One of the major aspects for 2024 has begun: an ongoing square from Jupiter to Saturn.
From August 2024 to June 2025, Jupiter will form three exact squares with Saturn.
The first two squares form from Jupiter in Gemini to Saturn in Pisces, while the third and final square forms from Jupiter in Cancer to Saturn in Aries.
Here are the dates and degrees of upcoming Jupiter-Saturn square aspects:
- On August 19, 2024, Jupiter at 17 degrees Gemini will square Saturn at 17 degrees Pisces.
- December 24, 2024: Jupiter at 14 degrees Gemini and Saturn at 14 degrees Pisces square
- June 15, 2025: Jupiter at 1 degree Cancer squares Saturn at 1 degree Aries
(Because these are aspects forming between slow-moving planets, you may want to add a week before or after these dates for things to peak.)
Before I get into how to deal with the Jupiter Saturn square aspect, I wanted to explore this aspect and where it fits in the longer cycle.
The seeds planted in December 2020 are beginning to sprout
This is the opening square from Jupiter to Saturn, the first major pressure point of a cycle that began in December 2020 when Jupiter and Saturn conjunct at 0 degrees Aquarius.
There’s a lot to dig into when it comes to the Jupiter-Saturn square and what it means at this time, but it’s helpful to understand that the driving and regulating energies of the current square from August 2024 to June 2025 have something to do with December 2020.
Although in different signs from December 2020 through mid-2024 and mid-2025, the square aspect between Jupiter and Saturn marks an important turning point for you, and all of us, in the cycle that began at the end of 2020.
As you contemplate adjustments and what to explore now or move away from, you may be guided by experiences, choices, and priorities that first emerged in late 2020 and early 2021.
Jupiter, Saturn, and the 20-Year Cycle
Jupiter and Saturn together mark 20-year cycles that represent periods of growth and contraction in society. Each 20-year cycle emphasizes certain elements depending on the sign in which the first conjunction is located.
The December 2020 conjunction in the air sign Aquarius, known as a grand conjunction, was particularly significant because it marked the beginning of a new pattern in over 150 years in which each aspect of the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction occurs in one of the air signs.
We live in a time of air sign energies: the rapid increase in the use of technology, the digitization of data and many aspects of modern life, the increasing movement and dispersion of people around the world, and the ongoing shifting and decentralization of centers of power and governance structures.
Jupiter and Saturn represent the kind of society we live in and how we want to interact with the society, culture and institutions around us.
So I have all these ideas, and more, in mind as I think about the Jupiter-Saturn square and how it will affect us in August.
Beginning of a waxing square: progress, dreams, wishes, efforts
This square aspect between Jupiter and Saturn is an opening square, similar to a waxing crescent moon or a waxing lunar phase.
It can bring an undercurrent of striving and dreaming about more, better things, a more blessed life that may be just around the corner.
Part of the inner tension you may be experiencing is exactly about this: Should I jump in now, or should I save up and stock up a bit more and jump in next year or the year after?
Your idea of ​​what a better experience is may or may not be the same as mine. The important thing here is: your Consider the ideas on this and adjust your life path accordingly.
This might mean that you want to align your efforts with a larger social or political movement, or it might mean that you’re committed to your own little corner of the world and looking for ways to make it more meaningful, interesting, or safe.
the your Life and the adventures ahead are up to you. (Making choices is a big part of what the square aspect represents!)
The Actions of Jupiter in Gemini and Saturn in Pisces
This connects to the crux of the square between Jupiter in Gemini and Saturn in Pisces: how do we balance our ideas of adventure, discovery, and growth with our desire for safety, protection, and security?
Saturn in Pisces is deep, quiet, cautious, and thoughtful. You may also be worried about the future, about aging, your long-term safety and health, and your financial prospects. Where will you be safest? What choices can you make that will help protect your situation, your resources, and your people?
Jupiter in Gemini is adventurous, agile, and full of possibility. You ask questions and are happy not having all the answers. What new experiences will help me grow? Where and how can I find more meaning and fulfillment in life? What options will be most fun and exciting?
Saturn in Pisces is a cold, dry planet in a cold, damp sign, and its heavy, slow movements will sink like a stone dropped into a pond.
Jupiter in Gemini is a hot, humid planet in a hot, humid sign, light and sticky like the steam you try to catch, making it difficult to grasp.
Questions, conundrums, and options
These different characteristics help explain some of the challenges you may be facing.
Are you craving security, stability, quiet sanctuary, and serenity? You might be paying more attention to Saturn in Pisces.
Are you feeling restless, bored, seeking new possibilities, wanting to take action or make big changes? You may be feeling more immersed in the spirit of Jupiter in Gemini.
The problem is, neither planetary aspirations operate in a vacuum now: your desire for what is solid, reliable, and secure may be at odds with your dreams for excitement, growth, intellectual exploration, and connection.
Working with Square Aspect
With square aspects, adjustments need to be made, but neither option can be ignored or downplayed: some of the essence of each planet needs to be brought forward.
