North Node in Cancer / 4th House

Feb 28

With your North Node in Cancer or the 4th house, you’re here to learn about feelings in this lifetime. And not just learn about them, but feel them, embrace them, change your relationship to them. Relate to them with love and compassion. The universe wants you to be emotionally intelligent and learn how to be an amazing parent to your inner child.

With Capricorn South Node energy, perhaps you over-compartmentalized and/or dissociated from your feelings in a past life or during your formative years in this life. The archetype of an imbalanced Capricorn South Node would be that of a fast-paced business person, working super long hours, so focused on career goals and prioritizing work more than anything else. So with this SN, you tend to be hard on yourself when you feel anything other than composed and collected. And you’re not used to letting yourself slow down to feel things. But in this lifetime, you’re here to FEEL. To understand and connect with your emotional realm. Cancer is the nurturing mother of the zodiac. It’s ruled by the moon, the divine feminine energy. The more warm, nurturing and compassionate you are to yourself in this lifetime, the more you will thrive. And I mean all parts of yourself. The ugly, petty, complaining, bitter parts too :) We all have parts of us that feel all the things - the whole entire spectrum of life. Shaming or judging those parts of us and how they feel only ever makes things worse. What we resist, persists. So you’re learning to have nothing but compassion, forgiveness and acceptance for all parts of you and yourself as a whole. Self love and self care are HUGE for you in this lifetime. Build a safe base of home within yourself. Cozy, unconditionally loving, unconditionally accepting.

Your Capricorn or 10th house South Node comes with gifts. It’s ruled by Saturn, the taskmaster planet of work and discipline. Saturn can be a tough love energy, and the Capricorn South Node is familiar with that. Capricorn energy is very familiar with good ol’ fashioned hard work, a strong work ethic, and the weight of responsibility. This energy doesn’t expect anyone else to save it or do the work for it. It knows the value of consistent work over time, and it has amazing leadership abilities. Capricorn is also steady, loyal and earthy. Building structures and systems in the world that keep it running efficiently. I don’t know where we’d be without Capricorn energy.

While being more intentional about embodying your Cancer or 4th house NN, you won’t leave these Capricorn gifts behind. They just get transformed into a healthier expression where both the Capricorn and Cancer ends of your nodal axis are more balanced. For example, in an imbalanced expression of your SN, you could be too work-focused, and not give any time or attention to your personal life, your inner world and your relationships. You could also be emotionally distant and guarded, making it hard for anyone to get to know the real you. Embodying more Cancer energy will naturally balance those types of south node traits. But you won’t lose your work ethic or perseverance. You’ll always carry that with you, while you’re softening into connection with your inner emotional world. Schedule time every day to check in with your heart. Prioritize it the way you would a work task. You gotta learn to feel your feelings and relate to them without judgment. Reparent yourself, and be the parent you wish you’d had. Let yourself soften, let go of control and the need to always be striving for more accomplishments. This time around, your soul wants to slow down a bit and be nurtured. You’ll find that the more you soften into this wise, loving, nurturing parent to yourself, your work life or public achievements (Capricorn’s craving) will blossom in ways you could’ve never imagined.

Capricorn / 10th House South Node Higher Expression
(your gifts and strengths)

Steady, loyal, and down to earth

Strong work ethic and discipline, very goal-oriented

Taking responsibility for your own success

Amazing leadership abilities

Determined to climb and keep growing - professionally and personally

Capricorn / 10th House South Node Lower Expression
(things you’ll be letting go of)

Excessive focus on goals, status, accomplishments

Prioritizing career above everything

Hiding or neglecting feelings and fears

Being way too hard on yourself and others

Always feeling like everything’s a struggle

Overly guarded and emotionally distant

Needing to control everything