North Node calculator
Your North Node is the sign the Moon’s North Node stood in when you were born: the direction you grow in, with the South Node opposite as the ground you start from. Enter your birth details to see both, with every planet beside them.
How your North Node is found
The nodes are the two points where the Moon’s path crosses the Sun’s. They move backward through the zodiac, about eighteen months in each sign, so your birth date nearly always settles your North Node.
The South Node is always exactly opposite: a North Node in Leo means a South Node in Aquarius. Your chart places both to the degree.
If you do not know your birth time
You can still find your North Node. It changes sign only every eighteen months or so, so the date alone settles it on all but a few days, and your chart says so on those.
What your North Node means
The South Node is what comes easily: the skills and habits you fall back on. The North Node is what you grow into, less comfortable at first and more rewarding the further you go.
The North Node in each sign
Here is the North Node in each of the twelve signs in a few words, with the South Node opposite, and a page for each that goes further.
Fire
North Node in Aries
The North Node in Aries grows by going first. Keeping the peace comes naturally, with the South Node in Libra; the growth is in wanting something for yourself and saying so out loud.
Earth
North Node in Taurus
The North Node in Taurus grows toward a quieter, steadier life. Crisis and intensity are familiar ground, with the South Node in Scorpio; the growth is in trusting what is simple, slow and your own.
Air
North Node in Gemini
The North Node in Gemini grows by asking instead of telling. Big answers come easily, with the South Node in Sagittarius; the growth is in curiosity, conversation and the small facts close to home.
Water
North Node in Cancer
The North Node in Cancer grows toward home and feeling. Duty and achievement come naturally, with the South Node in Capricorn; the growth is in letting people care for you, and admitting what you feel.
Fire
North Node in Leo
The North Node in Leo grows by stepping into the light. Blending into the group comes easily, with the South Node in Aquarius; the growth is in your own creative voice, and being loved for it.
Earth
North Node in Virgo
The North Node in Virgo grows through useful, daily work. Dreaming and drifting come naturally, with the South Node in Pisces; the growth is in routine, good judgement and the pleasure of a task done well.
Air
North Node in Libra
The North Node in Libra grows through partnership. Going it alone comes naturally, with the South Node in Aries; the growth is in cooperation, patience and letting another view change yours.
Water
North Node in Scorpio
The North Node in Scorpio grows by letting go and letting people close. Comfort and security come naturally, with the South Node in Taurus; the growth is in intimacy, change and trusting what you cannot hold.
Fire
North Node in Sagittarius
The North Node in Sagittarius grows toward meaning and wide horizons. Facts and chatter come easily, with the South Node in Gemini; the growth is in faith, a philosophy of your own and trusting your gut.
Earth
North Node in Capricorn
The North Node in Capricorn grows by taking charge. Home and feeling come naturally, with the South Node in Cancer; the growth is in ambition, responsibility and a place in the world you earned yourself.
Air
North Node in Aquarius
The North Node in Aquarius grows through friendship and causes larger than you. The spotlight comes naturally, with the South Node in Leo; the growth is in the group, the future and an equal place among others.
Water
North Node in Pisces
The North Node in Pisces grows by letting go of control. Order and analysis come naturally, with the South Node in Virgo; the growth is in faith, imagination and compassion that needs no reason.
Questions
What does my North Node mean?
It is the direction you grow in: the qualities that feel unfamiliar at first and reward you most as you take them on. The South Node opposite is what already comes easily.
What is the South Node?
The point exactly opposite the North Node. It is the ground you start from: old habits and natural skills, comfortable and a little too easy to fall back on.
Do I need my birth time to find my North Node?
Usually not. The node stays in a sign for about eighteen months, so the date settles it on all but a few days.
Is it the true node or the mean node?
The true node, the Moon’s actual crossing point, as most astrologers use today. The true and the mean node stay within about two degrees of each other.