Because I just published a story about Sagittarius, which is a Jupiter-ruled sign, this piece will focus primarily on Jupiter. I will describe the features of his character, what he tends to represent in astrology, and his natural significations.

In the northern hemisphere, this is a time when we are plunged into deep autumn. Where I live, it feels more like winter than fall. Daylight continues to wane and temperatures become cooler; deciduous trees shed the last of their leaves and any remaining perennial foliage blackens and grows mushy; non-domesticated animals are seen scurrying about, storing nourishment for winter.

In the esoteric scheme of light, this is the dark half of the year, initiated in Libra at the autumnal equinox, where the balance of light hands over to the dark. Darkness dominates and persists, consuming the light until the winter solstice when the light slowly begins to return. Sagittarius season is in the dark half of the dark part of the year (the “dark of the dark” or the “yang of the yang”). The transition between light and dark reaches its most intense depth in Sagittarius.