On Sunday, May 26th, 2024, Jupiter left the sign of Taurus, for which he has spent the better part of a year, and made his ingress into the sign of Gemini. Jupiter’s transit, from a Venus-ruled earth sign into a Mercury-ruled air sign, indicates a significant tonal shift, not only on a macro-level, but on a personal level as well.
Jupiter represents expansion, growth, ethics, morals, spirituality, and our search for truth and meaning. Jupiter is called the Greater Benefic, for wherever he walks, opportunities for blessings and good fortune may follow. In the metaphor of the royal court, if our Sun is the King, then Jupiter is our eternally optimistic spiritual guru. Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system, a gas giant, and the second furthest traditional planet from our Sun. As the largest planet in our solar system, we see the symbolism of expansion, increase, and abundance. The gaseous nature of the planet suggests Jupiter’s concern for matters that are less tangible and harder to quantify, like philosophy, ethics, and God. Jupiter’s position within our solar system, as the second furthest planet from the Sun and the last planet before Saturn’s final boundary of visible planets, suggests the planet’s interest in exploring the furthest reaches of one’s physical and mental boundaries.
But Jupiter is not totally helpless within the sign of Gemini. Here, Jupiter still has Triplicity dignity, meaning that although he is like a stranger in a foreign land, he still has certain basic rights and responsibilities and has something to contribute to the larger whole. Jupiter also rules the first Decan, or first 10 degrees of Gemini and although this is the weakest form of dignity, it is still a source of strength.
In Jupiter’s home signs of Pisces and Sagittarius, he can freely explore the depths of universal empathy or, respectively, indulge his fiery passions and search for freedom. But in Gemini, Jupiter is asked to stop boring everyone with questions about the meaning of life and indulge in some celebrity gossip. The key to success for natives born with this placement and for everyone enjoying this transit, is to learn how to successfully articulate those big Jupiterian ideas in a fun, light-hearted, and easy to communicate manner.
As Gemini is an air sign concerned with communications, I would expect to see increasing growth and adoption of AI technology (one of which is named Gemini) as Jupiter will be in a sign-based trine with Pluto in Aquarius, another technology focused air sign, for the better part of the year.
The story of Pluto in Aquarius thus far has largely been about the transformative and potentially destructive force of these technologies as well as the collective power dynamics over humanity as a whole. Pluto represents power, control, death and rebirth, and in the humanistic, collective focused-sign of Aquarius, Pluto’s transformative powers will permanently alter the terrain of this landscape. In a supportive, trine aspect, Jupiter may tend to affirm or enable these significations.
The symbol for Gemini is that of the Twins and represents the fractured duality of the mind. As Jupiter transits Gemini, we may see a further magnification of this division, this splitting of opinion, likely played out on social media. As mentioned previously, when Jupiter is in Gemini, we may struggle to fully express our higher-minded ideals and instead become focused on superficial minutia, mundane babble, tabloid headlines, and political gossip. As this is already shaping up to be a highly contentious election year, this would seem easy enough to predict.
During this transit, there will be occasional highs (Jupiter conjunct Mercury and a Venus cazimi in Gemini) and lows (Jupiter square Saturn) but through it all, and despite Jupiter’s exile, the planet is still the Greater Benefic and still brings expansion, growth, and opportunities for good fortune in whatever house he falls in within your natal chart. To see how Jupiter’s transit may affect you on a personal level, using whole sign houses, look to where Gemini falls in your chart. This will be the house or area of life that will be blessed by Jupiter’s presence over the coming year. Any natal planets you may have within Gemini will also become activated. For more information on how Jupiter’s transit may affect your life, consider a personal reading by following the link below.