“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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Vesta in Leo 10th, conj. Mars, MC, Jupiter, also shares house/sign with Sun and Pluto. More Leo, I can’t believe it but it makes perfect sense.
Yes, I have been devoted to my work. For me it was more like being called on to take care of a longstanding issue for my people (to repatriate and rebury our dead held in museums and elsewhere & to protect our sacred places).
Square to 1st H Scorpio Saturn and Q 12th H Libra Neptune. This work did produce a great deal of friction and conflict for me and for the people who had to give up our dead. And it is strongly influenced by 12th H, as well as Neptoonian, spiritual ideals.
Taken by Nota’s idea of consulting the Sabian data, here’s what I got for Vesta at 13 deg. Leo: An Old Sea Captain Rocking Himself On the Porch of His Cottage — The quieted mind’s recollections of crises and joys long past.
Which exactly describes my life now. Amazing.
Satori thanks so much for your discussions on the asteroids. They were little known to me, and you have given me another opportunity for discovery and self-understanding with these golden nuggets.
Satori – if you’re still looking at the comments (they’ve really piled up!) I’m wondering – is there any way you could at some point discuss the IC? Your insight is so concise and sharp and I would love to read a spot-on description of this aspect.
thank you, amandapm, that’s a valuable compliment. I wrote down “IC” in my little notebook and will coffee up and see what I can do!
@abluelily
Yah!! That resonates on a much closer level with what I’m feeling 🙂 and when I meditate I usually find myself really focusing on opening my heart chakra to massive proportions. I also have so much Neptune in my chart….a lot of the time I feel like my connectedness with humanity is kind of like a family for me because it’s so hard for me to separate myself from the whole….I don’t know;-)
🙂 !!!!!!!
sabian “The bluebird, as a symbol of good luck and happiness, alights at the door of a little cottage on the highway.”
“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.”
Jeez. I might have known…. Mine is EXACTLY conjunct my Venus, at the same degree in my native Sun Capricorn, and both conjunct my Sun (within 5 degrees)
Okay, I’ve read articles on the asteroids before, but for some reason I’m actually understanding them a bit more this time around. *lol* Get outta my head, womans! 😛
(That means I’m lovin’ the articles, satori. 😉 )
Im in yur head, eatin yur brainz. (lolzombies)
This series on asteroids has added hugely to my understanding of my own chart, and the other few I’m studying closely. It’s like building a mosaic – the picture gets clearer and clearer but it has to be done in stages!
I see the asteroids as like the essential herbs or spices in a dish – which wouldn’t be that dish without that concentrate of flavour. Eg: paprika in ghoulash – or juniper in gin even!
Hmmmmmm… 28 pisces in 11th with mu sun at 16 pisces. vesta trine my Moon at 29 scorp.. not sure what to think but my friends are extremely important to me and conj my chart ruler merc at 1 aries in 11th..
Vesta conjunct Mars in Pisces, 4th house.
Square Moon, Venus and Nodes. Vertex, too.
Trine Uranus/ascendant.
Lilith is in there as well – two of the three.
Vesta conjunct Neptune in Scorpio in the 4th here. Also conjunct my relocated 4th house cusp in the place where most of my childhood (and all of my adulthood) has been. One of my dreams is to move to Vancouver, BC, and live near the water and mountains. My home is my sanctuary, always has been, especially after moving out on my own — maybe an internal response to my father’s having been such a tyrant when I was growing up. His Mars squares my 4th-house Mars and also Sun a bit later in Scorpio.
Thanks Satori; these asteroid posts are like little nuggets of information, not too much all at once but giving lots to mull over. 🙂
In Leo in 10th house… that sounds intriguing! It sounds like it’s the most “public” placement ever, showy even 😀
If I select “Add aspect lines to all” on astro.com, it makes a beautiful aspect pattern, where it forms 3 grand trines, with my personal planet stellium (Sun-Mars-Mercury) and Neptune.
Now I am intrigued!
Satori, these asteroid articles are truely amazing ! I’ve been looking at them for a while, but you truely offer a new insight to them.
My Vesta is in 11th house, Cancer. I haven’t been looking at this throughly, since it’s not as big a player in my chart as Ceres or Juno are. There is, however, an opposition to my Moon and sextile/trine aspect to MC/IC axis. It’s also a major player in the relationship synastry between my SO and I.
