778,412,020 kilometers (483,682,810 miles)
11.8565 Earth years (4330.6 Earth days)
Distinguishing features: Much of the mystery surrounds Jupiter’s interior. From the planet’s mass, density, and magnetic field, scientists surmise that it probably has a dense core of rock and metal at least 10 times as massive as Earth. A thick layer of hydrogen surrounds the core. Jupiter’s gravity squeezes this layer so tightly that it acts as a metal. The metallic hydrogen probably rotates at a different speed from the core, so it produces a “dynamo” effect, generating electric currents that create Jupiter’s magnetic field.
Zodiac Sign Rulership: Sagittarius Old Rulerships: Sagittarius and Pisces
The planets up to and including Mars have been concerned with the establishment of ourselves as individuals, and with the satisfaction of our own needs and desires. The planets beyond Mars connect us with a larger order.
As the largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter represents expansion and growth. It is the urge to grow beyond our individual limitations and the need to feel part of a larger order, whether this be a particular religion, philosophy or social system. Jupiter, the king of the gods, is traditionally the bestower of faith, optimism and the ability to expand and prosper. It is the planet that promotes personal growth, gives us confidence in ourselves and trust in a higher power or greater plan. Negatively, Jupiter can manifest as over-confidence, irresponsibility and the tendency to over-extend ourselves or promise too much.
Jupiter’s sign position of and aspects to Jupiter in the chart show what kinds of experiences and types of activity create an inner faith and optimism, and the sense of being connected to the larger scheme of things.
Jupiter represents expansion, your sense of fun, optimism and generosity. The zodiac sign it is in gives information concerning your religious and philosophical beliefs.
If you do not know your Jupiter Sign find out with your Soul Profile
You have the enthusiasm of a child . . .
whatever age you are – and because of this, you can go far in life. You just need to be careful that your natural eagerness does not become arrogance, or that your magnanimity does not get swallowed up by extravagance. You have a knack for avoiding being saddled with the same amount of mental and emotional baggage that others seem to accumulate. If you are not journeying light in this way, then it means you don’t believe that life looks after those that live it – which is what you are supposed to believe in!
Faith for you is gained through . . .
cultivating solid values and by having a philosophical attitude towards material and physical involvements. By nature then, you believe only in things that have some practical value or material worth and you can be a good judge of marketable worth. Your religious persuasions lean towards the conventional and are quite hard to change. You could just be money minded and not believe in anything ‘spiritual’ at all. Yet, at a more evolved level of understanding, you experience the plenitude of Nature in a religious way.
Faith for you is gained through . . .
the gathering of all sorts of information in order to weave it into a comprehensive whole and attain understanding. In the process of doing this you naturally acquire many contacts and this would serve you well as any kind of agent or, you could be gathering in order to put together your own particular product or style. What you very much have to watch out for in all this ‘gathering’ is that you don’t get sidetracked by all the distractions you unavoidably encounter in your travels or interests.
Your faith resides in a feeling . . .
that life is basically secure and familiar so you aspire to, or expect, the highest standards of sympathy and hospitality yourself. So much so in fact, that you’re liable to retreat out of sight if at any time you feel that these qualities are not forthcoming.
Your feeling nature is broad and deep; you try to accommodate everyone. However, if you find this difficult or taken for granted, you then go to the other extreme of being wrapped up in yourself. To maintain your faith in the milk of human kindness, let others know what your limits are and bear in mind that being philanthropic can at times require you to allow someone to stand on their own two feet.
Faith for you depends upon . . .
how much you believe in yourself. Ideally, your sheer existence should be a testament to your own worth so you could say that cultivating an enthusiasm for yourself is your key to confidence and growth. There is a danger here of self-importance, but in some ways this is better than being falsely modest or shrewish.
However, as much as your sense of largesse can lead to great displays of generosity and wealth, it can also lead to biting off more than you can chew. Then again, thinking or acting small could find you equally pressured to pull something extra out of the bag. There comes a time for you when the nature of magnanimity has to be expressed – and properly understood.
