Vesta’s no-gray-areas approach applies to any planet it touches, but especially when aligned with the relationship planets. Vesta has a habit of cyclical withdrawal; we will pull back in order to meditate on what it is that really matters, what it is that she wants from us. We use the word ‘focus’ all the time now, but that word, drawn from the Latin ‘foci’ for ‘hearth,’ was actually first introduced into the lexicon by astrologer and astronomer Johannes Kepler in 1604 (he who gave us the extended aspects, amongst other things). I
t has grown in meaning over the years, taking on the concepts of clarity and concentration, but as it was first introduced it meant, “any central point.” When Vesta is awakened, what she pays attention to what is central to our lives, or should be. And in order to provide the proper focus, we need to withdraw for a time from the distractions of the world.
Those who have Vesta conjunct a relationship planet, natally, will have a need to pull back from time to time. These are not folks who have a frivolous attitude to relationship. Mostly, they would rather do without than cope with the stresses and distractions of unsuitable partnership, and they can often fall into a habit of retreat, tending the sacred flames of the idea or concept of relationship without getting their toes dirty in the always muddy water of human interaction. Far from being virginal and/or uninterested in partnership, the importance of relationship can become so exaggerated that it can dominate and hijack the whole psychological mechanism of relating. We can become the kind of person for whom relationship becomes so heavy with meaning that we give up pursuing a ‘real’ relationship completely, preferring to keep the dream of partnership alive.
On the other hand, it’s possible that Vesta in line with the relationship planets was meant to have those ‘alone’ times in order to alter and correct other relationship dynamics in the chart. Vesta can often be the saving grace in a chart that is unbalanced. It can cause us to withdraw and teach us where we need to readjust our behaviour. The asteroids provide details to the action of the main planets, and don’t carry as much weight in and of themselves, but sometimes those details are just the thing we need to hear. A chart that is too obviously Libran, for example, with a load of planets in the 7th, or sacrificial Neptune in key places, is often ‘saved’ by having Vesta in something independent like Aries or Sag, or in tight aspect to a key planet like Saturn. The intensity of Vesta can go a long way, when it’s activated, to correct an imbalance inherent in the natal. Vesta by progression will throw us into periods that are marked by their inward focus and the lack of need to interact with the world at large.
However, when taken to extremes, or when prominently placed by progression or transit, Vesta can also go a little haywire. When Vesta really runs amok, it shuts the windows, locks the doors and throws the keys away. Sometimes, when Vesta is having an ‘off’ day, she doesn’t want to be touched, and anyone who tries to get in there will be shut out for a long time, if not for good. To Vesta, any invasion of this inner core, at the wrong time, will feel like rape. If you want to really offend someone so that they oust you from their lives, try and violate their Vesta. Tell them that what they cherish and find sacred doesn’t matter. Tell them they’re wasting their lives pursuing something that will never happen. Tell them that you think they hold dear is all nonsense. Then tell me how far you got before you got tossed out. Vesta in synastry is tricky, because on some days that contact with Vesta is going to feel fantastic–the intimacy, the devotion, the feeling of being a member of an exclusive club for two. On other days you will not be allowed in. Vesta has levels of intimacy that get peeled away with maturity. But a young Vesta may not allow you in to the sacred spaces until much time has been spent together and trust has been built. Or she may not let you in at all. Vesta is often the place where things are so sacred that we dare not speak of them at all, even to our significant others. A test of intimacy is often, “How much of your Vesta are you willing to show me?” Again, if you try to violate the boundaries, you will be shut out and down.
