Per my All My Houses blog post, I generically describe the House System in astrology going into what each House represents. There are many different house systems and this post is based on specifically using the Placidus House system. It is believed that houses with any planet within it is of significance so the specific planet will have a particular influence on whatever the House it is in represents. As part of my blog series of using astrology to understand myself better, I will go over each astrological body’s house placement based on my natal/birth chart.
According to my Cafe Astrology birth/natal report, where you can also go to run your own report, the North Node is in my 9th House. As indicated in my What Does Mars Really Have to do with Men? post, I will also go over another person’s chart, referred to as Kali, who is born on the same month and day as I was, but different year and location to offer a comparison of how two people with the same birth day, may be different despite both being Scorpios. According to Kali’s natal/birth chart from Café Astrology her North Node is located in her 9th House, which is the same as mine, so in this instance we are not different and the description below applies to the both of us.
The 9th House is related to the Sagittarius sign and called the House of Purpose. It is the area of learning that shapes your identity and references the 3rd house to govern how you use your communication skills to expand your perspective and theories. Also known for how you expand your spiritual horizons and through higher education.
With the North Node being in our 9th House, the report describes this placement as the following:
She is learning to put faith in something bigger than herself. She is brilliant at seeing the details and facts, but can be too focused on them to her detriment. As she embraces more life experience, adventure, and faith in life, her luck and opportunities will increase many times over. Qualities to develop: adventurousness, faith, enthusiasm.
Per my North Node Sign post, I described the North Node as the astrological aspect that reveals one’s purpose or fate that you are meant to fulfill in this current life as well as what spiritually may compel you towards that. I find it interesting that the North Node happens to be in the 9th House which is the House of Purpose. Based on both the sign and this house placement for the North Node, our purpose is all about improving ourselves internally, how we think and feel and translating all of that into how we approach life and take actions based on the better version of ourselves.
It is only since I’ve started my spiritual journey this year that I have begun to truly put my faith in something beyond myself. While I have always believed in a higher power, I can’t say my thoughts or actions have been based on faith that the higher powers will act in my favor. With the combination of my negative mindset and unreasonable need for control, I rarely even thought about much less put my faith in the higher powers that be.
Rather, it is natural for me to focus all my energy on all the minute details of all the things within my control, which then gives me that false sense of security that I am doing what I can. I know I have wasted so much time on things that didn’t matter all that much in the greater scheme of life. Because I was always trying to perfect things it took me away from putting my energy on things that I feared, but really mattered in shifting into a better version of me.
I’ve discussed my extreme attention to detail and how I’ve been told to move away from that tendency several times in my work performance reviews many years in a row as an area of improvement in my North Node Sign post. One example that comes to mind with my ridiculous attention to detail is how much time I’ve spent working on PowerPoint slides, such as adjusting font types, sizes, colors and spacing to make sure it is consistent across the entire deck, instead of being satisfied that the content and messaging being portrayed was sufficient and didn’t need to have such pristine formatting. If I had to take a random guess of how many hours I’ve spent on formatting alone in my entire career, it would amount to several months of time because it is not uncommon for me to work 20-40 hours on one deck alone. Of course all that time was during overtime, beyond the 8 hours of work a day and I could have spent that time on getting proper rest, spending time with loved ones, or striving towards personal goals.
As for embracing more life experience, adventure and faith so that my luck and opportunities will multiply drastically I can only say that I hope with being more open and slowly shifting my mindset that I can get there. With writing this post on December 31, 2022 and the New Year right around the corner, I can’t help but reflect on my past year to see how I may have embraced more of these things. I can look back with a smile on my face because I know I have done many things in the past year that I would not have before. A lot were based on the adventure of the experiences, while having the faith that it will turn out with great results. From writing, submitting, and reading my own works to live audiences, doing an obstacle course run and 10K, achieving my goal of visiting all 50 states and watching the Iditarod in Alaska, to putting my faith in the feelings deep within that drove me to invest my time and energy into my blog in a way I would never thought I would – expressing the deepest thoughts and emotions that I have fought my entire life to repress.
It has been scary doing this blog, being vulnerable and sharing myself with anyone who takes the time to read or listen to my podcast. However I relied on faith that this is what I should be doing and as a result, gained an important life experience of digging deep and pushing myself completely out of my comfort zone, which has helped me begin to understand myself better as well as accept who I am behind the protective shell I’ve built and hid behind my entire life. I fully intend to continue forcing myself to have more life experiences, adventures all while having faith that my higher powers are guiding me towards my ultimate life purpose and bringing me luck, opportunities and most of all happiness and abundance.
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