June 29: Jupiter Enters Leo - Showtime!

 

Jupiter enters Leo
June 29, 2026
10:52 PM (PDT)

Since 2000, Jupiter has been in Leo during these periods:

July 13, 2002 – August 1, 2003
July 16, 2014 – August 11, 2015

Do you remember where you were and what was going on in your life? Boilerplate Jupiter in Leo is: "Let's get loud."

Everything gets filtered through the question: "Is it big enough?" Remember the launch of American Idol? How about the Iraq War? Very 2002 Jupiter in Leo.   People can seek and be a hero during Jupiter in Leo.  

Then in 2014 social media influencers infiltrated our phones, Hamilton debuted, and branding was everywhere. Streaming was ramping up and by 2014 binge-watching had become a thing. So, the bigness that Jupiter craves and Leo provides was largely unfettered in both cycles.

What will it look like this time?

This Jupiter in Leo is not working in a vacuum. During its one-year cycle Jupiter will interact with all the outer planets. It will trine Neptune in Aries, sextile Uranus in Gemini, oppose Pluto in Aquarius, and later trine Saturn in Aries.

Jupiter likes big and Leo is big, but this may be even too much big for all of us.

This is the first Jupiter-Pluto opposition since Pluto entered Aquarius, so we should all watch this space. By all measures, this can be a difficult aspect for anyone who lives to be the center of attention.

Galileo posed a simple question: What if the Earth revolves around the Sun rather than the Sun revolving around the Earth? For challenging the accepted view of his time, he was condemned and placed under house arrest.

This time the opposite may be in play.

If anyone insists on being the center of attention, they may be called out. Egos not left at the door could get their asses kicked.

Let's put a red square around these dates and see how Jupiter in Leo plays with others:

July 20 — Jupiter trine Neptune (4 AR)
July 20 — Jupiter opposite Pluto (4 AQ)
July 21 — Jupiter sextile Uranus (4 GE)

In the meantime, think back to 2002–2003 and 2014–2015. What was happening in your life? What themes emerged? And is there anything from those periods that might be returning for another look during this Jupiter-in-Leo cycle?