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Jupiter will go retrograde on February 2, 2005 . Those who had any planets or Ascendant, Midheaven at 18 Libra 52 (opposite 19 degrees Aries ), I'm sure will feel the full pressure, changes and brunt of our largest planet going "retrograde" in motion
Things involving loved ones, love, friendship are highlighted due to Venus being at 29 degrees, a critical degree, on the day Jupiter goes retrograde. It adds salt to the wounds, in a sense. Breaking up with a marriage partner, in a friendship, in a personal or business relationship can take place on this day. Jupiter has a three week "shadow" period that actually begins to affect people dramatically. That shadow period begins January 11, 2005 through February 2, 2005 . The effect of this? People's wallets and good sense are going to either open a lot more than usual (example would be the generosity of people around the world donating unusual amounts of money to the Tsunami survivors of the Far East) or snap shut and become a Scrooge until June 4, 2005, when it finally goes direct. One thing for sure, Jupiter going now is going to kick the flailing Economy in the groin in early 2005. Business people will not have a LOT to celebrate. Thanks to President Bush's irresponsible handling of the economy in the first four years, he has created the largest debt we've seen as a country, and Jupiter is not going to help it much at all in this department that affects all our lives.
Jupiter rules a sense of well being, of being ageless, living forever, being immortal, and people like to PARTY like they never have before if it is direct, but it won't be. Come June 4, 2005, we are going to have the wildest partying time, thanks to Jupiter churning forward at that time, and we'll go Mach 3 with our hair on fire and throttles to the fire wall--quite literally! For now, however, the party hats, the horns, whistles and dancing shoes are going to be less conspicuous because of Jupiter shadow looming over already depressing January.
WHO IS MOST AFFECTED BY THIS?
Jupiter goes retrograde at 18 Libra (opposite 18 Aries ). Those most affected were born October 9 through the 14th (Libra folks) with those born on October 11th, receiving the bulk of the retrograde energy from this planet. In opposite sign,Aries , those born April 6 through the 11th, with those born on April 8th, receiving the full energy from this planet.
If you have a natal Jupiter retrograde, then this is a great time for you! You are in your element and will make out quite well during this time frame, February 1, 2005 through June 4, 2005! Many opportunities and good "dharma" are coming your way, so be prepared!
DEFINITION OF JUPITER--WHAT DOES IT RULE?
Jupiter is considered the great benefic. The guardian angel. The good guy. Fortune. Money. Deals. Largess. Fat. Obesity. Arteries. Bulimia. Benevolent. Expansive. No boundaries. No banks. Unlimited. Optimistic. Gambler. Exaggeration. Excess. Broad minded. Misjudgment. Adventuresome. Expanding (as in the waist line). Risk taker. Growth. High education. Philosophical. Metaphysics/higher mind. Overindulgent. Growing. Tumors. Pompous/arrogant. Know-it-all. Liver. Cholesterol. Plaque. Visionary. Explorer. Cosmopolitan. World-traveler. Foot-loose-and-fancy-free. Contracts. Agreements with lots of money. Enrichment of one's life. Educational curiosity. Happiness. Epidemics of any kind, whether natural or terrorist-made. It is the key trigger for a massive epidemic to begin.
HOW WILL IT AFFECT US?
Business people will have a LOT to bemoan come February, 2005. And with Saturn also retrograde, whose at the wheel to keep this Economy of ours on the tracks? The answer is: no one! The Economy is a runaway freight train going backwards with no brakes with Republicans in the driver's seat. Congress may well want to tackle the huge debt Bush has magically created, as well as Social Security reforms and other financial monsters. But they are going to get 'stuck' and 'mired' in these processes, so don't expect huge movement, ideas or changes the first half of this year. People are not going to be in a jolly, celebratory mood about finances in general. Talk about midwinter blahs. I think I'll take a trip to Hawaii or something to cheer myself up!
With Jupiter going retrograde, people are going to feel very naked and vulnerable. Think of the survivors of the tidal wave, and you can sympathize with the vibe being put out worldwide. With the gloomy war with Iraq and the world in chaos and, with a Jupiter going retrograde, people are not going to feel hopeful, impervious or like they can take on King Kong and win. Instead, they are going to be retreating in different ways. There is a lot more pessimism than optimism globally speaking at the start of 2005 with this huge planet going retrograde.
