Embodying Jupiter
This newsletter is part of a series on the magical-creative properties of the planets, as well as how to begin embodying them yourself.
So much of astrological study nowadays is confined to book learning but my understanding of the planets improved dramatically when I began engaging them directly. By doing this, I could conjure feelings, deeply-impressed images and great meaning behind the words I used.
This newsletter offers you a portal to have your own connection to Jupiter. It’s one thing to say Jupiter is about abundance or order but it’s another to be waking up each morning to pray or renewing your vows and think “Jupiter" would like this too”.
If you want help connecting to your unique Jupiter, and the rest of yourself through the stars, my books are currently open! My readings are meant to lift you up, to secure you against difficulty and remind you that there is always space, creativity, play. Book now to remember your place in the cosmos.
This writing is intentionally not technical and meant to be understood even by those who have not studied astrology but want to connect more deeply to their world and themselves. Remember: these planets all describe fundamental parts of us. Whether you try to or not, you embody Jupiter everyday. By learning what functions and activities with which Jupiter corresponds, you learn more about yourself and your life, with nothing added but attention.
By reaching this felt understanding of Jupiter (and the other planets), I believe we are also able to be better magicians and artists— two categories whose differences are slowly shrinking in my eyes. Do we not need the same centeredness and momentum to create a piece of art as we do to create a spell or gaze into the future? Aren’t we vessels for something beyond our small self in both? This essay also delves into where in your creative-spiritual practice a dose of Jupiter could serve you well.
Creating Order
The first god to be syncretized with Jupiter was not Zeus but Marduk, patron God of Babylon. He became Lord of the Gods after conquering Tiamat, the monster of primeval chaos and creating the heavens and earth, bringing order to what was formless and void.1 Marduk was in charge of divvying up the aspects of the universe and giving parts of it to each god over which to rule. Jupiter, accordingly, serves a similar ordering purpose. Abu Ma’shar tells us this planet rules “judges, experts in the law, philosophers, wisdom, discernment, justice and fairness,” all forms of knowledge which require an understanding of systems.2 Marsilio Ficino tells us we partake in the nature of Jupiter “by civic occupations, by those occupations which strive for honor, by natural philosophy, by the kind of philosophy which most people can understand, by civil religion, and by laws”.3 Notice the range of systems listed here, from those involved in political law to those elucidated by mystic texts. They are all guided by larger principles and guidelines that can underpin our entire lives. All of those who let a structure larger than themselves govern their lives are embodying Jupiter.
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