North (South) Node – Neptune Square – Destructive Romance

The Descending South Node points to the character traits, behavioral strategies, talents, and sins that are present in the person in excess from birth. The North Node shows in which sphere the positive achievements should be applied, where problematic areas need to be worked through, and where new success must be achieved. The square makes these processes more difficult, and if the person is unfamiliar with astrology, they may remain stuck for a long time in a whirlpool of conflicting emotions.

Neptune clouds the mind especially strongly. The native contrasts the real world with their own invented one, full of illusions and idealized ideas about themselves. Other people consider them an oddball, someone who is not quite right in the head; they do not understand them and push them away, which may drive the native toward “painkillers” such as alcohol and drugs.

The Karma of Neptune’s Square to the Ascending (Descending) Nodes

There is a stereotype that this aspect is one of the most difficult karmic configurations, especially if Neptune is at the apex of a T-square formed by the Nodes, since this planet creates a mirrored labyrinth of illusions and switches off the inner sense of reality. However, there is a way out: bodiless fantasies, among which it is so pleasant to live while doing nothing, can be overcome only through the development of intellect and practicality. These are precisely the qualities the native lacked in past incarnations. At that time, the likely scenarios of their existence were connected with:

• water, medicines, chemistry, and alcohol: the native may have been a doctor, alchemist, pharmacist, or owner of a winery;
• maritime work: service on a ship as a navigator, doctor, or, in the extreme case, captain is likely;
• the stage, music, painting, or poetry.

However, Neptune’s square to the Lunar Nodes adds specificity with a negative charge. As a doctor, the native may have made mistakes in diagnoses; their restaurant most likely sold counterfeit alcohol; and a ship may have often gone off course.

With certain additional indicators in the chart, it is possible that life ended in the depths of the sea, from an enemy’s poison, or as a result of religious or ideological persecution. All of this creates various fears on the subconscious level: fear of water, dislike of church dogmas and priests, or a weak stomach that reacts badly to alcohol.

Positive Neptunian creative experience and success are not excluded, but in the past they were present in life alongside the trials listed above. The native may have been a popular and gifted person, yet gone through betrayal, imprisonment, and alcohol addiction.

The range of incarnations extends from a beggar and wandering preacher to a popular musician or actor. Now the person needs to reach Neptune’s highest level and free themselves from pessimism and harmful cravings.

Problems of Neptune Square the Ascending (Descending) Nodes

Aspects to the higher planets create difficulties around the age of thirty. Before this time, the native needs to gain maximum confidence in the matters of the House and sign where the Descending South Node is located, and realize which problems in the Neptunian themes of this sphere regularly repeat. These are exactly what will need to be worked through through realization by the North Node.

The main nerve of Neptune’s square is dissatisfaction with what is happening in reality. The native either dreams of global goals while refusing simple joys and concrete action, or fulfills their cherished wish and realizes that happiness has still remained unattainable. This happens even in small things: the person wants to buy a new product, dreams about it for a long time, saves money, and then tries it, only to dislike the taste, smell, or effect.

Frightening things are often written about Neptune square the Lunar Nodes: that it produces hereditary alcoholism, codependent relationships with an abuser, cerebral palsy, and other nervous system disorders. The truth is only that Neptune is indeed an ancestral planet, and it symbolizes the repetition of family scenarios. If there were alcoholics in the family line, or women who endured beatings from their husbands, it is quite possible that the native will repeat the event pattern embedded at the level of DNA. The aspect will be a warning, but not the cause. If there was no cerebral palsy or alcoholism in the family line, they will not appear by themselves.

More likely problems include:

• feeling like an outcast in the material world of pragmatists: the native is considered crazy or otherworldly, teased at school, and discussed behind their back at work;
• the person does not accept their family and does not resemble their parents, having a more creative, sensitive, or religious nature;
• even in the absence of alcohol, other food-related dependencies may appear: coffee, tasty food, or carbonated drinks;
• atheism or excessive religious zeal, which may arise suddenly closer to the age of thirty and shock the family circle, where such things are not accepted;
• relatives obstruct the development of creative abilities;
• fear of water or fear of drunk people in various forms.

The native’s main positive abilities are sympathy, empathy, vivid imaginative thinking, artistry, and charm.

How to Work Through Neptune Square the Lunar Nodes

It is necessary to achieve practical results in creative activity: if it is drawing or photography, the person should organize an exhibition of their work; if it is music, they should perform at a concert rather than simply sing for loved ones, and be seen more often in real life.

The native needs to set one goal at a time and move toward the final result without scattering their energy.

At a deep level of working through, Neptune expects the person to sacrifice something in order to restrain egoism, for example, by organizing a charity concert or holding free classes.

As a last resort, they may spend their time praying for loved ones and for the world. It is also good to donate money for the treatment of sick children.  ✓