{"id":61929,"date":"2012-10-02T12:01:09","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T16:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=61929"},"modified":"2012-10-02T12:07:53","modified_gmt":"2012-10-02T16:07:53","slug":"layered-lesson-jupiter-station-retrograde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astrology-with-len-wallick\/layered-lesson-jupiter-station-retrograde\/","title":{"rendered":"Layered Lesson — Jupiter Station Retrograde"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m looking over a four-leaf clover that I overlooked before.
\n— Mort Dixon<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jupiter’s Gemini course reverses at 9:18 am EDT Thursday, initiating a layered lesson in discernment. Jupiter never actually moves backwards; that’s the first layer. In reality, Earth is catching up to pass between the Sun and Jupiter. It is only our perspective between the two largest objects in the solar system that is making Jupiter appear to slow down and turn around. Layered perception also plays a part in the anticipatory interpretation of a retrograde. <\/p>\n

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Explication begins with the nature of the object about to recede, then incorporates aspects to its stationary position just before regression begins. Jupiter, in the words of Robert Hand, “is a planet of growth and enlargement.” In our material world, the expansive Jovian paradigm is nearly always affirmative. Hence, Jupiter’s consistent contribution to astrology is to bring out the best of its placement or aspects, even in retrograde.<\/p>\n

Retrogrades have a bad reputation they do not deserve; that’s the next layer. Giving credence to undeserved reputations is prejudice. Prejudice, as we all know, is based on what we don’t know. The first step in working with any retrograde planet is therefore to divest yourself of ignorance and work with what you do know.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You can work with retrograde planets and get good results. That is especially true of Jupiter. Addressing the case of Jupiter specifically, Lynn Koiner famously wrote, “Some retrogrades are not bad at all, and this is one of them.” In other words, the nature of Jupiter does not change with its apparent direction. What does change is the direction of Jupiter’s nature, leading to a subsequent level of discernment.
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As one would expect from an object symbolically retracing its progress, a retrograde planet either directs us back in time or back inside ourselves for another look. In the case of Jupiter, such a review holds the promise of revealing abundance or benevolence overlooked before. <\/p>\n

With the mutable air of Gemini, the discoveries during Jupiter’s impending retreat will likely include the intellectual growth and expansion necessary to recognize and successfully engage with a new cycle that requires a new way of thinking and communicating. The revelation of any retrograde period is never more available than when it begins and ends. That’s how the aspects to and from a stationary planet become important as the means of discerning the specifics of a given recession.<\/p>\n

When a planet’s apparent motion has slowed to a halt, it means that a retrograde is either beginning or ending. It is in those stationary moments that the entire retrograde period is frequently condensed and characterized. Jupiter’s station on Thursday will be at once in precise conjunction and opposition. <\/p>\n

Jupiter’s Gemini retrograde station will be conjunct to the degree with remote and retrograde Chaos. The Sagittarius centaur in exact opposition to stationary Jupiter and distant Chaos will be Pholus. The extraordinary precision in both the placement and timing of Jupiter, Chaos and Pholus clearly implies that a commensurate level of discretion will be in order for you during the next four months of Jovian sabbatical. That would begin with your perception of Chaos.<\/p>\n

Chaos is subject to at least as much prejudice as retrogrades. People nearly always say the word “chaos” like it’s a bad thing, whereas, so far as we know, it is where all good things begin. Nearly every human culture has a story about how things got started. In every one of those stories, including the speculations of modern science, the primordial state was chaotic. <\/p>\n

To have Jupiter, the representative of all that we welcome, conjoin with an object named after the source of all that we embrace, thus distinguishes this impending retrograde period as a time of unlimited positive potential. The outcome, however, will be heavily influenced by initial conditions, which is where Pholus\u00a0comes in.<\/p>\n

Pholus was the second centaur object discovered, after Chiron.\u00a0Pholus established that Chiron was not, in fact, a solitary maverick and thus defined the initial conditions for an entirely new class of object. With their acutely inclined and elongated orbits crossing the paths of outer planets, centaurs revealed a complex and unstable layer of the solar system’s astronomy. Consequently, centaurs gave astrology a tool to interpret complicated and changeable components of human existence that transcend routine and constitute the chaotic compost of our creative potential. <\/p>\n

The role of Pholus is to help us be aware of how care should be taken from the start of any endeavor. Of course, to be careful in initiation, it is necessary to discern that you are at a beginning, something the Jupiter retrograde station plainly represents — which returns us to the first layer of discretion with a deeper perspective.<\/p>\n

For those without a deeper perspective, prejudice may govern how the Jupiter retrograde period between Thursday and the end of January is discerned. It may appear to be a time of setback and discouragement. Simply knowing the nature of Jovian reversal, however, will allow you to look back and within to find the abundance of gain from experience that can eventually expand to outer, and material, manifestation.<\/p>\n

For those who discern chaotic conditions as the end of all things, it may be difficult to see a future beyond the end of this week. Understanding the natural order that gives rise to possibility, however, will give you the perspective to seize upon opportunity as it presents itself in the process of re-evaluation.<\/p>\n

For those who act recklessly and indiscriminately, Jupiter’s retrograde station may precipitate unforeseen and unpleasant results. Careful deliberation before acting, however, will almost certainly provide you with both the time and the timing to find and employ the means to persist into transition, revealing the way to prevalence in a season yet to come.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The outcome of Jupiter’s impending retrograde is therefore not preordained. You will have a role. The results of your participation will depend on how, and how deeply, you discern to work through, and with, the layered lessons of what is not bad at all.<\/p>\n

Offered In Service\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Len is available for astrology readings. You can contact him at lenwallick [at] gmail [dot] com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m looking over a four-leaf clover that I overlooked before. — Mort Dixon Jupiter’s Gemini course reverses at 9:18 am EDT Thursday, initiating a layered lesson in discernment. Jupiter never actually moves backwards; that’s the first layer. In reality, Earth is catching up to pass between the Sun and Jupiter. It is only our perspective … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":537,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1714],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61929"}],"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=61929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61929\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}