and hope that you find traditional success as well as emotional fulfillment with your business! I’ve read that we have to balance the south node with the north one and not neglect either vibration.
This is my story! Cap sun, not married and no kids, attempt to be a globetrotting academic until crisis at Saturn return, 8 family and 8 life path, therapy journey, decision to start a tutoring business
I have the same struggle with wanting a luxury car and large house to hide behind—those have been my exact words for many years. I also now see the illusions behind prestige after years in therapy.
I send you much love and many blessings and hope that you find traditional success as well as emotional fulfillment with your business! I’ve read that we have to balance the south node with the north one and not neglect either vibration.
Balancing the two is a great goal! I also like what you said about prestige as an illusion. I agree: it’s not real.
I have this aspect however, I have Uranus in exact square. I have read that this can prevent or frustrate realisation of the north node.
I have been reclusive in the past and found it to be partly rewarding but ultimately unhealthy. On the other hand I have avoided family life and children and I feel glad that I did. I have a partner but I need a lot of alone time, we both work from home but I need to be in a room of my own alone to focus. I have been forced to move a lot in my life- and I did go to boarding school as a child so that fits. I have learnt a lot from Buddhist ideas to be more open to people and not allow yourself to reject them. I have recently returned to my home which I rented out for the last 12 years. I have a friend suffering from isolation because of coronavirus and I have been helping her to see ways that she pushes people away at the same time she wants connection. I think this sounded awful to me at first, because it sounded like I had to give up career ambitions to go after domesticity, but I think of the nodes more as a set of scales that are out of balance. It should mean better home/life balance will make you feel happier and more fulfilled.
This is just to discourage people, don’t tell me that it’s a lucky placements while this is not what will makes me happy. Astrologers need to acknowledge societal facts and people’s personal experience instead of talking for nothing.
Like are you seeing the world we’re living in ? That is not my job to nurture people or heal them, go see a therapist. You act like focusing others is not draining and I am not here to drain myself over others, family or not. I will not even talk about toxicity in family and sexual harassment, my desire to NOT have kid because it will literally be a burden/bad experience. I deserve being happy and family or whatever never bring me to happiness so why should I follow it? At least this is just your belief and as a human who is allied to decide what is great for them, I am not following this foolish delusional universe plan. My soul want to be happy in my way : working and having a safe place (a safe place is not necessarily your home) without children there or whatever and travel. It’s becoming annoying seeing you talking about past life and leaving something while you don’t know what the person is going thru and truly want.
I’ve doing this NN for the past 20 years : draining myself and self sacrificing for others not again and I’ve been feeling better since I stopped. Astrology is just a belief and it is okay to not follow it, but don’t fear people by saying that they will have bad luck if they don’t do something what is wrong with you astrologers?
As a human you will experience both : good and bad, it is the same for everyone. You will experience losses and gains it is normal. Nobody has a great life since day one to death.
If you believe that you will be free of bad luck then you are delusional. Stop limiting yourself because “the universe said so” family is not always peace even if the society want to make you believe the reverse. Like there is plenty of people who regretted having kids/staying at home etc, in this era you need your own stability, go outside and find work for yourself, your husband will not always be there, you may not even be attracted to men and it will be worse.
I am not here to follow people who don’t even include true fact etc go say to a sterile person to have child because they have 4NN and see.
Go say that to a person with family trauma and see.
Go say that to someone who don’t want to work with children and see.
This is literally bullshit, the shame.
Thank you for sharing your story and your well wishes! I’ve never felt sorry for myself and am a genuinely happy person, but I look to astrology for clarity. My spirituality with religion only helps so much. Happy New Year!
