JUPITER
JUPITER BY SIGN
Natal Jupiter in Aries
(Jan Spiller and Karen McCoy)
Static
Whenever you delay taking the initiative to go your own way, fears of inadequacy arise
that may block your actions. If you succumb to a lack of faith in your independence, you
may unwittingly neglect the social opportunity for leadership and, as a result, feel a deep
sense of frustration. By indulging in distrust and not following the Aries sense of
immediate and personal expression, you may fail to reach beyond the state of survival
into creativity.
Dynamic
If you take the leap of faith and wholeheartedly express confidence, vision, and a sense of
opportunity, you can feel the joy of uncompromised self-expression. You can build trust in
others by taking the initiative to pioneer activities that naturally attract and enlist other
people. By trusting yourself, you can appreciate the value of independence and thus
expand your field of leadership and opportunity for creating new enterprises.
(Marilyn Waram)
An individual with Jupiter in Aries tends to be enthusiastic about philosophy, political
issues, higher education, a spiritual quest and / or travel. He usualy has confidence that
these areas will be exciting, will continue to expand and provide adventure for him, and
will be a constant and reliable source of satisfaction for him. It tnds to be a very restles
combination, which can add pressure to an already excitable or highly strung nature, or
could be a saving grace in an otherwise austere personality. With Jupiter in Aries, the
person can get extremely excited, aroused, inflamed with emotion, for good or ill.
This is one of the placements which can display an unholy rage when the individual's
values are challenged or dismissed. The person tends to identify strongly with his own
perceptions, his opinions and concepts and cherished notions about how the world works,
as well as his values and value judgements. He can take disagreement as a personal
threat or insult, and with the short fuse so characteristic of Aries, fanned by the double
fire of Jupiter, he can glame out of control very quickly. He may even make anger and
aggression into ideal behaviors and consider that he is fully justified in his explosions. He
may be healthiest when he identifies with a flexible belief system and the never-ending
quest for complete Truth. When he senses his personal Divine nature and the
incompleteness of even the most sophisticated belief system, he develops a powerful
sense of idenity which is no longer based on the very ideas which he himself dismantles
in order to grow.
He could easily be overly identified with the Puer Eternis or cult of youthful perfection
and provisionality - that what is possessed now is only held until something better comes
along. Provisionality is a wholesome attitude in philosophy and belief systems, but not in
relationships, careers and general life goals.
He could also be identified with sports and athletics, with physical fitness and body
image, and with getting outdoors into the fresh air. He probably needs all these, but will
get seriously out of balance if he overvalues them and serves them to the exclusion of
other parts of life.
This is also one of the placements which can identify with God: the self seen as Ultimate
Value. If handled, this manifests as a powerful reverence for the self as a Child of God
with consequent healthy boundaries, the type of person who tries to make his whole life a
statement of his spiritual origins and development. If allowed to burgeon out of control, it
may indicate a person who thinks and behaves much like Zeus - with little or not
inhibition on desires, reckless or utterly irresponsible behavior aimed solely at selfaggrandizement.
He can operate from a 'the rules don't apply to me' mentality, which
leads to hypocrisy, or, in extreme cases, to a zealous pursuit and comdemnation of those
who transgress the rules. It seems that the more self-righteous this type of individual
becomes, the more likely it is that he does not follow the principles he exhorts for others.
He is usually an adventurous personality, willing to explore, even eager to get into new
territory, whether physical or intellectual or both. In other words, he can enjoy new
vistas, new areas and scenery when travelling, and may be equally enthusiastic to explore
new perspectives, new ways of seeing things or new concepts which promise to expand
his understanding and knowledge.
He could have lots of self-confidence, if other factors in the chart support this. He may
also set high standards for himself, and can easily go overboard and expect himself to be
perfect. He is likely to be very idealistic at the best of times. He may feel he never
measures up, that he can never meet all the demands he places on himself. If projected,
he can labor under the illusion that other people demand and expect too much from him.
If he learns to value himself rather than expecting too much of himself and being
dissatisfied and frustrated with himself because of it, he will be much happier and his
natural enthusiasm and optimism will turn him into a positive individual.
He tends to look for adventure, but on his own terms. He does not like to be pushed into
new ideas by someone else, but will much prefer to take the initiative, and will restlessly
explore, seek new horizons and search for ever larger and more inclusive Truth.
He has a propensity to feel easily threatened by different views if challenged, due to his
strong personal identification with his own philosophy, ideas and thoughts. He could fight
back, if other factors in the chart support this. At the least, however, unless severely
repressed he is likely to feel powerful anger and rage if his own values are not
acknowledged or honored. He may always have great difficult distinguishing between his
essential self and his values and ideas.
He is most confident teaching one-to-one unless there are other indicators of teaching
and general self-confidence in the chart. He will usually pour himself fervently into
philosophyical pursuits. He will tend to explore new ideas for the sheer joy of exploration
and newness and discovery, especially if he is the first one around to find the material or
concept. He may lack depth and commitment unless other chart factors indicate
persistence.
This is the most personally concerned of the Juptier sign placements. That is, this
combination is less likely to be vitally interested in larger issues such as higher education
- unless he gets into teaching - or politics, than other sign positions, particularly when
also in the personal or interpersonal houses. Aries is very self-oriented and will often turn
all that is studied and learned into immediate personal use and advantage, but is not as
interested in the population at large unless connected to the transpersonal houses or
planets. He probably values his personal life, freedom and individuality very highly and
will not easily take to routine. He will not easily align himself with company rituals,
demands on his free time, or pressure to conform.
At its most spiritual, Jupiter in Aries may represent a deeply personal and individual
interpretation of Truth, perhaps a new way to express fundamental Truth or a chosen
philosophy, perhaps in a powerful ability to connect the importance of values, morals,
ethics, personal philosophy and belief systems to each other.
With this combination, the individual may feel that the drive to discover the Ultimate
Truth is a personal issue, that is extremely important to him.
A last note on this placement: since Aries displays an 'I want what I want, right now!'
attitude, Jupiter in Aries may add a mystical, divine sanction to that, consciously or
unconsciously. This can lead to an individual who finds it extremely difficult to accept life
as it comes to him, even when he is aware that he has somehow created the
circumstances himself. If they do not match his conscious desires, he often has a deep,
underlying feeling that if he pushes hard enough, insists vociferously enough, demands
repeatedly, he can force the universe to produce what he wants. This attitude stands in
the way of the very spiritual development he may so ardently seek, beacuse that requires
a sophisticated surrender, a loving acceptance that what happens is perfect, which this
individual finds particularly difficult if he insists on 'my way!' all the time. This particular
combination is one key that issues with faith are tied to possible overidentification.
Aries won't be pushed, but usually doesn't need to be since it is there first. When Jupiter
in Aries is handled constructively, there is a wonderful gift in the degree of personal
optimism, healthy self-value and adventuresomeness. This individual embodies an
instinctive hope in the future, generosity in the way he leads us confidently into new
perspectives, and fervent excitement which helps us overcome our restrictive fears of
change. He also innately reaches for the best, the highest good within himself, to be as
true to himself as possible. He not only reaches for the stars, but also shows others the
way by embodying the first principles in his day-to-day life.
(Skye Alexander)
You expand your understanding of yourself and the world around you by taking changes.
Always 'pushing the outside of the envelope', you like to test your own limits, often pitting
yourself against extreme odds and risking life and limb in the provess. The more
dangerous or difficult the challenge, the more you long to accomplish it. You want to go
where no-one has been before, to do what they say can't be done. You truly believe that
you never know what you can do until you try.
The thrill you get from attempting some feat of daring makes it all worthwhile. You love
to feel the adrenalin rushing through your veins, and are at your best in life-or-death
situations that require instantaneous action. Whether your arena is Wall Street, the
tennis court or the battlefield, you are known for your courage, energy and desire to win.
Taking risks gives you a pleasurable sensation akin to sexual excitation, and you
experience such a 'high' that you barely feel pain or fear. Your exaggerated need for
adventure, however, can lead you to take foolish chances or to endanger others.
You resent having to play by the rules, and have little respect for tradition. Always
seeking new ways to do things, you are a pioneer, a renegade. You can be abrasive,
callous and excessively antagonistic in your attempts to break with old conventions, and
consequently make more enemies than friends. However, you don't care much whether
others like or approve of you; you idealize independence and individuality, and are not
interested in being accepted by any group. Your 'god' is the individual, and in your
opinion society will destroy the individual if given the chance.
In the extreme (especially if Jupiter is stressfully aspected by Mars, Uranus or Pluto), you
might totally disregard others and lack feeling to such an extent that you become cruel or
bloodthirsty. You glorify aggression and violence, and tend to see the use of force as the
only way to settle disagreements.
Success and / or recognition usually come as a result of your adventurousness,
aggression, daring or competitive spirit. Your natural vitality, enthusiasm and, perhaps,
athletic ability also might bring you good fortune.
Natal Jupiter in Taurus
(Jan Spiller and Karen McCoy)
Static
Failure to use current and nearby resources to their greatest potential can result in a
lack of confidence in one's ability to ensure a stable financial base. Such rigid values may
bring about the disappointment of achieving less materially than what you knew you were
potentially able to achieve.
Dynamic
When you take the learp of faith and invest yourself in the potential of what you consider
materially valuable, you increase your opportunities to satisfy those values and desires.
In trusting yourself to actualize these Taurus ideals, you are supported by many
opportunities to accomplish your ends and to fulfill yourself in practical ways.
(Marilyn Waram)
With Jupiter in Taurus, a sign which does not welcome risks at all, the individual may
restrict her beliefs to those which are comfortable, but she may have an advantage in
that she can channel those beliefs into practical expression. Generally, she will want to
take a methodical, slow and indulgent approach to the great, endless quest for truth. She
will tend to accept conventional wisdom and down-home truth, and not get too far away
from the religion in which she was brought up, unless other chart factors indicate
differently. She does not wish to rock the boat. She may restrict her own Jupiter urge to
the point of negation - that is, refuse to acknowledge that she has such an urge. This is
one of the placements which has a propensity to want the truth to stand still where it can
be pinned down. This individual does not want to be on a life-long, ultimately unfulfillable
quest. She does not wish to live with the exquisite anxiety of the pilgrim who knows that
her truth is not yet complete but it is the best she has.
With Jupiter in Taurus, the ideal is that nothing will be challenged or changed, or have to
be dismantled, discarded, or pondered too deeply. The ideal is that everything is fine just
as it is, and the desire is to leave it exactly as it is.
However, the restless planet tends to dominate the sign; and the urges it represents,
although they clash with the characteristics of Taurus, will manifest as long as the
individual is not pushed. She will come to terms with the need for improvement and
expansion of her perspective if she is allowed time to do so on her own terms, unless
there is a strong chart emphasis on security and stability. She is not likely to be strongly
intellectually inclined unless other chart factors show this possibility, but she will want
her philosophy to be comfortable and to be practical. She won't want to have much to do
with airy ideas, cerebral activities, or sophisticated belief systems.
This is another personally-oriented sign, so again she will tend to be more interested in
her personal perspective and rights than collective issues. However, with her tendency to
find practical ways to express her values, she may go into volunteer work and lend her
sturdy faith to uplift others.
She might enjoy the more pragmatic 'How To...' books. If her ideas are challenged, she
will simply dig in her heels and resist the pressure to examine or risk change. The harder
she is pushed, the harder she will resist. Jupiter placed in Taurus is one key that the
individial could highly value, and perhaps overvallue, pragmatism, earthiness, sensuality,
money, possessions and the status quo. She may consider the preservation of what is to
be far more important than the exploration of new concepts and territories. Art,
creativity, stability, music, and material resources could be sought to the exclusion of all
else. If handled, they are considered important without her going overboard. Earth and
land could be revered or held as absolutes. Nature and gardening or hte out-of-doors
could be ways to get in touch with the spiritual side of life.
This placement is not particularly interested in physical activity, although golf and
gardening are enjoyable. It is neither competitive nor oriented toward fitness. It may
indicate a strong interest in gourmet food and wines, and in some cases can point to
outright hedonism. Frequently people with this placement have ample figures as they
love to eat and thoroughly enjoy good food. They may have large appetites for other
sensual pleasures as well. This placement is one sign that problems with values, belifes,
and the search for Truth may be related to inflexible, unchallenged, or undeveloped belief
systems.
When Jupiter in Taurus is handled constructively, the individual has a great reverence for
nature, preservation of current assets, and practical outer expressions of inner values.
She doesn't just talk about the importance of certain principles; she will tend to act them
out. Her gift is the ability to be wonderfully resourceful, to value and give validation to
enjoying life. She can slow down those who would abandon what is valuable now in
pursuit of what could be valuable in the future.
(Skye Alexander)
You use your sensory awareness to expand your understanding of the world and your
place in it. Through touching, seeing, smelling, hearing and tasting what life has to offer,
you grow and enlarge your knowledge and experience. A true hedonist, you derive great
enjoyment from all physical pleasures and have a tendency to over-indulge in food, drink,
sex, drugs, etc.. When it comes to sensual gratification, you have trouble setting limits for
yourself - you simply want to experience everything.
Your innate understanding of the material realm may enable you to make money easily.
In financial areas, you seem to have the Midas touch. You also love all beautiful things
and covet material possessions. Therefore, your desire to own as much as possible
contributes to your money-making ability. The 'god' you worship is money. Expanding
your physical resources is so important to you that you invest a great deal of effort into
acquiring wealth and building up your holdings. However, your excessive appetite for
material things can cause you to spend more than you make; and you might find yourself
frequently in debt because of your extravagance.
Perhaps you express your love of beauty through art; and you probably have some natural
talent and aesthetic appreciation. Because you want to be productive and to transfer your
interests into physical form, you might not be satisfied with just admiring the creations of
others - you want to create something of lasting, physical beauty yourself. Thus. you may
achieve recognition or benefit financially from your artwork. Music, too, could bring you
fame, fortune, or at least enjoyment; and since Taurus is associated with the throat you
might have natural singing ability.
In its most fundamental expression, this planetary position could signify exceptional
physical gifts. You might have been blessed with more than average strength, robustness
or beauty, or you may benefit in some way from your physical characteristics.
(Frances Sakoian and Louis Acker)
Jupiter in the sign Taurus indicates a capacity for the correct and beneficial use of money
and material resources. If Jupiter in Taurus is well aspected in a spiritually mature
person, he is aware that all resources are loacn to us by the eternal principle of life for
our use, for the service of our fellow man, and for the general improvement of the social
and physical environment. He realizes that he is only a steward of the world's goods and
that he must use and share them wisely for the sustenance and development of all life,
especially anyone with whom he has dealings. In this case, money and material resources
are regarded as a form of energy, flowing from person to person and making expansion,
evolutionary development, and maintenance of life possible in the dense material
manifestation that is the physical world.
With Jupiter in Taurus, the individual needs to develop the potential for the values
regarding the acquisition and use of money and material resources in the context of the
larger social environment. When this lesson is learned, the resources that he gives to
others for their creative self-expression flow back to him manyfold because he has
extended to others the opportunity to express their talents. This makes possible an even
greater cycle of productive unfoldment and increase through which everyone may
benefit.
It is not sufficient that people with this position learn generosity; they must also develop
wisdom and discrimination in investing their money so that it can be used in the most
constructive and efficient way.
Jupiter in Taurus indicates a tendency to attract wealth, which these people feel is
necessary in order to enjoy material comforts and the good things of life. Often they have
gourmet tastes and are fond of excellent food and luxurious urroundings. If Jupiter is
afflicted in Taurus, these expensive tastes can lead to dissipation, the outcome of which
can be self-indulgence, physical degeneration, and indifference to the physical needs of
others. This causes resentment and jealousy in persons less fortunate, whose legitimate
physical requirements are neglected.
Jupiter in Taurus gives business ability through patience and steadiness of purpose.
These people can envision and carry out enterprises on a large scale and over a long
period of time. But in the process of expansion, they may overreach themselves
financially without sufficient collateral to meet unforeseen contingiences. This is
generally the outcome when previous business successes make them overconfident or the
habituation to wealth makes them greedy.
The religious outlook is usually quite orthodox, since the natives identify themselves with
the social and moral standards of the economic class to which they belong or aspire.
Unless other factors in the horoscope rule otherwise, they may not appreciate spiritual
values that are not linked to financial or practical concerns. To them, a religion or
philosophy is worthless unless it has a direct application that they understand. The classconscious
connotation of their religious outlook gives them a feeling of expansion and
self-justification.
This attitude is most typical of the average Jupiter in Taurus business-oriented person,
who belongs or aspires to the upper strata of society. Such people can be resented for
their smug self-righteousness by the poor political radicals, and the younger generation.
But if those with Jupiter in Taurus did not carry on their daily business enterprises, there
would not be the general level of social wealth and employment to sustain those who are
active in other realms of human expression. They have their necessary place in the
economy of life.
If Jupiter is afflicted in Taurus, the pride that arises from financial status can lead to the
downfall of these people; they are in danger of thinking that they are superior to others
because they have amassed more wealth. They must learn that it is not wealth but what is
done with it that brings honor or dishonor. The extravagant taste of Jupiter afflicted in
Taurus can lead to indebtedness and trouble with creditors.
(Julia and Derek Parker)
Jupiter is at its most jovial here, thus contributing plenty of bonhomie. There is usually a
great love of life and appreciation of good food and wine, so it is vital for the individual to
understand that the basic principle of Jupiter, which is expansion, is very likely to
encourage an ever-expanding waistline! If Juptier is afflicted by the Sun, Moon, Venus or
Neptune, this attraction to good food may border on self-indulgence and greediness. If
this is the case, remember that the subject may be comfort-eating to coutner a lack of
real love, whether given or received; and the joviality may be clown-like, disguising
introversion and unhappiness. If the individual is overweght, it will be necessary for you
to warn him or her of possible liver damage, especially if the intake of alcohol is above
the generally recommended level.
The motivation to make money is encouraged by this placing, and often brings great
success, since the individual will invest cleverly, with flair and a good sense of timing. A
healthy bank balance is necessary, since those who enjoy good food and wine often also
thoroughly appreciate all the other creature comforts. There is, however, considerable
generosity; and great pleasure is taken in entertaining others and seeing them enjoying
themselves. Jupiter in this position contributes reliability; and common sense will prevail
whenever intellectual challenges or demanding problems are faced.
There should be no difficulty in developing the more philosophical attibutes of Jupiter;
and a warm sense of humor, plus a true sincerity, are among the other positive qualities
of this sign placing.
Natal Jupiter in Gemini
(Jan Spiller and Karen McCoy)
Static
If you postpone communicating insights to others, you may experience an endless
accumulation of trivial information. When you use your buoyant expressions carelessly as
a defence mechanism against other people's unfamiliar points of view, you may undergo a
transitory trust in yourself. But this may unwittingly lead to shallow conversations and a
frivolous attitude, lessening your chances to better yourself in the world.
Dynamic
When you actively expand your curiosity into dealing with information creatively, you
might find answers instead of being stuck in a perpetual question machine. As you take
the leap of faith and seek information from others and yourself, trusting that there is an
answer and listening for that answer, you can experince truly meaningful communication
with others. You can build inner faith by sincerely listening for the right answers to your
questions.
(Marilyn Waram)
This is an extremely restless combination, doubly intellectual. Gemini has a light touch,
and this can be evident in the manifestation of this placement. This individual could be
extremely bright, able to pick up complex philosophical concepts rapidly. He may learn so
quickly that he is often bored, particularly while in school, where he can absorb the day's
lessons in a few minutes and spend the rest of the day causing trouble with his ceaseless
activity and need for stimulation. A smart teacher will keep this person occupied. In later
life, he will continue to learn quickly, but his lack of attention span may catch up with
him if his chart emphasizes the Fire element or mutability. He may have quite a conflict
between the Gemini propensity to gather in information without any distinction or
discrimination, and the Jupiter function of assigning meaning and significance. He may
think everything is important; knowledge is an ultimate value. With the high and often
unrealistic standards so often a part of Jupiter, he may try to know everything about
everything and burn himself out. Somewhere along the line, he needs to learn how to
deal with this conflict or he will frequently find himself overwhelmed with information
and unable to make sense out of it all. Clarifications of goals and values would be
valuable exercises for such an individual, as they provide for him a much-needed
framework within which to distinguish between what is important enough to spend time
and attention on, and what is not.
A person with Jupiter in Gemini may know a great deal of information and be an
encyclopaedia of information, useless as well as helpful. He usually values the intellectual
approach rather than the emotional. He does not, unless other chart placements show it,
have much patience with or understanding of deep feelings, especially if those are
connected to values and beliefs. This individual may be quite detached from his ideas and
opinions. Unlike someone with Jupiter in Aries, who can feel personally insulted and
threatened when his cherished ideas are challenged, the person with Jupiter in Gemini
treats that information as new data. It has nothing to do with him as an individual.
Consequently, he is very open to new ideas and perspectives. He may not go into them
very deeply, however, before his attention is caught by something else and he will go off
to explore that.
Philosophy, values, and personal codes of behavior may not occupy more than this
person's mind. In other words, he could be something of a chameleon, playing with the
values and codes some other people find so sacred. He doesn't necessarily mean
disrespect. He just doesn't attach quite the sanctity to them that others do, unless other
chart factors indicate it. This could lead him to be somewhat unethical by other people's
standards, as he may not feel deeply bound by moral standards. In really extreme cases,
he may not have any moral standards at all. He could be among the harshest of people if
he gives all value to the mind and none to the rules which govern conduct or to the
feelings of other people.
The ability to learn, speed of thought, multiplicity of interests, and ability to communicate
could all be highly valued, as might commerce and travel. This individual is often pleased
to simply acquire information; the more the better. He often displays a particular talent
for linguistics, language and foreign languages, though his own manner of speaking is
frequently peppered with slang. He might have considerable talent, for example, as a
simultaneous translator. He could overinflate the importance of the intellect and expect
his mind to provide him with ultimate fulfillment. Or he might project and see a sibling or
close neighbor as the extremely intelligent one, hte one who knows something about
everything, the one who speaks easily and fluently.
It is unlikely that an individual with this placement would be overly interested in sports
unless other chart factors favor this. Nor is he likely to be physically or sensually
oriented. He is very much oriented toward the mind, and may neglect both fitness and
nutrition because he pays so little attention to the body. If he places all his faith in the
mind, logic, and rational thinking processes, he may not have much faith in spiritual
matters. Again, if other chart placements indicate spiritual inclinations, they will add
depth. On its own, this placement emphasizes intellectual development, not spiritual
development.
Gemini is still one of the personal signs, so this individual does not usually display too
much political interest, but may follow education with a passion. He can be an excellent
teacher, with facts at the tip of his tongue; a lively, wide-ranging mind; genuine
enthusiasm for study; and a lack of heavy-handed discipline. In fact, a teacher with this
placement may not emply enough discipline.
Jupiter in Gemini is one hint that difficulties with values, morals, ethics, beliefs, faith and
expectations tend to be associated with lack of commitment and overidealization of the
mental function.
When Jupiter in Gemini is handled constructively, the individual places great value on
education and methods of education, on the thinking and learning processes, and on
communication. He is the person who envisions more ideal ways to communicate and
teaches them to others. He has much to teach us about an effective way to handle Jupiter
in that he is the least likely to become offended or angry when his values are threatened
by new knowledge. He is simply interested and open, and as such may have the most
capacity to learn, precisely because he keeps knowledge separated from personal identity
and worth.
(Skye Alexander)
You believe you can learn just about anything by reading a good book on the subject.
Your understanding of life, the world around you and your place in it comes from reading
everything you can get your hands on: the classics, religious texts, newspapers and
magazines, National Geographic, popular novels and how-to guides. Through reading,
you become aware of things you would never be able to experience directly. But although
you may have plenty of 'book learning' your 'real life' understanding might be rather
limited.
You also learn and grow by exchanging ideas with others: talking, writing letters,
attending classes and lectures, and through all other forms of communication. Because
you also want to share what you know with other people, you may become a writer,
teacher or lecturer so that you can help them to expand their knowledge, too. A lifelong
student, you are always studying something new; as a result, you probably know a little
bit about almost everything. However, because you are interested in so many areas and
lack focus and mental discipline, you tend to be a dabbler, never acquiring more than a
superficial understanding of anything.
You derive great pleasure from learning, and may have been the only kid in your class
who didn't mind going to school. Learning comes easily to you, and you are especially
adept at communication. Perhaps you can speak several foreign languages or have a gift
for oratory. However, you can be verbose. Or, you might possess special writing talent.
Success and recognition could come to you as a result of your writing and / or speaking
skills. The birth charts of many notable authors include Jupiter in Gemini.
Because Gemini is associated with the hands, your manual skills might be exceptional.
Perhaps you are talented at such things as handcrafts, drawing, carpentry, typing or
handball.
Your pleasures in life are usually of an intellectual sort. Reading is particularly enjoyable
to you, and you prefer curling up with a good book to going out on the town. You're not a
misanthrope, however - far from it. Talking with friends - in person or on the telephone -
is one of your favorite pastimes. Once you get going, it's hard to shut you up. You also
love to play games that exercise your mind or add to your storehouse of information: card
games, crossword puzzles, chess, Trivial Pursuit etc.. Though you might not be very
active physically, your mind is never idle.
You glorify intelligence; and the 'god' you worship is the mind. First on your list of
important people are those who possess exceptional mental ability or writing talent, and
you'd like to be respected for these things yourself.
(Frances Sakoian and Louis Acker)
Jupiter in the sign Gemini indicates a love of philosophy and the study of important ideas
in the history of religion, education, law, and philosophy. The ensuing expansion of the
mind opens new lines of communication and areas of social contact, which bring benefits
in the course of travel, writing, study, and business connected with the development of
new ideas.
Natives have an intellectual curiosity that leads to mental development so that they are
considered intellectually advanced although they may not have received a formal
education. Often they do seek university training as a means of mental self-improvement.
Jupiter in Gemini can give broad intellectual comprehension spanning a number of fields.
Natives tend toward mental restlessness; and constant dabbling in many areas of study
and interest. If carried too far, this activity can produce an intellectual dilettante.
However, the broad sampling of different intellectual experiences enables these people to
piece together the general outline of social, political and historical trends, giving them
insights into the future and destiny of mankind. Thus, this position can produce skillful
social commentators and historians.
Because of the natural trine of Gemini to Libra and Aquarius, these people attract many
frineds, acquaintance and partnerships, and so can broaden their intellectual horizons in
new and unusual directions. These social contacts also provide opportunities for creative
expression of the mind.
Jupiter is in its detriment in Gemini since it is in the opposite sign to Sagittarius, which it
rules. This condition can be manifested in the native as a broad but superficial
knowledge, or as book knowledge unsupported by practical experience. The lesson of
Mercury in Virgo shows us that the most accurate, detailed knowledge comes from direct
experience through work and personal service. This position of Jupiter, in contrast, has a
danger of providing an ivory-tower scholar, unless other factors in the horoscope
encourage practical experience. If Jupiter in Gemini is afflicted, then, the product may be
an intellectual snob.
There is ability in teaching, writing, and lecturing with Jupiter placed in Gemini.
Travelling lecturers often have Jupiter in this sign. Natives can also earn money and
expand their business interests through publishing, travel, personal services, importing,
communications industries, and mail-order businesses.
(Julia and Derek Parker)
Traditionally, Jupiter is not very well placed in Gemini; and this is true to an extent, since
this placing can cause intellectual restlessness. Changes of opinion and too much
versatility may interfere with real progress, especially when at college or university.
There can also be a scattering of intellectual energy so that the mind becomes
serendipitous. Consistency of effort must be encouraged and also sought in other areas of
the chart. A generally stabilizing influence, such as positive aspects from the Sun, Moon
or Mercury to Saturn, will help.
The individual will be broad-minded, up-to-date in outlook and often very clever, but
should be aware of the benefits of in-depth knowledge in one or two areas at least. Alas,
this can seem very boring, but his or her eventual succcess may depend on it, for, despite
getting away with 'murder' for 99% of the time, he or she will be caught out in the end,
no matter how quick the arguing skills nor how brightly criticism is countered. There can
be considerable craftiness, but sadly not much discretion! This placing is an excellent one
for teachers working with children in the eleven-plus age group.
(Stephen Arroyo)
With Jupiter in Gemini, one seeks to grow and to impose oneself through communication,
developing a wide range of skills, and broad learning. Faith comes through immediate
perception and verbalization of all connections; wide-ranging interests contribute
meaning to life. Optimism is sometimes hindered by changeable curiosity and excessive
thinking and worrying. There is a need to develop intelligence and reasoning power in
order to experience trust in oneself and in life; an urge to connect with a larger order
that is rational and logical. One has an innate understanding of the importance of good
communication, and a desire to benefit others by being a source of information.
Although traditional astrology designates Jupiter in Gemini as being in 'detriment', since
it is in a sign opposite one that it rules (Sagittarius), generations of readers can only be
grateful that some people are able to tell fantastic stories with a myriad of details that yet
impart larger meanings. At best, Jupiter in Gemini can weave a large-scale creation
through correlating many diverse details and facts. Those with Jupiter in Gemini often
have a sense of the public's emotions and aspirations, and can appeal to the public in
original ways.
Those with Jupiter in Gemini don't generally consider that they are taking any risk in
their intellectual endeavors, but certainly many of these people readily take risks in frank
communication and in exploring ideas that are not generally considered conventional.
There is an innate openness to the new and an endless curiosity. At worst, they are
unfocused and have no discrimination about ideas or people. Yet, they remain constantly
busy. They usually ahve great instinctive communication ability (and linguistic ability)
with a wide variety of people. They tend to be glib and easily examplify the 'gift of the
gab', but also - unlike many people with Sun or Mars in Gemini (more aggressive
Geminian expressions) - they find others' ideas not only interesting but also worthy of
being listened to! Those with Jupiter in Gemini are often good listeners and perceive
quickly what the other person really means, even if one can see that they have to make
an effort to bite their tongue long enough to let the other person finish speaking!
Rashness of speech is not unknown in these people, but at best their easy way of sharing
ideas and trading observations with a variety of people makes them extraordinary in
professional pursuits that emphasize exchange of ideas, sales, design of communication
media, publicity, etc.. After all, positive (Jupiter) thinking (Gemini) is widely accepted as
the key to successful sales and promotional efforts! Like Jupiter in the other Mercury
sign, Virgo, these folks can always find a reason not to believe in something; but, at best,
they have an ability to express abstract ideas and ideals concisely and energetically.
Mayo wrote of this position: 'Highly intelligent, varied talents, broad-minded; or crafty,
diffuse and scattered interests, indiscreet'. Ebertin wrote: 'Versatility in obliging others,
an aptitude for making social contacts... a love of change, the desire to have many
connections. A carefree attitude towards life, superficiality'. Hickey wrote: 'Fond of
travel. Does well in the travel business or any occupation that involves selling,
communication of ideas or teaching'.
It would be too large an omission to fail to mention the importance of Jupiter in Gemini's
cleverness and ingenuity, on a number of levels. Remarkable inventors had Jupitier here.
Many writers have had a Gemini Jupiter, although since Gemini likes to do two things at
once, a great many of these have also had other careers. In virtually all people who have
Jupiter in Gemini, mental exploration and growth is a key to their self-improvement
agenda.
(Grant Lewi)
You have an adventurous attitude toward opportunity. The far-off, dangerous, exciting
venture is where your chance lies, and you will be found following the light that never
was on land or sea. Tends to make you impractical and charming; you're willing to try
anything once, for opportunity to you means not a chance to make money or acquire fame
but one to do things and go places. You can be a wanderer of the wastelands, a hobo, a
traveller, an adventurer of the spirit or of the flesh. You may also acquire some, even
much, of the world's goods - but thils will be more the result of good luck than of good
management, for the almighty dollar is not your beacon, and if there is a pot of gold at
the end of your rainbow you will stumble over it by accident rather than come upon it by
design.
(Sydney Omarr)
In Gemini, the Jupiter position tells the astrologer of a native who scatters his forces,
wants to expand too quickly, wants all the world to be 'related', and demands recognition,
but balks when it comes to the kind of serious research which gains solid recognition. He
needs to learn the lesson of concentration. He has a marvellous sense of humor, but often
laughs when he should cry. He needs to learn the lesson of being practical.
He reaches out for friendship, but the 'friends' he attracts, very often, only make
demands of him and are not at all willing or able to give anything in return.
(Lyn Birbeck)
You are an information giver, but potentially a doubt-giver. You have the goodness to
judge everyone on his / her own merit - yet should pledge to avoid superficial appraisal.
You have the morality to be intellectually honest in your relationships, and so avoid being
contrary. You have the reverence for the written and spoken word - but should pledge to
place little value on gossip and rumour.
You can be trusted to know a little about everything and everyone, and have an opinion
concerning all of them; to have a healthy sense of scepticism regarding any matter so
that you do not go overboard about anything or anyone, checking the facts first; and to
not be gullible intellectually.
You may be excessively concerned with, and dabbling in, the affairs of others, trying to
manage their lives and tell them how to behave; excessively questioning so that nothing
ever gets given the benefit of the doubt, so all you have is an array of contradictions, no
solid feelings, and little or no faith; and excessively gullible emotionally.
You believe in the right, ability and opportunity to go where one pleases, talk to whom
one wants, and generally to be a 'citizen of the world'; in the principle of 'thinking
globally and acting locally', the 'global village', and the Internet; and in the power of
reason.
You disagree with Other stuffing him- / herself away in some corner or being similarly
self-absorbed; and with only entertaining a narrow band of contacts and therefore
possibilities. Be aware that only by looking within, into the realm of feelings, will you
know who you truly are on the outside.
When you are alone, it is a very unusual event because you are, by your very nature, a
contact-maker. So when you are alone - or at least, or rather especially, when you admit
to being alone but still with an Other - it has to be for quite a serious reason. Most
probably, such aloneness is forcing you to look more deeply into yourself in order to find
out why you are as you are - alone, that is. By the nature of the beast, little else would
have forced you to do so - after all, with all those people and things to explore on the
outside, why should you have to go looking within? This does not mean to say that you
haven't done any inner searching - of course you have - but it is the degree of depth that
is the crucial issue now. Without going deeper than before into your make-up, you are not
going to find out why you now feel so disconnected from (any) Other. You can be sure
that the reasons will be found within, and it is to be hopes that these very words are
helping you in this. Understanding how the inner state creates the outer one is now an
important issue for your Jupiter sign.
(John Townley)
You have a seemingly endless flow of ideas about love, how it can be made more
beautiful, more expressive and more fulfilling for you and your lover. Particularly in a
new affair, your imagination awakens and stimulates your creativity.
You consider love a subject of material beauty and not something to be hidden away or
avoided in conversation. You may be more eager to approach the various aspects of love
than others are. In such cases, you must trust your own judgement in determining which
partners will deal with sex directly and which need a more delicate touch.
You should seek a partner with the same sense of humor and fun about sex as yourself.
Much of the hesitancy involved in some forms of sexuality can be washed away by a
gentle laugh or loving smile. Generally, you will not find comfortable companionship with
those who are too sensitive or take sex too seriously.
You should get along best with a lover who encourages your creativity in developing new
and enjoyable expressions of love, one who will not inhibit fertile imagination. Your
physical expression need not fulfill all the details that your mind creates, but you must be
free to express your innermost feelings, as this is the mainspring of your love life.
(Robert Hand)
This is traditionally considered one of the less beneficial placements of Jupiter, in part
because you tend to use your mind as the sole tool to get ahead in the world, neglecting
to grow spiritually and emotionally. Unfortunately the rational, analytical and logical
mind has limitations; many aspects of the world can be felt emotionally, but not
understood logically. But with this placement you may exclude from your life everything
that cannot be reduced to an intellectual statement or principle.
Obviously Jupiter in this sign helps the development of the rational mind, and should be
useful in school. But it is very important that your parents and family help you develop
your feelings and emotions along with your intuitive faculties, so that you will not try to
work exclusively with your mind.
There is a strong danger of emotional insensitivity. You may enjoy playing on others jokes
that actually hurt their feelings, even though you don't mean to. And when they try to tell
you why they feel hurt, you pay no attention.
Fortunately, there are many other factors in the chart that can compensate for this one,
so there is no excuse for letting the negative side of this placement become dominant.
And there is a very real positive side to it - that is, the ability to examine life with logical
detachment, to be objective and to see every possible point of view. Also you understand
the larger, more important issues of life, and you can communicate your understanding to
others.
Natal Jupiter in Cancer
(Jan Spiller and Karen McCoy)
Static
If you postpone sharing personal feelings and emotions with other people and fear that
they may not empathize with you, you may then lose the opportunity to relate deeply with
others. You may unknowingly use the Cancerian emotionally subjective beliefs as a
defence mechanism against unfamiliar situations, and you may do so in such a way that
the result is self-righteous alienation and a loss of your faith in others as well as yourself.
Dynamic
When you expand your Cancerian ability to make other people feel that they belong to a
given social situation, your skill in building a feeling of family in any circumstance can
create faith in your basic security instincts. By actively using your talent to bring about a
realization in others of their belonging and acceptance, you can build faith and
confidence in yourself and everyone around you.
(Marilyn Waram)
An individual with Jupiter in Cancer tends to value emotional security and safety and
protection. She suffers something of a conflict between the Cancer tendency to be
clannish and focused only on herself and her family, and the Jupiter propensity to reach
out for more knowledge, to seek mental expansion through travel, and to broaden all
horizons. Cancer doesn't care about broad horizons. It represents the part of human
nature which cares about feeling emotionally safe, close to someone who can be counted
on to nurture. Or, it will close itself off and build a defensive shell to keep out the
mistrusted others. It is difficult for Jupiter to be its expansive self in such a sign!
Another clash is between the fire tendency to express outward, including anger, and the
water tendency to hold in, to hold back. It may lead to a lot of pressure built up in the
system, with explosions when the pressure gets to be too much. Water signs tend to
repress the exuberance of fire and to dampen its enthusiasm. Consequently, Jupiter in
cancer is not normally indicative of an outgoing personality or an out-of-control
excitement. Cancer keeps these attributes somewhat under wraps.
With Jupiter in Cancer, the individual will probably value emotional depth, nurturance
and caretaking, especially emotional family ties, basic necessities, and the home. There
can be a shrewd sense of business which may be directed into any field of commerce that
looks after people's basic security needs, such as real estate, insurance and so on. The
person's own personal values will tend to be based on emotional ties and needs rather
than strict rational thought. She will usually follow the values she learned from her
family, particularly her mother.
She will also have a powerful emotional attachment to them; Cancer deals with a person's
deepest, most unconscious, arational (as opposed to irrational) emotional security needs.
It is simply not possible to challenge her values and beliefs without simultaneously
threatening her deepest emotional security needs. She will react to differences of
opinion, therefore, with all the vehemence or withdrawal behind her shell that she would
muster for a physical attack. It feels just as dangerous to her. Nor can she be easily
reasoned with. Differences in values strike at her core, and she cannot easily learn to stay
detached.
The individual with Jupiter in Cancer also tends to place a high value on food and basic
nurturance. She usually has a round figure, and either may be resistant to diets or gains
the weight back rapidly once finished with the diet. Food can even be an ultimate value -
and one attached to powerful unconscious needs - not easily changed, if at all.
Modification of habits may be more successful than outright change.
With this placement, the person's approach to philosophy is commonly to confine the
interest to matters which affect family, clan, business, and sometimes a nation. It is not a
political placement on its own, but does reflect a concern with basic needs which can be
directed into politics. Cancer is still a personal sign, strongly focused on personal needs
and a personal perspective. She will usually be emotional in her approach to philosophy:
that is, she will want it to fit in with her cherished concepts. Anything that is too
divergent will often be rejected outright, in the interests of protecting the beliefs which
formed in infancy and childhood.
This placement is not strongly interested in sports, either. She may be interested in
nutrition but rarely in any more fitness than is necessary to function. She just can't be
bothered.
Her approach to the ultimate value, God, and spiritual beliefs is usually that what mother
taught is good enough for her. She doesn't necessarily think beyond that. It isn't that she
lacks the ability, she lacks the interest. However, the revival of the Goddess worship may
captivate her passionately, for she feels more 'at home' being able to follow a feminine
archetype. If she projects Jupiter, a good possibility since it clashes with Cancer, she will
tend to see her mother or mother figure as the person with all the bright ideas, all the
exciting talk and enthusiasms. She might also feel mother should have been perfect, or
was perfect, or had overly high standards and expected her to be perfect. She may judge
mother to be cavalier, emotionally unavailable - living out the 'freedom' side of Jupiter -
and prone to exaggeration.
She may also have trouble if she applies impossibly high standards to her own role as
mother, or expects all motehrs to be saints. A positive expression of this tendency might
be to teach mothering skills to new parents, ot to get political and seek to gain more
recognition for mothers and children.
She also may get into trouble if she places too much faith in or assigns far too much value
to her own emotions and moods. She will usually value emotional depth and intuition in
herself and others, but may go overboard and value only this trait and the abiliity to
nurture, to the exclusion of other valuable characteristics. When more in balance,
however, she can be a parent with excellent principles who considers her children to be
extremely important in her life. Jupiter in Cancer is an indication that difficulties with
values, beliefs and ideals may be connected to emotional defensiveness and closedmindedness.
When Jupiter in Cancer is handled constructively, the individual has great reverence for
motherhood without clinging mindlessly to all the principles and values she learned as a
child. She also values children without giving them too much power to support her
emotionally. She may bring high principles into the business world, at least in the way
she operates personally. She expands the importance and understanding of the emotional
needs of people.
(Skye Alexander)
Your family is likely to contribute to your expansion and growth in a way that you find
positive, easy or enjoyable. Perhaps family ties open doors for you professionally. Or,
your family's money might enable you to study at the best schools, travel widely and meet
influential people. The home in which you were raised was probably a supportive and
nurturing environment, and your mother (or nurturing parent) in particular encouraged
you to 'reach for the stars'. Because of your family and the environment in which you
grew up, your personal and / or professional growth has been easier.
This supportive environment might include your town or even your country; and you may
feel that your home and / or homeland have benefitted you significantly. As a result, you
are likely to be quite patriotic, a champion of your community and nation. The 'god' you
worship might be your country. You admire and uphold traditional, family-oriented values
and glorify the image of home, motherhood, family and country. However, it is here that
you also tend to be excessive, even sanctimonious and pejorative.
Perhaps you achieve success or recognition by appealing to these sentiments in others, or
through creating an idealized image of 'home' with which others can identify.
Some of your greatest pleasures in life might be associated with your home and family.
You love holidays and want to gather your loved ones around you in your own home (or
the ancestral one) to celebrate the traditions you hold dear. Your children are a source of
joy, and through them you are given an opportunity to grow in a positive way and to
expand your understanding of yourself and the world around you.
(Frances Sakoian and Louis Acker)
Jupiter in the sign Cancer is in its exaltation. This usually indicates a good family
background - not necessarily one of wealth or social standing, but a childhood
environment and parental influence that instill kindness, generosity, and religious and
moral principles at an early age. Later in life, these characteristics become a part of the
natives' basic expression.
The parents of children with Jupiter in Cancer usually love them deeply, looking after
their welfare and instilling in them a basic trust and human kindness. The Jupiter
principle of morality, philosophy, and higher education has its beginnings in Cancer,
because one's first teachers are one's parents, especially the mother. Those with Jupiter
in Cancer seek to establish a secure, friendly, prosperous and comfortable home
environment. They are kind and generous to the family and others in their home. If
Jupiter is well-aspected, they will use their homes to provide for the needs of friends and
acquaintances who are having trouble finding their way in life. Jupiter here often
indicates a large home, with many people on the domestic scene. Natives have a strong
maternal instinct, and sometimes a tendency to mother the world. The home is also used
as a place for religious, philosophical, and educational activities.
Since those with Jupiter in this sign love good food, they can be good cooks. However,
they may be inclined to overeat or to eat foods that are better for the palate than the
digestive system.
Business interests often involve real estate, housing, farming, food produce, and articles
used in the home. Jupiter in Cancer gives emotional idealism, often leading to utopian
dreams that are not based on practical considerations, unless other factors in the
horoscope supply them.
People with this position often receive financial help from their parents, and they may
inherit money or property from parents or other family members. Often they become
wealthy in the latter half of life.
If Jupiter is afflicted in Cancer, there can be maudlin sentimentality, oppressive mother
love, ties that are too close to the parents, and self-indulgence in food and material
comforts.
(Julia and Derek Parker)
Jupiter is traditionally well-placed in this sign, and its influence is somewhat
strengthened. The intuition and the emotional level are both increased. There is a
marvellous natural kindness and sympathy, plus an understanding of other people's
problems and difficulties. The caring, charitable and protective instincts common to
Cancer are enhanced and often expressed on a broad, humanitarian level as well as a
personal one; concern, consideration and often cash will be given to alleviate mass
suffering. The changeability of Cancer is shown in an uncertainty of opinion, adn there
can be changes of direction in religious thought or belief.
The imagination certainly benefits: look to other areas of the chart to see how it may best
be expressed. It may be in writing or literature if the chart shows creativity, or in
inventiveness if the bent is scientific, when the imagination will combine with intuition,
helping the subject to assess the possible outcome of an experiment.
The home and family life will also gain by this placing, which will enhance the parents'
ability to be objective about their children. The home will probably be full of books
(perhaps rather untidily so!); and a special kind of encouragement will be given to
children to develop their minds in exciting and imaginative ways.
Natural shrewdness is a Cancerian characteristic, and here it will enhance any indication
of a good business sense. If the subject wants to start a small business enterprise, you
might suggest something connected with antiques, for the acquisition of knowledge of a
chosen period or type of artwork will be as stimulating as the making of extra money.
Here is someone who enjoys good food, and may also be a superb cook.
Natal Jupiter in Virgo
(Jan Spiller and Karen McCoy)
Static
If you fear never being 'perfect enough' to serve, you may postpone and thus lose the
opportunity to serve others. This can result in a general lack of self-trust in your abilities.
Using analytical talents to find fault with your service may leave you lacking confidence
and afraid to contribute. Withholding actual assistance and instead substituting righteous
beliefs about service may submerge you in unnecessary behavioral details. An
exaggerated self-critical attitude can lead to feelings of insufficiency, necessitating
constant preparation that is never complete enough to contribute.
Dynamic
If you trust the purity of your motives and are willing to make some mistakes in your
desire to serve other people, you can experience the freedom of finding social situations
in which you serve and develop yourself. Thus, by taking the leap of faith and consciously
putting your desire to assist before your personal concept of how you think you should
serve, you can expand your arena and attract many vocational and social opportunities.
Self-trust increases as you use your finely honed analytical abilities to actively support
others.
(Marilyn Waram)
The individual with Jupiter in Virgo has quite a pull between her outgoing, expansive and
future-focused Jupiter side and the reserved, work- and detail-focused Virgo part of her
nature. If she combines the two, Jupiter can add great value to - and quite possibly
overvalue - the importance of procedure, detail, day-to-day work and competency in
function. She may therefore be a valuable worker who catches the little mistakes others
miss, or the office fussbudget who cannot tolerate a pencil out of place and thinks the
janitors don't do a decent job. She may be a tremendous help, given the right
environment and job, or a nonstop critic who applies her skill to not only her work, but
her co-workers as well, alienating them and causing much friction. Naturally, if this
placement is projected, she will think her co-workers are too critical of her or far too
fussy and picky in their work.
If she remains caught in the pull, she may vacillate back and forth between precision and
carelessness, often doing each at exactly the wrong time. It can be a frustrating
combination, because the cavalier attitude represented by Jupiter may undermine all the
careful attention to detail symbolized by Virgo. The Jupiter side will live frustrated and
feel impatient, tied down, and held back, while the Virgo side will live dismayed and
distressed that all those important details have been overlooked yet again, and the
mistakes seem legion. Her ability to discriminate between what should be treated with
care and what does not need much attention often seems to be entirely backward, and
she can treat an inconsequential matter with intense caution and meticulousness. She
can also feel very critical of her periodic tendency to break free and overlook minutiae.
She may judge these lapses of attention as laziness or a deficient part of her character,
and be very harsh with herself over them.
She may also find herself in a chronic battle with enthusiasm - taking on more than she
can adequately handle, then having to put in tremendous amounts of extra work and cope
to cope with the load. This can happen in her hobbies and private life as well as at work,
where there simply aren't enough hours in the day for her to follow all her interests, but
she tries! She may start each year signed up for several evening classes which fascinate
her, only to find out that each requires many hours of homework and the cumulative
burden threatens to crush her. She may pull up her socks, get fully organized and tackle
the work, but tends to schedule herself too finely, to not leave enough time for each
project. Since she also is likely to suffer embarrassment if the project isn't done to her
very high standards, she may spend the extra time to do it properly but then feel under
tremendous pressure because she gets behind schedule.
With Jupiter in Virgo, the individual tends to value work, productivity, and practical
attitudes. She may place a lot of faith in her ability to work, and expect a great deal of
fulfillment from her job, perhaps more than it can provide. She may consider that
personal reserve and proper behavior are godly, and she may expect herself to act this
way regardless of outer provocation. She will usually find practical ways to express her
values, either living them at work or through work, or working hard to develop the values
she holds. Her approach to philosophy tends to be thoughtful, but may be too cautious
and too reserved, too pragmatic, and not visionary enough to grow. She wants philosophy
to be useful, not just a group of pretty ideas.
Jupiter placed in Virgo is a sign that problems with faith, values and expectations may be
related to having too much trust in hard work and the 'realities' of life, and not enough
respect for vision and imagination. An individual with Jupiter in Virgo, however, often
reconfirms the tremendous intrinsic value of what might be called the Spartan values:
commitment to productivtiy, willingness to use whatever works in a situation
(resourcefulness), pure and simple diet, frugality, prudence and sincerity. She has the
practical skills necessary to make something which begins with a vision into a substantial
reality. She reminds us that nothing lasting gets accomplished unless somebody takes
care of details, one step at a time.
(Skye Alexander)
Through helping others, you expand your knowledge and awareness of yourself and the
world in which you live. You achieve personal growth by providing others with some sort
of service, and you might excel in fields such as medicine, nutrition and animal welfare,
or through assisting the underprivileged or the handicapped. Menial work that others
may find unpleasant offers you a sense of satisfaction, and you enjoy knowing that what
you do benefits humanity. Perhaps you will even achieve recognition for your efforts,
even though fame and fortune are not what you seek.
When exaggerated, however, your concern for the health and well-being of all turns into
excessive worrying, even paranoia. You spend a good deal of time and energy fretting
over your diet and trying to defend yourself against germs. Perhaps you are a fanatic
about cleanliness, immunization or health foods; and the 'god' you worship might be
medicine.
You have a penchant for detail, and are extremely orderly and precise in all you do.
However, you sometimes carry your meticulousness to extremes, over-refining or
overworking everything and wasting time and energy on insignificant details.
You enjoy facts, figures and organizing information, and could use your analytical
abilities to great advantage in fields like accounting, statistics, medical research or
computer programming. Be careful not to over-analyze situations or focus so intently on
specifics that you miss the big picture.
Virgo is associated with work. You probably derive much satisfaction from working - you
need to be busy constantly, and would not be content living a life of leisure. However, you
are inclined to overdo it in this area and become a workaholic, unable to relax and enjoy
other things in life.
This is one of the most modest and unassuming positions for Jupiter. You aren't looking
for glory or prestige (unless Leo is prominent in your chart) and are content to work
efficiently behind the scenes. Rather than bringing you public acclaim and notoriety,
Jupiter may give you good fortune in a more personal and private way.
(Frances Sakoian and Louis Acker)
Jupiter in Virgo is in the sign of its detriment, because it is opposite Pisces, of which
Jupiter is co-ruler. This is not an unfavorable position, since natives value work and will
offer practical service to others.
However, the Virgo concern with detail and precision can conflict with the Jupiterian
tendency to expansiveness. It is not possible for one person to give detailed consideration
to every aspect of a large project. This conflict can result either in overwork or in the
improper treatment of some aspect of a project. Consequently, the individual must learn
to enlist the co-operation of others and to delegate responsibilities, or else scale down the
scope of his endeavors.
People with this position demand integrity in detail, and are able to sift truth from error
when confronted with a large amount of information. But they may have a moralistic
concern for detailed perfection which many people will find difficult to deal with. If this
concern is carried too far, they make mountains out of molehills; they may lose a sense of
the relative importance of various factors involved in work and service, especially the
human factor.
If Jupiter is well-aspected in this sign, honesty and integrity characterize work and
business, making for congenial relationships with co-workers, employers, and employees.
These people usually enjoy pleasant working conditions, and are appreciated and well
paid for the services they perform.
Natives regard cleanliness and order as being of utmost importance; these values are a
cornerstone of their moral integrity. They disapprove of sloppy, bohemian habits of dress
or housekeeping, unless Jupiter is heavily afflicted. In that case, as a psychological
reaction, there can be a reversion to the opposite behavior, similar to that of a person
with an afflicted Venus in Virgo.
Their religious and moral beliefs are based on the concept of service, and they regard
high ideas as of little value unless they receive practical application. This sense of realism
makes them conservative and somewhat orthodox in their social and religious outlook, as
with Jupiter in Taurus or Capricorn.
There can be an interest in service and charitable pursuits related to physical and mental
health: in hospitals and educational institutions, for example. Wealthy people with Jupiter
in Virgo often contribute to the support of such institutions, or to medical missions.
If Jupiter is afflicted in Virgo, employment may be unstable because of a tendency to drift
from job to job. There may be laziness where work is concerned, and dissatisfaction with
working conditions, co-workers, and employers.
These people must learn that spiritual attainment calls for more than the mere
expounding of beautiful ideas.
(Julia and Derek Parker)
There is something of a contradiction in terms about this placing, for while Jupiter
encourages expansion of the intellect in particular, Virgo is related to small, narrow
detail and critical acumen. Sometimes as a result there is conflict and apprehension when
the individual is confronted with a situation or project that demands a broad sweeping
approach. He or she will want to take it, but may feel a lack of self-confidence and fail to
commit him- or herself as boldy as might be wished. The outlook will definitely be matterof-
fact, and it is to this characteristic that the subject should appeal at such times. You
must also encourage reflection on past achievements and successes, for it is in that way
that confidence will be gained and a broader perspective taken.
Considerable literary skill often accompanies this placing. Here is the patience and
dedication of a meticulous writer with the intelligence to develop the technique necessary
if he is to put down on paper precisely and directly just what is in his mind. This placing
also contributes technical and scientific ability, along with tremendous practical flair for
working with machinery. Healthy scepticism and critical acumen are also present.
If Jupiter is afflicted by the Moon or Neptune, there can be considerable absentmindedness.
This will infuriate the individual, who will consider it stupid and annoyingly
time-consuming when he or she leaves the keys in the wrong place, for instanct, or
mislays a vitally important piece of paper or book! Sometimes there can be constipation,
especially if rich food is enjoyed; and digestive problems are also common.
(Grant Lewi)
This position enables you to find the opportunity in small beginnings, to take infinite
pains with the little things that underlie success, and to plug along at a hopeless ause
until - lo and behold! - it amounts to something. The effect you give is of care, caution,
and routine perfection of details; and because of this, you are often able to win support
from financial interests who value these traits and consider them good credit reference.
