Jupiter Return
Jupiter Return
Jupiter’s Promise
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Calculated for:
Latitude: 53 N 20
Longitude: 6 W 15
Positions of Planets at Birth:
Neptune 7 Sco 27
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Introduction
We all want to expand our lives. Perhaps we want to expand our mental skills by
attending college. We may want to extend our earning capacity through career
training. We may want to form strong partnerships or enter into a romantic
relationship, in order to expand our horizons. (We probably don’t want to
expand our physical weight!) Each of these possibilities relates to the planet
Jupiter, and how it works in our birth charts. Shakespeare pointed out that we
have many potential roles that unfold in regular rhythms throughout our lives.
This interpretation takes a look at your birth chart from the perspective of the
largest planet in our solar system. Jupiter takes about 11.86 years to go around
the Sun. This almost twelve year period relates to many of the major life
transitions you will experience throughout your life. Each milestone in this
interpretation takes place at a Jupiter Return – when Jupiter reaches the same
point in the zodiac it occupied when you were born. We can learn from
Shakespeare’s humorous depictions of the Ages of Man.
Shakespeare
Jupiter is the Santa Claus of the planets. Where it is found in the birth chart, we
find a focus for our hopes and dreams. It indicates an area of life where we are
optimistic, expansive, generous, and often successful. It also indicates an area
of popularity. Sometimes Jupiter shows where we are overconfident or
extravagant. It shows where and how we seek to develop a more idealistic or
philosophical attitude, and also where we can be impractical, excessive, or
ostentatious.
On a practical level Jupiter governs function – the way things work. This includes
processes in the physical body.
Jupiter in Capricorn:
You have a profound sense of responsibility. When you follow this internal
guidance system, you become a trustworthy partner, employee, or associate.
Your capacity to become a strong leader is built on a foundation of trust and
“correct” behavior.
Once you are into a project, you have a keen eye for the goals you have set.
While others may get bogged down in the daily details, you keep one eye on the
end result, and are able to make subtle corrections that keep big projects on
course.
Patience is a virtue that you feel in your bones. You occasionally become
dissatisfied with your own or other people’s progress, but ultimately you can
stick with a project until it is completed, or until completion is clearly no longer
an option. Even in failure, your peers respect your tenacity.
You can achieve success in professional fields like medicine, chemistry, or the
oil business. You also are a good candidate for any area of the occult, as your
psychic senses are strong and can be refined to a high degree.
At some point in your life you may be called upon to assist an older family
member in managing private matters that involve sorrow or separation from
their normal environment. Through this process you discover that both of you
undergo changes in your perspective on life.
You also find yourself in peculiar situations from time to time. These moments
involve odd relationships coming into your life or conditions that are far from
what you may have expected. In the end, you stand to benefit from these
interludes, and your optimism gets you through any uneasy situations.
Your desire for recognition cause you to push yourself too hard. The internal
stress may not be obvious to other people, but you certainly feel it. Exercise and
proper diet go a long way toward managing stress. You can use the inner
tension as a spiritual compass – more stress means you are tending away from
the most appropriate path.
You often have the chance to smooth ruffled feathers. This is because you
understand the emotional currents around you before others know there is
anything happening. You are also able to express your own feelings, once you
have paid attention to them.
When you are focused on your internal stress and tension, you are not paying
attention to the opportunities coming your way. When you argue with other
people over petty details that you won’t even recall next week, you are wasting
valuable time and effort. You would be better off keeping your thoughts to
yourself.
Leadership potential can develop almost on its own as you pursue the many
career choices in your life. Because of your ability to work with people smoothly,
you rise to management or executive positions in the natural course of things.
You like to feel you are in power.
~ JUPITER MILESTONES ~
Now that you have the basic idea of how Jupiter functions throughout your life,
we will examine seven milestones. Every twelve years Jupiter returns to its
position in your birth chart, giving you a moment of clarity concerning your
perspective on life, your emotions, and your spiritual tendencies. Each milestone
illuminates a specific area of your life, growing out of the previous twelve-year
period. Because of Jupiter’s apparent motion from our perspective, you may
have three returns within one year, giving you mixed messages for the following
twelve years.
You may notice certain themes come up again and again. When you see this
happen, it indicates that you will be reviewing ideas and renewing your
intellectual and spiritual strengths during the coming period. You benefit from
what you learned earlier and modify your behavior to avoid facing the same
difficulties. If you fail to modify your behavior, a little excess can become a huge
problem.