When Vesta is involved with the relationship planets, it raises the bar. Only the serious and the well-intended, the purest of heart, need apply. When Vesta is tied to Mars, sexual partnership is a priority, and the choices of partner for that person may be more black and white than they are for others. Again, a touch of the absolute. The Vesta/Mars person may not incline towards a partner for years, then know, instantly, when the one arrives who is meant to take them further down the path. Vesta/Venus, as he or she matures, knows that love, in both the greater and the lesser sense, is sacred, and that it is also a connecting power, one that must be wielded wisely. Vesta/Moon gives honour to the sense of belonging, and to the day to day familiarity we share with those we love. Vesta/Moon puts great store by emotional honesty and will not tolerate a relationship that does not allow this. Vesta/Saturn will have a strong sense of what he or she will need to accomplish within this lifetime, but will also have a sense of responsibility towards others that will lean towards the devotional. Vesta in contact with any relationship planet, or with the Descendant, will incline towards sacred sex, because the deep intimacy of relationship is a necessity, and the exchange of sexual energy is a holy ritual. But I say ‘incline,’ because these drives are easily thwarted by fear and avoidance, (those shut doors again) and the acknowledgement of the need for intimacy depends on Vesta’s placement in the chart. In order to grasp the asteroids, we need a mature handle on the world; if we are not ready, they are easily avoided and turned aside.
Where Vesta resides, we must allow the other person to see what we hold most dear, and that is often where we are the most vulnerable. If Vesta is strong and willing to share, it can add a beautiful dimension to a relationship. Vesta can be the key to the kind of devotional bond that many of us crave. Often, the planet person honours the Vesta person by becoming the ‘keeper at the gate.’ The unacknowledged promise is, “I love what you love; therefore I will honor it by protecting it. Mars/Vesta, in particular, or Saturn/Vesta enjoys taking on this role, especially once they have given up trying to invade the deepest parts of the fortress (Vesta will always try to keep a little part of herself to herself). Venus to Vesta will share in devotion and are naturally drawn together by shared values and tastes. Moon/Vesta, with its fourth house connotation, is a natural partnership which honours the space we occupy. In all of these cases Vesta adds the extra dimension of a sacred and inviolable understanding. If, for some reason, any Vesta partnership of planets is violated or betrayed, the end is final and often dramatic. Again, all this depends on how strongly Vesta is placed in the natal chart. For some, Vesta will be a key to life choices. For others, less fortunate, less honourable, her secrets will remain a mystery.
Commonly, we refer to choosing what the heart wants, over what the heads tell us to do. Vesta has a lot to do with understanding the heart. With Vesta, the only fire that exists is the one in the deep, rich resources of the soul. Learning how to tend to this fire gently, with care and intelligence and grace, is a lifelong challenge worthy of only the most devoted.
Some Prominent Vestas:
Grace Kelly: the cool, contained, perfect blonde, had Vesta on the MC in regal Leo, squaring the Nodes; ice on the outside, fires within.
Hugh Hefner: Has Vesta on the MC; the real fire here is ambition.
Albert Einstein: Vesta on the Asc. Einstein stuck to his guns many times over the years when he was challenged about his theories, certain he was right (sometimes not having the math to prove it). His unalterable belief in himself saw him through.
Katharine Hepburn: Vesta in the 7th, conjunct her Sun. Her tireless and willing support of a chronically drunk and abusive Spencer Tracy until the end of his days is legendary. If anyone ever wondered how an early-liberated Kate could put up with all that, look no further.
Bruce Springsteen: Conjunct the Desc, in visionary Sag. His championing of ‘other,’ of the down and out and those who need a voice, is astrologically genuine.
Stephen Sondheim: also on the Desc, in creative Leo. Sondheim often ponders the survival of relationships in the modern world.
George Harrison: the ‘quiet Beatle,’ conjunct Venus in the fifth.
Some might be amused to know that Patricia Routledge, who plays the fanatically proper Hyacinth Bucket for the British/PBS comedy, “Keeping Up Appearances”, has hers in late Aries in the sixth.
Laurence Olivier, conjunct Mercury in Taurus, in the 12th, allowing him to tap into the universal and embody multitudes. .
Emily Dickinson, reclusive poet, has Vesta conjunct both Pluto and Mars in the fifth.
William Blake, poet, visionary and mythologist, had a wide Saturn/Vesta conjunction in the eighth house opposite a Mars/Neptune conjunction in the second. Without Vesta, you might never understand how Blake was driven to share the visions and insights of his 5th house, Sun/Jupiter conjunction in Sag.
