Jupiter in Virgo: Expanded Creativity and Self Expression + Horoscopes

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Jupiter transits Virgo from August 11th 2016 to September 11th 2017.

Jupiter transits are one year long and impact all levels of wisdom, knowledge, comfort and support. He leads you to your dharmic path and supports the nourishment gained along the way. Positive effects of Jupiter, or Guru in Sanskrit, bring comfort, support and understanding. He brings learning through understanding, awareness and expansion of consciousness. He is the ultimate teacher- for better or worse- providing some of the most poignant life lessons. Challenges with Jupiter include lack of support, knowledge, and dharma. Everyone can benefit from the helpful and supportive resources that Jupiter provides. Without his support, challenges and struggles increase- which often bring tragedy, trauma and chaos.

The past year, Jupiter has transited through Leo. Half of this transit he has been conjunct Rahu. These energies oppose each other in dramatic ways. Jupiter is sattvic, pure and supports expanded dharma. Rahu is rajasic and brings base level human experiences, cravings and desires. It has been a conflict between light and dark forces on multiple levels- effecting ego, power, the masculine as well as father issues and relationships. 

As Jupiter moves out of Leo, he also moves away from Rahu, releasing and finalizing much of the masculine conflicts that have been unleashed in the past few months. Jupiter can step back into his role as the benefic, nourishing support that he is inclined to provide. Rahu will continue to work your ego, masculine and power issues acutely, but Jupiter can now offer his stability and support on a mental body level as he transits through Mercury's sign, Virgo, in the coming year.

Virgo carries the effects of the sixth house of healing with it and provides qualities of this challenging, yet dynamic house. The sixth house notoriously causes conflict, challenge and battles. It is the house of enemies, yet through enemies you can learn, grow and awaken your biggest shadows. Debts and financial challenges are also seen by the sixth house. Not surprisingly, Virgo is connected to commerce, money, communication and connections through the market place. The sixth house is also the seat of the lower gut, an essential part of the digestion process. It connects to hired help, workers, those in service, pets and bad habits. All competition is seen from this house as well as adversaries, competitors, obstacles and vices. Since Virgo correlates to the sixth house by default and is ruled by Mercury, the mental body, worries and anxieties are also seen from this house.

The sixth house is also connected to the Left Prefrontal Cortex of the brain which is the seat of intuitive thinking or impressions. Literally "gut" reactions. This part of the brain effects mood regulation, motivation, mental diseases, worries, anxieties and mental body functions. This cycle will directly impact the mental body, mind and communication of all realms- including intuition, energetic, language, word and senses.

Communication is a key theme for this Jupiter transit. Expand your ability to communicate- how you share, who you share with and what you share. Speaking is especially impacted by this transit as well as the voice, singing and by default music. Virgo is ruled by Mercury, the planet of communication- verbal, written and creative. He is highly creative and supports all of the arts, including the healing arts. Virgo brings healing through creativity, connection and co-creation. This sign also supports the market place, commerce and all things connected to money and finances.

Expanded Creativity and Self Expression

This year of Jupiter moving through Virgo will expand earth based energies, mainly the material realms. Any resistance to creating, manifesting and enlivening what you want on the earth plane will come to the forefront. As Virgo connects to the sixth house of healing and the mental body, it is also a prime opportunity to heal and transform any blockages or limiting beliefs keeping you from bringing your desires into form. This includes financial and monetary blockages. Debts and the limiting beliefs connected to your lack, scarcity and resistance to being nourished must be addressed more closely.

There is a lot of expansion available with creativity, healing and manifesting in this cycle. What resources do you need to maximize this transit? What support and guidance is missing for you right now? Where are you stuck, resistant, avoiding or neglecting your dreams, visions and creativity?