This makes sense. I’m very devoted to making groups work well together. This is supported by every psychological test I’ve ever taken. Also, I do tend to end up playing Mother Hen, it happened even when I was working with women who were older than me (some could have mothered me).
But I don’t find the idea of Vesta having to do with sexual energy foreign either.
Mine is in Sadge in the 12th. I’m highly devoted to finding adventures, making stories, and the like. In the 12th, it concerns dreams, the esoteric, and serving humanity.
My Vesta is exactly conjunct my Mercury in Leo in the 11th House, also in sextile to my Jupiter in Gemini and my Midheaven in Cancer.
I think this is meant to say that I am dedicated to developing my mental abilities, my career and my exploration of the physical and spiritual world, and that I can focus on creative communication. I am definitely a bit of an intellectual, as obnoxious as that may sound, and have enjoyed writing since I was a kid.
Other feedback/suggestions welcome 🙂
Here we go, again!
Vesta speaking, it’s in my 8th house in Sagittarius.
The 8th house hmmm refers to death, rebirth, joint assests, sex, etc. Also, Relationships!! That indeed is my devotion.
3rd house Vesta at 18 Aries near my Aries Sun on cusp of IC. Communication always important, used to write/edit spiritual articles for Subud News in a far off time.
21 deg Virgo 8th. Quincunx my 22 deg Venus Aquarius 12th and ASC.
I have stated on another post that I prefer to have sex in a committed relationship, so I guess this seals it. Sex is something I do with someone with whom I feel spiritually connected.
I have been forced to have sex with two then-husbands I was in a committed relationship with, but no longer had a spiritual connection to, which disgusts me.
It also explains this urge I have to have sex outside in the woods (Virgo), surrounded by nature. lol
In the libra/6th stellium. ::facepalm::
Thankee, Satori. This helps with a current connundrum.
Vesta in Scorpio, 5th H, conjunct Sag.
Vesta in the 5th House: Romance can be hot and heavy, but then you simply have to take a break. Be sure to explain to your lovers that you have Vesta in the 5th house and that means you have to get away for a while to recharge because otherwise you may get sick. I’m sure they will understand. The 5th house also rules children, sports, games, creativity, gambling, speculation, hobbies, and any activity that is fun. Explain to your spouse that every now and then, THEY have to watch the little darlings because you get too drained. Creative pursuits, sports, and games can also be tolerated for only so long. Then you have to withdraw and recharge. It is the same with hobbies. No matter how much you love them, you have to get away for a while every now and then. As for gambling and speculation, well, don’t become a day-trader.
I feel like you guys are in my head lately with the posts.
Yesturday I noticed vesta was conj my natal vesta when looking at the chart for the new moon.
Vesta at 29 Pisces natally in the 10th trines my 29 scorp moon and opposes my 4th house Pluto at 1 libra.
I dont know WHAT to think of it…
Hmm… 5th house Capricorn, sextile Jupiter, trine Chiron… And at 13°13′ it’s smack between my Moon at 3°27′ Cappy and my Venus at 24°37′ Cappy (but too far to be considered conjunct either, I think…).
I get the 5th house bit, I think (creativity and such), but I’m not really sure how to interpret that with a Capricorn spin on it. Any ideas?
Oh, VirgoLeoRising, where’d you find that description???
Vest in 1st house in Capricorn .
My is exactly conjunct my Cancer ascendant. Taking care of myself, physically or mental, is of utmost importance to me.
Very cool post 🙂
Mine’s in the beginning of the eighth house or the end of the seventh house. In gemini square moon, sextile jupiter, opposite uranus and conjunct chiron.
Thanks Satori!~~ Wow, I just noticed the time I posted my vesta was 11:11 .. I don’t know exactly the significance of this number, but I’ll tell ya, everywhere I turn~I see 111 or 1111. It’s amazing! Off Topic but cool post!! I chcked out the placement and sign for my vesta, and my goodness it makes a LOT of sense!!! In particular to what I am going thru in my life right now, really resonated!!
in my little world it usually means “pay attention, this is important.” but you should google it (11:11); you’ll be amazed at the results!
A 4th house Vesta conjunct Neptune in Scorpio. I remember, as a kid loving ‘I Dream of Jeannie’ I was captivated by her home, inside the bottle surrounded by pillows. There are times when I feel my home is my sanctuary, and my prison- with lots of pillows. 🙂
@Chantel, funny I notice 11:11 all the time as well 🙂
Satori, off to google it 🙂
That’s interesting, VirgoLeoRising – my Vesta/Venus exact is in House 5 too and that’s very true of me. I do everything in very concentrated bursts, inc work (or sex!) and then have to withdraw and rest, in isolation preferably.
