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♃︎ □︎ ♄︎ Jupiter square Saturn

Jupiter square Saturn is friction with a purpose: the appetite for more and the principle of limit pull at right angles and press for a decision.

Jupiter governs growth, belief, and good fortune; Saturn governs work, time, and responsibility. Read the aspect as the working relationship between them.

The square keeps them at cross purposes: Jupiter wants room to expand while Saturn wants a rule to keep, until a choice is made. Handled well, that pressure is the engine that gets things done.

Pushed in a good direction, it yields generous faith that opens doors sharpened by patience that builds something lasting. Pushed badly, it hardens into more for the sake of more set against fear that hardens into a wall.

Timing matters. When Jupiter forms this square to Saturn in the sky, it is a temporary weather system that comes and goes. Held in a natal chart, it describes something the person carries for life.

Here the square joins Jupiter (expansion and faith) with Saturn (structure and limits), held 90° apart.

Right now

Jupiter and Saturn currently stand about 121.1° apart, 31.1° away from an exact square. Watch it move on the live clock.

When: past and next exact squares

Computed from the ephemeris (UTC), not copied from a table.

More on this pair

• Saturn square Jupiter
• Jupiter conjunction Saturn
• Jupiter sextile Saturn
• Jupiter trine Saturn
• Jupiter opposition Saturn

Where these two stand today

• Jupiter in Leo
• Saturn in Aries

Related squares

• Moon square Saturn
• Mercury square Saturn
• Venus square Saturn

In traditional astrology this is interpretation, not fate. More: about squares · all aspects.