posted August 29, 2009 03:53 PM         

Sure, he's been hanging around Neptune and Chiron all retrograde lately, but really now, he's grand enough to show 'em all up when it comes down to it.

I'll admit I haven't studied Jupiter as much as I should -- I mean he is trine my Sun and Mercury and sextile my 9th house Moon. It's just too easy to take him for granted!

What I find most interesting about this planet is that Jupiter is the bridge between the self and others. Mars on in refer to ourselves, how we operate in the most personal way. Saturn plunges us into the realization of responsibility, the knowledge that we must pull our own weight if we are to get anywhere in a world where others exist and have needs, too. Jupiter however, first exposes us to this world by showing us its fruits, how when we expand beyond ourselves good things can happen. His placement is what kind of fruit first drew us to extend ourselves, and what the universe extends back in return.

So what does Jupiter mean to you? Where is he in your chart? Are he and his current buds Neptune and Chiron making important transits?

Lets give Jupiter some love.

posted August 29, 2009 06:35 PM         

my chart ruler is jupiter and my rising is the midpoint of my neptune and venus (both conjunct). i've been tremendously naive in love and have thusly fallen on my face several times, and HARD. jupiter made me lack the wise caution of saturn in these situations, especially as it involved neptune and venus. however my optimism is unfailing, still, and as i'm maturing i'm learning to discern between healthy optimism and foolishness.

definitely love the bridge between self and others, and i think you totally hit the nail on the head when you said:

"Jupiter however, first exposes us to this world by showing us its fruits, how when we expand beyond ourselves good things can happen. His placement is what kind of fruit first drew us to extend ourselves, and what the universe extends back in return."

posted August 29, 2009 06:49 PM         

Everything worth doing is worth overdoing.

Jupiter people do have a little trouble with moderation, but eh, so what? Someone has to do it.

If Jupiter makes you a bit unruly and hard to tame, consider yourself lucky....alot of folks who can't come out of their shells find this admirable. And so do I.
So I agree, Jupiter rocks!!!!!!

posted August 29, 2009 06:55 PM         

unless you're entirely goggle eyed with someone who is really really bad for you and you keep on pushin through with that super duper optimism.

posted August 29, 2009 07:41 PM         

As I'm writing this, I'm watching the Ted Kennedy motorcade going to Arlington Cemetary and watching all of these tributes is teaching me more about Saturn and Jupiter. When those two get together in a chart it's all about making a point and politics.

Ted appeared more Jupiterian in his later years and we're hearing so much about his optimism which can partially be attributed to his Jupiter trine Uranus, but I reacted to someone here merely saying "ouch" about his Saturn placement being in Capricorn at the 29th degree in the first house. At most of the tributes I've heard, we learned about his persistance, his determination, his ability to never quit. That's Saturn. Yes, ouch exists, but that's not all that Saturn offers. Saturn offered him mega-responsibility and he rose to the challenge. He became the father figure to Bobby's 9 children and Jack's 2 children in addition to his own 3 children. And to hear them talk about how he was there for them for every birthday, wedding, baptism, etc. is amazing. He became a true patriarch.

OK, back to Jupiter. I love gifts and presents. I even like chubby men Guess what my 7th house is. LOOOOOL!!!! Yup, chubby chaser here.

posted August 29, 2009 11:03 PM         

People post their "soul mate" blah blah blah bs on here all the time (often in conjunction with miserable relationships that are not actually happening in real life, or a third party is involved, or whatever), and it's always all Sun-Venus conjunction this [like I had exact with my ex] and Mars-Venus that.

posted August 30, 2009 04:17 AM         

jupiter in synastry is phenomenal. it is so fun and forgiving and expansive and giddy. it's a very 'clean' energy for lack of a better word. other synastry involving venus, mars and pluto, the stuff that's so attracting, is often so intense because it's about us working out our 'stuff', but that same stuff is also just as easily exacerbated. whereas jupiter is just so darn kindly.