“I believe in nothing, everything is sacred. I believe in everything, nothing is sacred.”
–Tom Robbins, Novelist, strong sexual themes, Vesta conjunct Chiron in Gemini
The asteroid Vesta is associated with the mythology of the ancient Vestal Virgins and both Scorpio and Virgo. Prominent Vesta in the natal chart is associated with the importance of sexuality, at both extremes, abstinence and promiscuity. It is not a sexuality devoid of morality but a sexuality charged with a higher dedication. Sex takes on an importance that is sacred in some regard.
Sexual energy channeled elsewhere is a powerhouse. Vesta is not necessarily about sex, though it can be. Vesta in the chart, at its simplest, is where that deep energy is devoted to a higher purpose. In antiquity, Vestal Virgins tended the fire in the temple, and Vesta is associated with the hearth and the constant fire within. Because of this it is most straightforward to look at the Vesta position to note what a person holds sacred, the center of their fiery devotion, the hearth they tend and protect. Vesta shows where you are dedicated.
The sign of Vesta will show the dynamism, the flavor of one’s devotion, while the house position will tend to outline the areas of life in which it is focused. A Cancer Vesta will strongly feature home, mother and feelings. In the fourth house this might be a private, inward devotion, someone who focuses on the homefront, as opposed to the Cancer Vesta in the tenth house who might make a career of these types of things, like a Martha Stewart.
Share your Vesta placement, if you dare! Do you prefer the fiery devotion side of an interpretation or can you see the sexual energy expressed as the sacred?
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that’s a good question. I’m pretty loosy-goosy about absolutes but I tend to go about the same as I would with anything besides the sun and moon (which I give about 8). I usually do about 6. I give a wider orb to the chart ruler, like 8.
quincunxes I limit to 4 degrees.
Can you have a grand trine with 2 planets plus vesta? AstroCharts says yes, however i believe i read only valid with actual planets..
also;
According to “AstroCharts”, this a valid “Kite”:
Mercury in 25° Gemini
Vesta in 24° Aquarius
Pluto in 24° Libra
Neptune in 25° Sagittarius
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Would you concur?
ok tnx – vesta is conj my mars in the 12th in sadge, which conjuncts my asc but vesta is too far to conj my asc & trine my Jupiter I think. picks up squares to uranus, chiron and pluto.
Thanks for asking that question Jilly. Satori, excellent writing as usual. I am rather disappointed and shocked at where my “Vesta” is! All new territory, knee jerk reaction. 4 degrees CAP 11H. Less than 2 degree orb trine Venus/Pluto 7th H. Time to read some books.
Hmm…12th house Libra
conjunct Jupiter, Venus, and Pluto
So, would a twelvth house Vesta placement be even more private?
I’d say more hidden than private… or more devoted!
Capricorn will have to do anyway. It actually makes sense!
vesta and ceres in 7th house taurus,hmm mother my mates maybe, a continual quest to find the perfect man yep, just hope like vesta in mythology I dont have to be stopped from having true love in order to keep the flame a burning, oh just a thought i wonder if that endless search is what keeps me so deeply psychic…. off to check that out 😉
I’d check the aspects it makes to neptune and pluto. that’s an interesting thought!
Ohhh, this is interesting… I have to make dinner, but I’m gonna be back and check this out. I’ve got Vesta in the 7th house (Gemini) sextile my Aries Sun! It’s also in the same house, but out of sign, with Juno (which I’m still trying to figure out as well)… Great stuff Satori!!
thanks C! and thanks thelioness!
I’m loving these asteroid articles; they are so succinct and I feel like I finally “get” what these various lil’ hunks of rocks signify!
Mine’s in Cancer in the 12th (and Cancer is already completely hidden in there anyway as the house is ruled, just by a degree, by Gemini.) I do get that major devotional sense in a sacred way though as to what it pertains – there may be a secret there for me, I’m beginning very recently to think, but for now only the shadow knows…
yep opposition neptune in 1st scorp trine pluto 10th, WOW that makes so much sense to me! thanks satori 🙂
fantastic! aren’t these asteroid placements just great little private riddles? 😀
amandapm… thanks, I’ve been thinking that sometimes too much information is worse than not enough.
they are indeed helpful, like litte hidden truths, love it!
Satori this is so cool, I know next to nothing about asteroids and I like a lot that you’ve been writing about them.
