This Monday Venus enters
Sagittarius and comes under the rulership of Jupiter. Go to this link for a crude image of planets in signs of rulership and exaltation.
It is now 1:12pm Sunday, Oct 6 on the east coast as I continue working
on this post for Monday. The Moon is at
almost 5 degrees Scorpio soon to be lined up with Mercury, assisting our planet
of communication in navigation of a labyrinth.
By the time Venus enters
Sagittarius tomorrow the moon will have passed ‘over’ Mercury, and then Saturn the
disciplinarian.
By Tues afternoon the Moon
will be lined up with Venus as the planet of peace and diplomacy begins its
month of adventures in the territory ruled by Jupiter. The initial passage of Venus into Sagittarius
(Mon 1:54pm east coast) will be thick and bubbly compared to Tues
afternoon. Let’s look at the new list of
subcontractors that Venus will be working with in the land of improvisation and
higher learning.
Since our goddess of kindness
and accepting-things-as-they-are will be in the sign actively ruled by Jupiter,
let’s take a minute to see what the god of the thunderbolt is doing these
days. In the chart for this post we see
the great benific over in the upper right quadrant in the sign Cancer.
For northern hemis any planet
in the sign Cancer gets a lion’s share of hours above the horizon. For slow planets like Saturn and Pluto that
is kind of a drag. Most of what they do
is linked to austerity rather than unlimited supply. In the case of Jupiter however these extra
hours of ‘visibility’ are an asset. They
don’t give the god of long journeys power, just more appreciation. Jupiter rules in
Sagittarius and Pisces, two places along the ecliptic where the amount of
radiation received is changing by minute increments in one direction or
the other. Though it may
not feel like it to us the hurler of thunderbolts is all about hitting the
center of a target. Rulership of two
signs where the changes from one degree to the next are very small reflects
Jupiter’s accuracy, even though it may feel arbitrary to Earth bound souls.
Jupiter in Cancer until July
2014 is exalted. He or she is high and
is not afraid of the elevation. In the
same place Saturn would be trying to figure out how to calm things down and put
the surplus of energy away for a rainy day,
Jupiter just gives it away, the way adults caught in the orbit of
helpless children give, freely. All
Jupiter in Cancer needs is someone in need and there goes all that extra
energy.
Jupiter is faith, or the soul
ruling over existence. The glyph for
this planet is a crescent moon for the soul-- over a ‘+’ for the earthly cross
of existence. The cross of existence is
the reality that we in physical bodies are limited in time and space. The soul is our awareness that we all depend
on each other and all existence is one continuous river of being. Jupiter’s 12 year cycle around the zodiac
encompasses our capacity to step out into the world with the conviction that
chances are worth taking. This base is
developed in the first cycle when we are supported by the adults around
us. They lift us up, feed us and then
like good Saturnian forces stand by and watch as we scale obstacles on our own
and fly off to meet new experiences.
The drama is different for
each of us. Some, born at times when
Jupiter is debilitated or fallen from power will not have as much faith as
others, or their faith will lead them on messy adventures. Right now, while Jupiter is exalted in
Cancer, faith is soaring. The sign
Cancer is associated with not just nurturing, but also nationalism. Our country was founded when Jupiter was in
Cancer. This link goes to a post from
2011 with our nations chart--> 2011 Post with Chart of USA
So we have established that
Jupiter this year is as high as Spaulding Gray after smoking a Thai stick in “Swimming
to Cambodia,” what else is there to know about Jr. in Cancer? Well, since Cancer is ruled by the Moon, our
planet of luck is under the influence of the Moon all this year. Think of the tasks that fall to someone
caring for new life. Think of the tides
rising and falling. Think of those
movies we watched to learn new songs where they said “Follow the bouncing
ball!” and we learned how to read from the ball that hovered momentarily over
each word as we heard someone singing over the speakers. While Jupiter is in Cancer we follow the moon
like children learning to read by following the bouncing ball.
Ok, that’s Jupiter, but
weren’t we talking about Venus entering Sagittarius on Monday? Yes we were.
Finally, the lovely pearl of the dark horizon is making its escape from Scorpio and the rule of Mars. From
Monday afternoon until Nov 5 Venus will be ruled directly by Jupiter and
because Jupiter is in Cancer, indirectly by the Moon. Monday while the Moon is in the last degrees of
Scorpio Venus will be wrapping up this past month’s work with Mars. Tuesday at 8:22am
Raleigh time the Moon will enter Sagittarius and tell both Venus
and Jupiter, “Actually, for the next 60 hours I believe it is the prophet’s
turn to take the stage. I think I’ll go
change a diaper or feed someone, or just focus on the tides.”
Come to think of it Moon/Venus won’t be the only
ones deferring to faith; every planet except Neptune will be under Venus’ rule as
long as the Sun is in Libra, and so they will all take their seats and listen
to what the great gas giant with many moons of its own has to say. Until Oct 23 Venus and Jupiter are a celebrated if not powerful pair.
By Thurs 11:20am local time the Moon will be in Capricorn and for 60 hours rule
will pass through Saturn and Mars to the Sun in Libra before coming back
to Venus. But through it all, as the
Moon moves from one planet to the next, Venus is talking first to Jr. because
he rules Sagittarius. There will be a
good push of conviction behind any spinning wheels that can’t seem to get
traction. Venus in Sagittarius is a bit like falling in
love with a member of a traveling band, the romance may not last but the
experience will be hard to resist.
One more tidbit to consider
these next few days while Mars wraps up its passage through Leo, and Venus
begins a month under the rule of elevated Jupiter; Mercury is meeting with
Saturn the planet of limits and great works.
The communicator is not fooling around right now while there are serious
documents to be handled for someone of great consequence.
