Jupiter

Jupiter

Jupiter

Ζεύς (Zeus)

गुरु, बृहस्पती (Guru, Brihaspati)

ancient

Leader of the Olympian Gods; Jupiter means “Jovial King” and/or “Father of Thunder.”

Mentor/Guru /teacher of gods. Always helped gods in war against demons. Guru means “teacher” or “priest.” Brihaspati means “lord of prayer or devotion.”[10] Associated with luck and expansion.

Jupiter[edit]

Jupiter () is the ruling planet of Sagittarius and it is exalted in Cancer. In classical Roman mythology, Jupiter is the ruler of the gods and their guardian and protector, and his symbol is the thunderbolt. The Romans believed that Jupiter granted them supremacy because they had honored him more than any other people had. Jupiter was “the fount of the auspices upon which the relationship of the city with the gods rested.” He personified the divine authority of Rome’s highest offices, internal organization, and external relations. His image in the Republican and Imperial Capitol bore regalia associated with Rome’s ancient kings and the highest consular and Imperial honours.

In the same way, the planet Jupiter is the king of the other planets, a giant in size with spectacular, brightly colored clouds and intense storms.^[26] Some astronomers believe that it plays an important protecting role in using its massive gravity to capture or expel from the solar system many comets and asteroids that would otherwise threaten Earth and the inner planets.^[27] Jupiter takes 11.9 years to orbit the Sun, spending almost an earth year (361 days) in each sign of the zodiac. Furthermore, Jupiter is usually the fourth-brightest object in the sky (after the Sun, the Moon and Venus).

Astrologically speaking, Jupiter is associated with the principles of growth, expansion, prosperity, and good fortune. Jupiter governs long distance and foreign travel, big business and wealth, higher education, religion, and the law. It is also associated with the urge for freedom and exploration, as well with gambling and merrymaking.

The 1st-century poet Manilius described Jupiter as temperate and benign, and the greater benefic. It was regarded as warm and moist in nature, and therefore favorable to life. In medicine, Jupiter is associated with the liver, pituitary gland, and the disposition of fats; it governed the sanguine humor. In modern astrology, Jupiter is the primary native ruler of the ninth house, but traditionally, Jupiter was assigned to both the second and ninth houses: the house of values and the house of beliefs, respectively, and had its joy in the eleventh house of good luck.

Jupiter is associated with Thursday, and in Romance languages, the name for Thursday often comes from Jupiter (e.g., joi in Romanian, jeudi in French, jueves in Spanish, and giovedì in Italian). Dante Alighieri associated Jupiter with the liberal art of geometry. In Chinese astrology, Jupiter is ruled by the element wood, which is patient, hard-working, and reliable. In Indian astrology, Jupiter is known as Guru or Brihaspatiand is known as the ‘great teacher’.^{[citation needed][28]}

 

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Teacher, travel, distance, philosophy, religion, justice, protection, blood, width, moral
Day: Thursday
Colors: Blue

Jupiter is, shoulder to shoulder with Venus, one of the greatest beneficent bodies in the sky. It is the ruler of Sagittarius and the traditional ruler of Pisces. Where it resides prosperity, width, and progress are inevitable, for its purpose seems to be to give us purpose, push us into the bright future, and bring hope, faith, perspective, and blessings. Even in the weakest of positions, Jupiter is never maleficent, and its only bad manifestation shows through unrealistic expectations or a stiff, inadaptable set of beliefs that puts boundaries to our abilities and possible achievements. Jupiter is large, and we can almost imagine it wearing a smile. At the same time, it is named by the Roman king of all gods and seems to rule all other planets, dignified and uplifted way above earthly comprehension. Its mental role can be too vast and take over us, making us forget our abilities in the material world. Once grounded it brings prosperity and enriches our lives in every area it affects.