Protecting ourselves from terrorist threats will continue to eat away at us and we are no longer feeling like we'll always dodge the bullet aimed at us. No more. Jupiter retrograde gives us a huge dose of REALITY CHECK this time around, which is a good thing for everyone.
TAKE HOPE: Libra and Aries!
Every Libra in the world is going to feel the luck they've been having, has been turned off down to a dwindling pittance with Jupiter turning retrograde. Aries are not considered lucky people and with Jupiter turning retrograde, they are going to have to work twice as hard as before to earn what is rightfully theirs. The cornucopia of good luck turns off from a gusher to a dribble during that time frame (unless you have Jupiter natally retrograde in your chart, then the opposite will happen... you'll have a gusher of good luck, contracts, good news and growth!). Also, oil prices should skyrocket about this time, as well.
If you Libra and Aries folks are feeling like the weight of the world is on your shoulders now, and things are really bearing down right now--you're right. If you're beginning to feel the cosmic weight of Jupiter turning stationary retrograde. Three weeks before this behemoth turns, we're in the "shadow" period and often times, this period is actually more pressured and dynamic than on the day it turns retrograde or direct! Feeling depressed? Feeling pessimistic? Blue? Hopeless? No wonder. Buck up. If your boundless good fortune seems to be sliding away from you like quicksand, you are going to have to do with a lot less in the coming months; so tighten your money belt, your pragmatism and reality because if you do, you'll get through this period just fine, thank you very much. If you don't, then you're going to have an awful time with bills coming due, or money flying out the door and you'll pay the piper at the other end, when it goes direct June 4, 2005.
Those who have had any planets or Ascendant in 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20 degrees of Libra or Aries are going to be feeling the most PRESSURE, especially those who have 18 degrees, which is the degree that Jupiter turns retrograde on. You may feel like someone has put you into prison. Blocks, walls and unexpected hurdles will be thrown in front of you to stop or at least, slow you down from so much forward momentum. Look at it like football. Instead of an end run to the goal line, you are going to do three yards in a cloud of dust, instead. So, expect 'belt tightening' on every level of your life--men tally, emotionally, physically and spiritually. Don't worry, you'll survive it. It's Jupiter slowing you Libra and Aries folks down to reconsider and look at what has been done to make sure your ducks really are in order. If they are, you'll see a new infusion of energy to continue forward on June 4, 2005. This is a time to draw back (I call it strategic retreat), re-look at your options and plan differently.
This is a time to withdraw your energy, rest, and let what you have put forth and 'out there' work and gestate on a cosmic level, so that when Jupiter does go direct June 4, 2005, you will then receive the good news from all your hard work and gestation. With Jupiter retrograde, money will be TIGHT. Or you will put your money into practical things, such as antibiotics for your family, buying a homeopathic kit, putting away more canned food and dry goods such a beans and rice, instead. You become the "ant" and not the "grasshopper" mentality during this period.
If you try to find a job, you won't... or if you do, you won't stay there long or it will change in some respects from what you expected it to be. So, you'll end up leaving, anyway. Jobs, in general, are going to dry up during this period so it's not a good time for anyone to jump ship and try to find another job. Stay put and haul your load for now. There will be better times in the future coming for you to leave a job if you're dissatisfied with it. I know some of you are very bitter about your career and how it seems to have soured or not gone as you wanted it too. You're ready to jump ship--but wait! Don't jump! Just grind out what you've got to do in your present job and wait. In June, you can finally get free of the unhappy career you've been dragging around with you and get into something that will make your heart pound with joy.
If you tried to get a loan, you may have to wait until it goes direct in June, 2005. With the interest rates low, it may be a good time to float a loan, try to sell a house but don't expect miracles and don't expect to make tons of money on such a transaction because you won't. If you tried to expand your business, it may fail or it won't be successful as you had hoped it would be. This is the WORST time to try and start up a business. If you tried to do any type of expansion on any level, it did not occur. It won't fly or be successful in a Jupiter retrograde.
THE POSITIVE SIDE OF JUPITER
Let's look at some keywords for Jupiter so we can all understand what it means for this planet to go retrograde. Jupiter is:
Generosity--to ourselves as well as others. There is going to be wildly generous donations to charities for the Tsunami survivors and this will continue up until Jupiter goes retrograde and then it's like the world has forgotten them and moved on to the next disaster--which is unfortunate--they will need ongoing help/support for decades to come. Everyone's pocketbook is tight now thanks to Bush's less than glorious fumbling of the US economy by a president in the last fifty years. The gas prices are eating into the US economy in a big way... and the trickle down effect is that people are not going to be spending frivolously on anything, especially during the winter when oil/propane for heating is the highest ever.
