43. South Node

The South Node, like the North Node, is a karmic point, but it's opposite to the North Node and relates to the past, perhaps even to past lives. Whatever you're going through and whatever you're asking about, there's a chance that age-old programming and conditioning is stopping you from achieving all that you might. Do you feel stuck in something? This card will often come across as a sign that the situation or relationship you're asking about has somehow become suffocating, even toxic. It suggests that someone (you, even) needs to be released, that there's some kind of addiction going on or an unhealthy attachment that needs to be sorted out. One thing is for sure — when you get this card you're being challenged to make some changes, even if staying where you are feels easier and safer.

I release the past.

• A relationship is karmic and has played out across many lifetimes. • Your attraction to someone may be verging on the obsessive. • Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should.

The South Node is where the Moon crosses the ecliptic going south. On the horoscope chart it shows us what we are likely to become obsessed with, but which will probably do us little or no good. The South Node is the karmic astrological point that reminds us of the well-known phrase, 'If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got.'