South Node (SN) in Taurus, South Node (SN) in the 4th House

South Node in Taurus ♉︎ in the natal chart

The South Node in Taurus in the natal chart represents that you are learning to leave behind an over attachment to your own belongings and values. You may have a stubborn streak in you that leads you to hang on to things long past their due date. For example, you may choose to stay in a relationship that you have been wanting to leave or at a job that no longer suits your needs. 

The point of the South Node in Taurus is working to overcome getting “stuck” or stagnate in your life circumstances. You are looking to deepen your relationship with others and see the hidden meaning behind the cycles of life. With this placement you will be presented with lessons that are pushing you towards creating soul connections with people and less with belongings. 

This placement may indicate past lives or past situations in your current life in which your belongings, physical experiences, and need for pleasure were your defining points of self. You are now working towards developing your sense of spiritual connection. Your psychic abilities may be switched on in this lifetime providing you with a greater understanding of the universe. Your job will be to integrate your attachment to physical experiences with your new spiritual worldview.

4th House

Keywords: Keywords for the 4th house include home, home life, parents, ancestry, relatives, privacy, birth place, nurturing, self-care, self-love, security, and spiritual initiation. 

Angular House Type: An Angular house type means it is ruled by a cardinal sign. In this case Cancer is the cardinal water sign ruling the 4th house. 

The 4th house in astrology is symbolic of our most private self. It is the part that is the hardest to express, representing things we often keep hidden from others. This house can also be representative of one’s parents, typically one or the other. It can represent what the earliest relationships in one’s life were life and home life environment. The 4th house is representative of one’s relationship with authority, thus the association with a parental figure. 

The areas of life the 4th house oversees include the ways in which you create a home for yourself. It looks at how important having a home base is for you. The 4th house is the security blanket of your natal chart. The sign on the 4th house is symbolic of how you take care of your deepest needs, where you need the most nurturing, support, and comfort. If you have an emphasis of planets in the 4th house in your natal chart this may indicate you tend to be shy or keep things to yourself, only revealing your true self to a select few individuals.