The Epistemology of the Mean and True Nodes of the Moon

Mean vs. True Node Calculations and Their Epistemological Implications

Summary

In Vedic astrology the Moon’s nodes are very important, as it is lunar based system; they determine our fate and destiny. The North Node is known as Rahu, and the South Node is known as Ketu. They are so important that they are considered planets, even though they are shadow points where the eclipses happen. How we calculate these nodes only applies to the Moon’s position; they do not change the other planets’ positions. The Moon wobbles in the magnetic field, so the True Node accounts for this wobble and shows where the node truly is; the Mean Node averages out this wobble to one number. This is the first full month that we are in the new signs of the Moon’s nodes, Rahu in Gemini and Ketu in Sagittarius in the nakshatra of Purnavarsu ruled by Jupiter. Transit Jupiter has been gandanta in the sign of Scorpio during this two week period, indicating floods and terrorist attacks as our emotions are exaggerated and the darkness is revealed. According to the Mean Node it occurred on March 7th, and according to the True Node it occurred on March 23rd. I put on my prediction reports that I use the Mean Node, because I feel it’s important to state that I am recognizing it. I actually use and pay attention to both calculations. My software is set to True Node, but after studying with Kerri Shamblin I have been observing both nodes to see what actually happens. I believe she uses the Yukteshwar ayanamsha, so for her it is more accurate. As my teacher, Joni Patry, uses the Lahiri and True Node, this is what I have been taught and have been using. She has taught us to pay attention to both nodes, as they are both revealing details of the shadow points of the nodes. I did a test last summer where I set my Cosmic Insights app on my phone to the Mean Node, and I set my Parashara’s Light software to True Node, and compared the results. My findings for me personally were that both nodes are significant, and to use one without the other doesn’t give you the full picture. I see the True Node as the main event, and the Mean Node as the foreshadowing or rumblings before the storm. If one is perceptive and tuned in then you will see that the energy leading up to the True Node event is just as important.

Epistemology and Cosmology

Epistemology is the study of knowledge and justified belief, and it asks how do you know what you know, and what lens of perception are you looking through to come to your beliefs? How do you find what is true? Lens are things such as religions, philosophies, cultural traditions, etc. Culture is defined as “learned behavior”, and this learned behavior is the lens that we view and experience life.

Epistemology is one of the five main branches of philosophy:

Metaphysics, which deals with the fundamental questions of reality.
Epistemology, which deals with our concept of knowledge, how we learn and what we can know.
Logic, which studies the rules of valid reasoning and argumentation
Ethics, or moral philosophy, which is concerned with human values and how individuals should act.
Aesthetics or esthetics, which deals with the notion of beauty and the philosophy of art.

To me the study of cosmology is very comforting, because it shows us how we are positioned in the cosmos in real time, no interpretation or philosophy behind it. Cosmology is also the “Queen of the Sciences”, so when I need inspiration for understanding how the planets really operate I look to this branch of science. According to the Thunderbolts Project group gravity is a product of the magnetic field, and the magnetic field is a product of the electric field. This all operates in the quantum field, or the void. Also, the motion or way that we are moving through space is in a helical vortex pattern. Our Sun is traveling around the galactic center, and we are being dragged in its magnetic field. Here’s a video that portrays this perfectly: The Helical Model, Our Galaxy is a Vortex. When you see how we are traveling you can clearly see that there is a forward projection from this vortex motion. What made me a bit suspicious of the True Node calculation is that sometimes it goes forward; the nodes always go backwards, so this perception of it going forward is from our perspective on Earth. The vortex is pulling the solar system forward, so this wobbling is just within the magnetic field, but it’s still going backwards for the Moon’s nodes. We discovered the True Node calculation in the twentieth century, and most astrologers do use it since then.

Events

The proof of each nodes’ importance is shown in the events that actually happen on those days. Let’s take a look at what happened between the dates of March 7th and March 23rd:

March 7, 2019 (Thursday) (MEAN NODE)

Disasters and accidents

Crisis in Venezuela
- A major power blackout leaves most of Venezuela without electricity, including the capital Caracas. At least 18 of Venezuela’s 23 states have reported blackouts. Venezuelan news website El Pitazo blames failures at Simón Bolívar hydroelectric plant; state TV blames anti-government saboteurs. (The Guardian)

Law and crime

2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis
- American journalist at WPLG, Cody Weddle, is released from Venezuelaafter being detained early Wednesday. (CBS News) (Fox News)
Trials of Paul Manafort
- Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort is sentenced to 47 months in federal prison for eight counts including tax fraud and bank fraud. (CBS News)

March 14, 2019 (Thursday)