Despite a disastrous end to the previous year, the year 2022 ushers in a new horizon of possibilities. Jupiter, the planet of wisdom and expansion, has returned to Pisces, where it will dominate for the majority of the year, as of December 28, 2021. Even if the year begins with a Venus retrograde and ends with a Mercury retrograde in mid-January, the sensation of restricted freedom cannot persist indefinitely. Every floodgate is blown open when Jupiter unleashes the force of Pisces, causing a downpour of consciousness, creativity, and imagination. Regardless of how bleak the current outlook, 2022 has the seeds of creativity and fruition, of realizing aspirations and uniting with romantic, spiritual, and fantasy objectives.
From December 28, 2021, to May 11, 2022, Jupiter swims across Pisces, and then again from October 28 to December 21, 2022. Jupiter will spend the summer in Aries, from May 11 to October 28, focusing on themes of independence, drive, desire, and embodiment. Jupiter moves retrograde from July 28 to November 23, causing a halt or review of its progress. The first seven months of the year, through mid-summer, are good for working with the planet of light and synthesis. Read our Jupiter in Pisces guide for more information on how to take advantage of the year’s biggest awakening.
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JUPITER BASICS
Mercury and Venus, the planets nearest to the sun, move through the zodiac at a frantic rate, completing the twelve-sign tale in a year and initiating personal changes and advancements as they go. Saturn and Pluto, for example, move within one sign for several years at a period, signaling epochs and generational transitions for the entire population. Jupiter falls in the middle, taking roughly twelve years to complete a full revolution in your horoscope at a rate of about one sign per year.
Jupiter is called after the god-king who sent lightning bolts of insight from the skies and traveled freely among his human people, seeking coital pleasures and adventure without bounds. It’s showtime everywhere the planet goes, with a great cosmic spotlight on a certain place in your horoscope. Jupiter, like Pisces, rules Sagittarius, a sign obsessed with learning and self-improvement, and as its emissary, Jupiter absorbs experiences and synthesizes them into wisdom. Wherever Jupiter goes, it delivers results, clarity, and momentum.
JUPITER IN AQUARIUS
Jupiter has been collaborating with Saturn in Aquarius, a sign concerned with new modalities, technologies, and worldwide progress, from December 20, 2020 until December 28, 2021. On a public level, Jupiter has accelerated the distribution of vaccines, knowledge, and new technology in an effort to bring us up to speed with the existing world order and the coming decade. Jupiter has provided new platforms and frameworks for artistic expression, interpersonal functionality, and tailored healing on a personal basis. Jupiter, in a sign of creativity, has aided you in developing your own vision of how you wish to work and live.
JUPITER IN PISCES
Remember back in May of 2021, when everyone you knew had received their second vaccine and restaurants were starting to reopen, when witnessing your favorite drag queen live for the first time was no longer a pipe dream but a reality? Remember the first time you went back to the beach after a long winter in the dungeon and the doldrums? That was Jupiter’s summer peek in Pisces, which lasted from May 13 to July 29, 2021, before the great planet had to return to its Aquarian duties.
This year follows a similar pattern, with Jupiter going direct in Pisces, spending the summer in Aries, and then returning to Pisces in the fall and winter. Finally, Jupiter has returned to its proper place in the zodiac, the deep ocean, where all of our lessons, hardships, and joys have filtered in and combined to create something new. There are no bounds, no restrictions, and no reservations in Piscean consciousness. The Dune spice orgy and the big communion begin when Jupiter returns here. All of the coping methods, spiritual tools, artistic diversions, and odd conversations begin to converge after so much time feeling stuck and limited. You can start a new community or a new selfhood right now. You may start making your aspirations a reality.
It all culminates in April, when a whopping five planets enter Pisces, and Jupiter and Neptune, the sign’s rulers, realign for the first time in 50 years in their undersea kingdom. It’s Sofia Coppola season, which means it’s time to throw yourself headlong into the idyll, engage in your artistic activities, and open all doors to higher consciousness. You’re just another female in a sweater in the city, but during Jupiter in Pisces season, you’re a holy vessel.
