On January 12, the Moon’s North and South Nodes move into Pisces and Virgo, marking a potent turning point for personal growth, karmic release, and spiritual evolution. This shift activates a soul-centred reassessment in your life and invites you to align with your higher purpose.

The North Node in Pisces represents the qualities you are being called to develop and embody over the next 18 months. It speaks to the karmic lessons of compassion, spiritual trust, surrender, and the divine flow of life. Meanwhile, the South Node in Virgo calls attention to what you are being encouraged to release—past patterns of hyper-criticism, perfectionism, and overthinking that no longer serve your highest good.

This shift is about recalibrating the balance between the spiritual and the practical, between trust and control, between intuition and logic.

What Are the North and South Nodes?

In your birth chart, the North Node points to the qualities you have incarnated in this lifetime to develop. It represents a path of growth, challenge, and purpose. The South Node, on the other hand, represents your comfort zone—patterns from past lives or early childhood that feel familiar but can keep you stuck in old karmic loops.

The nodes move through the zodiac every 18 months, completing a full cycle through all the signs every 18.6 years. When they change signs, as they are doing now, they bring a fresh collective focus to the houses and themes ruled by those signs in your chart, influencing your soul’s growth and karmic evolution.

The Meaning of the Pisces-Virgo Axis

The Pisces-Virgo axis represents the interplay of spirituality and practicality, trust and control, surrender and perfectionism. When this axis is activated in your birth chart, you are called to work on integrating these complementary energies.

North Node in Pisces: This is your invitation to soften and lean into trust—trusting your intuition, the universe, and your inner guidance. It’s about letting go of the need to control every detail and instead reconnecting with your spiritual essence. Over the next 18 months, you are encouraged to embrace compassion, empathy, creative inspiration, and an open-hearted connection to the divine.

South Node in Virgo: This is where you are shedding the old—patterns of being overly critical, perfectionistic, or rigid in your mindset. Virgo’s shadow side can manifest as obsessive focus on what’s “wrong,” fear of imperfection, or getting lost in endless to-do lists. This nodal shift urges you to release these tendencies, trusting that not everything in life needs to be perfect to have value.

How This Shift Will Affect You

To understand how this nodal shift will impact you personally, you’ll need to locate the Pisces and Virgo houses in your natal chart. These houses represent the areas of life where you’ll experience spiritual growth (Pisces) and karmic release (Virgo) over the next year and a half.

• The Pisces house in your chart will become a focal point for spiritual development, creativity, and learning to trust the flow of life. You are being called to nurture a deeper connection with your intuition and higher self.
• The Virgo house is where you’ll be asked to clear out what no longer serves you. This could involve breaking free from destructive habits, releasing old beliefs, or healing karmic wounds related to control and self-criticism.

Key Lessons of This Nodal Cycle

The North Node in Pisces is a reminder to surrender to the flow of life and trust that you are supported by forces greater than yourself. Over the next 18 months, the following lessons will be emphasised:

Compassion and Empathy: For yourself and others. This is a time to let go of harsh self-judgment and embrace forgiveness.

Intuition and Creativity: Trust the quiet voice within and allow yourself to dream, imagine, and create without needing a “perfect” plan.

Spiritual Connection: Reconnect with your soul’s essence through meditation, prayer, or simply spending time in nature.

Sensitivity and Yielding: Be gentle with yourself and others. Let go of rigid expectations and learn to go with the flow.

The South Node in Virgo asks you to confront and release the following:

Perfectionism: Release the belief that everything needs to be “just right” before it can be shared or enjoyed.

Hyper-Criticism: Let go of the tendency to focus on flaws—whether in yourself, others, or the world around you.

Overthinking: Quiet your mental chatter and embrace moments of stillness and presence.

Are You Experiencing a Nodal Return?

If you are between the ages of 18-19, 36-37, 54-55, or 72-73, you are experiencing a Nodal Return—a time when the North and South Nodes return to their original positions in your birth chart. This is a powerful period of realignment with your soul’s purpose.

During a Nodal Return, the lessons and growth themes of your North Node are heightened, and you may feel a strong pull to step onto your destined path. If this is your time, pay close attention to the opportunities, challenges, and intuitive nudges coming your way over the next 18 months.

Final Thoughts

The nodal shift into Pisces and Virgo is a call to realign with your spiritual essence and let go of the old patterns that weigh you down. It is a time of profound transformation, where we are invited to soften, trust, and open ourselves to the divine flow of life.

Whether you are experiencing a Nodal Return or simply navigating this collective energy, trust that the universe is guiding you toward greater alignment with your soul’s purpose.

To dive deeper into the significance of your personal North and South Node placements, explore my book, “Your Celestial Compass,” where I provide interpretations for every nodal placement and guidance for navigating your karmic journey.

The next 18 months hold the promise of immense growth and spiritual awakening—are you ready to answer the call?

By Natasha Weber aka AstroTash