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Vesta Enters Virgo: Ultra Pure
Vesta enters Virgo on July 17th. Her extreme focus becomes even more extreme in the sign of details and perfection. Concentration is cranked up until the strings hum with tension.
This transit is about devotion to making it better. “It” will vary, according to the Virgo house(s) in your chart. There may be a specific detail that you become obsessed with. Or, a health issue will demand your attention. Service and mundane tasks can become religious – each small action is part of a ritual. Vesta in Virgo is about finding the sacred in daily life.
This can be a time to explore the deeper connotations of virginity. Virgo the Virgin meets the goddess whose Vestal Virgins tended her temple flame. The original meaning of virgin referred to an unmarried woman: her sexuality did not belong to any man. Taking that a step further with chastity, you keep that energy for yourself because you want to focus it elsewhere. You’re in control, and you decide what you to do with your body, your temple.
The benefits of this transit include absolute purification – fervent deep cleaning on a physical/material level. Also, concentration can be enhanced to ungodly levels. You see the details that no one else sees, and you correct and polish ruthlessly.
Bam.
The downside is probably obvious – crazy fixations on diet, exercise, criticism. It’s not good enough/never good enough, and you can’t see beyond the “flaw” because Vesta has blinded you to the bigger picture. Chastity is distorted into guilt, fear and repression. Sex becomes impure.
Healthy Vesta in Virgo is like exfoliation that reveals glowing skin. Distorted Vesta in Virgo continues to exfoliate until you bleed.
In general, this transit will call your attention to something that can be improved and refined. Make sure you focus on the improvement, not just the flaw.
Vesta will exit Virgo on September 18th, 2017.
July 15th, 2017: The Wound and the Flame
Ceres’ Transit of Cancer
Ceres enters Cancer today, and she’s right at home in this sign.
She’s the Great Mother and goddess of the crops. The loss of her daughter (Persephone) to the King of the Underworld (Pluto) resulted in the crops withering until Persephone was allowed to return for part of the year.
Cancer is about sustenance, emotional protection and mother/child.
Ceres’ transit of Cancer could stir up the perfect storm for these issues – your relationship with food, your relationship with Mom, codependence, fear of being abandoned, etc. However, this transit can also favour the birth of a child or your own self-nurturing. Much depends on what’s churned up from the past, and your current experience of getting your needs met.
Ceres is as much about loss as she is about nurturing and feeding. On the same day as she enters Cancer, the Cancer Sun will make an exact opposition to Pluto Rx in Capricorn (18 degrees). Not only does this recall the the recent Capricorn Full Moon, it weaves Pluto’s undercurrent of death into her transit. Don’t be scared – Pluto’s “death” is often metaphorical and necessary. The absolute ending. And Ceres into Cancer is a brand new beginning, which can only happen after an absolute ending/transformation.
Of particular note will be Ceres’ opposition to Pluto (17 degrees) on August 21st, 2017.
This transit could confront you with a loss, in the present or from the deep past. But there’s also potential to build a powerful bond between yourself and another. The relationship between you and your Mom or child could be permanently transformed. Or, you could decide that it’s time to get serious about looking after yourself.
Ceres will exit Cancer on September 24th, 2017.
July 7th, 2017: Earth and Fireworks
July 6th, 2017: Future Flame
Pallas Enters Taurus
June 20th, 2017: Mercury in Gemini Square Chiron
June 19th, 2017: Keep Talking
- Sun in Gemini square Chiron in Pisces: 28 degrees
- Mercury in Gemini trine the South Node in Aquarius/sextile the North Node in Leo
- Uranus in Aries conjunct Pallas: 27 degrees
Sun/Chiron suggests that painful choices/information may undermine confidence. The purpose of something (or your purpose) may be in question, due to doubts about competence. Attempts to skate over the sore spot will fail, because the square as crisis aspect indicates you must confront what hurts – perhaps putting yourself out there and openly discussing/learning will expose the wound. Once it’s exposed, you can deal with it. Rather than allowing the discomfort to shatter your purpose, consider both sides of the issue – ego and empathy, power and compassion.
Meanwhile, Mercury’s aspects to the Nodes encourage you to keep talking/reading/gathering information. The more you know, or the more information you share with others, the more successful your efforts to move forward will be. Key topics will involve the past, and how those events can be integrated into the future. Gemini is uniquely equipped for this, due to the ability to view both sides of the issue. This aspect is part of the Kite, discussed here.
Uranus/Pallas can trigger brilliant flashes of inspiration. Watch for bold, unusual strategies or odd patterns that suddenly catch your attention. There’s no logic to this one – it’s a lightening-in-a-bottle influence that can’t be rationalized. The initial idea may not make sense, but you should have a tingly feeling that you’re onto something big.
The Sun/Chiron square may shut you down, or shut you up. But today’s other aspects encourage you to keep talking. Keep looking for answers and consider all sides of your situation. It hurts right now, but the future beckons.
June 16th, 2017: Gentle Progress
- Sun in Gemini trine the Aquarius South Node/sextile the Leo North Node: 26 degrees
- Neptune in Pisces stations Rx: 14 degrees
- Neptune Rx in Pisces sextile Juno in Capricorn: 14 degrees
The Sun aspecting the Nodes enables progress. Ideas/communication are the vehicles that allow you to work with what’s on the fringe (Aquarius). Choose (Gemini) to bring it into the centre (Leo North Node – ruled by the Sun). Make it your centre, or put it in the spotlight. Draw attention and passion to what you’ve been detached from.
This influence is very subtle. You may not feel it at all, unless you have something in your natal chart at 26 degrees Leo, Aquarius or Gemini.
Neptune Rx is another easy-to-miss influence. Yet it’s significant, although you may not realize what’s happening until it’s over. As Neptune backtracks from 14 to 11 degrees Pisces (stationing direct on November 22nd) dissolution, disillusionment and questions of belief will intensify. The goal is to release lies, illusions and limits. Think of this Rx as an intensified wave – what remains after it’s passed will be the truth.
Neptune Rx will make a harmonious sextile to Juno Rx in Capricorn. Two retrogrades strongly point to a review. In this case, it could be about the status of a partnership agreement or commitment. But a sextile from Neptune is so gentle, and this aspect is actually part of a larger influence. Neptune first made a sextile to Juno on March 21st, and will do so again, on October 24th (when Juno is direct). So this has been gradually developing since March 21st – a very subtle expansion of the limits/rules in a partnership. The review could manifest as questions you didn’t realize you had – going back to reconsider. But this should be positive, as the questions will simplify existing issues.
Yes, Neptune is about simplification. What’s false or invalid is taken away (Neptune is associated with loss). You release useless restrictions or guilt. Sometimes you have to experience an illusion, first. But eventually, that bubble bursts. In the end, all that’s left is the truth.
Neptune Rx is a concentrated form of simplification.