North (South) Node – Sun Square – Struggle with Oneself

The Descending South Node symbolizes a cup of karmic experience filled to the brim. From here come instinctive reactions to the world, which are sometimes unclear even to the person themselves. These are innate talents and behavioral patterns that emerge during periods of emotional tension. The person needs to move away from this program and into new experience. This is connected with the Ascending North Node. Its aspect to a planet indicates the need for new knowledge and impressions, and sometimes, for the sake of the soul’s spiritual development, this process can be painful. This is exactly what happens if the Sun, the main planet of the horoscope, is square one of the Nodes. Since it signifies the native’s inner “I” itself and the figure of the father, and for women also the husband, it is better to know in advance that problems will inevitably arise in these areas and must be solved immediately, without putting them off indefinitely.

Karmic Problems of the Sun Square the Ascending (Descending) Nodes

In a past life, the native may have completely refused social self-realization, for example by choosing a subordinate position beside a strict father. A woman may also have fallen into domestic bondage and dependence, either in her own family or after marriage.

The square aspect suggests constant confrontation with problems, or their sharp and sudden emergence. Therefore, the native either faced pressure from society and a powerful father since childhood, or experienced this in adulthood. There may be two possible scenarios here:

• the person went with the flow and endured humiliation, fearing obstacles and struggle;
• the native actively fought for their rights and even achieved victory, but ultimately became a tyrant themselves and lost what they had gained.

In any case, the square between the Sun and the Nodes did not arise by chance. This is a deep conflict between self-determination and society. If the aspect involves the Sun and the Ascending Node, then in this incarnation the person will have to face the demons of the past, but they have all the resources needed to defeat them. This will be a new experience for them, partly intended to finally put an end to the wrong behavior of a past life, when, in the desire to gain freedom, they themselves became authoritarian and cold-hearted rulers. For example, after the death of a cruel husband, a woman kept the household in fear, or a man, like his father, began harshly punishing his children.

The Sun square the Descending Node means that in a past life the native worked through negative programs and must not repeat them under any circumstances. This is a hint: when solar qualities are revealed, no one should suffer. The aspect is very difficult because the Sun is essentially ego-oriented and strives for sole authority.

The second point is that the native absolutely must not give up self-realization and career for someone else’s sake, even if this requires breaking off relations with the father or husband.

Most likely, the person will once again find themselves in a situation similar to a past life, but now they need to make the right choice in favor of their own development, without abusing power.

Problems of the Sun Square the Ascending Node

The aspect has a very strong influence on the person’s behavioral style and forms the character of a fighter. However, the native does not always achieve their goals in noble ways. They are driven by the desire to become famous and achieve everything at once, so they very often push straight ahead, enter into conflict, make enemies, and try to break through the wall with their forehead. It is especially difficult for holders of a fire Sun to find a consensus between the burning need to get what is theirs and the necessity of adapting. It makes conflicts sharp and painful, while the native lacks the patience to think through their actions.

The most common problems are:

• the need to oppose the husband, father, or boss;
• difficulties with self-realization in society, fear of change, mistakes, and losses;
• lack of faith in oneself, and hasty actions caused by fears, envy, and resentment, when the person follows a false path merely to be no worse than others.

Holders of the Sun – Ascending Node square do not know how to adapt to other people’s habits in family life or in a group, especially if everything is fine with the father and problems arise later in relationships with colleagues and partners. They seem to do everything at the wrong time and suffer because their strong need for admiration is not satisfied, even against the background of real success.

Problems of the Sun Square the Descending Node

The native with this aspect is constantly in a state of tension, the nature of which they cannot identify because its roots go into genetic memory. In a past life, they experienced confrontation with the father and society, and they are already unconsciously prepared for these events to repeat. Such people find it difficult to relax. They may give up trying to come to the foreground. They have a fear of success, so it is easier to sit in the shadows and do nothing. Only holders of a strong Sun will try to change fate, and this may very well succeed if they combine the higher level of their Sun with the mission of the North Node.

In a past life, the native had negative experience with power and popularity. They want to be influential but are afraid of it, which results in depression and scandals with parents. A woman chooses an authoritarian husband in order to shift responsibility for inaction away from herself, as if saying: it is not that she is afraid to work, but that her spouse does not allow it.

Working Through the Sun Square the Lunar Nodes

First of all, the native needs to develop the higher qualities of the sign where the Sun is located, take responsibility for their choices, and move toward the goal despite obstacles from loved ones and society, while acting wisely rather than aggressively. It is important to combine actions that ignite the Sun with the mission of the North Node.  ✓