Your North Node is your soul's direction in this lifetime — the qualities you are here to grow into. Your South Node shows the gifts and habits you already carry. Enter your birth date below and find both instantly, free.
1. Enter your date of birth. 2. Click Calculate. 3. Read your result: your North Node sign is your growth direction, and the opposite sign is your South Node. Then open your sign's full guide below to learn what it means for your relationships, career and life purpose.
The North Node is not a planet. It is the point where the Moon's orbit crosses the ecliptic moving northward; the South Node is the exact opposite point. In Vedic astrology they are called Rahu (North Node) and Ketu (South Node). The nodes move backward through the zodiac, completing a full cycle every 18.6 years and spending about 18 months in each sign — which is why your birth date alone finds your sign.
This calculator uses the Mean Node, the averaged nodal position most astrologers work with. The True Node tracks the node's exact wobbling position and can fall in a neighbouring sign only if you were born very close to a sign change. For the complete picture — including houses — use our main Moon Nodes Calculator.
Enter your birth date in the calculator above. The lunar nodes move slowly — about one sign every 18 months — so your birth date alone is enough to find your North Node sign. Birth time matters for house placement, not usually for the sign.
The North Node shows the qualities your soul is growing toward in this lifetime; the South Node, always in the opposite sign, shows gifts and habits you already carry. Growth means leaning into the North Node while using South Node talents wisely.
The Mean Node is the averaged position of the lunar node and changes smoothly. The True Node uses the node's exact position, which wobbles slightly. Most modern astrologers accept either; they are in the same sign except near boundaries.
Yes. In Vedic astrology the North Node is called Rahu and the South Node is called Ketu. Western astrology interprets them more psychologically, Vedic astrology more karmically, but the points are identical.