The transit aspect of Jupiter and Ketu

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Dear friends,

 

The aspect of Jupiter and Ketu draws closer by the day. Today Jupiter

is at 4° 40' Sagittarius and Ketu at 6° 09' Leo. As Jupiter rules

religious insitutions, the judiciary and financial institutions and

Ketu rules sudden and even violent devleopments, this chould be an

interesting time to keep a watchful eye on the affairs of religious,

judicial and financial institutions.

 

As we know, Jupiter is weakened by its combustion with the Sun, hence

its indications are more vulnerable at this time. Today, the Sun is

at 26° 30' Scorpio. The weakness of the Sun transitmits to Ketu,

which is located in its sign, Leo. This is important, because the

impact of weak functional malefics is more harmful than when they are

strong.

 

As the Sun will be weak in transit until next week and at the same

time combusting Jupiter, the aspect between Ketu and Jupiter will be

creating some problems, even if they are both moving at normal speed;

Ketu backwards (retrograde) and Jupiter forward.

 

Some transit-to-transit aspects involving these two planets in the

days or weeks ahead:

- Tuesday December 18th: exact aspect of Jupiter at 6° Sagittarius

and Ketu at 6° Leo.

- Thursday December 20th: Mercury conjoins Jupiter at 7° Sagittarius.

- Friday December 21: Sun at 5° 40' Sagittarius is aspected by Ketu

at 5° 40' Leo

- Sunday December 23: Sun conjoins Jupiter at 7° Sagittarius

- Thursday December 27: Jupiter at 8° Sagittarius is opposite Mars at

8° Gemini.

 

In the Cancer rising SAMVA USA chart, the simultaneous weakness or

affliction of Jupiter and Sun in H6 by Ketu in H2 suggests there will

be shortlived setbacks to their indications. In particular, the Sun

is a co-indicator of banking institutions, with Jupiter. Given this,

we would expect that the US banking sector will have more than its

fair share of problems in the coming week. This is especially so as

transit L4 Venus becomes conjunct natal Ketu at 17° 46' Libra H4

around 15 December. The sub-prime loan defaults might therefore again

attract some attention in the news (after having retreated from the

front pages for some days now). Interestingly, investment banks in

the USA will be declaring their profits in the 4th quarter in coming

days. It is likely the outcome will not be to the markets liking.

 

In the Virgo rising chart for Iceland, a big issue these days is if

religious teaching of the state church is to be allowed in the

schools. Many politicians are against removing it from the schools,

while the minister of education says the country must follow the laws

of the European Union which states that such a practice is in

contravention of religious freedom. This development is very much in

line with L4 transiting its own sign and house (H4) under the aspect

of Ketu in H12.

 

Best wishes,

 

Thor