North (South) Node – Midheaven Sextile – Karmic Career

The Lunar Nodes have a special influence on a person’s destiny only when they are directly connected with planets or other hypothetical points symbolizing the person’s spiritual growth and material development. Depending on the nature of the aspect, positive or negative events will occur in the native’s life, determined by the state of their karma.

The Midheaven Meridian, or MC, crosses the Tenth House and signifies the highest calling of the personality, usually connected with professional skills. The South Descending Node indicates the need to give up certain pleasures and abilities in order to reach a new level of one’s mission, while the North Ascending Node, on the contrary, strengthens the meaning of the MC, suggesting that career should receive primary attention in this incarnation.

The Karma of the Midheaven Sextile the Ascending (Descending) Nodes

The sextile is a favorable aspect, but it has one special feature. From a karmic point of view, it continues support in the realization of the native’s talents, passed down to them by inheritance, but personal effort is required to activate it. If the person merely dreams of becoming a successful businessperson or movie star, the aspect to the Nodes will not help them. But when they take concrete practical steps toward the goal, the whole world seems to support their upward movement.

The Midheaven’s sextile to the Ascending Node is the merit of the person’s past incarnations and the harmonious development of their ancestors. In addition to easier career advancement, it also ensures the sympathy of others and grants a pleasant appearance.

If the North Node is located in the upper part of the horoscope, this is the most fortunate position, similar to the action of a trine, but practical work on oneself will still be necessary.

A position in the lower part of the horoscope is harmonized by the positive influence of the sextile, but if there are many other squares and oppositions, the native will have to pass through a series of trials before they achieve success.

The karma of the Midheaven’s sextile to the Descending Node is more complex. On the one hand, it is a sign of the ancestors’ success and social demand; on the other, the native needs either to realize themselves through the North Node while taking innate talents into account, or to give up a career in favor of other pursuits. Such people often receive an inheritance and live for their own pleasure, or devote themselves to spiritual development.

Talents and Opportunities of the Midheaven Sextile the Ascending Node

These are society’s favorites, people who cannot imagine themselves at home, far from public recognition, even if the North Node falls in the Twelfth sector. Many show-business stars have exactly this position, which helps them bring their secret fantasies and esoteric experience into the light through creativity and receive recognition.

In any case, the person feels that they were born with a specific purpose and dreams of realizing their talents and abilities in the sphere where the Node is located. However, it is also necessary to take the sign of the Midheaven into account and combine their meanings.

The fastest path to career ascent is the placement of the MC and the North Node in related elements, when their missions resonate with each other.

In any case, life offers the person many chances they can grasp, fateful meetings, and amazing coincidences that eventually lead the native to the right place, even if they initially had no connections and were born into a poor family. Sometimes they only need to dare to speak with a high-ranking person, and a chain of events twists itself into a staircase of success.

If the MC forms a sextile to the Ascending Node in the Eighth House, the person will generally be helped by other people’s money and resources. For an artist, this means production and promotion through a powerful patron; for other professions, it means support from a teacher, sponsor, or organization, or the need to find such a foundation in order to realize their goal.

Talents and Opportunities of the Midheaven Sextile the Descending Node

It is mistaken to think that this aspect means a complete rejection of career. Sometimes this is indeed the right choice, but it is important to consider the sign of the MC and the Node, as well as the major aspects of the chart as a whole.

The point is that the person’s subconscious stores the memory of a brilliant career in a past life, or there were people in their family line who achieved enormous success. Because of this, the native seems to understand that they have knowledge and innate hereditary talents for moving upward, while on the other hand, this may no longer interest them, and they find themselves facing a choice:

• a simple specialty and an uncomplicated life far from the lights and opportunities of the metropolis, a completely different path from the one accepted in the family line, for example without higher education;
• repeating the path of famous ancestors in order to surpass them or once again experience the intoxicating feeling of fame and power that realization through the Midheaven provides.

In the case of the second option, the native’s path will not be easy. The Higher Powers will test their selflessness through various temptations, which will be extremely difficult for them to resist, because in a past life they acted selfishly for their own benefit, while now  spiritual growth and charity come first, even against the backdrop of a successful career. ✓