Astrology Lost and Found

Jupiter indicates childbearing, engendering, desire, loves, political ties, acquaintance, friendships with great men, prosperity, salaries, great gifts, an abundance of crops, justice, offices, office-holding, ranks, authority over temples, arbitrations, trusts, inheritance, brotherhood, fellowship, beneficence, the secure possession of goods, relief from troubles, release from bonds, freedom, deposits in trust, money, stewardships, Of the external body parts it rules the thighs and the feet. (Consequently in the games Jupiter governs the race.) Of the internal parts it rules the sperm, the uterus, the liver, the parts of the right side. Of materials, it rules tin. It is of the day sect. In color it is grey verging on white and is sweet in taste.

If the planets, Ascendant and Midheaven are mostly in the 3rd Decanates, you can tweak your interpretation of a clients design, and lean towards a more “spiritual” analysis. A person born with a 3rd Decanate emphasis is “set-up” to receive the spiritual elements of the field, so try to filter your interpretation by emphasizing they are here to discover how the spiritual is going to be carried out in this reality and what tests are going to play out. The planet Jupiter is responsible for the 3rd Decanate. Jupiter steps down the cosmic law into bite sized pieces of belief systems necessary for the functioning of our physical reality. It’s not the pure spiritual gnosis of Neptune but the more generic forms necessary for our physical laws. If you examine the glyph of Jupiter, it is a cross + (which symbolizes physical materiality) with a half crescent (which symbolizes soul). It is soul expressing and expanding into physical reality. Soul is Spirit’s representative/middleman in Human form...

A Royal Farewell I just heard about MJ's passing beyond the veil. Death always has a way of making Time stand still and in that moment grace one with an instant realization of the Mystery of this existence. Most astrologers when faced with Life's Mystery are automatically geared to search for "meaning" of these mysterious events by running to their computers to run an astrology chart. I found myself guilty of this same tendency and was unfortunately pulled out the moment of Grace and ran up MJ's chart on hearing of his sudden passing. (See Chart Below) It didn't take more than a few seconds of glancing at the chart to realize most astrologers will have a field day with how exact the astrological symbolism is surrounding his death. The configurations are almost textbook: Michael's ruler of his Gemini Ascendant is Mercury and there standing in almost exact opposition are the 2009 famous trio of Jupiter, Neptune and Chiron . Uranus pitches in with an ...