Planet Jupiter

Jupiter is the largest and most massive planet in the Solar system with a mass so big that it rotates with the Sun around a point set outside of it. Its day is extremely short as it spins incredibly fast. Mostly made of gas and with 67 confirmed moons, Jupiter is truly a planet of incredible features. Because of its strong gravity field, it is often seen as the protector of the world as we know it, for this characteristic has the ability to turn meteors and space debris off course, and attract them to its surface so they never reach the Earth. Colorful clouds we see on the surface of Jupiter are nor very thick, and they are made out of ammonia crystals. Along with Saturn, it represents the last boundary visible to the naked eye, and is referred to as one of the “gas giants.”

Jupiter in Astrology

Astrological interpretations often idealize Jupiter, and this isn’t strange considering its role in the chart. The beneficent nature of this planet gives us hope and it is no wonder that we wish to see it through pink goggles, expecting all the wonders it will bring into our lives. Every time we approach Jupiter in a horoscope, we have to remember that no transit, progression or direction will cause any incredible positive circumstances happening, unless if they are fully supported by the possibilities seen through one’s natal chart. So if Jupiter currently moves through your seventh house, it might bring marriage or eternal love into your life, but only if there is a potential in your natal chart for this to happen at all. If there is no obvious connection between Jupiter and the seventh house ruler or planets in it in its natal setting, hardly ever will these incredible opportunities it might bring actually come to life.

In general, each natal chart has a point of protection and width presented by the position of Jupiter. It is our teacher and all we choose to learn, as well as our system of beliefs and convictions that define our reality. If it is set in Capricorn (fall) or Gemini (detriment) we can assume that either these convictions are too stiff and don’t make progress possible, or the person keeps them on a mental plain, unaware of ways to find a connection to material reality. Each problem with Jupiter leads to problems with vision, imagination, imagery and the sense of purpose. The greatest challenge it can bring is a total lack of meaning and purpose in one’s life.

Manifestations

Jupiter will be recognized in our lives as wisdom, moral, and our noble attitude. It is our ability to give from the heart and believe in the best possible future, optimism, and our life philosophy. This is a planet of great mass and diameter, and always speaks of excessive overdoing of all sorts of things. So for example if it is set in the second house, it will speak of overspending and overeating, just like it would in a challenging aspect with Venus. In our body, it stands for blood and thighs, ruling the sign of Sagittarius and finding its exaltation in Cancer. The most Jupiter can give hides in our family and our home, and even though we primarily search for it outside of ourselves, traveling and circling our beautiful planet, its greatest treasure seems to be in pointing us to the feeling of home found inside our hearts.

This planet is our guru, the college we decide to attend, our calling and our mission in life brought down on an earthly plane. It is pricy, rich, and filled with expensive things and wealth. It stands for justice and lawyers, salvation and asylums, as well as all amulets and lucky charms that we believe protect us and bring us luck. Speaking of distances, travel, and destinations that are far away or unknown, Jupiter is a tool to widen our perspective and raise our consciousness through satisfaction, movement, adventure, knowledge and acceptance.

 

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UPITER

Astrology Quick Facts:

Glyph:

Ruler of: Luck, Growth, & Wisdom

Named for: The Roman King of the Gods (Greeks referred to as Zeus)

Sign of Dignity: Sagittarius & Pisces

Sign of Detriment: Gemini

Sign of Exaltation: Cancer

Sign of Fall: Capricorn

Physical Body: Liver, fat, adrenals, thighs, feet, sciatic nerves

Changes Sign: Every 12-13 months

Astronomy Quick Facts:

Type: Jovian – Gas Giant

Length of Day: 10 Earth hours

Length of Year: 11.8 Earth years (=1 Jovian year)

Moons: 53 Confirmed, 14 Provisional

Temperature: -145°C (-234°F)

Colour: The clouds make the planet look like it has red, brown, yellow, and white stripes.

Size: 139,822 km in diameter (11x larger than Earth)

Spins: Counter-clockwise

Rings: 4 faint rings (only discovered in 1979!)

Year Discovered: Known by the Ancients

About Jupiter

Jupiter has some big shoes to fill when it comes to his namesake, the Roman King of the Gods, better known to most by his name in Greek mythology, Zeus. And, as the biggest planet in our solar system (twice as large as all the planets, combined), Jupiter is the perfect fit for those shoes.