This is so scary because everything written here, i resonate so much with it. I grew up in a boarding school since 6 till 17. On top of that, i maybe of a middle class family but since my aunt is politically significant, i grew up pretty much around her lifestyle. the control thing, is so so true. when something doesn’t go my way, i literally have a breakdown. because i grew up pretty much by myself, i priotise my space and isolation but since it has been incarnated for me to have nurturing qualities, my younger cousin sister has moved in with us and now i have to take care of her, which means i have to learn or channel my inner mother, which i didn’t have in me or am still developing that. since i’m a capricorn sun, i have this drive to work hard and earn as much as i can to have this sense of freedom, and relationship wise; there isn’t anyone i’m close with and i have hard time falling or letting people in. what i’m learning currently is to stop being so hard on myself and others and to have reason no matter what. it’s hard but progress is still progress and it’s okay even if it’s slow.
What an interesting life! There are many seasons in a lifetime. Perhaps this is the time for you to focus on relationships for a while. Eventually the season will change, I think.
The last time I had a vacation was in 2014. But I’m supposed to be a caregiver and to put all my dreams on hold, right?
We get it, it’s good for the astrologer to have her dreams and not give them up, but the rest of us, eh. We can only be good people by being doormats for everyone else. And be *happy* about it, too! But if we’re not cheerful enough about our situation, people really do jump down our throats for it in real life.
So explain to me why being forced to give up dreams for a domestic situation is supposed to make us love it?
I’m not sure what part of the post you’re interpreting as not having dreams or giving up on dreams. Many very accomplished people who followed their dreams are named as natives with this placement. It’s also important to remember that everyone’s dream is different. Some people dream of having homes and families and never get those and can be very sad about that.
If you mean that I’m advocating you give up on dreams of status and recognition, my point is a little more subtle. I suggest that one should shift focus from being concerned about what other people think and turn their attention to what is personally meaningful.
Example: Let’s say one dreams of being an actor. It would be so fun to be the movie star that always brings in the box office receipts, the Broadway legend who fills the seats, the master who achieves EGOT status, the artist who gets to pick and choose every project because they’re so talented everyone wants to work with them. Maybe they get out of the shower every morning and practice their Oscar acceptance speech in the mirror. Those are dreams of being appreciated and rewarded, and I think everyone yearns for that, though some more than others.
I would say with this placement, though, when it comes to one’s “career,” one might be happier to invest emotional energy in the mastery of the craft (in this case acting), and focus on getting validation and appreciation from a select few people or even just oneself. Waiting for the world to recognize your talent might be more frustrating for you than for others.
The thing with Cancer/Capricorn is to ask Whose opinion do you really care about? In this example, I would encourage the person to ask what is it about being an actor that is truly meaningful to them. If they’re doing it for the recognition, with this placement, I would guess there might be more than their fair share of disappointment. But if it’s a dream with personal meaning and something they’re really committed to, there’s nothing about this placement that says you won’t succeed or be happy. It’s really about where you invest your emotional hopes.
I’m sorry you haven’t have a vacation for many years. It sounds like you you are supporting others in their dreams perhaps at the expense of your own. Nothing about this placement suggests thsoe circumstances will make you happy. Hopefully, the Wheel of Fortune keeps turning until it’s your time to be on top and things balance out a little bit. Best wishes.
Celestina, hello! Please tell me, is it possible to establish a balance between family and work if I have Cancer North Node? Or am I not allowed to build a career and can only be a housewife? Thank you very much.
Celestina, hello! Please tell me, is it possible to establish a balance between family and work if I have Cancer North Node? Or am I not allowed to build a career and can only be a housewife? Thank you very much.
Hello! Please tell me, is it possible to establish a balance between family and work if I have Cancer North Node? Or am I not allowed to build a career and can only be a housewife? Thank you very much.
“You came into this world knowing how to lead and organize. You can see how that innate talent played out in the lives of Cesar Chavez, Alfred Nobel, Queen Elizabeth II, Otto von Bismark, Claus von Stauffenberg, Fidel Castro, Jeff Bezos, and Phil Jackson.” All of those people had successful careers. You can absolutely work!