Optimistic--Hope is turned down in volume in those who are affected and no matter how down you've been, no matter how dark it has been, it can get darker. Just know that there is light at the end of the tunnel--even if you can't see it yet (you'll see it, in June, 2005. You may be more pessimistic than normal and dark clouds will hang around you like a good friend. Just realize, this is transitory and this too, will end in June 4, 2005.
Cosmopolitan--no one is more broad minded and lacking prejudice than a Jupiter person. They are not "small minded" like so many others. They are world travelers, world-minded, and world-connected as no other planet. With this in mind, it will the Libra and Aries who understand at the deepest levels about world and family connection. Jupiter does not see skin color, religion or country of origin. To Jupiter people, we are all one. We are all related. And the only way we will survive is with this cosmopolitan attitude. That is the positive side of Jupiter.
During the retrograde, you may become arrogant, better-than-thou, a know-it-all, or not listen to the wise counsel of spouse, friend or business cohort (and you should, but you won't). You can become small-minded and even mean-minded toward others that you generally, in a Jupiter direct, embrace with prejudice... so be careful in these areas and respect everyone, regardless of how you really feel inside yourself.
This means that religious intolerance is going to rear its ugly head because Jupiter's sign, Sagittarius, has rulership over religion. With the elections in Iraq to take place in late January, this is going to be influenced heavily by Jupiter shadow of going retrograde--it will be a disaster in itself. More symbolic in that country than a 'real' election. Instead of trying to accept other's religions at face value and respecting it, there are going to be fringe people who want to destroy the people of that religion or belief system. This is going to be a world problem between now and next June, 2005. We must practice tolerance, not intolerance. We must not say that Islam is the terrorists, because it isn't. Terrorists come in all stripes and colors and religions, not just Islam. Keep your perspective. With Jupiter retrograde, we want to lump people and things into one neat, tidy package, which is not a good idea.
The only good that can come out of this, potentially, is Jupiter retrograde inspires people to learn more about Islam so they can understand the people of that religion and make the effort to educate themselves; this is also a strong potential, and one that I hope we all take, instead.
And, if you were born with a Jupiter in retrograde, you will be highly "lucky" and successful during this transit the first half of the year. You can start a business, expand it, capitalize upon being lucky--right person, right place, kind of thing--and be accumulating well earned rewards.
THE HEAVY SIDE OF JUPITER
Because people are learning about the "light" and "heavy" energy of every planet and sign, Jupiter does not escape this, and neither do we. A person who is not enlightened or is here this lifetime to learn a particular lesson, may have one of the following (or more) attributes of a Jupiter gone to the dark side:
Exaggeration--or, maybe, outright lying, fraud, and selling something to scared and frightened people to make a buck, instead. People who tell "tall tales" but don't tell you they are telling them. Stretching the truth. Building empires in the clouds with a sand base. Painting an ephemeral, optimistic picture with feet of clay. You get the picture. This means that every person, when they are confronted with general statements cannot afford to believe that person or take it at face value. The MUST dig to prove, one way or another, that the statement is or is not true, instead, to protect themselves and their wallet.
Pompous--Jupiterians who are smug, arrogant and think they are better than everyone else are really very little people with shrinking self-esteem who are truly afraid to be found out. Knowing that, we can forgive them and not buy into or connect with their belittling energy. These people like to criticize others, cut them down, bring them down a peg, or in some way, destroy them because they want to be like them, but with their lack of solid self-esteem, they never will be.
Excessive--Yes, in just about every way, including one's waist line and girth. Obesity strikes, big time. They eat more food, more wine, more desserts, more of -- well, of everything. Jupiter out of control means excess. It can also mean over proliferation of cells and cellular multiplication out of control which spells tumors (benign as well as malignant).
Judgmental--No one does this better than a Jupiterian person, sadly. Just because they might have power, position, money or political gain, doesn't mean they need to treat the rest of us like dirt. But they do.
The bio terrorism card--Jupiter rules religions. We are reassessing what we know of others and their belief systems during this time. It is back to school for all of us!