You will generally be able to get backing for your business; you believe in putting all your
eggs in one basket and watching the basket, with the result that you frequently hatch
quite a brood. Spectacular or risky ventures don't appeal to you. If this position limits the
imagination somewhat, it is also liekly to get you farther in the long run than the dashing
fellow who has been through several fortunes, or jobs, while you have been studiously
cultivating your own garden and raising a fine crop of security and possessions.
(Stephen Arroyo)
With Jupiter in Virgo, one seeks to grow and to improve oneself through spontaneous
helpfulness, dutiful serive, and a disciplined approach to self-development. One humbly
stays open to grace from a higher power, and naturally trusts the value of regular work
and self-discipline. One's expansive need for perfection motivates openness to selfimprovement.
Over-attention to detail can inhibit connection with a larger order, but one
usually has a well-developed critical faculty without excessive pettiness. One has an
innate understanding of the appropriate use of one's analytical and discriminative
abilities.
Although Jupiter in Virgo (being a sign opposite one which it rules - Pisces) is known as
being in 'detriment', I personally find that it is far more common to see Jupiter elevating
and expanding the critical, analytical, linguistic, and intellectual faculties of Virgo than to
witness Virgo dominating Jupiter, thus theoretically squeezing out all personal
expansiveness adn generosity. Attention to detail is certainly present in abundance in
these people, but excessive pettiness is in my experience rather rare. They do, however,
need periodically to clarify their larger vision of the future so that they know toward what
goal they are working, and so they do not become lost in details and short-sighted
concerns.
There is usually a technical attunement, if not intellectual; and craftsmanship is usually
evident in whatever field they pursue, sometimes with a remarkable attention to minute
detail. Self-confidence is rarely excessive (unless perhaps the person's Jupiter is conjunct
the Sun in Virgo), and these people gain self-esteem over time through their work and
practical accomplishment. Self-improvement is a lifelong miession for those with Jupiter
in Virgo.
Those with Jupiter here have an analytical outlook on life and a tendency not to put
themselves forward aggressively nor to try to be especially prominent. Unlike Jupiter in
many other signs, they rarely promise others more than they can deliver. If anything,
they understate their abilities and underestimate their talents. Because of such an
orientation, it should be emphasized that, in pursuing personal and professional progress
and all levels of prosperity, they should be careful not to sell themselves short. They seem
to feel that their worth will manifest and prove itself through practical accomplishments
and result, not through boasting; and this innate humility and eagerness to be useful is
often expressed in the helping and health professions, service vocations such as teaching,
or civil service. In virtually every arena of life, Jupiter in Virgo doesn't like risk, but - after
systematic analysis - they will take risks deemed to be prudent.
Coleman wrote of this placement: 'This indicates that opportunities will come to you
throughout life as a result of your willingness to render practical service to others.
However, you demand extraordinary integrity of detail and often exhibit a moralistic
concern for perfection which annoys colleagues. Carter wrote 'Kind, but narrow in the
affections'. Ebertin wrote: 'The urge to learn, the ability to teach'. Hickey wrote 'Strong
discrimination; but if afflicted, critical, irritable and petty'.
Moore & Douglas seem to describe Jupiter in Virgo at its worst, those people who can
always find a reason not to believe in anything transcendent. I personally have seen few
people with Virgo Jupiter who are this sort; but it is evident to me that this quotation
concisely sums up an almost archetypal attitude among certain people in Western
technocratic culture: 'This pseudo-expansive outlook is typified by the science fiction
writer who considers himself to be extremely imaginative in conjuring fantastic visions of
life as it might be on stars, light years removed from Earth, yet who cannot conceive of
anything beyond the strictly mechanistic view of the cosmos left over from nineteenthcentury
materialism. By projecting his own small shadow upon the backdrop of the
universe, he creates bigger and better monsters, but little that touches the heart or
uplifts the mind'.
(Syndey Omarr)
In Virgo, Jupiter paints a picture of one who is discriminating when it comes to friends
and pleasures. This often results in a bottling up of emotions. The astrologer's task is to
help the native become less rigid, to help him remove some of his armor. He is
philosophical; his critical tastes are finely honed. He is not so fortunate when it comes to
speculation - he can 'figure things out', but this does not apply to the racing form!
He is especially fortunate when it comes to developing his hobbies into professions. He is
able to start with a little and make it grow. The astrologer should encourage him to be
patient and confident - and to laugh at his own foibles.
(Lyn Birbeck)
You are a helpful, though potentially critical, giver. You have the goodness to make the
most out of the least - yet should pledge to avoid bitter complaining. You have the
morality to be upright and pure in your relationships - but should pledge to avoid being
puritanical. You have the reverence for personal space and solitude - yet should pledge to
avoid being antisocial.
You can be trusted to help Other to develop his / her potential through study and
attention to detail; to live a reasonably healthy and moderate life, with possibly only
occasional, compensatory binges; and to live up to your responsibilities - for the sake of
your love of order, not necessarily for the love of Other.
You may be excessively demanding that Others do things / work exactly your way, with
the consequence that you are inclined to attract either narrow-minded sycophants or
wanton rebels; excessively orderly, so that by way of balance Other is correspondingly
chaotic; and excessively envious of others that appear (not surprisingly) to have an easier
lifestyle.
You believe that life is based upon reason, so you hold that good thoughts and deeds will
eventually attract good fortune, and bad thoughts and deeds will ultimately result in bad
fortune. Through appealing to this philosophy - your sense of reason, Other can get you
to accept, enthuse over or forgive most things.
You disagree with Other leading a life that does not appear to have a pure and welldefined
set of goals and principles. Be aware that how you 'define' is limited by what you
know - or rather by what you don't know. Other could be aware of things which your
closely constructed beliefs overlook.
When you are alone, it is most likely to be because you really need or actually want to be.
Virgo is the sign of the Hermit; so, with the planet of growth here, it is during times of
being on your own that you can get to do what you want or have to do. Everyday or
incidental patches of being alone with yourself for relatively short periods of time should
be cherished and made good use of. Actually being alone, in the sense of being without a
mate or companion, could mean that you are being forced to get down to that project or
task you have been putting off. or possibly to consider in solitude the meaning for your
existence, especially in terms of the work you do or are supposed to be doing, and what
kind of relationship you would wish to be in. Fate is utterly intelligent; it does not leave
you all on your own just for the hell of it. A darker reason for your being alone, which we
have to consider, is that you are simply a misanthrope, that you dislike people generally.
If so, you are alone to see the error of your ways - for you too are a person, one of the
people.
(John Townley)
You can design and carry out an infinite variety of detailed settings for love, so you
should find a lover who can join in the pleasures of playing out these detailed fantasies.
For you, the initial performance of an imagined scene is the most pleasurable; with
repetition it becomes tedious. Once you have fulfilled a fantasy, it is best to move on to
something else, so that you can replay the same scenario another night.
Take care to make your fantasy role-playing simple and undemanding, so that it may be
carried out physically with ease and concentration. The mind can accomplish great feats
that are much too difficult or distracting to enjoy in reality. A little prudent judgement
will help you avoid taking on more than you can handle. Don't be too demanding of
yourself or your lover, so that love games stay creative and pleasurable rahter than work.
You must make an attempt to separate fantasy from the everyday reality of a relationship.
If they are too closely entwined, you and your lover may drift apart because you mistake
your fantasy roles for the real ones. With a little care, however, you should be able to
have a more satisfying sex life than most, if you have chosen a partner of similar desires.
(Robert Hand)
You will grow and achieve maturity by developing a constructive sense of duty, by
knowing that what you do is useful to the world, and by living up to your responsibilities.
In some respects, your attitude about the world and other people is very mature for
someone your age. But to get the most out of life, you must overcome your timidity, for
that affects your expectations of yourself. You are inclined to accept too little and not
demand enough of life. You see reality so clearly that you let it get you down. The danger
is that you may seriously underestimate your abilities and the possibilities of what can be
done in your life. Being practical is fine, but a little idealism wouldn't hurt. Don't always
accept matters as they are, either about yourself and others or about circumstances in
general.
On the other hand, you can be very helpful to others, and you feel best when you have
something important to do. You respect work, even if you do not enjoy it; and when you
neglect to do something you are supposed to you feel guilty. In fact, you often tend to feel
guilty about indulging yourself. You have to justify your activities by knowing that they
are important on a larger scale, apart from yourself. You cannot justify doing something
simply because you want to. But this may lead you to become very good at rationalizing,
believing that some activity is socially useful, when you are really doing it only because
you want to. It is better to recognize that you do want it yourself and not blame your
actions on some 'higher purpose'.
Natal Jupiter in Libra
(Jan Spiller and Karen McCoy)
Static
If you postpone dealing with other people on a one-to-one level, fearing inability to
maintain harmony in your relationships, you may experience many shallow, unsatisfying
associations throughout life. If you avoid a deep, intimate alliance and instead adopt an
insensitive attitude of expectation toward your friends and partners, you may
inadvertently create isolation from others.
Dynamic
Wen you decide to take the leap of faith and put yourself in situations where you will
experience intimate contacts with people, you can undergo a sense of expansion and joy.
As you accept and trust deep level relationships and can get close to people on more than
superficial levels, you may find a continuous inspiration to self-growth. Self-trust
increases as you use your natural abilities for creating ease in social situations to unite
others into a harmonic whole.
(Marilyn Waram)
The individual with Jupiter in Libra is strongly oriented toward intellectual and peoplefocused
pursuits. He almost certainly loves to talk. He genuinely enjoys people, their
interests, and their lives. He probably likes to argue and debate, and may say something
outrageous just to get a discussion going.
This person may struggle between his casual, exuberant and excitable side and the part
of him which is sophisticated, refined and peace-loving. He may value harmony and cooperation,
but find he starts disputes by saying too much, being indiscreet, or talking off
the top of his head without being sure of his facts. He probably values involvement with
others highly, perhaps too highly. He may just have a high level of reverence for others.
He may go too far and expect them to live up to high standards, or expect others to know
everything. He may think they do and feel somewhat inadequate in comparison. He may
want to be the one with all the answers and have others look to him. In its best
expression, Jupiter in Libra shows a very brights mind with lots of focus on, and zest in,
intellectual and social exercises. The individual can learn almost anything quickly, and
easily pass along to others what he has learned. It is best if it is a give-and-take situation,
where he teaches others but also learns, rather than expecting to be all and know all
himself.
This person will generally want his philosophies to have a certain elegance, a refinement
and sophistication. He tends to value these qualities highly, and may prefer them to be
his standards for his own behavior, or expect others to be this way, or both. He may be an
enthusiastic supporter of the arts, with the vision to see how artistic endeavors could
progress and improve. He may expect the arts or other people to provide him with
complete fulfillment, rather than looking within. It is one of the placements with a
propensity for dependency, if all the value is placed on teh other person. If the Jupiter
side comes to the fore, then the individual will either open himself up to only loosely
structured relationships, or leave.
It is a somewhat restless placement, very much prone to living in the head and ignoring
the body, which is seen as gross and indelicate when compared with the lightness and
speed of the mind and its creative ability. Such an individual may have difficulty coming
to terms with the aging process, and many other dingy realities of life. He will certainly
not be comfortable changing diapers! He is essentially a creature of concepts, ideas and
mental creations. He is also extremely friendly, able to get along well with people, and
very mindful of social status. If this is projected, he could see his mate as freedom-loving,
high-spirited, intellectual, and highly sociable. He may also notice that she is more
concerned about social standing than almost anything else, checks out emotionally if
issues get sticky, and would far rather spend time talking with people than doing
productive work.
This is a very interpersonal placement for Jupiter. There is much focus on what others are
doing, and on what they think and say; and a certain tendency to place trust in others'
ideas. This could be open-minded interest or escalate to lack of discrimination. The
person with Jupiter in Libra generally thinks well of others, which makes him generous
with them and trusting. He may be downright gullible, and have to learn to set some
boundaries on how much trust he extends to others. In its better expressions, however,
this placement indicates someone who is vitally interested in social values, education,
and law or other issues which affect society. He may wish to use his intellectual and
communication skills to further these interests, and to promote social concerns and
endeavors, or religious, or philosophical ones. He can be extremely persuasive, with the
ardent fire of Jupiter fuelling the cultivated and genteel Libra to produce someone with a
great deal of polish, if he chooses to develop it.
At the same time, the individual with this placement will need to watch his tendency to
place so much value on other people's opinion of him that he vacillates in his standards in
order to match theirs. He can gain a reputation for extreme unreliability unless he adopts
principles himself and lives by them rather than always trying to please others. He also
tends to promise what he can't deliver, and again may end up with a poor reputation,
although he meant his promise at the time. When under pressure, however, he may
dismiss past promises as unimportant and forget about them. He could also expect too
much help or generosity from others, and might even demand it as his right. This won't
keep his friendships strong, or his marriage.
When Jupiter is in Libra, it is an indication that difficulties with values, faith and the
search for truth are connected to overvaluing social favor and standing, too much
flexibility in values and principles due to trying to please others, or expecting too much
generosity or knowledge to come from others.
With Jupiter in Libra at its best, the individual has a lot of reverence for the importance of
co-opreation, between individuals to form a relationship, and between people to form
social institutions which improve the quality of life. He has a powerful concern with
justice and may turn his attention to political life as a way of expressing his concern. In
such a role, with enlightened integrity and charming sophistication, he can talk others
into programs which are idealistic, future-oriented and of benefit to many.
(Skye Alexander)
You are likely to experience some sort of growth and expansion as a result of your
relationships. Perhaps a fortunate marriage or business partnership enables you to
achieve greater success or recognition than you would have on your own. Or, because of
your relationships you might expand your horizons through travel, higher education,
philosophy or religion. Your partners in love and / or business open doors for you -
professionally, personally, intellectually or spiritually - and you come to understand
yourself and your place in the Universe better through them.
You seem to be lucky in love, and never lack admirers. Love is certainly your game, and
you not only play it well but also enjoy it immensely. Your relationships make you feel
good about yourself, and you are never happier than when you are in love. Because you
are so fond of companionship, however, you may get involved with someone just so you
won't be alone. You are sometimes indiscriminate in your choice of partners and might be
more concerned with quantity than quality.
Friendly, good-natured and diplomatic, you are popular with both sexes, and your social
calendar is always full. It is quite likely that your social contacts will benefit you in some
way, and you might have connections in high places that prove advantageous to you. In
your professional life, you would probably be more successful and content working with
other people - in a partnership or group - than by yourself.
Libra is the sign of the arts; therefore, you might find opportunities for personal growth
in some artistic field. Perhaps you will even become recognized and respected for your
talent. Unlike some artists who agonize over their work, you enjoy what you do, and
being creative comes easily for you. However, you might take your ability for granted and
be lazy about developing it fully.
You also like being in the company of artistic people. Even if you don't have talent
yourself, you are able to recognize it in others. You might become a collector or patron of
the arts, and thus help gifted artists grow and expand themselves.
(Frances Sakoian and Louis Acker)
Jupiter in the sign Libra indicates a strong concern with justice or moral principle in
marriage, partnerships and close personal relationships. Since the native tends to marry
someone interested in religious, educational and philosophic thought, this position favors
a marriage based on spiritual values and co-operation in contributing to the larger social
order. Such values go beyond sexual attraction, so that there is promise of an enduring
marriage (unless Jupiter is heavily afflicted here) and of a worthwhile home life (because
Jupiter is exalted in Cancer).
Religious, philosophic, educational and social ideas are influenced by the spouse, other
partners, and close friends. Natives with this position will equally influence the religious
and social ideas of their close associates. Their religious concepts are centered on the
love and fair play that make possible a harmonious social order.
These people are generous in their consideration of the wishes and needs of others, so
that unless Jupiter is afflicted, they are popular and well liked. This consideration
produces an ability for dealing with the public, which enables them to be psychologists,
mediators, diplomats, peace-makers, and public relations and sales personnel.
Their talent in these capacities lies in convincing people of the merit of certain ideas or
social programs. Consequently they can be efficient promoters and fund-raisers for
churches, charitable institutions, and other worthwhile social endeavors. On a more
subtle level, they may be promoters of religious, educational, or social philosophies,
depending on the overall tenor of the chart.
If Jupiter is afflicted in Libra, there is a tendency to make moral decisions for others.
There can also be a desire to be all things to all people in order to avoid discord or gain
approval; if carried too far, this attitude may lead to double standards on many issues.
The person with an afflicted Jupiter in Libra may promise more than can be delivered, in
order to gain favor. In the long run, he will attract the disapproval of individuals or
society at large, despite his honorable intentions.
Natives with an afflicted Jupiter in Libra expect too many favors and considerations. They
can initiate too many close personal ties at one time, arousing suspicions of disloyalty in
those with whom they are involved. The result can be treachery from members of the
opposite sex, who become jealous and vindictive when the personal consideration they
expect is not forthcoming.
If Jupiter is badly afflicted in Libra, lawsuits may arise from unfulfilled legal or financial
commitments related to business, property, or marital or professional matters.
(Grant Lewi)
This is a position of curiosity, capable of seeing opportunity almost everywhere. There is
a certain perversity about it, because you seem willing to do anything except what your
nature is best fitted for. The opportunity that will appeal most to you is very likely to be
the last thing in the world you should do. You are all too likely to follow what someone
else says you ought to do, or what chance throws in your way. You need to cultivate
firmness of purpose, and to concentrate on one line in which you want to excel. Your
need for appearing successful in the eyes of others, rather than in your eyes, causes you
to see too much with the eyes of others, so that you lack the drive of those who work
outward from their wells of ego into the world. You are all too likely to try to fit your ego
into the demands of other people, and thus to flounder beacuse your anchor is not within
your own heart.
(Sydney Omarr)
Jupiter in Libra presents an extraordinary talent for spotting opportunity, for swaying
public opinion, for winning friends and influencing people. The native tends to take too
many things for granted. He tends to back down when the going gets rough. This is
because it is usually too smooth - and setbacks are something foreign to him. He needs to
hear applause; he feels praise is more important than good. The astrologer must help him
to see that principles, too, are important.
Gain is indicated through marriage, partnerships and projects which depend upon wide
public acceptance. The native always needs to have a goal in sight and must be taught to
create his own goal.
Natal Jupiter in Scorpio
(Jan Spiller and Karen McCoy)
Static
If you postpone participating with others on business, sexual, and deep psychological
levels, fearing the loss of personal control, you may create deadlocked situations in which
no-one is able to use mutual resources. When you avoid transformative connections with
others, you can experience a frustrating sense of losing power while being obsessed with
the need to control others.
Dynamic
When you decide to take the leap of faith and risk exposing your hidden motivations by
sharing intimately with another, you can experience expansion, opportunities and trust,
that emerge from allowing yourself to become a part of another's life. It is no longer
necessary to control or be controlled by him / her. By trusting the occult vision of the
transformative energy of relationships to manifest in mutually beneficial ways, you can
surrender to its power. You may then discover that you possess intuitive perception to
use these resources in such a way that each person is benefited. Through this provess,
you can expand your own power and opportunity on all levels of close relationships.
(Marilyn Waram)
The individual with Jupiter in Scorpio connects values and faith to emotionally intense
relationships, shared resources, and psychological depths. Her values will tend to be
connected to powerful emotions, often unconscious in origin, and may pack a power
punch that is unsuspected until one of them is transgressed. She may use emotional
impact to make her point when she discusses her philosophy or belief systems, and may
be unaware of this, particularly while young. With the Water sign Scorpio, there could be
some unconscious insecurity over values and not much willingness to trust others.
Scorpio represents a part of human nature which craves emotional closeness with
another, to the point of absorption in each other, but it can also be totally walled off in
self-protection. This is the type of individual who invites others to open up at deep levels
of intimacy, but does not do so herself. It causes profound hurt to the other, and the
Scorpio individual often does not understand why, although she usually protects herself
because precisely the same situation happened to her early in her life.
As this person matures, however, the Jupiter drive to expand and open up may have its
effect on the Scorpio tendency to hold in and keep everything safely battened down. She
will highly value self-mastery, and will usually seek to learn all she can about it. In the
process, she may come to see her behavior in a more objective light and be able to accept
the harmful impact it has on others. She may develop the Jupiter tendency to have faith,
this time in other people, although the Scorpio nature may sabotage this, at first. If she
can develop trust, and learn that her original hurt came from a probably tendency to
trust others indiscriminately, whether they were trustworthy or not, then she can make a
more mature and accurate distinction between those who merit confidence and those
who do not.
With Jupiter in Scorpio, she may be attracted to extremely moody partners who appeal to
her because of the intensity of thier emotions, and because they seem to offer her the
degree of emotional intimacy she desires. She may need to make a distinction between
those who offer true intimacy (where the emotional sharing goes back and forth with
each being supported in turn) and those who simply drag her into their self-indulgent
emotional morass, where the agenda is that she listens while they emote. In the second
instance, she will discover the game is not played in reverse. She will not be given her
turn.
A person with Jupiter in Scorpio feels intensely emotional about her values and beliefs.
They tend, unless she has deliberately gone on a program to consciously examine them,
to be a quagmire of half-formed concepts picked up unconsciously from parents, admired
others, and many other sources. They also tend to be remarkably inconsistent unless they
have been examined consciously, because they are osmosed rather than intellectually
analyzed. However, because they are attached to strong feelings, the individual reacts
vehemently to suggestions that something she cherishes might be wrong or ineffective.
Scorpio represents a part of human nature which has formidable obsessive-compulsive
tendencies, which tends to hang on to anything collected, whether useful or harmful. The
Scorpio part of our personality struggles with a need to regenerate, to revive, rather than
to abandon or let go. It often cannot distinguish between what holds promise, what holds
elements of life, and what is merely poisonous.
Because of all this, with Jupiter in Scorpio the individual badly needs to explore her belief
systems and structures and try to get them to form an effective pattern. Otherwise she
serves them, all unaware of what they are. If this is the case, she spends her life
completely unsuspecting of her own motives, the principles by which she is attempting to
live, the results these values create - and they are often painful beceause they themselves
are so undisciplined. She also remains unaware of how to improve the situation. She may
be so busy being tormented that she does not know improvement is possible. Once she
finds out, she may go to the opposite polarity and become compulsive about selfimprovement,
holding self-mastery as the only worthwhile goal, worshipping those who
have attained it and condemning herself when she falls short.
This placement, however, indicates an individual who has a great capacity to bring the
contents of her unconscious into consciousness, and to then cast off what is merely debris
from her past. With Jupiter in Scorpio, problems related to values, faith and the search
for truth are often due to unconscious disorganisation of concepts, powerful emotional
attachment to personal perceptions and opinions, and unwillingness to examine or
change notions, even when clearly unworkable or likely to bring bitter pain.
When an individual has Jupiter in Scorpio, she has a difficult task to bring to
consciousness much that is unconscious, to bring into the open much that is hidden and
desires to stay so. However, she will go further in her quest for the truth about herself
than most, will endure more pain as she learns to see her past mistakes than most are
willing to, and has the most incredible capacity to rise from the ashes of her painful
discoveries. She has the ability to lead the way when it comes to personal rejuvenation,
due to the strength of her will, the intensity of her drive to understand herself, and the
power of self-mastery she holds as an ideal.
(Skye Alexander)
By exploring the hidden realms, you broaden your understanding of the Universe and
your place in it. You want to find out what goes on beneath the surface, what the core
truths are; and you may study metaphysics to increase your knowledge. Superficial
explanations aren't enough for you - you want to comprehend life's great mysteries: birth,
death, regeneration. You also want to experience the other worlds that exist beyond the
apparent one and discover the forces that operate there. It is quite likely that you possess
psychic ability fo some kind; certainly, understanding metaphysical concepts comes easily
for you.
Your fascination with the great unknown might lead you to teach or write about
mysterious realms or occurrences, thus expanding others' awareness, too. Perhaps you
will even become successful or well-known for this.
Another possibility is that you could benefit in some way through clandestine activity, or
by working behind the scenes. Or, you might become known for exposing hidden
activities.
Issues of power and control are likely to play a part in your life. You assume authority
easily, and are comfortable in positions of power, even those which give you the power of
life and death over multitudes of people. Wielding power not only comes naturally to you,
but is something that you enjoy immensely. Power might be the 'god' you worship. Your
tendency is toward excess in this area, however, and you must be careful not to become
abusive, manipulative, dictatorial, or cruel.
Sex, too, is associated with Scorpio. Referred to be Shakespeare as 'the little death', sex
is still surrounded by fear and mystery, and often is used as an instrument of power and
control. With Jupiter in Scorpio, you may possess a strong sexual appetite or exude a
powerful sensuality that large numbers of people respond to. Perhaps you will benefit in
some way from your sexuality. Since the expansiveness of Jupiter often encourages
excess, you may be inclined to be sexually indulgent and promiscuous, or to use sex to
manipulate or dominate others.
(Frances Sakoian and Louis Acker)
Jupiter in the sign Scorpio indicates strong, large-scale involvements in matters relating
to joint or corporate finances, taxes, insurance, and legacies. Business affairs are likely to
relate to funerals, real estate, fund raising, taxes and insurance.
Natives are often interested in the occult, mystical aspects of religion, in life after death,
and in telephathic communication with those of the unseen realms - especially if Jupiter
aspects Uranus, Neptune or Pluto. They can be intense and uncompromising about
philosophic and religious beliefs and standards, and about social conduct and principles;
this kind of attitude sometimes make for powerful, bitter enemies.
These people tend to acquire secret information regarding the private affairs of others.
They can have strange friendships based on hideen motivations. They may receive
inheritances because of favors they have done. If Juptier is afflicted, however, legal
battles can erupt over inheritances, alimony, corporate expenditures, insurance, and tax
payments. Unwise investments in stocks or financial partnerships may bring losses.
These people may dabble in such negative forms of psychic phenomena as séances and
mediumship, and there may be a desire to manipulate occult forces for personal gain.
(Julia and Derek Parker)
The powerful emotional energy force of Scorpio will inject Jupiter's influence with
determination and willpower. There is a need for progress; and a strong emotional
involvement in interests or career is essential if the subject is to feel fulfilled. In a chart
where enterprise and the motivation to develop potential are present, this placing will
give plenty of staying power.
The Jupiterian trait of living life to the full is encouraged by this placing: Scorpio knows
nothing of half-measures, and, at its most assertive, Jupiter is a whole-hogger, so it is
easy to see the potency of this placing. However, care is needed that the subject does not
burn him- or herself out when pursuing objectives or simply living it up; moderation must
be encouraged, and it is to be hoped that a restraining factor will be present elsewhere in
the chart. The subject will be vulnerable to overdoing things if the Sun or Moon squares
or opposes Jupiter, in which case you should look out for mental strain in particular. The
individual may be naturally suspicious, and must not allow this tendency to become
obsessive.
If there is an indication to write, detective fiction will probably be successful and / or
rewarding - certainly pleasure will be gained from reading this particular genre. Here,
too, is the ability to research thoroughly anything of interest. This placing is excellent for
a criminal lawyer or judge. There is often financial flair and a good eye for a calculated
financial risk; and sweeping generosity is also usually present. The subject may need to
be warned against possible vanity and pride, and sometimes of verbal aggression too.
(Grant Lewi)
You relate opportunity to deep personal needs, and are generally successful because
there is no inharmony between the inner nature and what the outer world makes
important. The lens of the spirit eliminates what would make for unhappiness and follows
instinctively what satisfies. This is a good position for acquiring and spending money; you
give a sort of magical effect of being the right man or woman for the job that is open, if
the job happens to appeal to you; and you proceed to make it your own in a curiously
effective way. All the primary instincts merge in your approach to work and give you a
high degree of efficiency. When you're where you want to be, you work easily,
authoritatively, gaining the respect of superiors and subordinates. Opportunity flows to
you naturally; and an inherent wisdom enables you to select your right niche. You're not
likely to be a square peg in a round hole; and you are very likely to be successful in
whatever you put your mind on.
(Stephen Arroyo)
With Jupiter in Scorpio, one seeks to grow and to improve oneself through transmutation
of desires and compulsions and by unusually thorough understanding of life's inner
workings. Opportunities come through one's ability to shrewdly judge people and
situations - a well-developed sense of resourcefulness and opportunism. Optimistic
expansion and developing faith can be hindered by fear, secrecy, and the inability to open
up emotionally; but Jupiter often expresses the nobler and more elevated qualities of
Scorpio. The urge to connect with something greater than the self is expressed through
intensity of experience and depth of feeling; trust in a higher power comes through
seeking and confronting that intensity. One needs to tap into a powerful transformative
energy in order to have confidence in oneself.
Over the years, I have come to express Scorpio's nature as one of 'emotional extremes';
and Jupiter's manifestations through the sign Scorpio are no exception. In fact, since
Jupiter itself is given to excess, it should come as no surprise that this combination quite
often is expressed in powerful and contradictory ways that could indeed be characterized
as extreme. For example, these people need risk in order to have the intensity of
experience that they crave, but they are also fearful of being vulnerable, and even feel
terrified of life getting 'out of control'. And yet, if things remain calm for too long, they
often instinctively stir up conflict and problems, or at least start new projects or tackle
new challenges.
This is a placement of strong and deep emotions; it can be expressed as resentment and
extreme pettiness, or through enobled emotions and loyalty to people and causes. And
the same person may contain all these diverse tendencies! These folks crave deep
involvement with whatever they do. Superficiality is not a familiar concept to them.
Marcus Aurelius, whose Jupiter was in Scorpio, gives us a great watery image of finding
goodness (Jupiter) in the depths (Scorpio): 'Dig within. Within is the foundation of good,
and it will ever bubble up, if you wil ever dig'.
Those with this Jupiter position often like to expand and explore in the 'taboo' areas of
experience and knowledge, such as the occult, sex, death, deeper psychological
motivations, and various metaphysical laws. In any case, they are research-oriented and
may investigate natural laws, financial operations, military strategies, or criminal
behavior with equal thoroughness. Moore and Douglas concisely summarize some of the
essential qualities of this position: 'He knows how to think big and at the same time is
willing to dirty his hands by undertaking the practical work of the world. His talent for
converting natural resources into useful products may attract him to fields connected
with chemistry, engineering, and pollution control. He may also be a discerning
psychologist who can assist people who are endeavoring not only to adjust to the
circumstances of the world but also to reconstruct themselves from within. Jupiter and
Scorpio combine to give a flair for business and finance. Frequently, these people prosper
because they are willing to take the trouble to dig out necessary information, to get down
to essentials, and to bide their time until a situation is ripe for development. They amass
wealth because they so strongly desire and expect success in all their enterprises. Their
is an almost mystical faith in the power of money to breed more money and,
consequently, more power. Forceful Scorpio and farseeing Jupiter blend in the harddriving,
efficient executive who, despite having his nose to the grindstone, is quick to
catch the scent of new and promising markets for his products. There may be an almost
sublime self-confidence which transcends ordinary egotism....
Those with Jupiter here often feel the need to be possessed by a cause, a greater power,
another person, or a sense of mission. In any case, they are often seen by others to act as
if they are 'possessed' by a passion or energy which they cannot fully control, which is
especially obvious if they also have other Scorpio or strong Pluto factors in their chart.
This 'something beyond them', however, also gives them a great ability to tune into extra
reserves of power or into an intelligence that transcends conscious logic. They often have
shrewd hunches, and 'they think with their guts'. This uncanny intuition also enables
them to see the core of truth or value in a person, thing, investment, or situation, which
most other people have completely given up on. Hence, they can revivify seemingly dead
situations, products, companies; and likewise, with people, they can help them to heal or
reform themselves, even if the condition seems desperate.
Carter wrote of this position: 'Reserved, dignified; sometimes reckless or self-indulgent'.
Davison wrote: 'A resourceful, subtle mind; can be suspicious. Expands passions,
devotion, magnetism, will-power, and pride. Can be self-absorbed'. Hickey wrote:
'Courage strong. Very secretive. Can give healing power'. Ebertin wrote: 'Ruthless
striving for possessions and pleasures... overly pronounced sexual life'.
Ebertin's reference above to the emphasis on the sex life should probably be clarified and
elaborated. Marcia Moore wrote that there is a tendency with this placement either to
'repress or over-express the erotic impulses', which is generally true for most other
planets in Scorpio as well. I think it is most accurate to say that those with Jupiter in
Scorpio will strive to broadly understand eros and sex, probably to experiment with it,
but at least to exhibit a strong and wide-ranging interest in the sexual energy, its
manifestations, and theories about it. In some people, it remains primarily a mental
interest. In other words, by no means do all those with this placement act out their
curiosity. It depends on the rest of the chart, and I have personally seen a number of
people of both sexes with Jupiter in Scorpio who exhibit a fairly low sex drive and not at
all an inordinate interest in sex and eros, but yet who seem to have an instinctive
understanding of the role sex can play in human life and motivation.
Many well-known people who have Jupiter in Scorpio focused on passionate emotional
expression or on emotional tension in their creative work. Others expressed in their work
grand and wide sweeps of emotion. Various others explored the underside of human life.
(Sydney Omarr)
Jupiter in Scorpio tells of the native who has friends in the 'underground' - he is attracted
to the hidden, the occult, the underdog. He is fortunate in investments, and he gains
through his faith in projects which start as 'acorns' then grow into 'trees'. His emotions
are deep; he can undergo much suffering if he feels his cause is right. Thus, the
astrologer must help him develop powers of discrimination so that he is more likely to
make wise choices.
He possesses enormous pride, often is entrusted with secrets, makes and spends great
sums, and thrives on challenge - but must be 'cured' of creating defeats which he feels he
is always capable of transforming into victories. In other words, he tends to make his
path rougher than it should be, and for no other reason than the 'exercise' this provides.
(Lyn Birbeck)
You are a total giver, though potentially a manipulative one. You have the goodness to
understand and transform evil - yet should pledge to avoid getting on a power trip. You
have the morality to be true to the ultimate good - and should pledge to eliminate
questionable motives. You have reverence for the powers of the unconscious - yet should
avoid becoming spooked or obsessive.
You can be trusted to leave no stone unturned in your pursuit of whatever or whomever
you are passionately involved with; to be in touch with deep quclities and hidden causes
in life, and eventually to be able to empliy them to some beneficial end; and to pledge
yourself absoluteluy once every snag has been experienced and eliminated.
You may be excessively manipulative in order to get Other where you think you want him
/ her; excessively concerned with the underlying meaning of things so that Other feels
trapped in your web of intrigue, psychology or esoterica; and excessively looking for the
ultimate origin of things, and so you miss the obvious, find it too difficult, go for the
money, get disillusioned, and start over....
You believe that all of life originates and issues from some hidden, unconscious or soul
realm of existence, and so you relate to Other in an equally deep and serious fashion,
seeing him / her as an important part in the process of the workings of your unconscious
mind. You also believe in fated, deeply committed relationships.
You disagree with the idea that relationships are random and are simply about the
pursuit of pleasure and security and family-raising. Be aware that, as this is an idea that
is believed (at least unconsciously) by most people, you may not know that you actually
disagree with it.
When you are alone, it is most likely to be because you do not believe you can survive the
pain and intensity of a close relationship - ever or again. To deal with this state, you then
see it going in one of two extreme directions - as is the wont of planets in Scorpio. The
first avenue is deciding to follow a life of sexual abstinence where you focus all your
(sexual) energies into some spiritual discipline. The other option, which is really all you're
left with if you do not find the first acceptable, is to muddle through as you resist
plunging into either dark pool. It takes very little reflection to see that this is actually a
pretty dire course to take, because it hurts more than anything. So short of taking the
road of abstention where you believe in something that will help manage your feelings for
you, you have to believe that something will look after you, carry you and guide you
through the treacherous reefs of intimate relating. What all of this is saying is believe
that you are positively transformed through emotional pain, and that your real enemy is
thinking that there is a soft option.
(John Townley)
You enter new relationships very carefully and with grave consideration. Except under
extraordinary circumstances, you begin an affair with your eyes open.
Once involved, however, you want to become totally immersed in love in order to achieve
the greatest creativity and satisfaction. You must find a lover who appreciates the
generous physical aspects of lovemaking that you desire. Once you have decided to
further the relationship, you need a lover who will not leave you wanting more.
Under ideal conditions, sex is a source of strength and balance to you. It can energize
your daily life and enable your creativity of expression to flow more swiftly and smoothly.
In this respect, your love life controls the style and success of your other activities to
some extent.
Avoid overreacting to minor problems that come up in the bedroom, and don't turn
molehills into mountains. Take the extra time and effort to understand your lover's
feelings and needs. Learn not to use pressure of any kind to gain sexual satisfaction, for
that may work against you and even lead to estrangement. It is better to end an
unsatisfactory affair than to try to force it into an unnatural mold.
(Robert Hand)
An important element of your life will be thinking beyond the surface appearance of a
situation to understand what is really happening. You love mysteries; and by solving the
mysteries, you will develop a great understanding of life. While you are young, you ask a
lot of questions, and you keep asking and searching until you get answers. In this regard,
you are more persistent than most people. Any school subject that interests you will draw
all your energies, but you won't give much attention to the subjects that seem dull.
Sometimes this placement indicates an interest in the supernatural; and when you are
older, you will be attracted to spiritual and mystical views of the universe. You are not
satisfied with appearances at any level, which means you should be a good researcher, if
your mind is at all scientific. You have a great interest in people's psychological make-up,
which you express now as intuitive insights. However, as you get older, you will
understand what your intuitions are based on, and you may even choose a career in
which psychology is an important part of your work.
The only problem here is that you may sometimes be reluctant to share your insights with
others, for two reasons. First of all, especially while you are young, you have trouble
communicating what you know. Later on, you may be reluctant to discuss these matters
because you know how difficult it is for others to understand them, even when expressed
clearly. Also you may just enjoy being secretive, although it is not good to indulge this.
Whatever you discover in life, your feelings and emotions will always be an important
means to greater understanding.
Natal Jupiter in Sagittarius
(Jan Spiller and Karen McCoy)
Static
If you postpone participating with others in deep philosophical pursuits, you may instead
fritter away the time as a perpetual traveller, in both mind and body. If you are content to
be motivated by superficial reasons and internal reflections, you can inadvertently create
a situation of intellectual isolation by presuming you know the answers to everything.
Dynamic
When you decide to involve yourself seriously with deep philosophical study and
communication with other people, trusting your knowledge to flow spontaneously, you
can experience the joy and personal expansion in learning and teaching. Consequently,
when you take the leap in faith and let yourself share new ideas (rather than using
knowledge to establish intellectual authority), you can truly become a teacher. Self-trust
increases as you take the initiative in sharing your positive outlook and philosophical
insights with others.
(Marilyn Waram)
With Jupiter at home in its own sign, its expression is easier and purer than when it is
displaced in other signs. This does not mean better, just easier. The manifestations tend
to be both the best and the worst of Jupiterian tendencies, depending on the character of
the individual.
Jupiter placed in Sagittarius indicates double emphasis on restlessness, both physical and
mental; and emphasis on the need to search for and formulate systems of thought, values
and philosophy, the tendency to live according to high-minded principles, or the tendency
to succimb to self-justification, rationalization, arrogance, and inflated expectations. An
individual with this placemetn usually has a strong awareness of his personal search for
meaning and significance in life. He may have spent considerable time contemplating his
life purpose. He may have felt higher education was an absolute must. He could place a
great deal of faith in education, knowledge, religion or political understanding, or even
sports, and expect any or all of those areas of life to provide him with ultimate fulfillment.
He may wear himself out looking for a belief structure which is completely perfect, totally
inviolate, and beyond challenge or dispute; and be persistently dissatisfied at the
imperfect, inadequate religiosn which are the reality of the world.
With Jupiter in Sagittarius, the person stands a good chance of developing an awareness
of the vital importance of knowing what the first principles are and of living according to
them. He has the potential to develop great faith in the principles, and to have complete
confidence that they bring out the best in him and in others. He may have an ardent
conviction that he - and other humans - are a superior species who need to live according
to superior ideas and ideals. He could expect himself - and others - to reach not only for
the truth, but also for the highest good within.
He may tend to project this onto teachers, especially those in post-secondary education,
or onto religious leaders, seeing them as gurus with all the answers. He may think them
brilliant in their intellectual actuity. However, this placement may also indicate the worst
expressions of Jupiterian traits. The person may be convinced he already has truth - that
is, being 'right' is turned into a god and he will not tolerate suggestions that there are
other perspectives and values besides his own.
He may personify the arrogance, inflated expectations and demands, and self-justifying
realizations to which the Jupiter side of human nature is prone. He could consider that he
fully deserves whatever he wishes, and fly into an unbridled and possibly even violent
rage if thwarted, wherein he believes anything he says or does is completely warranted.
Afterwards, he rarely feels any remorse for the damage he has done. Instead, he points
his finger sanctimoniously at his supposed enemy and blames him for the dispute. It is
entirely the other's fault. The whole situation can be proven to his satisfaction, and is
enough to exonerate the Jupiterian, in his own minds. A person who has given himself up
to such a degree of self-justification is a terrifying spectacle to others with more balanced
perspectivees, because he so adamantly refuses to accept responsibility for either his
behavior or its consequences. If society punishes such an individual because he has
broken laws, he merely feels badly matreated and may become murderously vengeful. He
cannot be reached on the basis of reason. He has abdicated this very talent of his
Jupiterian nature and given all the power to his own sense of his rights.
There is a little bit of this in every person with this placement. Those who have Jupiter
strongly emphasized in their charts will see him appear - at least in their thoughts - from
time to time, though he generally only comes out when the person feels very threatened
by a situation he / she judges to be profoundly unfair. More commonly, he stirs up trouble
at income tax time, when he motivates people to get away with whatever they possibly
can, on the justification that the government is unfair and burdensome anyway. He also
has other habits which undermine an individual's sesne of self-worth and integrity: little
stretches of the truth, a focus on his own rights at the expense of others', unwillingness
to see other perspectives in a dispute or disagreement, and a sneaky little 'wipe them all
out' attitude toward those whose values and cultural mores clash powerfully with his
own.
Many times, this is a strongly transpersonal placement for Jupiter. The individual's focus
may be on educational improvements as a way to bring about better social conditions. He
may focus his high ideals on society as a whole, and exhort with fiery rhetoric religious or
ethical principles which would, if lived by, greatly ameliorate many of society's more
stubborn ills. He may expect law or politics to provide the answers. He tends to believe
absolutely whatever it is he believes, for the moment; and he can convey in most
articulate terms the depth of his passion and faith, sometimes even when he doesn't
believe that strongly himself. It seems like a good idea at the time, though!
Jupiter in Sagittarius is a signal that problems to do with faith, morals, beliefs, and the
search for truth might be due to gross overemphasis on rights as opposed to
responsibilities, on being right instead of discovering the truth, and on underdevelopment
of personal values due to too strong a focus on the transpersonal values and on society.
With Jupiter in Sagittarius, the individual has the capacity to put us back in touch with
the timeless principes of self-conduct which may ultimately prove to be mankind's
salvation from himself. That is, the principles of right conduct are so fundamental that
they appear as ideals in every successful culture that history records. Historically, the
more individual citizens could be motivated to live by these principles, the more the
culture prospered. they seem to be the only concepts which hold any true hope for world
peace. Jupiter in Sagittarius people stand at the crossroads between personal behavior
and transpersonal consequences, proclaiming that only when individuals live according to
the highest good within themselves will humankind as a whole be able to live in peace
and harmony and prosperity.
(Skye Alexander)
You believe that you are here to learn and experience everything life has to offer, and
your motto might be 'the sky's the limit'. Restless and curious, you want to see the world;
and nothing makes you happier than being on the road, meeting new people and
exploring new territories. You expand your understanding of the Universe and your place
in it through travelling; for you, travelling is not just a form of entertainment, but a quest
for truth and wisdom. Not lonly do you benefit personally through your travels, but also
you migh open up new worlds for others and thus expand their knowledge too.
Your thirst for knowledge makes you a lifelong student. You love learning new things; and
if you aren't enrolled in a formal study program, you probably are an avid reader, watch
educational television programs. listen to radio talk shows, or take correspondence
courses. You also enjoy sharing what you know with others, and might excel as a teacher,
writer, publisher or lecturer. Being a foreign correspondent might be your ideal
profession, allowing you to travel widely and write about your adventures. Although you
are interested in practically everything, you often lack the focus and perseverance to
finish what you start. Thus, you probably know a little bit about many things and have a
broad overview, but aren't proficient in any one area.
Your desire to understand the Universe and your place in it could inspire an interest in
philosophy and / or religion. The modern state of Israel, which was established for
religious purposes, has its Jupiter in Sagittarius. Once you believe you've found the truth,
you long to spread the word to one and all and have a tendency toward proselytizing. It is
quite likely that you are an eloquent and inspirational - though somewhat verbose - public
speaker. Though your intent may be to educate and enlighten, in your zeal you can be
self-righteous and intolerant of others' freedom to believe as they choose.
This placement of Jupiter also can signify natural athletic ability. You have an abundance
of energy, speed and agility; and since Sagittarius is associated with the legs you might
excel at sports such as running, bicycling, soccer, basketball or ice skating. Perhaps even
more important, though, are the optimism, self-confidence and fun-loving enthusiasm you
bring to the sports arena; you never lose your childlike love of the game and your belief
that you can win, regardless of the odds. However, you may lack discipline and
determination, unless this is provided by other factors in your chart, such as a prominent
Saturn or Pluto.
In its own sign, Jupiter's tendency toward exaggeration and excess is even more in
evidence. In the extreme, your gregariousness and 'good time' attitude can lead to
laziness, over-indulgence in food, drink, drugs and socializing, escapism to avoid work or
responsibilities, and possibly compulsive gambling. Unchecked, your restlessness and
fun-loving spirit might make you a rolling stone, unable to keep a steady job, hold on to a
dime or commit to a relationship.
(Grant Lewi)
Opportunity appeals to you only if closely related to ideals. Work for its own sake means
little, for to you the prime opportunity of life is not labor, but knowledge, philosophy,
adventure. If, however, work gets related to a philosophical ideal (such as duty, security,
making the best of things, or whatever), then you can throw yourself into it - but only for
so long as the ideal sustains you; if this fails, you gravitate to your nature, which is to
seek opportunity along non-material lines. To relate the necessities of life to some
philosophic or religious code of your own is your way to success and happiness, for
without some such union of the ideal and the material, you are likely to drift with the
alluring currents of your imagination.
(Robert Hand)
Traditionally, this has been considered the sign in which Jupiter is most at home, because
the sign and the planet are very similar in nature. This placement indicates that very
early in life you will develop strong ethical and moral principles, although they may be
quite unorthodox. However, those who interpret your unorthodox beliefs as a lack of
morality will be very mistaken indeed. In your own way, you can be very self-righteous
about what you believe is right, and you may even preach to people about it when your
morals are challenged. Otherwise you are very tolerant, knowing that a variety of
viewpoints and lifestyles is necessary and even desirable.
You have a strong desire to be free to experience life in your own way. Probably you
resent any attempts by your parents to warn you away from doing certain things, even
though you know that they mean well. You need to have a great deal of direct experience
in as many different areas of life as posible. You don't want to be confined to one place or
one way of living. When you settle down, it will be after trying out as many alternatives as
possible.
A very idealistic person, you will develop a strong spiritual sense very early in life. You
need to look up to something or someone, to know that there is something higher than
yourself in the universe.
After a period in your youth of being very unconventional and free, however, you are
likely to settle down and identify with the established order. Then you must remember
how much you needed freedom when you were young, and grant it to those who follow
after you.
(Sydney Omarr)
Jupiter in Sagittarius makes the native appear to possess keen insight; he invariably
seems to know what is happening and what caused it to happen. His intuitive intellect is
sharp. He is attracted to higher learning, but his knowledge is not based primarily on
formal education. There is an expansiveness connected with him; it seems to cover all of
his activities. He 'leans into' a subject and absorbs it.
Benefit from overseas journeys is indicated. The native is attracted to games of
speculation. He has faith in his own, personal kind of luck - and no amount of reaaoning
seems to discourage him. This is harmless, of course, if not carried to extremes. The
astrologer must make certain the native does not try to substitute luck for work,
knowledge and determination.
The native is idealistic, and has a tendency to drift along with the tide. He should be
encouraged to create his own opportunities and not merely wait, speculate and
philosophize. He is attracted to sports and would be excellent as a sportswriter, thus
combining literary talents with his 'second love'. He is not easy to corrupt; he will stick to
his ideals in the face of adversity. But he does not seem to have enough get-up-and-go!
He needs a push and very often gets it from his mate. Too often, after the 'pushing' is
finished, marital difficulties begin in earnest. It would be best for him to be a self-starter!
(Frances Sakoian and Louis Acker)
Jupiter in the sign Sagittarius indicates a love of philosophy, religion, education, travel,
and foreign cultures. Intense involvement in matters concerning the codification of social
thought may lead people with this position to embrace some philosophy or system of
thought by which to regulate their lives. Traditionally this means some form of religious
belief; but Sagittarian, intellectual types may take up Freudian psychoanalysis, Marxian
dialectics, or bohemianism. Jupiter in Sagittarius merely shows the need for a system for
governing one's conduct and way of life; the form that system takes depends on the
overall tenor of the chart and the social milieu of the individual, which he may be either
accepting or racting against. The desire to make personal conduct conform to an
impartial set of moral principles brings these natives the respect and admiration of many,
including their enemies.
These people tend to have far-reaching metaphysical thoughts. They wish to know about
the nature of man's consciousness, how he can successfully adjust to society, the purpose
of the individual in the universe, and what is the ultimate creative force behind physical
manifestation and the evolutionary process. This questioning leads in most cases to
religious belief and an acknowledgement of a Supreme Being.
Once a particular set of religious or philosophic values is adopted, satisfaction is gained
from efforts to convert friends and associates to a similar way of thinking; acceptance of
a system of belief confers the security to operate in a larger social context. However,
these people are deep thinkers, and will formulate their own standards within the context
of the ethical system to which they subscribe or which has been a part of their family
upbringing.
Jupiter in Sagittarius gives an interest in foreign cultures, religions, races, and social
systems, often expressed both through study and through long trips to foreign countries -
especially if the natives can afford it. There is also a deep interest in the social and
philosophic ideas that have shaped history. This breadth of understanding produces a
farsighted outlook on life and often prophetic insights into the future.
If Jupiter is afflicted in Sagittarius, these people can have narrow-minded views to which
they expect all to conform; they regard those who do not as unworthy of approval. A
common accompaniment is a self-righteous attitude of the type that has promulgated
religious wars throughout history. Personal egotism disguised as religious, national,
social or racial chauvinism is often the motivating factor behind such an attitude.
If Jupiter in Sagittarius is not balanced by sufficient mental development and faculties of
impartial discrimination, as would be indicated by a well-aspected Mercury, Saturn, and
Uranus, there is danger of superstitious adherence to dogmatic religious beliefs. These
beliefs are inculcated in early childhood and are used as an unconscious defence
mechanism against the frightening aspects of the unknown, confrontation which could
upset the psychological security of a neatly packaged doctrine. The tendency to get
enmeshed in a system applies equally to radicals and conservatives with this Jupiter
position.
(Julia and Derek Parker)
Jupiter rules Sagittarius, so the planet will be a very powerful element of the chart when
it is in this sign. You are very likely to see some of the Sun sign characteristics of
Sagittarius in the individual with this placement. In addition, he or she will have some
superb intellectual potential, although this may not emerge in early life, for this placing
also contributes a very happy-go-lucky attitude, and one which, when the individual is
adventurous, encourages him or her to take risks and be rather careless. The outlook is
optimistic and there will be abundant enthusiasm - both extremely positive traits unless
they are overexpressed and become blind optimism. This is most likely if Jupiter is
afflicted by opposition or square aspects from the Sun, Mercury or Mars. This is certainly
a placing that needs countering by some steady influence from Saturn, or perhaps a
personal planet in an Earth sign.
As these subjects grow a little older, both intellectually and physically, they will become
wiser and develop an ever-strengthening philosophical attitude. It is essential for them
always to study something, as there is a strong element of the eternal student here, and
this trait must be fulfilled. There may also be a wonderful sense of justice, a flair for
languages and a love of travel.
(Lyn Birbeck)
You are an expansive, though potentially hollow, giver. You have the goodness to create
good vibrations, yet should do so without becoming smug or complacent. You have the
morality to practise and promote ethical behaviour - yet should do so without being
sanctimonious. You have reverence for some Higher Power guiding us all - and
preventing you going astray.
You can be trusted to take the highest moral ground that you are aware of; or at least to
find the easiest way out of or through a tricky situation, and to be optimistic most of the
time; or, failing that, to seek out some good reson for or higher meaning to life that will
promote faith and optimism.
You may be excessively pompous and assume a kind of spiritual superiority, as if you
know something that most Others do not; excessively irresponsible in dealing with your
more mundane characteristics, trusting things to work when really it is Others who make
sure that they do; and excessively God-trusting or God-denying.
You believe that life is a continuous process of growth and expansion on all levels of
existence, leading to ultimate bliss. However, if you fail to see your part in this for some
reason, it can make you feel resentful and forsaken, as though 'If there is a God and he's
not doing much for me, I must be damned'.
You disagree with Other disagreeing with you over matters of morality, religion, God,
etc.. You also disagree with taking a negative viewpoint, for that is inclined to remind you
of your own doubts. Be aware that all rivers meet up in the ocean, and that all beliefs (or
non-beliefs even) eventually amount to the same basic truths.
When you are alone, you are probably out in the wilderness somewhere in an effort,
consciously or unconsciously, to find out what you believe, or if there is something or
someone to believe in (any more). If you are looking for someone to believe in, then you
are setting yourself up for a fall (again). it is vital for you to understand that a belief in
some Higher Power or overall guiding intelligence is natural to you. But, owing to the
nature of God, religion, etc., you may have become heavily disenchanted at some stage.
Yet still that inner memory or notion that there is a God persists, but because you have
denied it on the inside you look for it on the outside in some Other. However, being a
mere mortal, Other cannot deliver what you are after, falls from grace in your eyes, and
confirms your doubts. The whole thing could be the reverse way around, with you being
the 'believer' who attracts an Other who worships you only to inevitably see or make you
fall from grace. Your aloneness, arrived at either way, is God's way of getting you to see
what God's truth is.
(John Townley)
You are at your best when sexuality is relaxed and open, not beset by restrictions or
confining demands. You find that a detailed scenario drains your sexual energies by
drawing your attention to performance rather than enjoyment.
A new affair starts robustly without artful technique or subtlety. You require plenty of
good spirit and the assurance of warmth and friendship between you and your lover.
Later you can develop different approaches to physical love, which you both may enjoy,
but first you want to commit yourself to comradeship.
You are happiest with a partner who appreciates honesty, as your direct attitude may
unintentionally hurt someone who is more inhibited and sensitive. In that case, you
should be more restrained or find a partner who communicates more directly.
Once involved in a relationship, you should make an extra effort to become aware of your
lover's specific needs and faithfully fulfill them, even if they seem puzzling or superfluous
at times. Although some of your lover's pleasures may not particularly excite you, mutual
consideration is essential in building a stable and loving relationship.
