Here, we are talking about the overall energies when the axis of the lunar nodes lies in Aquarius/Leo or in the 11th/5th houses, which absolutely need to be nuanced based on your birth chart and its various karmic factors; see also the article on the general interpretation of the Lunar nodes.
They represent a karmic axis of the highest importance, linked directly to your triangle of incarnation, and they symbolize both the innate, fundamental parts of yourself that you have mastered (the south node in the 11th House / Aquarius) and the pathway of your development during this incarnation (the north node in the 5th House / Leo).
They stay in each axis of signs for about one and a half years, which is what gives them their more general, “generational” archetypal colors; their positions in houses are more meaningful in terms of giving depth to your personality, and this is what should be analyzed as a matter of priority, while the analysis of signs will clarify their mode of action.
Learning How to Break Ranks
The axis of the south node in Aquarius / the north node in Leo or of the south node in the 11th house / the north node in the 5th house is the axis of plans and recognition, so it evokes the need to develop our ego and self-confidence, manage to assert our individual skills within the collective, better love ourselves, have a larger influence, undertake things in a better way, and create things.
There is a great need here to go from a social aspect, a mindset that is sensitive to others’ opinions, to something more egotistical or egocentric.
Melting into the social sphere may sometimes also represent a way of protecting ourselves and hiding our fear of asserting ourselves and getting noticed, with various types of introversion or social fears involved.
Uranus, the ruler of the south node, represents the strength of networks, of connections with others, and of the qualities of altruism and a fierce desire for emancipation, but this may also be expressed in a rather intransigent, excessive way, which does not help these people to create stability for themselves.
Creations and creativity are important to develop with this positioning, as it represents a crisis of values for these people in terms of determining which ones are important in relation to the way in which “they love” and manage to “be loved.”
This really requires that these people break ranks and no longer settle for taking shelter behind a collective, but instead succeed in becoming its leader.
These people may nevertheless have a sharper sense of the collective unconscious, that is, of its trends and aspirations, such that they gain a clear advantage, are one step ahead of everyone, take responsibility for things based on this, and assume the consequences.
Aspects that are weighing on the Sun may be more important, given that it is the karmic ruler of the north node, so anything that affects the construction of the ego may be highly charged during this incarnation and therefore should be analyzed especially carefully (from the perspective of an entire lifetime).
For that matter, the same goes for any expression of elemental fire energy, which should be analyzed, as well as for Mars, since these things may tend to surface more easily when it comes to solar radiance and extroversion in these people’s personality.
The Sun very much represents the forces of love, while Uranus may instead highlight the qualities of friendship, and with this type of lunar nodes this combination may not always have clear dividing lines (friendships may drift towards love and give us self-confidence, but it may also be more difficult to know where to draw the line between the two).
In some cases, for example, the realm of volunteering may be important in this situation, and “feeling useful to other people” may have a significant impact on our self-confidence, the formation of connections, and the development of our own creativity that is useful for all.
The difficulty may lie in not focusing entirely on integrating into the collective and not sacrificing everything to gain others’ acceptance (validation and recognition), but instead also recognizing our own wants and needs and emphasizing our own desires based on this!
In some cases, this may occur through the development of artistic activities, such as drawing or theater, which would help the personality to be expressed in whatever ways are necessary and allow for the cultivation of various “subpersonalities.”
This north node may also lead for example to fear regarding attachments (we are in the fixed cross here); the Leo archetype has a great need to have a feeling of mutual belonging, but this node may also lead to fear either of getting attached and losing the other person or of the other person becoming attached to us.
Yet, the essential goal lies in gaining the ability to deal with whatever attachments are necessary, and also in perpetuating things, for example with our children, as our kids may constitute an important step in this incarnation as “creations” (linked both to attachments and to the act of passing things on).
Any creation should really be understood as an extension and a projection of the self, of these people’s qualities, desires, and wishes, and of their fundamental fulfillment; success is correlated with this, and the recognition gained for these people’s creations will tend to have an impact on their self-confidence, their ability to have an influence, and their power as an individual.
On the other hand, there is a significant risk here that, for example, personal and social failures may have a very distinctive karmic resonance with the personality, leading to much self-accountability and self-blame (with the belief that the absence of success is inevitably equivalent to an absence of personal strengths).
The different astrological aspects that may impact these lunar nodes, with planetary influences taking effect in this way, will likely end up being implicated, like a sort of karmic junction, when it comes to these creations that need to be realized and this individual power that needs to be re-established.
Much will also have to be cultivated in a playful context by developing things through games, pleasure, and frivolity and by letting go of the bridle of our sense of duty, as well as the feeling of “owing things to other people.”
Celebrities with lunar nodes in the direction South Node 11th House => North Node 5th House
Mother Teresa, Victor Hugo, Bill Gates, Pablo Picasso, Alice Bailey, Jack Nicholson, Leonard Cohen, Gerard Butler, Alfred Hitchcock, Greta Garbo, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Rudolf Nureyev…
Celebrities with lunar nodes in the direction South Node Aquarius => North Node Leo
Mahatma Gandhi, Malcolm X, Jim Carrey, Howard Hughes, Mick Jagger, Helena Blavatsky, Johnny Hallyday, Jimi Hendrix, Rasputin, Christopher Walken, Barack Obama, Ladi di, Tom Cruise, Paris Hilton, Robert De Niro, Margaret Thatcher…