Jupiter Direct Feb 4, 2025!

by Jude Cowell, partisan for the common good

On October 9, 2024, transit Jupiter, the planet of banking, politics, military, corporatism, broadcasting, and religion, turned retrograde ("Rx") @21Gem20, stationing directly upon America's 1776 Mars while squaring 1776 Neptune in Virgo. This activation of our foggy Mars-Neptune square of rationalization brought our country a period of good fortune for some folks but increased or expanded illusions for others, plus, a need for us all to avoid those promoting "the big picture" - one of too good to be true proportions. Overconfidence was a potential for overblown Jupiterian personalities followed by disappointment for those who fell for impractical schemes.

Now it's time for transit Jupiter to turn Direct which occurs on February 4, 2025 @11Gem16, the degree of Jupiter in July 2024. As you see, the Sabian Symbols for Jupiter's Rx and Direct degrees (12 Gemini and 22Gemini) are penned on the chart, below.

Then out of his own shadow at the end of April 2025 and timing the end of Mr. T's "first 100 days," Jupiter then begins moving forward with fewer encumbrances, and heads toward the Cardinal World Point of 00Cancer00, about a day after transit Mercury reaches the same Cardinal degree; on a good day the Mercury-Jupiter duo symbolizes common sense and good intellect, but may also denote fraud, boastfulness, fantasies and/or negligence.

So below are two images:

Jupiter Rx 2024 and Jupiter Direct 2025 - specifically, October 9, 2024 (lower left) and February 4, 2025 (upper right) with both charts set for Washington DC as usual:

And here are the same two horoscopes overstuffed with study notes for the curious:

Please note above that "February 5" should be February 4, 2025.

Therefore, an energy shift within Jupiterian realms (as listed, above) will be felt in society as Jupiter leaves Mercury-ruled Gemini and enters Moon-ruled Cancer, America's sign of Jupiter in 1776, and the sign of Jupiter's exaltation. Here are brief notes on the two placements of Jupiter within the massive planet's 11.6-year orbit around the tropical Zodiac:

Jupiter in airy Gemini: first, a note: Jupiter @11Gem47 is the sign and degree of Mitch McConnell's natal Jupiter = his Jupiter Return. In Gemini, Jupiter can possess broad yet superficial knowledge; skillful communications aid within fields such as politics and education. This is where Jupiter is in detriment because Gemini opposes Jupiter's natural sign of Sagittarius, yet Jupiter's money-making ability is not impaired in Gemini and often involves professional communications. That Jupiter's time in Gemini since May 2024 relates to the current crop of "tech bros" becoming prominent in politics I'll leave for you to decide, dear reader.

Jupiter in watery Cancer: This placement tends toward moral, religious, and philosophical principles which may certainly be on the upswing more than duplicitous Gemini tends to deliver for society. Generosity, charitable causes, and humanitarianism are possibilities as well, and could turn up more often in the news; real estate, agriculture, and the production of food are timely issues so we might wonder in these early days of this White House if supply chain shortages are again to afflict us due to off-kilter political policies based on utopian dreams that have no practical basis - other than to cause chaos and hardship in society. If such tendencies arise out of Washington, other planetary factors beside Jupiter in emotional, tribal, nationalistic Cancer will have to provide stability.