Natal Jupiter in Capricorn
(Jan Spiller and Karen McCoy)
Static
In delaying or postponing the use of the Capricorn natural talents to fulfil your desires,
formulate plans, or manipulate business dealings, you may experience insecurity about
your inner integrity that is aimed toward achievement. Thus, you can be at a loss to
manifest those talents within you. If you give in to righteous ideas about controlling
others or repress your fine managerial abilities, you may undergo frustration and doubts
about yourself.
Dynamic
When you trust your integrity and utilize your natural managerial talents to organize
what you truly believe in, you may discover that your abilities to manage others bring joy
to everyone as well as yourself. By taking a leap of faith and putting yourself in situations
where you can delegate authority and manage resources, you can experience an
expansion of faith in yourself to use your talents with integrity.
(Marilyn Waram)
When the expansive, inquisitive, optimistic Jupiter drive has to express itself through the
cautious, reserved, and often pessimistic sign of Capricorn, something has to give!
Sometimes the person will live frustrated for years, unable to completely hold in the
Jupiterian exuberance and tendency to gallop off into the future only half-prepared, and
equally unable to stop the regrets and Capricornian recriminations and guilt which follow
such behavior. If she allows the Capricorn to prevail most of the time, her Jupiter nature
is even more likely to break free at unexpected and usually completely inopportune times.
There is something of a clash between the Jupiterian tendency to invest faith, particularly
in intellectual concepts and coherent systems of philosophy, and the Capricorn tendency
to not believe in anything unless it can be eaten, put in the bank, or slept on. Capricorn
deals with what is material, and judges this and often only this to be real, and therefore
acceptable. Jupiter's territory looks like so much hot air, smoke and mirrors to the
Capricorn side of human nature.
The Jupiter nature may, however, invest Capricornian principles and traits with great
value. The individual with this placement is often a committed employee because she
upholds the work ethic, puritan-type virtues, reality as it is, and the need to succeed in
the world's eyes. She may find traits such as dependability, reliabilty, conservatism,
frugality, strong career devotion and ambition, and hard-nosed realism very appealing.
She could preach to others about the superiority of these characteristics.
The person with Jupiter in Capricorn may bring optimism, confidence and far-sightedness
into a bueiness environemnt. She may infuse reactionary philosophies with new insight
and enlightenment. She could express her values in practical ways, expanding the vision
and scope of society's structures and conventions until they deal more effectively with
current problems and issues. She has the capacity both to work effectively herself - that
is, to be ambitious and hardworking - and to envision a better future. She may make a
highly valuable leader, whether in business or government, as she can combine idealism
with pragmatism, high principles with effective action, a vision of the future with the
ability to deal with the structures available today. She could also swing back and forth
between all of these, feeling hopeful and full of faith in the future one moment, and
crushed by the realities of the present the next moment.
Usually, the person with Jupiter in Capricorn has some strong ideals about government,
business, career goals and the way to deal with reality. She can make an ultimate value
out of career or public success, and place all her faith in control and power, or monetary
gain, or discipline and denial. Her approach to philosophy may be somewhat dry - if it will
advance her amnbitions or status or wealth, fine; if not, what's the point? This is more
likely when the placement is backed up by other chart factors.
If projected, the individual with Jupiter in Capricorn may see her father, or the
conditional-love parent, as well as subsequent authority figures, as intellectual, bright
and full of knowledge. She may think they are just blowhards. She could expect them to
have answers and be disappointed when they fail her. She could expect material
resources and career success to give her a sense of complete fulfillment, and be very
frustrated when they do not. She tends to place a great deal of faith in the work ethic and
the puritan virtues, and mau suffer great disappointment when one of life's crueller
vagaries happens to her. She expected to avoid these by prudent living.
This is anohter of the transpersonal placements of Jupiter. The individual may grapple
with the seemingly selfish tendencies of Capricorn, wherein personal security is sought -
but by being competent and successful in the larger world. She may find she is most
fulfilled when she expresses and lives her values at work and through her career choices.
Jupiter in Capricorn is one suggestion that difficulties with beliefs originate with too
much focus on materialistic goals, too much scepticism and fear of expansion, and too
much demand for scientific proof. When Jupiter in Capricorn is positively expressed,
however, the individual has the capacity to be a visionary executive, that rare leader who
has self-discipline enough to deal with the realities of the present, but who also sees into
the future with hopeful expectation that things will improve. She not only hopes; she
thinks about how to act today to ensure that the improvements actually occur. She
balance fear with hope, scepticism with exploration, cold facts with future possibilities.
(Skye Alexander)
Through work, you expand your understanding of yourself and your place in the world;
and some of your most important learning experiences are likely to come to you through
your career. Actually, you enjoy working and derive much pleasure from seeing a job well
done. However, you might become a workaholic since so much of your self-esteem and
your satisfactions in life are connected to your job.
You possess natural managerial ability, have a good head for business, and are known for
your shrewdness, common sense, reliability and diligence. Supervising and organizing
operations gives you a sense of satisfaction, and you like being in a position of
responsibility. You assume authority easily, and are comfortable in a decision-making
role, believing that no-one is quite as capable as you.
Status is important to you, and you want to have the respect of your peers, your
community and society in general. Though you are ambitious, you do not desire glory or
riches as much as honor and authority. For instance, you would prefer being president of
a colleg to being a movie star. Success, however, is likely to come to you slowly, little by
little and as a result of your own efforts, rather than being dropped in your lap by Lady
Luck.
In the extreme, your ambition might cause you to do just about anything to achieve your
goals; and you may believe that 'the ends justify the means'. Above all, you are a
pragmatist, and you do what you believe must be done without letting your emotions or
ideologies get in the way. Thus, others often see you as cold and calculating.
You respect traditions; and unless something has stood the test of time you don't place
much value on it. Consequently, you tend to stick with what you know rather than taking
chances on new ideas, techniques or practices; and you can be extremely rigid and oldfashioned.
The 'god' you worship might be tradition. Upholding the status quo benefits
you, and through becoming part of the establishment you are likely to increase your
wealth, status and / or sense of security. Therefore, you see no reason to make changes
or 'rock the boat'. You might even become well-known as a result of your conservative
views.
You also seek security, stability and a predictable, well-defined, orderly life. Thus, you
might go to the 'right' schools, work hard, plan carefully, hold on to your resources,
invest in blue chip stocks, support the established order, and associate with people who
can benefit you so as to provide the best possible future for yourself and your
descendants.
(Frances Sakoian and Louis Acker)
Jupiter in the sign Capricorn is in its fall because Capricorn is opposite the sign Cancer,
in which Jupiter is exalted. This situation is manifested in an overconcern with the letter
of the law rather than the spirit. However, Jupiter in Capricorn, if well aspected, can give
great integrity, especially in moral conduct, business ethics, and the responsibilities of
high office.
Natives generally have conservative, traditional values concerning politics, education,
and moral conduct. They support the value system of the social, economic and political
status quo, overlooking its injustices, faults and hyprocrisies. The resulting rigidity of
social outlook can alienate the younger generation and those who embrace a universal
point of view.
People with Jupiter in Capricorn often acquire positions of economic or political
responsibility. They will exercise prudence, caution, and a mature judgement therein, but
may lack imagination, creativity, and the ability to innovate.
They have a strong drive for power and status, prompted either by personal ambition or
by a sense of duty to society; this drive can interfere with their home life and the
personal, emotional values associated with it. The corporation executive who spends all
his time at the office dealing with those in power, and neglects his family, is typical of
persons with Jupiter in Capricorn. These people often acquire a cold, austere personal
manner in their later years, and they hide the inner feeling of emotional frustration and
loneliness engendered under an attitude of dignity and importance.
With this position of Jupiter, great wealth is often attained, through ambition, patience,
managerial ability, and the wise use of resources. Since these people seek the status
conferred by wealth and high position, they automatically adopt the values of those with
impressive statue who can help them achieve prominence.
These people abhor extravagance and waste. If Jupiter is afflicted and this tendency is
carried to extremes, there can be miserliness or an inclination to economize in small
matters and at the same time to be extravagant in large ones.
(Grant Lewi)
This position presents opportunity to you from very practical sources. Anything will
appeal which helps present you as an authoritative and consequential person; and you
will follow most readily those beacons that lead to the mountain tops of public acclaim.
You combine daring and caution in a nice mixture. Money is not important in itself,
though it may be as a means to power or as a symptom of success. You will risk money to
get fame or power; but you'll never risk fame or power to get money. Because you see
only such opportunities as tend to advance you in the eyes of the world, irrelevant
bypaths and blind alleys don't distract you, and you plug mercilessly along the only path
you see, leading upward and onward to the High Place.
(Sydney Omarr)
In Capricorn, Jupiter is a contradiction. The native wants to be generous, but also has a
deep respect for security. He wants to travel but has a need for an 'anchor', a place to
stay, to feel secure. He wants to pioneer, but has enormous respect (or fear?) for
tradition. He wants authority, yet hesitates to bear down in order to earn it. He as the
ability to organize, manage, direct; he has great interest in challenges, things that seem
far off in the distance - but when the challenges are met (or come closer) he seems to lose
interest. The astrologer should help him to see the obvious, to keep his mind open, to
remain intellectually curious and excited, or his life will sink into the morass of the
conventional - and, eventually, he will drive loved ones away because he grows so sure of
himself he becomes a downright bore.
(Stephen Arroyo)
With Jupiter in Capricorn, one seeks to grow and to improve oneself through hard work,
discipline, and steady progress. One needs to express qualities of self-control and
confident conservatism in order to improve the self; one has an innate sense of authority
that inspires trust from other people. Optimism and expansion can be squelched by an
overly serious, fearful attitude. One's faith and trust is based on reality, experience, and
one's innate understanding of the value of history and tradition. Opportunities come
through one's ability to be reliable, responsible, and patient - qualities that are usually
well-developed.
In Capricorn, Jupiter is opposite Cancer, where it is especially well-placed and therefore
traditionally considered to be 'exalted'; in Capricorn, Jupiter is in its 'fall', a position
where its innate qualities are not so easily expressed. However, that does not mean
Jupiter's power should be underestimated here, as we shall see in this section. Nothing in
Capricorn comes quickly or easily, although at times one must wonder why these people
make things unnecessarily difficult for themselves. As Isabel Hickey wrote, those with
Jupiter in Capricorn are 'too cautious for their own good'.
The extreme caution with which these folks approach everything, from close relationships
to handling money, is of course typical of the sign Capricorn. Those with Jupiter here
don't trust antyhing that is not 'proven' or validated by traditional acceptance. The
sceptical streak in their minds is pervasive, but they are not without practical ideals! The
fact is that tradition plays a large part in molding their ideals. They will look at the
history of any action or ideal that they are evaluating, and will slowly test it to determine
how much risk there really is. They are not fools and don't ever want to appear to be
such; dignity is immensely important to them. They feel that knowing the risks in advance
is simply practical. They have little need for the sheer excitement of taking risks, as so
many people do; once they have determined that there is little risk, or at least that it is
acceptable for the goal being pursued, they can act decisively.
However, those with Jupiter in Capricorn will take extra risks in order to gain authority.
Oftentimes, those with Jupiter here seem to attract especially powerful enemies, because
of their power or prestige. This Jupiter certainly inflates the ambition, and the result is
well-described by Moore and Douglas: 'Having achieved the position of eminence for
which they have labored, they may be obliged to pay the price once more in a sense of
isolation and loneliness. Then they should try to forget their dignity and enjoy the simple
pleasures of life without worrying about an image to be maintained or an impression to
be made'.
The resourcefulness of these people should never be underestimated, nor should their
determination. They may well simply outwork those endowed with more clevrness or
imagination; and their sense of duty and responsibility is legendary. They can of course
be austere and heavy-handedly judgemental; a Jupiter in Capricorn evidently often
becomes rigid and easily lapses into self-righteousness. Carter, Mayo, and Davison all use
the term 'conscientious' to describe this person; and Ebertin relates Capricorn Jupiter to
'consciousness of goal', which I take to mean the innate ability to patiently act with a
view to long-term plans.
Carter wrote of this placement: 'Reticent, self-controlled, righteous'. Mayo wrote:
'Enthusiasm for duty; expands ambition (autocratic) and organizing ability'. Ebertin
wrote: 'A sense of responsibility, trustworthiness... qualities of leadership, hypocrisy,
egotism'. Hickey wrote: 'A tendency to be miserly with the expression of loving feelings,
as well as with money'.
This last quotation brings to mind the inherent conflict with Jupiter in Saturn's sign; it
can create a tension between thriftiness and extravagant arrogance, or the need to be
recognized and respected for being generous while at the same time wanting to maintain
on's financial security by not spending unnecessarily. Although they are more concerned
with appearances and being 'respectable' than are Jupiter in Scorpio people, those with
Capricorn Jupiter are quite similar in that they may alternate between penny-pinching
and spending prolifically. They do not like waste, but they may invest huge sums in either
business ventures or goals that they deem to be in accord with their higher values.
Essential qualities of the Jupiter-Capricorn personality are precisely captured in Moore
and Douglas's following comments: 'Jupiter-Capricorn people work in a practical and
conservative manner without the inclination to indulge in risky speculation. They conduct
their affairs according to the tried-and-true rules of tradition, and are satisfied with slow
growth and gradual gain. Generally, they flourish in business; and when given the
opportunity to manage established enterprises of proven merit, they justify the faith
invested in them. They want to know precisely where they stand financially and to feel
that the ground is solid beneath their feet. This position is conducive to a career in
government, politics, or large corporations where business is carried on impersonally and
strictly according to protocol'.
(Julia and Derek Parker)
This gives a blend of positive, extrovert qualities (Jupiter) with powerfully negative,
introvert ones (Capricorn). Together they produce a set of remarkable characteristics.
The individual is ambitious and determined and will not shirk responsibility. He or she is
able to work very hard and persistently, and usually has excellent powers of
concentration. Parents of children with this placing must not expect their offspring to
make meteoric leaps to the top of the class. Nevertheless, they will make very steady
gradual progress; and what is learned will be remembered. This is generally the pattern
throughout life.
The outlook is extremely sensible, neither shirking the acceptance of challenge not being
blindly optimistic. Common sense and some caution should dominate, and hard-earned
success will be the eventual outcome. There can be times when the more serious side of
Capricorn will be to the fore, resulting in a tendency toward a rather bleak and
marginally pessimistic attitude or outlook; the generosity and flamboyance of Jupiter will
not often be evident when the planet is in this sign. However, the jolly Jupiter sense of
humor combines with the offbeat Capricorn one to emerge when it is least expected, to
the great amusement of those prsent; it is mos certainly something to look for!
The individuals are usually kind and thoughtful, but sometimes pigheadedness and the
tendency to think that they are always right can be evident. At times, this will tend to
make them their own worst enemies, but these more extreme tendencies usually only
occur if Jupiter receives a square aspect from the Sun or Moon. Pay extra attention to the
placing and influence of Saturn since, if that planet is heavily aspected or personalized,
the capricorn influence on Jupiter (i.e. the more serious personality traits) will tend to
dominate.
(Lyn Birbeck)
You are a constructive, though potentially conditional, giver. You have the goodness to
live up to material responsibilities - without it becoming a slog. You have the morality to
uphold traditional values - without them becoming restrictive. You have reverence for
time-worn customs and rituals - yet should pledge to do so without incurring a loss of
meaning.
You can be trusted to keep to certain tried and true methods and pattersn in one or more
areas of your life, even though they may not be that obvious; to deliver what you promise,
mainly because you don't promise what you cannot deliver; and to endure and make the
most of times of difficulty or scarcity.
You may be excessively dependent upon the rules and regulations laid down by someone
else, be that Other or the State, or whoever appears to have the authority; excessively
reactionary towards this; excesively cautious in what you give out - and then you expect
something back in return; and excessively caught up in the seeking of status, and
overlooking your true worth in the process.
You believe that life is basically a proving ground, a working situation, and that any kind
of luxury must be well-deserved; that any spiritual belief should be based upon and
around practical needs and natural laws and cycles; and that 'by their works shall ye
know them'.
You disagree with fanciful or newfangled beliefs and ideas that have no proper roots in
older systems; and with giving time or space to anyone who is all talk and no walk. Be
aware that today's radicals are tomorrow's conservatives; constructive criticism is better
than outright dismissal.
When you are alone, it is as if you yourself have barred yourself from rewarding and
sustainable relationships by imposing certain limiting conditions, or by allowing yourself
to be subjected to them. This has something to do with the idea that you are what you
believe you are - an idea that Jupiter in Capricorn will possibly sniff at. If you believe you
are not capable of having a successful relationship, then that is what the case will be.
From your point of view, there are probably some very practical and logical reasons for
being on your own. But it is the other way around - you are choosing these restrictive
circumstances, when the real reasons are to do with more emotional and internal
qualities of your being. In short, you attract apparently limited or limiting relationships
that reflect how you are limiting yourself - because you do not want to explore an area
where you have no control. I recommend you to look for the real reasons for being alone
under your other Planet-Sign combinations, especially the Moon and Venus if you are
male, or the Sun and Mars if you are female.
(John Townley)
You are happiest when a new affair can be guided along familiar paths. Then you can
provide your partner with enrichment and fulfillment. In an unpredictable relationship,
you will spend too much time coping with change to fully unleash your capacity for
expression. Your style is solid and substantial; continual fluctuations diffuse your energy
and do not suit you. You need a fairly well-defined relationship.
For this reason, you will probably be happiest with a lover you kow well and can be
certain of pleasing, a comfortable companion who also knows how to give you maximum
enjoyment
One technique that may particularly heighten your lovemaking is abstinence, followed by
fulfilment in a very carefully delineated and predictable fashion. In this way, you may
reach a special intensity of expression that can't be found in regular sexual release.
On the nonphysical level, it is best if you have the reinforcement of continuous love from
your partner. If you can count on love, you are able to keep your creativity flowing in
other areas. Similarly, you are most appreciative of a lover who treasures your daily
affections and is aware of the variety of your attentions, however small.
(Robert Hand)
Your growth in life will come through concrete achievement in the world. You feel that
ideals are all very well, and it is good to be moral and ethical, but you want to translate
your ideals into action. You want to see real results that others can point to as yours.
With your fine organizational skills, you will be good at putting other people's ideas into
practice, and you will understand what can and cannot be done. You are, or should be, a
practical person and a realist, because if you are not, your life will not work out very well.
Capricorn planets must deal with reality. With this placement, you may feel that the
universe will not meet your needs unless you work to justify your existence. This has the
effect of dampening the normal exuberance of youth to some extent, although you should
have plenty left. Most of the characteristics of this placement will be expressed more
clearly as you get older.
You are quite concerned about being right; and you will argue very hard for your point of
view. Anything that is not right, you condemn as weakness, and you may be very hard on
yoruself when you make a mistake. Also you are likely to be hard on others when they
make mistakes. You must work to develop a sense of compassion for your own and others'
weaknesses, for otherwise you will gradually become cold and unfeeling. In that case,
people would begin to avoid you.
You enjoy taking responsibility and being in a position of authority. You work hard to gain
the approval of authority figures, such as teachers and parents; and you may identify with
them rather than with people of your own age. This could alienate you from your peers,
however, if you carry it too far.
Natal Jupiter in Aquarius
(Jan Spiller and Karen McCoy)
Static
If you postpone openly expressing knowledge out of the fear that you may not have
enough to share or that the information you have is not important, you can unwittingly
repress communication of your learning. Personal frustration can result. You may
inadvertently allow righteous judgements about the unimportance of all knowledge,
including your own, to prevent you from sharing with others. The result is likely to be
intense internal frustration.
Dynamic
When you take the leap of faith and allow your knowledge to flow freely into group
situations, you can experience the joy and expansion that inevitably comes as a natural
result of your generous sharing. By not trying to prove uniqueness or superiority and
instead seeking to share in a way that actually contributes to situations at hand, you can
begin to experience the joy and freedom of speaking from higher levels of intuitive
knowing in a way that expands the circumstances for everyone. Self-trust increases as
you use your innate connectedness with groups to promote a natural sharing of objective
knowledge.
(Marilyn Waram)
With Jupiter in Aquarius, there is a double emphasis on intellectual freedom,
humanitarian focus and the need to go well beyond the boundaries that others commonly
accept. Jupiter is looking for ultimate truth, and when in Aquarius may do so in some very
unusual ways and places.
The person with this placement may take an extremely intellectual approach to values
and beliefs. He may believe only in mental processes, logic, and technology, but he could
also be open to New Age thought and spiritual practices. He will find Science of Mind
-type religions vastly more suited to his spiritual needs than conventional major religions.
He may place all his faith in the newest, unconventional, and even bizarre cults, idolizing
the unusual and the revolutionary. He could develop a strong faith in a Universal Power,
but resist committed membership in any particular congregation.
Generally with Jupiter in Aquarius the person expresses his values and search for truth in
Aquarian ways - that is, in ways which validate individualism, freedom, and free thinking.
He may want all his values to be avant-garde, unusual, futuristic, humanitarian - or
outrageous, shocking, and iconoclastic. He may value only the strange, the counterculrual,
and the eccentric. This placement indicates the person will do almost anything,
including deliberately challenge established systems, structures, establishments and
ways of thinking, in order to break free of restraints. He simply cannot tolerate them. In
an otherwise gentle and co-operative individual, he may simply leave to keep the peace.
He may go his own way, and he is remarkably unattached to anyone or anything except
his freedom, so it does not bother him to any excruciating degree.
In a generally fiery or rebellious personality, however, this placement may add to the
refusal to compromise, and the generally mutinous reactions if restrictions are imposed
on him. He may, with Jupiter's propensity for self-justification, even consider that
violence is an acceptable route to freedom, if it seems to him that that is what it will take.
Usually, however, this placement signifies an individual who satisfies himself with
cerebral revolution, with perceiving the world in a completely innovative way that
changes his understanding of many functions, concepts and established systems and
structures.
He may revolutionize spiritual thought, or value ingenious and inventive approaches and
thought processes. He may take an entirely unique approach to values, perceptions, and
the serach for truth, or expect too much from his capacity to be original and to come up
with novel ideas. He probably has a terrific sense of humor, and may be able to point out
the ludicrous aspect of human efforts in such a way that others step outseide themselves
for a precious, enlightening moment. Jupiter in Aquarius is an indication that difficulties
with faith, morals, and beliefs may be due to stubborn refusal to accept the possibility of
a Supreme Being or force in the universe, to rebellious dissension with ideas which are
excellent simply because they are conventional and not unusual enough, and a strongwilled,
headstrong determination to go his own way and do his own thing regardless of
the consequences.
When Jupiter in Aquarius is constructively expressed, the individual is a leader in
innovative thought, both purely intellectual / philosophical, and spiritual. He places
tremendous faith in 'the common man' and expects each individual to expand knowledge
and freedom as much as possible. He supports philosophies and values which are as
humanitarian and universal as possible. He decres racial, sexual or cultural prejudice. He
will teach the ideals of the future, ideals which lead to his vision of a Utopian society.
(Skye Alexander)
You seek knowledge and understanding in many different and often unusual ways; and
your search for truth is unbounded. Unlimited by conventions and accepted belief
systems, you eagerly explore new ideas, and might be on the cutting edge of science,
technology or 'New Age' thought. Because you look at things in a different light, you may
make important discoveries that others miss; and your insights could help expand
humankind's understanding of the Universe and our place in it.
Intellectually-oriented, you enjoy learning, respect knowledge, and are especially
interested in abstract or modern fields such as computers, aviation, alchemy, astrology
and electronics. The 'god' you worship might be science or metaphysics. Your personal
growth and learning are likely to take place outside the ordinary channels, however.
Perhaps you are self-taught, or your education has been erratic or atypical in some way.
You see yourself as a member of the world community, and are interested in improving
the lot of humankind. Your interest in universal brother- / sisterhood, equality and human
rights could lead you to become involved in causes that address these issues; and
working for social change makes you feel good about yourself. In fact, you may never be
happier than when you are protesting injustices.
Often your ideas conflict sharply with conventional ones, and you enjoy being seen as a
renegade. You gravitate towards avant-garde or progressive views, especially in politics
or religion, and could benefit through organizing or working with an ideologically-based
group. However, you tend to be overly idealistic and impractical, and many of your
utopian ideas simply won't work in the real world. Strongly opinionated, you rarely hold
your tongue and are sometimes quite tactless when it comes to expressing your beliefs.
You also can be self-righteous and evangelical, intolerant of people who are more
conservative.
Through being 'different', trying new things, and breaking the rules, you develop a
broader understanding of yourself and the world in which you live. One of your functions
is to expand the awareness of others, too, and enable them to go beyond the boundaries
of accepted thought, behavior and experience. You have the ability to help people see
things in a new light, to make them think about things, and to open their eyes to
alternative possibilities. You may even achieve success or recognition for your unusual
ideas and / or lifestyle. You may break with tradition in artistc fields, causing others to
view art in a new way, and outraging conservatives in the first place.
In your desire to be unique, however, you may go overboard and adopt odd or
iconoclastic attitudes and / or behaviors just for the sake of being different. You love
playing the eccentric, and have fun shocking those who are more traditional.
(Frances Sakoian and Louis Acker)
Jupiter in the sign Aquarius indicates people who know no class, racial or religious
distinctions. They insist on social, religious, and moral values that are universal,
impartial, and democratic in every respect. There is a desire to share and experience with
men and women from all walks of life.
These people have great tolerance, and they understand that it is not necessary for all to
live by the same life-style or have the same value system. Each person has his own place
on the evolutionary spiral of life, with unique lessons to learn and valuable contributions
to make to society. Without these differences, a complex, advanced civiliation would be
impossible.
Those with Jupiter in Aquarius realize that tolerance, respect, and co-operation are the
essentials for a successful social order. They therefore attract many friends and become
involved in organizational activities that are designed to uplift humanity and bring about
brotherhood among men. They distrust attitudes and laws that foster social distinctions
or chauvinistic nationalism.
Jupiter in Aquarius when well-aspected gives an interest in occult wisdom, such as
philosophy, astrology, karmic law, and reincarnation. In advanced types, one finds the
pioneers of religions and social concepts of the Aquarian Age. These people are broadminded
and receptive to new ideas. Many social reformers and leaders of humanitarian
organizations have Jupiter in Aquarius.
If Jupiter is afflicted in Aquarius, these people can be too casual and unreliable in their
relationships to friends and in group obligations. They can espouse revolutionary
concepts and impractical, unrealistic causes that ignore discipline and responsibility.
They often scatter their energies, thereby missing their goal.
(Julia and Derek Parker)
There is usually a splendid imagination and no lack of originality with this placing. The
effect of an Aquarian Jupiter will be to endow the subject with powerfully humanitarian
qualities, and give him or her the need to express them in a positively helpful way. The
sense of justice is also very prominent; and this individual, by taking positive action, will
see to it that justice is done and seen to be done.
Here is someone who is impartial and tolerant, and who can be very sympathetic in a
totally unsentimental way. Many of these fine qualitis are often expressed through an
attraction to humanitarian causes, with plenty of hard work done on their behalf. The
independence of Aquarius will certainly be present; and while this sign may make the
subject cool and distant, that is not so when Jupiter occupies it, for the planet's warmth
and general cheerfulness will melt the crackling ice which is usually characteristic of
every Aquarian. The social life is extremely important, and the subject will no doubt have
a wide circle of friends who will be encouraged to become involved in, for instance, his
concern to improve the lot of those who are less fortunate than humself.
Scientific or technological ability can be present; and originality and imagination will be
expressed very inventively. Sometimes there is literary or musical talent, but control your
enthusiasm is this emerges here. The potential may well be present; but unless Jupiter is
personalized you should see if these abilities emerge independently elsewhere in the
char; and even then you should be rather restrained in your statements! In some cases,
the sense of humor may border on the eccentric. If Jupiter is afflicter, there can be a lack
of tact, and sometimes a sort of stubborn intolerance and an element of unpredictability.
The intuition is usually increased by this placing.
(Grant Lewi)
This position causes you to see opportunity in very broad social, artistic, political matters.
If your aim gets broader than your capacities - and it may! - you can be a drifter with high
principles and little to show for them. If your abilities are up to your aims, you go far, for
then you will see opportunity in all manner of big public things, and the free flow of your
energies in these directions will lead effortlessley to success. Nothing is too big for you to
envision, and even if it's too big for you to tackle or master, you dare to think about it. Air
castles can be your downfall; you have to strive continuously to find the practical (if
rough) methods by which they may be constructed into houses of earth. You are capable
of passing up financial chances if they interfere with your larger aims. You have to learn
the value of security because this position doesn't give it to you. Your tendency is to see
life through the wrong end of the opera glasses; realities recede in favor of other things,
and a liberal dose of the earth is necessary somewhere else in the chart if this position is
to contribute to success
(Stephen Arroyo)
With Jupiter in Aquarius, one seeks to grow and to improve oneself through humanitarian
ideals, intellectual development, and daring experimentation. Optimism can be deflected
by an overly-detached, uninvolved attitude, but one is usually generous toward others.
One's faith is eccentric, individualistic, unorthodox, and unique to oneself. One trusts in
the unity of all humanity and all knowledge, and has a broad tolerance for a wide variety
of free expression.
Since Aquarius is co-ruled by the risk-taking, rebellious planet Uranus, it is not surprising
that those with Jupiter here are usually qutie comfortable taking risks in many areas of
life. In fact, social, political, intellectual and creative risks are stimulating to them and
even necessary for them to feel alive. In the area of human relationships, they will also
take chances as to the form, structure, and definition of their relationships; but perhaps it
is the Saturn co-rulership of Aquarius that introduces a strong disinclination toward risktaking
as soon as they enter the domain of emotions in those relationships. Free and
easy, tolerant, unconventional they can be, so long as they are not made to deal with or
express emotions. Those with Jupiter in Aquarius are often quite unaware of some
aspects of down-to-earth life and human feelings, which is understandable since they
seek to rise above emotions and to seek well-being in detachment. They easily place their
trust in large ideas and plans, but remain uncomfortable with the subtler nuances of
human relationships, unless perhaps they have personal planets in Water signs. This of
course should not be surprising since Aquarius is an Air sign, not a Water sign. But this is
a particularly aloof Air sign and more detached and cold than Gemini or Libra.
These people often cultivate extreme ideas and beliefs, sometimes vacillateing between
quite contradictiory concepts. They are very independent people, even to the point of
being so willful as to be described as downright contrary.
With this placement come both humanitarian impulses and the flaunting of social
conventions. In all fairness, however, it should be stated that some people with Jupiter in
Aquarius express a sort of ivory-tower humanitarianism, sometimes with a streak of
arrogance and even acting condescending to 'less intelligent' people. This must be what
Jeff Mayo observed, which led him to the comments below.
Mayo wrote of this placement: 'Rudely tactless and intolerant. [At best] impartial and
broad-minded'. Carter wrote 'Just, humane, often gifted in science'. Davison wrote:
'Enthusiasm for humanitarian casuses, reform. Expands originality... imagination,
philosophical interests'. Hickey wrote: 'Makes a good scientist interested in large projects
and reform. Expands interest in group endeavors and can work well with others. Keen
judgement and good intellect. Gives originality and the ability to implant new ideas in
other minds. Make good diplomate, labor relations experts, personnel managers and
organizers'. Moore & Douglas wrote: 'These individuals have inventive minds which are
well-adapted to promoting comprehensive programs of a philanthropic nature... often
becomes involved in the handling and distribution of money in the interest of social,
scientific, or charitable enterprises'.
These folks are often drawn to government service, and are what Marcia Moore called
'the ideal democrat with a knack for handling groups of people'.
Sometimes a 'know-it-all' arrogance can be observed in this placement; but also a
courage and risk-taking propensity - based on a vision of the future - centrally
characterizes an Aquarian Jupiter.
In fact, those with Jupiter here are focused on the future. Rarely materialistic, their sense
of prosperity and confidence comes from exercising their unique breadth of vision. As
Moore and Douglas put it, their 'broadened viewpoint introduces new patterns of
perception'. Many with this placement achieved scientific and / or creative
breakthroughs.
(Syndey Omarr)
Jupiter in Aquarius depicts the native whose friendships and 'status' mean much - he does
all in his power to win people, to please and charm them.
Jupiter in Aquarius is the humanitarian. In the broadest and most creatively mature
sense, he wants people to be happy, pleased, content, productive. He joins organizations
to help bring this about; he lends money, time and effort trying to practise what he
preaches. On the negative side, he is extravagant, gives lip service to social work, and
merely broods about the plight of the downtrodden. He can be found working in
conjunction with public projects. He is connected with the theatre, financial institutions,
with publishing houses, newspapers and magazines. His view is wide; he would make an
excellent representative for a travel agency or a good 'contact man' for a public relations
firm. He is diligent and convincint; he possesses charm and a liberal point of view.
(Lyn Birbeck)
You are a freedom giver, though potentially an erratic giver. You have the goodness to be
open-minided, and should pledge to avoid being too abstract. You have the morality to be
non-judgemental and impartial, yet should avoid being distant and aloof. You have
reverence for equal rights, yet should not become bound by political correctness.
You can be trusted to aspire to the ideal of everyone having the right to be who he / she
is, and, more significantly, to be free to grow into that person, through whatever process
of success and failure it takes. You can also be trusted to resist dogmatism and anything
or anyone that restricts the development of human potential, individually or collectively.
You may be excessively liberal, to the point where Other finds it very difficult to get an
honest, human emotional reaction from you. This can drive him / her to great extremes to
shock you into one. You may also be excessively open-ended morally - and unpredictable,
anything from tight to loose. Other can find this so hard to relate to that he / she rebels.
You believe that life is what you think it to be, and so the freer and less biased your mind
is, the more easily and healthily you will grow and progress. This implies that you are
free to imagine God to be whatever you want 'it' to be, including the belief in the nonexistence
of God. You believe in the Universal Mind.
You disagree with fundamentalists who think they're right and everyone else is wrong;
and with anything that denies the essential quality of human nature: free will. Be aware
that being averse to giving a definite form to your beliefs could amount to a lack of
conviction generally.
When you are alone, it is most likely to be becuase you have put yourself in or got
yourself into a state of mind that has 'immunized' itself against relationships. This you
have done because intuition or experience tells you that being emotionally involved with
another human being is painful and upsetting for it tests your theories of life to a point
where they do not hold water any more. It is far easier to keep your philosophy intact
when there is no Other to challenge it by putting you through emotional hoops where
your intellectual theories provide no answers and bring no comfort. And so the deeper
reason for your being alone is that you are having to stretch your mentality and morality
to accommodate your emotional needs and desires. Double standards must be identified
and reconciled; and concepts of personal rights must be expanded to include the rights of
Other to disagree with those concepts. What is contradictory had better be read as being
paradoxical (believing in nothing being a belief in itself), or being a challenge (Other's
chauvinism versus your liberalism, or vice versa).
(John Townley)
You are often attracted to more than one person at a time; and if circumstances allow,
you carry on several relationships simultaneously. And if you have only one partnership,
this tendency will probably be expressed as a multiplicity of sub-relationships with your
partner. You both play a number of roles, depending upon the time and place.
Sexuality is an area of considerable research and discovery for you. At its most exciting,
sex continually presents something new and unique to your imagination. To keep your
creativity burning, you need to find multiple forms of unusual sexual expression, for you
will become frustrated if you continue along a monotonous path for too long.
Such needed variety can be increased if you and your partner play clearly defined but
ever-changing roles. Each love scene should be not only a physical but also a mental
challenge, in which you both participate fully. To some extent your head may rule your
heart, as far as new sexual experiences are concerned. You require more than just a
thorough physical experience to find true satisfaction in expressing your sexuality.
An imaginative partner will be an invaluable asset; and the more stimulating nonsexual
communication there is between you, the more satisfying your sex life will be.
(Robert Hand)
This is an indication that you will grow through being free to find new ways of living and
new methods for accomplishing old purposes. You should not be confined or forced to
follow old ways. There is a side of you that is quite inventive, which can really benefit
from looking at life from a new angle.
However, although you are in many ways an individualist, you do not think just of
yourself. Even while you are young, you are very aware of the groups that you belong to.
You are not selfish. You understand that your friends have needs, and you look for ways
in which you and your friends can benefit together.
You are usually very fair, believing that everyone should get what is due to him / her.
Your sense of justice is strong; and as you get older, you will fight hard to ensure that the
people who are close to you are treated well, especially by persons in authority. You have
no special awe of authority figures; in fact, you ignore the traditional notion that anyone
in authority should be respected. These people must prove their worth as far as you're
concerned. You don't respect tradition very much, unless you can see clearly that it has a
real purpose here and now.
As you get older, your social consciousness will evolve further, and you may become
involved in some mass movement to spread the ideals you believe in. Even while you are
young, you recognize that you are more effective as part of a larger movement than as an
individual. You have a good sense of organization, and you know how to make sure that
every part of a group is effectively contributing to the whole.
Natal Jupiter in Pisces
(Jan Spiller and Karen McCoy)
Static
If you postpone using the Pisces visionary abilities to see through and beyond the
limiting, insensitive social, intellectual and moralistic values of society, it can result in a
widespread state of perpetual confusion. You may inadvertently allow righteous ideas
about how circumstances should be, but are not, to alienate you from trusting yourself
and from life in general. The lack of faith that ensues can create a state of helpless
stagnation and confusion about how to improve your present circumstances.
Dynamic
In deciding to take a leap of faith and greet the many facets of life with a basic trust in
the universe, you cen experience the joy of having your vision fulfilled at every moment.
When you accept circumstances as they are, with your vision on the perfection behind the
appearance - on the Divinity behind the clay - you can undergo the joy and personal
expansion of being able to assist people in realizing their potential. Self-trust is increased
as you use your natural trust in the unseen workings behind the appearances of life as a
personal foundation.
(Marilyn Waram)
An individual who has Jupiter in Pisces connects ultimate intellectual values to ultimate
emotional values. The former operates through the conscious mind, deals with concepts
which can be articulated, and is driven by a need to understand. The latter operates
through the unconscious mind, deals with symbols and concepts which often cannot be
articulated and are communicated more effectively through art or myth or dreams, and is
driven by a need to reconnect with the mystical divine nature within each individual.
There are some clashes. Jupiter represents our 'head goals', the values we think about
and often think we should follow. Pisces represents 'heart goals', the values we feel and
which are an emotional reaction to something. Jupiter values may be harsh or just coldly
logical; or they could be self-justifuying, rationalized, or conventionally religious. At their
highest, however, they are connected to high-minded principles of right living.
Pisces values are usually gently, compassionate, and love-based, and may be too softhearted,
illogical, or based on hopes and wishes more than on fact. They could be selfdeluding,
developed out of a victim or savior mentality or out of a mystical and illusive
spiritual philosophy. At their best, however, they are connected to and flow from our
Divine centre, with consequent timeless wisdom, loving acceptance, and surrender.
Just as an example, the person with Jupiter in Pisces could get into a dilema over how to
discipline an unco-operative employee. The Jupiter part of her nature may feel quite a bit
of anger that the employee is not meeting expected standards of behavior or
performance. She could feel self-righteous and fully justified in taking disciplinary
measures, and may spend quite a bit of time justifying the action and thinking it will
probably do the employee good. It may simply be aware that certain standards must be
met or business or other employees suffer. The Pisces part of her nature will agonize over
the possibility that the employee's feelings will probably be hurt, hope desperately that
she won't figth or get nasty, and wish the whole situation would just fix itself. It may
spend time day-dreaming about how the employee might come in tomorrow morning
magically transformed. On a higher level, it might sense that this employee has problems
at home which are weighing on her mind, or she is suffering somehow and needs support,
not censure.
There are also some commonalities between Jupiter and Pisces. Before the discovery of
Neptune, Jupiter was considered to be the co-ruler of Pisces because both are connected
to a search which often turns spiritual in nature. Both are connected to values and faith,
although their methods of operation differ. Because of that, Jupiter in Pisces could
indicate a profoundly spiritual person, someone who approaches religion with a gentle
sense of yearning and awe. She may have a strong sense of compassion, an ardent faith
in the goodness of God and the universe, and a flowing sense of being a significant being
in a meaningful world. She may feel completely confident that the power which is behind
the universe is always right and can be trusted without reserve. She could temper the
Jupiter principles and logic with sensitivity; the tendency to rationalize behavior with a
sense of deep acceptance; and the propensity to judge and patronize with a profound
sense of at-one-ness and altruism.
With Jupiter in Pisces, she could make forbearance and graciousness an ultimate value
and expect herself always to sacrifice herself rather than hurt another, until she no
longer distinguishes between loving sacrifice and self-annihilation. She might make
victimization a way of life and think that is what her religion asks of her. She could place
all her faith in matters of the spirit and neglect the issues of the world. She could be
fuzzy and chronically unclear about her principles and values, easily swayed and taken
advantage of. Jupiter in Pisces is a suggestion that problems with faith and values could
be due to lack of boundaries unbridled expansion, lack of attention paid to the realities of
the world, and unrestrained expectations.
When Jupiter in Pisces is handled constructively, the individual has a deep sense of faith
and hope in the future which is richly spiritual; but she can, when she puts her mind to it,
put words to her profound understanding and insight. She may be a marvellous
inspiration to others through her ability to communicate, through art, music, poetry or
some other medium. She can convey the significance of faith and the major role it plays
in the healthy mental life of a human being. She brings into consciousness the vital,
powerful and revitalizing forces contained within the unconscious, which she trusts -
unlike most. She teaches others that these unconscious forces are for our benefit.
(Skye Alexander)
You probably possess much artistic talent; and expressing it - through painting, music,
photography, dance or poetry - comes easily and naturally for you. through the use of
your imagination, intuition and creativity you grow and expand your awareness of the
Universe and your place in it. You derive great satisfaction and an exhilarating feeling of
well-being and self-confidence from your art. Perhaps you will even achieve recognition
for your creativity and might get a 'lucky break' that results in your success.
However, unless your chart contains other factors that provide some discipline and
perseverance, you might spend more time dreaming about the symphonies you'll write or
the paintings you'll paint than actually doing it. On its own, this combination indicates
laziness and lack of focus. You want things to come easily and may give up too quickly,
rather than working diligently toward a goal. You are also a perfectionist; and if you can't
be the best at something you won't even try.
Your wonderful imagination enables you to see and hear things others don't - a valuable
gift when used artistically. However, you have a tendency to let your imagination run
away with you sometimes, and you could experience hallucinations, paranoia, or simply
trouble separating fact from fantasy. At times, your dream world and fantasy life might
be more real to you than the physical realm.
For you, the unmapped territory of the subconsious holds great fascination, possibly
because the boundary between your own conscious and subconscious is not so distinct as
it is in most people. You also may realize that this is the source of your creativity. It is
quite likely that you have an interest in psychic development and / or psychology, and see
them as ways to get in touch with the inner realm. You want to expand your horizons to
encompass all worlds of existence - inner and outer - and all levels of experience.
Your sensitivity to realms outside the physical may result in strong spiritual beliefs.
Regardless of what religion you embrace, your faith is an important part of your life and
brings you joy and comfort. Perhaps you will even devote your life to your religion, as a
monk / nun, spiritual teacher or leader. In the extreme, you might become so fervent in
your belief that you are self-righteous and intolerant of others'. Or, you might escape into
your spiritual life as a way of avoiding the difficulties of the 'real world'.
Your desire to escape the harsh realities of earthly life could cause you to turn to alcohol
and / or drugs, or to withdraw into yourself to avoid facing your problems and
responsibilities. With Jupiter in Pisces, your ideal is not to be found in this world, and
your hope is that you'll find it in another, more perfect one.
(Frances Sakoian and Louis Acker)
Jupiter in the sign Pisces gives emotional depth, especially in understanding and
compassion. People with this position champion the underdog and those less fortunate
than themselves; thus, they often work in hospitals and charitable institutions. However,
sometimes they are indiscriminate in their compassion and generosity; and their
sympathies may be taken advantage of. They must learn to help others assume
responsibility for their own lives and learn their own evolutionary lessons. These natives
may come to realize that the purpose of spiritual evolution is not simply to make life easy
but to make men stronger in love, wisdom, and the positive expression of the will.
Mystical tendencies and emotional religious convictions go with this position. If Jupiter
aspects Uranus, Neptune, or Pluto, there can be psychic ability and intuitive perception
of the spiritual ream of being. These people may have a direct, intuitive experience of the
realities beyond physical manifestation. Their spiritual understanding can be more
universal than the orthodox Jupiter in Sagittarius person. However, their intuitive
perception is not necessarily free of astral illusion, egotism, or desire for glamour.
Needing periodic seclusion, intuitive search, meditation, and spiritual renewal, they often
associate with spiritual retreats, ashrams, churches and monasteries.
If Jupiter is afflicted in Pisces, there can be guru worship and cultism because of the
emotional drive to belong to something that confers spiritual status. These people also
feel the need for a huamn figure or personification of the Deity to whom they can express
their religious devotion. In this, they are often unconsciously seeking a father figure who
can assume responsibility for the direction of their live, especially if Jupiter is afflicted by
Neptune. The identification with a guru or cult also provides a vehicles through which
they are able to express service in order to feel that they are uplifting humanity. When
they attain greater spiritual maturity, they grow in the understanding that their
allegiance must be only to a universal, infinite spiritual power which is the ultimate
reality. It is in this power that all time, space, form, and personality manifestation are
contained.
If Jupiter is afflicted in Pisces, it can produce social parasites who throw themselves on
the kindness of riends or religious and charitable institutions, instead of exercising
discipline to make their own way in the world.
(Julia and Derek Parker)
Before the discovery of Neptune and its acceptance into the astrological pantheon,
Jupiter was the ruler of Pisces. As a result, its influence from the sign is increased, and
indeed it is very well placed here.
The philosophical, spiritual and reflective elements of both sign and planet are beautifully
blended and will be prominent in the subject, for he or she will be kind, sympathetic and
caring. There will be a compassionate spirit and a natural friendliness; she will always
listen to what is being said, and build up a marvellously sympathetic rapport with other
people. This placing is often found in the charts of those working in the caring and
medical professions. It can also bestow a great love of animals (and an excellent rapport
with them), and will help anyone wanting to become a vet or to work with animals in
some other way.
The emotional level is considerably enhanced, and the imagination and intuition are also
greatly heightened, sometimes to the point that these tendencies will be much increased
should worry show up in other areas of the chart. Here too is someone with the best kind
of religious faith - and who practises what he or she preaches. Identification with
suffering is also present; and while many will take positive action to help alleviate it
(much as Jupiter in Aquarius does), the caring can sometimes be expressed less directly
through contemplation, meditation or prayer. There may also be powers of healing.
Self-indulgence may be present if Jupiter is afflicted by the Sun or Moon; and these
people may be unreliable, with a tendency toward deceptiveness or self-deception. They
will make sacrifices, sometimes of their personal success or happiness, giving up much to
look after a sick relative or perhaps forsaking a successful career to turn to something
that is considered to be more worthwhile.
(Stephen Arroyo)
With Jupiter in Pisces, one seeks to grow and to improve oneself through living one's
ideals, expanding one's sympathies, and generosity of spirit. One needs to be
compassionate and sensitive in order to feel faith in oneself. Acting on the need for selfimprovement
can be hindered by unfocused, noncritical attitudes and escapism.
Openness to grace is based on one's compassion toward all that suffers. One has a welldeveloped
trust in a higher power; one understands the importance of devotion to an
ideal and openness to the spiritual dimension of experience.
As one might expect when Jupiter is 'dignified' in Pisces, the sign of compassion and
devotion, there is a considerable idealism and desire to be of service to the helpless.
Jupiter in Pisces also brings a need to take risks - and even bear severe criticism - in
order to promote a greater cause, goal, or vision. There is often an image of nobility and
dignity that these people exude, an aura which may help to relatively easy acceptance by
others. Actors with this placement may emanate a large, expansive, impressive energy.
The placement also brings imaginative and inventive abilities. Many people with Jupiter
in Pisces have made great contributions to science.
Carter wrote of this placement: 'Pleasant, easy-going, friendly; devoted to philanthropy
and public work'. Ebertin wrote: 'Altruism, kind-heartedness, contentment in modest
circumstances, a love of solitutde and quiet happiness... impressionabilty'. Davison wrote:
'Enthusiasm for public welfare, healing; a mind that is sympathetic, receptive,
impressionable (vacillating). Hickey wrote: 'Interest strong in occult and psychic laws.
Can work well with people, for there is a deep understanding of their needs. Emotion and
sympathy must enter into his work, or he will not be happy'. Moore & Douglas wrote:
'The Piscean influence toward introspection is not incompatible with Jupiterian
expansiveness. The lesson of this combination is that real growth must imply an evolution
of consciousness... and that inner and outer processes are carried forward
simultaneously'. Mayo wrote: 'Benevolent, genial, humorous; or extravagant, unreliable,
over-imaginative'.
The tendency just mentioned by Mayo toward possible extravagance can indeed manifest
in a minority of cases as an over-inflated ego, sometimes leading to quite destructive
consequences. Keeping one's feet on the ground may be the hardest challenge for those
with this position. They can float away into dreams of personal glory; they can become
lost in self-aggrandizement posing as big-heartedness; or they can indulge themselves in
exaggerated, mythologized versions of their lives. In some cases of more ordinary
mortals, they can 'go to pieces' if their lifestyle, marriage, or job to which they have been
devoted disintegrates, resulting in disorientation, escapism, and difficulty coping with
reality.
Self-esteem and confidence for most of these people, however, slowly develops over time
as they align themselves with a spiritual, social, or artistic ideal. As Moore and Douglas
implied in the quotation listed earlier, growth, personal progress and improvement are
for them intimately connected with the development of higher and / or broader
consciousness. These folks are usually future-oriented people, and almost invariably they
have some kind of special imagination, intuitive understanding of life, or breadth of vision
that can inspire themselves and others, and which they need to act upon throughout their
lives if they are going to feel prosperous and successful. As Moore and Douglas explain,
'success' for those with Jupiter in Pisces has little to do with money or material goods:
'...considerably less money-minded than those with Jupiter in Earth signs. They are not as
likely to see life in terms of material failure and success because they care too much for
their own serenity to sell their souls to the jealous gods of commerce. They want to know
what life means, and if the earning of money is less meaningful to them than having the
leisure to enjoy what nature has gratuitously given, they will turn disdainfuly from the
struggle to accumulate possessions to the search for inner fulfillment. Periodically, these
types of people need to escape from themselves altogether and return to nature. Music,
open spaces, and beautiful scenery benefit their health more than any tonic. A sea voyage
or a vacation by the water may also restore their jaded nerves. They should habitually set
aside times of peace and solitude for quiet meditation'.
(Grant Lewi)
Opportunity will appeal to you directly as it relates to your own private dream of selfjustification.
You can pass by material gain if there's something undesirable connected
with it. You can neglect doing for others if you don't happen to want to. You may seem
capricious or whimsical in your selections, but there is nothing whimsical about them to
you: every choice is related to a fixed code which no-one may know about but yourself,
but which is crystal clear to you. If this code is big and unselfish, your whole life will be a
miracle of serive. If it is little and narrow, your life will also be a miracle of service - to
yourself. To be satisfied with that which also satisfies others is your key to success and
happiness, for thus you overcome the tendency of this position to introversion, and allow
the genial Jupiterian qualities to shine forth through the sign, which, in its best
manifestation, gives you the power to lose yourself in large, humane ideals.
(Syndey Omarr)
In Pisces, Jupiter represents the native who is kind, charitable, hospitable, sympathetic to
problems of others - and then appears absentminded when it comes to solving his own
troubles. He is much concerned with ideals, honor, 'doing his best'. He is in danger of
attracting 'inferiors' who become parasites, living off his good name and good will. This
applies especially to relations with members of the opposite sex. The astrologer should
help him put more 'steel' into his make-up, and help him overcome a fear of asserting
himself.
The native doesn't often reveal his private visions, dreams, ambitions and feelings. Thus,
it is not easy to know what pleases him and what offends him. The astrologer would prove
helpful if he encouraged the native toward a greater degree of self-expression. His
friends are often connected with institutions such as hospitals, charitable organizations,
etc.. He works well with groups, and is apt to become lonely and depressed when
struggling alone. He has the ability to fulfill his ambitions, once he clearly defines them
and discovers where they lie, and where they eventually are going to take him. He takes a
great interest in reading, acquiring knowledge on his own, and then confiding in a few
trusted friends. It is important that he find the proper environment. Otherwise he suffers,
usually in silence.
(Lyn Birbeck)
You are an unconditional, though potentially whimsical, giver. You have the goodness to
give up the lesser for the sake of the greater - and to avoid self-pity. You have the
morality to follow your heart in your relationships - yet should pledge to avoid being selfdeluding.
You have reverence for the best in human nature - yet should pledge to avoid
being gullible.
You can be trusted to appreciate the sensitive and soulful in Other and to respond to
them in a creative and imaginative way; to be kind and compassionate towards any
suffering; and to put your own needs and fears on hold when Other's state or
circumstances genuinely require help and reassurance.
You may be excessively fantasy-prone - entertaining very unreal possibilities concerning
Other; excessively emotional, and inclined to allow yourself precariously to be carried
along by the tide of events; and excessively indiscriminate and impractical when it comes
to understanding the wider implications of succumbing to what Other needs or promises.
You believe in rapture as the main indicator of anything or anyone being of true and
lasting value. Such feelings would include blissful extremes of sorrow and pain or
poignancy. You also believe that compassion, when all is said or done, is the ultimate
response to the human condition. You disagree with anything or anyone that does not
include a sense of the sublime; and you disagree with a clinical approach to the human
condition. Be aware that fervour, especially of the religious variety, although so
convincing at the time, can often lead to disaster.
When you are alone, it is because you have over-emphasized or under-emphasized the
expression of the above traits. If you have over-emphasized, you have been misguidedly
wearing your heart on your sleeve at the same time as not being aware of the weaknesses
and shortcomings of human nature. Consequently, you have been let down and hurt,
leaving you to retreat into your own grotto of self-protection. But the best protection for
the heart is that it be strong in the faith that all is for the best, and to eliminate selfimportance.
If you have under-emphasized the above-described qualities (quite possibly
as a result of over-emphasizing them), you have therefore limited your possibilities to the
point of being emotionally unavailable. Thie would be a case of your not being prepared
to take the highs with the lows and settling for the safe and mediocre - which amounts to
being alone or stuck with an oppressive or boring Other. Jupiter in Pisces is very much a
case of 'Take away my demons and you take away my angels' as Dante so exquisitely put
it.
(John Townley)
You are happiest when love follows its own course and takes you along for the
exhilarating ride. Questioning and examining your motives in an affair tends to interfere
with its natural rhythm and direction. Such close examination may cause you to lose the
thread of your affections.
Although you are happiest when you follow your intuition and feelings, do not act entirely
blindly. Set certain limitations, then stop and take a second look before going on. This
procedure still encourages spontaneity but at the same time protects you from occasional
predatory lovers who may try to take advantage of your easygoing nature and generous
style.
Do not be surprised if letting yourself go leads you into unusual or unexplored areas of
the imagination. You should not restrict yourself sexually on the basis of other styles or
moralities. Your criterion should be whatever gives you and your lover the most
enjoyment.