The desire for connection through movement and the exchange of ideas, as well as a strong, protected space to be still and heal and feel, is specific to the current alignment of Jupiter in Gemini and Saturn in Pisces.
These very themes will be repeated and activated again in December when Jupiter in Gemini forms a second square with Saturn in Pisces.
2025: Jupiter in Cancer, Saturn in Aries
In June 2025, some details will change: Jupiter enters Cancer and Saturn enters Aries.
While the fundamental principles remain the same – how to grow, expand and pursue new opportunities, versus how to protect ourselves and maintain stability and security – each choice takes on a different tone.
In June 2025, Jupiter, the hot, moist planet, will enter a cold, moist water sign, and Saturn, the cold, dry planet, will enter a hot, dry fire sign.
Jupiter in Cancer is slower than Jupiter in Gemini but more nourishing and fertile. Saturn in Aries is faster than Saturn in Pisces but more reactive and less stable.
Long-term trends, life goals: 5-year plan
There are a lot of details and specifics to consider here.
Jupiter and Saturn speak to longer trends and timelines – after all, Saturn and Jupiter are the original outer planets.
As you think about the tensions and choices you’re facing now, it may be helpful to know that Jupiter will be in opposition to Saturn from December 2029 to November 2030.
The choices you make now – whether you prioritize safety and build a sense of security or pursue adventure and growth experiences – may guide your life for the next five to six years.
Jupiter in Gemini and Saturn in Pisces in your chart
It may be helpful to consider the Gemini and Pisces house topics in your personal chart: these are two sets of topics and themes that are currently being negotiated as you make adjustments in one area and seek to build or expand in another.
Three Excellent Planets: Mars in the Mix
And Mars too…
Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are the three superior planets. Ancient astrologers attached great importance to their movements, patterns and aspects.
Patterns involving all three superior planets are particularly significant, predicting important times when loyalties may shift, leadership may change, and collective tendencies may evolve.
Mars in Gemini picks up speed
Now in August 2024, Mars is involved, making this particular Jupiter-Saturn square aspect very powerful.
Mars will be in Gemini from July 20 to September 4, and will interact with Jupiter and Saturn to varying degrees from August 13 to 17. Mid-August is special, and while it may feel like too much, the cosmic pressures are high while Mars is in Gemini.
Mars brings heat and an active nature to insist on decisions and choices, even when you are not yet ready or fully informed.
There is a determination and boldness with Mars that may bring you to a decision, to realize what is right for you and what is not right for you.
Mars and Jupiter in Gemini: The Rapid Expansion of Everything
And yes, Mars and Jupiter in Gemini are totally hyper and overstimulating as well. Mars will fan the already fizzling flames of Jupiter in Gemini, and you may have days where you feel frantic, restless, frantic, or even chaotic.
Overall, new ideas, misinformation and lies can spread quickly, as can disease under this complex aspect of Mars and Jupiter in Gemini. This is an aspect that allows things to spread and spread without quality control or discrimination.
The extreme influence of Mars does not mix well with the volatile atmosphere of Jupiter in Gemini, although this is the most challenging aspect for Jupiter in Gemini.
Effective from August 2024
When Jupiter and Saturn form a square again in December 2024, Mars will be retrograde in Leo and will feel less interested in what Jupiter and Saturn are aiming for.
When Jupiter and Saturn form their final square in the new sign in June 2025, Mars will return to Leo and begin its own independent movement again.
Taking all this into account, August 2024 will be a pivotal month both collectively and individually.
The changes, adjustments, beginnings and endings you experience this month are part of a longer process of shifting your focus to what’s next for you and moving away from what has come before.
It’s often easier to track these changes in retrospect.
Controlling the source of your irritation: Making pearls
It’s important to overcome what frustrates you every day and move towards what makes you grow, and to have the courage to make your own choices and explore the passions that make you shine.
I recently asked people on Instagram how they experience these aspects and here are some of their responses:
- “I have so much to do and I’m so tired”
- “I’m trying really hard, but I’m hitting a lot of limitations.”
- “I’m definitely at my breaking point! I’ve been feeling it these last few weeks in bed.”
- “I try to juggle it all! But I need to set limits.”
- “While strongly aware of limitations, we also view them with a new understanding”
- “Definitely set limits this week! It’s a new experience!”
- “Slow down and take breaks between inspired actions.”
I know it’s a turbulent world right now, especially if you have a lot of mutable signs in your chart. If you have strong Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, or Pisces in your chart, if one of these signs is your ascendant or if your Sun, Moon, sect light, or ascendant ruling planet is there, you may be especially sensitive to and affected by these patterns.
When we recall the value of gravel and pressure in shaping beauty, we are reminded that oysters need an irritant before they can create pearls, and it is the powerful pressures deep within the earth that lead to the formation of gemstones like diamonds.
Skies like these can make you feel like pressure and frustration is setting in. If nature can create beauty out of these situations, I hope you too can create something beautiful for yourself and your life during these trying times.
What decision are you considering?
Source: Kelly Surtees Astrology – www.kellysastrology.com
