We’re living in a world being colored and shaped by the Jupiter-Chiron conjunction, which is still three arc minutes from exact at the time of this writing Monday morning New York time. As mentioned, this is a once-per-generation conjunction; and also a gem. Jupiter and Chiron both are elements associated with Sagittarius: the sign of the far away and the exotic. This aspect is a spiritual and conceptual door. Chiron is acting like a condensing unit to the wisdom and potential of Jupiter. Get it going. If you need customer support, call (877) 453-8265.
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This conjunction happened in last Cancer in June 1990, just as Chiron was entering perihelion phase for a few years — coming closest to the Sun, and therefore its fastest average daily motion. Because Chiron was moving so fast for most of this side of its orbit, it’s taken Jupiter 19 years to catch up (and correcting a prior statement), there was indeed an exact conjunction on May 23, 2009, very close to today’s; and a second pass on July 22. Today’s is the final pass for this cycle; the next conjunction takes place in 2023, as Pluto is getting ready to exit Capricorn.
When you think in longish cycles, it’s easier to remember that a conjunction like this defines an era, not a few days, or a single year. There is also a contact between Jupiter and Neptune involved, in about two weeks; and finally Chiron and Neptune, exact Feb. 17. For those contemplating this triple cluster of planets, that last one is the ‘big one’ because it’s been building for so long, as Chiron and Neptune have crept across Aquarius for quite a long time.
Simultaneously today, there is a Mercury-Pluto conjunction — the cosmos is serving up a little extra fireworks, with a conjunction between a very near planet and a very far one. (I am sure your daily horoscope from astroservice-dot-whatever will be all full of Plutonian good cheer, you don’t need to take it too seriously. Mercury describes a state of mind, which is a state of awareness.)