onplanetliz | August 7 2012
Define DRAGON’S HEAD: The MOON’S orbit around the Earth intersects the Earth’s orbit around the Sun at 2 points called the Nodes. Where the Moon crosses northwards is called the North Node or the Dragon’s Head, where the Moon crosses southwards is called the South Node or Dragon’s tail.
The Nodes were important in the past and still are because it is only near their location that eclipses can occur during new or full moons.
During an eclipse, the sun, earth and moon line up either with the earth casting a shadow on the Moon or the Moon blocking the Sun. In Astrology these events are highly symbolic and can represent the relationship between the Lunar MIND, Earth BODY and Solar SOUL.
(N.B. When I use the term SOUL, I specifically mean the ‘little’ light in us that seeks reunion with the infinite light. The word points to that in us which engenders the light of self-awareness as well as the awareness of spirit. That is also why, to me, the star we call the sun is more a symbol of the creative soul than our petty, security addicted egos.)
Why a DRAGON?
One way of unraveling the symbolism is to consider that the dragon is half reptile and half bird. Here, we have the joining of a land creature with a creature of the air. So a dragon would make a good symbol for BODY/MIND, BODY/SOUL or MIND/SOUL. Perhaps that is why in some stories we are told Dragons are evil or against life (live backwards) and in others we are told that Dragons are ancient and wise.
