The Planet of Expansion
Jupiter’s Meaning in Astrology:
Jupiter is the planet of good luck, optimism, success, and generosity. Jupiter brings joy to life. This benevolent planet shows where you have the most room to expand and where you will get the best out of life.
Jupiter’s kingdom is luck, health and happiness, wealth and worldly goods, power, and high position. It rules over philosophical knowledge, higher learning, breadth of vision, and honesty. Its influence bestows a willingness to partake of life, to gather new experiences. Jupiter shows how you express your generosity and tolerance as well as how you go about trusting others. It represents your sense of humor and where you build goodwill toward people.
Jupiter is the planet of blessings – blessings we must learn to use wisely. It signifies the good things that come to you with little effort. You will often find that Jupiter’s power comes to you at the last minute.
However, it is also true that unless you put Jupiter’s gifts to good use, they can be taken away as quickly as they were given.
Jupiter can also be too much of a good thing, for its influence can make you extravagant, lazy and luxury-loving, profligate with money, and blindly optimistic. If things fall into your lap too easily, you never develop strength of character or spiritual wisdom.
Key words:
Honesty, generosity, joviality, success, aspiration, inspiration, faith, optimism, judgement, confidence, procrastination, outgoing, friendly, humane, understanding, enthusiastic, tolerant, righteous, dignified, wise, extravagant, excessive, indulgent, fanatic, pompous, expansion, improvement, spontaneity, opportunity, increase, aspiration, higher mind, wisdom, benevolence, luck, hope, vision, influence, prosperity.
Jupiter answers the following questions about you:
What brings me luck and success? What gives me confidence? What makes my life purposeful? Am I a generous person? Am I able to turn my ideas into profit? Does luck work for me when I most need it?
Nature: Masculine
Rulership: Sagittarius and Pisces
Transit time: About 12 to 13 months
Orbit: 12 years
What it represents in life:
The collective’s sense of hope and growth.
Myth:
In mythology, Jupiter was the ruler of the heavens, the supreme “god of gods”. He was an all-powerful and benign guardian who symbolized honor, good faith, and wisdom.