Jupiter conjunct Uranus: Catalyst for Change

Forecast 2024

I am writing from my 4th House, Jupiter, in Sag retrograde. Jupiter is philosophy, so I hold that vibe by taking a philosophical approach to speak about the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction, which is pivotal next year.

The geologist, eco-philosopher, and theologian Thomas Berry expressed that we need a new story or cosmology to step back from the edge of catastrophic destruction. In his book, The Great Work, Thomas wrote,

“Our challenge is to create a new language, even a new sense of what it is to be human. It is to transcend not only national limitations, but even our species isolation, to enter into the larger community of living species. This brings about a completely new sense of reality and value…The Great Work now, as we move into a new millennium, is to carry out the transition from a period of human devastation of the Earth to a period when humans would be present to the planet in a mutually beneficial manner… everything has a right to be recognized and revered. Trees have tree rights, insects have insect rights, rivers have river rights, and mountains have mountain rights.”

—Thomas Berry

We’re standing at the threshold of a New Age. We have been told by prophets, seers, psychics, clairvoyants, metaphysicians, professors, and scientists that these times were coming. We are now experiencing the birth pangs of that destined future. The emergence of deadly viral infections, political polarity, and extreme economic disparities are all evidence of a world out of balance. As a species, we have plundered the Earth and stripped it of its life-sustaining resources for material gain. We have defiled the natural sacred abundance of our planetary home. Greed, materialism, unenlightened self-interest, and patriarchy have driven the headlong advance of science and technology at the high price of the Earth’s once-abundant natural resources. The European visitors who settled on our shores saw only that the natural resources were mined and profited by rather than recognizing the spiritual intelligence and communal lifestyle of the natives who had lived here for centuries. 

Jupiter and Uranus are the foundations of society. Jupiter is the abundance of the Earth, the manifest natural world. It is the expansion principle, the growth cycle. Sometimes, Jupiter’s growth cycle runs wild, trampling on boundaries. 

Uranus is the process of who we are becoming, driven by our higher intellect. It is our sense of community. Circumstances now conspire to raise our consciousness and reconnect to the healing potentials of the natural world. As these planetary forces of social expansion come together, the fourteen-year cycle unlocks the karmic necessity of what Thomas Berry calls the Great Work.

Jupiter and Sagittarius correlate to inherent restlessness. Change is the only constant. With Uranus in play, transformation is guaranteed. Jupiter expands whatever it touches. Jupiter makes whatever it touches bigger, not necessarily better. Uranus interrupts, disrupts, and dislodges outmoded behaviors and structures, clearing the space for new growth.

On April 20, 2024, Jupiter and Uranus will begin a fourteen—year cycle. The conjunctions will occur in March and April, but the two outer planet heavies will be in orb to each other from February to June, from early Spring to early Summer. The conjunction will come into orb and perfect in Taurus. The transit will conclude in Gemini. The conjunction occurs in Taurus, disposited (ruled) by Venus in Aries. Venus sits at the heart of a six-point stellium that spans the sign of Aries.

Jupiter measures the cycles of our lives in twelve-year chapters. Uranus formats the final state of the Fire triad of the self-actualization process. We are born in Aries, pure instinctive and non-cognitive. In Leo, we have a name. We know who we are, or at least we think we do. In Sagittarius, our developing self-awareness includes the multiverses of others. 

Jupiter is embodied in the sign Sagittarius, the centaur aiming his arrow high towards the sky. The intention is to reach out beyond our current understanding of the world around us, to connect with that which is greater than ourselves. We are a student of life. We can become a philosopher. We can become the teacher. 

Sagittarius and Jupiter correlate to our belief system. Jupiter’s enthusiasm and joie de vivre can become proselytizing. The ultimate truth found in Sagittarius can devolve into personal truth and opinion. Jupiter correlates to the “to be” processes now anchored in social interaction. Creativity can flourish. 

Jupiter/Sagittarius people need fun, joy, and a vital connection with life. They seek meaningful experience.

In Myth, Jupiter was the King of the Gods and ruled with his lightning-tipped spear. Ouranos (Uranus) was his grandfather. His father was Kronos (Saturn), whom he and his siblings murdered. Kronos also committed the patricide of Ouranos. The onus of patrimony hangs heavy over these generations of immortals. It’s a tale of actions motivated only by self-preservation.

Astrologically, Uranus is considered to be the Great Interrupter and Disrupter. It is the ruler of Aquarius, the sign that follows Capricorn, Saturn’s consensus reality domain. Saturn and Capricorn create structure and form. The maturation process belongs here. As structures age, they must be replaced and modified to support current conditions. Air element Uranus sends a fierce windstorm down upon what is outdated, uprooting it so that something new can grow. 

Uranus is the polarity to the sign of Leo. Leo is the process of “I know who I am.” Uranus is the process of “I know who I am becoming.” Sagittarius is the final segment of the self-actualization process that began in Aries and gathered in Leo.

