Jupiter in Libra

Ptolemy (Ashmand's 1822 translation) describes Venus and Jupiter as sharing a temperate quality, with the difference that his warmth predominates and her moisture does. Libra, the chief house of Venus in Lilly 1659, therefore hosts the planet closest to its ruler in the old natural philosophy. Both are counted among benefics, a Ptolemaic label for planets of moderate heat and moisture.

Lilly's table grants Jupiter degrees 12 to 19 as terms and degrees 21 to 30 as face, a division that leaves a gap between them. The sign is hot and moist in the same table, an exact match for Jupiter on both counts. Ptolemy's separate chapter on weather says Libra tends toward change and variation, a remark about the atmosphere alone.

No passage here supplies a portrait of the pair. Modern popular astrology speaks of fairness, tact and faith in partnership under this placement, and the words are modern. The chart can say where Jupiter stood and goes no further about a marriage or a lawsuit.