The idea of a deity who reigns in the kitchen, blessing and protecting the household, is common all the way around the globe. In China, he is called Zao Jun, in Mesoamerica, he was called Huehuetotld, in Rome she was Vesta.Vestal Virgin by Leighto…
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From ‘We Are All Vessels: Vesta in the Natal Chart’
We are accustomed to thinking of the body as a vehicle for the spirit; Vesta directs us to revere the spirit behind the flesh, the choice, the action. The goddess requires we consider… Read More →
Taurus Into Vesta: ‘Look Around and Appreciate’
For the 30th of April, Vesta enters Taurus, making us more than usually aware of what’s precious to us materially, around the home, and what physical about the partner (looks, earnings, possessions, talents) we find admirable. This viewpoint shou…
Balancing The Masculine and The Feminine
Shivashakti – male and female energies combine in one body.The asteroids – Ceres, Juno, Vesta and Pallas, named for four of the great goddesses of Olympus – were actually discovered before the outer planets Neptune and Pluto. But you wouldn’t think…
The Astrology of Anorexia
La Grande BouffeVesta was the most widely worshipped deity in the Roman empire since every house had a shrine to her – the hearth itself. That is why I associate the asteroid named after her with cooks.Back in January I wrote about Vesta in the charts …
Driven Towards the Sacred: Vesta (Part Two)
Please read Part One of this piece HERE. 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. […]
Driven Towards the Sacred: Vesta (Part One)
It’s a funny thing about what we find sexy, as subject matter, and what we don’t. The other day I was complaining that not enough people give much weight to the Sun and the Moon anymore, particularly in transit; I was told point blank that neither of the lights is particularly sexy these days, not […]
New Look, New Classes, New Material
Hi folks, I’m asking for a little more of your patience as I find the time to redesign The Inner Wheel. I’ll be coming back soon with a new look, new organization, and perhaps even a search engine function that actually works. I’ve also got some articles ready to go up. In the near future, […]
Why Capricorn Nigella is a Modern Vestal (Un)Virgin
A priestess of the goddess Vesta, “tutelary deity” to Capricorn.Here imagined by 19th century painter Lord Leighton.Capricorns is a dull sign, ruled by that old curmudgeon Saturn – right? It’s all about status and work and dads and being s…