This next month comes with good news! The long awaited Jupiter transit to Cancer for one year arrives June 1st around 1am MST. This is a major boost for both the collective cultural sphere as well as the individuals that compose it.
I will spend some time here detailing what this transit means and how you might best utilize its potential, and at the end will include the normal run-down of auspicious dates for the month.
Jupiter’s Transit
A planet in exaltation expresses its most positive attributes and is essentially the best version of itself. This is because the sign in which it exalts is very supportive of that planets inherent nature. It is like a person being in their very favorite place, where they are able to be and express themselves to the fullest.
Conversely, a debilitated planet tends to display the worst parts of its nature. A debilitated Mars, for example, will allow its fire to turn into resentment and passive-aggressivty because it is in a place/sign that does not support its intensity (Mars debilitates in Cancer, which is a clean, pure and gentle sign).
An exalted Mars, on the other hand, uses its inherent assertiveness to be straightforward, active, and get things done. It can do this because it exalts in a sign (Capricorn) that is comfortable with impurity and aggressive behavior and the rougher aspects of life (Capricorn, after all, is associated with graveyards).
All of the planets have their inherent nature, and the variations with which they are expressed is based on sign placement and other factors (planetary aspects, conjunctions, etc.)
Generally speaking, we can look forward to planets transitting their signs of exaltation, because we see its archetype expressed in ways that are generally helpful and can lift things up. This is especially the case when those planets are benefic (such as Jupiter) and are going to stay in place for a while (one year, in this case).
Jupiter is not only a benefic planet, but by many accounts is considered the MOST benefic planet in the zodiac due to the way he brings resources, advice, good decision-making, and an overall sense of spaciousness.
In exaltation, Jupiter is even more powerful to deliver these positive effects. It’s like the priest being at the river giving baptisms—this is perhaps exactly what he feels he was meant to do, and he is in just the right environment to do so.
The degree to which Jupiter is able to support each of us on an individual level will depend to some extent on the details of one’s natal chart: where the transit is falling, what planetary period the person is in, their natal Jupiter situation, etc. But I dare say nearly everyone will get some kind of boost, and the collective social sphere is most definitely in need of exactly the type of boost that Jupiter is capable of giving.
Jupiter in Cancer
The specific quality of the transit is based on the combined nature of Jupiter and the sign he’s in, as I have said. Cancer is a sign associated with maternal comfort, peace, home and heart. Its associated environment is a river, which can be defined by the purity of its running water. It is this purity and gentleness which supports Jupiter’s ability to create space and healing and peace. Jupiter is the priest and teacher of the zodiac, after all, and works best in clean environments, which is why he is debilitated in Capricorn—a sign associated with death and decay.
The expansiveness of this type of transit can remind us all of how good life can feel when we are not consumed by personal and collective stress, contention and internal pressures. It is a breath of fresh air inviting us to remember ourselves before we became overburdened. There is an opportunity to reconnect here on all levels: with your own sense of spaciousness, creativity, spiritual life and health, to the people who you may have become distant from, and to society at large.
Jupiter rules and is defined by the space element, which is the connective tissue of life and the zodiac. Without it, things would not hold together. This is why Jupiter is considered the counselor or peacemaker, and is also associated with long-term commitments. A healthy Jupiter is able to hold things together in a way no other planet is. During a Jupiter planetary period for an individual, they will tend to grow in many ways: they may become interested in marriage and/or family, wish to grow a business and generally expand their lives. This all comes from the innate nature of the space element, translated through Jupiter.
Jupiter’s previous transit to Cancer
This transit occurs once every 12 years, and the last one began in June of 2014, ending in July of 2015. Whatever new and expansive themes may have come into your life during that time can give you clues as to how this transit might operate.
Generally, a Jupiter transit in the 2nd, 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th house from natal Moon and/or Ascendant is considered very auspicious. The other houses have some potential negative indications, which need to be understood in detail along with other transits and factors which can potentially reverse or cancel things. For an in-depth assessment of these factors, schedule a personal reading, wherein I can advise the best ways for you personally to benefit from this transit.
The opportunities
Generally speaking, this transit lends itself to:
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undertaking health and healing measures (and getting better-than-expected results)
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getting good advice/counseling
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starting new businesses
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getting married and/or having children
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beginning an educational program
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receiving spiritual instruction or initiation
The exalted Jupiter transit will tend to put the wind at your back with new beginnings in general, and create the support for continued growth. There will be other transits in operation simultaneously, some of which can modify the overall beneficence of Jupiter’s placement. I will address these as they come up, throughout the next year.
There is also a very significant opportunity internally, which this transit brings. That is to resolve and release internal tensions and baggage which may have built up over the last little while. Jupiter in Cancer can give peace of mind. This would be a nice time to work on stress-management techniques, introduce meditation or some type of forgiveness practice into your routine.
Although Jupiter steals the show for this month’s transits, here is a more detailed run-down of other planetary movements and their impacts on the specific dates of the month ahead.