The Familiar
South Node
Release · Point
Where you’re already fluent — and where the cost of staying is growth foregone.
Archetype
release
Orbital period
~18.6 year cycle (retrograde in motion)
Sign transit
~18 months per sign
Keywords
pastcomfortoverdonereturn
Other point bodies
Not bodies but mathematical points. Each carries its own distinct weight in the chart.
In progress
The long-form reference for South Node is being written.
The skeleton above is the reference: archetype, dignity table, rhythm, and keywords. Deeper sections — South Nodethrough each sign, through each house, in aspect, in retrograde, and the common misreadings — are hand-written, not generated. They layer in as they’re finished.
In the meantime — your chart doesn’t wait. Run your birth chart and see where South Node lives in your sky.
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