VOICES FROM THE STARS

Jupiter in Taurus and the Sublimation of Matter

Laura Bottagisio

Where the Sacred Fire no longer manifests itself because it is covered with many layers of dense and structured matter, Life bursts in with its Force to make its way in the evolutionary immobilism. This is what has happened to us with the passage of Uranus in Taurus, which will end in 2026 with the entry of the planet into the next sign Gemini.

Taurus is the second sign of the zodiacal sequence, it represents the power of Fire to incarnate, take on consistency and solidity. With Aries, the Life Principle immerses itself in the wheel of linear Time; with Taurus, an earth sign, it gets bottled up in the limitation of the Form.

The journey within the zodiacal circle represents the formation on Earth of the complex visible manifestation, which materializes through what we call the Law of Survival. The three Kingdoms, animal vegetable mineral act driven and supported by this Law which governs the biological aspect of Nature. The appearance on the planet of Man, the fourth Kingdom, led to a faster evolution…or involution? What has been missing in our contemporary, crippled, highly technological, materialistic, molecularity world, which seems to be dictatorially consecrated to creative slavery, commanded by obscurantist forces that deny the existence of the Sacred Fire and the diffusion of His Incarnate Word?

The answer is:

Man's Consciousness has been missing, that stance, that centering of the heart that makes each of us the Presence of the Divine on Earth. JUPITER

In the first exploratory and experiential rides on the carousel of the twelve signs, in which we immerse ourselves completely in the natural Law of Survival that outlines us and pushes us into incarnated life, we forget our celestial origin which, from life to life, we must learn to recognize, reveal and bring into manifestation.

In the following laps we slowly learn to 'spiritualize' the Matter we have identified with. Little by little we free ourselves from earthly laws to immerse ourselves in the highest Cosmic Law which harmoniously and inexorably governs everything. Thus, we bring the Divine to Earth by acknowledging its emissaries!

Removing the dense 12 layers, which cover our divine spark, involves a series of tests and 'cumbersome' emotional repercussions, well described in the Twelve Labors of Hercules by theosophist Alice Bailey.

Hercules is the Hero who awakens in us the moment we raise our eyes to Heaven.

From the first to the twelfth labor/sign, each stage is a test which, if/when passed, opens a door within us which introduces us into a new and unknown inner space. Each time, a veil hiding the Truth dissipates, we move towards refulgence, that diffused luminescence that does not create a shadow because it is omnipresent radiation.

The evolutionary aspect in the zodiacal wheel is not a circular, but a spiral movement. Taurus has become the stage in which the Hero can transform and sublimate the matter of his biological physicality to make himself suitable for receiving the powerful cosmic energy, reaching through infinite and infinitesimal particles of light.

Having freed the path from the veils of the Great Illusion, we start again with Aries, the spark recognized as such that ignites and makes all things new, and Taurus which offers us the illuminated vision.

It is said that the Buddha was born, enlightened and left his physical body at the full moon of Taurus. Alice Bailey in the Labors of Hercules condenses the true essence of Taurus in one sentence 'I see and when the eye is open all is light'. The open eye is the Third Eye, the one that sees everything.

Positions of Jupiter in the Zodiac Wheel

In order to draw the symbol of Jupiter, , we start with the curl that creates a wave, a spiral, idea of movement, and continue concluding with an intersection, a cross, with the idea of rooting. This is the primary meaning of Jupiter:

"I take from the universe and take root in the earth."

Since there is no concept of limitation, shortage or misery in the universe, Jupiter represents expansion, prosperity, abundance, protection and ultimately, foresight.

It is domiciled in Sagittarius and Pisces, both above the horizon and Neptune, yearning and aspiring to unknown (Sagittarius) and unlimited (Pisces) spaces.

