The Benefactor
Jupiter
Expansion · Social
The part of you that reaches for the bigger picture. Where you trust the story.
Jupiter is currently in Cancer 20.1°.
Archetype
expansion
Orbital period
~12 years
Sign transit
~1 year per sign
Body rulership
Liver, thighs, hips, growth
Keywords
Dignity & debility
Where Jupiter performs at home, where it struggles, and where tradition says it sings. Click any sign to open its reference page.
Rulership
Traditional rulership also includes Pisces.
The sign(s) Jupiter rules. At home — strong and native, though not always gentle.
Detriment
Opposite Jupiter’s rulership. Works harder, learns through friction what it couldn’t learn at ease.
Other social bodies
Jupiter and Saturn bridge inner life and outer structure. They set the rhythm of years, not hours.
Pairs with
Tarot keys for Jupiter
In the Golden Dawn tarot tradition, each Major Arcana card walks a Hebrew letter path on the Tree of Life — and each path corresponds to either a planet or a sign. The cards below are the keys the tradition attributes to Jupiter, with their classical correspondence noted.
- JupiterWheel Of FortuneThe Wheel of Fortune is Jupiter — expansion, cycles, the gift that arrives in its own time.
- Jupiter in Leo (10–20° decan)Six Of WandsJupiter in Leo decan — the visible victory, public recognition.
- Jupiter in Pisces (10–20° decan)Nine Of CupsJupiter in Pisces decan — emotional fulfillment, the wish granted, the cup brimming.
- Jupiter in Libra (20–30° decan)Four Of SwordsJupiter in Libra decan — required rest, the truce between battles.
- Jupiter in Gemini (0–10° decan)Eight Of SwordsJupiter in Gemini decan — bound by mental construction; the bonds untie when seen.
- Jupiter in Capricorn (0–10° decan)Two Of PentaclesJupiter in Capricorn decan — balancing competing demands, juggling resources skillfully.
In progress
The long-form reference for Jupiter is being written.
The skeleton above is the reference: archetype, dignity table, rhythm, and keywords. Deeper sections — Jupiterthrough each sign, through each house, in aspect, in retrograde, and the common misreadings — are hand-written, not generated. They layer in as they’re finished.
In the meantime — your chart doesn’t wait. Run your birth chart and see where Jupiter lives in your sky.
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