When these two outer planets join forces, tremendous energies are released formatted by the sign in which the conjunction occurs. They can create significant reforms that transform society. 

This time, the conjunction occurs in Taurus. Taurus is about self-reliance, hunkering down, and establishing personal fortifications financially and emotionally, sometimes to the point of isolation. The primary concern is survival, at whatever cost. When Jupiter and Uranus meet in Taurus, they can produce dogmatic thinking. Sometimes, no attention is given to the consequences of their actions. There can be hubris and arrogance, with unforeseen consequences. 

“When Jupiter and a second planet enter into alignment, Jupiter’s archetypal influence seems to be one of magnifying and supporting the second planetary archetype expanding it, granting it success, bringing it to fruition. When that second planet is Uranus, representing the breaking down of existing modes of viewing and experiencing life and the bringing in of radical new approaches and perspectives, we can expect, in combination with Jupiter’s core association with the endless quest for meaning, peaks in the process of “restless exploration.”

—Richard Tarnas.

The American Revolution unfolded during the 1775 Jupiter–Uranus conjunction in Aries. World War I started under a Jupiter-Uranus conjunction in Aquarius. Carl Jung wrote the Red Book during the same transit, and Tolkien’s Middle Earth mythology emerged.

This is the chart of the celestial perfection. At the conjunction in April, six celestial bodies are clustered in the sign of Aries: Mercury in its retrograde condition, Venus, Eris, asteroid Hygeia, Chiron, and the lunar north node. 

The conjunction occurs in earthbound Taurus. Venus in Aries is the dispositor, the ruler, of the conjunction. This implies that there will be crises of awareness in our relationships with ourselves, others, and the Earth itself. Self-reliance is the Taurus catchphrase for our values and priorities, formatted by the quotient of the value of our self-worth. In Aries, this will funnel more attention to the self to fulfill essential needs. Our values and the resulting priorities will be focused on what we need to survive as a species. Venus is embedded at the heart of this six-point stellium that spans the sign of Aries. This chained series of planetary bodies acts as a single holistic multivalent frequency that together forms the foundation of the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction.  Each of the celestial components adds their voice to the cosmic chorus. 

Aries is the initiation point of the self-realization process that progresses through the Fire triad. The Fire element teaches us about the self instinctively, just like the child who touches a hot iron, even though they were warned not to, and learns through direct emotional and physical experience.

The shape of the chart is a Sling with a Gibbous Virgo Moon handle. Experience is wound up and spun around by the Moon. The Moon is our emotional body. We will ride a roller coaster of emotional crises, challenges, and perhaps breakthroughs if we can hold it all together and not break down. This is the nature of the karmic process that underlines this 14-year-long celestial moment. The underlying direction will be the work on the self through direct emotional experience. The Earth demands the work, as does our psyches. The Earth is our home in the Universe. The Moon is our moment-to-moment connection to the waves of impulses from Source. It is our most conscious part. 

Pluto emotionally empowers the Moon. Jupiter expands the tension of the emotional content of the moment. There is a sense that justice must be served. 

Venus in Aries, the dispositer of the conjunction, applies to a (waxing) Balsamic Semisextile to Jupiter. There is a crisis of awareness of our relationships with ourselves, others, and the Earth itself. Self-reliance is embedded in our values and priorities, according to the emotional map drawn by the value of our self-worth. In Aries, this will funnel more attention to the self to fulfill essential needs.

Mercury correlates to the nature of our cognitive awareness, how we speak, and how we think. Mercury is a collector of data and people. Sagittarius becomes cosmology, but Mercury assembles ideas and opinions. Mercury retrograde will bring our attention back to what has transpired not just over days or weeks but over centuries. The sons and daughters have carried forward the ills of the fathers. 

The cognitive awareness emerges that we are approaching a non-negotiable horizon line.  Mercury shows the promise of a new way of thinking. Pallas Athene shakes things up with a new, more natural way of approaching the ongoing issues. Eris might throw a wrench into the works to accelerate the changes. The lunar nodes actively seek to pull a different rabbit out of the hat for the future. 

In the I Ching, Book of Changes, Hexagram 7, Shih, The Army, one of the moving lines reveals, 

“Perchance the army carries corpses in the wagon. Misfortune.

The implication is that what has decayed is still part of the collective narrative being carried into the future. 

Mars in Pisces forms a partile (exact) Balsamic Sextile to Jupiter and separates from a waning balsamic sextile to Uranus. Mars is armed and ready for battle. A waxing septile to Pluto is a siren’s song of fate and destiny. A waning septile to asteroid Astraea hints at justice served. There will be circumstances that demand a broader vision and more conscious choices. Mars in Pisces will require that we face complex and confusing circumstances that can only be understood with a broader vision and higher consciousness. It is lunacy to think that the same failed decisions will lead to a different outcome. The recognition must occur that we are a global community. Partisan agendas are no longer a viable option. There is a fated quality to the way events are unfolding. A new sense of empowerment activates a sacred commitment to our priorities. 

