June 29, 2026 – July 25, 2027
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Jupiter is the God of Thunder, Lord of Justice, the Planet of Luck & Expansion. Whatever space Jupiter occupies it expands, and through that expansion we see the nature of our faith, righteousness, abundance, as well as where we are indulgent or extravagant. Jupiter does not separate what you would want enlarged from what you would want to remain hidden. It enlarges all of it at once.
Now Jupiter enters Leo.
Leo is the Fixed Fire Sign, symbolized by the Lion and ruled by the Sun, the Planet of Vitality. Leo rules the heart. For thirteen months, Jupiter stretches the heart open and expands whatever is living inside it. Love. Fear. Probably a bit of both. The open heart exposes through our vulnerabilities the nature of who we are. This is what Jupiter will expand in each of us.
For the previous year, Jupiter has transited through Cancer, where it is Exalted, in a position of power, bringing honesty to your roots: the people who raised you, the past that formed you, the emotional ground beneath your sense of self. Cancer is the shoreline, where the water turns inward. Leo is the Fire that takes what was felt in private and moves it into expression. What the roots have been holding now rises above the surface to be seen in the light of the Sun.
What was maturing at the root, now rises up and pushes beyond what once felt like a limit. The Lion is a beautiful, regal creature, but it can kill very quickly. That same heart, which holds warmth that draws people in, and lights up a room, has the capacity to demand, dominate, and suck the energy out of whatever space it enters.
At the base of what the heart expresses is love or fear. As Jupiter expands our hearts that is what is exposed within us. Through that expression we will be the benevolent or the tyrant, but likely a version of both, depending on what is occurring within the transits and where we are within our self-development. Jupiter in Leo will not allow us to hide from ourselves and the true nature of our hearts.
Courage is the heart expressing what it loves, while fear is still present. That is the point of this Jupiter in Leo transit, to acknowledge our fears and act out of our courage regardless of those fears. Those who ignore their fears risk becoming consumed by them, and from that point we are acting instinctually in a manner that we may soon regret.
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