STORY TIME!
(this story does feel appropriate to share as the transiting nodes move into Virgo & Pisces – bear with me for a second)

On January 1, 2021, when my son was 3 years old he was in an accident involving a tractor. To this day I STILL don’t know ALL of the details of this accident and STILL have more questions than answers (I wasn’t there when it happened but I did go to the hospital with him). Did he fall off the tractor? Was he hit by the tractor? Why the fuck did my ex-husband feel that it was appropriate to have a 3-year-old near (or on) a moving tractor in the first place? Anyone who has a child knows that when your child is hurt ALL you want to be able to do is fix what’s wrong and work to make things better for them (I know that this feeling isn’t limited to a parent and their child). When this accident happened there wasn’t ANYTHING I could do to make it better for my son. I was trying to soothe him, to distract him, to clean him off (all the blood all over his face that wouldn’t stop no matter how much pressure I applied or how often I attempted to clean his face off), trying to keep him awake and talking (there was initial concern of a concussion)….ALL the things, trying to “fix” him and find a “solution” to his injuries. Honestly, I’ve never felt so fucking useless in all of my life; nothing I was doing to try to fix him and make him better was helping a goddamn bit (not that this was about me, it wasn’t, but I do remember feeling SO fucking useless and helpless). As he was sitting in my lap, letting me hold him as we colored a picture, it dawned on me that what he needed in that moment (at that time) was for me to JUST BE with him. There wasn’t any work that I needed to put in to try and fix him or make him better, there wasn’t anything that I could do (so I didn’t need to feel guilty that I couldn’t make him better on my own). On that day in the hospital, what he needed from me was just to be there with him and to exist with him (and for me to surrender to all of this). 
I felt compelled to share this story because it SO PERFECTLY (hahaha Virgo energy) illustrates the way the transiting nodal axis in Virgo & Pisces (North Node in Pisces & South Node in Virgo) feels (even though when this event occurred the transit North Node was in Gemini and the transit South Node was in Sagittarius). Also because this particular event has come to the forefront of my mind recently for a bunch of reasons.

Every 18 months or so, the transiting Nodal Axis changes signs (they have been along the Aries/Libra Axis since July 2023). This changes on January 11, 2025 when the transiting nodal axis moves into Virgo and Pisces (the South Node moving into Virgo and the North Node moving into Pisces). They will be in these signs until July 27, 2026. 

Just a few quick things about the North & South Nodes:
-Normal motion for the nodes is retrograde. 
–This means that 0° Aries is the end (of the nodal axis cycle), and 29° Pisces is the beginning (of the nodal axis cycle). So, quite literally the beginning and the end (or the Alpha & the Omega). 
-There are two different nodes you can use: the true node and the mean node. The difference between the two is negligible and it really is a personal preference as for which one to use. If you use the true node, they will sometimes be direct. If you use the mean node, they will always be retrograde since the mean node is an average. 
-The South Node is what is “familiar” or “comfortable” (even if it’s energy really isn’t comfortable at all). The North Node is where a person (or a collective) is wanting to move towards and become familiar. 
**Want to know more about the Nodal Axis and how to read it in an astrology chart? The course “Where You’ve Been and Where You Want to Go” starts on January 21, 2025, at 6 pm central over zoom (more information on the course can be found here). 
**More of a watcher than a reader? You can find a video that I did on the transiting nodes in Virgo & Pisces on YouTube. 

What follows in this post are the different themes that seem like they could come up over these next 18 months, both on the individual and collective levels. HOW the transiting nodes along the Virgo & Pisces Axis play out for you personally depends on your personal astrology chart (and what the transiting nodes are doing to it). If you want me to read for you (or just need a little help deciphering this transit for yourself), you can get a reading from me here. 

Purpose/Work vs Existing/Just Being
Virgo energy is very busy (it is ruled by Mercury, after all). It’s not the Gemini kind of busy (also Mercury ruled). Gemini is busy just to be busy, but Virgo energy is busy with a purpose. Usually that purpose involves being of service, of use, and/or of help. Pisces energy, on the other hand, doesn’t function this way; Pisces energy purely “exists” and knows how to be in a state of “just being.” Sometimes there isn’t anything that one can do, there isn’t anything that can be helped…one just (kind of) has to be able to exist. This one feels like a big deal for this transit, and I think (collectively and/or individually) we will all be called to just “be” and to just “exist” at different times (and to know there isn’t anything wrong with this). 

Real vs Unreal
During this particular transit there will probably be many times where we all think (collectively and individually) “is what is happening actually real?!” Virgo energy has a down-to-earth presentation and lives in the real/physical world. Pisces energy, on the other hand, is “head in the clouds” and tends to not be (as) realistic (or live in the real world) at all. There are so many things currently going on in the world that have so many people asking “how the hell is this really happening?”….my guess is we are bound to feel even more of this under the course of this transit. 
**This could manifest itself in a bunch of different ways. The way that we function in real life is probably subject to change (which, through the shift, can cause things to feel “unreal”).

