The Heliocentric Perspective

heliocentric

/ˌhiːlɪə(ʊ)ˈsɛntrɪk/

adjective. Having or representing the sun as the centre, as in the accepted astronomical model of the solar system.

Contrary to the lunar nodes that move clockwise, planetary nodes move counter-clockwise on the map of the zodiac like the planets, but they move as slowly as mountains, only about a degree or two per century, so all of us, and our parents and grandparents and children and grandchildren, all have them on roughly the same degree.

the current position of the Heliocentric planetary nodes:

The current position of the Heliocentric planetary nodes:

Mercury 18.35° Taurus (north) and Scorpio (south)

Venus 16.52° Gemini (north) and Sagittarius (south)

Mars 19.43° Taurus (north) and Scorpio (south)

Jupiter 10.41° Cancer (north) and Capricorn (south)

Saturn 23.50° Cancer (north) and Capricorn (south)

Uranus 14.10° Gemini (north) and Sagittarius (south)

Neptune 11.58° Leo (north) and Aquarius (south)

Pluto 20.35° Cancer (north) and Capricorn (south)

Chiron 29.36° Libra (north) and Aries (south)

The heliocentric perspective is the correct perspective if one hovers above the solar system and sees everything from a bird perspective. It is the actual position of the nodes. However we don’t hover above the solar system, so the geocentric perspective that places the Earth as center, makes for a more accurate description of how things look from our perspective.

What differs between the heliocentric and geocentric perspective is that the geocentric nodes wobble to each side of their heliocentric position, and the geocentric south and north are not exactly opposite one another. The further the planet is from the Sun the less the geocentric nodes move from their heliocentric position.