Paul Claudel, a French writer, diplomat, and poet, was transformed by a deep spiritual experience that forever altered his life. He characterised it as “in a split second, my heart was touched, and I knew I was right.” This encounter resulted in his conversion to Roman Catholicism, but he had spent years before to that attempting to reconcile the conflicting impulses of his intuition and his intellect. In Claudel’s birth chart, Jupiter is conjunct Neptune, which is an aspect that…...
Jupiter-Pluto makes itself home to wealth, ambition, and power. It’s a bajillion dollars of an aspect filled with untapped reservoirs of potential. An heir to a fortune has this aspect and inherited 730 million. While much of this interpretation seems too far-fetched for most ordinary folk, there can, in actuality, be huge resources lying dormant. The type is able to manifest powerful energy on the spiritual, mental, physical, or emotional level. On a broader plane, Jupiter represents the urge for…...
People with Jupiter conjunct, square or opposite Uranus show an incredibly high idealism. Many of them have impossible humanistic ideals, and they’re drawn towards discovery and invention to help manifest their visions. The aspect tends to flow through them in a highly electric way, emphasizing genius. In astrology, this is one the most liberating and freeing contacts to possess. Jupiter rules expansion, travel and higher education. Uranus rules enlightenment, and the realm of the greater consciousness, along with original self-expression.…
An individual with Jupiter conjunct, square or opposite Saturn will experience “the greater benific” and “the greater malefic” coming together in a way where opportunity and growth meet with hardwork and challenge – making the individual feel entirely pulled apart. It is commonly called the “see-saw aspect as hope and disappointment collide. The aspect exemplifies the glass half-full, half empty and embodies massive shifts in perspective with life’s ups and downs. It is commonplace to think of optimism and pessimism…
Those with Jupiter conjunct, square or opposite Pluto can often experience remarkable ups and downs in life. The aspect can reflect a large storehouse of emotional power. Pluto fixes itself in all Jupiterian areas of knowledge such as teaching, travel, religion, philosophy, truth, and larger understanding. The ability for self-improvement is usually forcefully impressed onto the personality and they may be attracted to psychology, self-help, or the occult. Jupiter-Pluto has the ability to see several layers behind the surface. The…
Sensitive Neptune stimulates Jupiter’s expansiveness and idealism, and these two planets together represent the possession of wonderful compassion, a strong sense of the ideal, and dreamy nature. You can often find a powerful religious or sacrificial tone to this natal aspect, and it is frequently found in the charts of preachers, charitable people and religious workers, and anyone who may sacrifice themselves for a greater cause. When Jupiter and Neptune connect you need to believe in something, and without religious…
Jupiter-Pluto aspects are pretty common in natal charts, and many with this pairing have invested (Pluto) in property abroad (Jupiter). Jupiter-Pluto people can have a powerful desire for growth and expansion, and power and wealth can be seen as extremely beneficial. Take Saddam Hussein with an exact Jupiter-Pluto opposition, he had little faith in people outside of a few contacts. To be fair, there are always “trust” problems with all hard Pluto contacts in natal charts. However, an insatiable need…