Rules: Sagittarius and Pisces
Key words and qualities: Passionate curiosity, philosophy, laws, storytelling, philanthropy, luck, distant cultures, expansion.
Color: Violet
Metal: Tin
Physical body affinities: Circulatory system; the liver.
Length of time to orbit: Twelve years.
Festival: Any journey viewed as a pilgrimage.
Way of honoring: Questing; learning; teaching; traveling; feasting.
Shadow, when not honored: Excess; inflation.
Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. It magnanimously generates more radiation than it receives from the Sun. Jupiter is associated with all gods of generosity, and abundance.
To make meaning out of life the way Jupiter encourages, we must gather information. The Jupiter part of us is the Universal Investigator whose task is to approach all aspects of life with curiosity. Jupiter thrives on variety and its craving is to constantly expand life beyond the familiar. To that end, Jupiter loves to travel to foreign lands.
As we gain wisdom, we understand universal law and thus our consciousness is freed from illusion. Jupiter is the part of us that is in direct contact with the Universal Mind.
The position of Jupiter in your horoscope indicates the nature and development of your higher mental attributes. Jupiter goes beyond the rational faculties embodied by Mercury, which is basically concerned with the communication of ideas, to seek the basis upon which ideas are formed. Mercury teaches man how to communicate with man. Jupiter teaches man how to communicate with God.
Jupiter is the planet of good fortune and bestows material gifts. Its position is a major indication of material gain. It can also be an indicator of wastefulness, self-indulgence, and gluttony.
People with a strong Jupiter may be large in size, loud in voice, or simply command attention when they walk into a room.