Simultaneously, life force energy will be delicate and require your attention and focus. The lower gut will be a primary focus for healing and transforming challenges into resources. Use the wisdom of your stomach to support this process and help you awaken and heal more fully. Clean up diet and what you ingest. You stomach may be more sensitive at this time. Part of this cycle may also kick up addictions with food, drugs and alcohol, so be mindful of your relationship with excess and seek healing support for old shadows that emerge around nourishment.

Virgo brings to the light purification and puritanical beliefs. Jupiter's sattvic nature can also increase puritanical belief systems, mythologies around perfection and shadows that perpetuate idealism. Jupiter is spiritual, while Virgo is more centered around the human, mundane part of existence. Thus the integration and balance between spiritual and material realms will continue to inspire and invoke personal development and healing for all this year. What is your relationship with perfection? How does this story provoke a resistance to deeper nourishment and support? What does your perfection tell you about your needs for safety and support?

Watch for overly idealistic attitudes and dogmas that keep you locked in unrealistic mindsets that perpetuate scarcity. Since perfection is unattainable on a gross, human level, these beliefs actually suppress and negate your true needs, keeping you resistant to receiving the true nourishment you need. It's time to look at these beliefs and dogmas that are holding you back. This will take a radical and realistic approach to working with spirit and shadow. Look out for spiritual bypassing and where you are avoiding chaos and messiness. Use this cycle to get into right-relationship with your shadow and light in a more integrated and balanced way.

Jupiter Retrograde

Just before midnight on February 5th, Jupiter begins his retrograde motion back through Virgo for five months. Jupiter will be retrograde until June 9th, 2017. Retrograde planets increase in strength, intensifying their indications- acting like the nodes Rahu and Ketu who are always moving in reverse. This transit of Jupiter through Virgo, is provoking the need for clarity, certainty, purpose and alignment with your highest ideals. There is a certain naivety and innocence that is available- for better or worse. This five month retrograde motion of Jupiter brings a re-evaluation of our convictions. Virgo is known to be idealistic and often naive in those convictions. What needs to be addressed and recognized within you? What needs to be healed and transformed in order for you to expand your potential and purpose?

Retrograde Jupiter has a tendency to be fastidious about cleaning things up. Jupiter in Virgo will make this desire doubly so as this is the sign of healing, confrontation and courage to change. Retrograde Jupiter is also notorious for wanting to fix and "do it better". At the risk of activating co-dependency, make sure you are in right-relationship with this need to fix. If you are trying to heal someone else, you are wasting your time. If you are willing to heal yourself, this is a good use of your effort and energy. Make sure you're in right-relationship with any desires to fix others. There may be underlying control issues at play.

The majority of this retrograde dance will be with Jupiter moving back through Chitra nakshatra, Vishva Karma's domain. The remaining 1.5 months of the retrograde dance, Hasta nakshatra will be activated. This is a foundational transit which supports building blocks, potent action steps and support sustainable change and a strong foundation. Once Jupiter lands back in Hasta, more awareness, awakening and light will enliven. Make your steps count and don't lose sight of your visions, goals and highest truths. Gather resources, support and guidance to awaken deeper wisdom and inner knowing.

If Jupiter is a natural benefic in your chart, this transit will bring natural gains, expansion and support in the areas of healing, creativity, commerce and communication. However, If Jupiter is challenging in your jyotish chart, expect difficulties in these areas of your life to surface. Depending on where Virgo is situated in your chart, there may or may not be mitigating factors. I will share general guidelines for each sign in my horoscopes below. Please consult with me directly for more chart specific guidelines.

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Jupiter in Virgo Horoscopes
~ for August 2016 to September 2017

*Horoscopes are based on your Vedic (sidereal) rising sign. You can also check your Moon and Sun signs for further insight. Do the same with your Navamsa signs for further clarity. Do not use these horoscopes with your Western sign (Tropical) as there is likely no correlation. These horoscopes are meant to be used as a broad overview of the current transits and obviously do not address the specifics of an individual’s unique chart.