Buddy Holly: Uxorious Virgo, musician, workaholic, in the 6th, on the Desc. Please read Part One of this piece HERE.
Hi Dawn – Since I didn’t comment on your first Vesta post, I thought I’d make up for it by making this comment TWICE as long – hahaha.
My 11th house Vesta in Leo sits opposite my 5th house Aquarius Moon and forms a T-Square with my Neptune/Mercury/Jupiter conjunction (in Scorpio) on the cusp of my 2nd/3rd; the Vesta/Neptune square is exact. I never gave Vesta much thought up until now, but I guess this placement would contribute to my desire to communicate my (Leo/5th house) spiritual ideals (Neptune) in a practical way that encourages others to relate (Aquarius/11th house) in a more mindful way. At various times in my life, Vesta’s placement has probably influenced my artistic expression as well – through dance, singing and painting. I’ve always known that what I lacked in technical ability, I made up for in inspiration.
I also relate to what you wrote about Moon/Vesta requiring absolute honesty on an emotional level – otherwise what’s the point? Even my art has a self-revealing, raw (almost child-like) quality that certain people seem to relate to. Interestingly in our composite chart, my husband and I have composite Venus/Vesta conjunct in Libra – and they’re conjunct my natal 2nd house Ceres.
After reading your initial post, I looked back and noticed a definite correlation between transits/progressions and significant life events. Right now progressed Vesta is conjunct my Anti-Vertex in the progressed 10th. And coincidentally (or not), it’s also within orb of my natal Uranus and is conjunct my natal placement of asteroid Reiki, within a degree. Looks like it’s been hanging around in this same degree for quite a few years now, waiting for me to tend the fire. Transiting Vesta has just opposed (exactly) my natal 12th house Uranus and is almost conjunct my natal Chiron in Aquarius – I’ve been feeling unusually sensitive to what I view as judgmental exclusionary remarks (voiced via the internet) regarding certain spiritual beliefs I hold dear, but rather than present an alternate viewpoint, I’ve decided to keep my thoughts to myself (for once) and go my separate way. To each his own.
Thanks Dawn, as always, for another informative and thought provoking post. Your observations are spot-on.
There is something in physics called the “strange attractor.” The picture of the “twin sparks” reminds me of that.
Thanks for sharing this. Always love reading more about Vesta.
Thank you for your insight. I have been seeking out knowledge of the major asteroids this year and it has been incredible the net’s response to my query – in fact it has overwhelmed me how I am being taught my astrology in a big way from an unseen hand at this time. I have Vesta conjunct Saturn in Aries in the 8th house, so I know all about that ruthless inner critic as well as the reclusive phase I am experiencing. Just as well this self-discipline because in earlier on my Pisces Venus paid dearly for her inability to have boundaries.
Am truly grateful for your sharing
What a wonderful article! This helps explain so much more in depth my own attitude towards relationships. More than any other asteroid, for some reason, this one makes sense…and what beautiful timing, because I just discovered I have progressed Vesta coming up to conjoin my natal Sun. So glad this was here to give me some insight!
Vesta by progression often tells us what we’re concerned about, what we’re reevaluating in our lives. Have we been treating this planet with enough respect, devoting enough time to it? Have we been misplacing our energy regarding this planet? It’s amazing how accurate she is by progression, honing in on whether or not we’re worshiping in the right way. With Vesta/Sun, we need to ask ourselves whether or not we’ve been devoted enough to our own creative energy. Have we been allowing ourselves to shine, or have we been giving that energy away?
wow long time ago 2011.! i have vesta progressing over progressing sun over natal pluto and it’s over in May 2022. To me it seems thats clearing of sun and vesta before it moves into its i m here in leo now. Part of that is – it seems end of 20+ years of leo relation which started out as mutual creative needs. i m afraid in another relation i was persuaded to let that person shine as i was to relinquish ego. Kind of confused about ego these days. Here it is now with the truckers convoy in BC Canada in the spotlight as vesta mars venus pluto due to cleanse one last time via general transit in my 9th Capricorn. south node too. Then on my own journey the dove appearance 2013 – so such a hodge podge. it’s hard to decipher. That high venus dove thing is like what’s in play now. plus one family member fighting cancer. Take a deep breath.
