Not everyone has nodal benders but everyone’s north and south nodes are influenced by the signs that bend them. Nodal benders are planets that are 90º away from the north and south lunar nodes. Your lunar nodes are points that describe security issues.

North nodal benders are points that are 90º clockwise from the north node. South nodal benders are 90º clockwise from the south node. All nodal benders represent things that create crisis-like situations in your life. Nodal benders never feel done or finished with. They’re things that create constant processes.

North nodal benders are things that you are continually in the process of building. South nodal benders are things that you are always in the process of releasing. All nodal benders are about change. If Mercury is your south nodal bender, the security that you might derive from labor is something that you are always releasing. If Mercury is your north nodal bender, you might be building security through changing your relationship with labor.

Your nodal axis is always described by the signs that bend it. The benders signify the direction of change that your nodes make you yearn towards.

Nodes in Aries/Libra

If your north node is in Aries, then any planet that you have in the sign of Cancer 90º from your nodal axis will be your north nodal bender. Any planets that you have in the sign of Capricorn 90º from your nodal axis will be your south nodal bender.

Aries is where you are working to build safety. Libra is the material conditions that you are looking to shift through your north node. As a south node in Libra person, you will be able to understand the systemic issues that describe your struggles. Any north nodal bender you have will be in Cancer because, to build safety in your survival, you have to be willing to look at things more personally. You have to figure out how your politics become implemented into your life and what actions you must take, Any planet that you have in Cancer is always the planet through which your nodes are enacted.

If your north node is in Libra, then any planet that you have in the sign of Capricorn 90º from your nodal axis will be your north nodal bender. Any planets that you have in the sign of Cancer 90º from your nodal axis will be your south nodal bender.

Because your north node is in Libra, you are learning to understand the systemic issues that your personal struggles express. You’re learning that your pain is not just your own. This is why any planet that you have in Capricorn becomes your north nodal bender. Your north node in Libra works to struggle with people instead of against them but any planet that you have in Capricorn is the planet through which you figure out how to work with people. Only when you’re able to see that your struggles come from a structural issue can you let go of your survival mindset.

Nodes in Taurus/Scorpio

If your north node is in Taurus, then any planet that you have in the sign of Leo 90º from your nodal axis will be your north nodal bender. Any planets that you have in the sign of Aquarius 90º from your nodal axis will be your south nodal bender.

The nodes in Taurus and Scorpio are about trust. Your north node is in Taurus, which means that you are learning how to trust yourself. Leo placements are your north nodal bender and will be the planet that your trust issues move through. These placements ask you to love yourself. Nodal benders in Leo will complicate your relationship with self love.

If your north node is in Scorpio, then any planet that you have in the sign of Aquarius 90º from your nodal axis will be your north nodal bender. Any planets that you have in the sign of Leo 90º from your nodal axis will be your south nodal bender.

Because your north node is in Scorpio, you are learning how to trust other people. You are learning how to create safety through social change. Aquarius placements are your north nodal bender because you can only create safety through social change when you interact with people who were taught to represent the stranger to you. These planets complicate your ideas around who is familiar and who is foreign to you.

Nodes in Gemini/Sagittarius

If your north node is in Gemini, then any planet that you have in the sign of Virgo 90º from your nodal axis will be your north nodal bender. Any planets that you have in the sign of Pisces 90º from your nodal axis will be your south nodal bender.

North node in Gemini is about changing your mind. It’s about figuring out that you have more to learn than you have to teach and that this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It’s about learning that you can only teach when you also learn. Virgo placements are the placements where this nodal axis is enacted because learning means that you’re stepping away from abstract theory and towards hands on knowledge. You’re learning by living in the real world.

If your north node is in Sagittarius, then any planet that you have in the sign of Pisces 90º from your nodal axis will be your north nodal bender. Any planets that you have in the sign of Virgo 90º from your nodal axis will be your south nodal bender.

Because your north node is in Sagittarius, you’re trying to figure out why you do all of the things that you do. With Gemini south node, you’re aware of all the possibilities that your life can take but you’re learning how to prioritize your purpose. Planets in Pisces are your north nodal benders because, to find your purpose, you have to tell your story. You have to let yourself dream a little instead of only focusing on what is already reality.

Nodes in Cancer/Capricorn

If your north node is in Cancer, then any planet that you have in the sign of Libra 90º from your nodal axis will be your north nodal bender. Any planets that you have in the sign of Aries 90º from your nodal axis will be your south nodal bender.

When your north node is in Cancer, you’re learning that your needs do not compromise any real work that you have to do but that your needs are an integral part of any work that is necessary. Libra planets are your north nodal bender because you’re not able to learn vulnerability on your own. You have to learn this with people and in relationships where you are able to receive just as much as you give.

If your north node is in Capricorn, then any planet that you have in the sign of Aries 90º from your nodal axis will be your north nodal bender. Any planets that you have in the sign of Libra 90º from your nodal axis will be your south nodal bender.

Your north node is in Capricorn, which means that it is easier for you to meet other people’s needs than for you to meet your own. Aries placements are your north nodal bender because you’re learning hard lessons about who is unable to have empathy for you. Your nodal axis is about protecting your tenderness so that care becomes sustainable. You learn this through Aries placements because Aries placements help you detach from those who can’t return your empathy.

Nodes in Leo/Aquarius

If your north node is in Leo, then any planet that you have in the sign of Scorpio 90º from your nodal axis will be your north nodal bender. Any planets that you have in the sign of Taurus 90º from your nodal axis will be your south nodal bender.

Because your north node is in Leo and your south node is in Aquarius, you are figuring out what is important to you. You are figuring out what you want to center in your life. Scorpio planets are planets that serve as your north nodal benders. These Scorpio placements are where your nodes are enacted through—you will only get to figure out what is important to you when you prioritize what is necessary for social change.

If your north node is in Aquarius, then any planet that you have in the sign of Taurus 90º from your nodal axis will be your north nodal bender. Any planets that you have in the sign of Scorpio 90º from your nodal axis will be your south nodal bender.

Having the north node in Aquarius is about stepping away from the roles that you thought you had to play when you were a kid. You’re able to step away from these roles and figure out the complications of figuring out your own morality when you assert your own self sovereignty. The roles prescribed by your family or country make you complicit in things you don’t value. Planets in Taurus are where this self sovereignty is enacted.

Nodes in Virgo/Pisces

If your north node is in Virgo, then any planet that you have in the sign of Sagittarius 90º from your nodal axis will be your north nodal bender. Any planets that you have in the sign of Gemini 90º from your nodal axis will be your south nodal bender.

As a Virgo north node, your job is to deconstruct manipulative myths. Sagittarius placements are your north nodal benders because the deconstruction of myths happens only within ideology. Your Sagittarius planets are planets where you’re doing the complicated work of assessing ideology. Sagittarius as your north nodal bender means that, as you deconstruct mythology, you’re really asserting an opinion.

If your north node is in Pisces, then any planet that you have in the sign of Gemini 90º from your nodal axis will be your north nodal bender. Any planets that you have in the sign of Sagittarius 90º from your nodal axis will be your south nodal bender.

As a Pisces north node person, you are a storyteller. You have a detailed array of lived experiences from which you pull your stories. Your Gemini placements are your north nodal benders because you are enacting your role as a storyteller by deciding what language you want to use and, thus, who you want to speak to. You’re working to build hope out of criticality. Your curiosity is what this hope is built from.