You may enjoy letting yourself be carried along in a love experience, taking emotional
and psychic inspiration from your lover. Your sexuality is not actively aggressive but
subtle, uncovering the little-known hidden areas of sensuality. These secret recesses are
a reminder to both of you of the infinite complexities to be enjoyed when body and spirit
are entwined in the physical and emotional act of love.
(Robert Hand)
This is a sign that you should serve others and in some way put others' interests before
your own. However, there are some difficulties in finding the proper balance, because at
the same time you should not deny your own satisfaction and gratification. What you give
to others must be given willingly. If it is given in a spirit of martyrdom and self-sacrifice,
it will not be much help to those who receive it. When you can honestly give of yourself
and what you have, you feel good and you enjoy doing it. This is what you must try to
attain.
An idealist, you are easily disappointed when reality does not live up to your
expectations. You must learn that you can't assume that the universe will live up to your
ideals. You will have to create these ideals in your own life by making them real for
yourself and others.
As you get older, you will develop a strong spiritual awareness, which may or may not
surface as an interest in traditional religion. However, it will influence your perception of
the world very strongly. Even if you do not actively believe in a particular religion, you
will be concerned with an aspect of the universe that is higher than everyday material
reality.
It is a good idea to go off by yourself now and then and be alone with your thoughts,
because the confusion and hustle of the everyday world can make you lose your
perspective. You need a quiet atmosphere to find out what is really important to you.
When you are alone, you may have some of the most important experiences of your life.
JUPITER BY HOUSE
Natal Jupiter in 1st House
(Stephanie Camilleri)
People with Jupiter rising always have the courage of their convictions, and often great
physical courage as well. Often they are engaged in a lifelong pursuit or truth through
systems and ideas. They are natural philosophers, seekers of wisdom. Because they love
the truth and seek it, for themselves, they scorn lies and will rarely tell a genuine lie,
though they will often stretch the mundane truth so much in the telling that a lessimaginative
eyewitness has a hard time recognizing it. They are boiling over with creative
imagination, and must have some area in which to use it, or they will drive their loved
ones crazy. This is an ideal position for a salesman, politician, or minister. It is also
excellent for a writer, artist, or performer.
Generally good to look at, with an appearance handsome, noble, or dignified rather than
'cute', Jupiter gives them a charisma that outshines any physical imperfection. They have
an innate sense of style and generally dress to perfection, except in cases where the
truth-seeking scorns the material level to too great an extent, causing him or her to scorn
mere appearance; or to the opposite extreme, where Jupiter becomes overblown by
aspects of the Moon, Sun, Neptune or Venus, causing him or her to overdress, overeat,
and overdo in all areas of self-gratification. These people's delight in 'dressing up'
extends into adulthood; and they love to get in costume for plays, masquerades, parties,
and so forth.
They are always charming, good storytellers, and, in most cases, good listeners as well.
They are born diplomats, courteous, at ease with all kinds of people, the life of any party.
They are usually witty and entertaining speakers, but so generous in spirit that, unless
other placements harden the ego, they will rarely keep the center of the stage for longer
than is their fair share.
They are proud, sometimes to a fault - usually too proud to stoop to low behavior of any
kind, although the definition of what constitutes low behavior will vary from one
individual to another. Their only readl faults are their lack of humility and a tendency to
go to extremes. They believe in themselves and the rightness of what they do, and are not
inclined to question themselves. If they achieve power, they are generally noble in
exercising it, unless aspects in the chart show a tendency to go to extremes in selfindulgent.
In that case, teh added power can make them grotesque in their hedonism.
Jupiter rising is often the sign of one who does it all by himself or herself ('Operation
Bootstraps;), not because there is no-one to help, but because he or she is too proud to
ask. These people sometimes get furthest by working for a cause, as they are perfectly
capable of asking when it is for someone else.
If Jupiter is isolated - not related to other planets by aspect - they will tend to isolate
themselves from the rest of the world, setting themselves up as higher somehow, wiser,
more honorable, more worthy in some way, not condescending to associate with the
lesser folk around them; kind and responsive to those who seek them out, but disdaining
to seek out others themselves.
Jupiter rising can be the sign of those whose father failed to give them enough love,
wisdom, or financial security, so that they are forced to seek it elsewhere and secure it
for themselves. The lifetime search for truth can also be a lifetime search for a father
figure, a guru, a patron - one who knows and cares.
(Bill Herbst)
Self-expression: With Jupiter in the 1st house, there is wide scope, a sense of bigness to
the natural expression of personality. You are gregarious and generous in spontaneous
expression, holding back little and amplifying almost everything. The breadth can be
profound or simply extravagant; and there is a tendency toward the pitfall of
exaggeration. You're very social in your orientation, passing up few opportunities to
express yourself in group situations. It's as if you feel more comfortable when there is a
group audience; it draws out the natural buoyancy of your expression. Often, you'll find
yourself projecting a positive self-image toward others even when your inner world is
depressed or you're feeling pessimistic. The challenge is to let your personality maintain
optimism.
Natural persona: Easy expression characterizes Jupiter in the 1st. The face here is
intelligent, positive, and generally winning, although excessive posturing and calculated
opportunism can sometimes cloud the image.
Your name-tag says 'I am social and friendly, open and honest, and very wise. Trust and
believe me, even if I exaggerate my own self-importance'.
Self-awareness: You become aware of your inner self by radiating generosity, social
conscience, and a positive, philosophical worldview. You are most aware of yourself in
social or group settings; but even when you're alone, you often 'pretend' to be in the
presence of others. It's as if you're preparing behind the scenes, practising your lines, for
this process births your self-awareness. Similarly, you're likely to spend much time
examining social issues; and when you embrace a broadly philosophical perspective, selfawareness
grows. It's not necessary that you work at wisdom; simply let it happen.
Boundaries: Enthusiasm and an easy, flowing feel for socail process keep your internal
and external worlds linked. Inhibition, restraint, or pessimism split the worlds apart, but
inflated ego and careless exaggeration confound the clarity between the two, resulting in
wasted opportunities and unfulfilled promise. Others tend to trust you; do not break that
trust. The challenge is to radiate buoyancy and a visionary social awareness without
pretence. Let your perspectives grow naturally; don't push them to distortion.
Vitality: With Jupiter, the 1st house indications around vitality are generally positive, with
a large and resurgent life force; but there is a marked leaning toward excessive
pleasures, and a specific tendency toward obesity, with vulnerability in the bodily
regulators of growth. The liver is an especially important and sensitive organ. As with
Venus, you must learn moderation in all things; but what is most necessary is a sense of
broad stimulation: too much of any one thing can blow you out.
(Robert Pelletier)
You are the supreme optimist, long on enthusiasm but a bit short on applying yourself to
your goals. You are overly generous, and thus lose out on many benefits you've earned.
Everything you do is in a broad perspective, and you are often embarrassed beacuse you
cannot live up to your own expectations. You tend to overextend yourself in grandiose
schemes, but you believe in yourself and refuse to accept defeat. You sometimes find it
difficult to focus on a subject, because your interest wanders. You eagerly absorb every
bit of information, for you know your career will benefit if you are well-informed. You will
also derive greater self-confidence, for you know you can accept increased responsibility.
People look to you for help with their major problems. You feel a strong spiritual
responsibility to help others; and you derive much inner satisfaction from exploiting your
creative talents in this way. You hope your children will also learn generosity and find
enrichment in giving of themselves.
Your understanding goes beyond your immediate circle of friends. You relate easily to
everyone, regardless of his or her social circumstances. You don't classify people
according to their social, religious or political affiliations, but regard them simply as
people whose company you enjoy. You dream of being able to do all the things you have
had to postpone for reasons of expediency in your career. But your dreams may not come
to pass if you don't plan for them well enough. It is absolutely essential to save during
your productive employment years, leaving nothing to chance.
You are at ease with groups of people; and you enjoy having them seek your advice. You
pride yourself on your good judgement, but you should be ready to compromise when
others present arguments that contradict your position. You can make the best of any
situation, because you know how to make people feel important. Your parents may have
conditioned you to seek their approval before making your own plans for a career.
Though you are naturally dutiful and loyal to your parents, their suggestions or
interference in your affairs will annoy you. You want to live up to your own potentials
rather than their expectations, unless they happen to be the same. For best results,
establish your own priorities and stick to them. You can easily be distracted from your
objectives by allowing others to make unfair demands on you. They will try to make you
feel guilty for neglecting your obligations to them.
You trust people even when you know little or nothing about them. But sometimes you
know more than you admit, and you may try to use your knowledge to gain an unfair
advantage. In such instances, let your moral judgement guide you to do what is right. You
are able to help others in their moment of greatest need; and if you can afford it, you
might offer your services without charge. You are eager to show people how to be more
self-sufficient.
Be aware of your careless disregard for money; you need to be more conservative! You
tend to spend beyond your limit, so keep a watchful eye on your bank balance and pay
some attention to your future needs. You put others' needs above your own; and you feel
guilty about unjust conditions in society. Your compassion and understanding of other
people's problems will enrich you even more than they benefit those who receive your
unselfish generosity.
Natal Jupiter in 2nd House
(Stephen Arroyo)
Keywords: Material security.
Jupiter's position here in an 'earthy' house and the keywords of 'material security' do
seem at first glance to confirm the narrow traditional meanings of the second house:
money, possessions, wealth, etc.. However, this house has a far broader meaning in
general; and when Jupiter is located in it, its range is stretched further still to a vast
spectrum encompassing deeper values, a faith tha the earth will provide what one needs,
and a profound appreciation of nature and its bounteous creative powers.
Over forty years ago, Margaret Hone wrote that Jupiter in the second house could
indicate a 'contentedness with possessions', which is surely a different image from that of
greed for masses of money, which is the impression that students of astrology get from so
many basic textbooks. There is often an inner faith that one will be provided for; but in
perhaps half the cases, the person will use this faith as a reason not to save for a rainy
day nor to exercise purudence with his or her assets. In some cases, a notable
wastefulness is apparent, with a tendency to spend every dollar they receive. Perhaps
some people can 'tempt fate' in this regard; but I have seen cases where the individual
has been forced into a financial corner that is exceedingly uncomfortable by relying
completely on faith while simultaneously spending or wasting rather large amounts of
assets that came to him or her easily.
Invariably, when Jupiter is in this house, it will expand this area of focus in life.
Sometimes, it will manifest as what Marcia Moore and Mark Douglas call 'an instinctive
regard for Earth's bounty', with the person sometimes prospering through what they call
'the carefully planned development of natural resources'. In a broader view, Charles
Carter was, as usual, way ahead of his time when in 1947 he wrote in Essays on the
Foundations of Astrology that 'psychologically... the 2nd has much to do with one's
contentment and ability to enjoy life'. From this perspective, I would say that - come what
may financially - those with Jupiter in this house are always wealthy!
This Jupiter position has an appreciation for form, and for vast, inspiring images.
(Marilyn Waram)
Jupiter in the second house connects Ultimate values to the physical world of sensual
needs, personal finances, possessions and resources, material security and maintenance
of the status quo. There is something of a conflict between Jupiter (and the restless quest
it symbolizes) and the qualities of preservation, stability, security and comfort
represented by the second house. Jupiter is associated with risks. The second house tands
for a part of human nature which does not want to take chances at all, for any purpose.
Jupiter represents a vision of the future; the second house is focused upon the present.
Jupiter stands for the need to grow and expand, to make better and bigger. The second
house symbolizes the need to hold on to what is already possessed. Jupiter deals in
possibilities. The second house deals with what is; and it is particularly intractable in its
reluctance to deal with anything which lacks material substance.
If the individual with this placement connects values to second house affairs, she may
make money, sensual appetites, personal possessions or overall security into gods. That
is, any or all of these can be held to be so improtant that they are revered, idealized, and
exaggerated in importance. She may expect too much from them and nticipate
tremendous satisfaction when she finally gets enough money, enough food or sex, enough
furniture. With Jupiter, the propensity is to never get enough, partnely because it is
Jupiter's nature to seek ever more, and partly because the need can easily get out of
control. In this case, the individual with Jupiter in the second house has the potential to
become a hedonist, who pursues pleasure to the exclusion of everything else, or a miserly
sort who feels she never has enough money. The latter is somewhat less common due to
Jupiter's association with confidence and optimism.
Because the second house is an Earth house, she may place all her faith in concrete
goods or money, rather than in philosophical ideals or spiritual truth. She may feel the
latter are not to be trusted because they are somehow not real enough - that is, not
material. With Jupiter in the second, she may prefer to trust only what she can see and
handle, not something as nebulous as an idea.
There can be a struggle between the Jupiter desire to gain more - more money,
possessions, sensual input - and the second house desire to avoid risk. The individual may
want more, but be unwilling to invest or take any other kind of chance. She may
experience this as an uncomfortable dilmema, wishing she could improve her situation
but unable to take the steps to do so.
The person with Jupiter in the second house may also have some inner conflict between
the intellectual approach signified by Jupiter and the pragmatic tendencies of the second
house. She will often solve this most successfully by doing something practical with her
values and beliefs. That is, she needs to translate them into something concrete. For
example, this is the type of person who collects goods to send overseas. She is not happy
to merely pray for those who are less fortunate. She may even make practicality an
ultimate value. She will not, for the most part, have a lot of tolerance for endless
philosophizing and discussion, but will want to know how she can use the ideas she
hears. Her tendency will be to discard those whic are not immediately practical.
Many people with Jupiter in the second house can be quite materially or financially
generous. Although they will not take unnecessary risks with their resources, they may
have the confidence that is associated with Jupiter and assume that htey can always get
more money, acquire more possessions, and so on.
The second house does represent a need to deal with concrete products. Jupiter in the
second may, therefore, make a particular item an object of extreme value. Books can be
valued highly, or art objects may be the focus; money is always a strong possibility, as
well. Art for the sake of art might be held up as of primary importance.
Generally speaking, the individual will tend to expect learning to be comfortable, not too
demanding. She will not want to endure pain or go through a lot of struggle to gain
knowledge. Comfort is far more important for her. However, some people experience this
as being comfortable with higher learning. And as always, those who place too much faith
in one area of life may set themselves up for future disappointment. Money and
possessions are notoriously insecure. Material resources cannot provide the kind of
satisfaction, the kind of fulfillment, for which Jupiter searches. Many who misplace their
faith onto material goods or money find themselves with a great void, when some
circumstance of life exposes them to the reality of what they have acquired. In such a
case, they may experience real despair as they look around and ask, 'Is this all there is?
Is this what it's all about?' Unsaid is the implication that it is not all there is; but the
emptiness within can be devastating if a person has spent all her life and energy in the
pursuit of goals which are suddenly seen to be empty and meaningless. Many people who
have come to such a realization late in life have died within a few months, perhaps unable
to start over with new values, or perhaps lacking the very faith and confidence in the
future which is the great gift associated with Jupiter.
Some people with this placement may let the part of their nature represented by the
second house dominate the part symbolized by Jupiter. In that case, they are susceptible
to attempting to preserve the values and beliefs with which they started out. These
people may have a real problem with the natural questing urge related to Jupiter, so
much so that they can attempt to squash it, to deny it, to refuse to stay open to new ideas
and concepts because there is always a time of anxiety when new thoughts challenge old.
The second house does not want this time of uncertainty. It wants everything settled,
certain and predictable. Consequently, such people may have a natural bent toward
developing illogical prejudices; and with the second house tendency to get stubborn if
challenged, those who do develop the prejudices are particularly entrenched in them.
Those who handle Jupiter in the second house constructively can value their money and
possessions without becoming overly attached to them. They can preserve elements of
knowledge and truth which have stood the test of time without attempting to keep
everything static and stagnant. They can enjoy sensual pleasures without excessive
indulgence or expectations of total fulfillment. They can find practical or artistic ways to
express their faith without discarding the need for some intellectual and inspirational
facets to that faith. Balance is always tricky with Jupiter, which represents a part of
human nature which is naturally excessive in behavior; but those with Jupiter in the
second house can find that balance when they understand the divergent natures of the
planet and the house, and work to make room in theri lives for both.
(Stephanie Camilleri)
Once Jupiter gets over the cusp of the second house, it ceases to indicate those who get
along on their own and becomes the sign of those who depend on patrons or the good will
of others, so that locating the cusp accurately can be important.
Jupiter at this angle is concerned about religious and philosophical ideas, but does not let
them get in the way of obtaining bread and butter. This is an excellent position for an
artist or performer, as it guarantees patronage and support. It is a good sign for doing
what one wants in life, although, unless Jupiter is trine the Midheaven, it is not so good
for a career as it relaxes the anxious, upward thrust for sheer survival that is usually
necessary for successful career efforts. At times of stress, rather than forge a new path in
solitude, this one often turns to home, family, or old friends for strokes and needed
support. Young people with this position may find it hard to leave the comfort of the
family nest.
If Jupiter is trine the Midheaven, it assures a smooth and easy path to success, frequently
with little conscious effort. They just seem to get all the breaks, are in the right place at
the right time, and succeed more through good luck than through hard work. The further
Jupiter is from a trine to the Midheaven (or a planet in the ninth or tenth, the more work
is needed.
Good things come easily to these people; but it takes other placements to ensure that tey
stay. They tend to be big spenders who don't devote enough time and thought to practical
matters. They tend to be 'easy come, easy go'.
(Bill Herbst)
Self-worth: With Jupiter in the 2nd, self-judgement is linked to optimism and social
advantage. Optimism enhances positive feelings about yourself. The more opportunities
for social expression are recognized and acted upon, the better you feel about your life.
However, exaggerated feelings of personal worth lead to disappointment, for the
challenge is not simply to feel good, but to convert the ease of social relating into real
and grounded benefits. Lady luck is often with you; but do not depend on her presence.
Possession: Ownership becomes an area of opportunity. There is bounty here; but it's
hardly the result of 'good luck'. It comes from well-developed intuition and an equally
well-developed social network. The key is to take advantage of social opportunities for
the acquisition of possessions, and be generous with personal property. Don't hold on,
don't cling selfishly, for the challenge is to understand the fundamental truth of the old
phrase, 'Easy come, easy go'.
Money: Acquisition of money is associated with a positive attitude and the broad
development of social skills. These qualities should be used freely and without restraint
to further social position, and to enhance the sense of opportunity for expression into
cultural ralms of collective involvement and sharing. The pitfall is waste of personal
resources by reting too heavily on your laurels or counting on luck to provide a
continuing flow of money. The challenge is to build an increasingly broad networking
base through continual reinvestment of resources back into the social world.
Self-exertion: With Jupiter, as with Mercury, there is a mental orientation to the effort of
working. But the mentality is different in that it is essentally conceptual rather than
analytical; an overview of productivity is more important than the solution of specific
problems. As with Venus, there is a tendency to take the path of least resistance in
accomplishing tasks. This placement is well-suited to a networking orientation, for the
bent toward work is essentially social in motivation, and you excel at motivating,
organizing, supervising others. The challenge is to flow around obstacles like water.
Don't let yourself be dammed up or bogged down, for the psychological sense of free
movement is crucial. Whistle while you work.
Sensuality: Your experience of sensuality is full and flowing. Touch is seen as a way of
connecting with others; and the pleasure that results is palpable proof of social
participation in a shared reality. There is an ease in physicality, a sense of comfort or
naturalness with your body. This may lead to a love of athleticism, the sheer joy of
movement. It also inclines, as does Venus or the Moon, to a love of good food as purely
sensual pleasure; but there is an increased appreciation of the social ritual of gourmet
eating or the cultural history of food. Every opportunity for physical stimulus is enjoyed,
since there is little in the way of moral restraint; but this can lead to pitfalls of excess and
an exaggerated tendency to use your body to take advantage of others. The challenge is
to fully recognize the opportunities for self-expression that touch can provide, but to do
so in a way that ennobles the self.
Natal Jupiter in 3rd House
(Howard Sasportas)
In the 3rd house, Jupiter has a great deal to say. At best, the energy and inspiration
which give rise to thoughts or words can be communicated and channelled to others, who
are then 'fired', enlivened and expanded by what those with Jupiter in this house have
shared or made accessible. At worst, they waffle on endlessly, more concerned with the
quanity of what they have to say than the quality, pausing now and then to savour the
rare genuis of their insights.
Jupiter in the 3rd also expands the mind. While this may yield an over-abundance of
thoughts on any one topic or a mind which is literally all over the place, it also gives an
awareness broad enough to fit any one particular thing happening around these people
into a larger framework or perspective. While focusing on something specific, they do not
lose sight of what is going on in the background and all around it. Some may hurry
through a book thinking that the sooner they are done with it the more quickly they can
read the next; while others may find that just one sentence is enough to transport them
on a journey to other worlds - and hence they never finish the book at all. Similarly, there
can be a tendency to 'read too much' into another person's passing comment or glance;
and they end up making a Mount Olympus out of a molehill.
One of Jupiter's main concerns is finding greater fulfilment. In the 3rd, knowledge can be
worshipped as a god who offers them increased joy and mastery over life, inclining those
with this placement to exhibit an almost insatiable need to learn things. Sometimes this
position is referred to as that of 'the perpetual student'. For them, life is a huge jigsaw
puzzle, and the more pieces they can find to fit together the better. Each time two parts
click into place, a kind of mental orgasm is experienced. Some may think that they have
to travel the world sixteen times over to achieve the ultimate release, while others learn
sooner or later that there is more than enough just happening between the front door and
the nearest travel agency.
Since those with Jupiter in the 3rd are expanded by whatever is around them, this
placement normally indicates a good relationship with brothers, sisters, neighbours, etc..
Sometimes there is a large number of siblings. However, difficult aspects to Jupiter can
manifest in fierce sibling rivalry or the hero-worship of an older brother or sister, and
later disappointments if too much has been expected of them. People who have travelled
or changed residences many times during childhood and adolescence often have this
placement of Jupiter as well. Usually, early schooling is not found too threatning, but
welcomed as an opportunity to broaden the horizons beyond what the family has to offer.
Writing, teaching, lecturing, study, travel and knowledge of languages should all be
encouraged.
(Robert Pelletier)
You are well-informed on many subjects, but you sometimes neglect to follow through on
a project to derive the most benefit from your knowledge. You are easily distracted by
any new interest, so you must learn to focus your attention. You are an eager
conversationalist, but you lack the organizaing ability to make this talent serve a useful
purpose. You are the eternal student, perhaps because you are still searching for a career
that will make enough demands on your intellectual ability. You could do a satisfactory
job in many fields, including education, law, politics, medicine or the social sciences. You
always meet the requirements of any task, because you are totally enthusiastic while that
problem occupies your attention. Your compassion and understanding will be appreciated
by your mate. You find it gratifying to know that your mate shares your desire for growth
and development.
Because you suffer from mental growing pains, you need to be free to expand as you
want. You know that without this freedom, you would be unable to ventilate your mind
and keep it active. You have great hopes that your children will respond to the
advantages you have given them and will rise to their fullest potentials. In choosing a
partner, you look ahead to see if that person will be able to fit your plans and grow with
you.
You admire people who have distinguished themselves through their achievements, and
you hope to emulate them. You may not choose a profesional career, but you will conduct
yourself professionally in your work. You know the limits of your training and education,
but you also know that you can make a place for yourself in the world and win
recognition as well. You learn from those who fail as well as from those who succeed; and
because you are never satisfied with your level of accomplishment, you continue to
pursue greater conquests. With some inspiration and imagination, you can be the best in
your field. But don't take on tasks that strain your ability, because of course you have
limits. Having your feet on the ground will help you keep your goals within sight.
The best investment you can make in your own future is being willing to use your talents
to help people solve their problems. People usually trust implicitly in your ability to
understand them and guide them in the best direction. You should set aside periods for
pleasant rest and relaxation to help you unwind from the hazards encountered in your
struggle to achieve the status you want. You've set your course, but you can always alter
it. You have strong physical desires, but they are easily chilled by coarseness and
vulgarity.
Stay clear of people who try to divert you from your objectives by preying on your
feelings. Your greatest obligation is to fulfill your own potentials. You are vulnerable to
such diversions because of the conditioning of your early years, when your efforts were
curtailed by your parents. It's not that your loyalties are divided, but that you must learn
how they can coexist. You owe it to yourself and to those you serve to make your rich
creative talents available to the world. It will be easier to convert your talents into cash if
you learn how to consolidate your resources.
Natal Jupiter in 4th House
(Stephen Arroyo)
Keywords: Action on the emotional and soul level.
Although quite a private house, fourth house placements become at once more publicly
attuned (because Jupiter is so outgoing) and more confidently action-oriented when
Jupiter is found here. The self-confidence is often quite strong, emanating as it does from
the depths of the person's being, although it is not flaunted. Just as Jupiter is exalted in
Cancer, so it is also quite at home and prosperous in the unpretentious fourth house - a
conclusion one must draw after considerable research. It seems that many people with
this Jupiter placement are not fooled by the superficial allurements of the outer world
and instead remain quite comfortably rooted in an inner security with which they are
born. An inner generosity of spirit is often also apparent, and - with Juptier's tendency to
broaden the scope of everything it influences - this largeness of spirit is not limited to
family, as one must expect. As Charles Carter wrote, psychologically the fourth house
'probably rules the depth and sincerity of the affections, especially those arising from
family ties'. But with Jupiter there, one might expect that such feelings would not be
confined only to a small circle of people.
These people do need time alone to explore their inner world; and their religious
orientation may well be strongly influenced by their upbringing. With the prophetic
planet Jupiter in a 'watery', psychically sensitive house, one should not be surprised to
find people with considerable psychic sensitivity and intuitive abilities. And, as Isabel
Hickey writes, they are usually 'openhearted and generous'. Although some of these
people do become well-known, there is still something very basic and 'down home' about
them that persists and which the public sees and likes. As Marcia Moore and Mark
Douglas wrote, those with Jupiter in the fourth house 'want to feel a sense of belonging to
the community in which they reside, and would rather lead a rich and full life than
struggle for worldly fame'.
A certain loyalty to and comfort with past traditions persists throughout the lives of those
with this placement.
Reincarnation and karma are ideas to which Jupiter in the psychically-oriented fourth
house might gravitate.
(Marilyn Waram)
Someone with Jupiter in the fourth house may place great value on childhood, mother,
nurturing ability, nurturance / absorption-type relationships, privacy, the family and / or
clan, national group, and so on. There is a natural conflict between these, however, and
the needs of Jupiter to range far and wide, so she could at the same time experience a
great need for freedom from any or all of these.
She may move around a lot, roam a great deal in childhood, or own a mobile home as an
adult. She may want large, open rooms with a lot of light. She is quite likely to prefer a
rural home or one near trees or other country scenery. If she cannot achieve this, she
may wish to decorate her home, if at all, in a way which brings nature inside: lots of glass
and open vistas, or plenty of animal prints, or objects from various cultures from around
the world.
She may make her home a place of continual study, with books and / or course material
everywhere. As dearly as she loves to learn, she may be too restless to really focus on any
one subject for long. or she may have a home in which artifacts of religion are prominent.
She may hold study groups in her home, teach from home or hold travelogues at home.
She may own a home in a foreign country.
Her mother could have modelled freedom needs and / or optimism, positive attitudes and
confidence. She may have been very religious (positively or negatively), travelled a lot - a
way to maintain her freedom - or have been an intellectual, always studying, expanding
her mind, searching for more inclusive ideas. This parent also modelled how to live out
ultimate values and world beliefs. She may have had a deep faith, or constantly searched
for more knowledge and understanding. If she lived according to her own principles and
morals, who provided a positive model, as long as she had realistic values. If she
espoused standards and expectations for others which she didn't live up to herself, or if
she held unrealistic values and unattainable stadndards but refused to modify these, then
she provided a negative role model. Then the individual with Jupiter in the fourth will
have to work harder to resolve the issues within herself. If mother repressed the Jupiter
qualities, again the individual with Jupiter in the fourth house will have a more complex
task to integrate the divergent needs of house and planet.
If the nurturing parent was religious, she may have taught a good lesson on faith. It may
still be part of the deepest emotional security needs, especially religious ritual. The
individual may feel closest to God when in her own home, or she may engage in churchoriented
activities at home, or feel that to nurture others is her highest spiritual
expression.
She may value motherhood highly, even consider it to be an ultimate value and preach its
worth to others; but she will still personally require a great deal of freedom, and cannot
stay devotedly in the nurturance role without giving up her own needs. She may,
however, do precisely this if she consideres mothering to be the thing to do, and
everything else to be not as worthwhile. She could expect a kind of ultimate fulfillment
from the motherhood experience, or even be unwilling to give up the childhood
experience because it was valued so highly. Being a baby, being taken care of by others,
may also become an ultimate value!
This can be a difficult combination, because Jupiter represents an intellectual drive which
requires and desires great freedom to range as widely as possible and to take risks in the
quest for more knowledge, or more of anything. The fourth house, on the other hand,
symbolizes the urge for absorbing closeness, confinement, and complete emotional
security and safety. The individual with Jupiter in the fourth may therefore place a great
value on her home, and feel that a warm nest is a necessity. Yet contentment can elude
her if, the moment she settles in, she begins to feel too confined and becomes agitated
and feels smothered. Some people deal with this by having a home (preferably with high
ceilings and large open rooms), but they travel frequently. For others, the solution comes
when they buy a trailer or motor home. They take their home with them!
If she goes to extremes, the person with Jupiter in the fourth house may expect her home
to be flawless, which may mean extremely expensive designer furniture or an unrealistic
degree of cleanliness and tidiness, though Jupiter is frequently too busy with other
interesting pursuits to get too hung up over housework. She may expect to find an
ultimate sense of fulfillment just being at home.
She could have expected mother to be perfect, and suffered a tremendous sense of
disappointment when mother wasn't available for her; or she could have thought mother
was a perfectionist and had overly-high expectations. She may have thought mother was
an ideal parent, only to be disappointed as she grew up and noticed some shortcomings.
Mother may have even set herself up as God, or as a guru with all the answers. Or she
may have been an excellent role model for optimism, high principles and enthusiasm for
living and learning, or for sports. She might have eventually revealed herself to be
hypocritical, cavalier, dishonest or foolish. She may have had extremely high standards
for herself in the role of mother, perhaps even extreme, expecting herself to never let the
children down over anything. Or she may have acted harshly to protect her own rights yet
not expected or allowed others to have theri own ideas, input or rights.
The individual who handles the drives of Jupiter in the fourth house effectively can search
for deep understanding and consciousness of motherhood, emotional security needs and
absorption / nurturance. In spite of the tremendous value she places on motherhood, she
balances this with full awareness of her own need for a lot of freedom and intellectual
stimulation or travel. Books, philosophy, religious pursuits or sports may all fulfill her
deepest emotional security needs; and she makes sure to provide herself with them as a
way to nurture herself at deep levels.
(Eve Jackson)
While the Midheaven may be said to represent a peak of conscious striving, the face we
present to the public - and indeed quite often identify with - the IC has to do with those
private depths we may fall back into if consciousness is diminished, a pool of early
experiences often partly hidden even from ourselves. It refers to the fundamental sense
of belonging - or lack of it - which forms the base on which our conscious structures are
built. Those with Jupiter in this house may not have been born with a silver spoon in their
mouths, but there has usually been a feeling of promise around them in their early days,
so that they are not later limited by narrow expectations of themselves.
Although the parent logically to be associated with this house would be the mother, and I
am willing to accept that this may sometimes be the better interpretation, my experience
generally confirms the traditional view that this is the house of the father. WIth Jupiter
here, there is generally a father or father-figure who conveys to the child something of
the breadth of the world and encourages exploration ('he broadened my horizons', said
one client); and although he may have exhibited some of Jupiter's worst characteristics -
unreliable or somewhat tyrannical - he is usually remembered with gratitude.
Home is not usually felt by those with this placement to be a narrow retreat or cosy nest;
the opposite extreme of keeping open house is more common, a liking for company to
enliven the situation. In one of his roles, Zeus was the protector of host and guest; and
his hospitable side can be seen here particularly. In most cases, this was a feature of the
childhood home which is carried over into later life.
Planets in the fourth have a way of popping up unexpectedly, without conscious control;
and Jupiter here is prone to emerging as a spontaneous sense of fun which comes to the
rescue in situations that would otherwise be tricky.
(Stephanie Camilleri)
Here Jupiter promises a rich, warm family life, though not always from the beginning. If
there are bad aspects to Jupiter from its dispositor, the ruler of the chart, or angular
planets, or if it shares the fourth house with the Moon, Mars, Pluto, Neptune, or Uranus,
there may be loneliness or privation in childhood. However, the power and faith of Jupiter
will succeed sooner or later in surrounding them with the love and warmth of family life.
There is a great desire to assist in making basic changes in society, helping to reform it
for the good of all. Artists try to create a new way of looking at things; politicians, a new
social order; musicians, new forms and style; writers, a new look at life, at love, morals,
etc..
The only danger for people with Jupiter in the fourth house is that they do not always
aspire as high as they might, but are so content with the family and community that their
goodwill and understanding can be reserved for just the inner circle, while the needs and
rights of those outside are disregarded.
With good aspects, it gives a loving, giving father. With difficult aspects, the father may
be too self-indulgent, or be gone on business or pleasure too much of the time, or be gone
altogether, although his loss is sometimes compensated for by someone who becomes a
father figure. Good aspects can indicate the inheritance of a home, land, or real estate.
(Howard Sasportas)
At first, the hidden and insular 4th house seems an ill-suited domain for a sky-god like
Jupiter. However, true to his nature, he manages to make a very comfortable life for
himself in this sphere - provided that his home life does not fence him in too much.
I have seen many charts with Jupiter in the 4th in which the people were born into
aristocratic families or had a few well-known ancestors. Through the father's line, there is
often the influence of a foreign culture in the blood. But even if they can't claim descent
from Louis XVI, the last Czar of Russia, or the king of the gypsies, they inherit a religious,
philosophical or travelling nature through the background or early home conditions. Like
teh genie in the bottle, residing deep within those with Jupiter in the 4th is a powerful
and expansive spirit wanting to be freed.
They can invest a great deal of energy in establishing the home of their dreams, but they
had better ensure that there is enough room in it to satisfy their need to move around.
Often they benefit from living out of the crowded conditions of the city, and in the more
natural and open setting of the country where views and vistas are unobstructed. (I
always picture them living on a ranch.) Some may travel from country to country looking
for their spiritual home. Rather than aiming for public or professional recognition, they
might devote themselves to work on the soul and inner growth.
Jupiter in the 4th may colour the paternal relationship. In some cases, the actual father is
confused with the image of God: he is seen as noble, majestic and larger than life.
Reflecting some of the other qualities of Zeus, the father might be experienced as a
promising figure full of ptonetial and inspiration, but will an incorrigible roving eye and
bags full of wild oats. Sometimes the father will suppress the Jupiterain side of his nature
for the sake of structure and security expected of him; in this case, the child with this
placement may grow up with an irresistible urge to enact what the father has not played
out.
If Jupiter in the 4th is well-aspected, there is an underlying optimism and faith in life
which will come to the fore as the person grows older. Generally, it favours a promising
old age filled with many interests and pursuits. Contemporaries may lag behind while
Jupiter in the 4th is still lively and progressive.
Natal Jupiter in 5th House
(Stephen Arroyo)
Keywords: Identity security.
Since all of the 'fiery' hosues have a major impact on one's attitude toward life itself, one
would be correct in assuming that having Jupiter in this house (the house correlated with
the Sun and Leo) would indeed motivate a person to have a strongly philosophical - and
usually optimistic - attitude toward life. There is in this placement of Jupiter a powerful
urge toward significance - toward 'being somebody' (as in show business), toward
expressing something significant creatively, or toward making a significant contribution
to society. It is not surprising that Jupiter in the fifth house is not known for a humble
expression of one's self and beliefs, for such a big planet in such a powerful, dynamic
house cannot be squelched or ignored.
The upbeat, optimistic quality of Jupiter is expressed well through the fifth house, with
little inhibition; and, in fact, sometimes life is seen or felt to be a show, a drama, or an
arena for spontaneous and enjoyable play. Traditionally, the fifth house rules speculation,
and - with Jupiter in this house - risk-taking of all kinds is accentuated. Risking hurt by
giving one's hear (fifth house) in love; risking financial loss through speculative
investment; risking disapproval by appearing on stage in the hope of public approbation;
or launching out into the world a creative work, thus risking criticism, rejection, or sheer
neglect - all of these are fifth house ventures closely tied in with one's identity. All are a
result of revealing and projecting publicly one's innermost self, as is also having children,
another reflection of one's self (or, at least, so many parents seem to think!). So what
does such extensive risk-taking have to do with 'Identity Security', this house's keywords?
Simply that, by taking risks in a wide range of activities and modes of personal expresion,
we can grow more secure and gain confidence that we do indeed have something to
contribute; and thus our awareness of our inner self and creative purpose (beyond mere
personality) can be expanded.
In Indian Vedic astrology, the fiery houses (1, 5 & 9) are known as dharma houses, and
are thus connected with right action. The fifth house specifically is known for symbolizing
'creative intelligence', which is not intellectual ability but rather a more intuitive
perception with a creative flair. All the fiery houses have to do with projecting dreams
into the physical world in the hope of seeing them manifested; but the fifth house
especially - being the most creative house of all - represents a strong need to see an
effect on the world at large through one's creative ventures and self-expression. With
Jupiter in this house, this urge tends to be even more persistent and powerful than with
most other placements in the fifth house. This house, in fact, has more to do with true
creativity than with fame; many creative pioneers have various planets in this house but
are relatively unknown. If I wrote about such individuals in this book, the reader wouldn't
have the vaguest idea about who they are!
Creative expression can take so many forms that we should not fall into the trap of seeing
creativity only as expressed in a few artistic or entertainment fields, for Jupiter in this
house can indicate an entrepreneurial streak as well, creatively building a business
through the power of vision into the future. Or one can find people who encouage others
to grow or to express themselves, especially those who work with children. One can also
find unique examples of creative expression. Jupiter in this house can also manifest itself
as being outspoken in a creative way, thus having a storng impact on society.
Because the fifth house is known for taking risks, and especially so when Jupiter is
posited in it, we have to mention the tendency toward going to excess through taking too
much risk. As Charles Carter wrote about the fifth house in Essays,
Thus it would not be too much to postulate that the term 'the house of self-undoing' is
much more applicable to this sector than to the maligned 12th house, which more often
points to trouble through other people. Those who have ruined themselves through selfindulgence
and recklessness... will usually show in thier nativities an involvement of the
5th house....
(Marilyn Waram)
A Fire planet ought to be at home in Fire house; and it is true that this is a comfortable
placement for Jupiter. However, this is the house of the ego, and Jupiter is the planet of
excesses, so there are lots of ways to go with this combination.
Jupiter placed in the fifth house connects ultimate values and the tendency to expand to
the ego, self-esteem, willingness to take risks, courage, creative ability, children and
lovers.
A person with Jupiter in the fifth house may value children tremendously and have many.
He may expect his children to be perfect - that is, have extremely high or totally
unrealistic standards for them - or he may project, and think they expect him to be so. He
may set himself up as God in his relationship with them, and present himself as a parent
who does not make mistakes and should never be questioned or doubted. He may enjoy
teaching them, and may have to watch a tendency to play guru, to act as if he has all the
answers. This is a particularly easy pattern to fall into because young children naturally
look to their parents for answers and it can become seductive. In other words, teh parent
may enjoy the role so much he is unwilling to relinquish it later, and may fight the
children when they come home with different ideas.
With Jupiter in the fifth, an individual may assume his children already are perfect, and
defend them against all possible criticism. He may project Jupiter qualities on to them
and discover that not only do they express all the confidence and enthusiasm and
optimism which he lacks, but also they have outrageously unrealistic expectations of
others, take too much for grnated, assume they aer entitled to anything they want, and
irritate him with their tendency to preach. It is also possible with Jupiter in the fifth that
the individual may value children in theory but want to maintain his freedom and so have
none. Often this is experienced as a decision not to bring children into such an imperfect
world. Or he may idealize certain qualities of children but be totally unwilling to deal with
the realities of diapers, runny noses and crying fits.
All of this can be aplied to lovers, as well. They may be idealized and put up on a
pedestal. The individual may expect ultimate fulfillment from a lover or a love affair, or
think he offers it himself. He may enjoy teaching a love partner, or expect her to have the
answers. He may set himself or her up as a master who can do no wrong. He may set
himself up as God, or assume that she is. He may demand too much from her, take her for
granted, and have unrealistic expectations of her; or he may project, and experience all
these from her. He may project his Jupiter qualities onto her, and be initially attracted to
her free spirit, enthusiasm, optimism and intellect, but later be annoyed by her cavalier
attitudes, self-righteousness and grandiosity.
With Jupiter in the fifth house, unless there are other factors in the chart to seriously
dampen it, the ego, self-esteem and self-confidence tend to be high. Wth confidence and a
healthy self-esteem, an individual can weather life's difficulties with remarkably little
lasting damage. This is one of the placement which is most likely to have a positive world
view - that is, to have a basic faith that the world is a good place and that he has a right
to - and decent odds that he will - enjoy hiimself.
Low self-esteem is known to be at the bottom of many chronic mental health and
dysfunctional behavior problems. The individual with Jupiter in the fifth has the most
chance of avoiding problems which stem from low self-esteem. Jupiter's association with
a natural confidence and optimism can be of enormous benefit in the fifth house due to
their positive effect on self-esteem.
All that does not preclude problems, however. This is a very restless combination which is
doubly exuberant, doubly positive, doubly courageous and doubly willing to take risks.
This may denote a daring and bold personality. With the Jupiter propensity to symbolize
excesses, however, there isa strong possibility it will indicate recklessness and
foolhardiness. The individual may gamble money, time, or even lives, depending on the
scope of his power. He may place all his faith in his courage, Indiana Jones-style, and
neglect simple safety measures which would make the heroics unnecessary. He may
become an excitement addict, living for thrills and living on the edge, because that is
where he gets the biggest adrenaline rush. Or he could simply assume that he isa hero
and brag about his smallest accompishments as if they were epic adventures.
The fifth house is one of the keys to creative ability; and with Jupiter placed here, the
person usually has a number of enthusiasms and creative outlets. He may have too many
to keep up with adequately, or he may cheerfully overestimate his talent, his capacity for
output, or his worth; but generally his positive outlook will carry him through. He can be
a true inspiration to others if he is so inclined. He can teach others about the value of
self-respect and self-appreciation, and may even find he can do so through the
performing arts. He may have to guard against a tendency to expect too much of himself
in this, once he discovers that he has a certain charisma.
This combination is one which indicates the potential for much joy and happiness. The
fifth house is the house of fun, playfulness and a kind of childlike, hopeful approach to the
world. People with this combination particularly enjoy expanding their minds, travel, the
cultural arts such as theatre, opera, the symphony and so on, and even religious
spectacles. They usually love ceremony; the more pomp, the better. They are also
individuals who have the capacity to offer ego-boosting strokes to others, as well as hope
and a dramatic vision of the future. For these reasons, they are often well-liked. If they
develop their integrity, they will also be well-respected. If they live according to high
principles, they will be highly regarded, which regard and approval can become a
powerful value.
The individual with Jupiter in the fifth is usually proud of hs values, his intellect and his
fatith. If he travels, he will be exceptionally proud of that. He will love to be
complimented on any of these, but definitely has to be at least acknowledged for them. If
he should find himself in an environment where he cannot win approval, or at least
recognition, he will leave quickly. There is something about Jupiter in the fifth that has
the effect that the person tends to truly value his essential inner being. Naturally, this
can reach obnoxious proportions; but whether it does or not, this is not an individual who
will put up with neglect or abuse unless there are other strong indications in the chart for
that. Many people with this placement have a healthy sense of their own value, and do
not tolerate for long any situation in which they are not appreciated. They have,
therefore, much to teach those people who have chronic problems with co-dependency.
When Jupiter in the fifth is handled in a balanced way, a person has a great capacity to
teach others about such life-transforming qualities as joy, optimism and confidence. He
has the ability to draw from mnay sources to make the learning process enjoyable and
entertianing. As he grows in understanding of the need for personal honesty, integrity
and high principles, he can become an exceptionally find role model for many others.
(Eve Jackson)
The serious business described by the earthy houses: acquiring, ordering, and achieving
on the material plane: could scarcely be effectively accomplished without the
complementary creative impulse of Fire, which precedes Earth in the zodiacal cycle.
Before work (sixth house) comes play; and it must be hte Protestant work ethic that
would place such activity under the belittling heading of 'hobbies'. I would say rather that
this house reflects our capacity to express ourselves by doing what we want to do rather
than what we must. Animals, even when fully grown, find time to play, which suggests
that play fulfils a very basic need; in fact, it is relatively easy to relate to other species on
this level. A child at play tries out the range of life's possibilities; and the ability to play
keeps adults elastic and creative.
With Jupiter in the fifth, there is usually plenty of appetite and enthusiasm for fun and
games, as much or more so than when he is in the first. There is usually a great love of
pleasure; and though those with this placement are sometimes accused of selfindulgence,
they are happy to share their indulgence, and are often highly entertaining.
There is often a distinctly exhibitionistic streak. Jupiter's penchant for dressing up here
seems to pick up something of Leo's liking for being on the stage; and this a very popular
position in the charts of actors and performers. Frequent love affairs seem to go with this
position too, as an expression of an irrepressible urge to find even more ways of having
fun.
(Stephanie Camilleri)
This is an excellent position for Jupiter, as its powerfully harmonizing nature can work
with both the Ascendant and the Midheaven to give leverage to whatever goals are set.
People with Jupiter in the fifth have durable egos, and are not put off by much of
anything. They can rise to power in whatever field they choose. However, due to the
location of Jupiter just below the horizon, they may choose to become the power behind
the throne; the king-maker rahther than the king.
Children and young people are very important to those with this Jupiter. They may groom
their children to achieve their personal goals. They are born leaders, but, until they reach
the stage where their leadership is acknowledged, they may be lonely, because they are
not good followers. They are usually self-employed; if they work for others, they will
function best with a minimum of supervision. They may have trouble in school due to a
strong sense of their own rightness and their disdain of low behavior. They feel that the
mighty authority they sense within themselves far outweighs the puny authority of
parents, teachers, and bosses. They have great courage and inner strength, though they
may not know this about themselves until later, after they've lived a bit and examined
their own lives and the results of their choices.
Natal Jupiter in 6th House
(Marilyn Waram)
A person who has Jupiter in the sixth house connects ultimate values and the search for
truth to work, productivity, efficiency, and the mundane, routine little jobs which keep
life running smoothly. This may be expressed as an extreme fussiness, where all details
must be attended to perfectly. Nothing else will do. The perfectionism which Jupiter can
indicate can combine with the sixth house attention to specifics to produce a particular
perfectionist who will readily criticize both her own performance and others. She can
have a sharp eye, all right, but may have a sharp tongue as well. She does not intend to
hurt, but considers accuracy and precision so important that she often does not
distinguish between situations where those qualities are important and those situations
where they are not. She may also assume that it is her responsibility to correct mistakes.
As an example, to criticize a child's first attempt to make her own bed is inappropriate.
Her level of competence is naturally far less than an adult's. That is not the issue - most
people would agree that the child's self-esteem is important here. She needs praise for
her attempt, and encouragement and appreciation for her help. However, the person with
Juptier in the sixth house may lose all sight of that, focus on the rumpled blankets, and
either redo the job herself or point out all the mistakes. Such treatment tends to produce
withdrawn, defeated children who may form the belief that nothing they do is ever good
enough.
With Jupiter in the sixth, a person often expects herself to always do her job perfectly.
She may also add pressure to herself and expect all her daily routines to be done
perfectly all the time, as well. She can become chronically dissatisfied with herself and
her job if she cannot meet her expectations. The likelihood is, however, that she will keep
trying. It may be a long time before she will entertain the idea that she needs to lower
her standards, or apply them with more discretion.
Eventually, as the sixth house is one of the keys to practicality, she will be likely to find
that she is more willing to accept the realities of time and energy limits, and will start to
reassess her expectations. She may also realize that her talent - and it is a valuable one -
for finding mistakes and seeing what needs to be corrected is very constructive when
used in a work context, on objects, projects or even concepts. That talent is
proportionately destructive when used on people. Her zest for fixing things needs to be
handled with discretion: used on objects and ideas, but not on individuals. When she
learns this, she will learn that her ability is only a cross when she does it too much, too
often or in the wrong place.
The sixth house is also one of the keys to health, an interest in natural foods and
supplements, and a pure lifestyle. Jupiter here may mean that the person considers any
or all of these extremely important, perhaps even as ultimate values. She may have
health problems herself, particularly allergies, if she works too hard and permits herself
no time to relax. Eventually her body rebels and forces her to take a rest. This may lead
to a passion for healthy, pure foods; and she may expound their virtues to anyone who
will listen and many who won't.
Jupiter in the sixth is a natural square. There is a conflict between the sixth house
association with discrimination, picking among the details, and demand for practicality,
and the Jupiter association with generalization, looking at the overall picture and
intellectual approach. There can be a pull between the need for purity, accuracy and
correctness and the tendency to want to wrap matters up quickly, to disregard details
and assume things. This can lead to a chronically stressed-out nervous system.
At work, she can develop her passion for deail, and either be an extremely valued
employee, or take it too far and be known as the office critic, or the one who is never
satisfued. She may need to learn to appreciate small things. Her tendency to overlook
benefits (rather than flaws) occurs when she makes criticism an ultimate value.
With Jupiter in the sixth, the individual may expect her job to be perfect. In other words,
she looks to her job for the ultimate fulfillment in terms of salary, environment, coworkers
and so on. She may be continually disappointed that none of her jobs live up to
her expectations. She may leave them - a covert way to retain her freedom. She may
expect the job to be one which greatly improves the world - which is a way to find a
practical expression of the idealism associated with Jupiter. She may find she enjoys work
where she gets to spread the truth in some way; thus, publishing, writing, religious work
and so forth are all avenues she may pursue. Teaching is also a strong possibility,
especially philosophy. She will be happiest in a job which she judges to have importance
and significance, which makesa difference to the world in some way. She may feel freest
when able to travel in connection with her work. She definitely needs a lot of intellectual
stimulation or a spiritual outlook in her work, or she will get bored and disappointed. She
will also need a lot of physical space at work. Cooped up in a tiny back room, she will
tend not to stay there, but will find excuses to leave all the time, visiting with co-workers,
out to do errands, etc.. She will be dissatisfied with such an arrangement, and will not
long tolerate it. Illness is one way to get out of a too-limiting or limited job.
Jupiter is also associated with politics, so she could work in a job while is political, or she
could be a very political person at work. If projected, one's co-workers may seem initially
attractive because of their positive, expansive outlook and ability to see the larger
picture, plus their confidence in the future, their cleverness and wisdom. However, after
a while it becomes apparent that they talk more than work; they philosophize endlessly
but actually produce very little. Or they may make every mistake a moral failure, be jovial
at inappropriate times, or have a cavalier attitude toward those all-important details.
They may make promises they can't keep, or pull the individual into grandiose schemes,
gambling, or rash, arrogant behavior. When Jupiter in the sixth is projected, one's coworkers
tend to be politically oriented, or office politics play a large part in the work
environment.
Handaled with balance, always a challenge with Jupiter, this placement can be expressed
as constant study into natural foods, health supplements, and pure lifestyles, without
obnoxious preaching. It may manifest as someone who values her job highly, feels it has
importance and significance, and enjoys its continual growth and expansion, but does not
expect to get all of her fulfillment from it, nor does she expect it will always be perfect.
She can do her job to a high standard without expecting herself to be perfect. She learns
to accept some mistakes in her work, from time to time. Jupiter is associated with
goodwill and generosity; she can express both of these towards her co-workers. She may
also learn to bring the positive, optimistic, hopeful view of the future, and the faith in her
ability to take on challenges, to the work environment. She can become quite an
inspiration to those with whom she works.
(Eve Jackson)
From Virgo's point of view, the ideal working day would be ordered yet flexible, coordinating
the numerous necessary tasks as smoothly as possible for minimum effort and
maximum efficiency, each item on the agenda having its place in a quasi-organic system.
There would be very little chance of things getting out of control. Those with Jupiter in
the sixth house are likely to feel imprisoned in such a highly organized world. There is
impatience with routine, a preference for working according to the inspiration of the
moment without such irksome restrictions as clocking in and out. There is a need to feel
that the daily round points to something beyond itself, that there is scope for new
discovery in it. Sixth house planets have a way of manifesting in those we work with; and
Jupiter here often brings people in touch with colleagues who enliven the routine day and
open doors to new experiences.
To synthesize Jupiter's vision with sixth house ordinariness is not particularly easy, and
perhaps requires something of a Zen approach, according to which nothing is more
significant than the trivial round of ordinary life, from clearning teeth to filing papers. An
element of ritual can be helpful; whereas Virgo creates rituals to keep chaos at bay,
Jupiter develops rituals aimed at bringing the divine into manifestation.
The routine operations of the physical body are also a sixth house concern; we might say
that ultimately this house has to do with an inner sense of order. Jupiter here seems to
incline towards an intuitive and sometimes even spiritual approach to health and healing,
and turns up often in the charts of holistic practitioners.
(Howard Sasportas)
Jupiter may seem a little cramped in the 6th house of health, adjustment to necessity, and
the management of mundane affairs. But regardless of what he does with his time, he
always manages to make something significant of it. Those with Jupiter in this house seek
(or should seek) to experience meaning in life through work and service to others. Selfpurification
and the refinement of their skills and abilities affrd them a greater sense of
well-being and satisfaction.
As in the 3rd house, Jupiter may manifest in different ways. In a bid to do as much as
possible for themselves or others, some might hurry through one task in order to move
quickly onto the next. Others, however, will apply themselves to any small matter with
the utmost concern and diligence. As in the traditional Japanese tea ceremony, a tiny
detail can assume cosmic importance.
Pride will be taken in their work; and they usually have a great deal of energy to
contribute to any employment situation. Although Jupiter is prone to believe that his way
of doing things is best, they will normally have good relationships with co-workers. This
position could indicate work of a Jupiterian nature - involving travel, public relations,
educational activities, the promotion of art, culture, sports, religion, etc..
Some may burden themselves with too many duties in life and not leave the time to care
for their own bodies. Others may become almost obsessed with health or making the
body a better vessel for the spirit. These people might undertake any new diet, technique
or exercise which promises heaven on earth. In fact, the whole day bay be strewn with
such activities: waking up at seven, taking sex deep cleansing breaths, a two-mile jog, a
hot and cold shower, some yoga, meditation, and then a breakfast of bran, grapefruit and
one walnut. Although Jupiter in the 6th is normally associated with excesses of food and
drink, I have noticed the extremes of Jupiter just as frequently operating the other way -
week-long fasts eating nothing but grapes, for instance.
In a number of instances, I have run across Jupiter in the 6th in the charts of people who
developed cancer; but in a good proportion of these cases they have overcome the
disease. By nature this planet represents over-production; and in these cases, it is the
cells in the body which proliferate. There is an intimate relationship between mind and
body, or psyche and soma; and any planet in the 6th has an influence to bear on this
coupling. For instance, if too much time is spent serving others, then a hidden
resentment could build up in the person: 'When is it my turn?' or 'What about me?
Sickness may be the only way the person can justify getting some attention for the self.
