Star Struck Style

Jupiter moves within orb of forming a trine with my ascendant tomorrow just as it is conjoined by Mars in my ninth house. While the Mars aspect is short-lived, the Jupiter trine lasts a couple of weeks and then recurs in late November/early December during Jupiter’s retrograde cycle, and again in April of 2025. “Astrodienst” describes the transit as follows:

“This influence signifies your willingness to grow in consciousness and experience through your contacts with others and to be more magnanimous and willing to help others. In this you are helped by the fact that your relations with others are very good at this time, and you experience people at their best. This makes you more optimistic, and you rightly believe that whatever you give to others will be returned with interest. A person may enter your life now who really helps you out in various ways, especially by teaching you something about the universe and your role in it. This learning will be on whatever level you are ready for, perhaps simply learning to be more tolerant and open to new ideas or even encountering deep spiritual and religious truths through this relationship. Certainly you are ready for a greater spiritual understanding of the world now. You need to experience more than the superficial banality of life that many people become mired in. Although you are inclined to idealize the world in general and certain persons in particular, in the long run you will find that this is not a delusion but a period of truly expanding knowledge.

Your learning at this time is not limited to spiritual truths, for you are in general more intellectually eager and willing to learn. This is an excellent time to go to school or take a course in a subject that will give you greater insight into the questions that interest you.

On occasion this influence will signify the beginning of a relationship that can bring you great emotional happiness. It could be a new love, although that is much more likely if indicated more specifically by another influence at about this time. Any new love that comes now will be very beneficial to your personal growth, whether or not it lasts.”

That’s a terrific forecast! I’m looking forward to being “more magnanimous.” I already feel like I’d make a great king because I’m just not an evil person when I am put in charge of things. I’m genuinely interested in the common good and making sure that everyone around me is happy.

I guess that the one thing that I need to be wary of while the stars are lining up in this manner is overconfidence. With both Mars and Jupiter in the mix, and the sun currently transiting Leo in my tenth house, I could overrate my popularity as the benevolent monarch. Keeping my ego in check — or at least pretending to keep my ego in check — will be imperative if I want to keep the peasants from revolting.

Where does this Mars/Jupiter occur in your chart? Does it form any significant aspects to your natal planets or the angles of your horoscope? Let me know in the comments section. I’d love to hear from you even though I’m feeling as if I’m above it all. I’m magnanimous that way . . .