Sun at odds with natal North Node
The side of yourself most worth showing off is standing on the road you actually need to take, and this runs about six days. Do not take on extra work just to prove a point; keep the energy for next week.
In detail
Transit Sun in challenging aspect to natal North Node covers the six days or so when the moving Sun holds a hard angle to the North Node of the birth chart. The Sun advances about 1 degree a day, so a 3-degree orb gives roughly six days on either side, and since the Sun never reverses this contact falls on the same few dates each year. The Sun governs identity, the part that wants to be seen, and physical stamina; the node names the direction never practised. A hard angle sets them against each other, because the self most worth displaying is the most practised one, and practised means not new. Where the lunar version pulls at mood for ten hours, these six days pull at identity, and the cost of keeping up appearances registers plainly as fatigue.
FAQ
- Why does this fall on nearly the same dates each year?
- The Sun does not reverse and advances about 1 degree a day, completing its circle in a year. The northern node of a birth chart is a fixed point, so the Sun passes it on roughly the same dates annually, with about six days of contact.
- What is wrong with wanting to be seen?
- Nothing in itself. The catch is that what gets displayed is usually the practised part, and across these six days the hard angle sets display against the untried direction. The bill arrives as fatigue.