My client base, and where I learn about astrology, is super biased because, as a millennial, a lot of my clients are really also millennials or Gen Z. This means that, when I look at Jupiter in different signs, I’m really only seeing certain age groups between the ages of around twenty to forty.
I’ve noticed a huge difference between how people born around 1987 and people born around 1999 look to their Jupiter in Aries. People born in 1987 would be in their thirties and people born in 1999 would be in their very early twenties at the time of the writing of this article.
1987 Jupiter in Aries people see their Jupiters through the lens of DIY, anarchist, punk subcultures. They came to age during the days of zine making, of train hopping, and of riot grrrl. A lot of these people are into dystopian anime, big or small bands with bleached hair, and the idea that if you wanted to change the world, that you had to do it yourself.
There were and are a lot of complaints that the youth subculture of these scenes were patriarchal, that they silenced those who experienced harm, and that they tended to let people get away with bad behavior because there was this idea that everyone involved had a shared politic. As the writers of Betrayal: a critical analysis of rape culture in anarchist subcultures puts it:
“It would seem that throughout the anarchist milieu, wherever you turn, there is a community being ravaged by rape, by sexual assault, and by abuse. These cycles are neither new nor unique to anarchists. At first glance it seems surprising that our communities find themselves at least as vulnerable as any other to interpersonal violence. After all, don’t we begin from the starting point of opposition to domination, without which interpersonal violence could not exist? And yet, the one thing that ties these communities together, a supposed shared politics or political analysis, is often the weakest point in anarchist responses to interpersonal violence.”
The 1999 Jupiter in Aries people are a bit different. These are young people who were born right before Y2K, who don’t really remember the Bush years, and started to graduate high school right when Trump was elected. A lot of people in the 1999 Jupiter in Aries age group are starting their social lives and meeting their closest friends through protesting. They belong to the Generation Z cohort, for whom precarity is a prerequisite to life, and for whom partying is the last priority when you’re constantly having to think about survival all of the time.
Jupiter in Aries is the politics of rage—a politics created by rage. Different people who are different ages have different reasons to be rageful. For older millennials who were told that survival could be earned through institutional acceptance but who saw their futures sold when they were twenty-one or twenty-two to a Wall Street that was not held accountable, rage comes from being ripped off. For Gen Z who are told that they are expected to resolve the enormous debts of older generations who will not listen to them, rage comes from feeling simultaneously silenced and pressured to perform.
Rage looks differently on different people. Sometimes, rage turns into a deep sadness. Other times, it performs as nihilistic joy. Sometimes, it looks like a preference for thinking about a violent end to the world as we know it. Jupiter in Aries loves a good dystopian movie. They love to see the world burn.
At first sight, rage seems to be the origin of politics. After all, doesn’t political anger transform what otherwise manifests as severe masochism into powerful action? However, upon closer inspection, the assumption that a shared rage offers some kind of protection from violence is what makes movements weak. Not everyone who shares your rage will support you when you seek to take care of yourself or your community. As Sam Reynolds says, “some of the ones who are quick to drag may not be on your side.”
Jupiter is a planet that seeks to describe freedom. Freedom comes from good relationships. Jupiter in Aries can sometimes look to create freedom by sharing that emotion which alienates and shames us from one another—rage. However, Jupiter is Aries must realize that rage is not the only thing that can be shared. Jupiter in Aries doesn’t exist in isolation. It exists with eleven other Jupiter placements all of the time.
I’ve found that those with Jupiter in Aries but occupy different age groups often do not like one another. Millennials with Jupiter in Aries feel that Gen Z with Jupiter in Aries rely on social media to express their anger too much. Gen Z with Jupiter in Aries feel that millennials with Jupiter in Aries rely on big media—notorious punk brands and burned out rock stars—to express their rage too much. Both think that the other mediates their anger too much. And both are right. Both Jupiter in Aries generations are quick to spot nonsense.
The thing about rage, too, is that it cannot be mediated. It cannot be represented because Jupiter in Aries is a sign that believes only in action. This is a Jupiter ruled by its worst enemy—Mars. It is a Jupiter that is unable to believe in anything except the things that move us into unknown futures.