Aries: Jupiter will transit your 6th house in the coming 13 months. This transit of Jupiter will impact finances, bad habits, healing and enemies. Jupiter is a naturally expansive planet, so he will bring more of whatever he touches. Even if he brings hardship, there is usually a silver lining. Consciously work with creating balance with work, finances and communication. Relationships are vulnerable at this time, especially with children. Slow down and authentically connect with your relationships- as well as with yourself. What do you need for greater inner stability? Now is an excellent time to clean up and heal past pain and challenges, but you’ll need extra guidance and support in order to make progress. Seek out a therapist, healers and financial advisors in order maximize this transit.

Taurus: In the coming months, Jupiter will move through your 5th house of solar plexus, upper gut, romance, children and intuition. There is also a connection to father and the masculine. Jupiter will support expansion in these areas of your life, including more self awareness, dharmic understanding and gains from your newfound discoveries. Relationships require your focus and attention as they may offer struggles, challenges and grief. You are learning a lot about your self as a result of others. Let your heart wisdom guide you. Deepen your relationship with your emotional body intelligence and step into your power in a more embodied way. This cycle will deepen your intuitive guidance system if you support your gut and clear away blockages on the mental, emotional and physical body levels.

Gemini: Home, heart, mother and land are expanding you in the coming year. This supports growth with your career and deep transformation as well. There is a release, liberation and letting go arriving, but it will pave the way for more of what you truly want and need. Creativity and courage continue to drive you, while dharma becomes more spiritually awakened. Your gut continues to require your attention and focus as you clear and clean up old, hardened grief stuck in the physical body. This process requires you look very consciously at your past, darkness, shadow and old personal mythology. Jupiter will support this awakening with your effort. You will need help with this process in order to maximize the effects of this cycle. Seek resources, healers, therapists and guidance for your transformation process. Strengthen your team of support and ask Spirit to guide you.

Cancer: Jupiter will transit your 3rd house in the coming 13 months. This is the house of creativity, communication, courage and the arts. He will expand your connections and co-creation process as well as projects and artistic endeavors. He gives his gaze to your house of relationships, dharma and gains. All will be effected by increase, though relationships are somewhat vulnerable and will require extra attention and focus on your part. Seek balance and integration with inner and outer realms as well as comfort, nourishment and support. Find more balance by resourcing from your legs. This cycle will also require you seek new ways to effectively communicate your feelings. Get creative! Expand and awaken your creativity. Get support and extra knowledge to help you grow into your artistry more potently. Use this as a resource for your dharmic awakening.

Leo: As Jupiter moves through your 2nd house, comfort and support expands- as well as finances and resources. At the same time, communication through speaking increases, which impacts your career and visibility. Finances may not be as strong or as greatly impacted as you would like, but there is expansion nonetheless. You are figuring out how to increase your self expression and share your wisdom with others in a more authentic way. Be honest and purposeful with your heart and emotional body. It needs your attention. Seek balance with finances, bad habits, healing and stomach. You will need support this year to reach your goals and achieve your visions. What holes are there on your support team? Find the resources that will help you make the necessary changes you need for maximum growth- personally and professionally.

Virgo: This coming year is expansive and awakening. Jupiter has moved to your 1st house for the coming 13 months, where he is prepared to support you in more life honoring ways. This is a brand new Jupiter cycle for you that will last for 12 years. As you step into this new Jupiter cycle, set the tone for what you are creating. He gives wisdom, guidance and nourishment in order for you to expand what you think is possible for yourself and your life. This is a dharmic cycle on multiple levels, helping you deepen your inner intelligence and intuitive guidance system. Clean up your gut and clarify your diet. Gather resources to support health, healing and longevity. Your hands and creativity require your focus and attention, but will support your strengthening creativity and inner wisdom. Gains come with your career as you step into your intelligence more potently. Relationships are nourishing, supportive and balanced in this cycle. Let this be a resource for other parts of your life. Try saying yes to more playfulness.

