The South Node, or Dragon’s Tail, shows where we come from, it describes those qualities that we are already familiar with and express in spite of ourselves, it is the path of least resistance. The South and North Nodes are placed 180° from each other and form the nodal axis. Instead of representing psychological traits, it displays those recurrent emotional responses and inner impulses that we feel are beyond our control, which have to do with hereditary issues or early childhood experiences. Unlike the tropical zodiac of solar origin, the draconic zodiac responds to lunar symbolism and therefore expresses unconscious motivations that affect our daily life¹.
The Moon's North Node is the point where the Moon crosses the ecliptic from south to north this intersection is used as the starting point, or 0° of Aries, to cast a chart based on the draconic zodiac. The term DRACONIC comes from the Latin names for the Lunar Nodes: Caput Draconis, the dragon's head or Moon's North Node, and Cauda Draconis, the dragon's tail or South Node. The Astrological Association of Great Britain /
published by The Astrological Journal, 2017 /
