What Jupiter in Scorpio means
Scorpio ranks fourth of the twelve Jupiter signs, yet almost nobody born in the 1960s has it: 0.4% of births in that decade, against 10.8% in the 1980s. The stay before ended on October 5, 1959, and the next began on December 17, 1969, so only the babies of the last two weeks of the 1960s carry it. The 1970s through the 2010s each hold between 10.1% and 10.8%. The 2020s hold none, because Jupiter did not enter Scorpio between 2020 and 2025; the next stay is 2029 to 2030.
Scorpio is fixed water, the sign of depth and secrecy, and of shared resources. It belongs to Mars, and to Pluto in the modern scheme. Jupiter is a guest, which is what peregrine means: it feels the sign's intensity without the ease a home sign would add, and its appetite turns toward the hidden thing, with the patience to dig it out. In a life this looks like the person who handles other people's money and secrets calmly. You end up the executor or the confidant, the one who knows where the paperwork is.
A folder of backups nobody else knows about is typical: holding things back as insurance comes naturally to this Jupiter, and mistrust sits underneath it. When a company restructures or a family argues over an estate, you stay in the room and ask the practical question, rarely in the loudest voice. Handing a secret or a salary figure to the right person is a skill you pick up later than you'd like.
Jupiter in Scorpio in love
Intimacy starts with knowing, so first conversations go deep fast and you might ask about an ex before the main course arrives. You test trust and notice small inconsistencies, and you'd take a partner who says the hard thing over one who smooths it over. Closeness, for you, includes shared money plans and a plain account of past relationships. Jealousy flares and then eases once a partner proves consistent. After you commit you're loyal and generous with what you have. Letting go after an ending is the harder part, and a small ritual helps this Jupiter move on, such as a letter you don't send or a shelf you clear out.
Where they find luck and growth
In research, investigation, therapy or finance you stay with a hard question long after it stops being comfortable, and the cases nobody else wants end up on your desk. A job loss can push you into a new line of work, and a failed deal teaches you how to read the next one. You're good at restructuring and turning things around. You hold your plan back until it's finished. Tell one person earlier, and they get the chance to say what they know about it.
Men and women with this placement
Jupiter in Scorpio man
A man with this Jupiter is private and intense, and he saves the best of his attention for a few people. He knows the balance of every account in the family without being told.
Jupiter in Scorpio woman
A woman with this Jupiter sees through people fast and keeps what she sees to herself. A Jupiter in Scorpio wife is fiercely loyal, and she expects her husband to be honest about everything, down to what the new tires actually cost.
Find your Jupiter sign
Enter your birth date. The calculator places every planet on the zodiac wheel for that day and tells you whether your Jupiter is in Scorpio. If Jupiter changed signs on your birthday, add your birth time.
| Planet | Sign | Degree | Stands for |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☉ Sun | ♑︎ Capricorn | 12°04′ | core identity |
| ☽ Moon | ♍︎ Virgo | 12°06′ | emotional needs |
| ☿ Mercury | ♑︎ Capricorn | 11°24′ | how you think and talk |
| ♀ Venus | ♑︎ Capricorn | 8°38′ | love and taste |
| ♂ Mars | ♑︎ Capricorn | 10°22′ | drive and anger |
| ♃ Jupiter | ♏︎ Scorpio | 10°01′ | growth and luck |
| ♄ Saturn | ♒︎ Aquarius | 27°09′ | duty and limits |
| ♅ Uranus | ♑︎ Capricorn | 21°40′ | change and rebellion |
| ♆ Neptune | ♑︎ Capricorn | 20°31′ | dreams and ideals |
| ♇ Pluto | ♏︎ Scorpio | 27°07′ | power and renewal |
| ☊ North Node | ♐︎ Sagittarius | 1°00′ | life direction |
| ⚸ Black Moon Lilith | ♈︎ Aries | 19°31′ | what you refuse to tame |
Without a birth time we check the whole day in US time zones. If a planet changed sign that day, both signs are shown; add your time to settle it. ℞ marks a planet that looked like it was moving backward (retrograde). North Node and Lilith are the mean positions.
