Questions about the Jupiter and Mercury gestures

JUPITER : activity arising out of wisdom

Often one has the experience of a knotty problem which tugs at one this way and that. After ‘sleeping on it’ the problem is somehow solved or dissolved; the essential points seem clear, a path of activity evident; something has moved. This is the working of Jupiter, for he brings our thinking into movement, he helps us take wisdom into ourselves.

The eurythmic moment given for this planet holds the left arm still, (heart side) with arm and hand bent slightly inwards towards the solar plexus. Around this still contained center the right arm revolves. The hand is open and receptive; the circular movement rising and falling, alternatively going out and returning.

From the forces of Jupiter the liver is formed. Most of the processes of this organ take place during the night. Its forces, nutritional and incarnating, bring us each morning regenerated with the fire of will to begin the new day.

The eurythmic movement of Jupiter is described as the activity arising out of wisdom - a restful centre around which one moves, encircles, surrounds, and listens to all points of view, maintaining the centre while keeping in movement, transforming through movement.