The first Jupiter milestone occurs when most people have achieved nearly adult
size and development. Cultures around the world celebrate rites of passage
around this time, as young people transition from childhood to teen and young
adult life. You actually reach adult physical growth about midway through this
period. You are expected to act like an adult in a thousand ways, yet you may
feel unprepared for the demands of adult life, especially at the beginning of this
period.
The twelve years following the first milestone can be difficult, filled with shocks
and disillusionment. Your friends have different ways of doing things, and they
have some less than helpful ideas about how to act. You still rely upon family to
take care of your basic needs.
During this twelve-year period, you face huge changes in social relationships,
habits, and attitudes. You break with some family beliefs, even if you maintain
an outer appearance of acceptance. By the end of this period you know how you
want to be different, and where you want to go in life.
Shakespeare
At age twelve, self-esteem issues rank higher in the scale of immediacy than
financial concerns. You will use your energy to enhance self worth in every area
of your life. You learn which creature comforts are near necessities, on both the
physical and emotional levels.
This placement marks the beginning of a period during which you develop
qualities of generosity and trustworthiness. You learn to enjoy life, and you may
also develop a desire to gain financial security. During the next twelve years you
will be more aware of your resources, and you will definitely be aware of any
tendency to waste them.
Now is a good time to actively pursue a healthier diet, and to engage in regular
exercise. You could tend to put on weight otherwise. Mentally, you benefit from
meditation or other contemplative activities. Keep your mind busy, and spend
less time and money on fancy furnishings and toys.
Now you should examine your motivations carefully. Self-interest is not in itself
a bad thing. However, you will also want to consider the needs of others if you
are to maintain your position of respect in the community. Thoughtful
consideration will also improve personal relationships now.
Your desire to run the world will catch up to you some day and cause untold
problems. If you can be realistic for a moment, you realize that you only need to
run your corner of the world. You don’t need to step on everyone else’s toes to
meet your own needs and desires.
You will experience moments during this twelve year period when you are
radiant with joy and love. Your faith is reconfirmed by more than one
relationship. Your open, cheerful attitude naturally brings companionship into
your life. You learn to demonstrate love for others more openly and sincerely.
You also find that relationships inspire the best you have to offer.
During this period you may need to adjust your words and your tone to suit
situations that you have not faced before. Don’t discard your optimistic view. Do
consider the best way to deliver your message, given the conditions you and
other people face now.
Match your optimism with greater adaptability now. You are used to leading, yet
at this time you may become an active team member or dedicated follower
instead. Because of a tendency to rebel against leadership, this period presents
a lesson in accepting instruction.
Your desire to run the world will catch up to you some day and cause untold
problems. If you can be realistic for a moment, you realize that you only need to
run your corner of the world. You don’t need to step on everyone else’s toes to
meet your own needs and desires.
You want to be important. The thing is, you don’t really want to make this your
goal at the expense of friendships and working relationships. Instead, work out
your long-term goals in private. Then apply yourself to reaching them while also
cultivating those essential contacts.
You often find conditions are right for you to gain self-understanding while
working on projects with other people. Your career is a great avenue for spiritual
and intellectual development. When you take a brief pause in your very active
life, you allow insights to arise from deep within your being.
During this period you experience stress where intellect is concerned. To the
extent appropriate for the age group, you can use the internal tension as a
barometer of your mediation skills. There is a tendency to spread yourself too
thin, and a reluctance to express yourself in writing that could manifest as a
writing block. There could be too much or too little attention to intellectual
matters.
Your creative talents are amplified through your intuition. You can foresee future
developments and be fully prepared with the ideas and products that will be
needed. Thus you are ahead of the curve in planning most of the time.
You want to be important. The thing is, you don’t really want to make this your
goal at the expense of friendships and working relationships. Instead, work out
your long-term goals in private. Then apply yourself to reaching them while also
cultivating those essential contacts.
You often find conditions are right for you to gain self-understanding while
working on projects with other people. Your career is a great avenue for spiritual
and intellectual development. When you take a brief pause in your very active
life, you allow insights to arise from deep within your being.
Shakespeare
By age twenty-four, you have achieved near full intellectual development. This
does not mean that you stop learning, but that your capacity for learning is fully
in place. As you start out on your adult adventure, the excitement of life is often
matched by the anxiety level.