Jupiter asks that we grow, expand and develop in different areas of our life; and if for any
reason we are avoiding doing so, then teh cells in the body may assume the job for us,
and they start growing and expanding. Fortunately, it is not difficult for people with
Jupiter in the sixth to understand illness symbolically and see it in the context of their
lives as a whole. In the pursuit of a cure, they make significant alterations and changes in
their entire lifestyle and philosophy of living. Those with Jupiter in the 6th could be the
people who inspire others to participate more positively in their own self-help. By
contrast, a poorly aspected 6th house Jupiter is sometimes an indication of the kind of
person who falls ill on holidays or trips abroad.
(Stephen Arroyo)
Keywords: Learning on the material level
Jupiter in the sixth house gices not only a prodigious capcaity for work, but also the
ability to carry out one's duties and daily routines with an unusually cheerful outlook.
Daily work, or at least being of practical use in the world and / or of service to others, is
inordinately important to these folks, so much so that they may - in their boundless
optimism - take on far too much for their constitution to bear.
I personally have seen this placement expressed as that most rare of qualities: the ability
to balance enthusiasm with humility. (Even Leo Sun individuals seem to express
themselves in a more humble way when their Sun is in the sixth house!) These people
usually feel optimistic about their daily routines, and are eager to help. As Charles Carter
wrote in 'Essays on the Foundations of Astrology', those with Jupiter in this house
exemplify a 'cheery or philosophical outlook'; and he goes on to explain another one of his
original insights into human psychology: that the sixth house has 'a very strong (but
apparently overlooked) relation with the disposition, especially one's moods, temper and
manners'. Carter connects the sixth house not only with the traditional meanings that we
find in all text books, but also with the temperament, even overriding the Ascendant to
some extent. I would add that it is especially the temperament and moods as expressed in
performing one's daily routine duties that are illuminated by the sixth house; but of
course most of us spend the majority of our waking hours performing just such activities.
The connection of the sixth house with Virgo, and hence with the nervous system, further
confirms his insight; we have all noticed how a person with 'afflicted Virgo planets' can
be 'cranky', peevish, or overly critical toward others. The same nervous tension may be
indicated by 6th house planets whose aspects are less than harmonious.
The Virgo connection with this house also manifests in other little-known expressions of
planets in this house. For example, craftsmanship is often notable in those with an
emphasis on the sixth. This house is also known for an analytical focus of the mind.
Technical expertise and enthusiasm for scientific developments are often shown by
Jupiter in this house. Moore and Douglas connect Jupiter in the sixth with 'loyal and
devoted service'.
(Stephen Arroyo) (contd.)
The sixth house is also traditionally known for having a major concern with one's health.
One might say concisely that Jupiter in the sixth should encourage the person to take
care of his physical (and nervous system's) health enthusiastically, but that - as always
with Jupiter - some kind of moderation should be used.
Craftsmanship, as well as a precision in the use of language, is evident in numerous
writers who have Jupiter in this Mercurian house.
(Stephanie Camilleri)
Without strong aspects from above the horizon, this can be a weak position for Jupiter,
not bringing the rewards from transits that come from toher locations. Those with a sixth
house Jupiter will get their greatest pleasure from the work they do. Most of their good
times occur in the workplace or with fellow workers. They make good managers because
they are kind to subordinates and are usually loved and respected by them.
They have great sympathy for others less fortunate than themselves, and may give away
more than they can afford (unless Jupiter is in Capricorn). They are inclined to align
themselves with hopeless or outworn causes, techniques or individuals, and may sacrifice
much out of loyalty. Their politics is truly the politics of love. They are inclined to work by
fits and starts, and need a well-placed Saturn and Sun to help keep them moving steadily
forward.
Their line of work is very important to them. It must be valuable work, something of
significant use to humanity. They cannot be happy with frivolous or purely commercial
work for long.
A good placement of Mercury or Uranus is necessary to give perspective, because Jupiter
here doesn't have much. If Mercury is not strong, this person can suffer some big errors
in judgement somewhere along the line
There will be more power, more follow-through, if Jupiter is in the fixed signs,
particularly Scorpio. There is little strength in the mutable signs for furthering selfinterests,
but much for helping others.
(Bill Herbst)
Disease and healing: Disease is induced by physical or psychological excess. There is a
tendency to attempt too much in a given time period, both in overt behavior and more
subtly in mental attitude. You assume that no amount of stimulation is ever too much;
that the self can and will 'digest' any amount of experience. Do not expand too fast, or
your system could blow out and collapse, forcing you back inside yourself. The result is
breakdown through exhaustion. Your liver is an especially vulnerable organ. The
challenge is to discover and correct misunderstandings in the regulation of personal
experience. Relax back into the self, gradually exhaling your excesses.
Unequal relationships: You are not especially sensitive to unequal status relationships;
instead, there is a comfortable awareness of the pragmatic necessity for inequality; an
acceptance of the natural social order. With this acceptance comes an attitude of
opportunism, gliding through the levels, riding on Teflon surfaces of good manners and
easy likability. If you feel resentment toward superiors, you rarely show it. If you feel
condescension toward inferiors, you mask it, although not as well as in the reverse
situation. The pitfall involves unconscious abuse of privilege through feigned sincerity.
Don't take advantage of your position too often. Remain humble and friendly, and make
sure your sincerity is authentic. The challenge is to use hierarchies of power for the
greater good - for yourself, certainly, but for others as well.
Duty and service: Helping is natural, a source of social pride. You offer to share the
bounty of your life, however great or small it may be. The more you share what you've
amassed, the greater is your future reward. Your particular method of helping is to
remind us that God is on our side, that within ourselves are all the tools needed to create
a whole and happy life. At times you may not even believe this yourself; but if you counter
the pessimism around you with positive attitudes, then you'll return to an optimistic and
confident state. In reminding us, you remind yourself. The pitfalls lie in empty promises
and dashed hopes. Be certain that your message of good faith has some basis in
pragmatic fact, for there is little in life more discouraging than being told that things will
get better, only to have them grow worse. The challenge is to tell the truth in the best
possible way.
Technical mind: Mental discipline is 'a natural addiction'. The feedback loop of nervous
stimulation and mental activity dovetail in perpetual rhythm. If you are left on your own,
there's little to stem the flow of increasing self-absorption with mental stimuli. Even in a
social situation, once you've begun revving on logical processes, only dramatically
negative feedback from others brings you back to reality. Free association is
entertaining, but not necessarily productive. Lack of precision is a major pitfall. The
challenge is to observe how people behave socially, and to organize observations into a
coherent body of information.
Discipline and routines: You can embrace regular routines, a solid nine-to-five life, or an
independent flow with no schedule at all. It's all the same to you as long as the tasks
you're addressing plug you into the larger worlds of social activity. Your work is not so
much based on literal tasks, although these will naturally be part of your day, but more
on issues in the realm of culture. As much as possible, let others take care of the details.
(Robert Pelletier)
You have a strong desire to have all of life's comforts, and you accept the necessity of
working to get them. You know you will succeed, because you have the necessary
potentials, and you are willing to develop them to serve your purposes. This isn't easy,
however; and circumstances sometimes force you to take on an extra job to meet
expenses. You accept this situation with resignation, since you believe in an honest day's
pay for an honest day's work. Not that you won't accept gifts, but you don't depend on
them. You feel it's your duty to do everything that's expected of you, so you often do more
tahn your share. You could improve this picture by getting a higher education, which will
allow you to earn more while working less, with more free time for yourself.
With your parents' help, you learned to take advantage of opportunities and to grow and
develop from the experience. You believe in yourself, just as your parents did; and you
have no doubts that you will succeed. Looking ahead, you want to do what you can for
those who seek your services. Others appreciate it when you help them, and they are
further impressed by your dedication and sincerity. Because you had to work for what
you have, you understand what it means to be in need.
Although you believe in yourself, you have some doubts that your ideas are as good as
others say they are, and you often fail to promote them as fully as you should. Consider it
this way: if you try them and they succeed, all's well. If they don't, at least you won't have
to waste any more time with them. You could help solve important social problems if you
respond to society's needs. Your understanding and natural desire to be helpful could be
effective tools to help those in need. It is quite likely that the career you choose will
require you to serve the public.
You owe it to yourself to take good care of yourself. Avoid depleting your vitality by
taking on too many responsibilities; and discipline yourself to get enough rest and
relaxation. You owe it to others to use your skills and talents to help solve their problems.
When you know that there is a future for you in the field you've chosen, you will
understand that spending any amount of time and energy will be a wise investment in
your future. You never let down anyone who has come to depend on you; and they
appreciate your obvious commitment to serving their best interests.
If you fail to respond by helping those who need your professional skills, you will
seriously undermine your chances of winning recognition, and you would affront those
who cannot help themselves. The excuse that you don't feel you are capable is
unacceptable, because deep inside you know you are. This is your opportunity to prove
yourself by using the creative talents you've developed. You wouldn't think of turning
your back on your mate in similar circumstances, which proves that you can do
something about these problems. You tend to compare yourself unfavorable with
competitors and to undersell yourself. To fail others is to fail yourself.
Natal Jupiter in 7th House
(Stephen Arroyo)
Keywords: Action on the social and intellectual level.
Although much influenced by other people, especially close partners, those with Jupiter in
the seventh house themselves usually express a strong optimism and confidence in all
their actions. Their confidence, however, does rise noticeably when supported by an
enthusiastic partner or when approved of by the public. This position gives a sensitivity to
the trends of society and to what will appeal to the public taste. Note that this is the
house corresponding with Libra, and although intellectual activities are indicated by
Jupiter here, they often bear an artistic coloration as well.
Charles Carter point out how placements in the seventh house can lead to personal
publicity; and the number of famous Jupiter in the seventh people who have enjoyed
unusually high and sustained levels of popularity is virtually endless. Some such public
figures have not only been extraordinarily popular but also projected an aura of
classiness and dignity.
One should not lose sight of the fact that, as the keywords indicate, there is a strong urge
toward various sorts of intellectual acticity, often focused toward key issues in society
and one's culture. There is also often a strong desire to promote ideas that they believe
in, whether through communications media or through politics.
Moore and Dougles use the keywords 'profitable partnerships' for this placement; and it
is an accurate designation in more ways than merely the narrow traditional notion that
one will gain wealth through the partner. Those with Jupiter here have an enthusiasm for
sharing life and concepts with others. They gain from close associations not only
materially but also intellectually, philosophically, and in character development. These
folks seek mutual understanding in human associations, and they are often adept at
encouraging others to express themselves and to grow from self-discovery. The nobility
of Jupiter shines through in many cases, often expressed as dependable honesty in
relationships, and as an ever-expanding broadmindednes as the understanding of human
nature develops. As Moore and Douglas wrote, 'these people tend to give people the
benefit of the doubt'.
One-to-one interaction comes so instinctively to these individuals that they are often
natural counselors to whom others go for advice. They are good listeners, and they are
often so adept at understanding the other person's point of view that they may also
achieve notoriety as speakers or writers, since they will be able to express what others
are thinking.
I suspect that Jupiter in the seventh is often found in the charts of the spouses of famous
and extraordinarily prominent people, even if the spouse keeps quite a low profile. In
other cases, one will experience a launch into more prominence through the partner. Just
as old traditions suggest, if Jupiter is in one's seventh house, the life partner will most
probably reflect various Jupiterian qualities. At best, he or she will be inspiring,
encouraging, tolerant, and generous; I will leave it to the reader's imagination what a
Jupiterian partner (or partners!) might express in his or her less attractive
manifestations.
One last dimension of the relationship field of experience must be mentioned. Although
Jupiter in the seventh is considered generally to be a 'fortunate' position in any chart, it
should be recognized that Jupiter's scope of action and arena of exploration tends to be
much broader than the more intimate, personal Venusian domain of the seventh house.
There may be extensive social interests and involvements for those with Jupiter here;
much depends on Jupiter's sign, but in most cases, those with Jupiter in the seventh need
to have a broadminded partner who is not particularly demanding or controlling.
(Marilyn Waram)
When Jupiter is in the seventh house, the person may search for ultimate fulfillment in
the love relationship or from close friends. He may expect that love will make him feel
whole, fulfilled and complete. He may hope that love (or at least companionship, being
with other people) will help him cope with an inner restlessness, an inner expectation
that something great is about to happen, soon! He may find someone to love and put her
up on a pedestal, thinking that she is absolutely perfect. Of he may find someone who
thinks he is perfect and adores him for that. After a while, however, the imperfections
begin to show, and the disappointment sets in. They begin to tell each other that they
should be better; and each feels criticized, unaccepted, and let down.
With Jupiter in the seventh, it is possible to hold marriage and close friendships as
ultimate values, to hold them with a sense of great reverence and importance. This can
be a wonderful quality if not taken too far. When it is, the people can have outrageous
expectations of themselves, the mate, or the relationship. They can expect themselves to
have all the answers, expect that mate to be a wise teacher, or find a mate who expects
them to play guru. Jupiter needs to seek, however, to keep moving. If the expectations get
too high, or the disappointment too great, then the individual may just leave and look
elsewhere. Ideally he will realize that he is expecting himself or his partner to be God, to
provide complete perfection and fulfillment. It works better when the partners agree to
share the search for truth and God instead of looking to each other to be either.
Since Jupiter is a key to where we place our faith, in the seventh it indicates a tendency
to place a lot of faith in other people, especially those to whom we are close.
This may be just a positive trust in and regard for the other, or it can be sheer gullibility.
The individual may simply assume that others have his best interests at heart, whether
the evidence is to the contrary or not.
This is another very restless combination, and a double emphasis on intellectual ability. A
person can take a philosophical attitude toward close relationships, or go to extremes and
intellectualize all the closeness and feeling out of marriage. There may also be a strong
value on socializing together, as the couple who do a great deal of entertaining.
Handled positively, Jupiter in the seventh is expressed as a healthy level of trust in
others, positive regard and general goodwill toward them - without wholesale gullibility.
The individual can be generous with freidns, and they reciprocate. He may share wideranging
intellectual interests with those to whom he is clse. He may find a mate with
whom to share an ongoing pursuit of more knowledge, more insight and more
understanding. In fact, this is one of the placements which has the capacity to turn a
relationship into a path of spiritual growth, if the couple is mature and honest enough. As
Jupiter is a freedom planet, however, the relationship will need to be developed in such a
way that both individuals have a lot of freedom. They will not thrive if tied down by rules
and expectations, or expected to remain static. If this situation arises, either partner may
back out and may leave altogether. Don't fence Jupiter in!
(Eve Jackson)
The notion that this is a fortunate position for marriage does not in my experience hold
very much water; Juptier here seems if anything less stable than Uranus; the institution
of marriage is ill-equipped to satisfy Jupiter's insatiable appetite for new experience. How
a person handles this placement will depend greatly on whether the implied restlessness
is acknowledged as a part of him- or herself, or whether it is always seen as an attribute
of the partner.
Expectations are usually high regarding long-term relationships, but can be rather
unrealistic, as is the case with Neptune in the seventh; and while a permanent bond may
be consciously sought, a partner who will shortly sabotage this praiseworthy plan is
frequently chosen. In a surprising number of cases, I have come across marriage or
marriage-type relationships literally with a foreigner who represents all sorts of romantic
and unfamiliar possibilities but never becomes much more than a stranger. In one case, a
woman married a foreign national she had only known for a few weeks. After she had
been living with (and supporting) him for a year or two, he vanished, to reappear
occasionally over the next twenty years. That she never got round to divorcing him in all
this time suggests a certain investment in a formal tie with an unreliable figure; and it is
probably that he lived out her fantasies of a footloose existence which did not tally with
the values with which she identified.
Where the roving Jupiterian quality is experienced as part of oneself, relationships can
soon lose their sap. They do not, however, usually leave a lasting bitter taste, for the old
expectations soon assert themselves again. Obviously, it is possible to find a relationship
in which both partners move on together; but this means a felicitous choice of a travelling
companion. It involves living a little dangerously; but Jupiter can thrive on danger.
(Bill Herbst)
Mirrored awareness: Rather than looking directly into yourself, you gain the knowledge
you seek through relatedness. It is the source of wisdom, since each encounter offers
unique perspectives. The pitfall is that you may be so oriented toward relating as a
'learning experience' that you forget to truly interact with your partners. As with Venus,
your tendency is to skim along the surface, often barely penetrating the emotional depths
below. This can rob you of the greatest insights relationships offer. Relatedness itself
provides the opportunity; but the person with whom you are relating is sacred, not
merely to be taken for granted. The challenge is to take full advantage of the bounty
waiting for you.
Equal partnerships: Relationships are like wildflowers, beautiful and free, to be enjoyed
but not possessed. You flow into partnerships easily, encountering little resistance, and
it's natural for you to regard others as equals. Unlike Mars here, relationships are not a
battleground, but a chance to learn about the human condition. The pitfall involves your
tendency to be loyal but very freedom-loving, so that your fidelity is truthful in principle
more than in fact. The challenge is to experience as much as you can in each partnership
you create, to drink fully from the cup of sharing, becoming wise in the ways of humanity.
Contracts, commitments: You are fascinated by contracts, eager to discover the ethical
principles that govern their success or failure. Your own commitments in partnership are
a laboratory for experimentation with ideal principles. This abstract interest is so high
that you commit yourself on many levels and in many relationships, often simultaneously.
Your sense of opportunism is so strong, however, that while you recognize the
importance of commitments, you may fail to see the necessity of fulfilling them.
Partnerships for you are more in the mind than in the heart, so remember that others of a
less philosophical bent may be seduced by your enthusiasm. The challenge is to balance
commitment and freedom, in order that you fulfill your spirit as well as your mind.
Co-operation: Co-operation is easy for you, a path of least resistance. Your natural
optimism makes negotiations flow smoothly. However, there are potential pitfalls. You
are sometimes so bluntly honest that you offend others without realizing why. It may not
occur to you that they could be vulnerable or sensitive. You are also very proud, and may
respond to ego wounds with misplaced haughtiness. Maintaining a sense of humility is
crucial if your relationships are to remain bountiful and happy. THe challenge is to
develop your natural love for socialization into tactful statesmanship. Protection of the
emotions is as necessary as enthusiasm of the spirit.
Natural partner or partnership: Your natural partner is a person whose nature is
generous and noble, whose actions are optimistic and spontaneous. Your mate is a very
special person, one who loves the expansive sense of relatedness with many different
individuals. There is a persistent wanderlust to see the world; and he or she wants to
share that experience with you.
A natural partnership is one that broadens your horizons and opens you to the bounty of
life. It contains open and joyful exploration; and you feel enriched by its effect. It has
lightness and buoyancy, a sense of flying rather than staying firmly on the ground. You
feel the intangible presence of something wise and good, and it makes you feel more care
for all of humanity. The image is a hot air balloon, floating majestically in clear skies high
above the earth, from which the horizon extends forever.
Natal Jupiter in 8th House
(Stephen Arroyo)
Keywords: Emotional and soul security.
The above keywords encompass the innumerable modes of expression that eighth house
energies take. Generalizations are difficult to make when discussion eighth house factors,
for it is a rather daunting task to attempt a summing up of such a profound field of
experience that can manifest on so many levels. In addition, the nature of the eighth
house is so private, not to mention intentionally secretive, that finding prominent people
with this placement has not been the easiest of tasks. Although such individuals seek
power and / or deeper knowledge, they do not generally seek publicity.
These people tend to have an enthusiasm for exploring the deeper laws of life, even if
their search leads them to confont 'taboo' areas of experience. In fact, far from having
any fear of the eighth house matters which so fascinate - but also terrify - most people
(sex, death, power, psychic and occult laws, etc.), these folks deliberately and honestly
face these taboo subjects, and often feel an exhilaration and inner freedom from having
done so. They have an inner conviction that they are morally right to follow their
individual path of discovery, even if society frowns on it. And their optimism about
confronting the dark side of life is often remarkable. For example, in her later years, one
older lady with Sagittarius rising, and her ruling planet Jupiter in the eighth house
conjunct the Sun and Neptune, told her daughter, 'Dying sounds like a great adventure,
doesn't it?'
Those with Jupiter in the eighth house need time alone to explore things that are hidden,
whether involved with their own inner life or with various types of research or
investigative work. They are dominated by overriding yearnings to find well-being
through a search into the deeper forces that seem to them (depending on their level of
consciousness) to be at the core of life's processes: physical laws (such as chemists,
doctors, engineers or surgeons have to learn); psychic or occult laws; biological /
emotional energies (sex and concomitant emotional urges to merge with another);
financial / economic laws; or universally true religious principles.
In fact, the religious needs of those with Jupiter in the eighth are never completely
orthodox. Their religious yearnings are satisfied only by deep inquiry.
One unifying factor that explains something of the eighth house mystery is once again
found in the writings of Charles Carter. He points out that the Ascendant has much to do
with th vitality, the sixth house with the 'tissues' (and - I would add - the general state of
health, especially as an expression of attitude and the nervous system), and the eighth
house withthe state of health of the 'large aqueous content of the body'. This is perhaps a
far more profound statement than Carter even realized when he wrote it. For example,
the impact on the overall health of the emotions has only really been explore in the latter
half of the 20th century. Carter goes on to observe that the eighth house, somewhat like
the sixth, influences the moods and the general temperament. Carter's connection of the
eighth with the aqueous (or watery) element in human nature correlates perfectly not
only with the intuitive expressions of the eighth house, but also with the profound 'urge
to merge' with others that one finds in those with an eighth house emphasis, whether that
urge is manifesting through sexual expression, emotional experimentation, or devotion to
some esoteric path.
For those with Jupiter in the eighth, sexuality must be seen within a larger context of
broader meaning, not simply as a physical instinct; and there is often a certain emotional
turbulence experienced as the individual seeks to understand these powerful, but often
warring, urges.
We cannot leave the discussion of the eighth house without also mentioning its
correlation with business and investment, another expression of seeking security through
accruing behind-the-scenes power and / or wealth. Moore and Douglas use the keywords
'financial finesse' for this position, which aptly describes the abilities of many who have
this placement. They describe such a person as a 'shrewd operator' who 'can salvage and
turn to profit the waste which other people discard'. These people recognize value where
most people don't see it; and they often have strongly-felt intuitions about where current
trends will lead in the future. These 'gut-feelings' often turn out to be strikingly accurate,
which is one of the keys to the investment success of people who have Jupiter here.
(Marilyn Waram)
Jupiter in the eighth house is a likely indication that the individual has a general attitude
of optimism toward emotionally intimate relationships, self-transformation and joint
resources. She may have a strong drive to study and increase her understanding of the
dynamics of marriage and other very close relationships. She could place a lot of faith in
the fulfillment to be found in such relationships, and expect it to lift her out of herself, or
she could place that trust in jointly owned finances and possessions, or those owned by
other people. She will tend to extend a generous amount of goodwill to her mate, to think
the best of him and to assume his goodwill in return.
If her focus is on relationships, she might expereince a restless need to explore more and
more possibilities in that area of life. This may make her go from relationship to
relationship on her search; or she may look for ways to improve the one she is in, if
committed to it. Possibly she will be motivated to teach others what she learns. She will
tend to place a great deal of value on emotional intensity, candid in-depth sharing,
mutual support and rapport, and may be miserably dissatisfied unless she can achieve
this. Her tendency in early life will be to expect too much from herself in the relationship,
too much from her partner, and / or too much ultimate satisfaction from the relationship
itself. If she allows a love relationship to become an ultimate value, she may protect it at
all costs, even to her own detriment. She is a likely candidate for the co-dependency type
of relationship, if she needs to be in one at almost any cost!
She will also tend to need, more than most, to feel her partner shares and appreciates
her values, beliefs and moral standards, especially toward self-improvement and personal
growth. She may go overboard and begin to tell her spouse what he should believe and
how he should conduct himself, in an attempt to make him meet her standards. If her
standards are unrealistic, her approach harsh or her demands insistent, she has little
chance that he will co-operate or grow as she wishes. People prefer to change according
to their own timetable; but the nature Jupiter symbolizes does not respect this, unless
other chart factors are strong enough to hold in check the misplaced enthusiasm or
exaggerated expectation. This may all be done personally, or could be projected so that
the spouse is perceived to behave this way. Then the individual is upset about a spouse's
tendency to pontificate, demand his needs with no respect for her own, or to think he is
God.
She may, rather than being the person with all the answers, expect her partner to be the
great teacher and guru and look to him with wide-eyed, probably inappropriate,
adoration. At the extreme end of the negative scale, she may expect herself to be totally
perfect within the relationship, to always be there for her mate, to have all the answers,
to save him from any and all misfortunes, and to be cheerful in the face of adversity. Or
she could expect and demand this from him, and take it for granted when she gets it, or
self-righteously push him harder if he cannot provide it.
Again, either of these extremes can be projected, in which case the mate may expect the
impossible from himself, or arrogantly demand it from her. The first is a manifestation of
the 'I should be more like God' attitude; and the second is an acting out of the 'I am God
and you should be better than you are' belief. One woman with Jupiter in the eighth told
of an incident in which her husband, whom she has since divorced, told her an argument
they had had was entirely her fault, as she had not handled his insults and abusive
behavior 'the right way'! If both share the Jupiter energy, which is often the case, they
can do any or all of these behaviors to each other.
On the positive side, they can enjoy long, involved and wide-ranging philosophical
discussions. They may get a kick out of solving the world's problems, at least in theory.
They may also enjoy intense discussions on comparative religion, education and other
issues which involve large segments of the society. They may need to find a higher
meaning and purpose to the relationship than companionship, or even than love.
Excessive talking may be something of a problem in the relationship; and they could, if
not alert to this, encourage each other in judgemental attitudes.
The sexual side of the relationship will usually be similarly important. There may be an
expectation of some kind of ultimate fulfillment from sex. Some people will react to this
attitude by wanting a lot of sexual activity, perhaps even a lot of partners. They tend to
expect too much from sex, and may demand too much from their partner(s). Others will
feel satisfied to experience great reverence for the intimacy, sensitivity and trust
required to create a deep, poowerful bond through love-making. Still others may project
and find their mate extremely demanding, or chronically unfaithful, or both; and sexuality
then becomes an arena for great disappointment.
In religious matters, she may tend to have a strong interest in life after death,
reincarnation and spiritualism. These can seem natural and logical to her as they give
even the greatest personal transformation, death, a positive connotation. She may find
within herself a solid faith that death is not the final step! This is a constructive way to
use the Jupiter belief that there is always more to discover and understand. She may,
however, go overboard here too, and respect the supposed wisdom of discarnate spirits
more than that of living beings who just might have more relevant advice.
There is always the danger, with Jupiter in the eighth house, of attaching such intense
emotions to beliefs that she uses - and feels justified in the use of - power, and
underhanded and / or manipulative tactics to propound those beliefs. Power begets the
same, so power struggles over religious, philosophical, political or intellectual beliefs are
a possibility. Naturally, the individual who expresses Jupiter will assume her own
rightness automatically; and the willfulness associated with the eighth house makes it
difficult for her to back away or to change her psoition with grace.
On a psychological level, she may develop a compelling interest in self-transformation
and self-mastery, forever taking herself to higher levels of understanding, insight and allencompassing
wisdom. As she grows more experienced, she may develop a powerful
insight into what motivates other people to act the way they do, especially their
unconscious motivation. She may write about these, or teach, or both.
She could value depth psychology, confrontational therapy; deep-tissue bodywork
therapy, internal herbal purges, and other penetrating but intrusive modes of healing.
She may adopt the attitude that these are the only therapies which have value, because
of the powerful regenerative effect they can have, but in the process may ignore or
deride the right of others to work with more gentle means. SHe could attempt to take on
too much in one or more of these therapies, use them too frequently, use them in
inappropriate situations, or believe they offer far m oer wide-ranging effects than they
actually do. She may go to extremes and preach that all people need these procedures,
and imply or openly state that only the morally inferior would balk at them.
These could all be projected, as well, and seen to be the qualities in the mate; or they
could be shared with the mate, constructively or destructively. other areas which may be
intensively studied, valued or overvalued, or expected to provide ultimate fulfillment
include archaeology, joint resources and finances, ecology, recycling, research, detective
or other research-type activities, investment, and personal and emotional power. The
latter may be used to control oneself and to work intensively toward self-transformation,
or to control others for the sake of apparent emotional security. If projected, any or all of
these may describe the mate.
Because of the ceaseless and churning mental activity associated with this position, the
individual will be most likely to experience the best of it if she finds a partner who is
similarly inclined and who will share her intense thirst for self-mastery, knowledge,
understanding and Truth. She will have to make sure she engages in these herself, rather
than finding a mate to do them. Shared, there is far less need to impose it; but the
individual with Jupiter in the eighth house will always need to remain alert to her
tendency to leap in, either to rescue or to make more perfect, and to remember that
eigher impulse is a prescription for extreme unhappiness in a relationship.
This is another position with a strong potential for turning the marriage relationship into
a path of spiritual growth. That is, either or both individuals could realize that a close
relationship provides them with many opportunities to grow through learning things
about themselves.
Our mates mirror back to us many traits and issues with which we need to reacquaint
ourselves, if we are able to become more whole. If we are truly committed to taking full
responsibility for ourselves, interaction with a partner will provide us with lots of chances
to do so. The seventh and eighth houses are the most likely places in the chart to indicate
projected qualities: thus, marriage can be seen to be a fertile area for learning to see
those projections in action. The more we take back our projections, the more wisdom and
self-understanding we require. If Jupiter's finer expression of honesty is used carefully, in
the seventh and eighth houses it can indicate a powerful path of growth into
consciousness.
The prescription for happiness with Jupiter in the eighth consists of a strong respect for a
partner's growth timetable, the adoption of well-thought-out and reasonable standards
for what is acceptable in the relationship, and a healthy respect for the potency and
impact of the individual's weaknesses on other people.
Natal Jupiter in 9th House
(Stephen Arroyo)
Keywords: Learning on the level of identity.
The above keywords are meant to convey the idea that an emphasis on this house often,
at one level or another, impels the individual to seek to discover who he or she really is,
beyond the level of surface personality. In other words, with what ideal, force, goal,
philosophy or truth will I identify myself and enthusiastically dedicate myself to? And, of
course, the outcome of that search has a continual and profound impact on each person's
attitude toward life itself. One might also call this house a sector of 'self-discovery' or the
field of experience wherein one searches for meaning for its own sake. Perhaps this is
why many Vedic astrology traditions consider the ninth house, one of the fiery houses of
dharma, to be the second most importanat house in a chart, after the first house. The
ninth house has much to do with what some Eastern teachings call right action, and this
seems confirmed by Charles Carter describing this as the 'house of conscience'. In other
words, if the higher mind is developed and disciplined, a person can focus on a more
profound discerning of right from wrong and on dedicating him- or herself to constant
self-improvement. If the hgiher mind is not developed, planets in this house can be
expressed as wildly and carelessly as the negative manifestations of Sagittarius.
When Jupiter is in its own house, naturally all the tendencies of Jupiter - both
constructive and wasteful or excessive - are augmented. Hence, moderation is almost
invariably needed when this placement is found.
Aspirations, dreams of the future, and ideals play a great part in the lives of those with
Jupiter in the ninth. There tends to be a broad, philosophical, optimistic outlook on life,
and the person often has a playful, humorous nature.
Promoting ideas or ideals comes naturally to those with Jupiter here, whether through
cinema, writing, speaking, teaching, or simply using their lives as examples of their
idealism.
This placement has long been known for favoring dealings with foreigners and / or living
in foreign countries. This seems to be borne out by many examples in my experience.
Often, those with an emphasis on the ninth house feel much more authentically
'themselves' when outside the borders and the psychic boundaries of their native land.
(Marilyn Waram)
Jupiter in the ninth house may be at home, but it may also be a case of too much of a
good thing! The double-Fire placement is extremely restless, both physically and
intellectually. The intelligence may be well above average, but the attention span
noticably short, particularly if the conversation turns to boring subjects such as emotions,
the baby, one's mother-in-law problems or, for that matter, any other kind of small, dayto-
day problems. Jupiter deals with positive future possibilities, and would rather be
occupied with conjecture, theory, and exciting plans to expand than with anything
negative, mundane or overly practical.
It is a good idea for someone with this placement to have a sports outlet of some kind:
physical exercise will help use up some of the restless energy; and the fun of playing
team sports of some kind is particularly enjoyable. This placement may even indicate that
sports of physical fitness is made into an ultimate value. The person can become addicted
to the ceaseless movement offered by workouts and sports. When more in balance, it may
merely indicate astrong enjoyment of sports and a preference for participation rather
than passive observation. This placement may also gamble on sporting events, overinflate
expectations of his favorite team(s), and perhaps idolize sports heroes. He may be
intensely disappointed if he learnst hat his favorite player is somehow less than ideal.
This placement in a chart is a strong indication of a need to be clear about values, belief
systems, expectations, and assumptions. The individual most probably has a positive
world view, but he may always expect too much; his standards are very prone to being set
far too high, and he, more than many, may suffer a lot of pain when he first tries to lower
them. He may avoid recognizing that he needs to, burying himself in philosophical
justifications or existential explanations of why he needs such high ideals. It must be said
that it can feel to him like a particularly vicious self-betrayal to even question his
standards. He has to be highly motivated - which usually means his life is such a mess
even he can't dismiss it any more - before he will get the message that his ideals are
unrealistic, and that, far from inspiring him and others, they actually create despair or
discontent.
The individual with Jupiter in the ninth has a forceful need for a lot of intellectual
stimulation. He will tend to be extremely interested in a lot of subjects and issues,
possibly including politics or social issues, usually travel, and almost always philosophy,
whether he calls it that or not. Many a backwoods philosopher will expand on his ideas to
those who will listen, and reveal himself to be a man of broad horizons. Sometimes these
individuals startle others with their grasp of complex issues. With all their enjoyment in
learning, they may have been too restless, or too eager to travel in their youth, to have
gained an education. Nevertheless, their minds take in an incredible amount of
information; and they begin to make connections, to see patterns and to form
conclusions. The way their minds work, they tend to form cohesive systems of thought
from their conclusions, and it is these systems which so impress others.
Jupiter in the ninth is one indication that the individual may be a perpetual student. This
can range from the man who keeps learning, keeps updating his knowledge to stay
current and because he enjoys it, to the fellow who is still going to University and getting
degrees at forty years of age, but won't work because he doesn't think he knows enough
yet. Since Jupiter can indicate perfectionism, both learning and knowledge can be
expected to reach an extremely high standard. Those who go completely overboard may
feel they never know enough, or they don't do perfectly on exams and therefore don't
trust themselves. With Jupiter, it may all be assumed to be coming in the future. This also
can be turned around so that nothing gets done today.
With Jupiter in the ninth, it is possible for the individual to be very confident. Again, this
can be a healthy, wholesome and effective confidence, or an arrogant, pushy, and
demanding confidence. Taken to an extreme, it can manifest as absolute certainty in the
right to do anything desired, often justified by convenient religious convictions, complete
idealization of the Truth - as accepted by the indiviudal - and a self-righteousness and
judgemental attitude which knows no bounds. These people can be incredibly cruel and
not suffer any remorse because they are so convinced they are right. They may feel it is
their right to expound their version of the truth without limits, including without
consideration of the psychological harm they can do.
This placement often indicates a lot of vitality, excitement and enthusiasm. Someone with
Jupiter in the ninth, especially when it is well-handled, can have such an outgoing
personality and such a positive outlook on the world that he or she wakes up every day
full of life and joyful expectation. Since belief systems tend to be self-fulfilling - that is,
the belief creates the reality - many people with Jupiter in the ninth actually have
interesting lives, full of fun and excitement, exploration and travel.
Some, however, definitely take the Jupiter drive and do strange things with it. Many fall
prey to Jupiter's association with 'bigger is better', or self-justifying excesses of all kinds.
Some place their boundless faith in all areas of life which not only are inappropriate but
also doom the individual to eventual disappointment. The bigger the investment in faith,
the stronger the resistance to seeking the inevitable flaws, and the greater the resultant
pain when the whole bubble collapses. Some turn the pursuit of knowledge and / or Truth
into an ideal, and become heartless creatures dedicated to some kind of intellectual ideal,
unwilling to give credence to emotional or psychological needs.
Since Jupiter is a key to the confidence so many badly lack, this placement may indicate
an individual who is an inspiration to others, who uplifts others with his unreserved faith,
who demonstrates to others how a truly positive attitude tends to create a fulfilling,
joyous life. Jupiter does have this possible manifestation; and the individual who can
express it in healthy ways is a wonderful role model for others.
(Eve Jackson)
Jupiter in this house, of which he is the undisputed natural ruler, produces the constant
seeker and explorer who always sees something more beyond what he or she has already
discovered. Where the search is defined as a spiritual one, it often leads people through a
succession of different traditions, each in turn embraced enthusiastically and later
discarded; and when a particular path is chosen and adhered to, there is usually a
refreshing ability to keep finding new inspiration within it, so that there is still a sense of
wonder and of being on a journey.
A church which discourages personal enquiry is not appreciated by those with a ninth
house Jupiter.
There are of course sometimes keen travellers with this placement, though surprisingly
few of teh best known. It also manifests as an unbounded appetite for pursuing and
developing theories and philosophies.
(Bill Herbst)
Conceptual frameworks: With Jupiter in the ninth, you teach and learn with equal
enthusiasm, often combining the two in animated dialogue. You regard others' thoughts
as resources to be mined, since you understand that everyone has something worth
knowing. You're progressive but traditional, and not above falling into an occasional
cliché. Philosophy, ethics, religion, or law are synthesized in an endless search for the
perfect generalizatioon. You through new ideas into your mental soup-pot to see what
flavors emerge. Unfortunately, some people don't appreciate their hard-won knowledge
being treated like fodder for your mental cuisinart, and you may offend others on
occasion. You can be a master chef of the mind; but appreciate the dish that each
individual offers before scurrying off to hold court in your own kitchen. Guard against
pomposity, and avoid the pitfalls of righteousness or mental superiority. The challenge is
to humbly acknowledge that wisdom comes from living well rather than knowing
everything.
Cultural perspective: Travel in any form is a delight. You take advantage of every
opportunity to increase perspective. You want to see the development of the world
written in the history of its places, and you have a tremendous feeling for the effect of
group-consciousness on any particular place. It delights you to discover the universal
mark of culture existing in even the most remote human outposts. You're most at home
when you're learning; and you learn more effectively when you're on the go, exploring
the world.
Higher education: You see guiding principles in every event, every experience. Thus, the
whole world is your classroom, whether in school or out. As a result, all education is
simply a stimulus to the productivity of your fertile mind. You may be a farmer or a
professor; but beneath your outer role, you are a true intellectual at heart, a natural
philosopher; and your education will continue no matter where you are, no matter what
you're doing. It is your greatest joy, your most natural means of self-expression, so
indulge yourself. Take advantage of every opportunity to learn.
The search for truth: You love to speculate on the truth, to philosophize your brain out, to
build layer upon layer of hypothetical conjecture, and to leap from minimal data to the
largest possible generalizations. In fact, what you really love are generalizations
themselves. You're great at communicating. The question is, do you understand what you
communicate? Don't be seduced by the pitfall of glib wisdom. The fact that you may be
able to convince others is no guarantee of true maturity. A golden tongue is not the same
as a golden mind or heart. You have a gift here. Don't abuse it. Don't stop with the
obvious; the challenge is subtle refinement. Truth is the end-product of evolution.
Ideal society: Everything would be permitted in your ideal society, with nothing
forbidden, except, of course, pessimism. Everyone would be positive, and interested in
sharing his or her optimism with others, who would be completely receptive. Business
and politics would abide by a sense of honesty and fair play. Petty concerns would drop
away in the realization of larger implications. Everyone would respect the ideologies of
others without conflict. As Ruler of the World, you would be Plato's philosopher / king,
conferring wisdom borne of perfect vision.
Natal Jupiter in 10th House
(Stephen Arroyo)
Keywords: Action on the material level.
With Jupiter in a worldly, ambitious house known traditionally for status, reputation, and
authority, it is no wonder that there is no shortage of well-known people to discuss in this
section. As Margaret Hone worte in her superb Modern Textbook of Astrology, Jupiter
here is an 'excellent indication for success in affairs of the world, in business, profession,
political or social life'. This is the traditional view, and it is fairly well-founded; however,
because this is a Saturnian house, which implies fulfilling an impersonal role, those with
this placement may not always experience 'fame', in the sense of a cult of personality. In
fact, in many cases they will put more value on reputation, respect, and real authority
than on ephemeral fame and popularity.
Fame of course does accrue to those with Jupiter here, since Jupiter lends itself toward
grand expressions and social involvement. But let us probe beneath the surface of this
placement a bit.
Those with Jupiter in the tenth live energetically in the arena of worldly achievement.
Status and authority are important to them, sometimes for the idealistic reason that this
enables them to accomplish their goals more easily, and sometimes simply for egoaggrandizement.
Those with Jupiter here tend to have long-range ideals that they strive
for with sustained determination and committed ambition. They often have an optimism
and confidence that in some cases dervies from an inner sense of a 'calling'. Carter points
out the sense of responsibility the tenth house placements express; and Moore and
Douglas elaborate on this idea nicely in relation to Jupiter in this house:
An ingrained sense of responsibility and a capacity for far-sighted planning combine to
raise this individual to a position of prominence.
These people often have broad talents for organizing and managing substantial projects
or enterprises. Accomplishment and tangible results matter to most of them, whereas in
some other cases status (and recognition) seems to be an end in itself.
There is a large number of famous and great painters with Jupiter here, and there are
also sculptors, writers, musicians, and film-makers.
Jupiter-in-the-tenth people can project an image 'bigger than life' or be associated in the
public mind with something extraordinarily large and powerful.
(Marilyn Waram)
Jupiter in the tenth house connects values, beliefs and the search for Truth to career,
father or father figure, authority and authority figures, the structures which form society,
and the drive for success, power, and control in the world.
Since Jupiter is one key to transpersonal tendencies, and the tenth house relates to power
(particularly executive power), this placement may indicate an ardent interest in politics
and political power. The person could pursue this through politics itself or through
publishing, so that she offers commentary on those in politics.
The person is likely to place a lot of faith in the development of her career objectives. She
is likely to have strong ambitions to succeed, and a powerful drive to make her mark in
the world. She is apt to be idealistic in her ambitions: that is, to hold a definition of
success which includes making the world a better place. She may make a career out of
travel, education, philosophy, teaching, religion, ethics, or, in some cases where it is
backed up by other indications in the chart, in sports.
An individual with Jupiter in the tenth may have to watch a tendency to expect too much
from her career or employer. She may take for granted that she will get a great deal of
fulfillment from her career, without questioning where that expectation comes from or if
it is appropriate give her overall needs and the career which she pursues.
Some people with this placement experience a great disappointment when their career
does not give them a complete sense of satisfaction. It does not easily occur to them to
spread themselves, their interests and their efforts around, to cultivate many areas of life
from which to gain satisfaction. Those who look only to their occupation leave themselves
terribly vulnerable if the company fails, the boss turns out to be a monster, the job
changes, or the company changes its policies in some way. The sole source of fulfillment
can be cut off so easily.
With Jupiter in the tenth, the individual may also have to look at the standards and ideals
she expects from her immediate superior and from the company which employs her. They
may, in either or both cases, be higher than reasonable. She may expect her boss to
always be honest, straightforward and professional, and be disappointed if she turns out
to be casual, flippant and cavalier. She may feel it is an imperative that her superior be
extremely intelligent, and be frustrated at any signs of thick-headedness. She may expect
her manager to live up to high moral and ethical standards, and be disgusted to discover
this is not the case.
Generally, a person with this placement expects herself to do her job to a very high
standard. She may let this get out of reasonable bounds and begin to expect more from
herself than she can produce. This can lead to making promises she can't keep, or to
taking on more work than she can complete and either getting stressed out or trying to
commandeer help from others, or not doing the work and getting a doubtful reputation.
Often, an individual with Jupiter in the tenth can be charming and disarming enough to
win the help she needs, however, and so she can just pull the fat out of the fire. If she
applies unreasonably high standards to herself, however, she may be forever dissatisfied
when she is continually confronted with the discrepancy between her goal and her actual
achievement.
Often, with Jupiter in the tenth, an individual will place her faith in the work ethic,
worldly success, material security, achievement and power. She may make these Gods,
and pursue them vigourously. She may consider power, whether political or in her career,
to be an absolute must in her life. She may idealize it, and her way of handling it; or she
may simply use it ruthlessly. She could also turn this around and make faith and
confidence her way of coping with the immense power of the world and society. In other
words, she believes it is there for her benefit, not to threaten or overwhlem her. Again,
this can be a healthy level of respect for the law, social organizations and power, or it can
be an overly idealistic view.
With Jupiter in the tenth, the person's father or father figure - and all authority figures
afterwards - could have been idealized, seen as an exemplary parent, or expected to be
perfect, with consequent surprise and censure when he revealed inevitable human
limitations. He could have expected himself to be perfect, and inadvertently rolemodelled
a destructive way to handle expectations, values and standards. He could have
set himself up as already perfect, and brooked no dispute, perhaps with a sanction from
religion. He might have simply taken the attitude that as father or supreme male he had a
natural (Divine?) right to do as he wished. He could have acted out the freedom-loving
side of Jupiter and travelled or left entirely. He might have been a minister or a man who
spent his life engaged in a search for meaning, significance and truth. He might have had
high moral and ethical principles and lived up to them himself. Or he displayed the
hypocrisy which is often associated with Jupiter and held high standards for others but
did not live up to them himself. He could have been interested in or involved in politics,
social improvement, or merely social approval. He might have been a lifelong
philosopher, educator, or orator. Any combination of these is possible too.
The important point is that the father, a father figure, and consequent authority figutres
are role models for the way to handle - or not handle, as the case may be - ideals,
expectations, values, opinions and standards. If he dealt with these issues positively and
effectively, she can emulate his principles because she knows they were successful. If he
did not learn to deal with these issues well, the individual with Juptier in the tenth may
copy his mistakes and get the same resutls, or look around for a better role model. Unless
she makes a conscious decision to be different, however, her instinctive tendency will be
to follow unthinkingly in father's footsteps.
When Jupiter in the tenth is expressed constructively, a person has the capacity to bring
a high degree of integrity, honesty, and wisdom to her career. She could be vitally
concerned with issues which affect society or the world as a whole, and choose a career
which she feels makes a difference to those issues. She has the ability to bring an everexpanding
wisdom to her vocation. The tenth house can ground and direct the idealism of
Jupiter, so that this individual has the ability to produce highly practical results out of her
ideals. She can place a high value on structure, order, and discipline, and see these as
effective ways to help her manifest her vision.
(Eve Jackson)
The Midheaven represents that quality of us which is most in public view; and I have
noticed that people often identity with the sign on the MC even if it is untypical of the
chart as a whole. It appears in the face of the shopkeeper we see from across the counter
and in the face the politician presents to the television camers; and it tends to be the face
that mother encouraged.
When Jupiter comes up in this interface between self and public, it comes across as open
and good-humoured; and wehre public prominence is achieved, it can bring popularity,
often because the particular vision the individual presents to the world captures the
public imagination; this in turn fuels confidence, and it is a position which enjoys the
limelight. It is not in itself especially ambitious, though where there is ambition Jupiter
can of course inflate it enormously. In such cases, there are usually challenges from other
planets; Saturn for example can goad Jupiter into seeking ever-greater glory and selfpromotion.
I have seen this placement in several charts of stage children, behind whom
there are almost invariably high maternal expectations.
Although Jupiter in the Midheaven graves the public image, it by no means necessarily
indicates career success. As usual with Jupiter, there can be considerable restlessness,
and a feeling of endless possibilities which may never be realized, one thing after another
being tried and found wanting, and no profession seeming to offer the scope or freedom
required. A role is needed in which the person can use his or her powers of exploration or
ability to see the way forward.
(Bill Herbst)
Collective responsibility: Though you are likely to be offered cultural power in the course
of your life, amassing it is not so important. What is important is fulfillment of your
responsibilities with a clear sense of conscience for the greatest good. Doing what seems
most correct is not only morally right; it's also the most practical strategy for you, for it
opens doors to fulfillment. However, guard against the pitfall of self-righteousness.
Humility is the best antidote. The challenge is to take advantage of every opportunity to
do the right thing. No-one needs to tell you what that is, for every situation has subtle
keys. For you, acting responsibly costs less and brings more rewards than any other
course of behavior.
Professional ambition: Unless other factors override this placement, your profession will
be group-oriented more than one-to-one. It may require travel; but even if you're not
constantly on the go, the people you deal with are spread over a wide area, both
physically and philosophically. Your natural task is to organize and operate a network
connecting individuals to a central whole, and to set up procedures to clarify how the
structure works. Putting your best foot forward is natural, as is presenting yourself in the
best light possible. These factors are more significant than sustained effort. Work hard to
make it look easy.
Missions and messages: You seem to us very fortunate in some basic way. Whether or not
you are well-endowed in personality, we see you as having good luck at all the right
moments. We remember the importance of social contacts, the results of creating a broad
network, and the meaning of humanitarian or group concern. Finally, we learn about
universal bounty from you. If you can have even what you don't apparently deserve, then
perhaps life is on our side after all.
'Outer-link' parent: Your father was concerned with social evolution, with the meaning of
culture, and with principles more than situations. He also impressed you as a man who
loved being in social situations, one who had considerable ease and command when it
came to dealing with relative strangers. With either quality, your father was probably not
as close to the family as you felt he should have been. This is not to say he was uncaring;
but you may have felt him to be more interested in the outside world than in his own flesh
and blood, more concerned with teaching lessons of morality than with sharing the
simple act of loving. On the other hand, you learned a great deal from him about how to
live in the world, how to move in the social realm. As an adult, you find your philosophy of
life gradually comes to reflect his brand of optimistic conservatism.
Authority: You cultivate relationships with authoritative people, for they aid you in
personal growth and professional prestige. In fact, you could benefit by apprenticeship
with someone in a high position. When you are in positions of power, your own style of
authority has the natural grace of royalty, as if you were born to lead. And presuming
that you don't sink into the pitfall if pomposity, you do indeed make a terrific boss. You
command with an easygoing touch, relying on wisdom, dignity, and fairness to get your
points across. The challenge is to inspire faith in your leadership.
(Stephanie Camilleri)
This is an excellent indicator of success and enduring fame, although sometimes not until
after death. It is an excellent placement for a successful career effort, although
oppositions from the fourth house unrelieved by trines or sextiles can frustrate success.
Usually, however, they will have achieved their career goals by their early fifties.
They will always find help, financial help from partners, or whatever they need in order to
continue. In turn, they are generous in manner and are given to lavish entertaining,
particularly for political purposes. They are past masters as being in the right place at the
right time. If they write, they find publishers; if they paint, they find patrons. Whatever
they do tends to work out for them. They may or may not make a lot of money, but they
will always have as much as they need to do what they want to do.
They are inclined to be greedy when it comes to gaining power, and jealous of it once
they get it, ordering others about and throwing their weight around, sometimes losing
the love of those who supported them initially, but clever at buying the love of
newcomers. No matter how autocratic and obnoxious they become, they are always
capable of outbursts of generosity, for they don't want to give up the image they have of
themselves as generous and kind to those beneath them.
If life and bad aspects frustrate their ambitions, they may become bitter, though they will
try to hide it. They may suffer from grandiosity, the secret belief that they are better than
anyone realizes (not so secret in some signs). This position gives tremendous vitality, the
ability to bounce back and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. They are never done
until they are dead, and sometimes not even then.
(Howard Sasportas)
The ancient Greeks believed that if Zeus appeared to a mortal dressed in all his
splendours and bedecked in his full array, then the poor earthling would be turned to
ashes just at the sight of the god's radiance. Similarly, those with Jupiter in the 10th want
to be seen for all their power, brilliance and leadership abilities. When they step out of
the house and into the public eye, they don't intend to slip by unnoticed.
It is through career, status and recognition that they seek meaning and fulfillment in life.
In some cases, fame itself is worshipped as something numinous and divine. Often they
can rise to good postiions in reputatble professions such as law, education, banking,
politics, corporate management, etc.. Their careers may involve travel or international
connections. Others may be actors or exponents of religion and philosophy. The choice is
varied; but no matter what occupation they are in, they bring with them a high degree of
energy and enthusiasm, vision, insight, and the capacity to organize others. They can
work well with people, but probably do best if they have a fair degree of authority and a
lot of room in which to manoeuvre. Usually, they are sought after for posts, and will not
find too many obstacles in the way to being successful.
The image of the mother will be reflected by Jupiter in this house. In certain cases I have
seen, she has been experienced as dramatic and theatrical, adept at manipulating others
through her emotional dramas. Sometimes, she has a far-reaching interest in religion and
philosophy which makes her seem as if she is not really of this world. She could be
foreign, or from an influential and well-known family background. The child may
experience and worship her as something larger than life; and some daughters with this
placement may feel competition and rivalry with such a mother. On the positive side, the
mother could be a source of inspiration and guidance, with helpful advice about meeting
life, and yet not saccharine and over-protective. With this kind of mother, the child feels
confident about encountering the world and those in authority in general.
(Robert Pelletier)
Your high degree of self-confidence gives you an advantage in achieving your goals. You
have little doubt that you can grow into more important positions if the opportunity
comes along. Because you usually enjoy your work, you are more involved in developing
all your creative talents to become successful. But sometimes you overextend yourself
and get fatigued. You should learn to exercise some restraint. Knowing the value of
money as you do gives you a further advantage over your competitors, because you can
make better use of your basic resources to become financially secure. You stay wellinformed,
and you get the right advice before making any investments. It is satisfying to
know that you have achieved all your objectives without resorting to unethical practices.
The chances are good that you can successfully manage a varied program of financial
investment if you seek proper counsel.
You show quiet enthusiasm in your work; and the people you serve are impressed with
your compassion and understanding in helping them find solutions to their problems. If
you plan ahead for the day when you can indulge in your favorite pastime, you should be
able to achieve the necessary financial security. For you, retirement is not likely to mean
total inactivity, for you have so much to offer beyond your career. You can be a source of
inspiration to younger people who will follow your example by capitalizing on their own
creative potentials.
Living up to the public's expectations may be difficult sometimes, because you encourage
people to make excessive demands on you. Your partner must understand this
predicament and be supportive when the pressure seems unbearable. Often you take on
more work than you should and feel unable to live up to the goals you've established. This
probably results from the fact that your parents taught you that you could not fail,
regardless of what you tried to do.
You have complete confidence that with your creative talents you can accomplish almost
any goal imaginable. What you need most is the self-discipline to develop and promote
those talents so that they are useful skills. Success in your career depends on this; and
there is no substitute for hard work to achieve that objective. You must realize that if you
invest some of your ideas in the marketplace, they will yield substantial returns for the
rest of your life. Don't overindulge your children in the belief that they will be forever
grateful. You could be denying them the opportunity to achieve on their merits by
learning self-discipline.
You understand the value of your education and training; and you are willing to extend
yourself to gain the recognition you feel you deserve. The proof of any education is in
what you can accomplish when you enter the real world of competition. You probably
planned your career carefully to waste as little time as necessary in gaining the public
status you wanted. You hope the public regards you as a true professional and
appreciates your accomplishments. Don't forget the people who helped you get started.
