DADAstrology: Jupiter in Gemini Pt 1

Astrologer Vivian Hecimovich joins me to TALKTALKTALK about the beneficent giant, Jupiter, and its new ingress into a mercurial place

During the last weeks of Jupiter’s time in Taurus, I had the delight of recording an episode of DADAstrology with the Chicago based astrologer, Vivian Hecimovich of Stars in Alignment. 

Our intent was to focus on Jupiter’s time in Gemini, but, as tends to happen whenever you invoke Mercury’s airy spirit, the conversation took on a thousand lives of its own. 

The following interview is a continuation of that discussion — and an attempt at clarity. For those newer to astrology, we offer some basic meditations around the greater benefic and what to expect from its time in a mercurial place. 

Vivi Henriette: Let’s start from the beginning. When you’re introducing Jupiter to new astrology students, where do you begin? 

What is your personal relationship with the greater benefic? 

(For the astro students, there are two planets in astrology that are classified as “benefics” or bringers of beneficence, Jupiter and Venus. Jupiter is the “greater benefic” while Venus is the “lesser benefic.” Which f…