Jupiter in Scorpio in numbers
- Share of birth dates
- 8.94%
- Typical stay in Scorpio
- 13 months
- Retrograde at birth
- 31.3% of them
- Element · quality
- Water · Fixed
Our count of all 35,064 birth dates, January 1, 1930 to December 31, 2025, at noon UTC.
Work, money and beliefs
Finance and insurance suit you, and so do research and crisis work, anywhere you handle other people's resources or secrets. Pressure costs you little, and colleagues call you when the audit goes wrong. You save without announcing it and invest with patience, and amounts rarely come up in conversation. An adviser outside the family who sees the whole picture suits this Jupiter. Your beliefs get tested first and stated later, once you're sure.
Your Jupiter and your Sun sign
Double Scorpio, Sun and Jupiter both, keeps the family secrets and is the last to share its own, so a partner has to ask outright. A Libra or Sagittarius Sun lightens the mood, and a Capricorn Sun puts the patience to practical use. Cancer and Pisces Suns deepen the empathy. Taurus, across the wheel, adds calm and some stubbornness to your depth.
When Jupiter is in Scorpio: dates and Jupiter return
Everyone born from October 11, 2017 to November 8, 2018 has a Jupiter return in the coming Scorpio stay, September 24, 2029 to October 22, 2030. Births from October 26, 2005 to November 23, 2006 had their return in that 2017 to 2018 stay, and births from November 10, 1993 to December 8, 1994 had theirs from October 26, 2005 to November 23, 2006. Our data starts with the stay of October 11, 1934 to November 8, 1935, followed by September 25, 1946 to October 23, 1947. Three pieces across 1958 and 1959 come next: January 14 to March 20, 1958, September 7, 1958 to February 10, 1959 and April 25 to October 5, 1959. A ten-year gap follows. Then three more pieces run from December 17, 1969 to September 11, 1971, namely December 17, 1969 to April 29, 1970, August 16, 1970 to January 13, 1971 and June 5 to September 11, 1971. Single stays came after: November 27, 1981 to December 25, 1982, November 10, 1993 to December 8, 1994, October 26, 2005 to November 23, 2006 and October 11, 2017 to November 8, 2018. About a third of these births (31.3%) happen with Jupiter retrograde.
| Entered Scorpio | Left Scorpio | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2029 | Oct 22, 2030 |
Dates in UTC: days when Jupiter stood in Scorpio at noon UTC. In US time zones a change can fall a day earlier; on the first and last day the exact time matters, and the calculator above checks it for your birthday.
Share by decade of birth. It rises and falls with the planet's cycle, not with fashion.
Jupiter in Scorpio compatibility
Someone with the Sun or Moon in Scorpio feels your loyalty at full strength. Taurus, the opposite sign, gives calm. A partner with Jupiter in Taurus, born from April 12, 1964 to April 22, 1965 or from June 5, 2011 to June 11, 2012, steadies your depth. Whoever you're with will have to ask you directly for what they need, since you won't guess it for them.
Both partners with the Sun in Scorpio: Scorpio and Scorpio compatibility.
Famous people and celebrities with Jupiter in Scorpio
- Carl Sagan, American astrophysicist, cosmologist and authorNov 9, 1934
- Judi Dench, English actressDec 9, 1934
- David Bowie, English musician and actorJan 8, 1947
- Steven Spielberg, American filmmakerDec 18, 1946
- Stephen King, American novelist and writerSep 21, 1947
- Britney Spears, American singer, songwriter, actress and modelDec 2, 1981
- Paulo Coelho, Brazilian lyricist and novelistAug 24, 1947
- Elvis Presley, American singer and actorJan 8, 1935
- Linus Torvalds, Finnish software engineerDec 28, 1969
Birth dates from Wikidata, only entries with a single sourced date. We list a person only if Jupiter was in Scorpio for the whole of their birthday in every time zone. A placement describes a style in the astrological tradition; it does not explain anyone's success.