You try to “act like an adult” at every turn. Yet your emotions remind you of
earlier times when you felt helpless. During the years between Milestones Two
and Three, you develop a better understanding of relationships. In the process
your relationship to your parents undergoes dramatic changes as well. You learn
to accept your emotions as your own.
Finally, you fill in the gaps in your education, either through more schooling, or
in the “world of hard knocks.” By the end of this period, your unique personality
is refined. You discover that your inner mental, emotional and spiritual
environment is more important in many ways than the material environment.
In the second Jupiter Return chart, Jupiter is in the house of personality and
personal affairs. These areas of life take on greater significance for you during
this twelve year period of expansion. Because you have come through two full
cycles, your persona can now expand and develop a more philosophical side.
You establish your home to suit your own personality, and you seek profitable
partnerships.
Jupiter SemiSquare Saturn:
Personal success fluctuates now. Some projects are huge winner, while other
deals that seemed destined for the big time fall a bit flat. If you could predict
accurately, you probably would not feel so frustrated. Plans for the distant
future can buoy your optimism.
Your get carried away by your imagination from time to time. This is because
there is such a rich range of ideas and feelings that flow through you,
supplemented by strong psychic ability. You benefit from meditation or other
focusing skill, as this is how you can address one situation or idea at a time
more effectively.
You are given opportunities to flex your leadership muscles, and your upward
and forward progress is limited only by your capacity to identify the opportunity,
grasp it, and move with it. Will power is one of our strangest assets as you make
important life decisions.
Internal adjustment is needed when you over-indulge. You save yourself some
discomfort by moderating your behavior, especially where rich food is
concerned.
Shakespeare
At the third milestone you enter a philosophical phase of life, questioning your
own purpose. People often associate the unrest during the latter half of this
period – the mid-life crisis – with unfulfilling relationships, changes in the job
scene, or anything else outside your own personality.
We often think that once past age thirty, we no longer continue to grow.
Actually, our emotional, mental and spiritual growth occurs largely after that
time. While we are busy developing careers, raising children, and expanding our
social spheres, we continue to change psychologically and spiritually.
By age forty-eight at the next milestone, you probably see the good side of your
decisions as well as the downside. But then you have greater understanding of
your own inner workings.
Your Personal Milestone Indicator
At your third Jupiter Return, Jupiter is in the house of creativity. During the next
twelve years, you discover areas of creativity that may have escaped your
attention before now. Past successes in other areas help you develop confidence
in your creativity.
This period is one of speculation. You are more impressionable than in the past,
or at least you act on impressions more easily. You must exercise caution when
beginning new ventures, as they will look promising, but may disappoint you in
the final analysis.
You will encounter situations that seem thorny at the moment, but which are
susceptible to solution when you take a calm, thoughtful approach. Others may
marvel at your seemingly placid demeanor in the midst of external turmoil.
Sometimes you feel compelled to tell the bare truth, and you find that others
receive it with less enthusiasm than you had hoped. Initially, the truth has a
sting. Later, others realize the value of cutting to the chase and getting on with
the solution to their problems.
Jupiter Sextile Venus:
Although your efforts now are generally successful, they are not without their
problems. You find that each new activity demands your full attention, and thus
you may need to say no to some promising offers in order to do justice to
projects you have already begun.
In the long run events nearly always turn out favorably for you. Sometimes you
are just thankful that you get through situations at all. The stresses of life can
cause episodes of indigestion. Pay attention to your intuition. You may get an
idea for an invention.
In setting goals, think your plan all the way through to the end. In this way you
avoid fanaticism, unpleasant encounters with the legal system, and
wastefulness, while maximizing your leadership potential.
You want to be important. The thing is, you don’t really want to make this your
goal at the expense of friendships and working relationships. Instead, work out
your long-term goals in private. Then apply yourself to reaching them while also
cultivating those essential contacts.
You often find conditions are right for you to gain self-understanding while
working on projects with other people. Your career is a great avenue for spiritual
and intellectual development. When you take a brief pause in your very active
life, you allow insights to arise from deep within your being.
Shakespeare
You may not be the round-bellied figure Shakespeare mentions, but at this
milestone you may enter a somewhat less physical and somewhat more mental
period of your life. There is no abrupt transition here – you just gradually find
your interests shifting.
Over the next twelve years, you struggle less with internal conflicts. By the end
of this period you integrate your diverse talents, skills, and goals, and you
empower yourself instead of looking to the world for empowerment.
