{"id":30698,"date":"2010-11-16T07:36:39","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T12:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=30698"},"modified":"2010-11-16T11:49:44","modified_gmt":"2010-11-16T16:49:44","slug":"jupiter-emergent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/jupiter-emergent\/","title":{"rendered":"Jupiter Emergent"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Len Wallick<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

My heartfelt thanks to Eric for holding forth in yesterday’s Daily Astrology with a look at Venus and Mars. Now for a look at Jupiter, still keeping close quarters with Uranus in late Pisces. Turns out Old Jove has a hand in what both Venus and Mars and a good number of other planets are up to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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You might say that it’s ruling the sky.<\/p>\n

Today Mars traverses the handful of arc minutes separating the centaur planet Pholus from the Great Attractor in Sagittarius, conjoining them both. While that is taking place, the Moon will be making connections of its own in Pisces. The ruler of both Sagittarius and Pisces is Jupiter, which will be stationing direct in a few days, just a handful of hours before Venus also stations direct.<\/p>\n

All over the place, Jupiter seems to be setting the tone without itself taking center stage. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to be watching for months on end while the largest planet sweeps across the night are not surprised by this turn of events. Ever since Venus disappeared from the western sky, nothing has dominated the dark hours like the Jovian presence, save the Moon.<\/p>\n

Astrology, however, is first and foremost about the Sun. It takes a lot to tip the scales and balance the influence of Sol. Ever since Mars ingressed Sagittarius beginning the dispersion of the personal planet stellium in Scorpio — where the Sun still is — Jupiter’s presence is becoming more apparent\u00a0— even if\u00a0the feel of it is just beneath the surface. For now, it’s the turf through which Jupiter is expressed. Let’s break that down.<\/p>\n

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Mars and the asteroid Eros both entered Sagittarius just before the end of October. This combination of planet and sign seemed to synchronize with a slight but significant dampening down. What had before been unaccountable impulsiveness modulated just a bit to become understandable passion. One can see how Eros would have played an important role, but the decisive factor was probably turf. The move from Scorpio meant that Mars left a sign that it rules and came under the influence of Jupiter.<\/p>\n

In addition to expansiveness, another quality sometimes overlooked with Jupiter is protection. This would seem to find correspondence in both legend and science. In the mythology, the single trait that distinguished Jupiter from his predecessors was a capacity for benevolence. With his ascension, worship evolved from a practice of fear to include faith in a sustaining order to things. Supplication replaced placation. That was a big step in human consciousness and our relationship to the world.<\/p>\n

In astronomy, Jupiter’s huge gravity well takes the idea of protection from the symbolic to the literal. Many and uncounted chunks of metal, stone and ice have been deflected or absorbed by this gas giant into which a thousand Earths would comfortably fit. In fact our planet’s ability to sustain and evolve complex forms of life may in no small part be due to a Jovian shield.<\/p>\n

In Sagittarius, Jupiter’s rulership corresponds to the evolution of the fire element associated with that sign. It’s no longer the wildfire of Aries where Mars also rules and it’s without the willful self-involvement of Leo’s bonfire expressed by the Sun. This is, at last, a fire we can work with. It is no less hot mind you, and in some cases more so. But the fire of Sagittarius is just not to be feared. It is a source of sustenance, a means by which we can participate and benefit from the processes of metamorphosis and transformation. That is where we can derive the promise of the triple conjunction today rather than fear it.<\/p>\n

On the surface, it can seem intimidating. Centaur planets are often associated with the psychological term ‘shadow material’. That is to say burdensome patterns, originating in the past, that we carry along with us until they are resolved in a way to move us forward. In the case of Pholus, the past probably implies the experience of generations, not just one lifetime. There is also the idea that a small event can suddenly uncork all of that accumulated material with consequences reverberating for generations into the future.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, the perceived enormity of generations is dwarfed into insignificance by the Great Attractor. This huge whatever-it-is dominates the inertia of literally millions of galaxies. It is the biggest thing we know of and yet we know almost nothing about it. That’s the paradox and the polarization of this thing smack in the middle of the sign for fire’s highest octave.<\/p>\n

Drag the impulsive and insistent presence of Mars from Pholus to the Great Attractor in the course of a day, and it could very possibly feel like lighting a short fuse on a long explosive device except for one saving grace. This is taking place on Jupiter’s turf. That’s where we come in. Astrology is not destiny. It is an expression of the synchronous cycles of which we are a part, and to which we contribute the very real influence of our actions. We have come a long way since the emergence of the god Jupiter ended an age of fear. The emergence of Jupiter the planet in our current astrology heralds another age for human kind, an age of responsibility and an unprecedented opportunity.<\/p>\n

Jupiter is in Pisces right now, the other sign it rules. It is no coincidence that this planet of hegemony should rule the signs that represent the highest expression of both the fire and the water elements. It is Jupiter’s rulership that mediates the polarity and instead renders it complementary. From opposite to compliment. From fear to faith. From helpless to empowered.<\/p>\n

And when one speaks to us in astrology, the correspondence is to the luminaries. Fittingly, the Moon begins this day in Pisces, traversing about the same distance from a conjunction with Jupiter to a flowing water trine with the Scorpio Sun. Mars will spend the whole day covering the span from Pholus to the Great Attractor; same day, same distance, both in signs ruled by Jupiter. Complementary, not contradictory. Informative, indicative and instructive. Two days before, Jupiter precedes to lead Venus to their direct stations in signs they respectively rule.<\/p>\n

If you are looking for a sign, this is it. Not a sign of what will happen to you, but rather an indicator of what could happen with you. Long ago, Jupiter did it by benevolence in action. Now it’s our chance to do the same. It’s time for another big step and it’s up to us to take it.<\/p>\n

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By Len Wallick My heartfelt thanks to Eric for holding forth in yesterday’s Daily Astrology with a look at Venus and Mars. Now for a look at Jupiter, still keeping close quarters with Uranus in late Pisces. Turns out Old Jove has a hand in what both Venus and Mars and a good number of … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":537,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30698"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/537"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30698\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}