Thanks, as always. You take a lot of the steep out of the learning curve. Wondering out loud how synastric connection – A’s Vesta conjunct B’s Venus, for example- might be expressed within/between two people. If there’s some mutual or perhaps mostly one-sided “drive toward the sacred,” and how/whether devotion is challenged/expressed.
-Vesta in Gemini
“Venus to Vesta will share in devotion and are naturally drawn together by shared values and tastes.”
Sorry Dawn, I should’ve read closer.
Hello. Great post. Vesta is very strong in my chart. I have Vesta in Capricorn in the 2nd house: Opposite Venus & Chiron. Conjunct Saturn, Uranus, Neptune & Part Of Fortune.
I totally agree with you. My heart is completely in control. Overly passionate sometimes.
However, I never knew Vesta played part in self-confidence, & goal driven.
Toujours
Nailah d’arcy
Dawn,
This is utterly phenomenal, and explains so much to me about what is going on in my life right now. My Vesta is in the 3rd house, 7 degrees from my IC. And yes, I feel it. In addition, every planet in my chart aspects my Meridian in some wa¥ or another, and so the SACRED has always been sacred to me. There are very few people (okay, possibly one) I’m ever felt close enough to to completely ¨undress in front of and let them see my naked Vesta. And to see in clearly laid out WHY is so very helpful to me. It might allow me to lighten up a little, and consider that others just might not know.
Okay so I have this high powered and very shy Vesta, and my current crush (with all of the schoolgirl connotations the word engenders) comes along and rubs up against my Jupiter (7 degrees from MC from the 10th house side). This was 2.5 years ago. His Vesta, btw, aspects a number of planets in his chart. So our Vestas are communicating though my MC/IC, but we do very little beyond smiling at each other a whole lot. I am so very apprehensive of this overwhelming attraction to him (tons of connections), that there are times that I can’t handle it at all and become very standoffish. Just looking at his planets (don’t know his exact birth time, but his moon is somewhere along the fourteen degrees between my Vesta and my Juno. My IC is at the midpoint of those two asteroids) and the way both of ours hook up together I can hazard a guess that Vesta is the reason he keeps his distance too. Thanks again for this article. It explains so very much.
I left out that it is his Vesta rubbing up against my Jupiter. There is a conjunction between them with a two degree orb. This combined with my Vesta on my IC… It’s uh,… very anticipatory, but without a willingness to initiate. Does that make sense?
Dear Dawn,Thank you for your insights!! my Vesta is on my AC
Does that have an added meaning?I would love to get more insight on this.Aniek
Vesta on the Asc is devoted to self-development and the integrity of the journey to conscious awareness.
hi and thank you for this great post.
i wonder if care to share your advice about vesta conjunct lilith in 4th house leo natal for a male?
i can’t find any posts on the web about this natal asppect apart from the fact that david beckgham shares this placement…
also- in synestry- what if your female sun conjuncts lilith/vesta male synastry?…
intriguing… happy new year:-))
BML/Vesta, in an evolved person, may have to do with worshiping female sexual power. In an unevolved person, it may have to do with an anger or fear towards it. It may tend towards the sexually fanatic, someone who is only attracted to a specific type of femme fatale. There may be a need to take sexuality as far as it can go, whether that is into the realms of the sacred or down into the depths remains with the rest of the chart. If your Sun conjuncts anything in another person’s chart, you embody and represent that energy for them. They feel it through you.
I have vesta 18 degrees scorpio conjunct saturn 26 degrees scorpio in the 11th house. Vesta is opposed my moon (5th house).
Vesta is also trine venus (7th house) and trine mars (3rd house). That may be too much information . . . but just in case 😉
Any comments are appreciated. I so very much love reading your articles. For me, they allow me to synthesize instead of pinpoint areas of my psyche/self. I hope to have the financial ability to take your classes at some point. Wish I could be an ongoing student!
