Jupiter in Taurus

A small puzzle sits in Lilly's 1659 chapter on Jupiter. It lists the planet's night triplicity as Taurus, Leo and Sagittarius, where Aries would be expected, and his own sign chapters put Taurus with the earthy signs and Aries with the fiery ones. The line reads like a printing or transcription error, and this page treats it as one.

Setting that aside, Lilly gives Jupiter degrees 16 to 22 of Taurus as terms, and Taurus is the night house of Venus, a planet Ptolemy (Ashmand's 1822 translation) pairs with Jupiter as a benefic, a planet of temperate heat and moisture. Raphael's Guide of 1877, read by list position because its symbol is illegible in the scan, speaks warmly here and describes a well-set build with a good, generous, firm disposition.

On qualities the pair are opposites, since Lilly makes Jupiter hot and moist and Taurus cold and dry. Modern popular astrology usually reads comfort, material ease and a love of good things into the placement. That is a modern interpretation, and this page makes no claim about anyone's money.