JUPITER IN CANCER: LIFE GIVING, ROMANCE, NURTURING, AND LIFTING OUR SPIRITS
Jupiter moving into Cancer on June 9th is my favorite transit of the year as it poses great benefits because Jupiter is exalted in Cancer! When a planet is in the sign of its exaltation, it is able to bring out the best qualities of that sign.
Jupiter in Cancer will be, especially, beneficial for Cancer Risings, Suns, and Moons, but it will be wonderful for all of us because whether you have planets in Cancer or not, you're going to benefit from the nurturing energy of Jupiter in Cancer over the next year. Jupiter in Cancer is creative, intuitive, generous, abundant, expansive, and supportive.
Jupiter is the giving of life. So is the Moon. Jupiter in the Moon’s sign, Cancer, is ultra life giving. The Moon makes life habitable, thus Cancer is the sign of inhabiting life in a body here on Earth. Katie Ellen Hazeldean from their website, True Tarot Tales, says, "Neoplatonic Chaldean philosophy said that the souls of those about to be born descend to Earth through the constellation of Cancer.” Cancer is associated with the birth of humans, and the Moon ruling Cancer is associated with "mother" and creation.
Jupiter has similar themes of life, abundance, resources, and fortune to the Moon, and we can see why it’s exalted in the Moon’s sign of Cancer. Jupiter in the sign of its exaltation LIFTS our spirits. Jupiter in Cancer is about LIFE and birthing new things into existence. Jupiter in Cancer creates life and nurtures our spirit.
As a cardinal, water sign, Cancer needs to create. It has an incessant desire and need to birth new creations, to bring things into existence as part of embodying our creative spirit. Jupiter in Cancer is creating new life, and nurturing the life that you birth, whether that’s human beings, a home, a business, art, a creative project, a garden or sanctuary, your body, animals, etc.
As a water sign ruled by the Moon, Cancer is romantic and wants to live a romantic life. Jupiter in Cancer is reminding us to have a romantic connection with life, inviting us to fall in love with life, to fall in love with each other, and invoke romance into our everyday lives. Romance isn’t only meant to be shared with your partner, it’s a spiritual, sensual experience that you can have with yourself, with a friend, with nature, with the stars, with food, and your body, etc…
Jupiter in Cancer invites us to dream of a more matriarchal and supportive life together, to envision societies that center on everyone getting the nurturing and resources that they need, AND being able to flourish. Jupiter in Cancer is concerned with everyone’s physical and emotional well being.
The Moon and Cancer have a strong connection to home, body, environment, our needs, nourishment, nurturing, and the “mother.” Cancer connects us to our body, with the source of life, and feeling safe, physically and emotionally. Cancers are homebodies who need to feel at home in the world. Jupiter here can add abundance and blessings to matters of the home and family life.
Jupiter in Cancer is inviting you to learn more about what you need to be nurtured. If you are someone who is used to nurturing others a lot, then this is an opportunity to get the nurturing that you need, and to allow yourself to be nurtured by others. This energy is supporting us to connect with each other, and help each other get our needs met. During hard times, Jupiter in Cancer invites us to pool our resources together and support each other, not just help each other survive, but flourish.
Are there changes you need to make in your life to better support you? Get curious, try new support systems or tools, and pay attention to what makes you feel nurtured and nourished in your body, heart, mind, and soul.
Jupiter in Cancer is about abundance, generosity, expansion, growth, and life. Jupiter in Cancer is expansive, inclusive, and generous. It’s a time of exploring new possibilities, experiences, and horizons.
Learn more about Cancer and Jupiter in my course, Moonlight, on Substack HERE.