Jupiter ingresses into Aries on May 10, 2022, at 8:11 pm EST ushering in a big change; one that is super charged with Yang energy, ready for movement and action.
But not so fast, Jupiter is at the anaretic degree also known as the last degree (29°) of Pisces and that means we have some business to wrap up before moving forward. Often this final degree brings forth all of the energy from the Sign in which it is preparing to leave and asks us to review all of the lessons we have experienced during its time from 0°-29°. It sometimes brings forth crises to see how we deal under pressure and to see if we have learned the cumulative experiences. Sometimes, this final degree has a little sting to it to ensure we are ready for the changes ahead. We also experience this in our own charts when our planets are progressing and directing (astrology prediction techniques); we too learn the lessons of our own charts throughout our lifetime.
Jupiter in Pisces at 29° is asking us the review the lesson of Jupiter in Pisces; it’s home Sign (along with Sagittarius), Ruling the 9th and 12th Houses. Jupiter symbolizes grandness, expansion, travel, foreign lands over the sea, the law, expansion, optimism, faith and hope; the shadow side can look like excess, overindulgence, laziness, wasteful, hypocritical or overextending oneself. In the Mundane world, Jupiter represents growth, philosophy, courts and laws, branches of government rules, higher education and upper-class wealth.
Pisces brings the essence of spirituality, altruism, solitude, self-undoing, introverted, sacrifice, jails, prisons, institutions, hospitals, mysticism, past lives, nursing homes, drugs, wellness, fluids and liquids; the seas, lakes and oceans.
Aries, on the other hand, the I AM, the beginning of something new, a fresh start, energy, action, fire, aggression, agitation, selfishness, sporty, impatient, impulsive, argumentative, daring, combative, pugnacious, extroverted, tough, enterprising and antagonistic to name a few. In the Mundane World it is the National desire for Leadership, weapons, guns, military and war.
Jupiter ingressed into Pisces December 28, 2021 and typically stays in its Sign for 1 year, but this year it will move into Aries in a few days just to stir things up for the Summer and the Station Retrograde July 26-27th at 8° and move back into Pisces around October 28th and Retrogrades all the way back to the anaretic degree 28-29° for a second go around of the Jupiter/Pisces lessons where on the Solstice it moves back into Aries. So you could say this little Summer jaunt is just to give us a taste of what is to come, until next May when Jupiter moves into Taurus, but that is a story for next year.
So, what could we be looking at this Summer? It feels like on a personal level the energy is fast, and opportunities could be knocking. Check to see what where Aries falls in your chart – that is where the changes are expected, then look to see if you have any planets in the other Cardinal Signs of Libra, Capricorn and Cancer as they too will be impacted in such a way that it will push us to the next place. Think about new projects, new goals, the beginning of or start to something that can be reaped in the future, setting new intentions; thinking about the focus on the Self and Self Image is highlighted. Their could some arguments or face offs in relationships that really were not stable in the first place and may have been hanging on by a thread – bringing said relationships to a head. Enemies will reveal themselves.
On a global level this could mean trouble and tensions between nations – power struggles and wars, disagreements. There could be new growth in Nations and hopefully a wellspring to the economy for a brief period before Retrograding back into Pisces, where inflation will continue to rise through the end of 2022. The economic recovery is a very slow process and Nations, and their people are on edge. Go back to 2010 when the slow crawl out of the housing bubble burst began to recover – that is Jupiter is Aries – the new emerging beginning. If we continue going back 12 years and then another 12 years, we can see what the possible patterns may be. Jupiter in any Sign is on a 12-year cycle.
One last crumb to remember about Jupiter – known as a Benefic Planet spreading good will and fortune, Jupiter has also been known to deal out equal amounts of ills to balance out the World; everything in the Universe is balanced – light/dark, good/evil – you get the picture.