Transit Lab: Jupiter return in Capricorn/3rd

It’s my 3rd Jupiter return, and I expected a few things along the lines of people hearing my voice differently. Perhaps taking a longer look at what I’ve been doing and saying for a few years, perhaps seeing me as more of an authority in my field than previously. And I have been getting positive feedback on my writing and ideas, and it’s been great.

What I did not expect is my very religious sister to ask my professional opinion about her most serious concern.

Since she transitioned into utter devoutitude over a dozen years ago, I’ve respected her beliefs and we haven’t had a serious conversation about what I believe or what I do. And today, she caught me off guard.

It’s her birthday, and I called to wish her a happy one. The conversation turned to my work, and I mentioned that when I work with people who are just curious about what I do, as opposed to feeling in need of guidance with at least one particular issue, the results are very different than the norm.

And she asked me to help her with her issue, which I’ve known has been on her mind for years. I was happy to do it, yet caught myself thinking I needed to edit my thoughts. I admit to being a little intimidated by her Mercury in Capricorn/1st, which has a staying power in doing and thinking through things that my Sagittarius parade and Mars-Uranus in Libra don’t understand (that Mercury of hers is on my North Node, so it understandably presents me with a new lesson - it’s in the spot that represents what I haven’t done much of in the karmic past, the new territory I’m challenged to stretch into now). My normal MO has to do with opening to intuitive guidance and inspiration to get things done, and steer around obstacles or change the plan to save resources, not workhorsing my way through no matter what. For one thing, I have to think there’s often a better solution than mere sustained effort over long periods of time. For another, I like my sleep.

But it was her 3rd house Pisces Moon that asked for help today.

I pulled up her chart - one without asteroids and the Vertex and such, just looking at the core message in terms of the issue she asked about. She was also open to the suggestion of a past-life regression in order to get to the bottom of the issue, with which she doesn’t consciously identify.

That surprise seems to count as more than one, as though I’ve had a day full of surprises.

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January 29, 2008 By Tom Jacobs