Um………Cancer/7th House. 24 degrees. So…trine my guy’s and my ex’s Moons in Scorpio. Do I mother my partner? God damn it, yes I do. I have Venus/Mars in 4th as well. ACK! I have been doing my best not to do it with my Leo guy though–and am succeeding. His Mars is conjunct my Vesta, lol.
ThankYou Satori !!!
Vesta conjunct Venus 11th house Gemini !!!
I try to protect my group of friends !!!
Blessings !!!
that’s a great trait, Jorge. blessing to you too!
thanks Chrispy… it’s nice when something I’m interested in strikes a chord with others as well!
It’s in my 5th house ,scorpio conjunct pluto only one degree apart.
Does this make it a player in my grand cross?with pluto ,mars ,moon ,jupiter? Hmm…scary
I’m a virgin at 25, but not very devoted to it….I wanna be Samantha(satc), maybe I am devoted to that.
but I have issues about peps, and maybe because of pluto
I have this exact placement! 5th house Scorpio vesta conjunct pluto
that polarization (samantha and virgin) is indicative of a prominent vesta. 🙂 it just shows the issue has fire for you.
(On the edge of the 4th) 6 deg away from my Leo Saturn in the 5th….perplexing. If it’s supposed to be a more private, inward devotion in the 4th, then would the Leo kind of counter that with its’ “proud-ness”, expression and dramatic flair? I def don’t feel like home and family is something I hold sacred or am really devoted to. Its not the lowest thing on my list, but my need for independence and “quest” for spirituality are far more important than starting my own family. Maybe Saturn nearby is this restriction I’m feeling in that area?
haha , yeah def has fire , just don’t know how to get there.
Just asked my friends earlier today to possess my body and get it over with , I just want to leave my mind behind:-)
Thanks Satori, you have great articles !! Allways something new to resarch
Thanks Satori, this is great!!! My vesta is conjunct my neptune in Scorpio in my 6th house. Hmm what am I devoted to????
@sam, in my spiritual quest, one thing most self sustaining that i found is in the sayin, “home is where the heart is” which i find is better said for me as, “home is in my heart?” with huge heart of a leo, you will shine simply by being big of heart? just my pondering lol
I was surprised – Vesta in Taurus in the 2nd. I’m not a very Taurus-y person (no other Taurus or earth, for that matter) – nor do I think I’m real 2nd house income-focused…
Vesta is square Pluto, sextile Jupiter, quincunx the Moon.
No idea what to make of this.
I have Vesta in Libra in an already packed 4th house. Pluto at 15 degrees, Vesta at 17 degrees and Venus at 18 degrees. I always knew that intimacy was important to me, but this adds an interesting dimension to my concept of home.
Did dare to go look it up…conjunct my sun in pisces in 7 house…why am I not surprised!!! That explains a lot lol…Have Ceres too there…guess I am going to have to do some reading…
Devotional for as long as I can remember. Mostly homegrown ritual and worship of source.
Vesta conjuncts Ceres in the 6th house opposing 12th house Neptune/Part of Fortune, squaring the nodes–to make a grand cross.
Also trines the Sun.
cancer/11th
home is where the friends are.
pretty much.
*Sighs* Every time I read about someone asking about Orbs….. I gotta take a Mental step back ’cause I like to use the Traditional (Classic) methods.
aka: I put Orbs with the planets , not the aspects. (planets apply the orbs , not the aspect)But…. I gotta remember that we’re dealing with allot of people new to astrology on this Blog.
My Vesta is in Scorpio…. along with every other asteroid (What….. is this a gathering for Tea & Crumpets??)
oh…. in 3rd house , too.
I love tea and crumpets, lol
In taurus 10th house.. Hmm that must explain my interest in food labels. (Do you know whats in that!?)
I dont even have to check my chart. I have all my placements(including asteroids) pretty much memorized, I just haven’t figured out what they all mean LOL! Thank you for these asteroid articles 🙂 (haha, I’m living proof that too much information is worse than not enough!)
My boyfriends vesta is conjunct my venus 😉
Vesta at 26 pisces in the 6th exact conjuntion to my sun at 26 pisces and tight conjuntion to my moon at 28 pisces. This may be the key to why I often feel connection to sign of scorpio without having 8th house planets and only the generational Neptune in scorpio. All or nothing – tantra is key to ‘all’ for me – otherwise I can be abstinent for long periods…and yes, that energy is directed towards work, with 6th house placement.
Hard to lighten up and cannot leave my ‘station’…
Mine is in between Pluto and my Merc/Moon.
