Jupiter Returning

In contrast to the mood of my previous post on the 14th November, titled The Weight of Saturn, today I was feeling rather confident and optimistic. Mostly I'm just enveloped in brain fog and ennui but today was different. I thought I'd investigate what was happening astrologically. Figure 1 shows the daily transits.

Figure 1

The key aspect to me seems to be that transiting Jupiter is about to cross my MC for the first time in twelve years. The last crossing was December 20th 2008, around the time that I was arranging attendance at teacher recruitment fairs, needing to find new employment abroad now that my employment in Indonesia was coming to an end. By this date, I think I'd already attended the Hong Kong recruitment fair and was booked into attending the London fair in January.

Over the next six months transiting Jupiter will move swiftly over its natal position and then onwards through my tenth house. It's arrival however, may signal some change in my worldly situation. As Jupiter moved through my tenth house back in 2009, I relocated from Indonesia to China. Perhaps I will need to move again if there are complications with my visa. I hope not. The so-called Great Conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn is coming up on December 22nd. This will fall in the first degree of Aquarius, very near my natal Jupiter. 

For today however, I'm feeling fine. Let's hope the feeling lasts.

The Weight of Saturn

Figure 1

Lately I've been feeling the "weight" of Saturn on my shoulders, so to speak. Transiting Saturn has just entered the 28th degree of Capricorn and so is between my MC in 26°07' of Capricorn and my natal Jupiter in 28°47' of the same sign. See Figure 1.

UPDATE: it's Thursday 19th November 2020 and transiting Saturn has moved to 27°26' of Capricorn which is almost exactly at the midpoint of my MC (26°07') and Jupiter (28°47'). I must say that this afternoon I've felt the weight of Saturn weighing particularly heavy on me. This is despite the fact that I've remained largely unaffected by the pandemic. If I feeling depressed, I can only imagine what those people are feeling who have lost their jobs, seen their businesses fail, or are separated from their families due to travel restrictions. 

Transiting Jupiter has just entered the 24th degree of Capricorn and perhaps, when it crosses my MC and catches up with Saturn on December 21st in 0°29' of Aquarius, I may feel the weight lighten. This is an important conjunction and this is what Astrology King had to say about its possible effect:

Jupiter conjunct Saturn transit is a time of opportunity, growth and good fortune. You have reached the end of a phase of life and will feel like you have to advance to a higher level. You may have a feeling of completion or contentment with your achievements thus far. Perhaps you realise you can go no further in your current career or just feel like a new challenge.

You may find barriers to your progress which you need to climb over or go around. But if you have planned well, are self-employed or have a lot of freedom, you could grow within the existing structures of your life. Either way, you will be breaking through barriers or expanding within larger boundaries.

This is a time of greater self-awareness when you may realise you are not content with things as they are. Too much responsibility, a boring job, stifling traditions, and rules, not enough time or a demanding boss or partner may become too much to cope with. You may even realise that your own fears and inhibitions are holding you back from happiness and success. If so, this transit will cause you so much frustration that change becomes inevitable.

Even if you don’t feel restricted you will still seek greater freedom and prosperity. Fated events, lucky breaks or deliberate actions will create opportunities for personal and professional growth. This could involve higher education, the law, religion, spirituality, long distance travel, a new career or a new relationship. This might be a good time to borrow for an investment property, to buy your own home or to renovate. Perhaps you could get financial backing to start or grow your own business.

These effects are fairly broad so they could apply to almost anybody but I do feel an influence of this sort. It's been nearly five and half years since I retired and I feel some sort of change is coming (whether self-initiated or thrust upon me I don't know). Transiting Mars is now in the 16th degree of Aries having traversed all my Arian planets. It will cross my Ascendant on Christmas Day but it is moving very fast and will almost be in my third house by my birthday. The main influences in my chart seem to be Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto around the MC at the moment.

Progressed Moon Crosses MidHeaven

Looking at my progressed chart, I notice that my Moon will soon cross the MC, on December 22nd 2020 to be exact. Previous crossings occurred on August 4th of 1993 and March 28th of 1966. The time periods surrounding these earlier dates are quite significant to me. 

The 1966 date marked my final year of high school. I was about to begin "my ascent" in the world, climbing a mountain whose summit was shrouded in clouds. I wasn't sure what route to take but I was beginning the ascent. 

The 1993 date is around the middle of what was a transformative year for me on many levels. In terms of my worldly ascent, I had climbed as high as I was going to climb. I was the computer coordinator at a high school in Australia and later I would be the computer coordinator at high schools in Singapore, Jakarta and Shanghai. The settings were different but the role was the same. I was happy with what I had achieved but in 1993 I realised that it was the spiritual ascent that was really important. By August of 1993, I had accepted Meher Baba as the Avatar and my spiritual ascent was beginning.

It's interesting to speculate what this forthcoming December crossing will herald. Perhaps my ascent to the astral plane as I leave this tired old body behind. Probably not however, as I feel I have a few more years left in me. What then? Well, for five years I've pretty much just amused myself doing whatever I felt like intellectually. I've relished the permanent release from the grind of the school year but lately I feel that I've plateaued. I'm ready for something different but I don't know what.

Interestingly, transiting Saturn is rapidly approaching my MC. Like the progressed Moon, this should be the last time that Saturn crosses my MC during my lifetime, unless I live to be close to 100. Figure 1 shows the October 30th 2020 contact.

Figure 1

Perhaps this imminent contact will give me a clue as to what I should do, or maybe it will be done for me. Naturally, I'll return to this post in the future once I've realised the impact that the progressed Moon has had on me. That's the idea of this blog, titled AstroWatch because I intend to watch the astrological aspects affecting my own chart and that of others. For each post, I will add an addendum at a later date, reflecting on the impact that the aspects have had.

ADDENDUM: January 12th 2020

It's too early to gauge the impact of the progressed Moon's crossing of my MC. However, on March 7th 2021, it will reach the position of my natal Jupiter in 28°47' of Capricorn and on May 15th 2021 it will reach the position of my progressed Jupiter in 1°15'R of Capricorn. What happened at the very end of 2020 is that my visa was been renewed until 19th February 2022. That was a relief and it means that I'm free to concentrate on whatever I want to. I've made a New Year's resolution (see this blog post). The resolutions were to improve:

• my guitar skills
• my Indonesian language competency
• my exercise regime