You might think a gas giant with essentially no surface area wouldn’t have much going on, but you’d be wrong. For one, Jupiter’s 4 huge moons (and many other smaller ones) makes up what looks like a small solar system in itself. One of these moons, Europa, is thought to be a likely host for life. And, in proper kingly fashion, Jupiter is adorned with a series of anywhere between 6 and 9 spinning storms, arranged in such a way that its earned the nickname of Jupiter’s String of Pearls. The Great Red Spot, Jupiter’s famous storm, is twice Earth’s size and has been raging on for over 300 years now.

As the largest planet, Jupiter is fittingly known as the planet of abundance, luck, and expansion. Basically, anything to do with growth and prosperity is his terrain. The placement of Jupiter in the natal chart determines the ways an individual will experience growth, expansion, and luck, and in what particular areas of life. In other words, Jupiter points to our natural talents and abilities. Jupiter is telling of one’s tendencies towards travel and higher learning. He also indicates one’s willingness to take risks and other grand actions in pursuit of something more, whatever that something may be.

• Fire sign Jupiters find expansion and luck in challenges, leadership roles, responsibility, and intellect.
• Air sign Jupiters find expansion and luck in learning new things, pleasure, social situations, and helping others.
• Earth sign Jupiters find expansion and luck in bending the rules, accumulating possessions, being productive (mentally), and living comfortably.
• Water sign Jupiters find expansion and luck in their nurturing relationships, possessing knowledge, and using their artistic creativity and imagination.

Similar to the ones we can see in the northern hemisphere of our world, Jupiter creates its own constant auroras that have more energy and are much larger than the auroras on Earth. Take inspiration from this! Jupiter is the one to watch when you’re working on manifestation. Because he is so far away from the Sun and therefore takes much longer (just over 1 Earth year) to complete a rotation around the Sun, most professional astrologers look to the aspects of Jupiter and how he interacts with what surrounds him at the time to determine how luck and manifestation will flow. As a rule of thumb, though, you’re likely to experience your luckiest times when Jupiter is in a sign of the same element as in your natal chart. For example, if your Jupiter is in Libra, you’ll probably find yourself luckiest when Jupiter hangs out in any of the Air signs.

 

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Jupiter

Jupiter, the King of the Gods, is the ruler of Sagittarius. In Astrology, Jupiter is a planet of plenty. It is tolerant and expansive. The first of the social planets, Jupiter seeks insight through knowledge. Some of this planet’s keywords include morality, gratitude, hope, honor, and the law. Jupiter is a planet of broader purpose, reach, and possibility.

Jupiter has generally been associated with good luck and bounty. Optimism and growth (including mental and spiritual growth) come under its rule. On the up side, Jupiter is associated with a sense of humor, good will, and mercy. The more negative manifestations of Jupiter include blind optimism, excess, and overindulgence. Irresponsibility that results from blind optimism, not ill will, can be displayed.

In the chart, the position of Jupiter by sign reveals how we express our generosity and tolerance. It shows how we go about trusting others and improving our lives. Where do we look for wisdom and understanding? Look to Jupiter’s position by house and to the planets it contacts for answers. 

Jupiter Transits

Jupiter-Sun Aspects in the Natal Chart

Jupiter in the Signs

Jupiter in the Houses

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Jupiter’s glyph, or symbol, shows the crescent of receptivity rising above the cross of matter. This symbolize Jupiter’s role of raising our awareness beyond the physical world. Jupiter encourages us to reach, expand, and improve.  

Jupiter takes approximately 12 years to travel through all of the signs. Jupiter is typically retrograde for 4 months at a time.

Jupiter is exalted in the sign of Cancer; is in its fall in the sign of Capricorn (opposite the sign of exaltation); and is in its signs of detriment in Gemini and Virgo (opposite the ruling signs of Sagittarius and Pisces).