Your faith rests in work well done . . .
in the sense that you are serving some plan. Without this faith it can seem that you are getting nowhere at times. Alternatively, you could scale down whatever your project is so that progress becomes more noticeable or you could give it a longer term of development.
Not surprisingly, there is more than a dash of the Puritan in you as you strive in the belief that the harder you work, the better the end product. You are health-conscious as well as conscientious – but at times you can be inordinately excessive by way of release.
Your philosophy of life . . .
has mainly to do with your sense of justice, as you experience it in a personal way within your one-to-one relationships. It can also come from how you perceive it, or the lack of it, in society in general. In other words, your faith in life rests upon a belief that justice exists. If it does not – or it appears not to – your faith diminishes.
Conversely, when you’re aware that justice prevails, you feel happy to go on. What you have to bear in mind is that justice is not always apparent on a surface level. By its very nature, justice often has to be sought – be it in your mind or a court of law.
Your faith is discovered . . .
in crisis situations so what, or who, you find irresistible will push you to your limits. Whether you know it or not, your philosophy is of the ‘no gain without pain’ variety – and that can apply to both your material and emotional life. To be more precise though, it’s more a case of ‘no gain without loss – of what (or who) you no longer need’.
The desire that springs from this philosophy is powerful because it makes you hunger after the deep, dark and mysterious – and eventually you find it. On the other hand, you’re the one who is deep, dark and mysterious – and someone will find you out! In the long run, you do not suffer superficial displays from other people – or from yourself either. The dark side of your nature is where the gold, your faith, lies buried and you’ll go through hell and high water to knock off the soppy or wobbly bits that inhibit or compromise the discovery of that ‘gold’.
Faith comes naturally to you . . .
in that you’re basically aware that there is a rhyme and a reason to it all. Consequently, philosophy and mental abstraction is a strong suit of yours. Whatever else your personality might contain, you believe in something, to one degree or another, that goes beyond what is intellectually definable.
Because you have this innate faith that life is going somewhere, life in turn encourages you to travel onwards and sometimes even grants you a prophetic glimpse around the bend in the road. Providing that you do not dwell too much in pure and abstract theory, you’d make a good guide or teacher.
Your faith in life is built upon . . .
some sort of tradition. This could be a certain type of education, a religious, communal or professional tradition, material wealth, or something quite unusual but long-standing all the same. But this background, as much as it provides the backbone of society, is something that can keep you chained to its limitations as well as reassured by its traditions.
As much as your traditional set of beliefs and values can serve you well in the day-to-day sense, when change (even in the form of opportunity) comes your way, what normally holds you in good stead holds you back. So, if you find yourself stumped for knowing what course to take, then take a leap into the unknown – backed by your common sense and a belief in Nature’s Laws. You will then find that your faith in life is not only restored but also regenerated.
You find and seek faith in . . .
your friendships and any club or movement that you subscribe to. In your book, faith hinges on the fact that a sharing of ideas and ideals with others leads to mutual growth and encouragement and upon your belief that it is your social values that are correctly paving the way ahead.
However, this can lead to your social group being self-righteous which acts to hide your own doubts. Such ‘revolutionary blindness’ can then give rise to off handedness and associations becoming unreliable. Truly your faith rests upon being able to share with your peers both the bright and the shady sides of your nature. In this way your basically humanitarian philosophy of life gains weight and conviction for both yourself and others.
Your faith in life rests upon . . .
an acceptance of things working out as they will. This doesn’t mean that you have to be a self-effacing pushover – which is possibly an uncomfortable image you have of yourself because very likely in the past you have been too obliging and subsequently had too much expected of you.
So now you may have come to distrust your accepting attitude – something, in which you innately believe. However, all this can, or should be, flipped over to reveal that your growth and development in life hinges upon trusting in the power of your sensitivity and goodwill – for such are the true fundamentals of acceptance.
