Life Path Lessons for Taurus and Scorpio North Nodes
Life Path Lessons for Taurus and Scorpio North Nodes
Lunar nodes symbolize your soul’s destiny. These “nodes of fate” mark the points where the moon crosses the ecliptic path during its travels.
When you’re born, the nodes are in a particular set of opposite zodiac signs—both opposite in nature and quite literally 180° apart.
Your south node represents past life karmic experiences that play out in early life experiences or sentiments. The moon’s south node reflects your comfort zone. Living in its energy feels as familiar as visiting your childhood home: there, you feel a nourishing sense of belonging but, eventually, you itch to return your ‘own life.’ Your south node also represents innate skills and strengths you’ve spent lifetimes honing. Use them to your advantage!
Oppositely, your north node symbolizes this lifetime. Your north node feels out of your depth. Leaning into its lessons feels like flexing an untrained muscle—wobbly and uncertain. Your north node path often sounds like something unenjoyable. But, the actual experience of it ends up feeling cathartic, gratifying, and fulfilling.
IF YOU WERE BORN WHILE THE MOON’S NODES WERE IN TAURUS AND SCORPIO, YOU’RE ON A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY
The Taurus/Scorpio nodal axis symbolizes the physical world (Taurus) and the spiritual plane (Scorpio). If your north node is in either sign, you must learn to balance the material and immaterial world. Your soul is tasked with seeking the unknown.
CALCULATE YOUR LUNAR NODES
The moon’s nodes shift zodiac signs every 18 months. I’ve listed the year ranges for both Aries and Libra north nodes. But, birth chart calculators usually include the north node (and you can intuit your south node as its opposite). I recommend calculating your chat here or here.
TAURUS NORTH NODE (SCORPIO SOUTH NODE)
Taurus north node dates:
• Aug 3, 1947 – Jan 26, 1949
• Feb 20, 1966 – Aug 19, 1967
• Sep 12, 1984 – Apr 6, 1986
• Apr 15, 2003 – Dec 26, 2004
• January 19, 2022 – July 17, 2023
YOU’RE CHARMED, LEARNING TO BE BOOTSTRAPPING
People born with Scorpio south nodes have spent previous lifetimes in positions of power, wealth, and privilege. Many were born into this position, then leveraged their network to climb the ladder of success. Scorpio is known for working masterfully behind-the-scenes for powerful leaders. You have likely spent past lives advising royalty or political leaders, who in turn took care of you financially. Alternatively, you might have grown accustomed to family members or partners taking care of you, which removed the need to work altogether.
In this lifetime, you could have been born into yet another privileged position. Your Taurus north node journey, then, focuses on establishing yourself without familial influences. You find yourself caught in the middle of your family’s expectations and your truest desires. Your family is prepared to fully finance the path that they want for you. With your north node in Taurus, your soul seeks independent decision-making. While inherited wealth is normally a blessing, in this lifetime it stifles your growth potential. When you pave your path irrespective of financial backing, your soul lights up! If you’ve inherited resources or status, help open doors for other people. Release your Scorpio south node’s calculating nature. Embrace hard work, and your Taurus north node activates.
It’s possible, too, that this is your first lifetime not in a privileged position. You’re, then, all the more supported in developing a bootstrapping work ethic. Taurus is sensible and practical. Taurus placements are “doers” and enjoy working with their hands. Internally, you might struggle between seeking dependence (on a partner, for example) or establishing self-sufficiency. Taurus teaches Scorpio the satisfaction of working for a steady income and spending it on material joys. Taurus/Scorpio lunar nodes are on the axis of abundance and power. When you learn to balance these opposing forces, you build an influential, comfortable, and charmed life for yourself.
YOU’RE A MYSTIC, LEARNING TO INDULGE IN EARTHLY PLEASURES
With your south node in Scorpio, you’ve explored spiritual dimensions in previous lifetimes. You’re naturally drawn to occult, taboo, and mystical subjects. You don’t shy away from anything shrouded in mystery. As it turns out, you’re more comfortable with metaphysical planes than earthly planes.
Your Taurus north node grounds you in the material world. Venus-ruled Taurus embodies the goddess Venus’ divine fertility, earthliness, beauty, and abundance. Because the north node is a place of discomfort, you resist materialism in this lifetime. But, you’re actually here to seek pleasure and hedonism.
To activate your Taurus north node, indulge in the senses: touch, taste, smell, sight, hearing. Appreciate the quality of expensive objects. Taste delicious foods and wines. Light candles or diffuse essential oils. Spritz perfumes or colognes. Adorn your space with beautiful objects. Engage in tactile, hands-on activities, such as woodworking, building, cooking, crocheting, pottery, interior design, or appreciating sculptures or architecture.
When you create a peaceful home for yourself, you’re inspired to share your artistic talents with the world. When you incorporate wellness habits and rituals into your daily life, you’re grounded and poised. When you indulge in earthly pleasures and creature comforts, you delight in the human experience.
YOU’RE RISK-SEEKING, LEARNING TO VALUE STILLNESS
Taurus north nodes: you’re here to plant your roots.
Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, people born with Scorpio south nodes seek constant change and transcendence. You’re so used to shedding your layers that you consider stability a form of stagnation. Pluto-ruled Scorpio craves deep personal transformation. Pluto is disruptive and destructive. This powerful planet controls death/rebirth cycles, and pushes individuals to pursue evolution. In this lifetime, you’re naturally restless and incendiary: it feels natural to drop everything and chase a new beginning.
In contrast, Taurus teaches Scorpio the value of security. Stillness is a foreign or unfamiliar feeling. Why stick around when you can start fresh? And yet, the best way to activate your Taurus north node is to do nothing drastic at all—just deal with the cards you’ve been dealt with in life. Your Taurus north node’s central life lesson is to build a practical, stable life.
RELEASE (SCORPIO SOUTH NODE)
Secrecy
Shame
Manipulation
Calculation
Financial dependence
Constant change
Detachment from material, tangible reality
EMBRACE (TAURUS NORTH NODE)
Creature comforts
Earthly pleasures
Indulgence
Grounding rituals and daily habits
Stillness
Security
Settling down
Financial independence
Resourcefulness
Bootstrapping work ethic
SCORPIO NORTH NODE (TAURUS SOUTH NODE)
Scorpio north node dates:
• Oct 5, 1956 – Jun 16, 1958
• Jul 10, 1975 – Jan 7, 1977
• Feb 2, 1994 – Jul 31, 1995
• Aug 30, 2012 – Feb 18, 2014
• September 24, 2029 – March 20, 2031
YOU’RE ATTACHED TO THE MATERIAL WORLD, LEARNING TO EXPLORE LIFE’S MYSTERIES
Taurus is a practical, stable earth sign. People born with Taurus south nodes are strongly attached to the material world. You’ve spent lifetimes working hard to enjoy the fruits of your labor. In this lifetime, you have impeccable taste and naturally delight in material joys.
To activate your Scorpio north node, detach from the tangible, physical world to explore the metaphysical and divine. You’re on a powerful spiritual journey. Occult or taboo subjects pique your interests. In this lifetime, you delve into spirit worlds, psychic powers, and divination tools (such as tarot).
While you might find comfort in luxury from time to time, you ultimately won’t find spiritual fulfillment from the accumulation of things—not in this lifetime. Taurus rules the senses: touch, taste, smell, sight, hearing. But, enigmatic Scorpio rules your sixth sense: intuition. You’re here to plunge into the depths of the unknown—and allow the mystery of life to unfold before you. You don't have to see it to believe it.
Because you were born on the Taurus/Scorpio nodal axis, you are most likely artistically or musically gifted. Don’t take this for granted. Treat your innate talents as one of life’s divine mysteries.
YOU’RE A CREATURE OF HABIT, LEARNING TO LEAVE YOUR COMFORT ZONE
With your north node in Pluto-ruled Scorpio, your journey is one of constant metamorphosis. Pluto is disruptive and transformative, ruling over life’s death/rebirth cycles. Your growth is a result of change.
From an early age, you’ve clung to security. Your Taurus south node resists change, preferring creature comforts over the discomfort of change. Taurus likes to have both feet firmly planted, while Scorpio delights in the process of uprooting and re-planting. You’re not here to play it safe (been there, done that!).
Your Scorpio north node has positioned you for a lifetime of personal evolution. Practice non-attachment: you are not beholden to old versions of yourself. You must release self-limiting narratives or believes to embrace life’s cyclical nature. With each distinct life chapter, you shed old skin and unearth new levels of self-understanding. With each disruptive experience, you discover a new version of yourself. Your soul is here to experience a thousand deaths and rebirths.
YOU’RE BOOTSTRAPPING, LEARNING TO WORK SMARTER NOT HARDER
Taurus south nodes come from lifetimes of hard work—you’ve been diligent, ambitious, and bootstrapping. You know how to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty. You’ve worked fairly straightforward jobs. For example, if you were an artist in a past life, you would make something, sell it, use the money, then repeat. You may have otherwise worked from consistent hourly pay or yearly salary.
In this lifetime, you’re comfortable working hard to get from Point A to Point B. Your work ethic is strong, and you enjoy splurging on art and luxuries (“work hard, play hard”). And yet, Scorpio north nodes: you’re here to work smarter not harder. Scorpio symbolizes money, power, resources, and influence. Rather than always working for your money, make money work for you. While you find cutting corners unimaginable, there is no reason to always take the slowest path. Sometimes, you can jump from Point A to Point Z. Let life surprise you!
Your Scorpio north node invites you to discover unconventional income sources, such as finding scalable work, passive income, or accumulating wealth through real estate or stock investments. Scorpio teaches Taurus that sheer will alone does not always merit success. When you trust your intuition, the universe brings abundance.
RELEASE (TAURUS SOUTH NODE)
Finer things in life
Hedonism
Materialism
Staying in your comfort zone
Clinging to security
Slowness to change
Unwavering loyalty (at your own expense)
EMBRACE (SCORPIO NORTH NODE)
Shadow work
Shedding old skin
Change
Personal growth
Spiritual growth
Connection to the universe
Mysteries
Not having everything figured out
Taking risks or leaps of faith
Joint financial ventures
Business partnerships
Passive income
Real estate
Investments
Cutting toxic ties
The next key to unlocking your nodal path is checking your birth chart to find which houses the nodes are positioned in—and, as a result, which in areas of your life they’re expressed in.