 

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Jupiter

The planet of optimism, expansion, and bounty

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Jupiter In Astrology

Jupiter is the planet of expansion, guiding the way we open our minds, build our awareness, and grow our lives, our space, and our viewpoints throughout this lifetime. Our levels of luck and the type of opportunities that come our way are directly tied to Jupiter’s influence, as are our unique skills and education.

Jupiter was the king of the gods in Roman mythology, the biggest and the best of the best. Not only is the planet Jupiter the largest of them all, it’s also known as the “benefic” planet in Astrology, which means its influence is the most positive among all the planets.

Fast Jupiter Facts

Nickname: The Greater Benefic

Zodiac sign Jupiter rules: Sagittarius

Exalted in: Cancer

House Jupiter rules: 9th House of Faraway Places

Jupiter retrogrades: Once every year to year and a half, with each retrograde lasting around four months

Jupiter stays in each zodiac sign for: One year

Jupiter makes a complete trip through the zodiac: Once every 12 years

Jupiter and Sagittarius

Jupiter is ruled by Sagittarius, and the two have a lot in common. Both the Archer (Sagittarius) and the greater benefic (Jupiter) are focused on personal growth, optimism, and new things. Jupiter is all about abundance, so Sagittarius’ constant yearning for adventure and experience is well-served by Jupiter’s expansive philosophy.

Jupiter and the 9th House of Faraway Places

The 9th house is about all the things that expand our minds: adventure, travel, education, etc. As the planet of expansion and abundance, these are the same things that Jupiter is concerned with. So between the 9th house and Jupiter, we can aspire to broaden our minds and live a life without limits.

Jupiter’s Lessons

This content was written by tarot.com writer Jeff Jawer.

Jupiter is the planet of good fortune, and it was called the “greater benefic” in the ancient world. It represents expansion and opportunity. Those blessed by its position in their birth charts — or by the passing influence of its cycles — were considered to be favored by the gods.

Jupiter is the largest of all the true planets, more massive than all the rest of them combined. In fact, Jupiter is lucky for Earth because its enormous gravitational field captures many of the asteroids, meteors, and other space objects that would otherwise crash into and damage our planet.

Jupiter is associated with philosophy and our higher mind. It’s not the data collector, which is little Mercury’s role, but the synthesizer of information that weaves together a sense of meaning or truth. It is a planet of belief systems and religion, representing our highest intellectual values.

Yet in its role as arbiter of truth, Jupiter can show its dark side of being judgmental. When beliefs are over-inflated, the generosity of Jupiter takes a position of moral authority and can put down others like a hell and damnation preacher. When we excessively inflate the importance of our ideas and interpret them as absolute truths, we kill kindness with condemnation. Compassion and curiosity are remedies to becoming paralyzed by a heavy-handed belief system that infects faith with rejection and punishment.

The good fortune that Jupiter is associated with comes from having a wider perspective. It looks up from the details of daily activities to see patterns that give meaning to what we do. The difficulties of the challenges we face do not necessarily disappear from this point of view, but are instead recognized as pieces rather than the whole of our lives.

In practical terms, Jupiter reminds us to step back from situations in which we are entangled so that we can recognize how we became enmeshed in them and, hopefully, shows us how we can untie these knots.

Jupiter is also about optimism and hope, which can help us through the toughest of times. If you’re feeling blue, doing this planet’s walk is a way to invite its expansive spirit into your body. You simply need to lengthen your stride by an inch. That’s it. Doing this opens the body, expands your walk, and mimics the boundless nature of Jupiter. Inviting more space into your life on a physical level is a direct expression of this planet’s openness to greater possibilities.

And remember, when you’re down, look up and the world will open to a larger space in which your purpose and possibilities grow.

 

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Bigger, stronger, faster! Mighty Jupiter is the big daddy of the solar system. In astrology, Jupiter inspires us to grow, expand and take risks.