JUPITER IN ARIES
Jupiter enters Aries, the sign of independence, energy, and velocity, on May 11th. Jupiter will give us a glimpse into 2023 and beyond from now until October 28, when the society turns from witchy to vampiric. We get to hammer it harder as the atmosphere moves from Blood Orange to Megan Thee Stallion, from diaphanous to low-rise. While Jupiter in Pisces takes us into the realms of the unknown via the cinematic imagination, Aries reintroduces us to our bodies and the immediate sensations of action and desire. You’ll have nearly a year to embrace an enterprising attitude and take initiative in love and career when Jupiter returns for a longer stay in 2023. This is a sneak peek, a chance to sit in the driver’s seat of your dreams.
WORKING WITH RETROGRADES
Jupiter enters Aries on July 28 and moves backwards into Pisces on October 28, only to return to direct motion from November 23 to December 21. It’ll be back on track in Aries for the last week of the year, ushering us into a daring 2023. The first five months of the year, as well as the brief December gateway, are great for tapping into Piscean creativity. Set your goals for May, June, and July, and make sure you’re firing on all cylinders.
The retrograde period, which runs from July 28 to November 23, does not mean that your dreams will fade or that the celebration will come to an end. Consider this retrograde more of a review, an opportunity to integrate and, better yet, finetune the lessons learned in the first half of the year. Jupiter, like Zeus, is prone to acting without much accountability, rushing forward at a rate it can’t entirely control. A retrograde provides an opportunity to double-check that the changes are permanent. Saturn will enter Pisces in 2023, giving structure to the changes Jupiter has brought about in your life. Expansion necessitates contraction. Allow yourself time to swim upstream and assess how far you’ve come and where you’re headed next. You have the solar system’s largest planet behind you. It will be worthwhile.
When Saturn is in Pisces, what happens?
There’s a built-in pressure with Saturn in Pisces to face uncertainty with courage and discipline. Your karmic challenges teach you how to develop faith, overcome your fears of drowning, and learn to manage emotional arousal. Addictions, phobias, and irrational fears may be a problem for you.
When was the last time Saturn was in Pisces?
With Saturn in Capricorn, self-preservation impulses are strong. Although you are significantly more responsible than the majority of people, you may have a love-hate connection with this aspect of your personality. In fact, you may have such high expectations for yourself that it feels far more comfortable to completely dismiss ambition and material success. Walking away gives you a sense of control, and the fear of losing control may be a powerful motivator in your life! This, however, can be restricting and simply serve to feed your fears. True, you may have tremendous goals for success buried deep within you, but you find it difficult to accept your ambitious side. You must also be wary of internalizing all of this and becoming cynical, disheartened, or bitter as a result.
In reality, you have a greater feeling of duty than most individuals. It can screw you up because it’s so heavy, and you wind up feeling overwhelmed and upset, bowing out of things too soon because you know they’ll be way too much for you to bear. With this natal position, giving up before you even begin is a regular problem. You may be harsher on yourself than necessary, which may prevent you from making a commitment that would otherwise be beneficial to you. When you look about, you may see that others appear to be less burdened or responsible, and that their lives appear to be simpler. Fear of failure can be a recurring problem in your life, and you can do a lot to protect yourself from the dangers of failurea defense mechanism that ultimately limits you in important ways.
Keep an eye out for a side of you that is too strict or law-abiding for your wellbeing. You may have instilled in yourself unreasonable ideals, and it’s essential to focus on distancing yourself from them without going too far in the opposite direction. People may have treated you as more mature for your age when you were younger, but this may have put too much pressure on you. You may struggle with the concept of working for someone in your profession, internally rejecting authority. You may still feel insecure about being your own boss since you prefer things to be predictable. Bones, particularly teeth and knees, can be particularly fragile. This position, if Saturn is well-aspected, indicates a lot of common sense, practicality, and realism. Others admire you for being a responsible and reasonable individual.
Saturn’s house position and aspects provide further insights and refinements to your life’s Saturn teachings.
Saturn in Aquarius
With Saturn in Aquarius at its best, you have exactly the appropriate degree of skepticism to approach many issues objectively and scientifically. Friends value your unbiased and realistic perspective. Still, Saturn’s position teaches us a lot because it reveals some of our concerns. In the early half of life, with Saturn in humanitarian Aquarius, you may find it difficult to form intimate bonds with others. Your friendships, on the other hand, tend to be long-term, and you take them very seriously. It’s only that you can take things so seriously that you need to withdraw regularly, which can limit you over time. Because you can have a pretty rigid definition of “friend,” it’s doubtful that you consider acquaintances to be friends.