I like to look at Sabian symbols for little stuff like asteroids. Mine is:
MANKIND’S VAST AND ENDURING EFFORT TO REACH FOR KNOWLEDGE TRANSFERABLE FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.
yes.
Mine is in Sag, 11th house. I have come to realise I am very sag and I love groups. I guess this is true as, I always need to be with loads of people. Even the job I am going to take involves massive communities.
12th house Taurus, trine to the degree to Jupiter in 8H Cap and sextile 2H Venus in Cancer.
Hafta think about that.
8th house Vesta at 29 Cancer
Hmmm
I have Vesta in Cancer in 1st/2nd house. It’s sextile Jupiter Rx,trine Mars,trine Mercury,and trine Sun,Square NN,Square Chiron Rx,Quintile Lilith,Trine Vertex, Sextile Ceres,Square Juno and sesquiquadrate MC
I’m not sure how to interpret this.
I found this though. http://www.carolbarbeau.com/html/vesta.html
Vesta in Cancer is the Earth Mother/Goddess/Priestess energy. This Watery Vesta placement wants to nurture and to bring healing and care to the planet. It is full of warm compassion, unconditional love and healing and often can immerse itself so strongly in another’s pain or suffering that they heal others almost through their own body. Vesta in Cancer has to learn this lifetime to create safety and healing for the self.
http://www.bobmarksastrologer.com/Vesta21.4.html
Vesta in the 1st House: Every now and then, you have to get away from everybody and everything in order to recharge. If Vesta is close to the Ascendant, there may have been some blockage at the time of birth.
Vesta in the 2nd House: You have to stop work more often than other people in order to recharge, but this only applies to work where you earn money. You can still do personal tasks around the house. This is different from those who have Vesta in the 6th house because those folks have to stop all work periodically.
Vesta in Capricorn in the 10th conjunct Saturn and trine Pluto.
bwhahahaha
Vesta in Pisces, exactly conjunct Chiron, both in the 7th which means it is exactly opposite Uranus in Virgo in the 1st (plus Pluto/Mars stellium with Uranus).
not sure how this plays out.
LOL! Vesta is Conjunct my Ascendent. Less than a orb. In scorpio. lol.
Devoted to my mask? Myself? My sexuality? I dunno…
Neptune in sextile the ascendant and Vesta in capricorn,, on 2nd/3rd house cusp, less than a orb as well, so I consider all of this very powerful. But once again not sure how all this energy could work, but the focas on myself is very much there… I’m obsessive with whatever I’m into at the moment, I identify with what I obsess over, thats the scorpio.
Though I have run into boyfriends who thought I was the sex goddess they had always been dreaming of. My very first boyfriend would not believe I had never been with anyone before and thought I was a lier, because I was so comfortable having fun with him. Needless to say I broke up with him not long afterwards cause he couldn’t trust in what I say. Neptune/Scorpio.
(I bought Tom Robbins Jitterbug Perfume not too long ago but now got the motive again to start it!! Us Gemini’s have a hard time committing anything lol)
Vesta in Taurus in 5th house… Elsa explained that I can be mothering but this makes perfect sense now!! Here I see it as tending to a garden of relationships and I just love all the different colors and combinations that can invariably be made!!!
Rock on Satori!! This is a very cool find indeed!
Exactly conjunct my ascendant in Libra, trining my Sun/Merc. In my wafty long dress and lacy cardi days I was forever being told I looked a priestess from the Tarot!
I’ve been puzzling over the meaning of this particular asteroid for some time, since an astrologer told me it coloured everything in my chart, being on the asc. I’m definitely all or nothing where relationships are concerned, both sexually and in terms of my devotion to it. But it still confounds me.
Vesta in Taurus: takes time to focus, but once they do, they may find it difficult to stop. Good for anything requiring lots of persistence.
Like finishing a book! 😉
Vesta in Aries,12th house opposed Venus exact inconjunct Mercury in 5th. As much as I like sex most of my life I have sacrificed sex for relationships. Now, due to prostate surgery sex is pretty much a moot point. I am doing better without it.
Libra 12th house like my Juno. Again one indication of why I’m subconsciously attracted to secret affairs.. Tr. Saturn is conjunct my Vesta right now and I’m currently in my abstinence phase. Which will at some point be followed by my promiscuous phase, if things go like they always have.
Vesta sextiles my Sun & Uranus, trines Mars and squares Jupiter.