You will always think that your goals are just around the next corner, which is good, for it
stimulates you to sharpen your skills.
Natal Jupiter in 11th House
(Stephen Arroyo)
Keywords: Social and intellectual security.
Those with this placement tend to be idealists, dreamers, and vast schemers, often with a
strongly optimistic motivation. With future-oriented Juptier in the future-oriented
eleventh house, this person is often overflowing with plans, goals, and a multitude of vast
objectives. (Note that traditionally the eleventh is the house of hopes and wishes, and
that Jupiter here is usually considered a benefic influence for attaining one's objectives.)
A planet of considerable social involvement, Jupiter naturally functions freely and
enthusiastically in the house that represents the larger human community; there is often
an emphasis on dealing with society at large or with social or international issues. Quite
often there is a need to be involved with social change or social improvement schemes,
and so these people are often found in politics, organizations, foundations, and
professional associations that share a common - usually a humanitarian or progressive -
goal.
The keywords point to the fact that these individuals seek security in merging their
energies with a large group or movement, which gives them a feeling of prosperity and
well-being. With a generous planet in a generous house, they are usually liberal with the
time and resources that they will devote to a greater cause. Moore and Douglas state that
these folks are natural planners and organizers of group activities.
The other facet of the above keywords reveals how these people also seek intellectual
security and thus are attracted to vast systems of thought. They often want to be with
people who share their concepts and world view; sometimes they create entirely original
mental worlds.
(Marilyn Waram)
With Jupiter in the eleventh house, the person connects values, morals, ethics, social
mores, and the search for truth to friends, associates, humanitarian concepts, and
individualism. This is another very restless combination, very cerebral, which requires
and may well demand constant intellectual stimulation. The person's mind is usually very
good. He is bright and quick to learn. However, he may be too fidgety to do well in
school; his mind roams far and wide, and he can be impatient if he always has to wait for
others. He can react to this with frustration and disrespect, or with taking matters into
his own hands and skipping out.
This is a position which is not only doubly restless and doubly intellectual, but also doubly
humanitarian, itnerested in bettering the world for the common person. Paraodoxically, it
tends to be something of a harsh placement, not strong in compassion for, or decency
toward, an individual. The values tend to relate to the mind, new age ideas and beliefs,
technology, individualism, and friends.
The person with Jupiter in the eleventh may make an ultimate value out of individualism,
out of the rights of each person to do his or her own thing. This may be in balance; but if
it is not, this person may consider that chaos is preferable to control. He may fight all
kinds of structure as a way to eliminate restrictions on personal freedoms.
Naturally, he will sooner or later threaten the larger social institutions which both
support and confine the people they serve. He will, at the very least, have a strong
natural resistance to being pushed around. This person really has to do things his own
way. That does not mean he cannot co-operate, but means that he will tend only to do so
when he chooses, on his terms. He will not do it in the service of someone else's values or
needs unless other factors in his chart indicate this. Even then, he will strongly oppose
any attempts to make him go along with a crowd, or to give up any of his personal
freedoms for some other sake. It is sacrilege to him.
This goes for marriage as well - he will not suffer being held down. He values his freedom
so much that he may never get married at all; but if he does, he needs to have a mate
who understands his need for freedom, for constant stimulation, and for a relationship
which does not restrict him too much. For his part, he needs to remember that people
have emotional needs, and if those are starved, they will eventually drive him mad with
their demands or go elsewhere. If he is a person who values his mariage as well as his
freedom, he will have to make sure he looks after each, in appropriate ways.
With Jupiter in the eleventh house, friends can also be made into ultimate values. This
can lead to exciting friendships with fascinating, brilliant people who are always into
some new interest. It may lead to friendships in which discussion of philosophy, learning,
and debate of opinions is the focus. The individual may have may acquaintances from
foreign countries and cultures, and learn much from them. He may place his friends up
on a pedestal and idolize them, think they are the ones with all the brain and wit, and feel
inadequate next to them. He may think they ought to be perfect, and drop them as soon
as the human flaws become evident. Or he could expect himself to always play the great
guru with his friends, to be the one with all the answers.
His friends may set him up in this role. He could have high or totally unrealistic
expectations for his friends, or they for him. In real extremes, he may take his friends for
granted, demand anything he wants from them, and expect their unqualified support
about his rightness. Or he may find his friends all tend to fit this pattern, that they
manifest the harsh side of Jupiter.
Usually this placement indicates a very strong interest in new-age ideas, the New
Thought churches or something similar, and quite probably in very up-to-date technology.
He can be as fascinated by the newest computers as by the teachings from Science of
Mind-type churches. He is not interested in conventional anything, but particularly not in
his religion. He may even have fundamentalist beliefs, although that is extremely rare
with this placement, but he will not associate himself too deeply with any church; his
expectation of freedom, intellectual as well as physical, is too strong.
Ideally, a person with this placement values his friends, technology, new-age thought and
individuality, without expecting complete fulfillment from any. He respects the rights of
individuals in balance with respect for his own rights. He is a ground breaker, but does
not feel any compulsion to destroy valuable structures, conventional establishments, or
old-fashioned values in order to make room for the new. He takes an eclectic approach,
able to glean the best from the old and integrate it with the most promising of the new.
(Eve Jackson)
The eleventh house reflects our attitudes towards and experience of any group to which
we belong, from society at large to the social microcosm of, say, a club, business
organization, or even, in the first place, our family. Planets here tend to manifest in the
group context, and are often experienced via other group members, and also figure in our
ideas about how a group should be organized - in other words, our political notions.
In the more casual context, those with this placement like to spread themselves among
different circles and keep as many social options open as possible. They are usually good
at facilitating group participation. It is a popular placement on charts of politicians, and
inclines towards political theories of a fairly idealistic nature, with an emphasis on
freedom. Though there is often considerable political vision and enthusiasm, those with
Jupiter in the eleventh make poor party members, as strict adherence to a line laid down
is not their style; they prefer to make the rules rather than keep them.
(Bill Herbst)
Group participation: You have such a spontaneous social sensibility that groups want you
around. They often come to you rather than your going to them. These opportunities are
not to be taken lightly, since they offer you the challenge of recognition and the chance to
expand your social horizons. In fact, a real pitfall involves presuming that since you've
been asked to join in the past, you will be in the future. Don't overlook these real
resources.
Appropriate behavior: Appropriate behavior is very natural for you, almost like a sixth
sense. You seem to instintively know how to act in almost any social setting. You're
interested in what other people think, but probably not overly concerned. At your best,
criticism slides off you like water off a duck's back; but be careful of the pitfall of selfrighteousness.
Everyone screws up occasionally, including you, so have patience in
bearing the gracelessness or inconsideration you sometimes have to suffer. The challenge
is to use your relaxed social sense to make others more comfortable, thus increasing your
acceptance.
Friendship, social circle: Friendship requires little effort. You understand and accept
people, which makes you a good friends to have; and you expect others to treat you with
the same understanding and acceptance. You're willing to be friendly, even in trying
circumstances; and this is communicated to others, who respond in kind. It's only when
they don't that you reveal your righteous side. Your social circle is a barometer. If it's
large and vibrant, it means you're addressing Saturn's placement in your natal chart. If
it's unfulfilling, or if you're isolated, it indicates that you're trapped. Either you're
ignoring your Saturn, which means you're not investing enough to warrant a return in
friendship, or you're striving to solve those Saturnian riddles too intensely, working so
hard that you have no energy left to enjoy yourself. Relax and enjoy the bounty of your
friendships.
Shared creativity: You repeatedly find yourself linked with organizations whose purpose
is creative. Through the ability to oversee the direction of the group's thinking, you
influence the creative results, while at the same time becoming recognized as an
invaluable source of insight for the group. Cheerleading the whole process is not only
enjoyable, but something you revel in. Your creative role is to provide enthusiasm and
perspective, to give the group renewed life.
Receiving love: Being loved is based on the positive vision of yourself reflected in
another's eyes. Primary among these is wisdom. When your wisdom is recognized by
others, you feel loved. If you're treated as ordinary, however, you do not recognize the
presence of love, even if it exists. You like your ego to be stroked. When your lover
delights in your spontaneous self-expression, you feel that he or she truly loves you. If
constrained or put upon to limit yourself, you back away. When a relationship increases
social contacts in your life, you experience being loved. If there is too much
possessiveness, the feeling of ingrown isolation destroys the love for you. When your
honesty is unquestioned, you are in the flow of love. However, any mistrust or accusation
surrounding the purity of your motives or actions is offensive. You don't like being tested.
The challenge is to find a person who shares your vision of optimism and free expression,
and, having found that acknowledgement, to honor your beloved with fidelity.
(Stephanie Camilleri)
This location of Jupiter adds luck to the life. Without serious bad aspects, these people
will have influential friends who assist them greatly. Even with bad aspects, this Jupiter
acts as a cushion, preventing difficulties from going to too great an extreme. No matter
how lonely or unsatisfactory the personal life may be, in front of groups they appear vital,
relaxed and in control. It is a good position for a teacher, politician, bandleader,
manager, or anyone dealing with groups. They love to party and hang out with as large a
crowd as possible.
Whatever group these people lead will feel tremendous loyalty towards them, and they in
turn will feel loyalty to the group. In fact, they cannot work with or for any group they
don't love or believe in, which may cause difficulties when it comes to earning a living,
because they hate to compromise their principles. This can dull a career effort, because
they will work with great enthusiasm for a while, only to lose interest when they discover
faults in individuals in the group, or that the group's goals are not totally altruistic.
Another difficulty is that when they do find a group they can believe in, they have a hard
time leaving it for bigger and better things. Although they are so group-oriented, it is
always the individuals within the group wo are important to them, rather than the group
itself; thus, a career soldier may hate the army but love his unit.
These people are believers, first and foremost. They need to show enthusiasm and to
belong to something noble and worthy that they can be enthusiastic about. If they show
cynicism, it is only a thin layer, and they will throw it aside as soon as possible. It is good
for them to develop some kind of special skill or area of expertise that sets them above
the common herd, at least in their own mind. Otherwise, they will suffer from a vague
feeling that they deserve nothing better than their lot. If they play an instrument, they
will belong with the greats of music and be one with Mozart and Beethoven - at least
while they are practising.
Anything that enhances their membership in a group, that enables them to enlighten or
entertain others, is good for them. They are usually good joke- and story-tellers, and like
to be the lifte of the party.
The closer Jupiter is to the twelfth house cusp, the less they will be oriented towards
profit-making, and the more towards helping those less fortunate than themselves.
(Howard Sasportas)
The God Zeus had the task of looking after the well-being of the populace. Similarly, the
planet Jupiter, extending our awareness beyond the self-centred concerns of Mars,
reminds us of the larger social context in which we exist and have a part to play. In this
respect, Jupiter is quite at home in the 11th house.
The people prayed to Zeus for help, guidance and protection against harm; and those
with this placement may be sought by friends and groups to provide the same sort of
inspiration and support. Conversely, their own horizons and understanding of the
meaning of life are broadened and expanded through social interaction. They may
assume the role of a guru, hero or heroine in the eyes of friends or groups, or find
themselves looking to a friend or group to be their protection and salvation.
Jupiter in the 11th will normally join clubs or organizations which promote humanitarian
and egalitarian causes, or which promise growth and expansion for everyone involved.
Usually they are in tune with new currents and progressive social trends. Difficult
aspects to Jupiter may indicate high expectations and ideals, and disappointment when
the group fails to solve all their problems or doesn't succeed soon enough in eliminating
the woes of the world. Undismayed, however, they will move on to the next cause or
organization in the hopes that a new-found formula will be the key.
Jupiter in this house suggests an ever-expanding circle of friends, often of varied cultures
and nationalities. For some, life's significance only comes to fruition if their diaries are
fully booked and they are having to choose between Mick Jagger's birthday party and an
invitation to St. Moritz for the weekend. Sometimes, an over-involvement in social
actitivities or too great an entanglement in the lives of their friends may dissipate their
energy and detract from their applying themselves in other areas of life.
Both Jupiter and the 11th house are concerned with becoming more than we already are -
therefore, these people are usually not short of goals and objectives in life, and can
almost always be seen looking ahead. As soon as one objective is attained, another one
appears in its place. A narrowing down of goals or more discrimination in choosing which
ones are worth following may be necessary if they are not to spread themselves too
thinly. If they shoot their arrows too high, these may come back down on them; if they
aim in too many different directions at once, they don't know where to shoot first. It's
dizzying just watching them. However, because there is usually such a strong faith that
they will and should achieve what they want, life can't help but support them accordingly.
Often, friends or groups share this faith in them and their goals, and will be helpful in
their realization.
(Robert Pelletier)
You hope that later in life you will have the financial resources necessary for a bountiful
lifestyle. If you really want to guarantee that this will happen, you must devise a program
with that goal in mind. You don't doubt your ability to succeed in achieving your
expectations, although you are often distracted from the necessary course of action. Still,
you are optimistic that you will eventually realize your objectives. People often turn to
you for guidance because you show that you are sensitive to their needs. Your benign
influence will help you succeed if you decide to enter a professional service field.
Your ability to grow and expand your field of influence is nearly unlimited. You have the
capacity to acquire new information, which will certainly increase your value to yourself
and to the world. You are always ready to assume a more responsible position; and you
don't have to resort to chicanery to achieve what is expected of you. As your level of
accomplishment rises, the burden of responsibility increases, so you may wonder how you
will cope with it. If you are concerned about this problem, aim for less until you feel
confident that you can fulfill your responsibilities.
You question whether you will always have opportunities to fully demonstrate your
creative talents. But you must keep looking for opportunities, because it is urgent that
you exploit and promote your potentials so that you will attract the attention of people in
important positions. Your abilities are not questioned by those who benefit from them. Be
cautious about overindulging your children, for they may not make the effort to exploit
their own potentials. Do your homework and learn to curb your spending habits. If you
can't seem to get organized, get help from a qualified person. You can accomplish much
with your resources and get a substantial yield that will assure your future security.
You must accept full responsibility for your own losses as well as your gains in your work.
Although you might not enjoy the arduous tasks required by your career, doing them will
improve your competence until you are ready for a more important position. You are
qualified to render services that people need, so you must find time to accommodate
them. You are grateful for the benefits that your parents provided; but along with
fulfilling your obligations by them, you have to establish your own roots.
You will be greatly enrched if you set aside your fears and anxieties and work to help
those who cannot help themselves. Not wanting to be unknown, you may refuse to work
behind the scenes, but that is precisely where you will reap the greatest spiritual
rewards. It would be heartwarming, of course, to have the public remember and
appreciate you for your accomplishments.
Natal Jupiter in 12th House
(Stephen Arroyo)
Keywords: Learning on the emotional & Soul Level.
Jupiter in a house that has both a Jupiterian and a Neptunian coloration is usually
expressed as an active fantasy life, full of imagination, dreams of the future, and / or
yearnings toward a spiritual or idealistic goal. There is usually an inner generosity of
spirit, sometimes manifesting as charitable or philanthropic activity or as work in the
helping professions or healing arts. In the deepest region of their heart, these people
usually trust in life (or God), and feel that they will be taken care of; hence, they are
eager to treat others with similar protection and abundant giving. The experience of
solitude, or even of loneliness, is not an oppressive condition for these folks, but rather a
profound inner need, to enable themselves to search within and to explore their inner
world and higher goals.
As life goes by, these people learn subtle but very essential life lessons on a profound
level, sometimes at a level so deep that it is impossible to express it in words; it may even
be completely unconscious. These individuals need to grow beyond the constraints of the
past by exploring old emotional patterns and transcending them. Tuning in with a
positive attitude toward spiritual truths helps them to overcome the feeling of
confinement that the twefth house often symbolizes. In fact, those with Jupiter here will
often find fulfillment and enjoy working in places of confinement (hospitals, prisons,
special schools, etc.) or in charitable or educational institutions. A tendency toward
seclusion is usually apparent, although less so than with most other twelfth house
placements, since Jupiter represents a rather enthusiastic and outgoing energy. However,
even those with Jupiter in the twelfth are usually not particularly ambitious (unless other
powerful chart factors indicate it), because their need for growth and social involvement
is often expressed in less 'worldly' fields of activity. And so, while Jupiter here is
comparatively rare in prominent people, we can still find a wide variety of expressions of
this principle.
As one might expect with Jupiter in a somewhat Jupiterian house, there are a large
number of successful athletes in this group, including many Olympic champions. We
might inquire why this is so, for this is not a Mars factor, the astrological symbol
traditionally associated with athletics. In addition to the rulership of the outdoors by
Jupiter, physical activity of this type gives one a sense of expansiveness, room to breathe,
and a sense of exhilaration. Also, the team games constitute their own fantasy world, an
appropriate twelfth house domain, in which the individual can try to accomplish the
impossible or at least can realistically experience the satisfaction of constantly improving
his or her own performance. In addition, most athletic training requires a solitary focus,
separate from the rest of the outer world. And finally, a sense of deep faith is required to
sustain oneself during the times of inevitable defeat, frustration, and personal failure. In
many ways, one needs to transcend, at least temporarily, one's ego-sefl in order to
perform at one's peak in many athletic endeavors.
The tremendous life of the imagination mentioned earlier is often expressed through the
arts.
We cannot leave the subject without acknowledging that individuals with Jupiter in the
twelfth can be extravagant, irresponsible, and so unrealistic that they can become caught
up in big schemes that lead them toward destructive behavior.
(Marilyn Waram)
With the planet of ultimate values placed in the house of ultimate spiritual values,
anything seems possible! Both Jupiter and the twelfth house represent elemental
components of human nature which do not wish to accept boundaries. It is their nature to
go beyond boundaries. In the first case, through ceaseless expansion. In the second, by
transcendence. In addition, both of these elemental components deal in future
possibilities, not practical issues. They are both mutable; restless and changeable, not
stable.
Jupiter in the twelfth may indicate an individual who has limitless faith in the universe, its
goodness and her future in it. It is another of the placements which has a somewhat
stronger than usual possibility of a supportive basic world view, of a foundation belief in
the perfection of the cosmos, of the protection or at least general good will of the Being
or Knowingness behind it all. With the level of faith possible in this placement, this
person can become a fantastic inspiration to all who know her. The broadness and depth
of her spiritual acceptance may be incredible. It may also fall into the category of 'Goody
Two Shoes'. She might insist that everything that occurs, no matter how tragic, has to be
good. In so doing, she may deny the very real pain of people who need to grieve.
This person may make spiritual development and reconnection with the Divine Nature an
ultimate value. She may honor a peaceful, loving, flowing attitude as the highest path.
She could revere music, art, or the savior role. She could also be seduced by the victim
and martyr roles, due to an overemphasis on self-sacrifice. She may need to learn that
there is a considerable difference between self-sacrifice and self-annihilation. She could
get into the habit of giving up too much of herself in order to help otehrs or to keep
peace. She might expect all of life to be flowing, harmonious, loving and sublime, and
suffer wretched disillusionment when the harsh realities of life catch her by surprise. She
may be able to view the wprld with rose-colored glasses indefinitely.
With Jupiter in the twelfth, the person could idolize spiritual values to such an extent that
she tries to apply them in areas of life where they are inappropriate, such as in human
relationships. She may have completely unrealistic expectations of others. She might not
realize that in an ideal world her ideas would be the norm; but we do not yet live in that
ideal world. She could enshrine passivity, gentleness, and surrender. She could confuse
total acceptance of what comes one's way in life with giving up. She might expect herself,
as well as others, to always be empathic, sensitive and receptive.
Jupiter in the twelfth is another natural square. Zip Dobyns characterizes this type of
combination as a clash between 'head goals' - what we think should happen - and 'heart
goals' - what we feel would bring peace and love. An example of this is when an individual
holds both human life and human rights to freedom of choice in reverence. Where, then,
are the loyalties to go in issues such as abortion - the sanctity of human life versus the
right of each woman to decide for herself - or the murder of an incredibly abusive spouse
- again, the sanctity of human life versus the right of each human being to decent
treatment? Another example would be when a parent has to make a difficult decision to
discipline an unruly youngster. Hear heart may make excuses and try to be empathic, and
may want to 'spare the rod and spoil the child'. Her head, however, may tell her the child
will grow up to be irresponsible or selfish, and thereby unable to create a happy life,
unless she is taught some fundamental lessons at an early age. The two sides, each with
its own values, clash within the one person.
Sometimes this placement indicates someone who places an unhealthy amount of faith in
God, with no expectation that she will ever need to do anything practical to take care of
herself. Or, she could have unrealistic expectations of God and be dispapointed when she
sees the unfairness and bleakness which is part of life on this earth, thinking that if there
was a God, He wouldn't let such things go on. She may have God confused with
Superman, and expect Him to be around to rescue all those who break the rules.
An exteme manifestation of Jupiter in the twelfth is total worship of the Truth - the
individual's truth, that is - to the exclusion of all other considerations, including decency,
integrity or other fundamental principles.
At its highest expression, Jupiter in the twelfth could symbolize someone who puts the
mystical, magical and spiritual aspirations of the twelfth house into intellectual concpts
which can be published and taught to others. It could indicate a person who values
spiritual development to such a degree, and seeks it with such passion and hope, that she
makes breakthroughs in understanding which markedly inspire others on the quest. She
may use music, art, or inspirational writing as media through which she communicates
important concepts from the unconscious.
(Eve Jackson)
The service required by the sixth house is of an immediate and practical nature, coping
with the succession of small tasks tha enable smooth running of the machinery. Twelfth
house service is of a different order, involving complete and utter availability in which
there is no room for self-interest. It is the house of sacrifice; and planets here are never
fully to hand for conscious personal use, but must be offered, whether we like it or not, to
something beyond ourselves. It is frequently strongly tenanted in charts of Mediums and
psychics who, from no personal choice, find themselves surrendering personal control to
allow the passage of something else through them. We are channels through which
twelfth house influences manifest themselves.
Jupiter is traditionally the natural ruler of the twelfth house, a fact which was brought
home to me when I looked at several hundred members of that most Piscean of callings
the acting profession and found that a very high proportion had Jupiter in this house,
pushing the more flamboyant fifth house position well into second place. Here, then, is
the receptive side of Jupiter, giving expression to all our fantasies, carrier of moods and
longings and fears which are not the actor's own but belong to everyone. He or she puts
us in touch with the mystical realm, with stories and experiences that are universal, and
in the process becomes something much larger than everyday life permits.
The gain with a twelfth house Jupiter is perhaps in proportion to our ability to lose
ourselves; and this can be experienced in the traditional places of confinement and
isolation, so that there are sometimes experiences of unexpected joy and meaning in
hospital or prison when all the normal trappings have been stripped away; and
particularly when the planet is well-aspected here, there can be a feeling of mysterious
protection. There is sometimes a strong psychic attunement and a susteptibility to
prophetic dreams.
(Bill Herbst)
Imagination: Fantasy means freedom, release from the constraints of personality. It is
also a road to wisdom and truth. The pitfall involves the possibility that your dreams may
not translate into reality, that they remain instead a source of illusory optimism while
your real life remains blind. The challenge is to use your imagination to see what's
possible in the human realm, and then work to infuse that goodness into your day-to-day
living.
Unfocused intuition: Intuition works through the conceptual mind. You see patterns of
understanding, huge puzzles resolved by a single formula. Currents running through the
collective imagery of humankind reveal themselves as pure ideas, or laws to live by. The
more people you interact with, the more you plug into your intuitive base. Strangers
trigger new insights, new ways of seeing life. New social structures galvanize your
enthusiasm. Visit the ruins of ancient cultures. Feel the presence of civilization. However,
avoid the pitfall of oversimplifying reality into a set of moral rules. Remember, life is
bigger than philosophy. The challenge is to let higher sources guide the development of
your understanding.
Withdrawal or isolation: You can be filled with bountiful life, but you need isolation to
stay in touch with it. Retreat is necessary to rejuvenate your positivity about
relationships. Religion has great significance for you; and you may become immerse in
the study of spiritual questions. The pitfall involves withdrawal into an unreal world of
ideals and aspiration. You may waste yourself thinking about how wonderful life can be
without doing anything to create it, becoming involved with an image of yourself rather
than who you really are. The challenge is to use privacy to connect with life's wonderful
possibilities, and, renewing your faith, to come back into the world ready to make life
more positive.
Selfless giving: To an extent, each of us is imprisoned within his or her human self; we
are a concentration of life-energy into a temporary package. You're more sensitive than
many people to the restrictions of your cell walls. Offering yourself without consideration
for gain allows you to feel the translucence of those cell walls. The pitfall lies in
groundless help, offering this season's vintage of distilled philosophy without providing
any pragmatic assistance. Also, you are occasionally too opportunistic in giving, offering
yourself only when it is convenient for you to do so. The challenge is to show your faith in
others, and to effectively convey that things have a way of working out.
'Past lives': In past lives, there's a possibility that you misunderstood social relating; and
that pattern has built sufficient momentum to bleed into this life. There may have been
false promises; commitments made but not honored. You took advantage of others, or
were used badly by them. Now you need to learn how to communicate and relate so that
no-one is abused. There are also incarnational patterns involving the abstract mind.
Misconceptions you drew from teachings in others' lives have left you mentally out-ofround.
Finally, you may have been a spiritual seeker who sought the divine through
miracles. You need to understand how to ground that experience, to test it in the crucible
of real life. Balance your hopes and dreams against the stricter demands of pragmatism.
Let your idealism shine through, but remember the Hindu admonition: 'I you see the
Guru on the road, kill him, for he's not the Guru'.
Natal Jupiter in 12th House (2)
(Stephanie Camilleri)
Jupiter in the twelfth gives a proud bearing, similar to Jupiter in the first, though there is
often a touch of sadness about it, like the dignity of a good king or queen in exile. These
people are extremely good-hearted and willing to give and to help others, but they often
suffer from a feeling of spiritual isolation, a sense of loneliness in their perception of
things, the feeling that no-one else shares their point of view. They are inclined to give
too much to friends, acquaintances, or strangers, and then be hurt to the quick by the
ingratitude, sloth, and selfishness they may get in return. This can cause them to swing to
the opposite extreme and to refuse to help others in any way or to give anything at all.
They may become so isolated at some point that they will require help from an institution.
This often occurs through the workings of fate, or karma, and no apparent fault of their
own. Nevertheless, a twelfth -house Jupiter is a potent insurance against real disaster or
any lasting difficulty. It si a sort of magic talisman that does little when things are going
well, but casts a protective spell in times of trouble.
The sorrows of an older relative or advisor may be a turning point for them, causing them
deep anguish and introspection that leads to a change of perspective or of lifestyle.
The closer Jupiter is to the Ascendant (within ten degrees), the more benefits it brings,
similar in quality to those it brings in the first house, though there will often be strings
attached, or varying degrees of constraint in the ability to take full advantage of them.
(Howard Sasportas)
The poet Holderlin wrote that 'where there is darkness, the saving powers also rise'. This
is one of the most important ramifications of Jupiter in the 12th - just when things seem
the most helpless and bleak, Jupiter arrives out of nowhere and salvages the situation.
Those with this placement may feel as if they have a guardian angel, who appears in the
nick of time with a shiny new 'get-out-of-gaol-free card'.
But should we put this down just to luck and good fairies? What really sustains and
rescues those with Jupiter in the 12th is a deep faith in the benevolence and significance
of life, and an openness and willingness to receive whatever it has to bring them. In any
house in which it is placed, Jupiter is looking for meaining in life; but in the 12th, that
meaning is not found in any outer event or external reality, but rather, it exists nascently
within the self. Through the meaning and significance they choose to attribute to an
event, those with Jupiter in the 12th can turn negative experiences into positive ones, and
obstacles into blessings.
Jupiter's house is where we are looking for the truth. In the 2nd, this may be sought in
values, money or possessions; and in the 7th, through partnerships; but in the 12th, the
truth is found within the self, on the level of the unconscious mind. A willingness to turn
the attention around 180 degrees and explore the inner imaginal realm of dreams and
symbols will help those with Jupiter in the 12th find the kind of truth they are seeking,
and contact the inner 'wise person' inside each and every one of them. The breadth and
scope of infinity, that bigger picture Jupiter craves to see, can be found in the vast
interior recesses of the psyche - a world beyond time, space and all boundary. Meditation,
stillness, prayer, retreat, music or art may be the path into that world. Imagine Jupiter's
joy when he finally arrives there.
Running around desperately hunting for their joy in all other directions, many people
with this placement will look everywhere else but inside for theri fulfilment. Reckless
behaviour, overindulgence in alcohol and drugs, manic theatricality, hypocrisy, general
imprudence and other such negative traits may be the 'self-undoing' of a 12th house
Jupiter.
Jupiter in the 12th house can be the channel through which inspiration and healing flow;
and therefore those with this placement have much to offer working within hospitals,
prisons and various charitable institutions. The expanded vision which dawns in times of
trouble not only provides hope and inspiration for themselves, but will guide others
through difficulties as well. I have seen this placement in the charts of a number of gifted
counsellors, psychics and healers. Flowing aspects to Jupiter in the 12th also bode well
for those who are institutionalized for any reason. Benefitting from the care and
protection they receive, they can turn the experience into a positive one, or else they will
probably not have to stay confined for any longer than necessary.
(Robert Pelletier)
Because you are sensitive to other people's needs in your emotional and professional
affairs, you will probably respond and demonstrate that you can serve their best interest.
This ability assures you of continued growth and development, and indicates that you will
reach your goals. But your contributions may be considerably lessened if you spend too
much time and energy in satisfying your own desires. Those who lack your
resourcefulness may turn to you to learn how to sustain themselves more effectively. If
you have learned from your parents' example, you know you need to establish your own
roots before you can succeed in your endeavors. Your parents' faith in you helped you
realize that you are qualified to seek your own destiny. By setting your own course in
life, you will be able to extend yourself to reach your objectives, which will inspire you
with greater self-confidence.
You are always eager to demonstrate your abilities to your superiors, who quickly feel
confident of your ability. Probably you will be given many opportunities to prove that you
can take on even greater responsibilities. You generally know what is expected of you,
and whenever possible you try to exceed that. Knowing how important it is to be
financially independent, you can see the wisdom of regularly saving something from your
earnings. This will lessen your anxieties about security in the future, when your earning
ability may be lessened. Plan to put something aside for a rainy day, for you could run
into foul weather at some time in the future.
People with problems are drawn to you, perhaps because they recognize that you can
help them. You should seek a career in some area of personal or social service. As you
succeed, your confidence will increase, thereby improving your self-image. Capitalize on
your gifted imagination by getting the education you need to successfully exploit your
creative ideas. When you understand the problems you face and have the training to deal
with them, there is no limit to the heights you can reach. Hard work, along with your
wealth of creative inspiration, will certainly lead to success and the satisfaction of
reaching goals that seemed beyond your limit.
You can meet the challenge of competition if your partner shares your dreams and
supports you. Knowing that someone depends on you spurs you to excel in your
endeavors. All this can happen if you invest in developing your creative potential into
skills. Your children may want to pattern their lives after your example, so you should
learn how to increase your creative output. You may find it difficult to satisfy your
children's needs as well as your own. Reason and good judgemnet must prevail, but
unless you can improve your output, it may be difficult to fully satisfy their needs.
You are probably not aware of all your hidden resources, which will be revealed through
meditation. By reflecting on your problems, you can always come up with a solution. It is
essential to define your goals and prepare a plan for mobilizing your resources so you can
reach them. Serving people who are less qualified or less fortunate beings brings out the
very best in you. Knowing that you've stimulated those around you to succeed on their
own will give you great fulfillment.
ASPECTS TO JUPITER
Natal Jupiter conjunct Saturn
(Robert Pelletier)
The conjunction of Jupiter to Saturn shows that you have enormous potential for success,
although it won't come without effort. In spite of overwhelming odds against success, you
are eager to explore new means to make a massive assault and assert yourself in the
world. You have the fortitude and staying power to mobilize all your resources for this
task. Planning every step of the way is absolutely essential, aliong with knowing when to
act and when not to. You have a vivid picure of your future already realized in your
dreams, but you are realistic enough to accept the responsibility this entails. You know
that even with a driving ambition, striving for significance is not enough unless it satisfies
a clearly pictured mental vision. You have the courage to be ostentatious about your
belief in yourself, while remaining cautious enough to stay within your limits. Your
capacity to achieve goals is in direct proportion to your willingness to accept selfdiscipline
and hard work. The glow of success is so sweet that you can accept these facts.
You are hopeful yet realistic, eager yet serious, assertive yet deliberate. Generally you
don't take chances, preferring to use proven methods to get what you want. You apply
your talents in the most practical way so that little effort is wasted on non-productive
projects. You can find rewarding satisfaction and exploit your creative talents in law,
education, medicine, accounting, or the ministry. To these fields you would bring a
profound understanding of people and an ability to help solve their problems. You are
patient with less gifted people and willing to be of assistance when they need you.
In your moments of relative leisure, you enjoy reading informative books that are useful
in your professional interests. In your constant striving to raise your level of competence,
you might attend evening sessions at an educational institution. Never satisfied with the
extent of your knowledge, you realize that competition requires to to keep abreast of
current thought and developments in your field.
You respect the lessons of history, which stimulate your philosophical musings on destiny
and the role of each individual in the destiny of man. Your retentive memory is a great
help in crises that require an immediate solution; you may even be surprised that the
necessary information comes to mind so readily at the right time.
Overdoing is your most persistent problem, for it can cause physical exhaustion. You
especially need to get away from your daily concerns and truly unwind. Frequent 'little
vacations' are especially effective in restoring vitality and giving you a fresh approach to
your goals.
(Karen Hamaker-Zondag)
When enlarging, widening and augmenting Jupiter goes hand-in-hand with its opposite
(i.e., with restricting, narrowing and inhibing Saturn), inconsistency is the result. On
occasions when we would like to be cheerful and enthusiastic, and would like to widen
our horizons and throw ourselves heart and soul into some project or other (Jupiter), we
fear a loss of security, become inhibited, and behave with extreme caution (Saturn). This
leaves little room for spontaneity, and there is a danger that we shall let slip many good
opportunities, because when we finally get round to saying 'yes' it will usually be too late.
The reason we wait so long is that we want to be fully informed before making a move, or
else we need time to overcome a nervousness of anything new. Of course, this aspect has
the great advantage that it discourages us from rushing headlong into wild adventures.
However, the limitation, melancholy and general cheerlessness of Saturn are relieved by
the underlying brightness of Jupiter; so that Saturn / Jupiter combinations do have a
certain amount of joy about them even though this is tempered by seriousness. Aslso,
whenever we are down in the dumps, the optimism of Jupiter can lift our spirits again.
With the conjunction, we are capable of toiling hard and long. We envisage future
rewards (Jupiter) for the hard work we must do (Saturn). So the combination is excellent
for tasks requiring steady applucation and considerable self-denial. A vision of the future
is accompanied by a willingness to move forward stage by stage; so there is definite
organizing ability. However, this will show itself clearly only if the background of the
signs concurs, and if the aspect ties in with personal factors in the chart.
(Betty Lundsted)
This aspect is interpreted on many levels of experience. Jupiter symbolizes how we relate
to others; Saturn symbolizes restriction in some way. The sign of the conjunction is
important, for it lends its qualities to the aspect. Jupiter symbolizes how we open up, and
Saturn symbolizes the restrictions placed on us at an early age because of our father's
attitude toward us, or our response to his influence. In a mundane sense, the conjunction
means that the individual has a tendency to open up (Jupiter) and close up (Saturn) at the
same time. He may reach out to share some new experience and be afraid to do it
because there is an unconscious memory that authority figure or Fathers don't like him
doing that. It may mean that the father is a restrictive influence when this individual is
learning how to relate; maybe the father can't relate easily either.
The conjunction will indicate a person who takes relationships seriously, one who may
work too hard on developing all the potential in a relationship. It may indicate a person
who takes relationships so seriously that he or she is afraid of making a commitment, or
even starting a relationship at all. This person may have relationships that are similar to
the kind the father created; and the pattern can be determined by exploring memories of
teh father's friendships over the years. Once the pattern is understood, the father's
influence is diminished, and the owner of the conjunction is free to pursue the kinds of
relationships he wants to develop for himself - although he will approach the subject
seriously.
In order to reach the fullest possible realization of life potential, in order to develop
consciousness to its highest point, the individual with this conjunction will have to
develop a perspective on how he reaches out to relate, and an understanding of the
restrictive influence from his father - and then both aspects of personality will develop at
the same time. As he begins to view his cautions, and as he faces his fears and the
feelings of limitation and frustration caused by Saturn, his opportunity to open up and to
relate to new experience will also be developed. This person will then have an aboveaverage
perspective, for he cannot relate fully until he takes responsibility for himself.
The aspect will be further determined by the sign of the conjunction, as well as the house
placement. The conjunction taking place in the twelfth house seems to be the most
difficult because this house signifies that part of ourselves which can remain the most
unconscious.
(Charles Carter)
A powerful but admittedly critical position. It must be regarded as potentially gloomy, for
it occurs sometimes in charts of suicide, especially if it falls in Virgo. It distinctly favours
a hard life, with privation, struggle, or danger. The native essays difficult though
sometimes glorious feats, and may acquire fame through performances of great
arduousness, whether mental, physical or spiritual. It is distinctly a sign of great
possibilities to be realised by hard work.
It favours great singleness of purpose and endless patience. The native is generally
religious, favouring old and established communions. There is often a rather eccentric
tendency as regards the use of money: the native may be generous to the wrong persons
and niggardly to the deserving. Jealousy sometimes occurs.
With respect to external conditions, what has been said regarding the harmonious
aspects is true also here, but the elements of toil and danger are likely to be more in
evidence.
Natal Jupiter trine / sextile Saturn
Jupiter trine Saturn (Robert Pelletier)
With your Jupiter trine Saturn, you integrate the lessons you have learned through past
experiences with your designs for the future. Your goals are within the guidelines you've
set for yourself. Success is not a surprise; you expect it because your proposals for
yourself are responsible and within your capabilities. People may think you are inspired
because things always come up roses for you, but you know differently. You have access
to useful information and are skilled in evaluating the details on which you base your
actions. The outcome of this planning is generally a sure thing even before you become
involved; you don't really take chances on anything.
Having great faith in yourself, you project a wholesome expectation of success in all your
endeavors. You don't waste precious time and effort on trivia, but you are thoughtful in
applying yourself to the matters that you feel are important. You might succeed in law,
finance, physical therapy, counselling of young people, education, or the ministry. You
are creatively inspired in using your talents for working with people, especially in
religious endeavors. In making any public presentation, you dramatize yourself
effectively. You are fairly easy-going with co-workers, and don't challenge them if they
are less competent than you.
You could become apathetic and indifferent to success, since this planetary combination
gives you the luxury of such a choice. But it would be a loss to society if you elected to
detach yourself in this way. If you choose, you can be the catalyst for the development of
other people's talents. People without dreams of their own can achieve with your
prodding. Their destinies would be immeasurably benefited by contact with you.
You may decide to avoid the hostile world of professional endeavors. If so, you might
devote your talents to such areas as recreation, physical development, or taining young
people in need of a strong adult who believes in them. Participating in programs for their
achievements would be a useful way to offer your expertise to those desiring it. You
would be of great value and would be enriched by the results of your efforts.
Jupiter sextile Saturn (Robert Pelletier)
The sextile of Jupiter to Saturn indicates that your greatest asset is a vast reservoir of
information. You are well-informed, and your comprehension is excellent. You invariably
find uses for the knowledge you've acquired, no matter how useless it appears to others.
You belong to the classic tradition that considers all knowledge useful, or at least
broadening and enriching.
Because of your skill in planning, your creative ideas have an excellent chance of
succeeding. Enthusiastic and optimistic, you believe in yourself, but you also reaslize that
even the best-laid plans require hard work if they are to succeed. You are always
searching for new avenues of expression, because you are determined to grow to your
highest potential of development. You insist that your activities are entirely within the
law, and you pride yourself on achieving your goals without resorting to questionable
ethical practices. Your interest in philosophy has doubtless strengthened your conviction
that honesty and sincerity pay the biggest dividends in the long run.
Many fields are suitable to your particular talents, including law, education, writing,
journalism, politics, and the ministry. You would derive enormous satisfaction from
efforts to improve a particular personal or social environment. You are especially
concerned about mismanagement in government, and could easily launch a campaign of
writing and speaking to alert the public about such practices. You always make sure you
have the evidence before communicating your information to the proper authorities; you
take total responsibility for everything you do, and will fearlessly challenge anyone to a
debate on the matter.
You would make an ideal teacher, for you could dramatize your sense of history and the
lessons learned from it in an exciting way. With young people, you convey an intimate
understanding that can stimulate them in their search for meaning in life. Your
knowledge and appreciation of contemporary social structure are easily picked up by
those who wish to learn and benefit from them.
In your own way, you make a substantial contribution to society by your genuine concern
for its members. Your depth of understanding might be the basis of a published work on
some important issue that involves improving the management of social programs.
Whatever gains your interest must have significance for you, and you feel responsible for
communicating this to others. In many ways, you are a standard bearer for the forces that
spotlight social injustice.
Jupiter trine or sextile Saturn (Karen Hamaker-Zondag)
The way in which we seek expansion, improvement and increase harmonizes here with
perseverance and the way in which we discipline ourselves and define our egos. A
balance between the two planets gives us the possibility of being level-headed visionaries
looking for a solidly-built future. A structured career pattern is another possibility and is
quite likely to bring success.
We are often filled with a justifiable optimism, a sort of well-balanced enthusiasm, and
this enables us to promote joint efforts in a thoroughly relaxed way.
We are good organizers, and know how to combine a look ahead with a sense of current
realities; responsibilities seldom over-burden us, and we have little dread of the future.
Nevertheless, the promising and stimulating side of these aspects will never turn our
heads. We are and remain serious, and will retain the necessary self-discipline to achieve
our ends. For in these aspects Jupiter strengthens the ambition and the diligence of
Saturn so that we never rest until we have attained our goal.
Jupiter trine Saturn (Betty Lundsted)
This aspect indicates an individual born into a family with a generally healthy perspective
on life. As this person reaches out to relate, to bring in new life experience, his parents
are supportive. The father image is healthy and it gives this individual a sound
psychological basis from which to work as he approaches new situations in his life.
Authority figures are not frightening; there is an innate sense of responsibility for actions
taken; and the chances are that any commitment will be thought out carefully.
Relationships will be regarded seriously, and any attempt at developing them will be
considered from a responsible point.
As this person matures, as he passes through the various cycles relating to the
maturation process, he will discover that he opens up and expands his conscious
awareness at a similar rate to his letting go of Saturnian cautions and fears. This aspect
indicates a steady growth and steady maturity; and therefore the growing process may be
more difficult to discern. The person with the Saturn-Jupiter afflictions will grow with
leaps, bounds and fallow periods. The trine will move from one level of awareness to
another from a more circumspect point.
The trine between Jupiter and Saturn will not outweigh aspects indicating personal
conflict. It can be used to indicate the available inner strength needed when working
through other, difficult aspects in the chart. An individual may have developed such an
intense dislike of the father during the early childhood years (the dislike being based on
other aspects in the chart) that he may be unable to see any constructive father effect in
his life. Understanding the Jupiter-Saturn trine may give him new insight into the early
experience with the father.
Jupiter sextile Saturn (Betty Lundsted)
The sextile between Jupiter and Saturn indicates a pretty healthy home environment. The
relating principle is not adversely affected by the individual's father. The sextile indicates
that the father's influence probably helped the individual to view the reaching out and
opening up process as normal. Authority figures were not damaging to the development
of this person's relating ability.
Although the aspect may not be appreciated until after the age of thirty-five, the later
years bring a maturity and a consciousness to the concept of relating that this individual
can use to better develop the potentials of the Sun.
Jupiter trine or sextile Saturn (Charles Carter)
This combination is commonly regarded as singularly fortunate, particularly, of course, if
the signs and houses occupied are of a congenial nature. It is the token of constructive
power, the progreeive energy of Jupiter taking form and permanency through Saturn.
Hence it is a common aspect in the charts of materially successful people.
The type of character engendered may be described as one of serious purposivity, the
native being as a rule much in earnest, and yet cheerful and optimistic.
The constructivity lends to many forms of expression such as politics, municipal and
administrative work, art, and commerce: sextiles between the two planets, especially
from Libra to Sagittarius, or from Sagittarius to Aquarius, or from Aquarius to Aries,
seem very favourable to art.
It must be recollected that the best of any aspects between heavy planets such as these
can only appear if the lighter planets are also well placed; in a sense, the heavy planets
depend for expression on the lighter. Therefore, too much must not be expected from this
combination alone. But few contacts possess greater potentialities.
The native will have the ability to take long views, and he will work steadily towards one
end in life, year after year, with the utmost patience, learning from the past and adapting
its lessons for the future. He is usually generous, but is judicious in bestowing help.
There will probably be a distinctly Jovian streak in the character or pursuits of the father,
who may be a religious teacher, a sailor, a lawyer, or may show the less happy aspects of
the planet and be feckless and irresponsible, if Jupiter is not strong.
It inclines to mould the native in Jovian ways also, as, for example, to make him travel, or
to follow law or some other Jovian activity; and sometimes family influences are the
determining factors in this matter.
Natal Jupiter square / opposition Saturn
Jupiter square Saturn (Robert Pelletier)
The square from Jupiter to Saturn indicates problems in self-awareness. You tend to put
yourself down when you compare your capabilities to the skills of other people. The fact
is, you are trying to avoid your responsibilities to yourself and to those persons who
depend on you. Parental influence played an important role in your lack of self-esteem;
your early conditioning led you to believe the you were less competent than others and
that you had to yield to those who were 'obviously' more talented. Now your actions show
that you lack the courage to persist in spite of adversity. You feel you don't have the right
to expect anything worthwhile for yourself. You have little hope for success, but this is
just lazy self-indulgence and is inexcusable.
Stop making comparisons with other people's accomplishments; you have your own. You
have a vast storehouse of information with which to gain your objectives, but you must
formulate them yourself. Once you've established goals, prepare a program for achieving
them, and adhere to it. Try to focus on one thing at a time, and direct all your resources
and energy toward that. Stop making excuses for yourself and realize that only hard work
will pay you any dividends.
You could become successful in such fields as law, education, physical therapy, or the
ministry. The demands of these occupations may tax your endurance and cause periodic
setbacks, but you must persist with great determination. It is important for you to be able
to look back with satisfaction on occasional successes and realize that you are capable of
much more. You will encounter resistance from superiors, and you may have to endure
many indignities for the sake of job security. Acquiring the credentials that attest to your
competence will mark a milestone in your development.
You will have to learn the hard way that accomplishment comes from a lot of hardship
and self-denial. There is no easy road to victory for you. Don't make any agreements that
you can't fulfill, and don't sign any contracts that go beyond the limits of your abilities.
Give yourself the opportunity to reach your goals. Yours is a bittersweet destiny with
many highs and lowsm progress and reversals; but you will always move toward
realization and fulfillment.
Faith is your greatest ally when nothing else seems to work for you. It can sustain you
through your most difficult periods, and comfort you when you reach your goals with
assurance that you have done your job well.
Jupiter opposition Saturn (Robert Pelletier)
The opposition from Jupiter to Saturn indicates that you fluctuate between knowing what
you are worth and having grave doubts of your value. You are never completely sure of
yourself, and need to be constantly reassured by others that you are as talented as you
think. Probably some strained contact with superiors, perhaps your parents, has given
you this poor understanding of your capabilities.
This is a push-pull planetary combination. Because you need approval, you seek people
who will make demands on you to prove your competence to them and to yourself. If their
praise is not forthcoming, you reject them and alienate yourself. You seem to be looking
for 'yes' people to give you the approval you require. But how hollow the victory that is
forcibly extracted. Wouldn't it be simpler to accept competition from your peer group and
make your determination that way? You obviously cannot face the truth, and your
progress will be slowed until you can be honest with yourself. You generally reject other
people who have qualities like your own.
You are inclined to be irresponsible and look for the easy way out of duty. This attitude
needs severe adjustment. First, you must face reality and accept the responsibilities it
brings; second, you should learn how your behavior hurts people and try to be less
indifferent to them. If you can change in these ways, you can rise to any goals you set for
yourself. However, if you doubt your own competence, your associates may also refuse to
attest to it. You have work to do, and it is advised that you begin soon, if you haven't
already.
The same problem in evaluating your worth will crop up in personal relationships, both in
friendship and in romantic interests. You might well decide to use better judgement in
these instances, because it wouldn't do to sever an alliance with someone very special to
you. You don't usually make generous overtures to anyone, even to a lover. Even though
you casually reject anyone who doesn't voice enthusiastic approval, you are surprisingly
shattered when you are rejected and can't believe you desetve such treatment.
Once you know what you are worth, you won't feel threatened by anyone. Then you can
proceed to develop your potentials for success.
Jupiter square or opposition Saturn (Karen Hamaker-Zondag)
Whenever we feel like setting to work enthusiastically, improving our chances or seizing
fresh opportunities (Jupiter), we are aware of the dead hand of Saturn. Fearing to make a
move, we delay too long, or else, by an error of judgement, we saddle ourselves with a
pile of unwanted work. Whatever the case may be, our theory and practice, vision and
reality are out of alignment and, to begin with, we are uncertain how to proceed. This
leads to extreme modes of expression. We can balk at undertakings, but may also bite off
more than we can chew. When, for example, we take a position of responsibiltiy (Saturn),
Jupiter can propel us into a situation that is too taxing for us or into one where we are
forced to take too many risks (financial or mental), and there is an even chance that by
adopting half-baked measures to mend matters we shall only make them worse.
With conflicts between Saturn and Jupiter, we learn after many slips and recoveries what
we should be aiming for and when to make an all-out effort; initially we lose a great deal
of energy by misreading the situation. We are likely to be sombre and melancholy, and
subject to disappointment.
Yet, when all is said and done, these are aspects that offer us great opportunities
provided we have a well-defined field of action; so that we might do well, for example, by
taking on responsibilities under the sort of supervision that allows a fair amount of
freedom. Then we can produce hard and painstaking work and develop self-confidence.
Jupiter square Saturn (Betty Lundsted)
The square indicates that the individual is raised in an atmosphere that prohibits or
restricts the relating principle. The father places restrictions on this person, and these
restrictions will be carried into the adult life on some subconscious level, causing the
young adult to feel inhibited about relating; or he may relate excessively periodically and
then withdraw.
Jupiter indicates 'I relate'; it indicates how we open up and allow new experience in our
lives. it indicates how we will relate ourselves to another human being through the bonds
of friendship or love. The Saturn square indicates a restriction, a holding-back in the
relating department. It can also indicate a person who turns on and off in a somewhat
unpredictable manner. These people may feel apprehensive about taking chances on new
relationships. The apprehension can even undermine personal confidence to the extent
that they are uneasy about accepting new jobs, new responsibilities, etc..
The square can be understood if the father's relating values are examined. The early
childhood years can be explored again in order to decipher any pattern that can be an
indicator of the influence. If the father adversely affected the individual's relating ability;
if he restricted the individual; if he encouraged apprehension or fear in regard to new
undertakings... that pattern can be reasoned out and let go.
In personal relationships, this indiviudal may be drawn to inferior types or may choose
people to love who are unable to help him through relating problems connected with the
relationship. Peronsal cautions and apprehensions will have to be looked into consciously.
The individual will have to take responsibility for his relationships and relationship
conditions. As that happens, he will find himself drawn to more healthy relationships in
the future.
Jupiter opposition Saturn (Betty Lundsted)
Jupiter indicates the relating principe; it tells how the individual will reach out, open up
to new experience; how an individual will attempt to relate himself to his universe; to his
friends, lovers, family. Saturn indicates how the father influences, hampers or restricts
the individual when he first attempts to reach out to the world around him. The influence
may be physical or it may be merely that the father has a disapproving attitude.
The opposition suggests that some definite restriction was placed on the individual early
in life. Whenever he reached out for something new, his father disapproved. This
subconscious memory will remain for many years, and every time effort is made to open
up, a fear symptom may be set off, causing this person to reach out with great caution.
He may reach out and then run away - he may be open and receptive one minute, and
closed and cold the next. He may have difficulty relating to people he considers to be
authority figures - teachers, supervisors, partners, etc..
If these individuals pursue the drive for consciousness; if they believe in selfresponsibility,
then the personal qualities symbolized by Jupiter and Saturn will have to
be integrated. Often, these people grow with leaps and bounds followed by severe fallow
periods between growth cycles. The concepts of relationship possibilities will have to be
explored at the same time that a confrontation of the fears and apprehensions caused by
Saturn takes place.
If Jupiter represents how we assimilate the universe around us, the opposition indicates
that every time we have a new idea it will be tested by Saturn. Our mettle will be tested
and molded, our character developed, and the Hero venture intensified. The universe
doesn't hurt us, but the untested warrior is no warrior. As Jupiter develops, the
personality becomes more secure in itself because it has been tested by Saturn.
The opposition also signifies a break with the father, a break with the tradition of the
family. That doesn't mean that the individual must leave home forever; but unhealthy
family traditions can be left behind.
Natal Jupiter quincunx Saturn
(Robert Pelletier)
With the inconjunct of Jupiter to Saturn, you feel painfully burdened by your
responsibilities, but you find it difficult to justify these feelings. You carry a burden of
guilt from some past incidents in which you avoided duty whenever possible. Now you
don't have this freedom to choose, and you are disturbed at now knowing how long this
situation must be endured. You need not assume that you must always serve sacrificially
to be rid of this burden. You need the advice of someone you trust, who can help you
evaluate your priorities and determine the extent to which you must serve others. More
important is to know when you must serve yourself.
In many ways, your attempts to exploit your potentials are useless because you try to use
them to satisfy your obligations to others. In this way, you put yourself under binding
restraints and will always be at the mercy of those who will take advantage of you. If this
continues for a prolonged period of time, you may become resentful and bitter of the
people you serve, even though you chose them yourself. This bitterness is really selfdisgust
for letting yourself be abused.
You must stand way back to get a proper perspective of yourself, honestly and
objectively. You are talented, and you certainly know right from wrong, but you seem
destined to make life difficult for yourself. Spend some time and effort to develop your
creative potentials and become an expert in your chosen fiels. In order to escape from
obscurity, you need to have a higher estimation of your own worth.
There are many fields in which to creatively express yourself, such as physical therapy,
medicine, education, and construction trades. In any of these, you will have to avoid
becoming the victim of less capable co-workers who will try to use your knowledge for
their own benefit. Beware fo being a 'patsy' for another employee's incompetence. It is
probably better for you either to be self-emplyed or to work with a small number of
people. There is no limit to how far you can go once you recognize your true capabilities.
You are potentially an expert in whatever field you choose; and you can command a high
salary for your ingenuity and inventiveness. Know your own worth so you can put a price
on your services. Don't undersell yourself - you're probably worth more than you can
imagine.
Eat moderately, and never eat when you are suffering from any anxiety. You are inclined
to have problems in digestion and assimilation. You must learn to relax in order to stay
healthy. Get away frequently from your daily occupation, and see unfamiliar faces and
places. A brisk walk or physical exercise is especially beneficial for you.
