Where you came from. Where you're headed. The charge between.

Not planets. Two points, exactly opposite, the Dragon's Tail and the Dragon's Head. The idea behind them: the soul comes back to grow. If that makes you roll your eyes, try it as the compass image. A direction.

The South Node is the safe harbour. The move you could do in your sleep, the talent that feels like it came from somewhere before. It's a gift. The mistake is trashing it.

The North Node is open water. The Promised Land, except no one's been there yet, least of all you. Unfamiliar, a little frightening, and exactly where the growth is kept.

You don't arrive at one and abandon the other. The Nodes are a current running between two poles. The whole thing only does anything while the charge is live. There's no finish line.