ASPECTS OF THE SUN AND JUPITER

THE HARMONIOUS ASPECTS

These are commonly supposed to confer abundant wealth and success; but their action
seems actually to be predominantly intellectual.
They confer mental powers above the ordinary, and an inoffensive, quiet, benevolent
disposition. In so far as they bring success they do so by means of intellectual achievements more
often than in any other way; but they do not care for the competition and hardships of industrial life
and prefer to live peaceably, often in circumstances of natural simplicity rather than the opulent state
that tradition has rather led us to suppose. Their wants are few and moderate and their pleasures
are generally intellectual. Where the native takes part in arduous enterprises (as James II, an able
admiral prior to his coronation) Mars will be found prominent.
It is a good aspect for the sea and all things connected therewith, as well as for law,
publishing, religion, foreign lands, and all other matters of the 9thhouse, as well as for those of the
12th.
It is of interest to see that both William II of Germany and President Ebert had this trine in
the same signs. William was certainly a religious man, though the debility of both bodies made his
religion distorted. He was also brilliant intellectually.
I have known Sun Trine Jupiter men who lived cheerfully in poverty, possessing almost
nothing except books, good spirits, and moderate health. It is the least personally ambitious of any
configuration and can even be shy. From an external point of view it is high beneficent and
protective, so that the native is very rarely in want of anything; his simple needs are usually supplied,
sometimes, as it were, providentially. In the same way it protects against ill-health and accidents,
and it is a powerful aid in combating the effects of any malefic aspects.
Contrary to what might be expected, it is averse to travelling, or cares but little about it,
unless there is an intellectual desire to gratify. It has no restlessness. Such journeys as it likes are
of a mild sort, to take a little rest or visit friends for a quiet time. I have noticed that even highly
intelligent men, possessing ease and leisure, travel little if they have this contact, although one might
suppose that a desire for experience and knowledge of the world would cause them to visit distant
lands and peoples. It can be very conventional and stereotyped.
It is morally sound, having neither the desire nor the daring to commit crime and being,
moreover, kindly disposed to all.

THE CONJUNCTION
This may be regarded as a potent benefic influence, probably in a general way second to
none in this respect. It is more ambitious and active than the Trine or Sextile, but commonly it
resembles them in the simplicity of its life. It has literary, religious, scientific and philosophical
tendencies, and may also be inclined to military and naval matters.
It has the benevolence of the good aspects, but perhaps it is more vigorous, decisive and
direct in expression, and there may be a taste for invective or satire if Mars is also strong.

THE INHARMONIOUS ASPECTS

These are far more restless than the Trine or Sextile. The mental powers are often good, as
the examples below will confirm, but they are frequently used on behalf of unpopular or
unconventional causes, or in such a way as to do the native but little good in a worldly sense. There
is a fatal tendency to imprudence, carelessness, love of hazard, and blind optimism: they may result
in serious loss and financial or social entanglements. There is often a youthful and boyish freshness
that is quite as pleasant to behold as the steadier effects of the Trines and Sextile; but this juvenility
may lead to catastrophes when it means that there is a young head on old shoulders and the
responsibilities of age are carried in the spirit of the schoolboy.
They are adventurous and get into strange places and they do not care for grooves or
drudgery at all, in this respect contrasting with the tranquil good contacts.
They are prone to ignore authority and convention and can be self-opiniated and rebellious.
Sometimes there is a tendency to vainglory and show, but this depends, for its outward
manifestation, on Saturn, which may restrain open ostentation and relegate this propensity to the
unconscious whence may arise harmless but foolish dreams of pomp and circumstance.
The good nature is perceptibly less than with the favourable aspects; it can be selfish and
lazy, except when engaged on its own activities. It is less religious, but more superstitious and prone
to cults. It has not the quiet good breeding of the other aspects.
Nor does it appear to be fond of the simple life, though a faulty liver may drive it to temporary
abstentions. It may be alternately mean and wasteful, gluttonous and ascetic.

It seems to gain most from the good Saturnine contacts, either to the Sun or Jupiter. The
more profuse and precipitate sides of the influence are then held in check, and though there will be
certainly trouble of the 9th and 12th house order, this may be less the native's fault than his
misfortune, and may ultimately be surmounted by patience and care. Even faulty Saturnian action,
if prominent, may do something to neutralize an afflicted Jupiter, as two poisons may act as antidotes
one to another. But if Saturn be not so much afflicted as weak in action, both good and bad, the
results may be serious.
The cultivation of a steady, matter-of-fact attitude may be advised, and a constant
determination to seek only what has been earned by honest work. It will be well to distrust all who
offer short-cuts to success or attainment, or who paint things in roseate colours, appealing to the
gambling and get-rich-quick tendencies. The same applies to those false prophets who promise
occult or falsely so-called spiritual attainments as the results of stunts The native will often be
tempted with specious, unsound things, and the results may be grave, for the 12th house side of
Jupiter must not be forgotten self-undoing.
The evil effects will be materially lessened in a generally good map, or if the Sun and Jupiter
are otherwise well placed, as by sign and aspect. In any case, a contact of any sort with Jupiter
tends to lift the native above the sordid and commonplace if only in imagination.
The effects on the health are chiefly due to imprudence and excess in diet and to a defective
action of the liver with consequent toxemia. It tends to gout and obesity. Generally speaking there
is need for an active and abstemious life, but the native will probably dislike this prospect and
practice restraint too fitfully, if at all.