Vesta conjunct Saturn can give Saturn a passion and a ruthless intensity to accomplish what it needs to do in this life. With Vesta opposite the Moon this may feel uncomfortable and restrictive at times, but you will be compelled to go beyond your comfort zone.
Hi
I discovered Vesta yesterday, and for me it was like a deep symbolic meaning, suddenly it felt like I got in closer contact with my higher self. For me it symbolises our higest potential and wholeness, the eternal light. Adding a new dimension in the chart. Our deepest core, that holds everything with warmth, the light and the dark without juding.
And I also read that Vesta now counts as a planet, so logically it must have the same value in a chart as chiron for example!
Greetings fom Håkan living in Sweden( Europé).
Before today, I had no knowledge of Vesta. However, the teacher will come when the student is ready. Vesta is making herself known for a reason. I feel as though she will shine light on something of importance. If anyone cares to provide insight behind the associations of Vesta in my natal chart, please do.
{VESTA 14 degrees 5H ARIES}
VESTA square MARS 18 degrees 3H Capricorn
VESTA trine MIDHEAVEN 14 degrees Leo
VESTA conjunct TRUE NODE 21 degrees 6H Aries
VESTA opposition CERES 18 degrees 12H Libra
I forgot to mention one aspect:
VESTA trine JUNO 6 degrees Sagittarius 2H
Any interpretations/opinions are highly appreciated and will prove beneficial.
What about Sun/Vesta contacts? I only saw mention of this in relation to Katherine Hepburn. I, too, have Sun Conjunct Vesta (and Juno in Scorpio) in the 7th. I feel I’m intensely desirious of a passionate relationship AND my own self-growth and fire tending- so much so that I’m starting a writing blog on how to tend one’s sacred fire for Self-Love reasons.
The balance! How does one do this with Vesta in Scorpio? 🙂
It’s actually quite an easy combination. Vesta is all about intensity–so is Scorpio. With Vesta in the 7th, we find relationships sacred. It’s not so much tending oneself as it is tending oneself through the vehicle of other. Sun/Vesta can also devote itself to ‘other’ in a non-romantic way–you might want to save elephants, or the environment.
Oh my god, that line about rape. I’d been racking my brain for 2 months trying to figure out what happened to me at the hands of a massage therapist I saw in September. When I used the word “rape” to describe an exposure that was verbal rather than sexual, it fit perfectly. Now I see why.
I have vesta in Virgo in the 11th tribe moon/Juno/Lilith in Scorpio in the 1st and Chiron/vertex in Taurus in the 7th, square Dejanira in sagittarius in the 2nd and inconjunct my sun in Aquarius in the 4th. (I mentioned the in conjunction because Aquarius and the 11th house share similar energies, right?) to top it off, Orcus is transiting my natal vesta.
This verbal violation by the therapist has thrown me into a greater funk than anything else in my life ever has, and I’ve been through some serious shit. So nice to make some sense of it. Hopefully I’ll get to healing soon.
Thanks for these articles on vesta. I’m off to research Orcus next.
*autocorrect. Pfft. You get what I mean.
I unerstand that conjunctions and oppositions are the most potent aspects but what about the other aspects,ptolemaic and minor aspects alike,like trines semisquares,squares,inconjunct etc in natal or in synastry?For example I have a grand trine involving Moon,Vesta and a Uranus-Neptune conjunction in the natal.
Thank you! Your insight is very helpful!
I have an absolutely exact conjunction of Vesta & Jupiter in the 5th house Aries
This conjunction also closely sextiles Venus in Pisces & Mars in Gemini. Venus is closely trine Mars
What you’re saying about sacred sexuality rings true. I have a strong sexuality but have always been highly discriminating about who turns me on. They have to vibrate at the right rate & i normally know instantly & instinctually about a potential lover. It also means i tend to live without for long periods instead of compromising. When i was younger i couldn’t work out why attraction came so easy for others who were less discriminating. The joy of getting older is i’m so much clearer about what’s going on & i can also control the energy a lot more objectively, but still feel like i’m just at the beginning of the journey of awareness & understanding….
I have a rather prominent Vesta in my chart – conjunct my Anti-Vertex, while Pallas is conjunct my Vertex.