Named after the Roman supergod (aka Zeus in Greek mythology), Jupiter directs the laws that shape our society. There are certain truths we collectively hold to be self-evident, and these governing principles are Jupiter’s main domain. According to astrology, the red-spotted planet also presides over philosophy, religion and wisdom traditions. His influence inspires us to be curious and to stretch our minds; to follow the spirit of the law rather than the letter of it.

Your Jupiter sign reveals what you have to teach and to whom.

Jupiter is the planet that reveals our comfort level when taking a gamble. Someone born with Jupiter in analytical Virgo will probably need to research statistics and data (exhaustively!) before taking a bold leap. While a person with Jupiter in mystical Scorpio may rely on intuition and the general sexiness of a situation, before deciding whether or not to pull the trigger. To find out your Jupiter sign, run a free chart here:www.astrostyle.com/free-chart. 

Jupiter can also act like a giant magnifying glass, exposing all our flaws and weak spots. Thankfully, this planet embraces experiential learning, self-development and vision quests. Awareness (Read: seeing your own bullshit) is the key to creating lasting change. Jupiter might show you your lemons, but it will also give you the recipe to make sweet lemonade.

Working with Jupiter is ideal when making a one-year plan, because he chills in a single sign for about 12.5 months. This planet also goes retrogradeannually, napping in a low-power mode for about four months. Mercifully, Jupiter’s timeout tames our gambling instincts and slow our rapid expansion before the sprawl becomes too stressful.

Jupiter’s larger-than-life influence can also help us shine! Like loving Venus, Jupiter is one of the “great benefics”: a planet that has a mainly positive affect in our charts. Where do we feel most loud and proud? Where do we excel naturally and with ease? Someone born with Jupiter in ambitious Capricorn could crush it in the boardroom, while Jupiter in expressive Leo folks may have performer-presenter skills worthy of an Academy Award or a TED talk.

Jupiter governs higher learning and can be an “edu-tainer,” schooling in an entertaining manner. Got knowledge to pass on? Your Jupiter sign reveals what you have to teach and to whom. This planet has a whopping 67 moons orbiting around it, much like the pupils (or disciples) one can gather when tapping into Jupiter’s mojo. Caveat: with this winsome planet in the mix, your cult following could turn into a full on cult if you aren’t too careful. (Look out, Jupiter in future-forward Aquarius people!)  

Jupiter is the ruler of worldly Sagittarius and, secondarily, dreamy Pisces. In masculine (yang) Sagittarius, he expresses his worldly curiosity as the traveler, seeker and cultural ambassador. Jupiter’s placement can push us to explore new corners of the world and connect to people of diverse backgrounds. Those born with Jupiter in homespun Cancer may love traveling to remote islands while Jupiter in dramatic Leo folks may prefer a wander through the palace of Versailles.

Whenever we’re feeling venturesome and entrepreneurial, Jupiter has a hand in the equation. This planet inspires us to take more risks in the business realm.

Our philandering, promiscuous urges are also Jupiter’s territory. This indie-spirited, hedonistic planet awakens wanderlust in the erotic sense. Mythology is packed with tales of Jupiter’s/Zeus’ many affairs, and the rage this spawned from his wife Juno/Hera. The red spot on Jupiter is actually a giant storm that’s been raging for over 300 years—fitting since our unchecked “Jupiterian” urges can wreak havoc on relationships and cause chaos for days. But they sure are fun to experience in the heat of the moment!

Through feminine/yin Pisces, Jupiter’s spiritual side emerges. This is the planet that governs religion and wisdom traditions, and Pisces is the sign that ponders the soul’s life beyond the body.

But there is another way that Jupiter can get us in trouble, giving in to compulsive hedonism and ignoring safe, healthy boundaries. There’s a paradox with this planet, as it can swing wildly from the wise teacher to the self-indulgent nomad archetype. But if we don’t make mistake,s how will we ever learn? So maybe we stick our hands in the fire a few times before we realize it burns. At least we’ll understand the concept of heat and passion in the process!

