Symbol: ♃
Cycle: 11.86 years
Domicile: Sagittarius, Pisces
Exaltation: Cancer
Exile: Gemini, Virgo
Fall: Capricorn
The largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter is the planet with the most positive influence, a great benefic traditionally known as the “great protector”. Interestingly, modern scientific research has shown that Jupiter literally is, because with its massive gravitational field it protects the earth from the frequent impact of asteroids and comets by diverting them from the path and attracting them towards itself.
As it protects our planet, it also brings protection to the individuals to whom it is highlighted in the horoscope. Under its influence, we hope and believe, strive to grow and progress, chase happiness, purpose and meaning of life.
Jupiter essentially represents the need and search for happiness, what makes us happy, who and what opens some doors for us, provides chances, opportunities, space for self-expression, it signifies the pursuit of wealth, for life on a high footing.
This planet represents the criteria based on which we evaluate what is valuable and how much something is worth. It symbolizes personal as well as collective standards and expectations.
As the largest planet, it symbolizes everything that is big, that is, everything that is in large quantities and sizes, as well as everything that has a large mass, weight, volume.
Basically, Jupiter symbolizes the principle of expansion. As such, it represents the need for growth, development, advancement, affirmation.
As the opposite principle of Mercury which represent primary education, Jupiter describes higher education, studies, colleges, universities. Also, as opposed to Mercury, which represents basic data, individual terms, words and sentences, Jupiter represents the framework, sense, context, meaning that derives from them. Further, as Mercury represents everything that is close, on a local level, Jupiter describes everything that is distant, foreign, so it symbolizes long journeys, abroad, foreigners, adventure. Everything that goes beyond the local level and moves to the international and global level. A symbol of boundless space.
On an intellectual level, Jupiter creates the need to think about subjects that transcend the physical, material world. As such, it represents metaphysics, philosophy, religion, speculative thinking of any kind. It symbolizes theories, hypotheses, concepts, a holistic way of thinking, the search for universal truths.
The reason it is considered the greatest benefic is that Jupiter, as the ruler of two double signs (Sagittarius and Pisces), symbolizes two states of mind that are necessary to live life in a positive and affirmative way. The attitudes in question are hope and faith, a hope that dies last and faith in a better tomorrow, on the basis of which a positive, cheerful and optimistic attitude towards life is formed.
When it comes to other people, Jupiter represents those precious, few people in our lives which have our best interest in mind, those who teach us, advise us, help us, support us. It thus represents philanthropists, those who help, improve others, teachers, gurus, patrons, protectors, foundations.
The position of Jupiter in sign and house and aspects it forms with other planets shows what and who makes us happy, helps us grow and develop, what our values and standards are, what gives us meaning and purpose in life, where luck follows us, who teaches, protect and affirm us.
Various meanings:
- joy, happiness, openness, positivism, optimism, hope, faith, enthusiasm, delight, luck, appreciation.
- affirmation, motivation, development, improvement, advancement, promotion, opportunity, chance.
- expansion, growth, widening, extension.
- big, broad, grand, fat, much, too much, surplus.
- morality, virtues, conscience, correctness, goodness, sincerity, openness, decency, spontaneity, naivety.
- values, standards, expectations, beliefs, criteria, imperatives, scruples.
- charity, philanthropy, teachers, gurus, patrons, protectors.
- prizes, victories, trophies, recognitions, honors, adoration, idealism, idols, overestimation.
- long distances, abroad, foreigners, learning foreign languages, tourism, tourists, embassy, atlas, geography.
- global, international, multinational, universal, comprehensive, all-encompassing, cosmopolitan.
- philosophy, spirituality, religion, metaphysics, ethics.
- speculation, theory, hypothesis, assumption, concept, proposition, thesis, synthesis.
- vista, plateau, panorama, big picture, perspective, telescope.
- adventure, exploration, expedition.
- horses, hippodrome.
- wishes, ideals, aspirations, highest achievements, records, superlatives.
- strategy, tactics, grand design.
- film, film industry, cinema, screenplay, production.
- publishing, wholesale, import-export, highways, boulevards.
- luxury, profit, expensive, rich people, aristocracy, nobility, clergy, ministers, commissioners, ambassadors.