We need a good dose of openness, optimism, and an amplified and expanded vision that only Jupiter's energy can give, to embark on a journey into the unknown,

According to a path defined as 'initiatory', Jupiter also activates the strings of Virgo and Aquarius, in this case they vibrate according to a rhythm that is no longer biological but connected to the soul, activating the more evolutionary and balancing forces of the two signs. Virgo is the incorrupt Mother who prepares to welcome and nourish the incarnation of the Christic light (Pisces), to choose the seed (Libra) and to be fertilized by it (Scorpio). The French Gothic cathedrals of Notre-Dame (Our Lady) were erected according to the position of the stars in the constellation Virgo. The Jovian note of Aquarius is instead the sustainability of the multi-faceted reality in which each entity maintains its individual gradient although perfectly integrated into the whole.

The vision extends to both lower and higher worlds which, without haste or obligation, communicate for the common good.

Jupiter in Taurus

Jupiter travels the Zodiac in twelve years, 30° each year. It entered Taurus in May 2023, where it will transit until May 2024.

At the first level, that of survival, the planets are often 'used' in a manipulative and deceitful way to distort true reality and tame the weakest minds. We can all see how economics, politics, war conflicts are leading Humanity towards an abyss.

Regardless of this current situation, we can try to interpret the planetary passages from a higher point of observation. We take the lift and go up to the upper floors, more rarefied and closer to the light source.

We go up from our first chakras to the upper ones and try to position ourselves on that of the Third Eye where the frequencies are more 'meditative'. From this position it is easier to amplify the vision and lighten the weight that suffocates the spirit. The aim is not to escape but to transform. The planetary forces retain their fundamental note, but as they go higher, they also change frequency.

According to Lisa Morpurgo's methodology, the exaltation of Jupiter is in Taurus, and it is the one we are going to 'read', strictly inherent to its current transit.

Upon entering Taurus, Jupiter immediately found itself having to deal with Pluto as soon as it entered Aquarius. The powerful quadrature aspect formed in the sky from our terrestrial angle immediately manifested itself in unprepared, or less balanced, minds as a shock and an unbalancing short circuit, capable of bringing to their knees those who built on clay. Pluto doesn't give discounts and sometimes not even the Jovian protective force can be able to counter Pluto's mighty strategies if we are positioned on... the 'ground floor'!

Let's go up and reach a higher level of view, where Jupiter presents itself as a vital force that feeds our thoughts and actions with its light. The quadrature that forms with Pluto is well placed at the beginning of Aquarius, it is no longer an element of destruction, but becomes an opportunity to bring to the surface every smallest trauma, lack or suffering forgotten in the psychic depths that one has not yet had the courage to face.

Freedom and the courage to express the truth of who we are need clarity and cleansing of any toxic psycho-emotional waste. In this way we can re-invent ourselves as beings capable of emanating harmonizing frequencies.

This process is not without suffering since everything that needs to be cleaned up and become crystalline must necessarily pass through the Center of the beating heart.

It is a process which, albeit painful, creates a golden bridge between the physical heart and the soul heart. Integrating each other by resonance, they begin to cooperate for the common good and the evolution of the whole planet. At this level of expression Jupiter is declined as a quality of Love and Wisdom and manifests itself as an acceptance of the heart, a healing force and conscious expansiveness.

During its current transit in Taurus, in addition to the initial square with Pluto, Jupiter will come into contact with other planetary forces:

In June 2023 he will dialogue with Saturn in Pisces. In mutual assonance, the two Planets have great projects in store for us, if we keep ourselves open with their emanation. Becoming aware of our inner joy and willingness to express it will help us receive their messages.

Jupiter will be retrograde from September to December and from that position it will still speak to Saturn through the golden ratio of 72°, to reiterate that thanks to our will we can become increasingly aware of the crystalline consciousness, the Christ Consciousness that inhabits us.

Before leaving Taurus, to enter Gemini, Jupiter will put itself at the service of the three transpersonal Planets, Uranus Neptune Pluto (respectively in sextile and trine conjunction), to give us the confirmation to continue our journey of Light and keep our thoughts firmly on the Divine Purpose to make manifest on Earth: Beauty, Love and Harmony.

The transit of Jupiter in Taurus requires us to 'Sublimate' the matter of which we are made of and in which we live.

Laura Bottagisio

Edited and Translated by Antonella Vicini