Jupiter in Scorpio

Jupiter enters Scorpio today. Big news on the astrological front. Jupiter is changing its perspective which it does roughly every twelve months. In Libra it was difficult. Astrologers expect Jupiter to expand and develop things related to the sign it travels at any given time. Libra is the sign of diplomacy. Looking back over the last 12 months it’s obvious that, if anything, diplomacy has died an untimely death. Jupiter is the king of the gods in mythology. Tweeting kings and schoolyard bully threats are not a good thing for the people of this planet. Of course we don’t need to blame Libra (or Libras!) for this. We need to consider the cultural chaos that has turned Libra away from its inherent instinct for civilizing toward a kind of perversion of that impulse toward dominance. Libra is not meant to dominate, although it is a competitive sign. Its better parts are about relationship, debate and discussion.
In any case now is time for Jupiter to inhabit the part of the sky that Western Astrologers allocate for Scorpio, the most intense of signs: A sign of knowing on a deep and gut-felt level. Jupiter is about faith, Scorpio is about conviction. This kind of combination can fan the feelings of fanatics. Which is not so great for the rest of us. When we know something deep in our feelings it isn’t necessarily true or false. It is simply how we feel. Jupiter’s tendency toward enthusiasm and faith can twist that into a sense that suggests that because I feel this way I should act this way as well. Big mistake in the realm of Scorpio. In Scorpio the power lies in our ability to witness what is in front of us. To know things as they are. There is a powerful transformation that can happen when things or people are seen in the totality of who and what they are. May Jupiter in this sign be a symbol of the kind of faith that underlies, not the kind that drags us forward waving flags and guns to make everyone do and be the way we feel is right.