Jupiter's movement into its natural sign points to a year of heightened sensitivity, emphasis on water, and humanitarian connection and efforts on a large global scale. For example, the very recent earthquakes in Haiti have triggered this type of massive global response.
Jupiter energy is warm, generous and expansive. It rules moral authority and rules, and also quests for the deeper spiritual and moral meanings of life. When in Pisces, there's a tendency to be generous with volunteer pursuits or charitable donations. Also, a tendency exists for religious extremism, i.e. being deluded (Pisces) by spiritual dogma and teachings, especially in the fundamentalism realm.
The Essence of Pisces
The astrological sign of Pisces is associated with the Fish. In the heavens, its constellation is made up of two fish, swimming in opposite directions through a bed of reeds. This two fish "free flowing, move where the tide moves" dynamic is characteristic of Pisces-like human behavior. Further, reeds symbolize the connecting links to everything.
The archetypal essence of Pisces includes selfless service to humanity, empathic connection, sensitivity, karmic completions, transcendence, peaceful co-existence, dreaming, poetry and imagery. Pisces modern ruler is dreamy Neptune. Its ancient ruler (before the outer planets beyond Saturn were discovered) is expansive Jupiter.
Being the 3rd astrological sign of the winter season, Pisces embodies the characteristic of "mutable (changeable) energy, explaining its variable nature. Its natural element is water; hence the association with emotions, sensitivity and feelings. As the last sign of the zodiac, Pisces is associated with completions and endings, especially of a karmic nature.
Pisces types (those with significant, natal placements - Sun, Moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and/or Rising Sign in Pisces) tend to be highly sensitive, and empathic or emotionally intuitive. In the extreme, "feeling everything", or "over sensitive" would be their trademark.
Jupiter 2010 Timings:
--January 17 - enters Pisces
--April 17 - begins close 9 month association with Uranus in Pisces and Aries (topic for future blog)
-- June 5/6 - enters the sign of Aries for 3 months
-- July 23 - stations retrograde at 3 degrees Aries expanding and intensifying the 2010 Turning Point (topic for future blog)
-- September 8 - returns to Pisces
--November 18 - stations direct at 24 degrees Pisces
--January 22, 2011 - reenters Aries
When Jupiter is in Pisces, particularly affected is anyone with significant, natal placements in the mutable signs of Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces.
When Jupiter moves into in Aries, those with early degree natal placements in the Cardinal signs of Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn will notice Jupiter's expansive pulse.
1998 - Jupiter's previous passage through Pisces
During 1998, water and humanitarian related events included:
--the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan (read "humanitarian + water"). This year, the Winter Olympics are held in Vancouver, Canada
--Northern Ireland factions signing a historic agreement, bringing peace to the Emerald Isle
--the discovery by the Jupiter space probe Galileo of vast oceans under the icy surface of the Moon Europa, and the Lunar Clementine probe discovering frozen water in polar lunar craters
--United Nations (UNESCO) declaring 1998 the "International Year of the Oceans”desiring to raise global awareness about the fragile ocean environment
--El Nino Nino bringing significant flooding, ice storms and hurricanes throughout the world, including China and North America. In 2010 we are still in an El Nino period
--Water related blockbuster films were on center stage, such as "Titanic" winning a record 11 Oscars; "Deep Impact" and "Armageddon" making their debut - focus on global efforts necessary to avoid disaster from comets (frozen water) striking Earth. This year, the movie Avatar stands a very good chance of replicating Titantic's Oscar feat, given its Pisces theme of "everything being connected to everything else”.
What's in store?
Because of Jupiter's close association with Uranus starting in early April, expansive Piscean type events between April and January 2011 carry the added vibration of unexpected, "out of the blue" Uranus-like surprises. Interestingly, this cosmic duo covered the very same astronomical ground in 1927. That year saw the first television broadcast (images are Piscean/technology is Uranian). Also, intense water related weather affected many countries around the globe.
In a future blog, I'll describe Jupiter's significant role in this late spring/early summer's "Cardinal Climax" aka 2010 Turning Point. For now, suffice it to say, Jupiter will be a prime catalyst for significant shifts of consciousness on the Global stage in 2010 and early 2011.
In the meantime, a window of opportunity exists for using this heightened Jupiter vibration to strengthen the body's sensitivity channels (intuition and feeling centers) through bodywork healing modalities. From my many years practicing bodywork, I've come to appreciate the importance of keeping these body channels clear to promote health, strength, clarity and well-being.
Also, you can supplement this sensitivity strengthening time by taking short (7 to 10 minutes tops) epsom salt baths (1 cup), in comfortably hot water several times a week or during stressful periods. Epsom salt baths are wonderful detoxifiers, especially after a stressful day, or when traveling.
aloha from the tropics,
Starman, Joseph Mina
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Image: Pisces Astroactivator© by Kathryn Andren