The epidemic card--Jupiter has been found to be the main trigger man for major epidemics that can sweep a country or indeed, the world at large. A nasty upper respiratory virus flu could make everyone miserable this winter. The people most hit by this will be in the Tsunami zone and cholera, malaria, typhoid and dysentery are going to take a horrendous toll of people dying from them.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO GO ''RETROGRADE"?
Many of us Libra and Aries folks will meet barriers, walls, delays, hurdles, blocks and stoppage on something you wanted to do. So, if you have a project you're working on, get it out NOW or wait until after Jupiter goes direction in June, 2005. You will see most things be stuck in neutral and is going nowhere soon. Well, many of us will find ourselves in this dilemma. The good news is that all this stuff is going to dissolve in June, 2005 and the flood gates of opportunity will begin once again.
Decisions pending, will be put off and placed on the back burner of delayed for whatever reason will occur. It doesn't matter whether it was a court of law, a business opportunity, a new job, a move to another state or country, it will all stall out. The best you can do is use this as a planning, research, educational period and not try to punch your way out of this paper bag and move on; because it will self-destruct right in front of you. Turn patient. That is the answer to all of this, and WAIT it out.
The best way I can put Jupiter retrograde is first, picture a thoroughbred horse with a jockey on it, at the starting gate. With Jupiter retrograde, no one's gates fly open at the buzzer--they are all stuck at the starting gate! With Jupiter going direct, the gates not only fly open, but the thoroughbreds are off and running--hard--down that oval track. And so will you be, too.
Our sense of humor is going to disappear... or a lot of it will. We won't things are very funny or as humorous as before! Black humor that mirrors our more realistic adjustment to our present war situation, will surface instead. Our dreams and visions will, once more, are going to be put on neutral, too. Just understand that even the Cosmos must have a 'breather' and work on what energy we've been putting out there under Jupiter direct, and now, it must have time to gestate it, and work with it, and help it come to fruition when it goes direct in June, 2005. Everyone is going to get goodies and gifts from this Jupiter going direct. Everyone. So, be patient with this retrograde and know that things are in the hopper.
HOW TO USE A JUPITER RETROGRADE
Even the strongest race horse must rest after an exhausting race. The same goes for us humankind, too. We've putting out a lot of energy all year long, and now, Jupiter is holding up the "time-out" sign and saying "rest." We have been spinning and wobbling and in chaos since September 11, 2001. If you can approach this period in this spirit, which is the most positive way to do it, then you see that you have time to finally finish off a lot of projects that have been hanging fire because you just haven't had time to finish them off (because there has been so much on your plate).
This is a clean up, fix-up, finish-it-up time. The phones aren't going to be ringing off the hook as much. People are going to be wanting less from you. It gives us all breathing room to work on favored projects, ourselves, our children, or our business, now, as never before. Things are going to quiet a lot out in our world in some ways and that's good news... we all get a rest and a reprieve! Whew!
We are going to find the most happiness by staying home, being close to family and friends and begin to value (more) the small but important things of life: those that we love and care for. We are no longer going to take things for granted ever again, and Jupiter retrograde is going to help this new reality sink into us more deeply and firmly during this period.
Do not start up a business, buy a car, try to sell or buy a house, float a loan, buy big money items, or do anything that is related to GROWTH. It just won't grow right now! It will be stunted growth at best. So, why try it? Just wait, be patient, and when the floodgates open in June, 2005, THEN is the time to start the next horse race that you're in.
The lights are going to dim in the Cosmos as Jupiter turns retrograde--but remember--we are not left in total darkness; just the grayness of uncertainty as the mighty template of consciousness continues to turn and change. Nothing is going to seem stable or the same ever again for us. We are in the midst of a mighty shift of consciousness that is worldwide. We can turn Jupiter retrograde to our advantage by doing more meditation, taking more inward journeys, remaining close to home, learning to love our family and friends for all the small but important things they enrich our life with, instead. Jupiter is going to slow us down, allow us to look at the essentials, not the largess of life, instead.
It is the perfect time to remain close to home, make friends with your neighbors, have block parties, talk and share, and communicate. It is a time to build a new paradigm of working within your own community. By doing this, we stay strong and so the fabric of the globe stays that way, too. Instead of intolerance, let's learn how to practice tolerance. Go meet your Muslim friends. Many Muslim communities, now, are having "open houses" so they can meet us and we can share information. This is a wonderful idea and one that should be continued and enlarged in every community across the US. We are vastly ignorant, most of us, of Islamic culture, or this global religion and the people who practice it daily.
