Jupiter In Cancer ♃ ♋ June 2013 - July 2014

Jupiter, planet signifying growth, abundance and hope (among other things) is ending it's year long transit through Gemini where it is in it's detriment and entering into Cancer where it is especially well placed or "exalted". This is excellent news for everyone especially those with planets in the sign of Cancer who will feel the grace of Jupiter in a very personal way for the first time in 12 years. It's passage through this sign has got a lot of people anticipating a time of positivity and there is even a facebook group devoted to this particluar cycle: Can't wait for Jupiter in Cancer group. Very much in line with Jupiter's hope and faith in things.

For the past year the promises of Jupiter has been a lot of Talk and not a lot of Action. As mentioned in the previous article on Jupiter in Gemini,  Jupiter was in it's "detriment"during it's year long course through the sign of the twins which debilitated, weakened state when a planet is residing in the sign opposite the sign they rule signifying that they are "away from home" or out of their element. In Gemini when Jupiter is doing it's best it isn't that great and when it's doing it's worst, it's especially problematic.

Jupiter
Jupiter is growth and in ancient times when crops were good it growth meant wealth and if we were lucky enough to be born into position of power growth meant a happy and prosperous kingdom which meant more power for the king. So in  away Jupiter is also wealth, prosperity, joy and the faith that things will prosper and increase. It's important to remember the theme of faith and hope with Jupiter.

Often people are disappointed when Jupiter transits occur as their hopes are high that something totally amazing will happen. Yet often the transit represents the hope and Faith that something great will happen rather than the thing itself. Hope and faith are important qualities but without hard work, discipline and sobriety (read: Saturn ♄)  then our hopes will just be bubbles in the air. Formed easily and popped just as quick.

Jupiter is inflation and excess. When our hopes are too high we take risks we wouldn't normally take, spend money we don't really have or make promises we can't actually keep. So the condition of Jupiter and the kinds of aspects it's making to your birth chart signify where we might be going overboard and where we might be in a time of opportunity for expansion, joy and feelings of optimism. Jupiter in the signs of it's rulership: Sagittarius and Pisces, are powerful but they can bring both the best and worst from the sign. When Jupiter is in cancer, however, it is exalted meaning "highly placed" and it's effects are balanced and tempered. Not too much and not too little.

Cancer ♋
Cancer's glyph depicts a woman's breasts or the breasts of the goddess, rather. The breasts and the mother figure represent the caring, nurturing and protecting of the child much like a careful and tender cancernian Crab is protected by it's shell. The sign Cancer is ruled by the Moon and the Moon represents change as it is constantly moving and always changing shape. Not just erratic sudden change (that's Uranus) but steady, continuous change. Since the moon  "grows and shrinks" it represents growth, just like Jupiter.

So, Since Jupiter represents hope and expansion it grows and expands steadily and carefully while in Cancer. The faith and hope is tempered with caution and a kind of tenacity that Cancer is famous for. Tenacity, by the way, means "getting a grip" on a thing as in a crab gripping something with it's claws. It might be a bit clumsy at first  but once it's got a grip on something it is hard for someone else to break it loose. 

Cancer is also the sign of the home and family. This can be metaphorical in the sense of where we are comfortable or who we feel as familiar but it can also literally mean where you live, your family, epseically  mother and children. Venus represents cash and gifts but Jupiter represents wealth in the sense of goods, property, businesses and things that generate revenue. So when Jupiter was in Gemini the wealth was seen to be coming in through abstracts, promises to pay, ideas, intellectual property. But with Jupiter in Cancer the wealth is "in the home". The cupboards and pantry are full, money is in a shoebox under the bed, the home is filled with goods and nice, durable things.

...At least this is how it plays out on a symbolic level -it's not that everyone is just going to turn into homesteaders with gold and silver doubloons and storehouses filled with organic, non-GMO grains and vegetables. But I wouldn't be surprised if we didn't see a big shift in our collective values over the next year as we already are. I think we will see critical mass in the collective's perception about true wealth.

When Jupiter aspects your birth chart the benefits could be from family or reasonable, long term investments. For people with Capricorn rising Jupiter will be transiting your 7th house of Partnerships and the people who you partner up with may feel like family or be especially nurturing and caring for you, for those with Jupiter in the 4th house your home life will be especially pleasant and you might move to a larger home or you could benefit from your family. Sometimes this will be benefit in the sense of wealth but other times it will be in the sense of wellbeing and optimism for the future which comes from the family.

Where is it effecting meeEee!?!?

Where Jupiter transits in your chart will reveal what kind of benefits might be in store for you.  Generally speaking Jupiter in a particular house is where things will be easier, more opportunities will come, faith will be enhanced and growth can occur. Whenever life is hard you can lean on Jupiter to enjoy yourself a bit more.

 For this you will need to look to your RISING sign.  If you don't know your rising sign you can calculate it here: href ="http://www.cafeastrology.com/ascendantcalculator.html">Cafe Astrology: Rising sign calculator. As always, this is an exceedingly brief look at what is going on for
each rising sign and does not take into account a variety of factors that signify other evens in your life that can mitigate, exaggerate and modify these themes. (Email me to set up a consultation to get the real inside scoop on the astrological activity in your life at accomplice @ pantheonastrology.com)



Remember, It's most strongly felt when it aspects planets or points in your birth chart. Those most strongly effected with have Cardinal rising sign: Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn but in particular Cancer rising. Those with Sun and moon in Cancer will also be strongly effected at some point in the next year. Jupiter takes 12 years to transit the zodiac so it it's touching your sun or moon then make the most of it because it won't be happening again soon.

Aries:  4th House : Home &; family, houses, rentals, renovations and relocating,  roommates and all who live in the home.

Taurus:  3rd house: The Mind, writing and communications, siblings and neighbors, errands and movement within your local area, plans, media.

Gemini: 2nd House: Self worth, money, wealth and finances, personal assets and values.

Cancer: 1st House:   Identity, self-assertion, selfishness, personal demands, the Face and outer appearance. 
 
Leo:  12th House: Hidden issues, self-undoing, secret or private issues, retreat, cooperation, hospitalization, retirement, completing old issues, subconscious drives and issues which harm our conscious will. 

Virgo:  11th House: Groups, friends and Acquaintances, networks, cliques, Hopes, dreams, gains, personal and shared goals.

Libra: 10th House Career, profession, position in society, public standing, reputation, authority figures, bosses, fathers, awards, responsibilities, desire for achievement.

Scorpio:  9th House: Travel, education, philosophy, teachers, foreigners, legal issues, courthouses, broadcasting and publishing. 
 
Sagittarius: 8th House: intimacy, sexuality, psychological and occult matters, shared resources, inheritance, credit, loans, personal power of regeneration. 

Capricorn:  7th House: marriage, partnership, close friends, rivals, open enemies and all important one-on-one interactions.
 
Aquarius:  6th House: health & illness of physical body, work, service, routines, habits, co-workers, hired workers and staff.

Pisces:  5th House: Love affairs, dating, games, fun, play fullness, entertainment and entertaining, performance arts, creativity, pregnancy and children.