Now this falls exactly on the south / north node axis and Asc / DC axis of a very special guy, who also happens to have his moon conjunct my south node AND Asc (we both have our south nodes conjunct the respective asc) … what to make of that? Because of that Moon of his (and other strong synastry) I’m completely out of orbit already 😉
Does he feel my Vesta/Vertex as strong as I feel his Moon (it’s less than 1 degree orb)?
The asteroids in your chart are telling you to be more discriminating in relationships–use your head as well as your heart. The Moon/Node/Asc conjunction is extremely intense–and I’m afraid no Vesta contact is even remotely as strong.
Thank you! Yeah I thought so 😉
If I may ask one more thing: will the Moon-person feel the conjunction to the others Asc/SNode lesser or equally strong?
I’m – as the Asc/Node-person – am completely “out of orbit” 😉
Both will feel it equally.
Yes, the Moon person will feel the attraction; that the person brings safety, comfort, appreciation, security. Whether or not this is sustained depends on the rest of the chart.
Thanks again 🙂
Great insight you are giving, Dawn, thank you. In synastry, my Vesta is on his North Node and opposite his Vesta. It feels like an intense, strong attraction. What are we geared towards here?
You are geared towards a conflict of values which may or may not resolve itself through the contact.
Great article Dawn! If I understand you correctly, in synastry the vesta person feels devotion to the planet person, whereas the planet person tends to vesta’s fire through the planet? E.g. vesta conj mercury in synastry, the vesta person cherishes the intellect of the other, while the mercury person tends to communicate/focuse on things that the vesta person cares about?
Yes, it does seem to work out that way, but it isn’t always cut and dried.
Thanks for answering! I don’t know if you’ve noticed–my sample base is quite small, but I have noticed that vesta in synastry may indicate initial resistance on the part of the vesta person; or maybe not resistance, but somehow messing the relationship up by being initially off-putting, through acting on wrong assumptions etc. Am I completely imagining this here?
I have Vesta conjunct Vesta, 11th House, Gemini at 0 degrees with a man I met four months ago. We both (natal and synergy) have both Mars, my MC 0 degrees sextile and my nodes trine and sextile at 1 degree. (All Aries) My Venus is conjunct both Vestas at 2 degrees. It has been a remarkable meeting. His nodes are in wide conjunct.
Does the Vesta conjunct Vesta mean we are passionate about each other and about our friends and community, because we are. Is there a possibility of love at first sight, because he says this is what he experienced and his actions that night convince me.
Vesta conjunct Vesta in this way means you agree on what matters. It will manifest in the houses involved in each of your charts. Alone, this usually doesn’t mean love at first sight. That is more likely found elsewhere.
Thank You, Dawn! Your presentation here is amazing. I’m fully captivated and intent on gaining greater clarity (focus) that apparently comes through Vesta herself! She strongly activated in my Human Design with her conjunction to my Design Pluto and Design Venus! (These are planetary activations at my incarnation 88 degrees before birth.) She’s certainly not going to leave this inner hearth!
Chiron is soon to transit over my natal Vesta in Pisces on my Desc. (square Uranus(Orcus) on my MC). Trying to gain a better understanding of these symbols, I started reviewing Vesta, and reached your site. What a gift. I’m 69 years old. Following my divorce during my first Saturn Return I swung between empty sexual encounters and withdrawing totally from the world of relationship. There are certainly other planetary aspects in my chart that reinforce this behavior (e.g.Saturn/Pluto/Moon conjunction) , but your description of Vesta on the 7th nails this behavior. I am remarried for many years, but the doors and windows were locked, as you describe, following the failure of my first marriage. But, recently I’ve become acutely aware that I’ve developed a lack of feeling for just about person or anything. Ah…transit Chiron meeting Vesta on the 7th square Uranus. Not very comfortable, but, with your apt description I understand why these issues that I’ve avoided for so many years are coming up now. Thanks for sharing your profound work.
Thank you, Diana.
