Jupiter in Pisces:
Restoring imagination through soul-work
The only war that matters is the war against
the imagination
all other wars are subsumed in it.
~ from Rant, by Diane di Prima
Jupiter entered Pisces at the beginning of 2010, the sign it co-rules with the planet Neptune. Jupiter is the storyteller, weaving together the raw threads of our experiences in order to create meaning. Jupiter teaches us about faith. The planet is traditionally known as the bestower of good fortune. But perhaps Jupiter has less to do with luck than with our own ability to see the reasons behind events. The same situation could seem like a blessing or a curse depending on how your Jupiter is holding up.
When Jupiter’s in Pisces, we can more easily tune in to others and meet people with our hearts. Jupiter’s adventurousness and risk-taking qualities are put into service in Pisces, seeking to find expression through idealism and visionary goals that ease suffering and promote compassion.
For the next few months, focus on your soul’s evolution as it relates to the broader world. The realm of the soul is dreamy, cyclical, and mysterious. Through soul work we develop our imaginations, and this is what will most prepare us to take part in the great changes that are now sweeping the planet. Soul work is anything that brings more poetry, feeling, and connection into your life.
As Albert Einstein said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” Instead of assuming we already know, why not employ the tools of dreaming and wonder in order to make a new way out of the old world? Imagination – the realm of Pisces – makes us curious and creative as we meet problems both great and small. Without imagination and vision, we repeat mistakes, stay stuck in our own suffering, and fall prey to the cynics who say “there’s no other way”.
As an example, we know a lot about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. We have all kinds of experts telling us all about the complexity of the situation 24-hours a day on TV, radio and internet. But the reason we are still there – the reasons Iraqis, Americans and Afghanis are still dying – is a lack of imagination. It’s more challenging to implement imaginative solutions that could lead to peace than to stick to a centuries-old paradigm that tells us “Might makes right” and promotes a winner-takes-all mentality.
For the next few months, spend time looking into what makes you tick. Get in touch with the essence of who you are and what you are feeling. When Jupiter enters Aries in June it will join the Uranus-Saturn-Pluto T-square, and we may be asked to jump into action in surprising ways. We have to be ready for this opportunity. We’ll need to trust our inner wisdom and intuition in order to make the most of these powerful aspects and stay present amidst rapid transformation. With the boost of confidence that Jupiter in Aries bestows, we could pull off dramatic and courageous changes personally and globally.
Check in with the stories you’ve been telling yourself. Are they true? Are they even interesting? What area in your life could use a dose of imagination, more poetry, more soul? How might you begin living your dreams instead of staying trapped in a reality you never agreed to? We are now in the realm of wild imagination, daring us to tell new stories that break us out of limitations and rules that have outlived their purpose.
“In this moment when we face horizons and conflicts wider than ever before, we want our resources, the ways of strength. We look again to the human wish, its faith, the means by which the imagination leads us to surpass ourselves.”
~ from The Life of Poetry by Muriel Rukeyser
Astro-note: Jupiter entered Pisces in January 2010. It bounds quickly through the watery sign before moving into fiery Aries on June 5. It will join up with the major Pluto-Uranus-Saturn aspect for the summer. Jupiter generally visits each sign for about a year. When it goes retrograde, it will revisit Pisces for 4 more months starting on September 8.
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