Eris separates from New Phase conjunctions to the Sun and Mercury. Venus, Chiron, and the Lunar North Node apply to Balsamic conjunctions to Eris. Balsamic conjunctions require closure. Slowly advancing through her 530-year orbit, Eris is the unexpected guest who will show up unannounced, bearing provocative gifts. Mythically, she is a rogue personality hellbent on punishing transgression. She fertilizes the timeline with karmic necessities. The path to this moment has been long and hard. The path that looms going forward is steep and demands absolute dedication to what we need to survive.

Chiron in Aries applies to a waxing Balsamic Semisextile to Jupiter, conveying a sense of wounding. This correlates to the emergence of new healing methodologies for healing the planet. Chiron will present cutting-edge homeopathic remedies to heal our global community and Mother Earth. Hard choices need to be addressed. We must learn how to save ourselves. There can be no shirking of responsibility. 

Asteroid Hygeia separates from a waning Balsamic Semisquare to Jupiter. Proactive self-care Hygeia suggests that health crises reflect how we have ignored sacred tasks. We are getting higher mind downloads. All disease begins in the spiritual body. From there, imbalances seek neural pathways to the mental body. From there, it progresses to the emotional body, and the physical body becomes ill. Often too late. Hygeia supports hands-on self-care. Since COVID, the medical community has dwindled in number, and now, the ability to obtain high-value healthcare has diminished. We must learn to advocate for ourselves.

The Lunar North Node in Aries applies to a balsamic conjunction to Mercury retrograde. This profound combination ensures that close attention will be paid to future needs. It magnetizes the future with instincts and intentions to stabilize the earth that is shifting beneath our feet. Our potential future reveals a wide range of possible outcomes. What we will experience will be determined by the choices we make at this moment. There is no longer any room for error. 

The Lunar South Node in Libra forms a partile (exact) BiQuintile to Jupiter. We will have multiple opportunities to rebalance the past and create a more stable and balanced future. New creativity and individuality can flourish, but the opportunities must be recognized when they surface and act upon—Carpe diem.

Minor planet Ceres separates from a waning Last Quarter Trine to Jupiter. Her message is that no one is coming to save us. We are learning the hard lesson that self-nurture is the only viable option in the future. We cannot trust corporate farming. The food we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breathe are all under attack by corporate agendas. When I was growing up in the fifties and sixties, you could walk through any aisle in the supermarket without needing to check the healthiness of what was on the shelves. That is no longer the case. We must learn that each of us is responsible for our well-being.

Asteroid Vesta forms a partile (exact) Balsamic Semisextile to Jupiter. The Goddess of the Sacred Fire opens a new sense of authenticity for individuals and communities. The Medieval mindset that has driven society for millennia has taken us to the point of no return. Extinction looms on the event horizon. Vesta is the Goddess of the Sacred Fire, which correlates to enlightened self-interest and commitment to personal authenticity. We have active support from our higher self and the part of us that connects to our Soul. 

Asteroid Juno applies to waxing 1^st Quarter BiSeptile to Jupiter. She was the co-ruler of Olympus, disempowered by her husband. Her unfailing sense of faithfulness dictates that we must each make a new commitment to a sustainable lifestyle that supports the environment and our community. We must commit to our highest priorities for health and well-being. The time of the lone wolf is past. We must join together as a community to reverse the effects of what has happened during the twentieth century. 

Mystical point Black Moon Lilith applies to a waxing 1^st Quarter Trine to Jupiter. Black Moon Lilith tells us that we have become exiled from the natural world that birthed us. We must now find the way home.

Minor planet Sedna separates from a New Phase Conjunction to Jupiter. This newly discovered planet holds the promise of higher consciousness. Alan Clay tells us that we will experience the pain of the crisis of transcendence, where we are forced to let go of our old spiritual framework and rise to a new consciousness.

Neptune adds some confusion to the moment. Confusion serves an essential purpose. It forces us to reexamine what is going on and make different choices. It opens the doorway to intuition, higher knowledge, and transcendence. 

As the next decades unfold, we will experience opportunities for personal and collective growth, new creativity and individuality, and a new worldview. We will experience challenges to our well-being physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. All of this will awaken a higher awareness. We must take responsibility for our thoughts, deeds, and actions, with the intense array of Aries energy embedded over the next few years as Neptune ingresses Aries. We need to recognize that we are not just people cohabiting on the planet. We are a single conscious entity whose spirit is connected to the Anima Mundi of the Earth and the local and global communities we are a part of. World events will drive home the understanding, through karmic necessity, that there is only one of us on the planet.

“The deepest crises experienced by any society are those moments of change when the story becomes inadequate for meeting the survival demands of a present situation. Until technologists learn reverence for the earth, there will be no possibility of bringing a healing or a new creative age to the earth.”

—Thomas Berry.