What do you think about Vesta opposing Moon in synastry? Also Vesta opposite Uranus in natal.I interpret this one as someone who likes to break out from a relationship from time to time,like a non-stable type of person.
Vesta is only partly about relationships. It’s about what we find sacred in life. Period. It’s impossible to comment on Vesta opposing Moon between charts without looking at Vesta in the individual charts. How does the Moon person relate to the very concept of Vesta? Will Vesta believe that this Moon is up to its standard? Moon opposite Uranus is unstable in relationships, or can be. Vesta opposite Uranus will have impossibly high ideals, and will try to achieve in life the concepts of liberty, humanity and fraternity.
Thank you for your insights!
I too am just discovering Vesta and the asteroids. Mine is in 10th house exactly conjunct my moon in Aquarius (trine sun and Saturn/Pluto/Jupiter in air).
When I traveled to Rome, I researched Roman priestesses and visited the temple of the Vestal Virgins. One thing the vestal virgin’s would do was provide therapy in the form of herbalism, hands-on healing, and sexual healing to soldiers returning from war and conquest.
They would essentially transmute trauma with sexual and physical healing, so the soldiers could be re-integrated as functional and healed people back into society, and thus provide no harm to the community at large. The vestal virgin’s would test the level of healing of the soldiers by observing their interactions with children. if the soldiers could be open, light and interacted with the children in a positive way, they could be re-integrated.
I’m not sure of the relationship between the Vestal Virgins and Vesta, but I definitely relate to this. I help people transmute pain and trauma, and I literally feel it happening through my body. Maybe it’s no surprise that it’s my career – I’m an acupuncturist, herbalist, body worker and doula. Also no surprise that I specialize on menses, birth, sexuality, motherhood, fertility.
Although I got the grand trine going on in air mentioned above (Gemini Sun), the Moon/Vesta are also square AC/Venus/Chiron. Trying to make sense of that and how specifically it affects my career as a women’s health care practitioner (and more ;).
In other words, Venus and Chiron adjunct the AC makes sense for me, healing and beauty & connection are essential to me. But square the moon/Vesta???
This is a large topic and I don’t think I’m qualified to comment. Vesta is certainly about sexual healing, but so are Chiron and sometimes the black moon. Let’s hope more research is done soon.
I would like to try and understand my 8th house vesta in pisceas square my north node in sag, i am very drawn to sacred sexuality which i feel is vesta (and 5 planets in scorpio including sun pluto conj) but am trying to understand its relationship to my north node in sag which is also a spiritual sign but its a square… ?
Squares to the nodes mean that the planet needs to be incorporated into the nodal meaning. Experience with the 8th house Vesta, with its emphasis on focus and sacred being, will enhance your understanding of the Sag north node. Sag North Node needs to learn to go its own way, by instinct, and not alway follow the dictates of the crowd, or what is trending. It has to learn to move away from an intellectual approach towards a more directly human one. Sacred Sexuality is just one of the many paths that can be taken towards authenticity.
Thank you Dawn. I really appreciate the depth you bring to your writing.
I have Vesta in mt 7th house/Aquarius conjunct DC. It opposes Pluto 1st house/Leo conjunct AC which also has a wide orb with my moon in 1st/Leo. Very weirdly, I am mostly an introvert but I can be extrovert when I need to be. I rarely seek the spotlight.
Vesta squares a tight 10th house stellium/Taurus with Juno, Pallas, Mercury and the Sun. Jupiter is 2 degrees the Sun, 10th but it just squeaked into Gemini. These are, of course square Pluto, etc. Vesta is also trine Saturn which is exact conjunct Neptune 3rd house/Libra. They are sextile to Pluto, etc., quincunx to 10th house.
My SN is 12th/Leo and NN 6th/Aquarius. They have no aspect with vesta except for their signs. This kind of gives me a sense of what I call, “back to the future”. At the moment I am working intently on fiction that weaves the goddess themes into the story lines from future to ancient past to future in search of a people.
I have been married but marriage was not an ovewhelming drive for me. The circumstances of my life as a result of my divorce, despite my efforts otherwise, have put me in relative isolation as I work on the story.
