JUPITER IN CANCER 2025-2026

JUPITER IN CANCER 2025-2026

Jupiter enters Cancer on 9 June this year and will remain continuously in the sign until 30 June 2026.

The last two cycles of Jupiter in Cancer, where it is exalted, were from July 2001 to August 2002 and from June 2013 to July 2014.

What was happening in your life then?

Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system and there are more than 60 satellites or Moons orbiting around it, some of which have only been identified recently.

Alan Leo in his book “The Art of Synthesis” gave a sort of monicker to each of the planets and Jupiter was called “The Uplifter”

He suggested that Jupiter is related to the magnetic aura surrounding every living creature and thus the Earth signs relate to the physical or health aura, the psychic aura belonged to the Water signs, the mental aura to the Fire signs and the aura of the higher self to the Air signs.

He also stated that Jupiter is never an extreme but always a mean between extremes, a harmony keeper of sorts due in part to its governance of the two mutable signs Sagittarius and Pisces which are also double signs.

However, many of the Jupiterian characteristics come directly from the Greek god after whom the planet is named.

Jupiter is the English name for the Roman god Giove and the Greek god Zeus.

He was the only one of his siblings who was not swallowed whole at birth by his father Kronos or Saturn as we now know him. This was because his mother Rhea hid him and gave her husband a stone to swallow in his place. So, right from birth Jupiter was considered lucky and this trait is also one of the many attributed to Jupiter to this day.

He was raised on milk and honey by the nymphs whose care his mother put him in to hide him from his father. This happy childhood gave him the confidence that he could cope with whatever life threw at him.

His first wife, called Metis, whose name means wisdom and prudence, was in fact quite a number and she drugged Kronos making him vomit and expel all of Jupiter’s siblings among which were Hades (modern-day Pluto) and Poseidon (modern-day Neptune). The three brothers divided the universe between them, Jupiter took the heavens and the dominion over the gods, Pluto the underworld and Neptune the kingdom of the seas and rivers.

From his mountain top of Mount Olympus in the heavens, Jupiter hurled down thunder and lightning on his subjects giving the idea of Jupiterian superiority and being able to see and intuit what was going on.

Jupiter was also continuously unfaithful as a husband. Fathering children from goddesses and mortals alike. More is better, another Jupiter feature!

Now enough about the myth let’s get into some technical stuff!

I mentioned earlier that Jupiter would remain exclusively in the sign of Cancer during its entire transit ad that is because a continuous stay in a sign however is not a given for any planet. Nonetheless, as in all things astrological there is a pattern to these continuous stays in the sign transited and each planet has its own particular pattern.

Jupiter in fact has a pattern of continuous stays and then cycles when the planet enters the adjacent signs to then re-enter the transited sign and these patterns are different for each planet. The patterns change according to whether the sign transited is long ascension (Cancer to Sagittarius) or short ascension (Capricorn to Gemini), with the exception of the sign of Leo which is long ascension but acts like the short ascension signs– he is the King after all so I suppose he can do as he pleases! Since the sign of Cancer is a long ascension sign the pattern for Jupiter in Cancer is 5 cycles when the planet continuously stays in the sign interspersed by two cycles when the planet goes back and forth between adjacent signs. This upcoming cycle of Jupiter in Cancer is the fourth of five continuous stays.

The total average stay of Jupiter in a sign (when continuous) is approximately 375 days.

Planets take on the nature of the sign transited and thus I believe that when a planet remains continuously in one sign for the whole length of its transit then it really gets to wallow in the qualities of that sign without having its energy fragmented by moving in and out of the adjacent signs. When a planet first enters a sign, we note the difference and often feel a surprise as the energy changes and then emerges. During the middle degrees of the transit, we learn how to cope with this now, no longer, new energy and in the late degrees the energy peaks and pulls out its final traits.

Jupiter finds it exaltation in the sign of Cancer and is therefore considered like a special guest in that sign.

Being principally associated with optimism and abundance Jupiter in family-oriented Cancer suggests someone who protects his family. The sign of Cancer and Jupiter can work together, sharing as they do the moistness in their respective characteristics (Jupiter being a hot, moist planet and Cancer being a cold, moist sign). The Cancerian need to keep matters close to one’s chest can keep Jupiter’s natural expansiveness under control forcing depth onto Jupiter. On the other hand, Jupiter tends to dissipate Cancer’s natural vulnerability, either in a positive way by adding optimism and self-confidence or negatively by inducing indulgence in comfort food.

Of course, Jupiter is not only “good news” it can bring strife and exaggerated violence when it contacts more volatile planets like Mars or Uranus. It all depends on our own particular natal chart how we react to Jupiter transits.

Quite soon into the transit and In the space of only a few hours there are a couple of upcoming squares (June 22-23) first between Jupiter and Saturn and then with Jupiter and Neptune (respectively at 01°35’ and 02°08’ Cancer-Aries) – will confusion and self-doubt (Saturn conjunct Neptune) lead to restlessness (Jupiter square Saturn) and perhaps a false optimism about how we can transform our ideals into reality (Jupiter square Neptune)? Or will our perception of reality be so very different from what it usually is (Saturn conjunct Neptune) that we somehow manage to proceed in some areas of our life as we cut away the superfluous (Jupiter square Saturn) and concentrate on our spiritual needs rather than our physical ones (Jupiter square Neptune)?

However, whichever house Jupiter transits in your natal chart usually receives a boost of optimism, so enjoy!

“A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.” Herm Albright

Bibliography

Leo A. (1949), “The Art of Synthesis”, Chapter IX, pp 80-87, International Publishing Company, Edinburgh UK

Robson V. (1923) re-edition 2005, “The Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology”, Ch. 5, pp 106-220, Astrology Classics, The Astrology Center of America, Abingdon US

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