Here is a helpful guide to working with Jupiter’s energy:

Planetary Stats: Jupiter

• Changes Zodiac Signs: Every 12-13 months
• Zodiac Sign It Rules: Sagittarius (and secondary ruler of Pisces)
• Day of the Week: Thursday

Jupiter governs:

• Wisdom & Higher truths
• The law
• Growth & Expansion
• Higher education & Teaching
• Risk-taking
• What we expose/reveal

Special positions of Jupiter: 

Domicile: Sagittarius & Pisces
The planet’s home base, an easy flow if placed here in the chart.

Detriment: Gemini & Virgo
Opposite sign of home base, may need to work harder to integrate the planet’s energy if placed here in the chart.

Exalted: Cancer
The planet’s most powerful position, indicates ease and added fortune with using the planet’s energy if placed here in the chart.

Fall: Capricorn
Opposite sign to the exalted position, can indicate struggles with utilizing the planet’s energy if placed here in the chart. 

 

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Jupiter in Astrology & Mercury Sign Meaning

In astrology, Jupiter is the planet of good fortune, confidence, success and kindness. When you think of the planet Jupiter, think of abundance and wealth, as Jupiter is the biggest planet in our close planetary system. Jupiter represents higher learning, expansiveness of vision, optimism, generosity, and honesty. Unlike Mercury, Jupiter operates on a philosophical level; the big picture. The planet Jupiter represents the fundamentally human search for truth and even meaning in one’s life. It represents justice, logic, spirituality, power, and knowledge. It also includes our inclination to belong to something bigger than ourselves. Your Jupiter sign demonstrates what you admire, what your moral, religious, and philosophical principles are. In your natal chart, the planet Jupiter indicates where you are most likely going to find monetary and material advantages, and thusly, where you express generosity to others. The house in which Jupiter is located also tells us where we have a tendency to be idealistic.

Learn more about Jupiter in Astrology and your Jupiter Sign

 

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Jupiter  (to expand)

The Planet Of Expansion

• generalisation and abstraction
• truth seeking
• benevolence

The crescent of the Moon, receptivity is above the cross of matter. Our nature is raised above the material to higher levels. Jupiter represents higher education while Mercury is concerned with lower-level education). The crescent of the receptive is directly above the material, without the intervention of the self or the spirit.

Jupiter rules Sagittarius and, traditionally, Pisces.

The Jupiter force has the keyword “expand“, and this force expands the mind, body and the environment. Jupiter was king of the gods, and all the others had to obey him. Another name is Jove, which suggests jovial, a quality produced by the planetary force Jupiter. When we wish to expand our minds, we seek higher education and may travel to distant places, to learn more, to expand our experiences and seek the truth. We would study philosophy. Jupiter is therefore concerned with the big picture, or with generalisation and abstraction. We tend to think we can expand when we feel safe and secure, and we are optimistic about the future. If we are optimistic, we might tend to invest in stocks and shares and even gamble, because we feel lucky.

 

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Jupiter – How do you deal with growth?

Jupiter was the king of the gods in Classical mythology.

In astrology the planet represents expansion, benevolence, social opportunities, exploration, widening horizons, growth, justice, wisdom, opportunity, fortune and abundance.

Jupiter can also represent going to excess through over-confidence, or self-righteousness.

If Jupiter is particlarly challenged in a natal chart by placement and/or aspect to other planets, it can express its opposite and show someone who is stingy or wants more than their share (often because of feeling that they do not have enough). 

Retrograde:  you tend to make your own luck; may hesitate to get involved in other’s affairs; may not be good at recognizing limits.

Jupiter is associated with religion, law and philosophy. Where Mercury brings knowledge, Jupiter can bring wisdom.

 

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Jupiter

I expand

I mature (develop people fully:  bodily, intellectually, spiritually, culturally, materially –  wealth, power, and status. ). I go to discover and  understand.

