Jupiter in Pisces, 2010

Jupiter is our planet of good fortune, of expansion in mind, body and spirit. This year it entered the sign Pisces in January. The concentration is on things of water, so Jupiter's growth will be filtered through the misty veils of the sign of the Fishes. Travel is a key element in the process of expansion, as we lift our point of view to include more territory than the neighborhood in which we live, we become Jupiterian. Our judgments include more; more people, more land, more variety and more experience. Travel by water is recommended. Include rivers, lakes, shorelines and maybe the great ocean itself.
Jupiter is the indicator of finance, business and world concerns in trade and exchanges. Pisces rules chaos, weakness, and the end of the cycle. This is the darkest hour. As the season of Pisces is early spring, before the growing seasons begin, and as the late frosts, and early rains begin, nature heaps us with uncertainty. Pisces is also the sign of chemistry, pharmaceuticals, drugs and the entire chemical industry. It is a good year for expansion in those areas, and it is a strong year for the pharmaceuticals to overcome any limitations or structure that might be necessary or applied. We can see in this, that the good sense of health care is going to be overrun roughshod by the chemical companies. Every trick in the book, and several unheard of, are going to be raised to keep any restrictions or impediments from the chemical and drug industry.
Morality, which is an old fashioned idea of using right over might, will be another casualty of this year of free-for-all expansion of another Piscian agency--insurance companies. Gambling is one of Neptune's darlings, and the gamble of insurance has our nation in a vice grip. As we have things we value, we bet on the fact that they will stay with us. So, for a little money down, we hedge our bet on our health, our homes and our cars. Anyone who has ever cashed in that bet, tried to collect for damages knows what happens to your favored place in the scheme. Too many needs, too many claims, and you have broken the bank, robbed the kitty, and have to look elsewhere for something to take up your "insurance."
In the middle of the year, Jupiter will ease into the sign Aries for a couple of short months, and some leadership will emerge. This could be a moment when authority demands an end to the chaos, the deceptions, and the scramble for money-no-matter-what-the-costs. We sink back into Pisces, though, as the summer ends and finish the year in this sign. Much is going to vanish and be swept away by these tides and waterfalls in Pisces. Some energies will be cleansing, refreshing and pure, others will be overwhelmed, drowned and purged.
Is there a flip side to all this pessimistic version of Jupiter in the sign of Pisces? Well, how about this... The sign also rules, ideals, dreams, faith and religion. Expansion of religion in a time of financial meltdowns. Somehow, that just makes it worse.