North (South) Node – Ascendant Square – One’s Own Worst Enemy

The Lunar Nodes tell a person about their mission and highest karmic task. This is far more than a profession: it is also a strategy of responding to the world, the very meaning of the person’s birth, and the useful contribution they can create here. Harmonious aspects give an easy and unhindered ascent to the peak of success, while tense aspects, especially the square, bring the need to work through the problems of the Descending South Node to the foreground.

These are the very problems the person unconsciously brings into the present from past incarnations, and when they attempt to realize themselves in the sphere of the North Node, these issues materialize as obstacles and difficulties.

The Ascendant square the Nodes is a very difficult aspect. The person is their own enemy, and at the same time, they do not understand this. Egoism clouds their vision. The habit of shifting responsibility onto others and blaming them turns into major problems, but the native keeps stepping on the same rake again.

The Karma of the Ascendant with the Ascending (Descending) Nodes

The native is difficult to deal with. They are perceived as an irritating factor in any company, and this is largely connected with a past life or the actions of their ancestors. Western astrologers call this the effect of missed steps.

The native or members of their family line failed to do something important connected with relationships with other people. Now it is very important to determine in which sphere karmic debts have accumulated and continue the path from the point where it was interrupted.

In a past life, the native was obsessed with a certain grand idea, but could not realize it because of external obstacles. These obstacles, in turn, were caused by their egocentrism, bluntness, and roughness. The details of the past-life problem can be seen by comparing the sign of the Ascendant with the House of the horoscope where the South (Descending) Node is located. Self-love and a lack of moderation are destructive here and attract toxic people and false friends. These are precisely the obstacles that will arise on the path when the native tries to master the North (Ascending) Node.

The person brings into the present incarnation the habit of destroying their own happiness and creating obstacles out of nothing while moving toward a goal, but they completely fail to see that the root of all troubles lies within themselves. Only the one who rises above these lower energies will be able to analyze the mistakes of their ancestors, beginning with the mother and father, and derive the formula of repeating events. These are the debts that must be closed first.

The second way to understand what circumstances prevented the person from fulfilling their mission in a previous incarnation is to study the position of the Descending South Node. If it is in the Tenth House, then the archetypes of this House will interfere with realization in society and career, while in the Seventh House it encourages the native to destroy stable relationships. It was precisely here that the native was afraid to take one decisive step, and in that very moment, they lost.

If there were many similar cases in the family line, then the holder of the aspect carries a special mission: to develop a new behavioral algorithm, always keep inner tension in view, and release it through the best qualities of the sign on the Ascendant or the planets in the First House.

Problems of the Ascendant Square the Ascending (Descending) Nodes

It is very difficult for men and women with this aspect to accept the fact that they create their own reality. It is easier to blame others for the failure of their plans. Something constantly distracts them from the main goal, and it seems that there is still time to solve problems. However, by postponing things until later, they discover that years have flown by while their dreams remain suspended in the air.

The main problems of the Ascendant square the Ascending (Descending) Nodes concern relationships. The tension of the aspect turns into an emotional paradox. On the one hand, the soul feels that it came into the world with a special mission and longs for freedom in order to realize all its global plans.

On the other hand, the native’s need for love and admiration resembles a bottomless vessel: no matter how much is poured in, it remains empty. Thus, the person needs emotional support from other people, but runs away from close relationships because they do not want to lose freedom.

This is especially acute in women, because after marriage they can no longer devote all their time to fulfilling their main dream. The goals of a person with the Ascendant square the Nodes are always connected with realization in society, which combines poorly with creating a family because such people lack a sense of proportion.

If they are occupied with a career, they devote all their time to it. If this is not possible, they begin pushing their spouses or children toward the peak of social success with the force of a locomotive, and they do this without sentiment, from the position that “the end justifies the means.”

How to Work Through the Ascendant Square the Ascending (Descending) Nodes

It is important for the person to realize as early as possible that their success in society is closely connected with relationships with other people. Accordingly, in order to work through the missed steps of past lives, it is important to understand which problems repeat in personal contacts now: betrayal, devaluation, violation of boundaries, abuse, a partner’s prohibition against attractive clothing or a desired career. All of this requires proper and harmonious completion in this incarnation.

The native must work through the roots of these problems very deeply with a psychologist, separate themselves from them, and learn to attract loving, sincere partners rather than toxic ones.

It is advisable to present oneself to the world in the style of the sign where the Ascendant is located, and not to forget to kindle the Sun through actions corresponding to its sign. Relationships with others, however, need to be worked through via the sign of the Descendant and the planets of the Seventh House.

Excessive self-admiration will always repel other people and attract enemies, but excessive modesty will not be beneficial either. The native needs to learn to achieve their goals ethically, without violating the interests of other people.  ✓