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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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