Ep 98: Your North Node Placement: A Midlife Life Raft Hidden in Your Birth Chart
Midlife by (Human) Design: Purpose, Perimenopause, Menopause, Wellness, Mindset & Woo that Works
Release Date: 01/19/2026
Midlife by (Human) Design: Purpose, Perimenopause, Menopause, Wellness, Mindset & Woo that Works
π Get on the email list for readings access: https://www.lorilisai.com/#newsletter π Get your HD Chart: https://www.lorilisai.com/hd-chart π Support the pod with a donation: https://tinyurl.com/MbDpodsupport Show Summary: In this milestone 100th episode of Midlife by (Human) Design, Lori explores a quiet but powerful midlife experience many women recognize yet rarely name: the ache for lives that were never lived. Inspired in part by the cultural response to Heated Rivalry and similar stories that awaken desire, connection, and intensity, Lori explores why many midlife women...
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π Access to Human Design readings in my email: https://www.lorilisai.com/#newsletter π Get your HD Chart: https://www.lorilisai.com/hd-chart π Support the pod with a donation: Shane & Ilya's astro charts by Astro Katya: Show Summary: In this episode, Lori offers a bit of "HRT"βHeated Rivalry Therapyβfor the soul. She dives into the cultural phenomenon of the Heated Rivalry series and explores why the love story between hockey rivals Shane and Ilya resonates so deeply with women, particularly those navigating midlife. By examining the Human Design charts of these...
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π Readings through the email list: https://www.lorilisai.com/#newsletter π Get your HD & Astro Chart: https://www.lorilisai.com/hd-chart π Support the pod with a donation: https://tinyurl.com/MbDpodsupport Show Summary: In this episode of Midlife by Design, Lori explores the North Node through both astrology and Human Design as a lens for understanding why midlife often feels disorienting, tender, and quietly energizing. The North Node is a trajectory and a growth edge that invites us toward what we are becoming, even when it feels unfamiliar. Lori shares why...
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π Readings, Coaching, & more on my email list: https://www.lorilisai.com/#newsletter π Get your HD Chart: https://www.lorilisai.com/hd-chart π Support the pod with a donation: Show Summary: Inspired by the Eras docuseries, Lori looks at Taylor Swiftβs chart and tour through the lens of Human Designβand what it reveals about midlife awakening, reinvention, and embodiment. Lori explores how honoring every era of your life can become a powerful deconditioning practice in midlife. Using Taylorβs publicly available Human Design chart as a case study, this conversation...
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π Planning by (Human) Design system/planner: π Intention-setting Workshop with Kim Horton: π Get HD through the midlife lens in your inbox: π Get your HD Chart: π Support the pod with a donation: Show Summary: Do you notice fewer people our age setting New Year's resolutions? Maybe it's because we've failed so many times... In this episode of Midlife by (Human) Design, Lori offers a gentler (and far more effective) alternative to resolutions: heart-centered intentions, grounded in Human Design and the lived reality of midlife women. In this conversation, we explore: ...
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π Planning by (Human) Design system/planner: https://www.lorilisai.com/planning-by-design π Get HD through the midlife lens in your inbox: https://www.lorilisai.com/#newsletter π Get your HD Chart: https://www.lorilisai.com/hd-chart π Support the pod with a donation: https://tinyurl.com/MbDpodsupport Show Summary: As 2025 comes to a close, this short and intentional episode of Midlife by Human Design invites you to pause before rushing into the next year. Lori shares a curated set of reflective questionsβpulled directly from the Planning by Human Design Plannerβto...
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π Planning by (Human) Design system: https://www.lorilisai.com/planning-by-design π Get HD through the midlife lens in your inbox: https://www.lorilisai.com/#newsletter π Get your HD Chart: https://www.lorilisai.com/hd-chart π Support the pod with a donation: π Apply for coaching here: Show Summary: In this episode of Midlife by Human Design, Lori continues the conversation around planning by design by exploring one of the most overlooked elements of the Human Design chart: your Profile. Rather than treating profiles as personality labels, Lori reframes...
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π Get the Human Design planning system here: https://www.lorilisai.com/planning-by-design π Get HD through the midlife lens in your inbox: https://www.lorilisai.com/#newsletter π Get your HD Chart: https://www.lorilisai.com/hd-chart π Support the pod with a donation: https://tinyurl.com/MbDpodsupport Summary: In this preview-style episode of Midlife by Human Design, Lori introduces a brand-new way to plan your life using Human Design gate transitsβthink astrology forecasts, but far more precise. Focusing on the Sunβs movement through Gates 11, 10, 58, and 38, Lori walks...
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π Get HD through the midlife lens in your inbox: π Get the Human Design planning system here: π Get your HD Chart: https://www.lorilisai.com/hd-chart π Support the pod with a donation: π Apply for 1:1 coaching: Local workshops: π Winter Solstice: 12/21 in Waterbury π 2026 Intention Setting by Design: 1/11 in Burlington: email me π Self-care by Design: 1/25 Summary: Learn how to plan your week by design instead of conditioning. Lori shares a gentler midlife-friendly approach using your energy type, authority, centers, and even gate transits to...
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π Get HD through the midlife lens in your inbox: https://www.lorilisai.com/#newsletter π Get your HD Chart: https://www.lorilisai.com/hd-chart π Support the pod with a donation: https://tinyurl.com/MbDpodsupport Show Summary: In this weekβs episode of Midlife by (Human) Design, Lori sits down with the luminous and deeply honest Megan Potter β a 3/5 Emotional Manifesting Generator whose 35 years have held enough twists, loss, reinvention, and spiritual unlearning to fill several lifetimes. Megan shares her journey from ministry to movie sets, from small-town Appalachia to a...
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Show Summary:
In this episode of Midlife by Design, Lori explores the North Node through both astrology and Human Design as a lens for understanding why midlife often feels disorienting, tender, and quietly energizing. The North Node is a trajectory and a growth edge that invites us toward what we are becoming, even when it feels unfamiliar.
Lori shares why midlife is the ideal time to consciously work with your North Node themes, how the South Node can keep you anchored to old identities, and why discomfort is often a sign of meaningful growth. You will hear an overview of North Node sign themes, insights into house placement, and how Human Design refines this work all the way down to the gate level, using Loriβs own chart as a real-life example.
This episode invites you to step out of prescriptive living, question inherited expectations, and approach your next chapter with curiosity, intention, and self-trust.
Key Takeaways
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Why the path that feels unfamiliar may be the one calling you forward
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How midlife reveals the limits of patterns you have already mastered
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What your North Node can show you about purpose and direction in this phase of life
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Why small, intentional shifts create lasting change
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How astrology and Human Design together offer a clearer picture of who you are becoming
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