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Excerpt from my latest Sasstrology post:
“The North Node is considered by some to represent your destiny. It indicates (through its house and sign position) what you’re meant to do in this life. For those of you with the North Node in your Seventh House of relationships, this must mean that having one (or more!) committed partnerships is part of your destiny. If this is so, why are committed relationships such a challenge?”
Is this the same as “true node”?
Yep…North Node, True Node… the same.
i have this! and your article is so true! ugh. conjunct my desc in pisces. constant struggle
Glad the article rang true for you, but not glad for the struggles.
How do I know I have the North Node in my 7th House? Of two long term committed relationships, one ended in divorce and the other by sudden death of the only soul mate I’ve ever had. Both lasted less than 10 years. Whatever my relationship destiny is, it always seems to involve sudden change.
Go to a site (like http://www.astro.com) where you can get your chart generated for free. When you look at the your chart, there will be a horse shoe symbol in one of the houses. This is the North Node.
Committed relationships are usually a challenge, north node or not, in the 7th house. I would say it depends on the sign as to how they will play out; the tone, the timbre, the quality of the relationship. But that it’s a given that they will assume central importance in the person’s life.
What if your north node has progressed into the seventh house?
Similar themes, but you would need to take the original position of the NN into account (because that would describe the primary lessons you’re dealing with). Those lessons would play out in a relationship.
n node is in Pisces close to the cusp w/ Aries (7thH), spend all my time alone, was with a gal for 20 years, grew up with a twin brother which suddenly ended, wonder what relationship will I be attracted to, when I only think about me and I know my destiny is to serve others.
I take you’re saying your destiny is to serve others because your NN is in 6th House Pisces? That may be true, but maybe not. You need to see what’s happening with Neptune (your NN ruler).
Yes this is so true! Why are they such a challenge? I have my true north node in Aquarius in my 7th house. But my 7th house also has Saturn, which is capricorn… maybe my saturn is what brings the challenge?
Saturn will definitely bring some challenges to relationships. It increases limits/fears. But it also increases your capacity for commitment.
NN in Aries in the 7th, Mars in Capricorn in the 3rd in mutual reception with Saturn in Aries in the 6th.
I will be 45 on Nov 2nd, and only now do I feel like I’m ready for a serious relationship. Definitely a problem area for me and one that I avoid. Honestly I always thought I would be alone my entire life. Only in the last 4 years through my male best friend have I learned how rewarding a close relationship can be.
Alos, with all that Saturn energy…a sign of romantic relationships developing later in life.
Thanks Nadia.
Is it possible to determine how late in life I will find a romantic relationship? Recently I feel like I want to be married, and that’s a first for me!
It’s possible. There’s no guarantees of course, but with transits and progressions you can have a good idea when a major relationship is coming up.
I do have progressed venus conjunct natal sun in scorpio 2°14. Are progressions or transits to the North Node, esp since mine is in the 7th house, an important indicator of marriage?
Nadia, your sasstrology article is very accurate for me!
“The challenge is learning how to develop your identity, while balancing your needs with another person. But it’s not just a matter of being commitment-shy, shaking it off, and taking the plunge into relationship heaven. Being in a relationship may actually feel like giving up a piece of yourself. Even though you desire that connection with another, it’s tremendously difficult to let go of the primal allegiance to yourself.”
It has taken me DECADES to learn this! Applying it….we’ll… I’m trying!!!!
“A Seventh House North Node does not have to mean a death sentence for committed relationships. But there are significant challenges. Know that the feeling of losing yourself, or sacrificing part of your identity, is a holdover from your past life. You will indeed be letting something go, if you enter a relationship, but it will just be outdated behavior that’s holding you back”
Glad you found the article helpful.
Ah, yes. I have NN in Aries conjunct my moon in the seventh house. I have always been a homebody (Sun in Capricorn in the fourth), but my husband’s academic career has set us bouncing around the country for the past twenty years. I still feel guilty about “abandoning” my family of origin; though it is getting easier, as I have gone through Uranus transits to the moon and NN in the past couple of years.
Uranus transits can be excellent for opening up the NN. Thanks for sharing this.
Will you please add the tag “north and south nodes” to this post?
Done.
At the moment I have saturn, north node and progressed moon transiting my seventh house in scorpio.. what does that mean in terms of relationships? I’m single and want to be in a relationship. In my birth card the north node is in my 11th house, the moon in 1st house. I’m a capricorn and have aries as rising sign…
I have N node and venus in 7th house what does that mean?
I ahave no idea without seeing your chart…
Hi Nadia,
Very true for me. I always want to be in a relationship but once I am in one always want and try to end it and my marriage is very challenging.
I have NN in gemini conjunct DC tightly but falling in my sixth house. My mercury opposes the Moon and my moon opposes my sun and my sun opposes my IC. Any thoughts, suggestions or advice?
You’d need to look at the house your Mercury falls in in order to get the full story on how to best express this energy. Some of the solution lies in finding a balance between intellect and emotions (sounds like you are torn between both). Also,look at what qualities you are projecting onto your partner, and try to own those and work with them.
My mercury falls in the ninth.
As for how sun opposite moon feels and NN in the 6th but conjuncting tightly the DC with SN in the 12th feels…
Well when I was a child I was a hopeless romantic, I wanted a romantic love so strong that it could not be destroyed. That is what a wanted as a kid and it feels like my entire life has been a long hard process of me losing my innocence more and more in general but specially with the idea of love, relationships and expectations.
As for the sun opposing the moon and the moon opposing my mercury it expresses itself like the following:
I am intellectually very down to earth and understand perfectly well reality and the harsh truth of how our world operates which most people ignore and are unaware but emotional side is in pain bc of what my intellectual side understands and processes and has a hard time adjusting bc my emotional side is the opposite of realistic and is very idealistic.
NN 7th house Pisces sextile Mercury (10th), opposite Jupiter (1st) and Uranus (2nd), trine Neptune (3rd). Me? No clue.