(Karen Hamaker-Zondag)
Whenever we set out to tackle something with cheerful enthusiasm, it is not long before
we start feeling insecure. Say, for example, we were thinking of asking for a better job,
we might hold back because 'we wouldn't stand much chance of getting it anyway'. And
yet we would be hard put to it to give one good reason for such pessimism. In fact, we
can be our own worst enemy when it comes to realizing potential. This inconjunct often
goes with restlessness, inconstancy and inexpediency.
If we are engaged in responsible work (Saturn), then we experience a cover feeling of
dissatisfaction because we want to be free and unconstrained (Jupiter), but if we throw in
our hand we do not know what to do next because we then feel rudderless. Therefore,
responsibility and its opposite, complete irresponsibility, are both in the cards with this
aspect. We are continually looking for circumstances to suit us, but there is no possibility
of finding them until we understand that we need them to provide both restriction and
opportunity, not just either one or the other. Having gained this understanding, we shall
be more balanced in our reaction to rules and regulations and will not try and take unfair
liberties. Until then, we are likely to undergo many changes in both private and public
life, due to an inability to combine form and vision.
(Betty Lundsted)
The quincunx aspect is not as strong as the square or opposition. It causes a strain that
can eventually affect the health if it's left untended.
Jupiter indicates the relating ability and Saturn represents the area of caution or
apprehension in the personality. The strain between the two qualities indicates that the
effect of the father on the individual may not be consciously understood. Relationships
may be unfulfilling because of an experience absorbed in the early childhood. There will
be some conflict between pursuing relationships and remaining closed to them.
The aspect can be handled when the signs involved in the quincunx are understood
intellectually. Both facets of personality need to find expression.
Natal Jupiter square / opposition Uranus
Jupiter square Uranus (Haydn Paul)
There is likely to be a conflict between a need to be externally successful, and an inner
struggle to release tensions and transcend limitations. PArt of the difficulty will lie in the
irregular flow of your energies, which makes it hard to generate momentum and
persistence. You will feel that you should be a success, and resent any need to progress
slowly in your intended direction. Suitable preparation is not an approach that really
appeals to you, yet it can be this failure to lay good foundations that can destroy future
success.
You need more clarity in your life. There is a spreading uncertainty within you that makes
it difficult to concentrate your energies and purpose together. You are unsure of your real
motivations, desires and needs; and there is no cohesive belief structure that you can use
as a temporary centre. What you do feel is this frustrating tension, which inhibits your
choices and options. Often you make a few steps towards manifesting an intention, makea
few preliminary plans, then retreat from this, perhaps from a fear of failure or because a
new idea has suddenly attracted all your attention. You have a problem in being selfdisciplined
and actually completing your intentions. Yet sometimes you can be very
impulsive, launching into things with little thought, and suddenly waking up to discover
that you have created a new problem or are in a situation from which you have to
withdraw. Much energy is wasted through such thrashing about with no real idea of what
you really want to do.
The energy to succeed is there, but it is locked away or dissipated through lack of
direction. The frustration will remain until you release the tension through channelled
intent, completing one project at a time. More self-evaluation as to your dreams and
desires will help, as through clarifying those you will be able to determing the required
direction that is necessary for achievement. Those tendencies towards being too idealistic
and impractical may need to be moderated; and it may be that you will have to work
closely with others in a co-operative manner, so that mutual disicpline and focus helps to
keep you in line through a sense of group obligation and responsibility. The key is that
you need to change your way of operating in order to succeed.
Jupiter square Uranus (Robert Pelletier)
The square from Juptier to Uranus indicates that you have some powerfully inhibiting
conflicts, which limit your goals. Perhaps you simply bite off more than you can chew,
taking on more burdens than you can satisfactorily handle at one time. You are quite able
to do whatever you set your mind on, but you strive to do too much at once. You need to
establish priorities and exercise self-control so that you can complete one thing at a time.
It is easy to see that if you mobilize your efforts toward a single objective you can get
results that would otherwise be difficult or impossible.
Because of your enthusiasm you could achieve success in politics, education, law,
religion, or the occult. Your greatest problem, though, is your motivation for success. If
others see that you are motivated by the desire for recognition and accolades, it could
interfere with your objectives. Your plans are only as good as your purpose. Unless you
include others in the benefits of your efforts, you may suddenly encounter severe
reversals that could shatter your dreams.
You are inclined to want to start at the top, but you aren't likely to be tolerated there
unless you are well equipped and have good credentials. Your growth and development
depend entirely on your willingness to submit to rigorous preparation. Learn the basic
foundation well before trying to implement your talents. Learn to stop, look, and listen
before you do anything, and you will avoid many embarassments.
Your pretentiousness also leads to disappointments in your romantic affairs. Has it
occurred to you that not everyone finds you irresistible? Many will, of course, but be
cautious with those who don't. Try to construct your goals, both emotional and real,
according to their probability of success. Be moderate in your enthusiasm, so you can
enjoy the elation of happiness when success is realized. Learn to expect failure; it's where
the greatest lessons in life are learned. Your future happiness can be planned; don't make
it an accidental process.
Jupiter opposition Uranus (Haydn Paul)
Most of the challenges that are likely to face the individual with this aspect will be
centred on personal beliefs and expression, and relationships with others.
You are likely to have a bright, alert, intellectual mind, anda sense of self-assurance
which can be expressed with enthusiasm and dynamic energy. Over time you will amass a
large storehouse of knowledge, which you can use in your efforts to become successful
and creative. What is likely to disrupt the results of such natural assets is the influence of
the Uranian opposition, which essentially distorts the outer expression.
It is in the spheres of judgement and sensitivity that you may find difficulties occurring.
Under the expansionist tendencies of both Jupiter and Uranus, you can easily become
over-enthusiastic about ideas, business schemes or unconventional beliefs. Allied to an
erratic, restless tendency, this can lead you to become involved in highly speculative
business ventures where your obsession with the project idea can override any real
rational analysis of financial feasibility. Often your attachment to ideas veers torwards
investing them with elements of fantasy and imagination, which can lack a real
applicability within daily life, also adding a distorting factor.
There is likely to be some conflict with established traditional beliefs and social attitudes,
especially in the areas of religion and politics; and you may become involved with radical
poltiics or more unusual religious and spiritual beliefs. These will hold considerable
personal meaning for you; and you will feel impelled to share these with others. Often
despite that clever mind, there is an element of simplicity and faith in you, which can
become naivety at times. If a belief resonates with that point of imagination within, you
can accept it then with little questioning, beause really you are looking for a sense of
centre and security; and a belief structure appears to offer this.
You may need to be wary of an urge to convert others to your beliefs which, whilst
genuinely held, may not be suitable for everyone. If others oppose you, this serves to
reinforce your support of your beliefs against any odds; you can feel that this often
validates them. There can be a tendency to be too domineering in expression, founded on
that strong self-assurance; and in relating there is often a lack of tact and sensitivity to
the feelings and abilities of others. Not everyone has your ability to be so focused on
achieving important objectives; many vacillate, or sit on the fence, instead of choosing to
be on one side or the other. Also, others have different requirements for life experience
from yours, different challenges; and they may be following their path as much as you are
following yours.
Eventually, you may find that the Uranus action causes you to revolt against any belief
structures to which you have bound yourself. At least for a period, you may have to stand
alone and adrift from security in beliefs; this can occur as a result of disillusionment and
a collapse in your faith in a specific belief. Yet this can be liberating, since in the
experience of such a phase of inner darkness, your own light may be perceived and
contacted, enabling you to live more freely and attuned to your own life pattern through
later life. Identification with outer belief structures can be personally inimical and
restrictive.
Jupiter opposition Uranus (Robert Pelletier)
The opposition from Jupiter to Uranus indicates a high degree of enthusiasm and
intellectual development. From your earliest years, you have encountered many
challenges to your incredible gift of knowledge. This has given you the ability to meet
competition with assurance and courage. You are afraid of no-one, especially in a battle
of wits. Your intuitive ability is a decided asset in gaining victory over others, regardless
of their degree of education or skill.
The world is yours for the taking, and there is virtually no field of endeavor in which you
can't succeed. Your best interests would be served in occupations related to law, politics,
education, travel, religion, or the occult. In any of these, you can exploit your potentials
to their highest level of development and creative expression. Your fund of information is
too precious to keep to yourself, and your dynamic expressive ability should be used to
stimulate and benefit others. No-one else can more dramatically demonstrate that only
education provides freedom. You can take on enormous burdens without weakening
under pressure.
You must be conscious, though, of the danger of becoming authoritarian and despotic in
using your power. you will alienate many of your closest allies and friends as you pursue
your goals in life. You may wonder why they can't see the future as clearly as you, and
you may hold them in disdain for this. It is your responsibility to understand other
people's limitations and make allowances for them.
Throughout your life, you will be severely challenged. Remembering this may guide you
when your ego gets inflated with your own self-importance.
Exercise moderation at all times. Face the mirror honestly, and accept the truth about
yourself. Realize that with your intellectual advantage, you have a greater burden of
responsibility than lesser minds.
Jupiter square or opposition Uranus
(Karen Hamaker-Zondag)
Uranian aspects are full of unrest and tension.
Jupiter, the planet of expansion and increase, often has a stimulating (or overstimulating)
effect on restless and irascible Uranus, which makes these natives very
vacillating.
We can suddenly do something tactless, or make a desperate bid for independence.
Public or private friction (arising from the fact that we follow new, unaccepted ways and
do not fit in easily with others) never deters us. We want to be ourselves, are hard to
influence, and do not readily change our minds. With these aspects, we like to adopt an
independent line, but need to be careful not to take it too far.
Because of their impulsiveness, irrational suddenness and restlessness, Jupiter / Uranus
aspects can lead to broken relationships. The breaks can occur in public as well as in
private life; perhaps because we champion social reforms that give more freedom to the
individual. We obstinately stick to our guns, but do not always take a balanced view. And,
although we sense a great deal intuitively, our interpretation, evaluation, and
presentation of what we see leave something to be desired.
Conflicts between Uranus and Jupiter are quite lickly to be present in the charts of
intrepid explorers such as Stanley (famous for his travels in Africa). The new, the
undiscovered, and the reconstructive attract us under these aspects, and we are
prepared to devote a great deal of energy to such things.
Natal Jupiter conjunct Neptune
(Haydn Paul)
This conjunction occurs approximately every thirteen years, and tends to create
characteristics that are often similar to the Pisces temperament, where both the positive
and the negative qualities of both planets are present and highly active.
Tendencies towards excess, idealism, creativity and naivety will be evident. The Jupiter
impulse of expansion may encourage you to reach beyond your actual capabilities. Whilst
this can aid in stretching you - and in some cases you will succeed to a greater degree -
the likeiihood is that when it is combined with a Neptunian distorted perception of your
abilities you will fail more regularly than triumph. Over time this can become a repetitive
and inhibitory pattern which powers your self-confidence.
The sphere of relationships is likely to be a source of many lessons for you, and to reflect
back several of your own tendencies towards those less realistic qualities of Jupiter and
Neptune that are present in an unintegrated personality. Whilst faith and trust are
potentially positive qualities to possess, life experience often demonstrates that placing
our confidence in everyone will unfortunately and inevitably lead to disillusionment. In
the ideal world this would be possible, but in our current reality there are many who will
self-centredly take advantage of others' naivety and innocence (and ignorance too). A
more realistic appraisal of the motivations and nature of others is necessary; an
unconscious automatic offering of your trust and faith in the goodwill and fine nature of
others will lead to your abuse. Discrimination is always required, so that you can
recognise those in whom such fragile qualities will be rightly respected. Blind faith is an
innocence waiting to be ruined; and many will be queuing up to take their pickings.
Yet this ideal of relationships will still persist, oftne despite many disappointing
experiences over the years. It is probably wiser to be more careful in your more personal
and intimate relationships, because unless you are aware of what is occurring, your love
life could be painful. As you have a natural impulse to care and serve others, you could be
exploited by less scrupulous individuals, taking advantage ot those tendencies of sacrifice
and martyrdom that hide within the Neptune influence. This also leads you towards
illusions related to the feelings of others for you, where you convince yourself that hey
are a strong and true love, and then allow yourself to become deeply committed to the
relationship; you may be correct in your assessment, but it is an area in which you are
very vulnerable to self-deception, and perhaps more caution and less haste should be
advised. Time take in establishing others' motivations and deeper nature is often time
well spent; resorting back to a blind faith, trust and assumptions founded on satisfying
your own needs can be a recipe for future problems. A careful evaluation of the other is
necessary; otherwise, under the pressure of actual marriage or living together, other
aspects of the other's nature will emerge which may not suit you (or vice versa). Many
relationships flounder today due to mutual self-ignorance, where inner projections of
illusions and the anima-animus patterns overlay the real nature of the participants, until
time dissolves them and each partner wakes up to realise that they are living with a
stranger.
It is not suggested that you become overly sceptical or cynical, but that a deeper and
discriminatory look is made, into both your own nature and that of any proposed partner.
It may be that those tendencies of faith and trust should be applied in a more impersonal
sphere, where instead of having to believe in individuals (who are always capable of
letting you down) it becomes more abstracted into a belief in the essntial goodness of
humanity that is slowly evolving and being anchored in the world. Certainly your
experience of relationships will be a testing ground, and one where many lessons can be
realised; and, it is to be hoped, where your evaluations will become more acute and
realistic.
When disappointment strikes you, there is a tendency to retreat into a private fantasy
world. This can be positively used as a self-healing technique, but you must avoid any
temptation to use this purely as an escape, for if you do so you risk losing contact with
reality. A place to consider the implicit lessons and meanings for you, yes, but not one
where you elevate withdrawal as a means to remain ignorant and persist in any illusions.
You may have desires to experience 'sublime feelings and emotions', an intensity that is
not commonly found in everyday life, and an expansion beyond your normal boundaries of
existence. This can be a latent mystical proclivity, which you search for in love affairs.
You may be similarly attracted towards involvement with drugs, alcohol or spiritual cults.
Certainly the addictive attractions should be avoided, and if you do look towards the
spiritual scene, be careful of illusions related to gurus, cults and the like. Discrimination
is vitally necessary in these realms too.
Throughout your life, there should be a fertile imagination at work, which may find
means of expression in art, music or literature, or by absorption in religion and
philosophy. Suitable channels for this imagination need to be established, or else it will
just amplify your inner dreams and distorting illusions.
Idealism will remain strong, although there can be a lack of real practicality and common
sense, where through a lack of persistent self-discipline you often fail to deliver what you
are capable of doing. As a result of your high emotional sensitivity, you may be attracted
towards work related to a feeling of social obligation, where social welfare and aid for
others becomes dominant. Such spheres as medicine, nursing, mental health, teaching,
community welfare or voluntary service could satisfy this need. You may have to guard
against becoming too personally involved when you offer sympathy and support, or else
your own ability to serve will be weighed down by the weight of the world on your
shoulders. That type of martyrdom which turns you into a victim is often an unnecessary
sacrifice, and can be avoided by a different inner perspective.
(Robert Pelletier)
With Jupiter conjunct Neptune, you are inclined to do things to excess. You may talk
about subjects you don't really understand or try to accomplish tasks beyond your
capabilities. You trust others to maintain the confidences you share with them, carelessly
assuming they deserve your trust. When you give others the benefit of the doubt, you may
be sadly disillusioned, for htey often seem to deceive you. Your faith in people is deep,
but you assign it blindly.
You are philosophical about people, and hopeful that you will find someone in whom you
can confidently believe. From your experiences with others, you learn many lessons that
help to refine your judgement. You have a spiritual understanding of your social
obligations, which you fulfill by offering your talents, inspiration, and imagination
whenever you can. You would work with particular effectiveness in the broad area of
human welfare. Such professional activities as teaching or working in a Sunday school,
orphanage, mental health program, medical relief agency, or the Peace Corps, are suited
to your temperament and disposition. You can easily become totally immersed in
providing sympathetic understanding to those who most desperately need it.
There is always a danger of abuse from people who may try to capitalize on your
willingness to serve others. Unless you are alert, this can also happen in your personal
relationships. You want to believe that your lover's feelings are those of true love, and
you may encourage the relationship to develop, hoping it will lead to marriage. Unless
you learn to question everyone's motives in relating to you, you will certainly be
disappointed.
You must develop respect for the harsh realities of your surroundings. In your desire to
experience the highest emotions and most exquisite sensations, you risk aligning yourself
with escapist fanaticism. Avoid drugs, cults, and irresponsible charlatans.
(Karen Hamaker-Zondag)
The impact of a need for expansion and for widening horizons upon a basic need to refine
and disassociate things (which is felt most strongly in the areas of religion and
philosophy) produces a state of affairs that is rather hard to define. The combination
could lead to dreamy and impractical idealism.
Fantasy is usually well-developed, and we have a Utopian vision of the future; perhaps
seeing opportunties and improvements (Jupiter) where none exists, or, if they do exist,
failing to recognize their drawbacks (Neptune) and nursing vain hopes about them.
Because, with this combination, we do not have a very good grip on everyday
practicalities, we need to proceed with caution. We take risks we would never accept if
we were not wearing rose-colored glasses, and can end up with a fiasco. The conjunction
and the hard aspects (if linked with the personal planets) commonly indicate inveterate
gamblers.
If we have any Neptunian aspect, we are nt easily moved to take positve action. But as
soon as the unseen world, or the world of art or of emotional union with a greater whole,
enters in, Neptune offers every imaginable help. And when, as here, Jupiter forms part of
the aspect, we possess an added insight into the religious or the mystical. Jupiter gives a
natural love of spiritual things, and the conjunction with Neptune intensifies devotional
feelings. Ideals (Jupiter) are fostered by these feelings and especially by the need for the
sense of oneness given by Neptune. Not only do we have social sympathies, but we are
also keen on social action; for example, by engaging in relief work in deprived inner city
areas or in the Third World and in general by standing up for the underdogs (including
literal underdogs, such as stray animals). Idealism is great and it is deeply rooted, which
is why we can serve others for a long time, or alternatively, can devote ourselves to
artistic or spiritual activities. In other areas, where there is not sense of underlying unity,
we find it hard to simmon up much enthusiasm but spend a lot of time dreaming of better
things.
(Betty Lundsted)
The conjunction between Neptune and Jupiter is not a personal aspect, for it will be
present in all the charts of people born when Jupiter is transiting the same sign that
Neptune is during a given year. The aspect indicates a group of people who will view
relating from a more spiritual point than those born in the same year.
Neptune clouds the Jupiter position, causing many different kinds of personality traits.
These traits can range from an overly spiritual or cosmic-love approach to all
relationships down to the mundane set-up for too much sugar intake. Neptune symbolizes
the creative dream as well as universal and impersonal love. When a person reaches out
to relate (Jupiter) and his relationships are colored by too much 'universal love', the
individual with this aspect is more prone to be hurt when the relationship doesn't stay in
the lofty spiritual heights that he expects it should - thus a withdrawal into the personal
universe full of love that can be made more sweet by the addition of candy, starchy foods,
or even alcohol.
On the other hand, when this individual realizes that he tends to see relationships
through rose-colored glasses, that he may project too much Neptunian dream-world
spirituality onto his relationships, he can begin to reconstruct the way in which he
approaches other people. When the reaching out or relating principle (symbolized by
Jupiter) gains perspective, he can then use his Neptunian energy to uplift the kinds of
relationships he forms, but from a conscious point. He can recognize the qualities he
brings into his life, or the qualities he needs in order to feel complete when he looks for
companionship. The energy is thereby transformed, and he can proceed to develop very
special ways to share his personality with his fellow man. The aspect implies that a
spiritual awareness, or a need for discovery of the man-universe relationship, is
important.
(Charles Carter)
Among natives with this aspect are to be found a wide variety of effects, some of a purely
external character and some showing its psychological side. Among the former we have
several cases where there has been a seafaring strain in the family, the case of the
daughter of the murderer of Whiteley, born whilst her father was awaiting trial, the case
of a child born in a penitentiary, and children of preachers, sailors, and others with
Neptunian-Jovian characteristics. The conjunction of two planets both possessing,
through the sign Pisces, much in common, saturates the birth chart, so to speak, with its
influence, which will show forth in many directions, though often in a somewhat subtle
and not very obvious manner. It tends to religion and idealism, though often not of a
conventional kind; it is extremely humane, and is fond of animals.
The sensitivity of the contact may cause a certain degree of 'astralism'. In one case (in
Cancer, with Pisces asc.), the native 'saw fairies' from early childhood in circumstances
which almost precluded the possibility of suggestion. James Coates, mesmerist, had the
conjunction in Aquarius; and Algernon Blackwood, the writer of occult fiction, had it in
Aries. It is musical and artistic.
Jupiter trine / sextile Neptune
Jupiter trine Neptune (Haydn Paul)
The trine aspect between these two planets offers the most fluent and the easiest ways of
expressing that inner potential, and has several similarities with the characteristics of the
sextile.
There is likely to be a natural religious and spiritual affinity, whether orthodox or
unorthodox, and possibly pursued through a more mystical orientation, an interest in
occultism, or by your own heightened psychic sensitivity. You tend to recognise that
spiritual insight and attitudes can help you to infuse supportive foundations in the lives of
those who are responsive, and can enhance meaning, purpose and life direction. These
need not be traditional religious philosophies or theology, but are a personal path which
unfolds from your own insights and values, emerging from that ability to understand life
and people that seems to be a part of you.
This approach is less intellectually biased than with the sextile aspect, focusing more on
feeling, emotion and intuition, and so the path of the mystic and of contemplative
meditation may feel more natural to you. Exalted emotional experiences are of an
intensity that you welcome; and it is the evocation of such sensations that can draw you
towards communal and religious activities that enhance ceremony, atmosphere,
communion and a touch of dramatic mystery. It could be the appeal of the High Church
that you find attractive. It is the love and relationship aspect of the spiritual life that
motivates you, rather than the knowledge or wisdom dimension, and indeed you may lack
discrimination to some degree. Even so, you do succeed in successfully integrating your
inspired knowledge so that it is absorbed within your optimistic outlook on life and serves
to add richness and variety.
There is likely to be a deep sensitivity to your local and world environment, and a strong
sense of community spirit. Your basic attitudes are positive and progressive, in that you
see the light imprisoned even within the deepest darkness, and have faith that it can be
released into constructive activity. It is this essential trust in life and people that can give
you strength, both in your own path through life and in supporting others when times are
hard and challenging. Your generosity of spirit is one which can be relied upon when
friends and family are in need. In several ways, you will both grow and feel fulfilled if you
are engaged in service to others, when something real, constructive and positive can
emerge from your efforts; and this can lead you into the medical and nursing professions,
community welfare and forms of teaching, or into developing beneficial social programs
which increase the opportunities for others to release their potential or enjoy life more.
Attempts to refine and improve society are likely to be your most effective channels to
work through, although you may also do this through creative means, such as art, music
and literature, where your expansive imagination can find ways to be anchored in
objective forms. You recognise that there are always causes which can benefit from your
support and energy, such as international aid organisations.
In intimate relationships, ideally you require someone who is essentially compatible with
your outlook and attitudes; someone who can understand and respect your sensitivity and
refinement, and who acknowledges, values and supports these qualities. Because you
have so much to offer, there may be occasional inner clashes between a few self-centred
demands and needs and your higher ideals; following the path indicated by your ideals
will prove the most apt way, and ensure that the positive tendencies of these planets
shine through.
In a few, the spiritual and mystical worlds may be extremely attractive, so much so that
the ties of mainstream society fail to bind them into a traditional lifestyle. In such cases, a
withdrawal into the world of contemplation may occur; a monastic life or one of nonmaterialism
may greatly appeal. Some prefer to remain free and wander without too
many ties or possessions, and adopt a travelling Bohemian lifestyle like the 'New Age
travellers' scattered across the world, free to listen to their own inner inclinations and to
experience the boundless nature of Planet Earth by exploring alternative cultures.
Jupiter trine Neptune (Robert Pelletier)
With the trine between Jupiter and Neptune, you have the inspiration and integrated
knowledge to make your life rich and contented. Your deep spiritual understanding of life
and people will give you moments of serene contemplation. Being aware of the coarse
realities in your environment, you may offer to make some contribution to refining them.
You can see good where others see evil, constructive potentials where others see decay,
and restored order where others see chaos.
With your sophistication, you should participate in activities that benefit the public. Your
efforts could stimulate social programs for developing the productive potentials of poor
people. Education, art, religious interests, and writing are some avenues for expressing
your enormous creative talents. These would prove successful to you and immeasurably
beneficial to others.
You have the deepest respect for religion and philosophy because they bring order to the
lives of those who respond to them. For yourself, however, you are fascinated by the
occult and have a deep understanding of mystical matters. Your psychic abilities are
considerable, and much of your knowledge comes through this faculty. Others sense your
strength when they seek comfort from you. Permitting others to benefit from your tender,
loving care helps relieve your spiritual anxieties.
Your greatest fulfillment is through service to others, especially when your efforts result
in lasting benefits. There are always causes to which you can make a significant
contribution. Even if you are not gainfully employed, you will be involved in useful
activities, such as art or fashion shows or a benefit for a needy cause.
Your refined nature is comfortable in romantic attachments with others of similar
persuasion. You never sacrifice your ideals to satisfy a physical need, for you respond
only to people who have meaningful spiritual values.
Jupiter sextile Neptune (Haydn Paul)
The sextile includes several of the themes of the conjunction, but often develops and
defines them more clearly within the individual, and so they are probably more easy to
deal with and apply in daily life.
In personal relationships, that tendency towards gullibility is still present, aided and
abetted by powerful sensitive feelings and emotions that encourage you to believe in the
commitment of your partner who satisfies your needs and desires. Your evalution of the
status of your intimate relationships may be unrealistic, and there are bound to be times
when your belief in the aptness of your choices is later seen to be merely self-deception;
wherever your emotions are involved, they are the sourve for many illusions and much
vulnerability. Standing beside you in the shadows of love is always the prospect of
disappointment. Take more time to know someone, be more cautious and check with
them how they feel about the relationships too; do not just assume that because you feel
in love and happy they feel the same. They may... but the rising divorce rate seems to
indicate that the reverse is, regrettably, often the real situation.
The theme that is more defined in the sextile is that of optimism, imagination and
idealism. The likelihood is that this will be more focused within your mind, and that your
lifestyle will reflect this more clearly. In you, faith and trust becomes a more optimistic
spirit looking towards future prospects and opportunities. The sphere of expansion is in
that direction, and much attention is likely to be paid to contemporary social problems.
This vision is probably radical in nature, and often veering to the 'New Age' perspective.
You ar alert and aware enough of social conditions, desires and needs, yet you also add a
broader perspective to what is currently occurring and what needs to occur in order to
build a brighter future. You are capable of an analysis of modern social problems, seeing
intrinsic dangers there, and can be articulate in raising these issues. You may become
involved in groups that are public voices for such concerns, those minority pressure
groups that perform such an essential public service in the Western world. The failings of
established political, religious and social power blocs should be recognised, although you
may choose to work within them as an influence for inner change.
You value individualism highly, and see how others can be unconsciously swept along by
powerful ideologies and socially acceptable ways of behaving. This can encourage yyou to
make your own stand against any negative social ideologies that are currently powerful,
even those emanating from governments and the churches. You may become a publicist
for your ideas and those of affinity groups in an attempt to alert public attention to what
is occurring. Idealism will be vitally important to you, and you will feel quite passionate
about those ideals.
Yet what can let you down is the fact that you are essentially a theorist, in that activity is
via a mental perspective, and the ability to ground your vision is often lacking in basic
common sense and practicality. At worst, you may recognise social problems,
acknowledging that you do have a social responsibility and then fail to take any action
about it. Your innate altruistic and humanitarian nature can remain inhibited.
If this is happening, and it is partly a symptom of an unintegrated Neptune which
dissolves the will to act, then you may need to give yourself a shake. Certainly social
change does need visions and theories, but ultimately these have to be anchored on this
level, and that inevitably involves a transformation of thier nature, often compromising
the initial pristine vision. They never come through pure; and they often come through
channels and areas of life that are surprising and unexpected. There are 'thinkers and
doers', and ideally the two need to work together, but even the thinkers can become more
practical, even if thinking is their real task and not just an excuse for doing nothing. One
simple step is to transfer money towards those who are 'doing' and support them in that
way. Or you can evaluate your skills and resources; you should have an articulate
imagination, which could be positively applied in the publicising of vital issues, be
inspirational, or express positive social ideals. These are possible channels for you to
work along which will be beneficial to yourself and others and will avoid any tendency to
retreat into isolated reactive theories, a private monastery of the mind. We can all
complain about aspects of life; but the issue is 'what are we doing about them?' We can
all do something, and even if our contribution is apparently small and insignificant,
collectively we can make a difference.
Natal Jupiter trine /sextile Neptune
Jupiter sextile Neptune (Robert Pelletier)
The sextile between Jupiter and Neptune shows that you are imaginative, articulate, and
extremely hopeful about the future. You study human nature, trying to learn the lessons
of the past for guidance in solving the problems of tomorrow. Since you are mainly a
theorist, some of your solutions may be realistically impractical. you recognize your social
obligations but often dwell on them without taking any action. However, you will help
publicize important social problems in order to arouse public response.
You are especially sensitive to negative political conditions, and will offer your services to
a candidate who promises to correct them. You are similarly sensitive to religious and
social ideologies that don't seem to serve the public interest. An idealist, you are a
champion for people who are too timid to voice their objections.
You are ideally suited to work in religious, social or political enterprises, because you are
not afraid to stand and be counted. With your imaginative understanding, you can be
inspiring in your efforts to bring about social order by uniting its chaotic elements. You
would also succeed at writing for the official magazine of an organization. You have the
broad perspective to visualize how the individual can unwittingly be swept along by the
tide of social, religious, or political concepts. Your sensitive delivery could help avert this
kind of totalitarian effect.
Though you recognize the dangers inherent in social structures, you are still personally
vulnerable to deception. You assign qualities to your personal relationships that may be
unrealistic. Because you want so much to believe you have made a good choice, you may
be unprepared for deception and disillusionment. If you really want to know how
someone feels about you, ask and find out. Be cautious and evasive when declaring your
love for another; don't get yourself out on an embarrassing limb. Your best development
will come through self-discipline and practical action.
Jupiter trine or sextile Neptune (Karen Hamaker-Zondag)
The harmonious aspects between Jupiter and Neptune make us just as idealistic and
dreamy as the conjunction does, but there is a fair chance that we shall be able to
express ourselves more easily with the former in our charts than with the latter.
However, this ease of expression can be accompanied by passivity; we have definite
artistic and musical talents but may fail to develop them.
In general, we display considerable interest in religious and metaphysical topics and
problems, but someties have difficulty in keeping both feet on the ground and tackling
problems in a sensible way. We try to make things out to be more beautiful and ideal than
they are, and can stray for a long time in a world of illusion. All the same, just like people
who have the conjunction in their charts, we may feel impelled to undertake social work.
It is quite likely that we shall have a great love for people and animals; but we need to
take care not to impoverish ourselves so much in helping others that we become part of
the problem we are trying to solve. Even with the harmonious Jupiter / Neptune aspects,
excessive generosity and unworkable idealistic schemes for helping others can set us on
a collision course with hard facts. Addictions are another possibility. In aspects of this
kind, particular attention should be paid to the personal planets, through which the
aspects can readily make their presence felt.
Usually we are deeply religious: perhaps as traditional church-goers (never dogmatic in a
rigid sense but sometimes extremely fanatical), perhaps as a follower of some system of
metaphysics or spiritual science. The need for a sense of personal (Jupiter) and universal
(Neptune) integration is very strong, but the actual form in which this need will express
itself is not too crucial.
Jupiter trine Neptune (Betty Lundsted)
Here the addiction comes up again. This person will be in pursuit of the perfect spiritual
relationship and may be drawn up sharply when he discovers that other people don't
relate the way he does, or that other people don't want the same kind of relationship he
wants. He wants some lovely pie-in-the-sky kind of relationship that just happens. The
reality of having to compromise with another person, and the reality of having to face the
necessities of survival - like working and paying the rent, etc. - may bother him. This
personality may not want to take self-responsibility in the real world. When this happens,
he attaches himself to other people without looking to see what the other party wants
from him. He may not recognize what the possibilities of the relationship are.
On the constructive side, this aspect indicates a person who is naturally interested in
religious philosophy and the pursuit of metaphysics; and even orthodox religion may give
solace. However, it's important that he really learn how to relate, for he will feel better
about himself if he does. When Neptune clouds relationships, it really indicates that he
doesn't fill half of the relating requirement - he doesn't take the time to determine what
the other person wants from a relationship, what the other person needs, or even if the
other person is available. Unrequited love relationships are not the answer. He must
learn to listen to the other person. As he develops perspective, he will find himself in
more fulfilling situations.
Jupiter sextile Neptune (Betty Lundsted)
The sextile energy is easier to use than that of the conjunction, square or opposition. The
energy doesn't really manifest until the middle thirties, for it is a latent talent that needs
development. The individual is taught to accept his own creativity when he reaches out to
relate to his childhood environment, and that encouragement develops certain
unconscious ideas about creativity and relating that can be used in later life.
This aspect will be outweighed by any hard aspect involving Jupiter, because the hard
aspects need to be taken care of, reassessed and rechannelled before the Neptune sextile
can take effect. The conjunction indicates the possibility of sugar addictions; the sextile
does not because it isn't strong enough or threatening enough.
The sign and house placements are important in diagnosis, for they show the qualities
and the areas of life that will be affected or improved by the conscious direction of the
energy implied by the aspect.
Jupiter trine or sextile Neptune (Charles Carter)
One of the commonest and most marked results of this influence is hospitality, and this is
but one aspect of the quick sympathy which it is usually ready to bestow upon all who are
in need. Sometimes this is directed towards the animal world, sometimes towards the
slum-dweller and outcast. The lower the position and the worse the circumstances of the
applicant, the more willing it is to succour.
There is considerable emotional content, and, besides philanthropy, this is often
discharged in the form of art, especially music. The sensitivity is very great.
The Jovian part of the combination also inclines to metaphysical speculation or psychic
investigations, and thus we get many spiritists, students of New Thought, Christian
Scientists, and followers of other sects of this description.
Like Mars-Neptune, it inclines to make the native seek the grandiose and the seemingimpossible,
but its action is milder, gentler, and more subtle. It is idealistic, and may
easily tend to drift away from the actual world, or to deny or ignore its importance. It is
other-wordly, and its sense of values is at variance with that of the ordinary man or
woman. It is often unable to develop properly in mundane conditions, and may seek the
shelter of some form of retirement.
Whereas Jupiter-Uranus seeks power, this influence is much more concerned with
service, even of a lowly kind; in less practical charts, there may be a proneness to a life of
fantasy. It does not notice barriers, either between the classes, sexes, or nationalities, or
between spiritual and mundane things; the whole range of the senses and the emotions is
indefinitely enlarged.
It is good for receiving help from others without having directly merited it. Thus the
native may himself minister to others in connection with a charitable organisation, and
may be successful in obtaining funds for that purpose. Or he may find that he is himself
the recipient of kindnesses from friends or strangers without having rendered them any
particular services; he is often benefited by a 'helping hand'. Sometimes there is relief
and happiness through religious retreat, and it is always an influence through which
spiritual help and strength may come to the native abundantly.
However, here, as in all cases, much attention must be paid to the general strength of the
two planets, especially by sign. Cases occur in which. Jupiter being out of dignity, even
the technically good aspects carry with them some troublesome limitation, such as
nervous debility, bad eyesight, family misfortunes due to fraud or imprudence, or
scandal. In the charts of women, it may incline to faithlessness, indifference, or some
form of 'Neptunianism'. Among examples of technically good aspects between these
bodies I find: a woman whose husband was passionately fond of the sea and was
frequently in danger on the sea; another whose fiancé belonged to a family with an
insane taint; another whose husband died directly after marriage; one who contacted
disease owing to the husband's loose living; one whose husband was lame; and another
whose husband's chief fault was incurable unpunctuality.
Perhaps the chief effects of this configuration can best be described as anti-Saturnian - it
tends to deprive the native of the virtues associated with the greater malefic, making
them slack, kindly, apt to lend and borrow without regard to strict merits, Bohemian,
free-and-easy, and changeful. But in the case of women it is clear that these
characteristics are often exhibited through the husband, the native herself sometimes
being very strict and conscientious, according to the tenor of the ascendant.
Natal Jupiter square / opposition Neptune
Jupiter square Neptune (Haydn Paul)
The square aspect tends to indicate great promise which is usually frustrated by the more
negative qualities of these two planets. It is the potent dream world that you create which
is both the source of your creative potential and the cause of your challenges in actual
achievement. The problem is that often your dreams remain just dreams, an inner world
into which you retreat, a world that you invest much energy in maintaining. Dreaming
becomes too addictive for you, and your life becomes just an unrealised dream.
This frustration is often caused by a lack of self-discipline and too much self-indulgence
and time-wasting. Concentration is poor, and discrimination in decision making can be
virtually non-existent at times, as well as being hampered by an unconscious attraction
towards flawed ideas and projects. The influences of others are powerful, and you are
often pulled from side to side as alluring ideas take control of your dreams. Confronting
reality and accepting responsibility is not your favourite activity as you prefer to be
absorbed within your current 'castle in the sky', which feels emotionally satisfying. You
may be capable of spinning great yarns about what you are going to do, but time reveals
that usually you are incapable of actually doing anything, except to dream.
Even when you begin to anchor an idea or intention, what occurs is that it is soon
revealed to have flaws, in that faulty logic and reasoning have already eroded firm
foundations, and it is seen that those ideas lack real substance and an ability to deliver.
Financial awareness is another area where you are rarely at your best, due to the
distortions of Neptune and the expansive over-reaching of Jupiter. By unwise actions and
lack of preparation, you can create financial problems for yourself quite easily. Your
nature is a little other-wordly, running away from the realities of the physical-plane life,
and you may have an ongoing struggle to shore up a collapsing ordinary life whan your
attention has been elsewhere for too long. You tend to become lost in cloudy visions,
unable to see clearly through those mists and inner fogs. The real world can feel
oppressive and too restricting, and you want to shake it away, yet really you need to
properly face it or you will receive many more rude awakenings from those inner dreams.
Yet you are often generous and sympathetic with others, having a good heart which is
also liable to be abused and taken advantage of by less understanding people. You can
lack discrimination towards those in whom you place your faith and trust. That tendency
to be gullible and naive will be present, and you may find that others use you as an
excuse for their own failings, placing any blame on your shoulders. There can be the
'victim syndrome' operating through your unintegrated Neptune. Because both of these
planets have similar characteristics, it is likely that you will express both of their more
negative dimensions. This can cause a blockage in action, a hesitancy over decisionmaking.
You can become like a seeker of a dream, frustrated by always looking and never
finding. Eventually you may even become apathetic at the failure of your attempts and
surrender hopes of ever achieving success.
Relationships can pose problems; distortions and misunderstandings may be common,
your consistency questioned, or a liability to be emotionally abused is likely. Offering
your heart to unsuitable lovers is probably inevitable at some point. What keeps you
going? Dreams.... You dream of exotic adventures, exotic lands, exotic mysteries. You find
it very difficult to settle in this world. A tendency of restless wanderlust is common, on
physical, emotional and mental levels. Contentment is rarely found. Yet it need not be like
this, as many of these frustrations are of your own making, and certainly the potential is
there waiting to find channels of expression through a disciplined control being applied.
It may be difficult, but facing reality, conforming to its restrictive limitations and learning
how to be more practical could be the key to success. Some of those private dreams could
become real if you became more concentrated and dedicated to achieving one at a time,
instead of withdrawing when the going gets tough. The first step is to become aware of
your receptive patterns, to see how they operate, see what consequences occur, see the
point where things fall apart. Then, resolve to change that pattern, put more thought into
building the dream, more realistic self-evaluation, more discipline and effort placed into
making that intention successful. By slowing the process down, and by applying yourself
more consciously to what you are doing, you may be able to transform this pattern of
frustration into one of future success - it could be well worth the effort.
Jupiter square Neptune (Robert Pelletier)
The square from Jupiter to Neptune shows you have creative potentials that need only
self-discipline and control to become activated. You are excessively self-indulgent, so the
dreams you creat never have the slightest chance of being realized. You tend to reject
any social burden as being too demanding of your time. Yet you casually waste your time
elsewhere and offer yourself to projects of questionable validity, although you don't see
them in that light. You are gullible and easily influenced by others to adopt their
attitudes.
Your greatest problem is in overextending yourself in buying on credit. There is no
excuse for not using your intellect to determine how far you can indulge yourself before
you land in trouble. Your higher mental faculties are in good order, but you don't want to
face reality and responsibility. Your lines of reasoning are somewhat distorted, and your
vision is clouded. Don't be a sucker for deceptive advertisements - they're designed to
sway you and others with your vulnerable temperament.
You are sympathetic and kindly toward others, but it may be a mistake to extend yourself
to people who will take advantage of your unselfish nature. In your professional work, be
extra careful and don't take any chances. If an accident can happen, it will happen to you.
Openly discuss who will be permitted to have classified information, and rigidly adhere to
the decision. You could easily be the fall guy when there is an infraction of the rules.
Mind your own business, and don't discuss your personal life with anyone. When you
speak, you often reveal secrets without realizing it.
It would be wise for you to avoid any discussion about religion or occult matters in
general. You are not temperamentally equipped to defend your position in such a
conversation. Be hesitant and cautious in everything you do, and try not to emotionalize
your romantic attachments. When you do, others may get the impression that you would
indulge in escapades even with someone whose ethics and spiritual values were
unacceptable.
Jupiter opposition Neptune (Haydn Paul)
The opposition has several similarities to the square, but here the source of 'contention'
is projected externally onto the outer world and people. There is the difficulty of 'followthrough',
where intentions and plans are often thwarted by an inability to actually realise
them, despite your original aims; things are started but never completed in any satisfying
way. You tend to resent and resits any external pressure that can be placed on you by
others' expectations of your performance and abilities.
Conflicts often arise in interpersonal relationships, especially with other work colleagues,
who may attempt to take advantage of your skills or persuade you to take on
responsibilities which may be thankless tasks, or in which for reasons of their own
advantage they expect you to fail. There is often a lot of manipulative activity in work
places, and you can become a victim of this if you are not aware of the hidden motivations
of others. You can become paranoid and suspicious of people, perhaps as a result of
previous experience, and there is often a kernel of truth and validity there; yet equally,
part of this is a projection emanating from you based on the tensions inherent within this
opposition. You tend to either oppose or antagonise others, sometimes by being too direct
in your comments and attitudes; there is little social diplomacy in your style of
expression, and sometimes you can be very tactless and too adversarial.
There can be a blind spot in your character that is often unrecognised, and is related to
the sign and house positions of Jupiter and Neptune. Whilst you may fail to fully
comprehend your own nature and what you 'should be doing', you still express yourself
forcefully and with a tendency to be authoritarian. Yet you also often challenge the
dictates of those in positions of authority, questioning their perceptions and rights to
wield power. There is less of a social awareness and conscience here with this aspect, as
most of the energy is tied up in an external uneasiness; you do not have any great trust in
the good nature of others, which, whilst possibly more realistic, is also symptomatic of
your own inner fragmentation and stress - you cannot relax and trust yourself either. You
need to learn how to accept others as well as accepting yourself; the two are intertwined,
and if you can manage this then stress will be diminished and all your relationships will
improve as you correspondingly feel more at ease in your own nature.
Intimate relationships can pose difficulties until the step of personal integration and
resolution is taken. Your choices of partners may be unwise, especially where those
anima-animus projectsion are superimposed on the partner, apparently turning them into
the ideal lover who posesses everything that you believe you desire and need. When
these projections collapse, you are liable to be emotionally distraught and see that person
as another one who has deceived you; in fact, it may have been your own illusions that
have been self-deceptive, and so the consequences of a hurt heart should not be taken
out on your partner in any emotional or physical aggression. Resorting to the Neptuneian
addictions of drugs or alcohol must be avoided at such traumatic times.
Some form of religious or spiritual life and aspiration is likely, yet this too can suffer from
some distortion and invalid projections. Your spiritual attitudes may lack a practical
dimension, or even a serious application by yourself in everyday life. There can be a
greater attraction toward the glamours of more exotic religions, which offer a colourful
fascination and mystery that appeals. Cultism and an idealised surrender to gurus can be
a temptation, despite your resistance to forms of authority, and can seem to offer a way
out from the disappointments and stresses of your life. Alternatively, you may dream of
foreign travel or pilgrimages across the world as an antidote to the lifestyle you feel
trapped within.
Realising that so much of what dissatisfies you in the world is a reflection of an inner lack
of integration would be a major step forward. Reabsorbing those powerful projections,
allowing yourself to re-own them, can only strengthen you and give you back the ability
to redirect your life in ways that you want it to move in. Taking such control and selfresponsibility
is crucial, unless you want to persist in the likelihood of unsatisfactory
relationships with others, where your need for development and expansion is perpetually
thwarted by 'external resistance'.
Natal Jupiter quincunx Neptune
(Robert Pelletier)
The inconjunct from Jupiter to Neptune indicates some distortion between your intellect
and your emotions. Your reasoning tells you not to overextend yourself for others, but
your emotions make it difficult to refuse. You are inclined to persecute yourself by
creating impossible problems, that are so painful to solve that you wind up in an
emotional bind. It is sometimes difficult to know which is greater, other people's
dependence on you or your need for their dependence. You are constantly struggling to
expiate an undefined guilt concerning service to others.
By imagining social obligations that are not even your responsibility, you push yourself to
extremes. You might even seek out the most painful and demanding profession just to
work out your addiction for pain. At the same time, you may complain bitterly about your
work, without doing anything to find a less demanding situation. You are particularly
awed and fascinated by work involving institutions such as prisons and other places of
detention for unruly elements in society.
Your positive attitude could be beneficial because you have a warm, sincere
understanding of socially afflicted members of your environment. However, even this is
dangerous, because you tend to absorb the ills of those you care for. You are
unconsciously seeking to take the burden and guilt of humanity on your own shoulders.
You are susceptible to physical problems that are obscure in origin and difficult to
diagnose. Oftentimes, the causes may be psychosomatic in origin, caused by your
misunderstanding of your responsibilities and by the guilt associated with them.
You need the advice of someone you trust and admire to help you determine when and if
you should burden yourself with duties toward others. You must learn to say 'no', even to
those who can't seem to get along without your help.
(Karen Hamaker-Zondag)
The inconjunct is not very different from the square and the opposition in its effects.
However, the lack of understanding is greater. The conflict between the planets
concerned is not open but disguised. Just where and how things go wrong is hard to
detect, but one thing is certain: we need to beware of making false evaluations. When we
launch out full of enthusiasm under the influence of Jupiter, an emotional element slips in
that is hard to pin down and even harder to exclude. Therefore the eagerness with which
we start can be neutralized by some contrary emotion. Perhaps the hopes we set out with
are too high, or our (idealized) partners let us down. Whatever the case may be, a
nagging uncertainty plagues us in some form or other. We sense that there is a strange
tendency for matters ruled by Jupiter to go awry; but the fact that we are dealing with an
inconjunct makes it difficult to trace the source of the trouble. At the same time, the
dream and fantasy world (Neptune) is covertly but unmistakably enlarged and
strengthened by Jupiter - to the extent that it may not be easy to tell reality and fantasy
apart.
Nevertheless, the combination is outstanding for those wanting to enter into the spirit of
myths, fairy tales and legends, and into the still magical world of childhood. If we
conquer uncertainty and manage to keep our feet on the ground, we could do well
working with infants, or in the fields of music, metaphysics, spiritual endeavor or
creativity.
(Betty Lundsted)
The quincunx is not a very difficult aspect between Jupiter and Neptune. There are
probably more important squares, oppositions and conjunctions in the chart that will
indicate more serious personality dilemmas.
The relating principle (Jupiter) is affected by the illusions and dilemmas of Neptune.
Some vague disturbance can be working on an internal level because this individual
dreams of having an inspiring and special kind of relationship that may not occur.
Probably all relationships are somewhat disappointing because he reaches out according
to the sign that Jupiter is in, and dreams of handling his life differently.
Natal Jupiter conjunct Pluto
(Haydn Paul)
This is a favourable aspect, wihch should allow you the opportunity to unfold your natural
talents relatively easily, applying them in a concentrated and determined approach
towards achieving your ambitions. You have the fortunate ability to evoke a response
from your 'inner storehouse' of gifts, and create an open channel enabling you to
manifest these in an objective context. Those who are close to you or who work daily with
you may be inspired by this ability; and you are likely to display certain leadership
qualities.
You will approach life with zest and vitality, pouring your energy wholeheartedly into
satisfying your aims and your need for success. You seem to feel that your success is
guaranteed; and whilst you may often feel impatient, or temporarily frustrated in your
purpose, you have too much self-confidence and determination to believe that you could
fail. The opportunities are certainly there for you; and your inner gifts are there to be
actively expressed and exploited by you to achieve success.
You may find that you express and explore your talents in several potentially lucrative
areas, as your gifts can be applicable in a variety of ways. This can mean that you are
likely to change direction several times throughout your life, possibly in a radical style, or
just to find new areas to experience. You may not have a specific goal in mind - such as a
senior managerial position in one company - but could become influenced by 'the inner
storehouse' of innate talents to search for new directions in order to find suitable
channels of release for as yet latent gifts; you may even find a problem arising out of the
very multiplicity of choices available to you.
Ideally, you should look for a ways of life which actually offers you a variety of channels
through which to express yourself, where there is a potential for a renewal of challenges
and for a demand of personal growth. Working closely with people is likely to attract you,
and interpersonal relationships can be a constant sphere of creativity and growth; much
can be shared and transmitted even in creating and maintaining positive human relations
at work.
In an intimate relationship, you should ensure that equality is developed, building a
balance, as you may have a tendency to play the role of dominating leader too often.
Development of each partner is also important; and you partner's needs and abilities
should be clearly recognised and valued, helping each other to actualise hidden
potentials. Change in the relationship and in your partner should arise naturally and
easily; never attempt to force any process, as a natural evolution is safest, especially
when in truth you cannot really understand the inner process and life experience /
perception of another.
The best use of your abilities will be towards benefiting others in some way. Whilst Pluto
is likely to 'co-operate' with you using this energy for personal success, if you tend to
apply it in a way that exploits or abuses others through your becoming obsessed with
self-satisfaction and desires, you may find that Pluto becomes more subversive and
undermines your purposes, stimulating failure as a natural result of your own distorted
form of expression, thus creating your own downfall as Pluto forces you to look at the
need for transformation.
(Robert Pelletier)
With Jupiter conjunct Pluto, you seek to enjoy life at the fullest. You have enormous drive
and ambition to achieve your goals as soon as possible, and are impatient with anything
that delays you. To others, your goals may be unrealistic, but you strive for them with
amazing determination. It rarely occurs to you that you may fail, for you do not accept
defeat. You are driven by an insatiable appetite to get the most out of your potential. Your
success at seemingly impossible tasks is almost inspired. Behind your ambition lies a
powerful faith in your ability to rise above external limitations. Your accomplishments are
acclaimed and envied by many.
Your professional interests are extremely varied, and you can excel in many fields. Even
though successful, however, you will be uncomfortable until you find a life work that
offers unlimited growth potential. Essentially you are attracted to professions in which
you must work closely with people, such as law, medicine, psychology, or religion. On the
other hand, your preoccupation with self may lead you to seek recognition in fields such
as sports, research and exploration, or even gambling, in which the risks are high and the
dangers tantalizing. You will become involved in financial enterprises of vast scope which
will generate significant returns for you.
In your personal affairs, your inclination for success will attract you to other successful
persons. You will seek a mate whose strength of character, accomplishments and
recognition you admire. You will understand your partner's motives and enthusiastically
stimulate your mate to achieve. Be careful, however, not to overemphasize your partner's
earning ability and the resulting 'good life', thus downgrading the fine personal attributes
that make it possible.
(Karen Hamaker-Zondag)
The conjunction of these two planets, each of which is expansive in its own way - one
through seeking a synthesis of a wide range of phenomena, the other through spreading
its roots in the all-embracing consciousness - can have serious and far-reaching
consequences. Pluto could carry us unexpectedly out of our depths, and with Jupiter we
must always be on guard not to bite off more than we can chew. The danger of
exaggeration and of overreaching ourselves is always present.
Whenever we are engaged in philosophizing, forming opinions, studying or any other
Jovian activity, Pluto intensifies our efforts. It encourages depth; and in making a
synthesis we are never satisfied that everything has been included. Therefore the
combination leads to intense searching. Where our philosophical outlook is concerned,
we do not rest until we are able to penetrate to the core of life itself; preferably, we want
to be in control of our lives. We do not form opinions until we have thoroughly researched
the background information; the corollary being that, when our minds are finally made
up, nothing and nobody can shake us. Our opinions become part of us, and we promote
them with passionate intensity. So this aspect gives inflexibility, conceit and
unreachability, but is outstanding for study and research.
The expansiveness of Jupiter stimulates Pluto's striving for power and urge to control and
get to the bottom of situations. So this is a likely aspect to find in the charts of great
leaders and demagogues (provided it is linked with personal points in the horoscope). Its
drawback is that charismatic leadership abililty may not be accompanied by responsible
insights. And once these natives are captivated by some ideal (Jupiter), they can pursue it
with such fanaticism that they have no time for non-supporters. Power struggles and
differences of opinion are commonplace with this aspect.
(Betty Lundsted)
Because Pluto is one of the slow-moving outer planets, many people born in any given
year when Jupiter is transiting the same sign as Pluto will have this aspect. It creates a
mini-generation of people who will have choices to make as to how they pursue
relationships. If the conjunction is unafflicted by other planets, if can be diagnosed by the
sign and house placement.
It indicates that relationships will be affected by the unconscious motivation caused by
the conjunction to Pluto. It can indicate a person who may need to control all his
relationships; a person who needs to stay on top, and needs to manage those around him.
He may reach out for new experience with great care and caution because he doesn't
want to feel out of control. This person may be extremely sensitive about relationships in
general, for a chance word overheard can send his subconscious self on a trip that will
analyze and re-analyze anything that bothers him because of certain kinds of early
childhood experience.
Natal Jupiter trine / sextile Pluto
Jupiter trine Pluto (Haydn Paul)
As with the sextile aspect, the trine indicates the potential of releasing a powerful
creative energy emerging from a humanistic and spiritual perspective, which will be of
positive use to yourself and the world.
Your innate optimism and belief in the essential goodness of life will turn your inner faith
into an effective ability to manifest your creative vision, especially as you are able to
channel your will into constructive forms of expression.
Your contribution to society may well be in working closely with people; and you have the
gift of being able to inspire others to discover how to experience life more intensely and
creatively and to release their own latent talents. This can involve you in the expression
of a sort of life philosophy which can be adopted by others on their path to selfunderstanding.
Obviously, any such influence must be carefully handled by you, both in
how your own self-perception is changed and in what you offer to others or share with
them. There is a great responsibility to be assumed when presenting yourself in a way
that can have considerable influence on others' lives; and awareness must be shown and
applied to ensure integrity is maintained, that the 'teaching' is as honest and valid as
possible, that there is freedom for disagreement or new thinking to occur, and that it is
understood that 'your way' is not the only or most appropriate way for everyone. In fact,
even direct opposition from another may be the right way for them to unfold themselves
or to discover new insights, and could be right for you as a stimulus to re-evaluate your
own path and attitudes.
