Jupiter squares Saturn 2024-25

 

Jupiter squares Saturn and it will be exact on Christmas Eve 2024, December 24^th. Jupiter is the planet of expansion and Saturn is the planet of restriction and they will clash. Of course we will feel the energy both before this date and after and the planets are actually in orb of each other at this time. The most intense period will be from roughly December 15-mid January, 2025.

While this transit will bring some challenges, it can also offer some creative challenges. In effect this will slow some things down and it will be a time when we have to get real. Saturn is about reality and if something has grown too fast we have to slow it down now either willingly or in some cases unwillingly.

Jupiter is the money planet and it is retrograde so it’s not operating at its best. When Jupiter squared Saturn this past August the US Stock market dropped more than1000 points. This transit not only affects us, but the state of the world.

Saturn and Jupiter squared each other July-August of 2015 in Leo-Scorpio, and then again in Virgo-Sagittarius May of 2016.

In 2015 the aspect coincided with; 

-The US Supreme Court ruled in favor of Obamacare and same sex marriage.

-The Charleston massacre occurred

-Rockets were fired from Gaza and the IDF retaliated with attacks on Hamas

-Record breaking heat and rain across the US.

In 2016 the aspect considered with;

- Indian fertility clinic announces that a 70-year-old woman has successfully gave birth to a baby boy

- EgyptAir flight MS804 goes missing over the Mediterranean on route Paris to Cairo

- Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour, leader of the Afghan Taliban is reportedly killed by a US drone in Pakistan

The above are only a few of the important events that occurred during these previous transits.

Saturn-Jupiter transits begin anew every 20 years. The cycle we are now in began in December of 2020 when Jupiter and Saturn conjuncted in  Aquarius  and we are now experiencing the next phase of that cycle which is the square; a difficult aspect that tests what we have learned since 2020.

This transit might be compared to trying to paddling a canoe upstream or trying to drive with the brakes on. Money issues may come to the surface, or depending on what is in your chart you may feel the restriction coming from some other area of life. For some, relationships may end at this time, but only if they are not working out already. Any relationship can be affected but if the partnership is basically sound it should withstand the stress.

You may lack inner conviction, or your timing can be off.  It is important to consider these factors.

This transit can represent legal, financial and business problems, and there could be a lack of support, especially if this aspects your personal chart. There could be issues with higher education, moral issues, or indifference. Frustration may build up to the point where something has to give and change occurs at this point. You may have to limit spending on entertainment.

For some this might represent a culmination of business affairs of some type, but Saturn can delay, and restrict.  There could be added responsibilities and pressures in your job during this period, or you could make some kind of change in your job or work.

The late astrologer Andre Barbault connects this cycle with Europe and significant changes there. In terms of the square that occurred during another cycle (March 1984-January 1985) Barbault wrote about the events; “The Transatlantic crisis. In addition to disputes over the GATT negotiations there was deterioration in the relationship between Europe and America; the shadow of protectionism, the gas pipeline affair and the penalizing of European countries.”

If this aspect connects to something in your chart you can expect it to play a major role, depending on what it is aspecting and where in your chart it falls.

While this will certainly affect all of us, we will see many events around the world as well. Retrograde Mars will probably not help and we may see those who take actions that don't pan out well.