Soft Animal of Your Body - Jupiter in Cancer

 

„Welcome magic and wonder
Brilliance and grace
Welcome joy, satisfaction
Pleasure and strength
Welcome essence, beauty, presence
Time, spirit, form, and space
Welcome excellence in every blessing
Sacred and pray…“.           
(I AM – Beautiful chorus, feat. India Arie )
 
On June 9, 2025, Jupiter is entering Cancer. We are turning a new, hopeful, chapter in the lunar part of our charts. I feel that the arrival of great benefic into the sign of its exaltation will be extra potent. We´re moving from Jupiter in Gemini, a masculine, mental sign of Mercury where Jupiter is in its detriment to Cancer, a feminine, fertile sign of the Moon where Jupiter is exalted. 

Jupiter's journey through the intellectual sign of Gemini has delivered multiple resources at our disposal and a large amount of data to sort through. The right piece of information felt like our saving grace. This transit of Jupiter brought a kind of a scientific mindset „I believe if I have the right data that can prove it“. Jupiter in Gemini time has brought lots of mental chaos and inner restlessness. To quiet the inner anxiety, the tendency was to keep our mind occupied at all times. During this „brain-heavy“ time, we were searching for security in an intellectually controlled environment. Our mind took priority before our body. We might have been inclined to analyze the situation and make our judgment before experiencing and feeling things through. 
 
Jupiter in the mutable sign of Mercury brought us lots of excitement and a taste for novelty. There was always the temptation of the next great thing to chase after. We surely learned a LOT but what is all that data without overarching meaning? Now, at the end of this Gemini cycle, we might be feeling hungry, and malnourished, like we've been starving ourselves on the soul level for a long time.
 
With Jupiter entering Cancer, we are now coming into a space where we don‘t need to run a background check or have a clear path or direction. We just need to belong, and be happy and comfortable right where we are. Jupiter in the domicile of the Moon will support us in making our body a sanctuary and building our safe nest in the world for the new growth to come.  Jupiter in Cancer doesn’t care about missing scientific data but delivers trust in life at the most basic level - you are safe, you are nourished, you are taken care of.
 
This significant shift in the Cancerian part of our life is not just about Jupiter improving its dignity. Do you remember, the long and gruesome period of Mars retrograde in Cancer when Mars struggled in the sign of its fall? I believe that Jupiter´s journey through the sign of Cancer is an opportunity to turn previous curses and misfortunes into blessings. 
The presence of Jupiter might bring a feeling that our struggles are a sacred part of our lives and that all the pain we’ve been through was worth it as it is an integral part of our greater life story. 
 
Imagine Mars in Cancer like an unbreathable hot summer day. You feel like you cannot take any more pressure. You hear the thunder, you feel the charge in the air but the release is nowhere in sight. And now imagine a hot summer day, the pressure is building up, you know something is coming, you don´t know what it´s going to bring but you trust that anything will be better than the current situation. Then you suddenly feel IT in the air. There is a change of atmosphere. The wind picks up the speed, you hear the thunder getting louder and then you feel the first drops of warm summer rain on your body. And you just stand there, getting soaked in fertile summer rain. You feel rejuvenated. Jupiter in Cancer brings the release. The worst is behind you, you can start fresh again. There is a feeling of lightness and support and natural trust towards your environment like you are being carried by the water.
 
Cancer season is the energy of summer. Summer is about slowing down, basking in the Sun, making memories with your friends and family, and enjoying life's little pleasures. For me, summer starts with the annual ritual of making elderflower "champagne". I've been making it for many years using the same recipe. I can never tell if I get a refreshing summer drink or end up dumping the whole batch. The process is out of my control. This year I started early making a quick batch just before my vacation. As I was in a rush, I opted for large plastic bottles instead of small dark swing-top bottles made from heavy-duty glass. When I got back home, my kitchen was a sticky mess and those convenient plastic bottles were shredded in pieces. What does it have to do with Jupiter in Cancer? Everything. I wanted to illustrate that the blessings of great benefic Jupiter can be harnessed when we´re ready to receive them. I acted at odds with what Jupiter in Cancer will require from us in the upcoming year and I rushed the process eager to get the end product.
 
Jupiter in Cancer asks us to slow down and choose the right container that has the capacity to receive its expansive blessings. This energy is about tending our lives with great care, paying attention to the current moment, and enjoying the process where the end goal is just an extra benefit. The sign of Cancer represents a feminine energy, a receptive principle that doesn't push its agenda. It follows and reflects the flow of events in its environment. Jupiter in Cancer asks us to stay open, savor the moment, and let the blessings come to us. These blessings might certainly feel more fated as the Moon, the ruler of Cancer, is traditionally tied to fortune. 
 
To get a sense of what themes and topics Jupiter is bringing to your life, don’t focus just on the ingress on June 9 but pay special attention to Jupiter's cazimi with the Sun on June 24, 2025. This moment marks the rebirth moment of the Jupiter story. It is followed by a very auspicious New Moon in Cancer the next day that will carry this energy forward.
 
Jupiter in Cancer brings a boost not just to your Cancer house but also to the houses of Sagittarius and Pisces that Jupiter rules. You might also expect some extra support for your planets in water signs as Jupiter will be engaged with them in a beneficial trine. 
 
The ingress of Jupiter on June 9, 2025, marked by the presence of Mercury in the domicile of the Moon, has an emotional message for us, it comes with a request for nostalgia, it invites us to go back to ourselves and to follow the calling of our body.
 
​Keep hope alive, keep dreaming.
Petra