Primarily, you seem to function in a role of 'educator', and you are likely to develop into
an effective speaker, clearly expounding your beliefs, ideas and attitudes, and being quite
persuasive in that way. You tend to need personal freedom, and dislike being tied down
into predictable patterns of behaviour, as you may feel that you need to be relatively free
in order to be able to respond to what you consider to be insights and intuitions. You
support social transformation, and will reflect the unified vision as the direction for the
future, offering a meaning and inspiring purpose for people to aim towards. You may find
that a personal transformation is required of you prior to you fulfilling your potential role
and function. Initially, this could involve considerable challenges facing you which
require overcoming, or elements in your personal life that lead to periodic crises which
lead eventually to wisdom and insight as a result of personal suffering.
Jupiter trine Pluto (Robert Pelletier)
The trine from Jupiter to Pluto indicates your interest in stimulating individuals and
groups to creatively exploit their own potentials. Your optimistic response to social
change inspires others to view the future with greater expectation and hope. You can
awaken those around you to an acceptable philosophy for pursuing their destinies. You
arouse them to establish constructive motivations that will sustain them through the
bitter and the sweet, the highs and the lows, the successes and the failures in thier lives.
You are able to grasp the essential meaning behind any of life's mysteries and to
dramatize it effectively enough to convince the most determined sceptic. Your words,
often seemingly inspired, carry such an impact that they are seldom questioned. Because
you are geared to become intimately involved in the affairs of others, you should choose a
profession that will serve the public interest. Education would give you a broad yet
intimate scope to demonstrate truths as you understand them and to shatter the illusions
that restrict expansion of consciousness. It may be that you are a free soul, whose destiny
is to serve others.
Your personal relationships must allow you mobility and creative expression. You have
the power to move from a life of apathy and indolence to one in which you offer your
insight for the benefit of society. You instinctively know right from wrong, and can assiist
others to recognize the difference. The young are especially responsive to you, for you
understand the drama of their lives. Even elderly and mature people gain inspiration
from your fresh and invigorating life-force. You can stimulate lives that could have
become stagnant and without purpose.
You can restore your own life-force by contemplating your experiences and by meditating
on the universal energy sources that grant you vision to know the truth. These precious
moments will give you guidelines for applying the knowledge you gain.
Jupiter sextile Pluto (Haydn Paul)
The sextile aspect gives a 'higher turn of the spiral' to the energy which is released; and
this will enhance your mental and intuitional faculties. You will have an optimistic and
positive outlook on life; and the way in which you and others will benefit is through the
exploration of higher ideals, elevated ideas and philosophies or religions. This is the
direction to travel towards, both as a form of self-discovery and unfoldment, and as a
medium through which you can eventually express your insights and understanding back
into the world for the use of others.
The potential is there for you to serve as a spiritual channel and transmitter, provided
you ensure that you truly work for the good of humanity. Pluto will support any efforts
you make to communicate a unified vision to the world, greatly enhancing the
effectiveness of your influence. This real effectiveness will be determined by your ability
to serve selflessly, either as an enunciator of a vision, or by a lifetime of support and cooperation
with others who also seek to promote a positive direction for humanity to aim
towards. There is no real glamour in such a task.
You have a penetrative mind and intuition, enabling you to discern the reality behind
social, cultural and personal appearances; and there is a motivating curiosity that seems
to require satisfying in whatever direction it turns. Your ideals are high, perhaps
unrealistic to some degree, but still something to aspire towards in yourself and in the
world. You are self-motivated and inspired, attempting to live to a high moral code (albeit
your own), and tend to expect high ethical behaviour from those in positions of social
responsibility; you strongly object to hypocrisy and injustice. You will give your support to
those whom you feel are being treated harshly and unfairly by society, and may often
associate yourself with social and world movements to initiate change. Your sense of
responsibility is highly developed, and you experience a strong inner impulse to share in
the work of world regeneration and rebirth. Any close partnership should ideally involve
someone who has a similar way of perceiving and experiencing the world; and it is quite
possible that you could work together on projects, sharing a common idea.
Jupiter sextile Pluto (Robert Pelletier)
The sextile from Jupiter to Pluto enables you to perceive truths that are hidden by
appearances. Your curiosity often leads you to make a penetrating examination in order
to discover the facts. Because of your high ethical standards, you align yourself with
enterprises that act to improve social conditions in your environment.
You are concerned with injustices and will communicate your observations to the proper
authorities, so that legal pressures can be brought to bear. Law and the administration of
law are particularly suited to your basic character and integrity. You can be a champion
to those who are unable to defend themselves or whose values need support.
You are also qualified to manage corporate financial enterprises successfully or to serve
as liaison in arbitrating disputes. Business administration could provide you with an
excellent avenue of expression, regardless of your specific field. Medicine or psychology
would also be satisfactory expressions of your personality, and you would enrich those
you serve. Literally dozens of occupations could give you much fulfillment. You are a
benefector to those you contact through your profession. You enjoy giving your talents,
because you respond to your fellow man with a sense of spiritual responsibility.
Your partner must share your enthusiasm for social responsibility, for serving whenever
and wherever you are needed. Your mate will also have a mission to fulfill, and the two of
you can be a powerful force to relieve society's burdens. You are especially responsive to
anyone who is concerned with elevating people's sights for the future. Your optimism
generates in others a desire to share your excitement as you philosophically 'reach for
the stars'.
Your religious attitude requires you to actively participate in stimulating others to accept
a spiritual obligation to mankind. Thus you will redeem the gift of your vast capabilities.
Jupiter trine or sextile Pluto (Karen Hamaker-Zondag)
With the harmonious aspects between Jupiter and Pluto, there are power plays in many
areas; the need to be important can make itself felt both on the physical and on the
mental place. Willpower is unusually strong, and we stand by our points of view. We
hammer opinions home, and are not easily dissuaded. When linked with the personal
planets, these aspects give great powers of persuasion. The obstinacy typical of the
conjunction is typical of these aspects, too; but, because they are easy, it shows itself in a
different way and causes less offence.
Expansive and improving Jupiter, in combination with taboo-breaking Pluto, sometimes
gives social reformers who try to dethrone current moralities in order to replace them by
others that seem more tolerant. Certainly freedom is promoted by Jupiter, but Pluto does
not readily release its grip and will encourage the setting up of fresh
power-structures which deny freedom in other areas. Although these are harmonious
aspects, the Jupiter / Pluto combination is intrinsically so powerful that these people,
though well-meaning, seldom give others a fair chance.
The desire to explore and investigate is well-developed in this combination. In
professional life, this is excellent for scientific pursuits; in domestic life, it signals the
housewife who is not taken in by sales patter but checks carefully before she buys.
We are inclined to moralize because we have a strong sense of right and wrong, which
also encourages us to work actively in support of progree - whether material, social or
religious. We can do things on a large scale and are good organizers, but we must be
careful not to attempt too much at one time.
Jupiter trine Pluto (Betty Lundsted)
Jupiter indicates the relating principle, and Pluto symbolizes te unconscious motivation
within an individual. When these two planets are in trine aspect, it indicates a person
who enjoys relating to the masses, who enjoys the generation into which he is born, and
who enjoys reaching out to others in a co-operative venture. When the trine is in effect,
the more unhealthy qualities of Pluto (like control or manipulation) don't manifest.
These individuals are more apt to become involved in traditional relationships, and tend
to marry, raise a family, and participate in the more accepted cycles of adult behavior.
They may be victims of the 'fad' of their day, subscribing to the faddy kinds of behavior
that are popular from moment to moment. They may over-relate to the value system of
their generation. For example, when it became fashionable to have a swimming pool and
a color television set, these people could relate to those values, and may not understand
that there is more to a relationship than having what the Joneses have.
Because the symbolism of Jupiter involves a changing perspective, and because Pluto
symbolizes the needs of the collective unconscious, these individuals need to analyze
their relationships more thoroughly than they want to when they are younger. Age and
maturity help their drives, for they have the capability of combining archetypal images
and patterns into their relationships, if they so desire.
Jupiter sextile Pluto (Betty Lundsted)
This aspect is common to a fairly large group of people born in the same year. It indicates
the potential for relating to large groups of people; it indicates a person who may work
well with groups or for the furthering of group interests. Relationships formed will be
similar to those of the contemporary generation, and relationship ideals will vary with the
generation's standards. The mass interests will interest this individual, so the problems of
the generation will affect his personal life.
Because Pluto can indicate the collective unconscious and all the mythic images
contained therein, this individual may be either creative in the kinds of relationships he
forms, or affected by those images in some way. Any problems that can be related to
universal or mythic images may be solved by pursuing the studies of that subject and
relating the information into the personal life.
Natal Jupiter square / opposition Pluto
Jupiter square Pluto (Robert Pelletier)
The square from Jupiter to Pluto inclines you to rebel against existing codes of ethics. You
may challenge authority in your efforts to find easier ways to realize your goals. Your
greatest problem is in expecting a large return from little or no investment on your part.
You exaggerate your burdens to justify your unwillingness to accept responsibility. Often
misguided in contributing too much to questionable enterprises, you can suffer bitter
disappointments in this way. Don't count too heavily on others to come to your assistance
when you are in trouble. It is especially important not to overextend yourself when
buying on credit, hoping you'll have the money when payments are due.
You lean toward professions with large-scale enterprises that affect many people and in
which substantial financial returns are likely. In other words, you enjoy wheeling and
dealing. Yet you know that you walk a tightrope in these kinds of activities. You seem to
tempt fate by seeking out risky schemes that could run into legal difficulties. Moneylending,
political manoevering, and professional gambling are some of the activities you
may get caught up in. You could unscrupulously exploit others for your own gain, and you
may find yourself being similarly victimized.
Your romantic interests could come about through your business functions. You may go
to extremes in your romantic conquests, from the coarse and vulgar to the polished and
refined. The people you admire are those who yield to momentary impulses and don't
care about propriety. You live for the moment and avoid looking back.
Unless you recognize your frailties and shortcomings, you must expect to be severely
dissatisfied with your goals. It is imperative that you examine your life in retrospect and
honestly realize how you have shortchanged yourself by rejecting rules to live by. It is
difficult for you to learn from experience; but until you do, your future hopes must remain
empty dreams.
Jupiter opposition Pluto (Robert Pelletier)
With Jupiter in opposition to Pluto, you need vision to cope with people who resist you in
your desire for growth and expansion. You are disposed to question every ideology and to
challenge dogma by asserting your own. Therefore you search for answers to life's
mysteries and will create conflict with others. Your social values are often not in step
with those of society, and you alienate the very people who can help you make dramatic
changes in social attitudes. You have a 'saviour' quality that people will sometimes
disdain, if you pompously declare your mission to serve mankind.
On the negative side, you may be inclined to seek positions of power in order to more
effectively manage other people's lives. You may try to gain financial advantage over
people as an additional pressure on their destinies. In this way you may win a qualified
victory over them, but if you use them in your anarchistic rise to power, you will never
gain their respect and admiration.
Be careful not to become affiliated with illegal enterprises merely because they offer
better returns. The society you manipulate can legally restrict and even confine you -
even the wealthy are imprisoned. You must carefully weigh your activities against the
risks involved. What may seem right for you may be completely wrong for society.
On the other hand, you may be motivated to correct social injustices and start a crusade
against social harassment. You may focus on how you can best serve others through
intimate response and spiritual dedication to their problems. Your dramatic flair can
arouse the general public both through skillful personal contacts and through the media.
Be specific about your aims to serve as spokesperson to help others achieve their
objectives. Also, it may be better to be chosen than to immodestly elect yourself on the
assumption that without you they will suffer disappointment or defeat. You have a lot to
offer people; don't spoil it with arrogance.
Jupiter square or opposition Pluto (Karen Hamaker-Zondag)
The danger of things getting out of hand or piling up on top of us is greatest in the hard
aspects between Jupiter and Pluto. Since Pluto insists on getting to the bottom of things,
and Jupiter wants fullness and breadth, half-measures never satisfy us for we are always
looking for more. If necessary, we work hard to this end, but we can easily overload
ourselves. In the tense aspects, we find it difficult to control the energies of these two
factors, and they tend to whip one another up. Therefore we can be extremely ambitious;
so that, even when we reach the top of our profession, we remain dissatisfied.
Willpower and stubbornness are so great that, once we get hold of an idea, we do not
deviate from it by so much as a hair's-breadth. Obviously, this is bound to arouse
opposition, especially as we are liable to express opinions vigorously. With the hard
aspects, we are not good at measuring the intensity of what we are saying. We can be
fanatical; what is more, others generally perceive us as fanatical, even though we
imagine we are being very accommodating.
With these active aspects, we devote ourselves to social reforms and the like, and want to
play an important part in bringing them about. The idea of power is extremely attractive
to those with the Jupiter / Pluto combination, whatever the type of the latter may be.
There is, in any case, a desire to pit ourselves against the prevailing mores and, when the
aspect is hard, we find an added spirit of contradiction. Taboo-breaking Pluto is a genuine
revolutionary; although not the same as Uranus. Under the influence of Uranus, natives
may achieve a quick, explosive breakthough into a new form offering freedom for
individual development to self and others. Under the influence of Pluto, natives require a
personally chosen pattern of society into which everyone must fit regardless of
convention, and where the native's will is sovereign. The battle fought under a Pluto
conflict has far-reaching implications. Natives bide their time, are skilled strategists,
unyielding, and are not afraid to use force if necessary. Often they bring about
tremendous transformations.
Because we see and tackle things on such a large scale, we run the risk of never being
satisfied by past achievements. We also run the risk of spiritual or material failure
because we want to do everything at once. A sense or proportion is likely to be lacking
with these aspects.
Jupiter square Pluto (Betty Lundsted)
The relating principle is squared by the images from the collective unconscious.
Relationships may be colored with the qualities of the sign of the Pluto square. A strong
need to control relationships will emerge, as well as the unconscious motivation caused
by early childhood memories. Too much sensitivity may be brought into the picture when
relationships occur, for some confusion may exist in regard to what relating is. This
individual may confuse relating and sharing with being in control or staying on top of any
situation.
Pluto can indicate a need to stay in control that can get so out of hand that it causes
certain obsessions. This individual may need to 'win' so badly that he obsesses over any
relationship that doesn't go his way. Getting locked into obsession games obviously
defeats the purpose of relating, for relating indicates a voluntary sharing of time and
experience. As soon as the obsession begins, the other party is not allowed to volunteer
but is required to share. This defeats the purpose.
Since Jupiter has something to do with keeping a perspective between self and universe,
the Pluto square does not help the perspective to develop. The control urges and the
continuing fear of being controlled by others can cause the relating principle to become
stagnant. When this occurs, relationships become control games, or role-playing rituals
that don't allow this individual to receive the pleasure of sharing time with another
person.
Volunteer sharing is one of the most exciting pleasures a person can have, for it is
exhilarating to know that another person really likes being with one. When the Plutonic
energy is used for control, although one may spend time with another, it's not time spent
because it just happens. Therefore, the security that can be engendered by sharing self
with another cannot take place.
Jupiter opposition Pluto (Betty Lundsted)
Jupiter indicates how the relating principle will manifest; it tells how we reach out and
open up to another person, to new life experience. Pluto indicates our unconscious
motivation, those sensitive qualities caused by unhappy memories that come from early
childhood.
When the opposition occurs, every relating experience will be influenced by the
unconscious motivation caused by a need to control outgoing and incoming experience.
These individuals will want to stay on top of all relationships, so they may be controlling
or manipulating; but the need to do this comes from a subconscious point. In order to
develop a free and easy relating ability, they must become conscious of their personal
motivations in the matter. Once this occurs, they can then use some of the creative
energy available to them, because the opposition is a strong aspect. They can proceed to
care more about people and constructively use the mythic images alive in their psyche
instead of fearing them. The controlling or manipulative types of behavior are not
necessarily conscious, and in the process of curing these kinds of attitudes a lot of
conscious effort must be put into the cure.
A relationship, whether with a friend, a lover or a family member, is a process that
involves sharing. You listen to them and respond and care, and they listen to you and do
the same. The relating provess is a special sharing process whereby one personality is
integrated with another for a moment in time. This process engenders a feeling of
closeness and caring that surpasses the idyllic love fantasies that are projected on
another, for there is genuine feeling going on in the relating process. When Pluto opposes
the Jupiter principle, the issues become cloudy because of the inner motivation to be in
control. When this control need is recognized and let go, the individual may flounder for a
time, much like a ship without a rudder. But eventually this same individual will begin to
recognize how much fun this relating process can be. The biggest single factor discussed
by clients who have worked on this aspect is that of the inner security that can be
realized when a friend or lover likes them - not because of excess giving and other little
manipulation games, but because 'you're you'.
Natal Jupiter quincunx Pluto
(Robert Pelletier)
With the inconjunct from Jupiter to Pluto, you will have to make significant adjustments
in your life to justify the knowledge that you have. The line of least resistance is to
complain about your fate and challenge the need to submit to it. This may lead you to
become an opportunist, taking from others what you consider rightfully yours. You are
missing the message completely if you don't yield to your real task, which is to become
fully acquainted with changing social conditions and use your talent to do something
constructive about them. You tend to feel overwhelmed by social responsibility as if you
must serve in a greater capacity than others. Therefore you may reject your
responsibilities. On the other hand, you may give up your desire for personal and social
benefits and exhaustively demonstrate your willingness to serve others. Beware of people
who may victimize you to satisfy their own objectives. Try to understand the motives of
those who enlist you in their cause.
You need to become fully informed about your surroundings to protect yourself from
intimidation. Education will give you skills to fairly examine your talents and the
contribution you can make in serving others. When you accept an opportunity, it is your
spiritual reponsibility to distinguish right from wrong. 'What's in it for me?' isn't sufficient
justification for everything you do.
In seeking your goals, either you will assert your desires on others and cleverly derive
benefits for your exaggerated self-importance, or you will bitterly submit and resent
others using your efforts for their own benefit. Both attitudes need adjustment. If you
follow a middle course, you may safely express your potentials in moderation and derive
satisfaction by contributing substantially to individual and public causes.
(Karen Hamaker-Zondag)
Wanting everything at once and striving for more power than we can handle are typical
of the inconjunct between Jupiter and Pluto. The worst of it is that we find it so hard to
appreciate this fact. We may admit that perhaps we do behave a little like this at times
(purely and simply to reassure ourselves), but we fail to realize that we are less moderate
than we think. Reactions from others may puzzle us for quite a while; and we can become
involved in a peculiarly treacherous vicious circle of misunderstandings.
Opinions (Jupiter) are expressed with great intensity and sometimes with great
intolerance. Generally speaking, the contents of the unconscious, especially repressions
and projections, form the bases of our judgements. Therefore, in a critical situation, the
Jupiter / Pluto inconjunct can have a transforming effect: via ethical and moral concepts,
religious experience and philosophy of life, we can get hold of repressed material. More
likely than not, we shall undergo radical changes with the inconjunct (if the latter is
linked to personal planets).
Strength, power-craving and will are much greater than we realize; below the surface,
Jupiter is constantly reinforcing Pluto. Hence we are better able to meet challenges than
our uncertainty permits us to feel. If we are bold enough to cut through knots, we can go
far in various fields and can consciously seize opportunities that, in order to satisfy a
need for power, we have already seized unconsciously.
(Betty Lundsted)
The issues here are less obvious, as all issues are when involved in a quincunx aspect. A
strain takes place between the relating needs symbolized by Jupiter and the unconscious
motivation factors indicates by Pluto's sign and house placement.
Relationships are influenced by a vague feeling that one must be in control of something,
but what the 'something' is may be difficult to self-diagnose. The strain caused by the
quincunx can be handled on an intellectual level; and both facets of personality as well as
the personal qualities symbolized by the sign of the quincunx can be incorporated into
the personal life. Then the strain will disappear.
Natal Jupiter aspecting North Node
(Frances Sakoian and Louis Acker)
Jupiter conjunct North Node: This aspect gives the natives unusual ability to harmonize
with prevailing social, cultural, and religious attitudes. Popularity and good fortune are
likely to follow. At the same time, there is a tendency unquestioningly to accept
traditional values without subjecting them to critical analysis. There is also the danger of
fast and too easy expansion that creates the possibility of a future fall or collapse. That
which is attained too easily is not always valued or properly used. These natives tend to
take too much for granted.
Jupiter sextile North Node: This configuration is favorable for all expansive endeavors
requiring the co-operation and approval of prevailing social attitudes and institutions.
The natives are often closely involved in religious activities which tend to be along
conventional lines. There is generally a good sense of timing in business and promotional
matters.
Jupiter trine North Node: This configuration indicates that the natives' moral and
religious values are compatible with those of the society in which they live. For this
reason, they are likely to gain prominence in the religious and social institutions of their
culture. Their instinctive ability to flow with prevailing trends brings popularity and
financial gain.
Jupiter square North Node: The square produces a situation in which the natives'
religious, educational, and social attitudes are not in harmony with the trends and
policies of the culture in which they find themselves. They are likely to have difficulty
adjusting to social institutions.
Jupiter opposition North Node: This conjunction (to the South Node) is similar to the
Jupiter-Saturn conjunction. The endeavors of the natives may be blocked because of bad
timing. Their social and ethical aims may clash with prevailing societal customs, creating
conflicts of interest. At the same time, the natives can give a detailed and honest
appraisal of commonly accepted values. They can encounter obstacles in obtaining higher
education and find themselves in disagreement with prevailing religious institutions.
There can be difficulties and delays in foreign lands, and problems connected with all
these matters.
(Reinhold Ebertin)
Jupiter conjunct North Node: Good relationships and connections, an agreeable or
pleasant contact. Good fellowship, sociableness. Communities of people, common-interest
groups.
Jupiter trine or sextile North Node: A harmonious relationship to other persons,
adaptability, meeting other people half-way, a sense of tact. Entering into advantageous
associations, getting engaged or married, the gaining of advantages in business together
with other people, the good luck to find a good partner.
Jupiter square or opposition North Node: A lack of good fellowship, the tendency to look
out for one's own gain first. Disharmonious or anti-social conduct in associations.
(Bernice Grebner)
Jupiter conjunct, trine or sextile North Node: This aspect indicates wholehearted pursuit
of the nodal position's growth, and aids that growth in an effective way. It gives luck and
good fortune in balancing the nodal axis. Few other aspects contain such potential as this
one. There is enthusiastic endeavor, and one cannot beat this. This is also the
philosopher, the lawyer, or the world traveller (adventurer). This can also be the leader in
a religious group.
Jupiter square or opposition North Node: Here there is a lack of temperance; this person
is at one extreme or another, never down the middle of the road. He can be overly
religious or extravagant with possessions, and that can lead to catastrophe. He can be
revolutionary and reckless. It gives great love of adventure, always seeking new
experiences of some kind. Optimism is difficult to maintain at a steady level. It can give
legal problems, especially in affairs of the Nodes. Example: third house, or Gemini, with
brothers and sisters, people in the immediate environment.
(Mohan Koparkar)
Jupiter conjunct North Node: In this aspect, higher philosophies and excellent wisdom
flow through these people. Whether they use philosophy for their own good or not is of no
great significance. Often this acts as a medium or channel for the higher consciousness to
descend upon the earthly matters. This aspect does provide good material possessions or
often financial self-sufficiency. In general, the fate makes it very easy for these people to
do whatever they are doing in this life... without too much side-tracking and anxiety for
other things. Very quiet and optimistic nature is bestowed upon them, which is one of
their strong points. Substantial good deeds in the recent past life have brought about this
stage in this reincarnation. On a mundane level, they have a difficult time controlling
their weight as this is quite an expansive conjunction.
Jupiter trine North Node: Financial good luck and material success without sacrificing
any Karmic debt is seen in this aspect. These people have happy-go-lucky attitudes and
philosophies. As a result, they minimize internal friction or strain on their soul work. In
this aspect, proper use of knowledge and wisdom is shown by the individual. Their
philanthropic attitude does help them bring their status to the desired level in terms of
spirituality and worldliness. This aspect does make the person take life very easily; and as
a result, if the chart has some stressful squares, these people have difficulty handling the
the tensions in life. Often birth into an above-average family is noticed, or at least
achievement of status during their life can be seen.
Jupiter square North Node: Hindrance in good luck or opportunities is often seen in this
aspect. For these people, learning from children is quite common and prominent. Their
personal philosophies often get crossed by others. As a result of this, considerable
modification of their philosophies has to be done or seen in this lifetime. Unexpected
problems caused by children are coupled with financial tensions in this configuration.
These difficulties and the necessity to overcome these problems are the major challenges
and learning experiences in life. Thus, this aspect will not deny children, but at the same
time, coping with children will be a tough issue. Similarly, financial and philosophical
matters will have to undergo a drastic change in life.
Jupiter opposition North Node: This aspect often forces the people to swallow their own
philosophies. This makes it quite easy for them to abide by any of their own philosophies.
There is nothing wrong with coping with your own philosophies, provided you know
beforehand that they may not be used against you. As a normal human being, one with
always likes to have general philosophy for others with reservations for oneself. This
aspect does not give that individual any discriminating rights or choices in that respect.
Their own environment and structure often expands within, giving the person internal
satisfaction. This expansion of inner dimensions is noticeable by others. As a result,
others feel sorry for these individuals. In terms of esoteric or spiritual growth, this is
considerably strong as an opposition. When one with this aspect brings down the
universal consciousness to cure and heal the internal structure of his soul, the results are
always helpful to him in most of the worldly senses. These people often learn to overcome
the materialistic barrier either by choice or by heavenly force. On a mundane level, it
creates problems with a child, or its conception. Based upon the rest of the chart,
happiness from children might be a void issue to these people. Glandular function in the
body is also distorted by this aspect.
(Donna van Toen)
Jupiter conjunct North Node: good companionship is conducive to growth. Often growth
is linked to teaching, community work or some kind of adventuring.
Jupiter semi-sextile North Node: This seems to operate much like the sextile with an
added inclination to withdraw when pushed. Sociability and moods tend to be erratic.
Jupiter trine North Node: Much like Jupiter conjunct North Node. Ability to get along
easily with others makes growth an instinctive process.
Jupiter sextile North Node: Adaptability comes more easily than growth. A need for
material growth or progress may override the need for inner growth. Moodiness or
maladjustment may cause opportunities for growth to be overlooked or ignored.
Jupiter square North Node: The tensions caused by the nodal imbalance can trigger
religious fanaticism, extravagance, and bandwagon-jumping along similar lines to Jupiter
conjunct South Node. A tendency to play both ends against the middle is commonly
employed as a coping mechanism; other times there's a 'What's in it for me?' approach.
Note the tactics used to gain material or relationship advantages; this will tell you a great
deal about nodal balance. It's very common for the person to complain of bad luck in
romance or just plain all-around bad luck.
Jupiter quincunx North Node: Awareness of growth potential is erratic, subject to sudden
blocks or repression offset by occasional periods of heightened awareness; sometimes
this is due to an illness or an excess - smoking, drinking, overeating, etc.. Health seems to
be most likely to suffer if the nodes are cadent; the person may complain he or she is
drowning, smothering, or being otherwise overwhelmed by environmental conditions.
Argumentativeness and 'full of hot air' tendencies are often employed as coping
mechanisms.
Jupiter opposition North Node: Misguided religious, expansive, or revolutionary
tendencies can impede growth. Sociability sometimes detracts from the growth process.
Growth can be attained by consciously working on it; but often inner grwoth is confused
with status or material progress.
(Bruno and Louise Huber)
Jupiter conjunct North Node: In the conjunction, the sensory awareness of Jupiter lends
an increased perceptiveness to the personal ascent. The natives have a 'good nose' for
favorable opportunities, find themselves in the right place at the right time, and make
good use of it. They keep meeting people who are helpful to their development. Jupiter
also imparts an optimistic outlook on life, and an inclination to see the good in people and
to believe that the formative forces of evolution are at work in all. Making upward
progress is relatively easy. It was not without reason that the Ascending Node was called
the 'Point of Jupiter' in the classical literature of the subject.
Jupiter opposition North Node: In the opposition, we can find the extreme pessimist
instead of the extreme optimist: someone with absolutely no belief in the good in people
or in the progress of humanity. At the Descending Node, the forces of Saturn are
especially active, and they hamper Jupiter with its awreness of what is meaningful.
Depending on the sign, the native can always find an excuse for personal weakness, and
can believe, 'That is not really me'. Many are 'doubting Thomases'. They throw up the
sponge as soon as difficulties arise. It is hard for them to look on the bright side.
Natal Jupiter conjunct Ascendant
(Robert Pelletier)
With Jupiter conjunct the Ascendant, you are the epitome of optimisim. You do nothing in
moderation because you are always hopeful that some of your excesses will work out for
the best in the long run. You have an endless source of ideas with which to plan your
success, and you are sure that you will succeed. With boundless faith in your abilities and
a certain measure of luck, you don't worry about tomorrown and you care even less about
yesterday. You are ambitious, but in satisfying your ambitions you can bute off more than
you can chew. You exaggerate your own importance, which can be a serious liabilitty if
you are seeking supporters in your endeavors. No-one likes a braggart or a person who
overestimates his worth. You are inspiring to those under you, but you should avoid
making promises to them unless you are sure you can deliver.
You are generous, kind, sympathetic, benevolent, and the delight of anyone seeking a
contribution in a fund-raising campaign, since you are a 'soft touch'. Generally you are
well informed about subjects that have an important bearing on your professional goals
as well as about matters of general interest. You have the highest regard for institutions
of learning, and with your providential nature you will probably endow some school. You
are too open with private or classified information, and if your competition beats you with
a new produvt, the idea probably came originally from you. Try to be more conservative
and serious. Your appetite needs curbing too, because you are inclined to put on weight,
especially with advancing years.
(Karen Hamaker-Zondag)
Usually optimism knows no bounds when Jupiter is conjunct the Ascendant: we like to
walk on the sunny side of the street. A cheerful attitude is displayed to the outside world
and most people find us lovable. We have no difficulty in showing cordiality and warmth,
and our brightness encourages others.
The joviality and generosity of Jupiter can manifest freely here, but so can the desire for
freedom. We need acres of living space and find restrictions very hard to bear. Inwardly,
too, the spirit of expansion is at work. Even when we are young, we are interested in
everything but should be careful not to turn into know-it-alls. Moralizing and telling
others what to do (while we, for our part, smugly go on our way) are two of the
possibilities with this conjunction; which otherwise has enough optimism and resilience
to be full of promise.
(Betty Lundsted)
People born with this aspect were born into fairly comfortable circumstances. They tend
to be overexpansive, or they tend to over-relate to the situations they become personally
involved in.
The Ascendant indicates 'our best foot forward', and Jupiter there indicates a tendency to
throw all the energies into each new beginning. Life is not approached with caution
unless the Ascendant sign is a cautious one. It bring the quality of 'too much' into the lifestyle.
In order to use the energy constructively, the concept of 'too much' will have to be
thought about and determined where it occurs in the life. 'Too much' can be determined
by the reactions of others to whatever we are relating to in an overly exuberant manner.
(Sue Tompkins)
Individuals with Jupiter conjunct the Ascendant go out into the world eager to embrace as
much of it as possible. These people have an expectant attitide to life, and wish to go out
into the world and explore it. The houses whose cusps are in Sagittarius and, perhaps to
a lesser extent, Pisces will play a part in determining the areas of life in which the
individual will focus these explorative urges.
Jupiter rising people often come across as being buoyant and optimistic, and as taking a
philosophical stance upon life's trials and tribulations. This is the person who presents a
happy face to the world, even if the rest of the chart is descriptive of a more cautious,
serious and doubtful individual. THey approach others seemingly without thinking twice
about it. Those with Jupiter on the Ascendant often appear somewhat arrogant; in some
signs much more than in others. Often the individual sees everyone else as very positive,
confident and sure of themselves and cultivates a similar persona. If the rest of the chart
describes an extrovert personality, this placement will increase this tendency. Shyer
individuals may be able to be quite 'up front' and confident amongst strangers but rather
less so with people they know a little.
The type would also often like to appear as educated or sophisticated in the ways of the
world; well travelled, physically or mentally. The journey in life is perhaps to do with
exploration of the self, and this self-exploration and discovery will often take place whilst
the individual is either in an educative setting or abroad. As a young child, the Jupiter
rising individual may have travelled a great deal or been exposed to different cultures or
belief systems.
People with Jupiter on the Ascendant-Descendant axis are usually great advice-givers.
Perhaps there is a need to be seen as both knowledgeable and generous.
Natal Jupiter trine / sextile Ascendant
Jupiter trine Ascendant (Robert Pelletier)
Jupiter trine the Ascendant means that you always expect to succeed. You find it possible
to make grandiose plans for the future, beacuse you know how to capitalize on your
creative abilities as tools with which to seek your goals in life. Knowing how is not the
same as actually doing something, however, and your success may be delayed by the
delusion that you can succeed without a lot of hard work. You like the good life and all its
comforts, which can be yours if you are willing to make an enormous investment of
personal effort.
Although you have high expectations, you secretly fear you won't succeed in winning over
your competitors. You overestimate other people's skills and underestimate your own,
which can lead you to have a defeatist attitude. Concentrate your efforts on gaining
excellence in what you do, so that you can dismiss these anxieties.
The people you work for regard you more highly than you think. Hoping to gain their
respect, you attempt to do more than your share in the tasks assigned to you. You admire
those who achieve distinction and realize that you must be fully informed if you hope to
win similar honors. However, you tend to dawdle when you should discipline yourself in
working toward your goals. By indulging in personal pleasures to excess, you waste
energy and time that could be used more constructively. Because you are careless about
managing your financial affairs, you sometimes can't avail yourself of opportunities when
they arise.
Your talents are needed in many fields, but unless you learn to establish your priorities,
you will waste your gifts in non-productive enterprises. You are too generous in sharing
your ideas with others when you should develop them for your own benefit. Avoid
borrowing money if you can; because of your self-indulgent nature, it may be painful to
repay unless you learn to have greater self-control.
Jupiter sextile Ascendant (Robert Pelletier)
The sextile from Jupiter to the Ascendant shows that you are enthusiastic in everything
you do and optimistic that you will succeed. You enjoy meeting people, and your cheerful
outlook on life makes you popular with your many acquaitances. You stimulat those you
deal with to support your endeavors, and they co-operate whenever they can. You are
generous with your possessions and always ready to lend a helping hand to those who
need assistance. On many subjects, you can speak with authority because you are often
as well informed as professionals in the field. You strive for excellence at all times and
admire that quality in others as well.
People are generally impressed with the extent of your knowledge. With your depth of
understanding, you are able to advise others in their affairs, for which they are usually
grateful. You communicate well and express yourself eagerly in matters that are of great
interest to you. Communications could be a rewarding medium for you; writing, public
speaking, or education would be excellent outlets for your creative talents. You are also a
good listener, realizing that continued growth depends on absorbing as much additional
information as possible. Although you realize thath you can never know everything, you
intend to be as well-informed as possible.
It is difficult for you to say 'no' when someone asks for help. But you occasionally try to
do more than you should, so try to relax more frequently. You think of rest only as a last
alternative to the many interests that hold your attention. In your eagerness to serve the
needs of others, you tend to burn the candle at both ends.
You will always succeed in a partnership enterprise because you make such a heavy
investment to assure its success. You don't shirk your responsibilities and may at times
volunteer to make up for someone else's inability to do his share.
Jupiter trine or sextile Ascendant (Karen Hamaker-Zondag)
The harmonious aspects between Jupiter and the Ascendant have much the same effects
as the conjunction. We radiate cheerfulness, optimism and cordiality, and cultivate a wide
circle of acquaintances. When Jupiter, with its gift for improving and remedying, is in
easy relationship with the Ascendant, we like to be helpful to others - not in a subservient
way, but out of simple kindness. 'People are entitled to be themselves' is our motto. Love
of freedom and the need to be able to develop freely are two of our prominent
characteristics.
Although, even with the easy aspects, we have a tendency to lecture and moralize, we
generally manage to do it in a manner that others can accept without being offended. We
enjoy propagating ideals and a vision of the future, and like talking about the things that
enthuse us - particularly those that widen our horizons, either literally by travel, or
metaphorically by immersion in philosophical or general human concerns.
Jupiter trine or sextile Ascendant (Betty Lundsted)
People born with the sextile or trine relate to others by using a similar energy to that of
the Ascendant. They tend to open up (Jupiter) in a manner complementary to the persona
they have put forth.
Natal Jupiter square / opposition Ascendant
Jupiter square Ascendant (Robert Pelletier)
Jupiter square the Ascendant shows taht you never act in moderation and are selfindulgent
to an extreme. Lacking sufficient self-control, you do everything to excess, and
only realize later how much time and effort you've wasted.
You have big ideas that you want to work out and capitalize on. Although you hope that
your parents will provide the funds you need to develop your ideas, you are prepared
with other alternatives if they can't help you. You understand the importance of having
financial reserves available. You also know that you can always concert your creative
abilities into cash by developing and using them constructively.
Secretly you long for the time when you can enjoy all the comforts and benefits that you
have denied yourself in pursuing your goals. This longing drives you to get the largest
possible returen from your creative talents so you can enjoy your retirement years free
from financial worry. You are willing to make whatever contributions in effort and hard
work are required to achieve that objective. You also have a big heart, and people take
advantage of you without your realizing it.
You need self-discipline so you don't take on more obligations than you can handle. You
know how to fraternize with important people to gain favors and access to important
positions. You want to reach the top in your career as soon as possible, but you may not
fully realize how unstable a top position can be. Remember, it is only as secure as your
willingness to endure self-denial in holding it.
It is important for you to work in partnership with others so that you can consolidate all
your talents and resources. However, you will have to modify your desires to be
consistent with group objectives.
Jupiter opposition Ascendant (Robert Pelletier)
Jupiter opposition the Ascendant indicates that you are generous toward your associates
and civil with competitors. You are polished and refined, sometimes to the point that
others may be suspicious of your motives. You prefer to associate with people who seem
to be sure of themselves and their goals. Unless you see a future in it, you refuse to bind
yourself to any obligation. You attract fortunate people to you, and you share their
optimistic feeling that you will become successful. Just as an investment broker deals in
financial resources, you deal in the resources of people - who they are and what they can
accomplish for themselves and for you. You pride yourself on your good judgement, but
you ignore the fact that you are a taker, not a giver, except when it suits your long-range
purposes.
It isn't easy for you to establish roots, partly because you feel that without them you are
more free to take advantage of opportunities. An 'idea' person, you know how to exploit
your creative potentials to derive the most benefit from them. You are a good
conversationalist and can liven up any discussion with tales that may be tall stories but
are never dull or boring.
Your desire to achieve was probably stimulated by your early home life, which may not
have been totally satisfying. Because of that fact, you resolved to better yourself and your
circumstances whenever possible. You try to convince yourself that given the chance you
would show people how capable you are. But you do this because you don't want to be
reminded of your material and emotional responsibiltiies. You know you should settle
down and admit that you need to relate to others in order to succeed.
Your greatest problem is that you use people to serve your personal objectives. You must
learn that being generous is as beneficial to you as accepting the generosity of others.
Jupiter square or opposition Ascendant (Karen Hamaker-Zondag)
With the hard aspects, we are strongly attracted by the grandiose, the jovial and the
magnanimous, and this shows in our attitude to others. But we tend to overdo things. We
need constant reminders to hold the energy of the tense aspects in check; sometimes, if
we wish to avoid problems with others, it is wise to be a little more subdued.
Often we radiate much more self-confidence, not to say self-will, than we might imagine,
and acquaintances may see us as arrogant. Yet, with this same self-confidence, plus a big
dose of optimism, we can do much good if we take care to create a genial imperssion and
not a haughty one.
The love of doing things on a grand scale may deteriorate into a fondness of luxury and
display; equally, we can become preoccupied with immaterial things and can spend time
promoting intangible values. In ways like these, the urge to be expansive can easily get
out of control.
Jupiter square or opposition Ascendant (Betty Lundsted)
When Jupiter squares the Ascendant, the relationship needs argue with the persona. New
experience will begin with difficulty, for the square indicates a frustration of energy.
These individuals may not be conscious of the fact that their response to new relating
experience will be perceived differently by those viewing the Ascendant reactions.
When Jupiter opposes the Ascendant, a compromise between new beginnings, the
persona and the ability to relate to what is being projected becomes an issue in the life.
Usually the opposition is active between the first and seventh houses (the personal
projection versus the needs of a partner). The energy can be handled constructively when
the signs are understood.
Jupiter square or opposition Ascendant (Sue Tompkins)
Jupiter in hard aspect to the axis suggests that the individual's beliefs are at odds with
the outer image that he or she may have cultivated.
Jupiter conjunct Descendant often suggests that an individual teams up with a person
from a different background or culture from their own, or sometimes with a teacher or
religious person. Education often forms an important aspect of one-to-one relationships,
with the individual either seeking to educate the other or to be educated by him / her.
There is a need for a certain amount of space with Jupiter on both ends of the axis. At the
7th house end, the individual is often particularly keen on exploring the whole realm of
relationship and may not like being tied to just one person. In any event, it is through
relationship that the Jupiter-Descendant person finds his / her own faith and confidence.
He / she may look to someone else to provide these qualities or be able to offer them to
others. Sometimes the person projects 'God' onto other people and sometimes he / she
wishes to be treated as being Godlike and wonderful him- / herself.
Natal Jupiter quincunx Ascendant
(Robert Pelletier)
Jupiter inconjunct the Ascendant shows that you are generous in offering yourself in
service to others. Although you really want to be helpful to anyone who needs your
assistance, you lack the self-discipline to regulate your affairs so that you can help. You
think nothering of making promises without the slightest idea whether or not you can
fulfill them. You want to do so much that it is nearly impossible for you to remember what
you promise to do and for whom. You insist on being allowed to indulge in your whims
when you feel the urge. Remember, however, that when you offer your services, you are
reminding people that tehy are unable to serve themselves. Don't wear out your welcome,
trying to do for others what they are quite capable of doing for themselves.
An enormously talented person, you can do more than three other people together. You
have good intentions in seeking your goals, but the recognition you get may come from
making many starts and few finishes. Feeling guilty for being blessed with so many
creative potentials, you want to feel that you are using them as fully as possinle. You will
probably waste a lot of effort in unrewarding enterprises until you learn to direct your
skills and efforts toward a specific objective, and acquire the determination to stay in one
spot long enough to realize your ambitions.
Tender-hearted and genuinely concerned about less fortunate people, you are never too
busy to listen to someone with a sob story. But you must take care that you aren't made
the scapegoat when others are looking for someome to blame for things going wrong. You
have a host of 'fair weather' friends who may suddenly disappear when you need them.
This kind of experience should teach you to conserve your resources. You tend to shy
away from examining your weaknesses realistically.
(Karen Hamaker-Zondag)
Whenever we manifest ourselves in the outside world via the Ascendant, the need to
spread our wings obtrudes itself unpredicatably; at one moment we are being more
grandiose, enthusiastic, boastful and moralizing than intended, and at the next are being
extremely helpful and friendly and are hoping to be admired for our niceness. Yet this
behavior, too, is temporary, so that (as with any inconjunct) we appear to be very fickle.
What is more, we have problems expressing our outlook and opinions. The inconjunct to
the Ascendant is inclined to make us misread situations, to say the wrong thing at the
wrong time, and to suffer from misunderstandings. This in itself can create uncertainty.
Nevertheless, we can learn how to combine the astro-influences after some crisis has
helped is to understand their effects; and then the inconjunct can be extremely
stimulating.
Natal Jupiter conjunct Midheaven
(Robert Hand)
You are an ambitious person who wants to get ahead, not just for yourself, but for the
benefit of the larger world to which you belong. While you are young, you will express
this as an interest in issues that are usually of concern only to older people. Your wideranging
interests may include such topics as religion, geography, and even politics and
government. In school you may get involved in student government and become quite a
leader among your classmates. But they will respect you for this, because while you make
it clear that you expect to benefit personally from what you do, you also feel responsible
to those around you.
If you receive any kind of religious education while you are young, it will have a
tremendous impact, and you will carry those teachings with you all your life. As a result,
your standards of ethics and morality will be higher than most people's. You will always
be concerned with doing what is right for its own sake, not for what you can get from it.
In fact, this position is often found in the charts of those who enter the ministry or
priesthood. If you don't receive any religious training while you are young, you will
develop your own religious views anyway, which will be as important to you as if they had
been taught from earliest childhood. You will always want your life to stand for the
highest and best values - honor, integrity, respect and truth. Even when you cannot
uphold these principles as you would like, you will respect them. And if you violate your
principles, you will hurt yourself more than anyone else.
(Karen Hamaker-Zondag)
In the conjunction with the Midheaven, a need for expansion can express itself powerfully
in the social field. This is why this placement is traditionally regarded as a very profitable
position. Due to an optimistic, forward-looking attitude, and to the ease with which we
present ourselves to the outer world, we have a lot going for us. We tend to take the long
view and are possessed of a social conscience. Jupiter always represents the spiritual and
religious needs of humanity, and someone with a Jupiter / MC conjunction often makes an
ethical or moral stand in the community.
Smugness is also well-known in this position; the great ease with which everything is
managed tempts us to display an attitude of superiority. Modesty is not our strong point.
Although outgoing and friendly, we have an air of condescension. This is a fine position
for teaching, religion and other Jovian activities.
(Sue Tompkins)
Jupiter on the MC suggests that the individual has confidence about the eventual
successful outcome of his / her goals, although the goals can be so large that success may
prove elusive. Those aims may well revolve around a Jupiterian vocation: teaching,
publishing, travel, religion, politics, philosophy or law. the person would probably like to
be seen by the public at large as being full of generosity and good will. This placement
suggests taht the individual would like to 'play God' in his / her career in some way, and
he / she may well take on the role of advice-giver or benefactor. These people are often
influential in moulding other people's beliefs; and this can apply to all aspects to this axis.
The Jupiter-MC individual will usually be very 'future-orientated' and may be happy
enough to put up with a less than wonderful past or present in the confident expectation
of things improving in the years to come. The vocation may also deal with other people's
futures in some way. One of the parental figures may have had strong religious or
political views. That person may also have been rather dramatic or larger than life to the
child.
(Frances Sakoian and Louis Acker)
This aspect is favorable for attaining prominence. The fact that the natives are usually
honest and benevolent in their dealings often leads to promotion, public confidence, and
a good reputation.
If the natives were born in lowly circumstances, they usually rise to a position of
importance. Often a profession in the ministry, law, education, or business is indicated,
since this conjunction favors people who are in the public eye or who pursue a career in
politics.
If the conjunction is afflicted, ambition and desire for importance for its own sake are
indicated
Natal Jupiter trine / sextile Midheaven
Jupiter trine Midheaven (Robert Hand)
This aspect will be extremely useful, first by helping you find the right direction to take in
your life. and second by enabling you to make others feel positive about you and eager to
help if you need it. You are able to pursue your goals without making people feel that you
will take something away from them. You have a strong sense of social responsibility, a
feeling that you should give your life over to a purpose that is useful in the world. It isn't
that you are totally selfish or self-sacrificing, but that nothing seems worth doing unless it
is of use to others.
You will always get along easily with authorities, and while you are young that usually
means people who are older. You know that they have something to teach you, and you
are willing to learn from them. You don't feel you have to show everyone how smart you
are, even though you believe that you are rather special. You are willing to take your time
and let the world find out how much you can do.
You will always have a project to work on, because you hate to be idle, either in mind or
in body. Usually you are busy with some consuming interest, which may mean more to
you than being with others. You feel that you are self-sufficient, and that your activities
are enough to give you a sense of fulfillment in life. You don't feel an urgent need to be
with others all the time.
Jupiter sextile Midheaven (Robert Hand)
You will always be able to bring into your life people who can help you move forward in
pursuit of your life goals. And you will help them in return. You know how to make a
group of people work harmoniously so that everyone can get some part of what they
want.
You are psychologically and emotionally sound, and you do not have neurotic habits that
work against you. Even if, like most people, you have some emotional problems, they will
not constitute a major barrier to your progress. In fact they may even help you out in
ways that you do not understand.
Often other people will put their resources at your disposal, because they realize that you
can do more with what they have than they can. They see that you have a great sense of
responsibility for the people to whom you are close.
While you are young, this aspect will bring you sudden opportunities that will help you
get where you want to go in life. You will get along easily with superiors and authority
figures, because you make it clear to them that you want to learn and are willing to put
aside your own ideas until you are wiser and more mature. In this respect, in your youth
you are more mature than most people. Some people with this aspect know what career
they want to pursue very early in life. But even if that is not true for you, everything that
you study or do will help you in the long run and support the course you eventually take
in life.
Jupiter trine or sextile Midheaven (Karen Hamaker-Zondag)
With the harmonious aspects between Jupiter and the Midheaven, we generally know
how to make a good impression on the outside world. We can encourage others by a
friendly, cheerful attitude and, conversely, others are prepared to help us, too. The selfimage
is a confident one. We adapt well to the various circumstances of life, and luck is
usually on our side. Good opportunities seem to present themselves of their own accord
without any notable effort on our part. But, since everything runs so smoothly, we tend to
become easy-going and self-indulgent.
Freedom to develop is not something we have to fight for with this aspect; usually it is
handed to us on a plate. The position of Jupiter is excellent for a (big or small) rise in life -
a rise often brought about (in part, anyway) by a wide range of interests. Once again, to
issue the statutory warning that ought to accompany all Jovian aspects, we must try to
avoid thinking that we always know best. However, with the harmonious aspects our style
is so relaxed that it seldom raises many hackles.
Jupiter trine Midheaven (Frances Sakoian and Louis Acker)
This configuration indicates a constructive attitude toward work which facilitates a rise to
prominence in the native's chosen profession. His honesty and sincerity will gain the
goodwill of people in positions of power, who in turn will help him further his ambitions.
This aspect is especially favorable for a career in law or in the ministry.
Professional success ensures the wherewithal for a happy, secure domestic life. The
natives love their families and have a positive attitude toward family members.
Jupiter sextile Midheaven (Frances Sakoian and Louis Acker)
This configuration favors professional success and an excellent reputation, as well as
good fortune in domestic and family affairs. Career preferment and public standing will
make possible an opulent home environment.
The natives are generally honest and generous in their professional dealings, thus
attracting popularity especially with those in power.
They will have an expansive, religious attitude toward their family responsibilities.
Natal Jupiter square / opposition Midheaven
Jupiter square Midheaven (Robert Hand)
You have a lot of energy, and you want to accomplish something in life, but you will have
to learn how to balance your own interests with the interests of other people in your life.
If you do that, you can have good relations with others and achieve what you want as
well. Sometimes this aspect indicates a very selfish attitude, a feeling that you are the
only one who counts in this world. If you carry this too far, you will find that everyone you
meet works against you because you seem so selfish and arrogant or just because you
come on too strong.
Sometimes this aspect means you have conflicts with authority figures, because they feel
that you are trying to get above your proper place or that you are a threat to them. While
you are young, you should avoid getting a reputation as a smart-aleck, because such
people do not get many breaks from others, especially those above them.
You have a very strong belief in right and wrong, but you must learn to have more
compassion for those who are on the wrong track. You are strongly tempted to preach to
people who are in error, and you may do this at times. But then everyone will watch you
to see what kinds of mistakes you make. If you can be more humble and realize that you
do not have all the answers, you can convert the negative elements of this aspect to a
very positive energy. Others will feel very good about you, knowing they can trust you to
do whatever is right and necessary in a situation.
Jupiter opposition Midheaven (Robert Hand)
Your home and family are very important to you as a refuge that you can retreat to when
the outer world is too harsh. You will always remember your childhood as one of the best
times of your life, and you will have great respect for your parents, especially the one
who gave you the most emotional support.
As you get older, you will remember what you had when you were younger, and you will
love anything that reminds you of home. Wherever you go, you will try to find a
community like the one you grew up in. And if you can't find such a community, you will
seek one in which people are as close as they were where you grew up. All your life, you
will have great respect for traditions and customs, even if they are very different from
your own, not because you are narrowly conservative, but because you know they give
people positive emotional support. Temperamentally you are quite liberal, and you enjoy
the experience of new places and different worlds.
All of your life you will prefer rather large and elegant homes surrounded by lots of open
space. You hate to be cramped, physically or emotionally, so you avoid close relationships
with people who are very jealous or possessive, because they would restrict your inner
freedom.
Normally this aspects signifies a high degree or emotional security, which enables you to
withstand any difficult times and even offer help to others when they are in trouble.
Jupiter square or opposition Midheaven (Karen Hamaker-Zondag)
We must take care not to overdo things when we have tense aspects between Jupiter and
the Midheaven. We throw ourselves enthusiastically and impetuously into all kinds of
things, seize fresh opportunities, and like to be active. Given our self-image, we tend to
overestimate our abilities and possibilities and to underestimate difficulties - hence the
repeated deadlocks, from which, with Jupiter's incorrigible enthusiasm (and sometimes
ill-founded optimism), we can usually break free either in whole or in part.
With these tense aspects we are not very good listeners (even though we may think we
are), but like to speed things up. Therefore others see us as difficult and arrogant; and
sometimes, when we sally forth starry-eyed on some perilous adventure, as childishly
naive. 'Look before you leap'' is a useful motto for people with this combination.
Because we rely largely on our own judgement, we are liable not only to think we know
best, but also (given the least excuse) to say so out loud with a wag of a finger. We tend
to beat the drum in and out of season, and this usually brings conflict with others.
Nevertheless, these aspects also give enthusiasm, cordiality, cheerfulness, hospitality,
joviality and warmth; and when we learn to season our optimism with a little caution, we
shall have a great deal in our favor.
Jupiter opposition Midheaven (Sue Tompkins)
Those with Jupiter on the IC inevitably will have come from a background whose chief
preoccupation was education, religion (or some other belief system) or travel. The
individual will often have come from a 'good' family and often a large home. People with
Jupiter on both sides of this axis themselves often want and obtain a mansion-like
residence. There is a need for 'space' on the domestic sphere on all levels, and a hope
that one can be hospitable to all. Jupiter-IC people are often quite confident individuals;
the confidence and faith is less obvious than with Jupiter rising, but it is usually much
more solid and underpins everything the person does.
Jupiter square Midheaven (Frances Sakoian and Louis Acker)
This square tends to give the natives grandiose ideas of their possible careers and
ostentation in the domestic sphere. They are likely to spend more on their home than
they can afford, and to have greater ambitions than their abilities can fulfill. There is a
need for more humility, practicality, and common sense.
The aspect could also indicate a large family that places a burden on the native.
Jupiter opposition Midheaven (Frances Sakoian and Louis Acker)
This aspect is favorable for people dealing in real estate or in businesses related to the
construction and improvement of homes. It also favors farming or those businesses
related to the growing of food.
The natives usually live in large homes with large families, and unless other factors
contradict parental relationships are good. The home is often the site of religious and
educational activity. In the last half of their lives, natives are prosperous, comfortable,
even opulent.