Being a recent initiate into the mysterious art of modern astrology, the opportunity to learn more about the enigmatic lunar nodes was enough to draw me out of the house to the Old Edwardian Society for Isabella’s talk on the Nodal Axis held in May of 2006.

If you think about it, the Moon is one of the most studied objects in the astrological chart, with more books being written about it than on any other planetary body. Not that weird if you consider the fact that it is the closest object to the earth and can be studied without the use of a telescope. Add to the fact that it has an immediate observable influence on the tides and you’ve got a recipe for intense study and interest. And that’s where our journey begins...

The North and South Nodes are the points where the moon’s orbital path around the earth, crosses the ecliptic (the earth’s orbital path around the sun). These deceptively simple mathematical points might hold the key to the entire karmic journey of a person’s life. At the hand of an engaging Vedic myth and the natal chart of Jim Morrison, Isabella sets out to explain how the Nodal Axis and the aspects to the nodes enable you to build up a picture of what this person is here to do in this incarnation.

And she succeeds.

Without reference to much more than the nodes, the houses and the aspects to the node, she paints a picture of a man who was living his karmic intention.

Admittedly, there are a lot of mysteries around the nodal axis that still need to be unravelled. But Isabella has started us all on the journey of discovery that has an unknown ending.