More Jupiter signs
How common each Jupiter sign is, and where Jupiter is today: Jupiter signs.
In tarot, the Golden Dawn gave Jupiter the card Wheel of Fortune: its meaning upright, reversed and in love.
Other planets in Scorpio: ☽ Moon in Scorpio · ☿ Mercury in Scorpio · ♀ Venus in Scorpio · ♂ Mars in Scorpio · ♄ Saturn in Scorpio · ♅ Uranus in Scorpio · ♆ Neptune in Scorpio · ♇ Pluto in Scorpio · ☊ North Node in Scorpio · ⚸ Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio. Three or more of them together: stellium calculator.
Scorpio elsewhere on the site: Scorpio zodiac sign (the Sun in Scorpio: traits, dates, love) · Midheaven in Scorpio · Scorpio compatibility by birth date · Moon sign calculator · water signs · The Hanged Man (the tarot card of water) · in tarot, Death (the Scorpio card) · The Tower (the tarot card of Mars, ruler of Scorpio).
Jupiter in the sky now: where every planet is today · transit chart calculator (today's planets against your birth chart) · Scorpio horoscope 2027 (the year ahead for the Sun sign) · all planet sign calculators.
Jupiter in Scorpio in a full chart with a birth time on record: Elvis Presley's birth chart · Justin Bieber's birth chart · David Bowie's birth chart · Matt Damon's birth chart · Prince William's birth chart · Britney Spears's birth chart.
Questions people ask
What does Jupiter in Scorpio mean?
It describes the person who ends up as the executor or the confidant: calm with other people's money and secrets, and drawn to the questions others avoid.
Is Scorpio a good sign for Jupiter?
It's neutral by the traditional rules: Scorpio gives Jupiter no strength and no weakness. In practice you get resilience and resourcefulness, along with a habit of keeping things to yourself.
Does a Scorpio Jupiter make you lucky?
It shows in unpopular work you turn out to be good at, such as the audit or the repair after a crisis. Colleagues bring you the file nobody else will open, and openings tend to come out of those files.
Why do so few people born in the 1960s have Jupiter in Scorpio?
Jupiter's stay in Scorpio ended on October 5, 1959, and the next one began on December 17, 1969. Only 0.4% of 1960s births in our data, those from the last two weeks of 1969, carry it.
When is Jupiter next in Scorpio?
From September 24, 2029 to October 22, 2030.
When is my Jupiter return?
Births from October 11, 2017 to November 8, 2018 meet it in the next stay, from September 24, 2029. The 2005 to 2006 births had theirs in 2017 and 2018, and the 1993 to 1994 births in 2005 and 2006.
What is a Jupiter in Scorpio husband like?
Loyal and private. He reads the mortgage terms twice and keeps the family accounts in order.
How does a Scorpio Jupiter differ from Jupiter in the 8th house?
They read alike, because the 8th is the house tied to Scorpio: shared money, inheritance and intimacy. They come from different data, though. Your birth date fixes the sign; for the house you need the time and town of birth. With Jupiter in the 7th house, partners bring money or depth, and in the 10th you get trusted with sensitive work.
What are the personality traits of someone with Jupiter in Scorpio?
Astrologers describe Jupiter in Scorpio as intense, private and persistent. You keep asking questions after everyone else has moved on and stay calm with other people's money and secrets. Holding things back is your insurance. In love you test trust first, then turn loyal and generous once you commit. Jupiter holds no dignity in Scorpio. The luck here is worked for.
Sources
- Astronomy Engine: the open-source ephemeris library behind our planet positions, dates and statistics
- Wikidata: birth dates of the famous people listed
- How we create our readings: our own calculation of sign dates, positions and the 1930 to 2025 statistics
Written by The Zodiac Atlas editorial team with the help of AI and edited by a person. Planet positions come from the astronomy-engine ephemeris (tropical zodiac), and the statistics from our own run of every birth date from 1930 to 2025. Astrology is a symbolic tradition, not a science; read a placement as a set of questions about yourself.