Jupiter and Saturn both have astrological significations related to knowledge and wisdom.
Jupiter is expansive knowledge. The energy of Jupiter grows and billows outwards in all directions. The wisdom of Jupiter comes from the foresight to see beyond obstacles into new horizons. Jupiter brings faith, optimism, abundance, and hope.
Saturn is knowledge earned over time. The energy of Saturn constrains, crystallizes, materializes, gives form and structure. Saturn values effort, hard work, and consistency, and its rewards are patience and stamina. Saturn’s wisdom comes from a deep understanding of the value of time and age, the inevitability of death, and that everything has a cost.
Jupiter unhindered lacks a sense of limitations or boundaries and becomes bombastic, overbearing, and fanatical.
Unchecked, Saturn becomes rigid, cold, and pessimistic, with no sense of possibility.
Jupiter expands, Saturn contracts. Jupiter looks forward, Saturn looks back. Jupiter says yes and Saturn says no.
Jupiter and Saturn will be entering a rare conjunction on December 21, 2020, signifying the end of a 200 year cycle in the earth element, and starting a long cycle in the air element.
The influence of these two planets together is a unique opportunity to apply the principles of their transcendent and practical wisdom.
Wisdom has traditionally been depicted by the color gray, the mixture of black and white. Wisdom is only possible by thinking outside of duality, by embracing nuance, paradox, and the contradictions inherent in the world of relativity.
An example is an archer trying to hit the target with their arrow. The archer must aim slightly above the exact target because as the arrow flies up full of momentum (Jupiter), it is also subject to the pull of gravity downward (Saturn). The wise application of these forces allows the archer to hit their target.
Having the faith and optimism to let our arrow fly, but never forgetting gravity, allows us to achieve our aim in life and in the path.