today Jupiter ingresses into Pisces

Jupiter the greater benefic was traditionally a fortunate omen associated with charity, learning, and good governance.

Medieval astrologers noted it meant:

-legal and political reforms
-the rise of just leaders
-power among the people
-a period of abundance

that said, at the same time Mars is in Cancer in its fall viewing Jupiter by sign

This was a marker of

-internal strife
-break up of dynasties, alliances, and power blocs
-uprisings
-warmongers
Al Rijal wrote it also meant:

-the invasion of lands
-expansion of territory and empire
-the changing and/or the death of rulers

Still Jupiter was interpreted as relief to some degree (at least until it retrogrades)
We’ve gotten used to a simple calendar system but medieval thinkers were operating in big cycles where smaller increments of time fit into periods and epochs

Their observation of the slow-moving Saturn and Jupiter is a great example of their dynamic understanding of that

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