We can use the high side of the Jupiter retrograde and find the "pearls in the garbage" so to speak. For every situation that seems hopeless, dig into it and find that pearl, and draw it out into the light and share it with others. People who naturally have a Jupiter retrograde in their chart are going to become our leaders, our 'flashlights' in this trying time of the next 5 1/2 months. They know how to find those pearls!
Cross-community efforts are a dynamic and pro-active movement that can take hold during a Jupiter retrograde. We can either become very intolerant and angry of others under this transit, or we can turn it inside out and educate ourselves otherwise. As always, the choice is up to us. Many of a spiritual path have been wanting the world community to work as one. Well, Jupiter retrograde is giving us this chance.
Why not make this time to explore other religions? All earth based religions celebrate, too--the Druids, and Native American's for example. Plan open houses. Go to them if they are offered. Reach out and make contact. Weave those single threads from one to the other and together we can make a fabric so strong that no one can possibly tear it asunder, no matter how hard they try.
With Jupiter going retrograde, people's hysteria, panic and fear are going to diminish greatly, and that's a good thing. People are going to settle in for the long haul and slowly start letting go of the emotional roller coaster they've been experiencing. More practicality, wisdom, and reality will be the hallmarks come November, and this is good. Largess is a word of the past. The government and other national bodies are finally going to get their education, their sop's --standard operating procedures--out to the public and we will, in turn, feel like we're in more control of our lives as a result. EDUCATION (a premier concept of Jupiter) will erase the hysteria, the fear and most of the drama. We might be anxious, but that too, will begin to recede as we get the "tools" we need to navigate with in this new paradigm that is unfolding under our feet.
With Jupiter going retrograde, we have the opportunity to find the 'pearls' right under our feet and noses, too. So, start looking down and right around you. Many of the answers you seek are as close as your neighbor, your neighborhood and community. Start making those contacts and connections. You won't be sorry, and it will dissolve the intolerant angle that Jupiter retrograde can bring.
Above all, Jupiter retrograde gives us a time to reflect in what we really believe in and what we're practicing (or not) daily. This has to come into oneness. Those with a spiritual bent should continue their individual practice to bring light and peace to our world; every drop in the bucket, by every individual counts more than ever before.
ASTROLOGICAL COUNSELORS:
You can engaged the services of the medicinegarden.com's professional astrologer and find out. Our own Carol B. Willis is a natal counselor. Just contact her at: cbwillis@lightlink.com
If you are wanting to move and aren't sure where or you have a place in mind, but aren't sure if it's "right" for you, they have locale information available. If health is your consideration, both are trained medical astrologers. Or, Gail Carswell at rockdoc@mindspring.com. Or, Michael Foltz at solardoc@mindspring.com.
I'm sure one of these three professionals will be able to shed considerable light in what is going on in your life and the many choices you have available to you to institute and use. Better yet, visit their website: http://www.owlswebnest.com, for more information on all the services they provide.
UN-CONFUSE YOURSELF DURING THIS RETROGRADE:
NEED A "Coach", some serious therapy that gets to the "heart" of your angst or what you're wrestling with? We recommend Rosemarie Brown. Please contact her at: http://www.rosemariebrown.com or by email at: starrose@sedona.net
VOICE ANALYSIS--THE MISSING NOTE:
I've had my voice analyzed by Ani Williams and I can tell you from personal experience that we all have a "missing note" in our life. So what? Well, consider this. Without this missing note back in our life, we aren't working off of 8 cylinders. We're working on 6--or less! Please go to Ani's web site for more information. This is a life-changing "tool" that you should include in your personal Mercury transformation kit. http://www.aniwilliams.com or contact her via email at: songaia@earthlink.net
SPIRITUAL UPKEEP RENOVATION: NEED A SHAMAN?
Gail Carswell, Michael Foltz, Grace Verte (grace@graceverte.com) and Rosemarie Brown are all trained shamanic facilitators who can help you through your spiritual transformation.
FOR CARE OF BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT: HOMEOPATHY
Our favorite classically trained homeopath is Yolande Grill of Cave Creek, Arizona. She does long-distance case taking by phone and I consider her one of the best we've got in the USA. So, don't delay! She is also a shamanic facilitator, as well. Get a hold of Yolande at: y.grill@att.net
