Jupiter in Leo
What Jupiter in Leo means, the traditional facts behind it, and when Jupiter is actually in Leo.
What Jupiter in Leo means
Jupiter, the planet of growth and generosity, sits in Leo, a fixed fire sign ruled by the Sun: steady in what it loves, warm toward whatever it shines on. Here, growth tends to come through wholehearted expression, such as making something, backing someone, or taking a visible risk. Your confidence expands most when you let what you enjoy be seen.
With other people
With Jupiter in Leo, generosity is one of the ways you show love: praise, gifts, time, a big gesture made gladly. People often feel celebrated around you. Friction can start when that warmth goes unacknowledged, or when a partner wants quiet steadiness more than a grand occasion. Closeness deepens when giving and receiving attention run both ways.
The growth edge
Jupiter enlarges what it touches, and in Leo that can include the wish to be seen. The question is how much of your expansiveness is for the joy of it, and how much is for the applause. Neither is shameful. Noticing which one is driving a choice lets you keep the warmth of Jupiter in Leo without making it depend on an audience.
A sign placement reads the same in every house system.
These interpretations are drafted with software assistance and edited by our writers. Astrology is a symbolic language, not a science — take what's useful and leave the rest.
The sign: Leo
- Element
- Fire
- Modality
- Fixed
- Polarity
- Yang: outward, active
- Ruler
- Sun
Essential dignity
Jupiter holds none of the four major dignities in Leo: no rulership or exaltation, no detriment or fall.
The four major dignities, from Ptolemy's table as Lilly gives it (1647).
When Jupiter is in Leo
Every stay of Jupiter in Leo between 1900 and 2100, useful for checking a birth year.
| Enters | Leaves |
|---|---|
| Aug 18, 1907 | Sep 12, 1908 |
| Aug 2, 1919 | Aug 27, 1920 |
| Jul 17, 1931 | Aug 11, 1932 |
| Jun 30, 1943 | Jul 26, 1944 |
| Jun 13, 1955 | Nov 17, 1955 |
| Jan 18, 1956 | Jul 7, 1956 |
| Sep 27, 1966 | Jan 16, 1967 |
| May 23, 1967 | Oct 19, 1967 |
| Feb 27, 1968 | Jun 15, 1968 |
| Sep 5, 1978 | Feb 28, 1979 |
| Apr 20, 1979 | Sep 29, 1979 |
| Aug 18, 1990 | Sep 12, 1991 |
| Aug 1, 2002 | Aug 27, 2003 |
| Jul 16, 2014 | Aug 11, 2015 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | Jul 26, 2027 · now |
| Jun 12, 2038 | Nov 16, 2038 |
| Jan 16, 2039 | Jul 8, 2039 |
| Sep 27, 2049 | Jan 14, 2050 |
| May 22, 2050 | Oct 18, 2050 |
| Feb 26, 2051 | Jun 15, 2051 |
| Sep 4, 2061 | Feb 26, 2062 |
| Apr 20, 2062 | Sep 28, 2062 |
| Aug 17, 2073 | Sep 11, 2074 |
| Jul 31, 2085 | Aug 26, 2086 |
| Jul 15, 2097 | Aug 10, 2098 |
Dates in UTC, to the day: a slow planet takes hours to cross a sign boundary.
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How this page is made
Sign facts and dignities follow the traditional tables; dates come from our own ephemeris engine. Exact about the astronomy, honest that astrology is a symbolic language.