At the end of this period, your Jupiter and Saturn periods come into close
alignment. Your sense of wholeness incorporates substance and process into
one worldview. You accept your accomplishments and probably see the larger
connections between Self and the Universe.
At your fourth Jupiter Return, Jupiter is in the house of family. Your mission for
the nest twelve years, should you choose to accept it, is to progress toward
understanding your core beliefs. You have lived at least part of your life in
service to what you have been taught to believe. Now its’ time for you to
uncover your own closely held beliefs and learn to tailor all your actions to them.
You experience relatively good health now. If you have a good diet rich in
vitamins and minerals, your emotional outlook is good, you feel physically
strong, and you may experience some degree of healing without any particular
effort in this regard. Career and other activities take you in positive directions.
You are more aware of your personal energy level now. Your optimism is strong,
and you are therefore positive about decisions you make. You find that
disagreements resolve themselves and you then can go on to more productive
matters.
Your creative talents are amplified through your intuition. You can foresee future
developments and be fully prepared with the ideas and products that will be
needed. Thus you are ahead of the curve in planning most of the time.
Speculation is not a good idea for you, as you may experience large losses. You
are easily misled by the glamour of a business offer. You can learn to recognize
the “too good to be true” qualities in any dealings.
You are a powerhouse of ideas and plans. You can be a skilled manager, as you
bring intelligence, personal control, and skillful communication to the table. Your
underlying philosophical belief system helps to moderate any tendency to
coerce others to do what you say. Endings in your life are fortunate in that you
can use your will to find a better direction for your efforts.
Your drive for success and recognition can take you over, leaving little or no
time for relationships, recreation, or any of the things you might really enjoy.
You also tend to push your own views on other people while ignoring their
opinions. Yet you benefit from sharing opinions in the social and career venues.
In any leadership role, be sure your values come first.
Milestone Five: Around Age Sixty
Because the typical life span has increased since Shakespeare’s time, there is
no quotation for this milestone. It’s not easy to determine which part of life is
longer, but this seemed like the logical milestone to skip assigning one of the
“seven stages of man” because people are retiring later and living longer. Age
sixty used to indicate a long life, but today many people live well into their
seventies, eighties and even nineties, remaining active members of society.
If you have maintained good health, you can foresee many years ahead of you,
and you are not about ready to stop here. You may find you need to re-examine
your life and make a new plan. This is a time for mulling over the past, not
because you are stuck in it, but because you want to distill the values you have
found and let go of old ideas that no longer suit you.
Our children often say that we are better parents to our grandchildren. This is
because we can let go of old rules and methods, change our attitudes, and
joyfully engage life in a fresh, relaxed way.
This can be a period of spiritual inspiration. Its’ also a time to recall goals from
an earlier time, choose the goals you still want to accomplish, and focus on
them as fully as possible. While we often think of the period before age sixty as
the productive time of life, many people are accomplishing their greatest work
after that time.
You find that you are irritated by the direction you receive from others, and that
you want to expand according to your own desires. Depending on the age
group, you may resist parents, teachers, or experience marital arguments.
Resolving frustrations is a periodic theme.
You are apparently a very lucky individual. Even if you never win the lottery,
your life generally falls into place with the precision of a well-oiled machine.
Little escapes you that could be useful in your work or family life.
Your psychic ability is expansive. You can reach far outside yourself to
experience what is happening around you. You sometimes “feel” other people’s
feelings, as though they are your own, and you can use this information for
healing, communication, or other purposes.
You provide challenges for yourself in the form of puzzles about which direction
to pursue and what opportunities to grasp. You are usually very successful in
making friends and cultivating the right relationships to improve your work and
family life. You tend to put on extra pounds and have to manage your diet
accordingly if you want to remain or regain a trim physique.
“The sixth age shifts into the lean and slipper’d pantaloon, with
spectacles on nose and pouch on side, his youthful hose, well sav’d,
a world too wide for his shrunk hank; and his big manly voice, turning
Shakespeare
This milestone ushers in a twelve year period during which the mysteries of your
own mind can be examined. In the process you discover a higher power that
resides in and acts through you.
This period is ideal for mentoring younger people because you are both
receptive to the student’s needs and expressive of your own wisdom. You feel
less attached to outcomes, and more focused on clear, effective processes.
Unique opportunities come into your life during this period. You are able to
undertake activities that didn’t even make your list before. You may experience
a life filled with miracles large and small.