I’ve read a lot since satori first posted this, and I now understand my attitude to love and sex much more clearly – love as healing, including sexual love, and I feel it almost as a sacred calling. It’s been at my own expense too, almost entirely.
I got the page/description from lightlady above me in this thread.
http://www.bobmarksastrologer.com/Vesta21.4.html
Vesta in Scorpio: focuses on finding hidden secrets, or on matters concerning rehabilitation or elimination. Good for projects where something is either transformed or eliminated, or where something hidden must be investigated.
http://www.bobmarksastrologer.com/Vesta21.4.html
Vesta in the Signs:
Vesta in Aries: gives the ability to focus quickly and intensively on any task. Good for non-routine projects requiring direct action.
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.
Vesta in Gemini: focuses on communication and information. Good for focusing on multiple projects.
Vesta in Cancer: focuses on home and domestic matters. Good for any project requiring intuition and for focusing on the emotional or feeling side of any situation.
Vesta in Leo: focuses on creativity and self-expression. Good for focusing on the dramatic or creative side of any situation.
Vesta in Virgo: focuses on details. Good for any project requiring precision and attention to detail.
Vesta in Libra: focuses on partnership matters. Good for focusing on either the social or artistic side of any situation. Good also for projects requiring an artistic sense or social interaction.
Vesta in Scorpio: focuses on finding hidden secrets, or on matters concerning rehabilitation or elimination. Good for projects where something is either transformed or eliminated, or where something hidden must be investigated.
Vesta in Sagittarius: focuses on the “big picture.” Good for projects requiring enthusiasm and the adventure.
Vesta in Capricorn: focuses on organization and control. Good for projects requiring a lot of planning and persistence.
Vesta in Aquarius: focuses on friends or dealing with groups of people. Good for projects that are new and “different,” even a bit shocking.
Vesta in Pisces: focuses on dreams and imagination. Good for projects focusing on helping people, or for any project requiring lots of imagination.
My Vesta is 18* Scorpio in the 8th house in the middle of a triple conjunction with Mars and Neptune
Whoops! My Vesta, still in the 5th H, but in Sag….Vesta in Sagittarius: focuses on the “big picture.” Good for projects requiring enthusiasm and the adventure.
Mine is conjunct Mars.
Mine is in the 3rd house in Aries and conjunct to my Sun and opposed to my Pluto. I’m thinking it’s related to independence, action and accomplishments working along with a need or importance in communication. I can definitely relate to that. Not quite sure about the aspects though…
Vesta in Sag, 9th house. Same house and sign as my Moon; conj Capricorn Asc & Uranus and opposes Jupiter in Cancer.
damn, this explains so much! I have both venus and vesta in capricorn. no wonder! And my family has often said I’m persistent… I have accomplished a lot of long term goals, career, academics. but my love life is often non existent. hmmm.
Vesta in Aries in 2nd house.. Definitely fits me I am very dedicated to making money and keeping it ;D
Vests conjunct Sun in Sag. Woohoo. In 8th House.
I have had long periods of complete sexual abstinence by choice. Have good focussing ability, can be very single task oriented for long periods.
Some times the sacred and or devotional side can be so intensly and personally meaningful, it can be tricky to put into words.
My Vesta is 17 Scorpio at the end of my 1st house and it forms an exact trine to Saturn in my 9th house in the sign of Cancer. The sabian symbol for 17 Scorpio is “A woman, filled with her own spirit, is the father of her own child.” I’m very devoted to self-care!
I have Vesta in Cancer in the 2nd House trine Saturn/Chiron in Pisces.
My Virgo Moon in the 4th house is a big Vesta fan! 🙂
Mine is Sag, 11th house, retrograde (don’t know if that makes any major difference)
I have Vesta conjunct Moon, in Libra, second house.
Just learning about Vesta. Mine is Virgo in the 8th house. Of course it is! That combimation seems to rule my life. I guess I need to change my lucky number from 3 to 8. Whatever!
😀
How about a Vesta-Lilith conjunction in Leo in 3rd house, square a Mercury-Pluto conjunction in Scorpio in 5th? 😀 (my Sun is also in Scorpio, but it doesn’t aspect them)
Could it be an indicator of deep creative potential?