Fixing vs Dissolving
Virgo energy is the “fixer” – it wants to fix and make things better (to be helpful, to be of use, etc.). Under the duration of this transit, I think we will all find (collectively and individually) that some things just can’t be fixed. Sometimes the only way to really “fix” something is to let it dissolve…perhaps because it is beyond fixing in the first place. 
**In terms of the world at large, often times it feels like we are putting band aids on bullet holes (putting band aids on things that just can’t be fucking fixed). In my opinion, there are things that NEED to desperately be allowed to dissolve, and I would bet that you, the reader, can think of some things that need to be allowed to be dissolved, too (both collectively and individually). 

Health vs Healing
They sound like they could be the same thing, but they really aren’t. You can be “healthy” and not actually be healing yourself (or healed). Virgo energy is concerned with health and healthfulness (especially of the physical body and the mind), but Pisces energy tends to deal with healing (especially that of the mind and soul). A person can live an incredibly healthy lifestyle (eating “right,” exercising, etc.) and be SO unhealed on the inside. The transiting nodes doing their thing over the next 18 months feels like it will be calling us (collectively and/or individually) to ask what “healthy” actually is and if we are actually in a state of healing.
**Let’s face it, we are ALL needing to heal from SOMETHING. This world is a rough place.

Guilt/Shame vs Release
Virgo energy can tend to feel guilt and shame…and oftentimes I find that this energy can feel guilt and shame for no good reason. In *some* cases there may actually be something for Virgo energy to be guilty about, but it can take that guilt to extremes (which then can spiral into shame). Guilt *can* be a useful emotion for it can help us to do better next time. Shame, on the other hand, never breeds anything helpful or useful. Regardless of why the guilt and/or shame may exist on a collective and/or individual level, there is a need for release of anything along those lines while the transiting North Node is in Pisces. 
**Release is actually one of the BEST ways that Pisces energy can manifest in my opinion. 

Purity vs Mixture
This one might sound kind of strange so bear with me. Virgo energy can be concerned with “cleanliness” and “purity” (these, like all other expressions, may not always come through with Virgo energy…but they certainly can). This could come about with a focus on keeping things clean and sanitized, all the way over to a preoccupation with “purity” (and a sort of sanitization on steroids). It seems like we could all be coming from (individually and/or collectively) a focus on cleanliness (this could be how to keep things clean and sanitized, or even where we haven’t been as clean as we me have wanted to be/should be). Pisces energy is not focused on any of these notions – it is much more about “blending” and “mixtures” since this energy is so fluid. There will probably be a push towards embracing “the mixture” (though I’m sure there will be push back from those still focused on the notion of “purity”).
**I can see this one going a bunch of different ways. We need to keep in mind that we are ALL mixtures of different things and that’s okay (there is very little that is actually “pure” – people, places, things, and situations).

The Details vs Wholeness
Virgo energy is detail oriented and uses a “micro” lens to see the world around it. Pisces energy, on the other hand, uses a “macro” lens to see the world around it and is more oriented towards wholeness. Under the course of the transit nodes in these signs (with the transit North Node in Pisces), we probably WILL individually and/or collectively be called to focus more on the whole of a situation (whatever that situation might be). This is when the details of certain situations (collectively and/or individually) come together to create the whole of something.
**An example of this is the last time the transiting nodes were along this axis (with the North Node in Pisces) we saw the housing bubble burst (in 2006) and the Great Recession begin (in 2007). For those who had been paying attention to the details for years before this, they were able to see this coming a mile away (maybe not WHEN exactly this was going to happen, but that the pieces were in on the board for something like this to take place). I bring up this specific example because we have seen issues with housing for years now (people not being able to afford homes, etc.). It does make me wonder if something might come about from January 11, 2025 through July 27, 2026 regarding housing (all those different pieces, or details, already appear to be on the board).

Some other quick considerations:
-When looking at the transiting nodes (along with the nodal axis in general), you want to also consider the ruler of the nodes. Mercury, the ruler of the South Node, will change signs (along with turning retrograde) several times throughout these 18 months (too many to name here). The rulers of the North Node in Pisces, Jupiter and Neptune, don’t change signs as often (so their shifts are more significant). 
–This transit will start out with Jupiter in Gemini (where it is in “detriement”). From June 9, 2025 through June 30, 2026 Jupiter will be in Cancer (where it is exalted). Exaltation isn’t a “good” thing or a “bad” thing – it just EXAGGERATES the planetary energy in question, meaning it will exaggerate the transiting North Node in Pisces. The North Node’s time in Pisces will end with Jupiter in Leo. 
–This transiting nodal axis in Virgo & Pisces will start out with Neptune in Pisces, but on March 30, 2025 Neptune will make its first pass into Aries. THIS is a major shift which will surely impact HOW this transit plays out.

A client of mine who watched the first YouTube video that I did about this nodal transit left a comment saying that what I was saying in the video made her think of the Serenity Prayer. Because this felt extremely nail on the head for the transiting nodes in Virgo & Pisces, I will leave this here:

“(Father), Give us courage to change what must be altered,
serenity to accept what cannot be helped,
and the insight to know the one from the other.”