I develop the old into the new

Positive: optimistically Negative: extravagantly

Planet of Expansion

 

Jupiter

I expand

The abstract mind,  higher learning   exploring ideas, both intellectually and spiritually. Ideology expansion, growth and co-operation

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Jupiter (Expansion, growth)	Harmony, law, religion, expansion and growth, moral and religious aspirations. Great expectations. Good and charitable kindness, charm, high moral nature, humanitarian. Astrological Aquarius Numerological #7	Mature, strong morals, happy, domestic, lucky, prosperous.
	Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar system and it also takes the longest to travel around the Sun in it’s orbit: taking 12 years to completely orbit the Sun. Because of this astrologers have maintained that Jupiter signifies expansion and growth. It is circled by red swirling clouds of gases and no solid surface has been determined. Overall from Earth the planet has a friendly look to it and so it has also been known as a bringer of luck and fortune. Positive tendencies: Expansion, Optimism, maturity, growth, prosperity, luck. Negative tendencies: Greedy, self-righteous, arrogant, excessive.

 

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Stories of Jupiter

Jupiter is the Roman name for the Greek god Zeus. Zeus was the youngest son of Cronos (Saturn), lord of the universe, and Rhea.  Earlier, Cronos had slain his own father, Uranus, and unseated him from the Throne of Eternity.  In the process, Uranus warned Cronos that he too would suffer the same fate.  To prevent being dethroned by his own son, Cronos swallowed each of his children as it was born.

Once he had freed his siblings, Zeus then freed the monstrous children of Mother Earth from their pit deep in the earth.  They were so grateful that they forged for Zeus his famous thunderbolts.

Zeus became the most powerful of all the ancient gods.  He was God of the sky and supreme ruler of Mount Olympus.  He upheld law, justice and morals.  He was the guardian of political order and peace.

Zeus was mighty, glorious, awesome and wise. He was, however, prone to falling in love and using many forms of trickery not only to hide his infidelity from his wife, Hera, but to seduce many an unsuspecting maiden. 

Jupiter in the Sky

But still, since Jupiter is over 480 million miles away from the Sun, it takes almost 12 years to complete one orbit around the Sun.

Jupiter turns retrograde every 13 months, for a period lasting about four months.

 

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JUPITER

Keywords: Luck, Fortune, Expansion, Leadership, Charity, Confidence

God: Jupiter (Roman), Zeus (Greek)

Tarot: The Wheel of Fortune

Palmistry: The Jupiter Finger, The Mount of Jupiter

Symbolism: Lightening Bolt, Oak, Eagle, Bull

Traditionally, Jupiter is the planet of luck. A well placed Jupiter planet will be found in the chart of someone who is naturally fortunate, whom the Gods have blessed with the good things in life. That’s not to say they don’t have to work for it, it simply means that the universe will give them a little nudge in the right direction.

In Tarot, the planet Jupiter corresponds to The Wheel of Fortune. Like Jupiter, The Wheel of Fortune predicts luck and also what is destined, fated and made easier with the help of the divine.

Named after the King of the Gods, Jupiter is obviously a planet of power, authority and leadership. In Palmistry, the index finger is known as The Jupiter Finger. The fleshy part of the palm just under your index finger is called The Mount of Jupiter. Both these areas of your hand symbolises how confidant you are and how much you crave a position of authority. A dominate Mount of Jupiter and Finger will be found on someone who likes to be in charge.

In symbolic forms of divination (tea leafs, dreams, crystal ball reading), the lightening bolt, oak tree, eagle and bull all have a similar meaning to Jupiter because these are the symbols of Jupiter/Zeus. The lightening bolt is a particularly powerful symbol; it not only represents authority but also the approval of the Gods. 

 

 

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Jupiter

The largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter — or Zeus, in Greek mythology — is recognized for its colossal presence. Referred to as the “Great Benefic” in traditional astrology, Jupiter symbolizes fortune, philosophy, abundance, and spirituality. This generous planet governs expansion, encouraging us to widen our scope and broaden our horizons through philosophy, spirituality, and education. Jupiter governs Sagittarius, the adventurous fire sign known for its thrill-seeking disposition. Jupiter takes approximately 12 to 13 months to transit a zodiac sign and goes retrograde each year for around 120 days.