Jolly Jupiter has spent the last few months (since July 24) traveling backwards. Today he turns his face forward and re-covers the same ground. Why should you care? If he’s passing through a zone where you have a planet in your natal chart, he’s been bringing you growth and confidence this year. And he’s not done yet.
This Is A Pivotal Day
If you are one of the millions of people having a Jupiter transit this year, today may be pivotal for you. Around July 24, you came to realize you were facing a growth period and since then, you’ve been re-evaluating some the area of your life that’s expanding. You’ve been examining it and mulling it over. Perhaps you’ve been researching it. Basically, you’ve been asking yourself, “What is this part of me that wants to explore and get bigger right now? How have I lived this part of me in the past and what is it turning into for the future?”
Today (and I mean this loosely—it may happen as soon as 2 days before or as late as 2 days after today) is pivotal. Today may be the day you realize your internal quest for understanding is over. You’ve come to clarity. You’ve recognized where the growth needs to happen and you’re ready to do something with what you’ve learned. You can now gear up to act on that recognition, sometime in the next few months (between now and February of 2011).
“What is a Jupiter transit like . . .”
Astrologers call Jupiter a “benefic” planet because he tends to bring good things. He’s kind of like Santa Claus. When you’re having a Jupiter transit, you tend to feel a sense of adventure, an expansiveness. This expansiveness and willingness to have fun with what life presents you increases your self-confidence and you tend to approach life with hope and optimism. Because of that, people feel good around you and they tend to offer you opportunities. You are more apt to get lucky during a Jupiter transit. It’s almost like being a “lucky Sagittarian” for a specific time period. The luck is a side-effect of your openness to growth and expansion right now and your ability to perceive events in your life as opportunities.
I’m not saying nothing bad will happen to you during a Jupiter transit—but I am saying that anything bad that happens is likely to go much better than it would have without Jupiter’s benefic presence. This is because during a Jupiter transit you are more able to put even bad events to good use, to squeeze those lemons into lemonade by adding your own sugar.
“. . . and how do I know when I’m having one?”
You can find out whether you’re having a Jupiter transit by peeking at your chart. This year Jupiter is covering the space between 23 degrees of Pisces and 3 degrees of Aries. This will affect you if you have any planet in the space between 23 and 29 degrees of any of the four Mutable signs (Pisces, Gemini, Virgo or Sagittarius). It will also affect you if you have any planet in the space between 0 and 3 degrees of Cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra or Capricorn).
If you don’t have your chart, or don’t know how to read your chart, you might want to order your own personal Astrology Chart Decoder. This is a special tool I’ve invented that puts your chart’s details in English, instead of astrology symbols. Your Decoder tells you where every planet in your chart is located: the sign it’s in, the house it’s in and the exact degree it occupies. When you’ve got your Decoder in front of you, check to see if you have anything at all in 23-29 degrees of Pisces, Gemini, Virgo or Sagittarius or in 0-3 degrees of Aries, Cancer, Libra or Capricorn. If you do, you are definitely having a Jupiter transit this year. And knowing that gives you the chance to identify the opportunities when they appear, and to grab them. You might well ask . . .
What area of my life is being affected?
Good question. It will have to do with the planet that you find is in that zone I told you about, between 23 degrees of Mutable and 3 degrees of Cardinal signs. If it’s Mercury, you could be having a period of intellectual expansion, which is great for learning and expressing yourself in words. If it’s Venus or Juno, you could be having relationship luck, attracting fun partners who take you on adventures or experiencing adventure in the relationship you already have. If it’s Saturn, you could be facing a career expansion, a time when you exude confidence and grow your business.
“How long does it last?”
A Jupiter transit will typically last for 8-10 months. Today is just one part of it, a pivotal day in the flow of a months-long period of growth, expansion and opportunity. In an astrology reading you can find out all this good stuff:
• what area of your life has “gotten lucky”
• exactly how long it lasts
• when it started
• when it ends
• what various phases of it feel like
• how to take advantage of it
The timing of your transit will be personal to you. That’s why it takes an astrologer to look it up—it’s not something I can just tell you in a blogpost.
“What do I do now?”
Grab the opportunities as they fly by. You’re on life’s carousel and Jupiter is not going to just give you the goodies. You have to reach for and grab the brass ring. It’s up to you to decide which of all of Jupiter’s offerings are best for you right now. You have to use discernment and you have to take action. You have to respond.
It’s OK to say no to some of the opportunities. Jupiter will simply send you more. Focusing on what you really want can have the effect of shaping what Jupiter sends you. It’s a great time for a deliberate manifestation practice.
When it’s over, it’s over
After this transit ends, your lucky period will be over. It’s quite possible you’ll have another lucky period in a different area of your life in the next few years (it’s likely in fact), but this one will have passed. Take advantage of it while it’s happening!
