Jupiter is the natural or generic planet that represents the spouse in a woman’s birth chart. But, does Jupiter as the husband work if you are gay or lesbian?
How to Figure Out if Jupiter Could be Your Husband
In every relationship, there is one person who is predominately the masculine energy and one person who is mostly feminine energy. This is true whether you are gay, lesbian, or straight. There has to be a polarity to create attraction.
However, the great majority of my clients are straight so I haven’t done enough gay couple charts to be able to say with certainty that the same principles apply regarding Jupiter (and Venus as the wife for a man).
If you are a feminine-energy person, Jupiter could be the natural ruler of the husband for you. If you are the masculine energy partner, then Venus could be the natural indicator of wife for you. But like I said above, I don’t know for sure.
Jupiter & Venus As the Spouse-Producer (DK) Planets
Your Spouse-Producer planet, the Darakaraka (DK), could be Jupiter, even if you are the masculine energy person. In that case, your feminine energy partner will have a Jupitarian personality and outlook on life.
If you are a woman, your DK could be Venus, or the other feminine-energy planet, the Moon. This means your partner will be interested in the significations of Venus or the Moon and exhibit some feminine qualities.
EXAMPLE of Venus and the Moon as the Spouse-Producer Planets:
For instance, I’m a straight woman, but Venus is my DK, and the Moon rules the 7th house of the partner in my birth chart. The Moon and Venus are the two feminine-energy planets!
My first husband had the Sun and Jupiter together in the sign of Cancer in the first house. (Cancer is ruled by the Moon – the Moon is my 7th house ruler). His “Self-Producer” (Atmakaraka) planet was Venus, the same planet as my “Spouse-Producer” (Darakaraka).
My current husband’s Atmakaraka is Saturn but influenced (aspected) by Venus, so he too fits my Venus Darakaraka. His ascendant ruler, Jupiter, is with the Moon. The Ascendant ruler is a “Self” factor so my current husband’s ascendant ruler being with the Moon fits my 7th house ruler the Moon.
Both of my husbands were, and are, both quite masculine men, but also have “feminine” qualities. My first husband liked to sew and crochet (he was an advanced martial artist, something I consider to be warrior-masculine, so I was quite surprised he owned a sewing machine).
My current husband doesn’t mind doing the dishes (thank God!) or grocery shopping, and he is interested in the arts such as the visual arts, movies, plays, music., etc (Venus things). Yet he also has a Great Fortune Yoga consisting of the Ascendant, Sun, and Moon all in masculine signs.
So, as you can see, there are different ways the spouse can manifest astrologically in your life. If you have the birth charts of your exes you could have fun seeing how they fit the partner planets in your natal chart.
The Darakaraka (DK) is the SPECIFIC Planet for the Spouse
The DK is the specific planet for your spouse, and that planet has the most say in what your partner is like, more than Jupiter or Venus alone (unless they are the DK planet, of course). Jupiter as the husband is the natural, or generic, ruler for a woman, and Venus as the wife is the natural, or generic, for a man. But you could have ANY planet be your Darakaraka planet.
These are the partner factors in your birth chart:
- The Darakaraka planet (the planet at the lowest degree in any sign)
- The 7th house ruler and the planets with the 7th house ruler have an influence too
- In the Navamsa (D9), the 7th sign & planets from the Atmakaraka
- Possibly Jupiter for the predominant feminine-energy partner
- Possibly Venus for the predominant masculine-energy partner
As you can see, several factors determine and describe the spouse in your birth chart, whether you are gay, lesbian, or straight! Jupiter could be your spouse planet, but so could any other planet.
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That’s an interesting idea, Navinchandr. My understanding at this time is that the lunar Nakshatras are what primarily determines sexual compatibility. But astrology is complex and vast so I’m sure there are other factors involved too.
Hi Karen,
Just writing about your statement at the beginning of your post, “In every relationship, there is one person who is predominately the masculine energy and one person who is mostly feminine energy. This is true whether you are gay, lesbian, or straight. There has to be a polarity to create attraction.”
I’m LGBT+. I noticed you didn’t mention a neutral gender. You have two genders, instead of three.
In LGBT+ relationships it isn’t the case that there is always one dom feminine energy person and one dom masculine energy person, as expression and identification of gender is cultural. LGBT+ relationships generally have their own sub-cultures, and gender identities develop differently depending on how safe a society/culture allows people to be in expressing themselves and naming their feelings, actions and being.
So, saying that there is ALWAYS one person who is more masculine and one who is more feminine is not acknowledging the impact that safety can have on gender identities (and sexual preference). It’s also not acknowledging the neutral.
LGBT+ partnerships and gender haven’t been explored in most astrological cannons. I guess I’m saying, you’ve put an absolute statement there about gender identities in all partnerships when your experience and the experience of those you’ve most likely studied haven’t explored the area. I encourage you to look into the “neutral” gender.
Best wishes though and I appreciate the information provided on this website. Wishing you well, Trish
Hi Trish, thank you for your thought-provoking comments on this complex issue. Perhaps a better way to put it is that in any given situation where two people connect, there has to be polarity to create that connection. Who it is can change over time, and change many times, in a relationship. Also, it’s interesting that in astrology, which is a study of nature, there are male planets, female planets, and ‘neuter’ planets (Mercury and Saturn), which I think can be the neutral gender you speak of. In my practice, I’ve noticed that gay and lesbian people’s charts have a strong influence of the neuter planets Mercury and Saturn, though not every person who does is gay or lesbian. It’s also possible that a lot of the complexity in the LGBT world is currently cultural and will continue to shift as culture does (in an individual’s birth chart, it can even be largely influenced by the planetary time period they are in). The issue of safety does make sense in that environment/culture does shape all of us to some extent on how we express, or how much we express ourselves. Suppression and persecution certainly must have a strong influence. There is such a spectrum in gender expression even in straight people, let alone LGBT people! I have a hard time keeping up with the acronyms and the meanings of them, but as an astrologer, I’m open to learning about how people are experiencing and expressing the planets 🙂 Thank you for writing!