Before The Shift: Lunar Nodes and Evolution 2026
Moments in the Flow…July's Nodal Shift and the Current Nodal Axis Lessons
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The Lunar Nodes are a point where the Plane of the Ecliptic (Earth’s orbit around the Sun) contacts the orbit of the Moon around the Earth. These points are seen to be in signs opposite each other in the Zodiac.
After 18 months with the South Node in Virgo and North Node in Pisces, the true Lunar Nodes will change their sign polarity on July 26, 2026. Nodes ‘progress’ backwards in the Zodiac so when the Lunar Nodes change signs, we will have 20 months to experience the South Node in Leo and the North Node in Aquarius.
Astrological Signs and the Lunar Nodes
About the Lunar Nodes, here is what I learned 50 years ago from my Astrology teacher. He suggested the south node shows where there is a negative, habitual tendency about issues relating to that sign and house location. If we work to elevate our behavior into the higher aspects of that sign, we can step up to achieve the positive potential of the sign and position of the north node.
This implication was also found in the teachings I received in the last London School taught by the founder of Evolutionary Astrology, Jeffrey Wolf Green (1999). His teaching focused on Pluto; the trans-Neptunian dwarf planet that orbits within our solar system but has enough of an elliptical orbit that it infrequently dips into the outer band of objects called the Kuiper Belt and goes closer to the Sun when it crosses the orbit of Neptune.
This can create the idea that Pluto is a messenger from the unknown, moving past the veil to deliver information or a lesson. Jeff said that our slowest outer planet shows the evolutionary needs of a group of souls born in a specific Pluto sign. It represents the lesson to be learned in this lifetime to move forward in our personal evolution.
After noting the sign and position of Pluto, we looked at the Lunar Nodes to see the behavior that pulls us backward and the direction that will move us forward in this evolutionary goal. The signs and houses are important, as are the planets that rule the sign of the nodes.
There is a lot more to know about this work and you can read his book to get you going and/or contact the school to take classes. Here I will review the effects of the evolutionary lunar nodes in the current polarity. We have a bit over 3 weeks left to experience them. Collective humanity is on this mission just as we are as individuals.
The 2026 Nodal Shift
For the past 19 months we have had the Nodal polarity in South Virgo, North Pisces. We have had Solar and Lunar eclipses primarily in these signs, however there’s always a crossover appearance of the sign of the previous or future axis. Example: In 2026, we had our first Solar Eclipse before the current axis shifted but the Solar Eclipse of February 17th was at 28 Aquarius…the coming north node. Then we had a Lunar Eclipse at 12 Virgo on March 3rd, the sign of the current south node. Another Solar Eclipse will be in the new south node axis at 20 Leo. But the August Lunar Eclipse will be in to former north node 4 Pisces.
Note: Looking way ahead, 2027 will have an unusual five eclipses with three being Lunar Eclipses. The first in February is at the former south node 2 Virgo, the second is in July at 25 Capricorn (the next axis n node sign) and a Lunar Eclipse at the current north node 24 Aquarius on August 17th. (More on that next year.)
I will discuss the information on the new nodes in a post closer to the shift. For this post I want to look back at the issues of the south node and north node in Virgo Pisces. The evolutionary experience we’ve had with them will be more apparent now and we can truly evaluate how far we went toward the north node both personally and in the outer world
Looking Back: The Virgo Pisces Nodes
The evolutionary potential for our current axis involves the south node in Virgo, sign of health, work, service, organization, analysis, perfection, purity, cleansing, pets, mentors and coworkers. The north node has been in Pisces, sign of oceans, the unconscious, the ancestral, institutions like hospitals and jails, spirituality, spiritual and magical practices, creativity, compassion, empathy, psychic messages, oversensitivity, fluctuations, deception, escapist behaviors, infection and toxic substances.
Negative effects that are lessons with South Node transit in Virgo:
· Disruption of order
· Disruption of services
· Overly concerned or lax about health
· Overly concerned or lax about cleanliness/purity
· Lack of jobs
· Underqualified workers
· Harmful mistakes
· Lack of precision where needed
· Issues with healthcare availability
· Expansion of disease
· Misdiagnosed and wrong treatments
· Fear of contamination by others
Note: Those with south node Virgo in the birth chart have been in lifetimes where disease was widespread (plagues) and the fear of contamination through others persists in the current lifetime, causing an unconscious fear of getting close to others. It can be more difficult for these people to emotionally handle the rising number of contagious diseases we’ve been dealing with during this transit.
Positive evolutionary potential that arises with North Node transit in Pisces:
· More compassion for others
· More empathy for issues affecting others
· Tolerance of all forms of spiritual practice
· Expanding creative ideas
· Clearing up toxins in personal living and in the world
· Taking personal responsibility for clearing the effects of negative energy sent and received from situations and others
· Clearing the attachment to images of victimhood and martyrdom
· Contemplation (meditation) to receive helpful messages
· Appreciation of the arts, support for music, dance, film, and theater
· Cleaning the oceans and other waterways
· Having regulations that promote clean air and water
· Realizing escapist behaviors are not helpful
· Overcoming addictions and seeking counsel where necessary
· Realizing the oneness of all things
· Letting feelings be a guide to take the right actions
Once again, more applications will be seen and applied to personal life and collective consensus.
Note: Those with north node Pisces in their charts must learn to accept self and others and release blame, lack of forgiveness, and unrealistic expectations. They are elevated by engaging in spiritual perspectives and practices that are non-judgmental and allowing their own creativity to express themselves.
I will also post more on the 2027 Eclipse dates once the nodal axis shifts.
The Eclipses mark a change in our lives and in the outer world. The Lunar Eclipse involves a change (ending, new beginning) in the area of relationships to people, things, and situations. The Solar Eclipse is a change and a new pathway opening in the outer world.
We have two more eclipses to go this year, and both are after the shift into the new axis. Perhaps we will experience more shifts before this year is through in those issues above.
I’m sure where we focused on those topics are broadcasting how well we did and how much we evolved in the world and where we have work to do. Even the current issues over the Strait of Hormuz fall clearing in the nodal polarity. It’s up to each of us to look at that list and find where it was affecting you personally and where you might work on what you find lacking during this brief time before the shift and during the September Eclipses .
LUNAR ECLIPSE at 15 Pisces
September 7 2:09 p.m. EDT (17:09 p.m. BST, 11:09 a.m. PDT)
SOLAR ECLIPSE at 29 Virgo
September 21, 3:54 p.m. EDT (20:54 p.m. BST, 12:54 p.m. PDT
Those who have the eclipse degree connections to planets and positions in their birth chart will feel the effects of the eclipse sooner than those without the direct connection. The effects of the eclipse have an orb of 6 months.
To find out more about how the nodal shift and the eclipses will affect your birth chart, Contact Me for ways to get a reading of the Natal (birth) Chart.
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