The South Node: The Ancestral Mastery through the Twelve Houses - The Alchemy of the Soul's Foundation
A vision of the cycles of existence—symbolizing the South Node's role as the reservoir of past-life experience, the mastery we have already achieved, and the ancestral foundation upon which we stand. The Dragon’s Tail: An Introduction to the South Node In the astronomical geometry of the soul, the South Node (Ketu in Vedic astrology) is the mathematical point where the Moon's orbit crosses the ecliptic moving southward. Known as the Dragon’s Tail , the South Node represents our Ancestral Mastery —the skills, habits, and "Comfort Zones" that we have brought with us from past incarnations or genetic lineages. It is the reservoir of our greatest natural talents, the gifts that come so easily to us that we often take them for granted. However, it is also the trap of our most repetitive and self-sabotaging patterns—the "Defaults" that keep us from reaching our true potential. Esoterically, the South Node is the Portal of the Past . It shows us where we fe...