Work & money · ruled by Jupiter

The best days to ask for a loan.

Borrowing belongs to Jupiter, the planet of generosity, and to the 8th house of shared money. It also involves paperwork, so tradition avoids Mercury retrograde.

Here’s what the sky is checked for.

How the app answers it

Your own windows, from your chart.

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When should I…

Prism’s Plan screen for “Ask for a raise”: the best windows in the weeks ahead and the days to avoid

The app’s answer · Ask for a raise

Jupiter opens up your Moon. Long-term goals look more realistic and easier to keep working toward. A supportive season for asking for a raise; these days make the most of it.

Fri 30 Oct – Thu 5 Nov Best

Harmony · Peaks Friday

People notice you more than usual. It affects the link between your natal Pluto and True Node. Your best stretch for asking for a raise in the next 30 days, and a strong one.

Sun stirs your Pluto-True Node
Thu 19 – Sat 21 Nov

Flow · Peaks Friday

You think quickly and well. It affects the link between your natal Pluto and True Node. Another strong stretch for asking for a raise.

Mercury stirs your Pluto-True Node
Tue 24 – Fri 27 Nov

Flow · Peaks Wednesday

Your reputation with people in authority may grow stronger at work. Another strong stretch for asking for a raise.

Mercury flows with your Midheaven

An example: the chart of someone born on 14 June 1988 at 14:35 in London. In the app, Plan reads your own chart, so your windows are different.

How this plan is read

Four things decide a day to ask for a loan.

The planet

Jupiter

It rules growth, luck, belief, generosity. Each day, the planner checks its condition. Is it moving forward or retrograde? Is it strong or weak in its sign? Is Venus or Jupiter helping it? Are Mars or Saturn putting pressure on it? Is it too close to the Sun?

The houses

8th & 2nd

Each house is an area of life. These houses cover shared money and trust, and money and possessions. When the Moon passes through the matching signs (Scorpio, Taurus), the day scores higher.

The Moon

A growing Moon

New starts go with a growing (waxing) Moon, ideally a day or two after the new moon. The last days of the cycle count against them. So do the hours when the Moon is void of course, which means it makes no more major angles before it changes sign.

Hard rules

No Mercury retrograde

Tradition avoids signing, buying, borrowing and publishing while Mercury is retrograde. So those days are always marked Hard. New starts also lose points in the week around an eclipse.

What the sky is checked for

Jupiter, the Moon, and two hard rules.

Jupiter is the planet that rules this plan. Is it moving forward or retrograde? Is it strong in its sign? Is it too close to the Sun? Do Venus or Jupiter help it, or do Mars or Saturn put pressure on it?
The Moon should be growing, so that what you start grows too. It should not be void of course during your waking hours. It helps when it is in a sign that suits the plan (the sign of the 8th house or the sign of the 2nd house in the natural zodiac).
Mercury retrograde rules the day out.
Eclipses are unpredictable, so the days around one count against anything new.

The five colours

Hard Things meet real resistance. Keep plans simple, expect some conflict and be kind to yourself.
Tense There is some pressure. A good day for hard work, but not for asking favours.
Steady An ordinary day. Nothing helps or blocks you much. A good day for routine.
Flow Things go your way more often than not. A good day to take the first step.
Harmony The planets favour you today. Ask for things, start things and celebrate.

Steady, leaning flow · leaning tense

Questions

When is the best time to ask for a loan?

It depends on your birth chart. Tradition looks at Jupiter, the planet that rules this plan, and at the Moon. Prism’s Plan follows them day by day against your own chart and gives you the best windows in the weeks ahead, the days to avoid and the reason for each.

Which planet rules ask for a loan?

Jupiter (growth, luck, belief, generosity). Borrowing belongs to Jupiter, the planet of generosity, and to the 8th house of shared money. It also involves paperwork, so tradition avoids Mercury retrograde.

Is Mercury retrograde a bad time to ask for a loan?

Yes, this is the classic warning. Mercury is retrograde when it seems to move backwards in the sky. Tradition says you should not sign, buy or publish during this time, so Plan never picks those days for it.

What Moon phase is best to ask for a loan?

A growing (waxing) Moon, between the new moon and the full moon. A day or two after the new moon is ideal. Tradition starts things while the Moon grows, so that they grow too. It avoids the last few days before the new moon. It also avoids days when the Moon is void of course, which means it makes no more major angles before it changes sign.

Is the answer the same for everyone?

No. The same sky touches different points and houses in different charts. That is why Prism asks for your birth date, time and place, and why two people with the same sun sign get different windows.