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What a Nodal return is

A karmic reset every 18.6 years: you meet your life direction afresh, often through a decisive person or move.

from the Nodal return

It happens around 18.6, 37, 56 and 74. The exact dates depend on where the lunar nodes were when you were born, which is why two people the same age can be a year apart in theirs. The app computes the start, exact and end dates for yours and puts them on your calendar.

Did it land?

This is the part most astrology leaves out. revolutionary.life asks you to log your turning points, a job, a move, a relationship, a loss, and scores every window, including this one, against what actually happened: the share of events that fell inside a window against what chance would give. The number is shown whether it is good or bad.

• Saturn returnaround 29, 58 and 87
• Saturn squarearound 7, 14, 22, 36, 44, 51, 65 and 73
• Saturn oppositionaround 15, 44 and 73
• Jupiter returnevery 12 years: 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72
• Uranus squarearound 21 and 63
• Uranus oppositionaround 42
• Neptune squarearound 41
• Pluto squaresomewhere between 36 and 60, depending on your birth year
• Nodal reversalaround 9, 28, 46 and 65

Questions

When is my Nodal return?

Around 18.6, 37, 56 and 74, with the exact dates set by your birth chart. revolutionary.life computes the window (start, exact, end) from your birth date, time and place and adds it to your forecast and calendar.

How long does a Nodal return last?

The window opens when the node comes within about a degree and a half of the exact point and closes when it leaves, usually several months to a year or more for the slow planets, with one to three exact dates inside it because of retrograde motion.