Oprah Winfrey’s Karmic Success
With the South Node in Cancer, Oprah has extensive past-life experience developing strong connections to family, ancestors, home, the past and the inner realm of feelings. In past lives, her survival depended on being tuned into and nurturing the people around her, and she therefore developed a high degree of emotional intuition and sensitivity.

The default programming for a Cancer South Node is to sacrifice personal goals and worldly power for the sake of taking care of family members or significant others. This nodal position is associated with co-dependence -- being so sensitive to others' feelings that it's easy to get lost in them and lose sight of one's own mission and desires. Oprah has spoken honestly about this tendency in her earlier life, confessing to addictive behaviors in romantic relationships, which led to decisions that compromised her integrity and held her back.

If Oprah had stayed with past-life patterns, she would have never been able to achieve her phenomenal success. However, by applying the Capricorn North Node traits of self-discipline, perseverance, hard work and sharp focus, she was able to let go of old co-dependent habits and fulfill her destiny.

Oprah has fully embraced her Capricorn North Node -- pursuing her individual goals to achieve worldly success -- while utilizing the gifts of her Cancer South Node -- compassion, sensitivity and femininity. Willing to share intimate details about her personal life -- her struggles with weight, relationships and her past -- she has brought the inner realm of emotions (Cancer) into the public (Capricorn). Because Oprah committed to and pursued her worldly goals as her top priority, she has been able to support, nurture and inspire others to a much greater extent than if she had focused that energy only on people in her immediate environment.

About the Author
Emily Trinkaus is a lifelong student of Astrology and has practiced professionally since 1999. She lives in Portland, Oregon with two magical felines. See virgomagic.com for information about readings and events.