At your sixth Jupiter Return, Jupiter is in the house of transcendent values. You
examine your life and find that you can rise above many petty experiences that
once would have kept you from enjoying the moment. Your values are not so
much rooted in the material world any more, but rather in abstract ideas and
ideals.
Although your efforts now are generally successful, they are not without their
problems. You find that each new activity demands your full attention, and thus
you may need to say no to some promising offers in order to do justice to
projects you have already begun.
Shakespeare
With modern medicine and longer life spans, many of us never get into this
condition, or if we do, it is very close to the end of life. What we do experience is
an inevitable slowing down of the physical machinery. Healthy nutrition keeps
many people alert and active right up to the end of life, even in the nineties and
past.
This is not the time to quit, but it may be time to take a different approach to
life. Be yourself! Engage in social activities, consider your relationship to the
Universe, and celebrate your connection to others and to the Divine.
During the coming twelve year period, you attain a sense of dominion over your
personal motivations.
Your Personal Milestone Indicator
At your seventh Jupiter Return, Jupiter is in the house of family. You have a lot to
offer at this point, when you are probably the patriarch or matriarch in the
family. You have stories from your own childhood and youth, and you remember
details about family members that you can share with the younger generations.
You also understand the hows and whys of family beliefs. You represent the
foundations upon which all other family members have built. Interestingly, you
also have a vision of the future to share.
Your overall optimistic demeanor attracts coworkers and other people to you.
You don’t have to solve their problems. Especially in situations of dire import,
you offer a cheerful, attitude that helps others get past their difficulties.
You feel rather rebellious during this period. You may feel that the rules are
made for other people, and that you should be free to do whatever you choose.
Hasty action before you have all the necessary information can creative difficult
problems.
You are given opportunities to flex your leadership muscles, and your upward
and forward progress is limited only by your capacity to identify the opportunity,
grasp it, and move with it. Will power is one of our strangest assets as you make
important life decisions.
You provide challenges for yourself in the form of puzzles about which direction
to pursue and what opportunities to grasp. You are usually very successful in
making friends and cultivating the right relationships to improve your work and
family life. You tend to put on extra pounds and have to manage your diet
accordingly if you want to remain or regain a trim physique.
You will feel agitated when you don’t get recognition for your hard work. While
you may be deserving, you don’t always have control over the payback
mechanism. Exercise and proper diet with fewer stimulants will help you to
relax. Then redirect your energies according to your spiritual, instead of your
ego compass.
Your inner mental and spiritual life is rich with creative possibilities now. You
find that ideas you relegated to storage in the past are arising again to provide
fertile ground for action. Women play a big part in your expression now.
Your overall optimistic demeanor attracts coworkers and other people to you.
You don’t have to solve their problems. Especially in situations of dire import,
you offer a cheerful, attitude that helps others get past their difficulties.
You are given opportunities to flex your leadership muscles, and your upward
and forward progress is limited only by your capacity to identify the opportunity,
grasp it, and move with it. Will power is one of our strangest assets as you make
important life decisions.
You provide challenges for yourself in the form of puzzles about which direction
to pursue and what opportunities to grasp. You are usually very successful in
making friends and cultivating the right relationships to improve your work and
family life. You tend to put on extra pounds and have to manage your diet
accordingly if you want to remain or regain a trim physique.
You tend to stress out when you don’t get the recognition you feel you deserve.
When you feel this way, first determine what you want, and then change your
own behavior to make that outcome more likely. If you determine that people or
things outside yourself are the true source of the problem, then takes steps to
remove yourself from situations that you cannot tolerate.
Sometimes you feel compelled to tell the bare truth, and you find that others
receive it with less enthusiasm than you had hoped. Initially, the truth has a
sting. Later, others realize the value of cutting to the chase and getting on with
the solution to their problems.
You overflow with energy now. You direct your personal will effectively, and you
love the challenges presented in career, business, and other venues. Your
honorable approach to life and your organizational ability contribute to make
you a fine leader.
You are given opportunities to flex your leadership muscles, and your upward
and forward progress is limited only by your capacity to identify the opportunity,
grasp it, and move with it. Will power is one of our strangest assets as you make
important life decisions.
You are well aware of your goals in life – much more so than your peers. You are
at your best when you are reaching for a worthwhile goal, and you are not one
to rest on your laurels. As a child you were optimistic, even when you found
yourself over-extended. The desire to do something of significance underlies
many of your activities.
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