North Node & South Node Calculator (Vedic Astrology) — Your Karmic Mission

In Western tropical astrology, the North Node and South Node are the two points where the Moon's orbit crosses the ecliptic — not physical planets, but mathematical points that mark an axis of growth. Vedic astrology treats this same axis as two shadow "planets": Rahu (the North Node) and Ketu (the South Node), always placed exactly opposite each other, and reads them against the sidereal zodiac rather than the tropical one — which is why your Vedic North Node sign can differ from your Western one.

Beyond the sign, Vedic astrology adds two layers of precision that a sign-only reading skips entirely: the house Rahu and Ketu fall in (which area of life carries the karmic charge) and the nakshatra they sit in (a finer, 27-fold division that colors exactly how that mission plays out). That's the "real Vedic mechanics" this calculator adds once you enter your full birth details.

South Node sign is always exactly opposite (180°) the North Node sign. House and nakshatra placement require your exact birth time and location — the "I already know my sign" option gives you the sign-level mission and release themes only.