Libra: As Jupiter transits your 12th house this coming year, losses and release are impacted. This can be a very spiritual cycle for you, or one of hardship- depending on how you work with it. Jupiter will be impacting your mind and emotions very directly and will ask you to dive more deeply into your healing process. This is a cycle that will support moving and transforming through grief and re-shaping pain, in order to heal more deeply. You will need to find ways to stay light and playful at times, which may prove to be a challenge for you. Trust that if you fully work with the themes of loss, liberation and letting go in this cycle, you will come out of it stronger and more empowered. Keep walking and don’t stop moving, but be sure to pause and check regularly. Seek support and resources to help you navigate the challenges. Don’t try to do this cycle alone.

Scorpio: With Jupiter in your 11th house of gains, increase occurs on all levels of your life- but not without necessary release and pruning. The expansion arrives by letting go of people and actions that don’t serve you or honor your needs. Get clear about what works and what doesn’t work for you. Relationships and your career expand naturally as you clarify what you need. Romance and intuition are touched in a positive way, as well as children and playfulness. Start to balance work and play more consciously and integrate inner and outer needs. If you’re too focused on work, your need for playfulness will force you to pay more attention to it. Get creative and be courageous! This may feel more challenging on some level, but it’s not the time to slack on your artistry and movement. Channel this lightness and joy into your offerings and keep opening your heart wider to possibility. Find ways to balance the excess seriousness.

Sagittarius: Jupiter awakens your 10th house of career in this 13 month cycle. Expansion, resources, growth and development arrive with your life offering and work. This supports increased finances and balance with money and comforts. Dharma is still bringing confusion and challenges, but use this as a resource for your awakening journey. There is no separation. Allow grief and loss to be a part of your life offering. As gains arrive, you will be balancing and integrating the growth with your past losses and struggles which may feel challenging. Your ability to honor and use your losses as a healing resource, will determine how much space you have for the new growth. Heal, awaken, transform. Ask for help with this and gather new tools to support your journey.

Capricorn: Jupiter will move through your 9th house of dharma in the coming months, activating your life purpose in very important ways. Watch carefully for what and who arrives to support this process of ripening and integration. This is a very expansive time for your inner knowing, in order to help you trust your purpose here on earth more directly. Creativity, the arts, communication and courage expand and grow. Intuitive wisdom and guidance feels more trustworthy and allows you to be more playful and spontaneous. Find balance with your seriousness and playfulness. You will still be diving deeply into you subconscious terrain as Rahu continues to move through your 8th house. But with Jupiter in your 9th house, you can start using it to inform your offerings and gifts in this world. Seek out guidance and resources to support this process.

Aquarius: You are being cracked open so wide right now. Jupiter will increase this theme even more. The coming 13 months will be an intense and deep process of awakening for you. Not easy, but necessary for deeper awareness. You will be asked to look closely at your shadows, haunts and illusions, as well as your past. This is a time to re-evaluate your personal mythology and re-write your story in a more life supportive way. Relationships play a vital role in this process as does your career. You are transforming yourself from the inside out. This cycle is not for the faint of heart. It’s time to gather all your resources and add extra support for your mind, emotions, body and spirit. The ways in which you rise towards challenge will determine the outcome of this transit. You will be extra sensitive at this time so protect yourself and restructure your boundaries.

Pisces: Jupiter brings expansion to your relationships in this 13 month cycle, but not without mental and emotional body work. Stabilize and seek support. What do you need to feel supported in life? Your pelvis will be a natural resource for awakening this understanding more potently. Clean up finances and your physical body- especially gut and digestion. Relationships will be helpful as you clarify your dharmic work and strengthen your offering in the world. Continue to cut and clear blockages and obstacles in your heart center. Your consistent steps will support your gains, growth and expansion, but dedicate your efforts to sustainable results at this time. Use your hands, creativity and the arts for increasing courage and potential in your life. Expand what you think is possible for yourself. 

Wondering how this coming year-long transit of Jupiter will impact you? Already feeling the effects? Get details, resources, guidance and support for the months to come. Book a session with me