Composite North Node in the Fourth House

The axis of the Moon's North and South node is associated with the personal responsibilities your relationship must create and also the natural rewards that will come to you as a result of being together. The fourth house of private ties, family, and personal foundations is where you will create responsibilities together, and the lessons you seek to learn in building your lives together will be learned here, as long as you live up to the commitments you make here. The inner circles of your life- your friends and family will depend on you as much as you depend upon them. It is in the area of becoming a bulwark to those around you that the greatest lessons are to be learned. You will have less control and will look to the outside world to take care of you in the realm of your business lives and general professional dealings. Here you may find that both rewards and troubles arrive unasked for and possibly undeserved, so you will need to be ready for the unexpected. Although you may not be able to control initial events here, you can control your reactions, through which disaster can be contained and golden opportunities can be quickly pursued. How well you do on the responsibilities you have undertaken within will directly affect how well you do on the outside, even though there appears to be no connection between the two. Essentially, the better you operate within the more capable you will be of handling and exploiting what comes down from above.

Excerpt from "Composite Charts- The Astrology of Relationships" by John Townley