When you’re young, you may appear to get along better with people who aren’t your peersespecially those who are younger and older than you. When you’re young, you could be afraid of being the odd man out, and you’ll go to tremendous measures to avoid it!
You could also find it challenging to step beyond of your comfort zone, especially socially. Groups, crowds, and networks or networking might make you feel untrustworthy. When Saturn is under duress, you may be wary of taking risks and experimenting, but this can be beneficial in moderation. When you take on the obligations of a friend, though, you take them very seriously and may be extremely steady and devoted.
You may resist assuming too many extravagant future aspirations or plans, choosing not to put your faith in something that hasn’t happened yet. Trusting your intuition takes more time and work than most people realize. You’re picky not only about who you associate with, but also about whose aspirations and hopes you put your time and energy in. This strain lessens as you grow older and learn to trust and try new things on occasion, and you’re more likely to thrive. Feeling alienated can spiral into a vicious cycle that makes you feel increasingly more alienated over time, so keep an eye out for this.
Constriction of the legs, spine, or ankles is sometimes connected with this position. Saturn’s house position and aspects provide further insights and refinements to your life’s Saturn teachings.
Saturn in Pisces
Given the significant differences in the natures of the planet and the sign, Saturn in Pisces is a little tricky. You may be bothered by what appears to be excessive displays of emotion or vulnerability/weakness. However, you limit yourself by not fully letting yourself these very human features. In reality, you will go to great lengths for the underdog, but you are uncomfortable with the idea of being one. As a result, you are quick to shut down anyone who extends you anything that even remotely resembles pity. However, you may inadvertently communicate to people that you don’t require kindness, compliments, or support, and you may feel alone as a result. You can also be irritated by folks who appear to be victims, or who, on another level, are too spiritually “out there.”
You may be more averse to the usage of mind-altering substances than other people since you don’t like things or situations that make you feel out of control.
You can end up with more than the typical hazy feelings of dread, shame, or fear of the unknown since you’ve rejected them or don’t always process and fully identify with them because you experience some inhibition related to emotions. You can feel afraid if you don’t have faith or trust in your intuition (or life itself). Make sure you’re not clinging to problems that aren’t yours or feeling overly guilty.
Another aspect of this sign is that you may frequently assume the role of the strong supporter. This might also make you feel isolated and unsupported. You could feel more at ease providing practical assistance and advice than showing emotional support. You care, but it’s difficult for you to let go on this level. As you become more aware of how you may limit yourself and your experiences, you gradually begin to identify with the sensitive, untidy, or chaotic part of yourself.
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Is Saturn making a comeback?
What is the date of your Saturn return? When humans are between the ages of 27 and 31, they experience their Saturn return. When someone is in their mid to late 50s, it happens again. If someone is fortunate enough to make it to their third, they will be in their late eighties.
What is the frequency of Saturn’s return?
Your Saturn Return, to put it simply, is an astrological event that occurs every 27 to 29 and a half years. It is the moment when Saturn (the planet) returns to the exact position it was at the time of your birth.
Saturn is in Pisces for how long?
Finally, we reach the Pluto in Scorpio generation’s youngest members, those born with Saturn in Pisces. As a whole, this is one of the most empathetic groups of young people. Saturn entered Pisces for a brief period in late May 1993 and stayed there until the end of June 1993, spending just under six weeks at 0o of the sign. At the end of January 1994, it entered Pisces for an extended stay, which lasted until early April 1996. It’s worth noting that Pluto entered Sagittarius in November 1995, so this sub-generation would be labeled Gen Z for around 6 months (based on the way I personally divide generations). Some of these people also have Uranus in Aquarius, which is a sign I’d associate with Gen Z. As a result, a large portion of this sub-gen is an eclectic mix of Millennials and Gen Z, dubbed Zennials (as opposed to Xennials born in the early 1980s).
Saturn in Pisces is a little tricky to write about because the vocabulary of boundaries, limitations, and duties seems to be at odds with Pisces’ character, which is all about boundlessness, expansion, and liminality. In the ocean, how do you generate structure? How do you bind something that doesn’t take shape? These contradictions wind up containing the sub-deepest generation’s talents.