I’m so glad I found these articles on Vesta. I can’t tell you how much I “relate” to all of this. Especially the parts about it being so sacred that we dare not speak of them. I never knew why I was so secretive and holding my stuff together. I put it down to my strong fourth house which is very “inward” focused anyway. But Vesta is tied with my Sun. She’s part of my very core being.
Vesta 14 degrees Aquarius conjunct my Sun at 15 degrees Aquarius. And it’s in my 5th house. I resonate with Vesta’s symbolism as well as her qualities. Outside noises that disturb the quality of focus. My focus on my special interests (for want of a better word) is highly intensified. My mind actually burns out with pain and fatigue because I am so mentally engrossed in what I like. But I love Vesta, I really believe she’s what makes me what I am. I’m so much more grateful for her. I believe she does cause me to really hold myself to myself sometimes, which is hard enough anyway based on the rest of my chart.
I had saturn prog. to vesta now past by a degree in cancer.
Recently i felt my present apt had lost its sense of sacred space and look to another bridge at a distance despite family growing here. Teeter totter. It won’t hit ceres for awhile.
Funny i raved about a book on William Blake on his wife, a fiction that flowed so well. A neighbouring town woman wrote it and then died. He had wide saturn vesta. Also after a 25 yr relation the door shut and held against the violent determination to open it. Very very informative. I thank U.
So helpful thank you! I have Chiron conjunct Vesta in Pisces in 10th, trine Neptune in Scorpio in the 5th. Chiron/Vesta square Mars/Venus conjunction in 12th house. I have great difficulties with feeling vulnerable sexually, and have trained as a psychotherapist in the wounded healer school. Do you have any comments on Vesta/Chiron conjunction?
My boyfriend has 57 years old. Vesta in Gemini, at 7th. He had a marriage 13 years ago. He’s virgo with asc scorpio. Still, he’s afraid of having a serious relationship saying that his freedom is the most important thing for him, though we have a passionate relation and he cares about it… Besides our Vestas our conjuncts in Gemini, with his Venus/Chiron mid., his Venus/POF mid., my Pan and my Osiris. Now are having a Juno transit on them. Would it help us ?
What do you think about our Vestra and other conjuctions ? How can I make him aware of his fear is unnecessary and I can give him enough freedom… ?
Thanks
Hey what if I have Lilith conjuct vesta and my ascendant
i have venus conjunct descendant and venus conjunct vesta, both in aries. Libra rising. I feel like this explains a large part of my psyche and underlying mental battles. Venus square Saturn has made this a 28 year puzzle, lol. I think I’m figuring it out finally.
Very interesting, for the First Time i had the feeling i really Met My Vesta. It Is in taurus on the cusp of My twelfth house conjunct antivertex, opposite neptune and asteroid spirit in fifth house. I really have the need to split myself between family life and creative, romantic and more dreamy One. Sometimes it feels devastating but to really feel My neptune i have to have some alone time. It Also trines My capricorn Moon. My house Is in the country and It Is something between a nest where i grow up My sons and a haunt where i retired myself for twenty Years.
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Really loved your article. I listen a lot to another astrologer who says Vesta prominent in the chart often has manifests as helping partners prepare for big life changes or their main partner. I found that disheartening as obviously most people want to have their own life long relationship not just be the one preparing. Although I have experienced that in my past. I have found that I have had relationships with men that has helped them and after me they have found their life partner. I have Venus in Gemini which is my Libra chart ruler and it is conjunct Vesta in 8th house. (by 4 degrees so wide). I in 8th house type work and heal other people so I think that is a way to use the Vesta energy. I also have a 7th house Sun so it was interesting what you said about using it to correct other energy out of balance. My question is do you think someone with a prominent Venus can have a secure, life long monogamous relationship? I suspect with my chart that the partner comes now more in the 2nd half of my life as I’ve learnt to relate better to myself and be more balanced.
Very informative article 👏
In synastry, if the male’s south node conjuncts female’s moon and vesta, what would you say about it? And male’s vesta conjuncts her psyche?
Thank you😊
Your writing skills are impressive. I enjoy your thinking.