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JUNCTURES OF JUPITER

JUNCTURES OF JUPITER

Jupiter in Cancer: The Soft Revolution—Lucky Is the One Who Knows What’s Worth Wanting| Through June of 2026 + Zodiacal Perspectives by House Sector

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Aug 15, 2025
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Jupiter entered Cancer on June 9, where it’ll swaddle itself in soft blankets and soul-yearnings until it shifts into Leo’s lava-lounge next summer—until June 29, 2026.

Jupiter, that benevolent gas giant of bounty and bold ideas, moves through each zodiac sign like a cosmic Santa Claus on a 12-year layaway plan—one year per sign, unless retrogrades pull the emergency brake…

And yes, traditionally Jupiter brings luck… but let’s crack that fortune cookie open and peer a little deeper into the actual nougat of it all.

What Is “Luck,” Anyway?

Let’s say Jupiter’s transit barrels through your second house and—voilà!—you win a large, glistening heap of money... everyone calls you lucky—you get quoted in local news, champagne sparkles, balloons rise… but check back a year later: are you happier?

Are you whole?

Or did you buy a mountain house you can’t climb and a vintage convertible you’re afraid to drive?

You see, luck without wisdom is like icing without cake—temporarily thrilling, but fundamentally hollow... Jupiter doesn’t just deliver what you want—it offers what you believe you want, until you learn better.

Which brings us to a curious conundrum:

How do we know what’s actually good for us?

Answer: we usually don’t.

Because glitter still dazzles…

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