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Jupiter is about higher learning, vision, wherein we take the everyday knowledge and expand it by hypothesis, theory, and, most importantly, our own experience. Jupitarian learning is experiential and broad, pushing the boundaries of what we think we know. Upon the wing of Jupiter ' s eagle we take flight into new territories where the everyday Mercurial learning may have been different from own everyday learning. With Jupiter ' s bolts of lightning we experience“ ahas” of possibility that may split open for investigation what we thought we knew.
I choose to focus on Mercury and Jupiter between 2012 and 2013 because on two occasions these two planets were in mutual reception. Mutual reception means that Mercury and Jupiter were in each other ' s signs of rulership. Not only were they in each other ' s signs of rulership, but they were also in aspect to each other. This
was especially noteworthy as it occurred in an opposition days before the 2012 Winter Solstice. The chart is constructed for December 17, 2012 at 2:15 pm for Washington, D. C. Mercury and Jupiter are 9 degrees, 20 minutes Sagittarius and Pisces respectively. Jupiter is retrograde.
Jupiter is particularly noticeable as the focal point for a Finger of God. Jupiter is also retrograde. When I first pondered this configuration I thought of a phrase that came into being many years ago,“ Think globally, Act locally”. Recently I found that phrase was also used by Jessica Murray in her book,“ At the Crossroads” as a description of this particular period in time. We are being called upon to stretch our narrow concept of home and community to a broader definition.
One could say that Jupiter in Gemini is asking us to expand our notions of how we define our immediate community. What if we changed our idea of community, given the communication resources we have at our disposal, to include close by countries, not just close by towns and cities? Such an expansion of awareness does not have to be hard if we realize that Alberta, Canada and Billings, Montana are both on Mountain Standard Time. Thinking outside the box, we could say that our time zones are the community focus. The requirement would be to make our circle of inclusiveness larger. Mercury in Sagittarius challenges us to think [ CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 ]
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