I was talking with a group of astrologers about Saturn in Pisces earlier this spring, and one thing that came up was that the rules of the water are different than the rules of the land, but there are still rules. To survive at sea, one must follow a tight set of rules and maintain the vessel and one’s body on a regular basis, but these are things you wouldn’t even consider doing on shore. When considering Saturn in Pisces, it’s vital to remember that Saturn behaves differently in Pisces than it does in its native sign, which nearly half of the Millennial age possesses.
While striving to understand how to traverse the rocky waters of life, Saturn in Pisces finds themselves in constant periods of surrender and sacrifice. While life is rarely stable these days, Saturn in Pisces people frequently experience seasickness as a result of the ups and downs they face while attempting to function as grownups in this crazy world. Their foundation is based on a fundamental knowledge that compassion for others is a given, but without a clear grasp on how to distribute such love without depleting their psychic, emotional, and physical vitality. They may never feel like they’ve done enough, because the weight of duty for assisting in the planet’s rehabilitation rests heavily on their shoulders. Although many of them are coming to comprehend that their ability to feel is also their greatest gift, it can feel like the heaviest weight.
To discuss this sub-generation, it may be useful to discuss Jupiter’s transits through the signs while Saturn was in Pisces. During this time, Jupiter passed through Scorpio, Sagittarius, and Capricorn, and I believe that these mini-generations inside this sub-generation are distinct from one another. Jupiter is the ruling planet of the zodiac sign Pisces, therefore it had a lot of effect on how Saturn manifested during its tenure there. In 1996, Jupiter was in Capricorn for three months while Saturn was in Pisces, and Pluto was in Sagittarius at the time, so I won’t comment on this group.
Maybe it’s because I’m a Scorpio, or maybe it’s because my younger sister is a member of this mini-gen, but the Saturn in Pisces group with Jupiter in Scorpio stands out to me. Jupiter, Pluto, and the North Node were all in Scorpio at the time. These people are dripping wet! This group, in particular, seems to have a depth of compassion that is unmatched. They simply want to help others heal! The conjunction of Saturn in Pisces, Jupiter, Pluto, and the North Node in Scorpio creates a very sensitive group of people who are sensitive to the collective’s suffering and grief. So many of them have felt compelled to tend to the world’s wounds, whether it’s assisting people in healing from emotional traumas or advocating for environmental justice, especially following their 2nd Jupiter visit in 2018. It’s critical that this group focus on their own healing while learning to use their abilities on others. I believe that many of these people are so committed to helping others that they often overlook their own needs. This group has a strong desire to sacrifice themselves, so be aware of this.
The group with Saturn in Pisces and Jupiter in Sagittarius may be a little more talkative and brazen than the latter group. These people are the world’s young thinkers. They are very aware of their surroundings and internalize global distress, which they process mostly through their thoughts. They are focused on developing ethical solutions to the world’s challenges utilizing the information they consume. This group has an eloquent quality to it, as they grasp the power of language and communications, as well as the various ways in which the internet can be used for good and evil. You don’t want to get into a Twitter feud with these people because they’ve got the zeal, the eloquence, and the receipts to back it up.
While Saturn in Pisces has around two and a half years until their Saturn returns begin in March 2023, they are still awakening to their talents. They begin to learn what resources they have to give in the construction of a New World when they are 25 years old. They begin to devote themselves to collecting and spreading information, as well as polishing their distinctive skills, from the age of 26. At 27, they must allow themselves to rediscover some foundation, to reconnect with their roots, and to respect the turning points in their lives. Their returns will be here before they realize it. Saturn in Pisces, I believe, will learn about boundaries in ways they never imagined imaginable. While their Saturns near the end of one full revolution around the zodiac, their foundations may feel shaky and unrealized, and that’s all fine! The return of Saturn will give them with the final set of tools they’ll need to finish building and securing their ship. They’ll learn to slow down, really slow down, and take care of themselves so that they’re not pouring from empty cups anymore. They’ll learn that it’s OK if their boundaries and structures differ from those of the rest of the millennial generation.
Friends, Saturn is in Pisces. I want you to know that you don’t have to carry the weight of the world’s grief on your shoulders. You may put that back into the Earth so that it can heal you as well. You also don’t have to have all of the answers right now, and knowing that you don’t is absolutely okay. Saturn in Aquarius will perform an excellent job of preparing you for your Saturn return by showing you how community can hold you and help you refill your energy while working on the construction of a New World. We’re all in this together, and we’ve got your back, Millennials.